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The Sonic Bloom

Jun 2, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Esoterica

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Tributes to Steve Broughton (RIP), Mick Ronson (whose bday it was), and new music!

12:01 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:02 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:10 PM		The Edgar Broughton Band Death of an Electric Citizen The Edgar Broughton Band The Harvest Years (1969-1973) Parlophone UK 2011 R.I.P. Steve Broughton.
12:16 PM		The Edgar Broughton Band Apache Drop Out The Edgar Broughton Band The Harvest Years (1969-1973) Parlophone UK 2011 Written by Captain Beefheart, Herb Bermann, Jerry Lordan. Similar vocals to Captain Beefheart, EBB often referred to as British CB.
12:17 PM		The Broughtons Waiting for You The Broughtons Parlez-Vous English? Cherry Red Records 1979
12:20 PM		Redd Kross Neurotica (Demo) Redd Kross N Neurotica (Demo) - Single 2022 New demos album!
12:21 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:28 PM		Mick Ronson Angel No. 9 (Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test) Mick Ronson Live on 'the Old Grey Whistle Test' - Single Independent 2020 Happy bday, Mick Ronson (May 26), wherever you may be. We love you.
12:36 PM		David Bowie The Supermen (with Mick Ronson) [Sounds of the 70s - Bob Harris, Recorded 21.9.71] [2000 Remastered Version] David Bowie Bowie at the Beeb - The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68-72 Parlophone UK 2000
12:38 PM		Mick Ronson Growing Up and I'm Fine Mick Ronson Slaughter On 10th Avenue Lemon Recordings 2009 Slaughter on 10th Avenue is the debut album by English guitarist Mick Ronson, then-guitarist of David Bowie's backing band the Spiders from Mars. It was released in February 1974 by RCA Records.
12:40 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:44 PM		Bettie Serveert Co-Coward Bettie Serveert Dust Bunnies Matador 1997 Featured in a film called Dean Quixote that I don't think was ever released.
12:47 PM		Songs: Ohia Hot Black Silk Songs: Ohia Axxess & Ace Secretly Canadian 1999 Also featured in Dean Quixote. Jason Andrew Molina was an American musician, singer and songwriter. Raised in northern Ohio, he came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians in the late 1990s.
12:50 PM		Guided By Voices If We Wait Guided By Voices Sunfish Holy Breakfast Matador 1996 Also featured in the seemingly not released film Dean Quixote.
12:54 PM		Minutemen The Glory of Man Double Nickels On the Dime SST Records 1989
12:56 PM		The Stooges Down on the Street (Take 15) The Stooges 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions Rhino/Elektra 2005
12:59 PM		Lee "Scratch" Perry People Funny Boy Lee "Scratch" Perry A Live Injection: Anthology 1968-1979 Trojan Records 2001
1:03 PM		Thunderclap Newman Something In The Air Thunderclap Newman Hollywood Dream (Expanded Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1990
1:06 PM		The Hollies Carrie-Anne The Hollies Evolution SMSP 1999 "Carrie Anne" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks and released by British pop rock group The Hollies. The song was recorded on 1 May 1967 and was released as a single in the same month by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and Epic Records in the United States. It became a hit in 1967, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a hit in the US and Canada, peaking at #9 on both pop charts. It also reached No. 4 in the Irish charts.
1:10 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:19 PM		Abbey Lincoln I Only Have Eyes for You Abbey Lincoln Abbey Sings Billie Enja Horst Weber 2001
1:21 PM		Throbbing Gristle What a Day Throbbing Gristle 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Remastered) Mute 2017 20 Jazz Funk Greats is the third studio album by British industrial music group Throbbing Gristle, released in December 1979 by the band's label Industrial Records.
1:25 PM		The Ventures Hawaii Five-O The Ventures Hawaii Five-O Capitol Records 2010 The Ventures recorded the instrumental theme for the long-running police procedural drama (1968-1980) about detectives Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) and Dan "Danno" Williams (James MacArthur) who worked the Hawaiian islands beat. It was composed by Morton Stevens, who started out as an arranger/conductor for Sammy Davis Jr. and became director of music for CBS on the West Coast. Aside from Hawaii Five-O, he also composed music for popular dramas like Police Woman and Gunsmoke.
1:27 PM		Peter, Paul & Mary Leaving On a Jet Plane Peter, Paul & Mary Around the Campfire Warner Records 1998 Released October 1969.
1:30 PM		Donovan Atlantis Donovan Barabajagal Epic 1969
1:35 PM		The Jam The Place I Love The Jam All Mod Cons (Remastered) Polydor Records 1978
1:39 PM		Duke Reid and His Group The Rude Boy Gems from Treasure Isle Charly Treasure Isle 2001
1:41 PM		John Coltrane After the Rain (feat. Roy Haynes) Dear Old Stockholm (feat. McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Roy Hayes) [Live] Impulse! 1993 Dear Old Stockholm is a compilation album by jazz musician John Coltrane released by GRP and Impulse! in 1993. The music, which was recorded on April 29, 1963 and May 26, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
1:45 PM		Kenny Dorham Lotus Blossom Kenny Dorham Quiet Kenny Compulsion 1959 Released February 1960[1] Recorded November 13, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs.
1:50 PM		Joy Division Glass Joy Division Substance 1977-1980 Rhino 2010
1:51 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:00 PM		Colin James Surely (I Love You) Colin James Colin James and the Little Big Band EMI Music Canada 1993
2:03 PM		Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Peg o' My Heart Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Blue Jean Bop! Capitol Records 2002
2:06 PM		R.E.M. Talk About the Passion R.E.M. Murmur CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 2012 Murmur is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records.
2:09 PM		Bachelor, Jay Som & Palehound Back Of My Hand N Doomin' Sun Polyvinyl Records 2021
2:13 PM		Joan Shelley Amberlit Morning (feat. Bill Callahan) N The Spur No Quarter 2022 Joan Shelley is a songwriter and singer from Louisville, KY. Often joined by guitarist Nathan Salsburg, she has shared shows with the likes of Jake Xerxes Fussell, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Daniel Martin Moore, the Other Years, & Michael Hurley.
2:17 PM		Van Goose Post-Truth and Bird Feeders Van Goose N Post-Truth and Bird Feeders - Single 2022 New single!
2:21 PM		The Dream Syndicate Where I'll Stand The Dream Syndicate N Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions Fire Records 2022
2:26 PM		Guerilla Toss Famously Alive Guerilla Toss N Famously Alive Sub Pop Records 2022 Guerilla Toss is an American rock band, formed in Boston in 2012. Now based in New York City, the group currently consists of singer Kassie Carlson, drummer Peter Negroponte, guitarist Arian Shafiee, keyboardist Sam Lisabeth, and bassist Zach Lewellyn.
2:29 PM		Papercuts Sinister Smile Papercuts N Past Life Regression Slumberland Records LLC 2022 From SF, Jason Quever is also known for producing artist such as Cass McComb's early work, as well as artists such as Dean Wareham (Galaxy 500), and Beach House.
2:33 PM		The Cramps Rock On the Moon The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us EMI Records 1998
2:35 PM		Grupo La Droga La Rana Loca Grupo La Droga Grupo la Droga Vampisoul 1974
2:40 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:43 PM		Spread Joy Ich Sehe Dich N II Feel It 2022
2:46 PM		The Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water The Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water Old Style 2013 Released in 1949.
2:49 PM		Sly & The Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & The Family Stone Higher! Epic/Legacy 2013 Released in 1969!
2:51 PM		The Shivvers Teenline The Shivvers Lost Hits from Milwaukee's First Family of Powerpop 1979-82 Hyped2death 2006
2:52 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:59 PM		David Bowie Moss Garden David Bowie All Saints: Collected Instrumentals 1977-1999 Parlophone UK 2001

Chat is archived.

hiiii

Hello Eso

HeyOoo

oh hi there

heyOoo Mr. m! Hi, Andrew!

Hello, Bri!

Hi, DJ Esoterica!

howdy!

how do i sound?

Excellent!

coolio! thx kindly

I think DJ MikeLupica said the new schedule starts Tuesday June 7

thx much. he would know!

DJ Esoterica, you’ll have have two shows for the summer? One on Wednesdays 3pm - 5pm called FilmScape !?! And still hosting The Sonic Bloom ?!?

yesyesyes

too much? haha

GoodGoodGood

NEVER

Wow so Beefheartian in vocal delivery

I’ve been pushing for DJ Esoterica to be on air each day of the week!

Oh yeah there's that Capn Mashup. Ha

yeah

loll mr. m:)

Hello esoterica!

Hello everybody!

I wanna hear this fun demos album!

Hello, Ambrose Hughes!

yeah check out Redd Kross's instagram for more. So Cool!

Hi DJ Esoterica! Love the tunes today! Hi everyone!

hi, richard!!

thanks!

Well isn't this just the perfect sound track for this afternoon, hello everyone!

hey dude!

Greetings all sonic bloomers just popping into say hello and big up the rock and roll queen dj esoterica!

Hi, richard lyons! Hello, the_dude!

Hey, all the young dudes.

Salutations, DJ SelectaJerry!

hi david! yes, you got it

Sounding great out here in radio land on this summery day 🎶🔥

hey selecta jerry!

Hey, David Shortell.

Yeah!

aw thanks for the kind words, selecta

Hi Mr M AND THE DUDE :D

thanks richard! glad you like the tunes.

Heavyweight selections this afternoon E ! 🔥

AND SELECTA JERRY

Hello to Brian D and also to Andrew G!

Can we hear something by Mick Ronson’s old band, the Rats? Not to be confused with Fred Cole’s Rats, nor the Akron band that released the 1965 single “The Rat's Revenge (Part 1)”, nor any of the numerous other groups called the Rats.

Glad to be able to say hi to all you fine people, ready for a PRB filled summer

ah dude, me, too! thx for stopping by!

david, i will certainly try to get that on for ya!

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

agree, mr. m:)

YAY BETTIE SERVEERT!!

yay! great song, no?

absolutely great! In the service of Bettie.

Soundtracks from Nonexistent films can be a feature for FilmScape!

Just as good as Palomine

true true on both counts!

For sure Mr. M.

Molina!

SONGS: OHIA 💟

yeah incredible, no?

I always enjoy Songs: Ohia! Mostly new to me.

Pollard!

there's some food upon the table...

i LOVE this song

Yah one of the GBV classics there

MINUTEMEN❣️

BOON!

IGGY!

Wow .... on fire today Eso

ah thx, bri!:) i am a punk rocker at heart

THE STOOGES‼️

well that sounded dorky

lol

now i gotta try to keep it up, bri (pressure of your kind comment)

😍this album!

I tuned in too late to hear Redd Kross. Roy McDonald was the only Muff I ever got to speak with–when I saw them for the final time, at Monty Hall in 2016. Kim was too much the center of attention for me to ever meet. I think she fell ill in the next year.

Chikka chikka chikk

You can do it, DJ Esoterica! Got something picked out by DEPECHE MODE!?!

bo, fun house, or lee "scratch"?

yes i do, but it may be too popular? Mr. m!

Up it is kept!

Written about joe Gibbs after him and lsp had a falling out

That’s PERF! DJ Esoterica!

aw thx, bri!

thx, mr. m!

selecta jerry, interesting back story

I didn’t know about those Redd Kross demos. I saw them a few times in the Bob Hecker era and they’d pull interesting songs out of the hat. The first time I saw them, their set opened with Nilsson’s “Without You” and included the sitcom theme “Good Times”. Next time I saw them, they opened with a rendition of “It Won’t Be Long”. In Asbury Park, Hecker started “Born in the USA” but cracked up before getting far. Around the same time, a friend saw them in NYC where they covered “A Day in the Life”.

i knew it had to be someone who "won the lottery"

wow, cool stuff, david! i love redd kross, as you know

@esoterica, Fun House, though big fan of the late Lee Perry too.

Fun stuff, David Shortell! I don’t give a duck, “Good Times” theme song is a favourite *song*! There, I typed it!

yes, bo, i love the stooges, one of my faves, esp. fun house

how about movin' on up from the jefferson's, Mr. m

For realz! Tied! Even though it’s about the Eastsiiiiddeeee!

L0LZ Movin On Uuupp! To the WestSiiidddeee!

oh We doin this THANG

Both themes are sung by Ja'Net DuBois, Eso.

2 cents for Esoterica, great show!

aw dsm thx!

Ja'Net DuBois ‘Willona Woods’ ❤️💖♥️

aw thx, david.

The inclusion of “Down on the Street” in “Kong: Skull Island” was the most far-fetched scene in that fantasy movie. A skull-shaped island inhabited by giant prehistoric monsters; that I can believe easily enough. But the crew of a 1973 military expedition dancing to the “Funhouse” LP playing on their turntable—GIVE ME A BREAK!!!

i am about to kill your buzz.

fleeting though

Trust your gut eso! It's what we're here for

THROBBING GRISTLE❣️❣️

i like to switch it up!:)

thx, dude

This is a groove!

haha david

yes it is

@dsm, agree

@eso @dsm, concur

Indeed. What a day.

Book 'em Dano murder one

Book ‘‘em Esoterica

haha

Please let this start a TV Show Theme Song segment!!!!

Jinx

haha selecta

Mel Taylor ... bow down

not quite, mr. m! but you are giving me lots o' ideas for tomorrow morning!

I never saw Abbey Lincoln’s early movie roles “Nothing But a Man” and “For Love of Ivy”; but I read that she also acted in “Mo' Better Blues”, which I haven’t seen since it came out 32 years ago and can barely remember.

great idea, mr. m!

PETER, PAUL & MARY❣️

this PLAYLIST 🔥

thanks kindly

Abbey Lincoln is in the PBS jazz documentary series from a couple of decades ago, recalling with bitterness how the British Invasion ruined the music business.

Hi E! Love the gardening tunes! Thanks.

baRABBAjaggle!

Hi, RG!! Glad you are enoying! Is the sun out?

interesting, david.

yipee for gardening R G!

It’s around. More humidity than sun.

oh yeah, bri!

Once again, I see Billy Batts getting stomped to death as Ray Liotta’s character watches.

i forget is this song playing in goodfellas, David?

Yes, and now I can't hear the song without thinking about it!

yikes

Jam!

DJ Esoterica, a pretty perfect soundtrack is Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, WHIP IT!

Donovan also sings it in a Futurama episode, changing it to "Atlanta".

i guess i should rewatch goodfellas for ray liotta (rip). i always think of harry nilsson, jump into the fire and clapton, layla with that soundtrack

Have not heard this song in a long, long time!😍

oooh thx, mr. m! haven't seen whip it! is it new?

nice, bo! i know you love the jam, too

Whip It 2009 roller derby movie!

awesome @mr. m! must use

A radio program I listen to right after this one dedicated two whole shows to Donovan in the last month. One consisted entirely of covers of his songs by other artists–such as Lou Rawls, Theodore Bikel, Cher, Eartha Kitt, Mel Torme, Jefferson Airplane and the Dickies.

Oh yeah!😊

Ahhhhh

sooo goood

wow, nice playlist, david

Not for today but new Mountain Goats single. Album out in August.

Now we're cookin'!

Yes Ambrose!

I didn’t know Drew directed a movie. None of the other Barrymores did! Though apparently John Drew directed a TV western in 1957.

DREW BARRYMORE 💎💙💜❤️

JOY DIVISION ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

JOHN COLTRANE ♥️

WestSiiidddeee!

"Jack Lord's Hair". Great band name. I know i heard them on wprb back in the day

I’m BoNkErS!! Not exactly *Crazy*. Yet. There’s still time! Let’s see what happens!?!

i am sorry, as soon as I said that, i regretted it (please accept my apologies).

@mr. m. as we know, bandying about terms like crazy is no laughing matter.:) i am sensitive to that, too.

Sweet Gene Vincent😍

aw yes. speaking of sweet, there is a retrospective at film forum NYC of Montgomery Clift I think this weekend.

I’m mainly being a goof. I do try to avoid using the term *crazy though. Mental health issues are real and serious. I’m certified as BoNkErS with every other letter capitalized. It’s in the DSM-V 🤪 (it’s not) 🥴🥴🥴

I never watched “Hawaii Five-O”. The recurring villain was played by the same actor who played Oddjob in “Goldfinger”. The Untamed Youth (Deke Dickerson’s old band, that I saw several times over 30 years ago) recorded a song about a character that disappeared one season without explanation. From their sixth album, the song is “Where Did Kono Go?”

DJ Esoterica, no need to apologize! We are good!

REM!!

;). mr. m:)

Great set!!

https://filmforum.org/series/montgomery-clift-100

i know dana debates whether we can still play rem (just because too popular) but sparingly, yes, yes!

thx david! can i catch any of theseries virtually?

thx mr. m!!

R.E.M. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I want to go to that MONTGOMERY CLIFT Film Festival!

This is purty😊

me, too, mr. m!

thx, bo!

Making a note of this, have loved Bill Callahan since Smog days.

yes me, too. @bo:)

I don’t think the Film Forum streams, Eso. I saw “The Misfits” for the first time just this year–I don’t know what took me so long! I saw Vittorio De Sica’s “Terminal Station” on video, but maybe not this uncut Italian version that the Forum will show. I saw “From Here to Eternity” when it screened at local cinemas a few years ago. The parody "From Eternity Back to Here!" that Harvey Kurtzman wrote for Mad #12 was illustrated by the great Bernie Krigstein.

Nice New Noises! Cheers, DJ Esoterica!

Aw thx, Mr. m!

i joined nightflight and criterion channel to catch all these films i haven't seen yet. maybe my new summer show will be an excuse to prep!! @david

David Shortell! Great posts!

I'm finally here! Finally, home!

Who are you?

agree, mr. m, thx david!

howdy, stevie p!

Hi, Stevie P!

What a PRB nightmare I had in the car. Traveling on the PA turnpike, it went from being DJE to some awful religious station preaching, apparently, the gospel of Q

Hi M.

M, Mister

Anon?

You know, the Q nuts believe

Yep

Haha L0LZ haha snort haha

OyBoy

Until I turned it off, I became aware that this church's deity is a trump fan

They’re free to be in America too. Just hit *ignore.

well happy you made it here (and home)!

@steviep

Note to self: stream DJE on PRB when in car headed out to the sticks.

Get the WPRB app!

Is there an APP?! I think so.

No app required. I just stream it from the website on my phone and hook my phone into the car radio... or will in the future when heading into the wilderness.

stevie p! yes mr. m is right, i just plug in my phone to the car and press the listen now sitch on the wprb.com

PS: I hate apps. Most of em are just wrappers for websites

yes yes please do, phew, stevie p

Correct as usual, Mister Malcontent

Now, gotta get listener •mark• to get back in the chat, so all will be normal.

And the dude.

Where the heck is the dude?

the_dude is here today!

He’s very busy this day!!

o for cryin out loud. there he is. hi the_dude

THE CRAMPS❣️

lovin the cramps

me, too, stevie p and mr. m, they are always a mood elevator

THIS BANGER RN AF ‼️

I will not chant WestSiiidddeee for this mention of San Francisco. Wait. 🙊

giggles

Whew

and don’t call me Shirley

I just remembered. I turned my telly on yesterday to the “Movies!” station (WNYW in NYC, WTXF in Philly) showing “The Seven Year Itch” with it’s spoof of the beach make-out scene from “From Here to Eternity”! I wish I could find an online video clip.

yes, that's it

http://classicmoviehub.com/blog/marilyn-behind-the-icon-the-seven-year-itch

no, that's not it

Mr.M... boo. DJE... yay!

I’m not cry. I just DANCE in your tears! Stevie P!

are we clear?

yes sir

Stevie P, gotta add the @Person to messages

ARE WE CLEAR?

CRYSTAL, SIR

ok i'm done

@steviep i'm talking to myself

Preacher man comes in right around the valley forge rest stop on the east bound side heading west

Pa turnpike wprb talk

Big up Selecta Jerry!

lol selecta. i think i need more info

big up, selecta!

Oh. I was gonna ask if SelectaJerry was in need of help.

Who is MrM talking to?

This song is putting me in another time and place

Religious channel takes over 103.3 approximately around that point

He didn't use the @ designation

you know what

That's what happened to me SJ

love this song

Nah I just blurt Stevie p

Me too. I was bustin on Mr.M for telling me to use the @ designation

me, too, stevie p

Mr M don’t run things he just likes to think he does 🤣😂🤣😂

aw now i get it, selecta jerry:)

The correct way to construct that sentence, Stevie P is “To whom is MrM addressing?”

religion takes over 103.3! I hope it's preacher Mike Lapica :D

I do run this shiz - Erybody knows.

haha richard, mike L has a way with words

You da boss mr m

Boss of all things Spinitron

Thanks you, DJ SelectaJerry. I share it with the DJs. I’m generous like that.

takin' my shirt off here, boss

Hahahaha

-- cool hand luke

DJ Esoterica! Please don’t forget the DEPECHE MODE! I’m cry.

One of the hosts on this other 103.3 seriously buys into the Q silliness? I hope the FBI’s looking into their possible culpability for Jan 6.

Oooffff

@David Whoever was preachin' was basically calling all democrats the devil

By name...

yes depeche mode!

Don’t know how you found us here in nj mr m but glad you did

Me too, DJ SelectaJerry!

Yes, Mister M. Do tell.

Keeps us on our toes

fry talking

Tune in next week for the boring details!

Final Five Mins!

I’m cry

DJ Esoterica! Super Duper Show! Many thanks! Big cheers! Kind regards to you, Lady! 🖤💀

hehe

Thanks DJ Esoterica!!

i'm giving you the "stretch it out" hand signal

Tomorrow!

byebye

haha

what a wild ride

Good time Eso

thx all, tomorrow and next week, some depeche mode you will get

thx bri

thx richard!

🖤💀

Loved the show today esoterica!

Cheers to all the Dears!

Especially those with Big Reggae Ears!

Aw thx, Bo!

Cheers to all!

Sly & the Family Stone are in the doc "Summer of Soul". For some reason, the Sunday that they played was the only day the NYPD wouldn't be there. So the Black Panthers provided the security.

Fascinating!

Love that, David

right! great doc. thanks, all! see ya manana (insert tilde)