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The Sonic Bloom

Jun 9, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Esoterica

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Heyoooo, playing all kinds of music from Roxy Music to Spacin'.... join me!

12:00 PM		Michiyo Yagi Rouge Michiyo Yagi Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan World Music Network 2014
12:03 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:05 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:08 PM		Robyn Hitchcock I Used to Say I Love You Robyn Hitchcock I Often Dream of Trains Yep Roc Records 1984
12:10 PM		Alan Dunham Little Sparrow Alan Dunham Little Sparrow / A Little Bit Longer - Single Numero Group 2021 From numero group: At 18 years old, Alan Dunham converted his parent’s Upstate New York basement into a meager recording studio. The product of a childhood obsession with the British Invasion and songwriters of the early ‘70s, 1980’s Flying Alone was his only album to escape the subterranean confines.
12:15 PM		Buck Meek Sue Buck Meek Buck Meek Keeled Scales 2018
12:18 PM		Chris Brokaw The Bragging Rights Chris Brokaw Puritan 12XU 2021
12:20 PM		Earthless Equus October Earthless From the Ages Nuclear Blast Entertainment 2018
12:26 PM		Bitchin Bajas Circles on Circles Bitchin Bajas Bajas Fresh Drag City Records 2017
12:33 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:40 PM		Brian Eno Kurt's Rejoinder Brian Eno Before and After Science - Ten Pictures EMI Marketing 2004 Released 1977.
12:44 PM		Roxy Music In Every Dream Home a Heartache Roxy Music For Your Pleasure EG Records 1999 Released in 1973!
12:49 PM		Mott the Hoople Thunderbuck Ram Mott the Hoople Mad Shadows Rhino Atlantic 2006 Released 25 September 1970.
12:54 PM		Silver Jews Honk If You're Lonely Silver Jews American Water Drag City Records 1998
12:56 PM		Tom Waits Jersey Girl Tom Waits Heartattack and Vine (Remastered) Anti/Epitaph 2018 Heartattack and Vine is the seventh studio album by Tom Waits, released on September 9, 1980.
1:03 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:06 PM		Guitar Wolf Jet Generation Guitar Wolf Jet Generation Matador 1999
1:08 PM		Spacin' Empty Mind Spacin' Deep Thuds Richie Records // TestosterTunes 2012
1:15 PM		Yeah Yeah Yeahs Spitting Off the Edge of the World (feat. Perfume Genius) N Cool It Down 2022
1:18 PM		Angel Olsen Ghost On Angel Olsen N Big Time Jagjaguwar 2022
1:24 PM		Beth Orton Weather Alive Beth Orton N Weather Alive 2022
1:30 PM		Torres Making Memories of Us TORRES Making Memories of Us / All Apologies - Single Merge Records 2021
1:35 PM		Renata Zeiguer Evergreen Renata Zeiguer N Picnic in the Dark Northern Spy 2022
1:37 PM		Weyes Blood Titanic Risen Weyes Blood Titanic Risen - Single Sub Pop Records 2019
1:39 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:48 PM		Cut Copy Standing in the Middle of the Field Cut Copy R Haiku form Zero 2017 Going out to Race!
1:54 PM		Tigran Hamasyan I Didn't Know What Time It Was N StandArt Nonesuch 2022 "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the 1939 musical Too Many Girls. Introduced by Richard Kollmar and Marcy Westcott in the stage musical.
2:00 PM		Papercuts I Want My Jacket Back Papercuts N Past Life Regression Slumberland Records LLC 2022
2:03 PM		Tha Retail Simps End-Times Hip-Shaker Pts 1&2 Tha Retail Simps N End-Times Hip-Shaker Pts 1&2 - Single Total Punk 2022
2:04 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:08 PM		CHAI SURPRISE N SURPRISE - Single 2022
2:12 PM		Astrud Gilberto The Girl From Ipanema/Black Orpheus/Agua De Berber (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 25, 1970) Astrud Gilberto The Girl From Ipanema/Black Orpheus/Agua De Berber (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 25, 1970) - Single SOFA - AV Catalog PS 2021
2:16 PM		Wings Rock Show (Old Version) Wings Venus and Mars (Archive Collection) [2014 Remaster] Paul McCartney Catalog 1975
2:25 PM		Elton John Madman Across the Water (feat. Mick Ronson) Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (Deluxe Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2008 Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, England in March 1970, and released in October 1970 in the United Kingdom and January 1971 in the United States.
2:35 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:44 PM		Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro Stumblin' In The Collection & Tracklisting Ariola 1998
2:49 PM		Los Super Seven Heard It On The X (feat. Ruben Ramos) Heard It On The X Telarc 2005
2:50 PM		Rebolu Los Herederos (The Heirs) Rebolu N Mi Herencia (My Heritage) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2022
2:52 PM		Rebolu La Sorpresa Rebolu Abriendo Caminos Rebolu 2010
2:59 PM		Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Miserlou Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Surfer's Choice Sundazed Music

Chat is archived.

hey

hi stevie!

HeyOoo

hi DJE

Hi, DJ Esoterica!

greetings MrM

Salutations, Stevie P

spacin and space truckin

hi mr. m, hi bri!

hey mr. m, have whip it in my binge cue

drew barrymore??

The soundtrack for the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore?!!

She picked all or helped curate the soundtrack!

Wooooooo!

Hello Eso! 👋 Hey Sonic Bloomers 🌸

Salutations :)

hey christine!

hey guelo! welcome!

Great tune great lp from Robyn

Good old Robyn. 💜

…even tho I think we all somewhat know you here, could we have that 5 word summary? :D

agree, bri, have you watched that RH storefront concert that jonathan demme filmed?

yes, c! agree

alan dunham interview: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2021/08/16/alan-dunham-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/

Greetings and Salutations to One and All!

from numero group: At 18 years old, Alan Dunham converted his parent’s Upstate New York basement into a meager recording studio. The product of a childhood obsession with the British Invasion and songwriters of the early ‘70s, 1980’s Flying Alone was his only album to escape the subterranean confines (Alan dunham)

let me think, guelo:)

greetings, mr. m!

Very nice start to the show!

hey all !

smart, kind, chutzpah, glam, sensitive

haha how is thta, guelo?

that

hey tom!

“ smart, kind, chutzpah, glam, sensitive” ❤️

lol shit, i forgot punk

old punk

Just PUNK 💖

@ Esoterica (host) What a great WPRB morning: Segueing from Marvin Rosen to Sara to Esoterica. Ah, auditory aesthetic bliss ...!

thanks kindly, richard. and thanks again fro my award! made my day yesterday.:)

ok, mr. m, just punk

;)

This bass line 💕

why is it bugging me that four are adjectives and one is a noun, haha, guelo and. Mr. M

oh yeah, has that great protopunk 60s detroit vibe

totally, christine

You make the rules regarding adjectives and/or nouns, etcetera. So it’s PERF! Cheers, DJ Esoterica!

aw thx, mr. m! cheers to you!

more on bitchin bajas, out of chicago: https://www.dragcity.com/artists/bitchin-bajas

just in case you are going to the midwest, bitchin bajas tour dates: 7/9/22Saugatuck, MI 8/19/22Chicago, IL

i know mr. m is busy

Soooooo bitchin busy that day

Chicago! 😂

July 9th! Not today! Road trip to Saugatuck! I’m still busy that day. 🤣

nice....

how do you say saugatuck?

I don’t 😝

BRIAN ENO 🧡

love brian eno and roxy music

ROXY MUSIC 💟

SAW-ga-tuck

I bet that's a good beer brewery road trip destination that area of Michigan. SW and W Mich has some great ones.

thx readie, are you from there? i think i said it somewhat accurately then.

nice of you to stop by, read!:)

what are your faves, bri?

breweries

I missed what you said, being in my laundry room amongst machinery! No, not from there, but have heard it many times...

thx, read:)

Hi ESO-T, been listening and doing house things...great accompaniment!

nice! early mott the hoople is jamming

Ahhhh, the 70's!

oh yeah!

(Anytime, ESO-T!)

Hi, DJ Readie Righteous! Now please share the phonetic of Recherché because I say it differently every time! Listen to Recherché every Friday 5pm - 8pm!

Hey Mr.M! It would be my pleasure-

lighters please

REE Church EE

RESH-sher-shay ?

hehe

summer song if there ever was one

Re- (the "e" like in "the"); "share" - "SHAY"

@Stevie lol

my lighter is out of juice. i'll just sway back and forth

The only version ever needed.... Tom!

alright stevie p

agreed, bri, but i am a bruce fan, truth be told

but yeah this version

LOL! yes, my friends, with a slight emphasis on the last syllable (shay)

Listen to Recherché with DJ Readie Righteous every Friday 5pm - 8pm right here on WPRB!

❤️Tom waits

Hi dj s. In my humble opinion not many better song writers than David B. Thanks, I love that song.

Thanks, MrM...appreciate you!

hi hjg! yes what a song, rip david berman

I did not know until right this moment that TW wrote Jersey Girl

He waits...for no one

oh sweet, stevie p.

now you know!

I love all the music stuff I learn on PRB shows

Tom once said when asked about it... "... my wife's from Newark.."

I did not know this either!!! Until this moment!

That sound on Heartattack & Vine... Love it. Swamp. Smoke. Thick. Grooves a plenty

Chutzpah 🤣. Punk! Big ups

i shall not refudiate elicitious

PUNK

still here

Guitar Wolf has a solid cover of Sumertime Blues

Hey ho eso

hey ho debbie!!

hey kyle! i must play next week! thx or the reminder

for

Nice! Have you seen Wild Zero? Super fun

Bitchin!

no is it a doc?

yo hey race!!

Ello!

kyle, is it a film about huitar wolf? maybe i can use for my filmscape show (Wednesdays 3-5 pm)

ello, race!

this song has a so fun riff, love it

igggyyy

I was tryin to tune in yesterday, the Glass was sounding good until i hit a dead zone

awesome, race, thx for listening

where was the dead zone

never heard spacin before, def need to work on their internet presencce, not much info out there, other than from Philly

In the middle of a valley in PA south of Easton

Very tough to transmit through mountains

YEAH YEAH YEAHS ❤️‍🔥

TestosterTunes...interestin'

KAREN O ❤️‍🔥

yes, great label. funny name

@readie

agree, mr. m yeah yeah yeahs. is it ok to still like bands when they get popular?

Fits in with the "chutzpah" thread, @ESO-T!!

I think so, i mean people still enjoy the beatles

good point, race! lol

@ESO-T, ballsy of them, eh?

aw yes, readie

Yes! You’re POPULAR, DJ Esoterica!

haha mr. m

hahhahaha readie

Good one, MrM!

I pop out at parties and am unpoopular

@DJE as long as you always point out condescendingly that you liked the band BEFORE they became popular, you're OK

It's interesting how many people only know Yeah Yeah Yeahs from the A-Trak remix of Heads Will Roll

Yes, well, I was going to suggest that if you wanted an adjective for "chutzpah", but do you think "ballsy" might be too crass, ESO-T? I can't decide...too strong, maybe?

right, stevie p lol

race, interesting, i will have to listen to that remix

yes read, i wouldn't call myself ballsy, gutsy, maybe. i take risks. sometimes good ones, sometimes not so good. hey welcome to the human race;)

courageous?

Gutsy is a good one - I wish I had more of that, tbh. I usually like to be in a co-conspiratorial sitch, really.

plucky

BETH ORTON❣️❣️ New Music⁉️

plucky, good one

yes, this came up as new, mr. m, now i am trying to find the source

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous

all words I use in the first paragraph of my resume

mr. m, releases september, 23, 2022!

We’re going in a different direction, Stevie P

new beth orton, weather alive

Venturesome is a good one - lotta letters though (lol)

Very nice, DJ Esoterica! Cheers!

oh i like that readie!

thx, mr. m cheers!

sorry i blew up, Mr.M

lol stevie, whatever gets you past the AI resume bots

nice stevie p:)

I'm so glad to have extricated myself from the 9 to 5....

ha tom

me, too, read. nice to have you here

It's so great to be able to hang in the chatwithout work distracting me...lol

Thanks, ESO-T!

Hey DJE, could you play Standing In the Middle of a Field by Cut Copy for me?

CUT COPY 💟

Must be nice having free time during the week days, I'd be in here every Thursday if not for the job

Hey eso, Wild Zero a horror comedy about a fan of Guitar Wolf, featuring Guitar Wolf fighting aliens ^ ^

That sounds fantastic kyle

zombie aliens too, I think

hey race, i will try:). any cursing?

oh thx! @kyle

Shouldn't be I don't think

Race, I was on the road between gigs yesterday during DJE's movie show... I had the same problem with dropouts on the car radio

did the stream drop a sec?

When PRB drops for me, driving west of 202 in PA, it is replaced by a religious station.

I didn’t note any issue DJ Esoterica.

stream all good for me, no drops

brief hiccup right now

shoot

half second

A digital snap

ohbooy

race i will play cut copy!

Great l.p. Titanic Rising. Really like the sound she gets, Weyes Blood (Doylestown Pa person)

Punk aF

Bri, totally agree. the song "movies" is amazing

Did you say GLAM?

I would have pronounced it the same ZEIGUER

kickass PSA

Ty ty

sure thing! @race...where are you playing??

PTL

next PTL show we have planned atm is in Maryland with Fetcher

July 29th

this SONG Rn aF 🔥

cool, thx, race! I will announ e

agree, mr. m!

Fetcher's really tight, id recommend everyone listen to their album Growing Pains if you like punk and indie

@Readie, I'm envious! I hope to retire in about a decade.

Did some research on Renata - it's pronounced ZIE (rhymes with "pie") Ger (hard 'G") ZIE-ger

Gotta mention being at John & Peters in New Hope, PA! @PUSHING TIGER LILIES❗️

Hey, I was listening to that! 😆

@Tom S, is your band playing this weekend?

when is that?? mr. m

haha, mr. m...next time

Sunday, August 28, 2022

oooh thx, readie, on the zie-ger.

August 28th, we're playing with Alpha Rabbit

cool, race, i will checkout fetcher

TThey dropped an album this year that's dope

I think it's called eternity?

nice, i am in, race:)

@Christine retirement can happen at anytime you can swing it. I was at the top of my game working with people I really liked, and I could swing it financially, and I left on really good terms...you will know when it is time!!

christine, yes naked brewing bristol taproom on Fri 7-10 moss mill brewing saturday 6-9

thx, mr. m, for the PTL info!

You betcha!

@Readie, sage advice.

@ESO-T- you're welcome. Today is linguistics day..sara and I had a convo re: Holger Czukay earlier. check her chat for more on that...lol

@Tom S, great

lol readie, will do, prb djs like to be accurate

cool, tom! i will announce

TIGRAN HAMASYAN 💟 this is great!!

thx mr. m, just discovered myself

ARMENIAN! 🇦🇲 ❤️💙🧡

cool, mr. m!

article re: hamasyan: https://www.jazzwise.com/features/article/tigran-hamasyan-i-think-an-artist-s-job-is-to-awaken-something-that-s-unconscious

Where's me jumper?

Lol @Brian

yes, bri

i can hear your accent

Audio glitches

uh-oh- dropouts on FM, is it just me?

Definitely not just you

Love hearing you while driving in the car with all the windows open ... remembered the time code so THNAKS for the intro to Cut Copy Standing in the Middle of the Field . HAve a great rest of the show!

We diipped in a toe there into Lake Gltchy Goomee. Little drop out blips . Ok now

Spoke too soon ha....

Heavy glitching on FM rn

Glitch mess right now including DJ MIC

Online too

Like a cd skipping yeah

Stream also?

Must be the equipment at the station

Yep stream too

Yes, stream a mess

Better now

This happened a while back ... should let tech know...

now?

Now it seems a bit better

Weird it was affecting the DJ mic

Once you said cut copy it stoped cutting lol

Not at this moment...the thing was it was intermittent back a couple months ago

DJ Esoterica was buffering just like the music

weird, race.

Started with Serenade to a Cuckoo I think and took me out that night as well

Music is solid now.

:o this is fire

End times Hip-shaker- love it!

DJ mic was buffering the entire mic break until the final 30 seconds.

oh yeah tha retail simps are SOLID

(Notes for tech persons)

good thing i didn't announce band gigs

Today's been a very high quality show, disregarding the broadcast drops here and there

thx for the glitch info, will pass on

Definitely have a lot to add to playlists

Ed did his homework!!

For realz, a TopNotch Playlist again today! Cheers, DJ Esoterica!

true true, readie

aw thx, mr. m

one note samba!

Ha! @DJ•ReadieRighteous!

oh thanks, race! i appreciate you

There was a little bit of One Note Samba thrown in there too in this medley

"Too Many Girls" was the movie where Luci and Desi met. (A couple of days ago, I turned on TCM and saw Lucy enact a knockdown brawl with another actress in “Dance, Girl, Dance”, which came out the same year.)

aw david i watched dance girl dance, too! the great Dorothy Arzner directing!

the other night on TCM

I think that's it for me, have a good day y'all! ✌️

A nice drink of Samba water

aw thx, race. i will announce your gigs soon on today's show (and tom's in the chat!)

ahhhhh bri

Oh hi Macca

yes indeed

LUCILLE BALL 💖

oh hi

Is this a sound check?

going to see Paul this Sunday

maybe??

Oh, that BASS

cool, toms!

That's cool, Tom, where is he Sunday?

Venus & Mars is a great LP

Name checking Jimmy Page!

yup bri

WestSiiidddeee Bowl!

agree, readie, love venus & mars

hollywood!

Paul is still going...he'll be 80 in a little over a week

Oh wow! I think I've seen Paul at least 5 times, what a fab live show

baltimore

I wasn’t paying attention. How did the singer in the Papercuts lose his jacket? Iggy Pop gave his leopard head jacket (from the back cover of the “Raw Power“ LP) to the Dickies’ Stan Lee as barter for drugs.

fri naked brewing bristol sat moss mill brewing

thx! tom

fri 7pm sat 6pm

What a band Here

I came to Baltimore, it was 1914 🇺🇸🎇💥🎆💥

oh yeah bri

Dee Murray bass RIP

oh man yes, bri

this JAM‼️

🔥

wow interesting back story re: iggy and stan lee, david

fire up the soul feels!

What’s the original release date on this ELTON JOHN 💙❓❓

Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, England in March 1970, and released in October 1970 in the United Kingdom and January 1971 in the United States.

And Nigel wow just reinventing the rhythm each pass

Excellent! Thanks, DJ Esoterica! If I had to BING one more THING! 😤😫😝🤣☺️😎

Enjoy this more than the usual version

The album Madman Across the Water, with the other version of that track was released on the Madmand Across the Water LP in 1971...also a great album

Oh! Interesting @DJ•Readie!

BE THERE! IT'S GOING TO BE INSTUPITUOUS!

thank you !!! you're the best

Thanks, ESO-T! Great show!

Ya he's no slouch on the piano Elton. Oh that was Ronson on lead gtr and and diff bass player eh? Great alt version of the EJ band.

Yeah that Paul Mc version sounded like a raw demo. Liked it. Gritty. Blitzen Trapper good show ya

Glitches abound

That version of Madman w/Ronno is a bonus track on the Tumbleweed 1995 and 2001 releases

tape a nickel to the tonearm

uh oh- glitch-out!

Dead air and glitches buffering

I’m bout to flip to KIIS 🙃🤥🤮

buffering glitches will be the name of my band

Might need a JFK fitty cent piece here... big equip needed

Glitch Music

Doom Funk

texted carl, who should i text, readie

this is was my fault. i just tuned in the web player and bam! the oh shit beat. sorry chat!

man colin!

Back now

haha

Colin!!

i know i know, I should have reversed the polarity.

sunspots

happens all the time

Carl is #1 on the list -- I put in a word on the Discord chat

thx readie, i texted him too

Few glitches again

Solid audio now

I just kicked the thing in the corner, hopefully that fixed it.

nice

thx mike

Cheers, DJ MikeLupica!

Typo on Quatro info

*looks around the room for things in the corner that i could kick to make everything better.

lol

better, mr. m?

grandma gets hugs and some dessert.

Ha!

Sambalin' In

Audio good. Typo bad.

Wait

i fixed it!

LOL Colin

i am grandma??

Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro Sumblin' In

thanks, dear colin

Song title

Simsalabim In

ooohh

hahha mr. m

Giggles

Cheers, DJ Esoterica!

Cheers to you!

how isthe music now??

Chat *Luminary [name here]

melodiouis

That edit makes the artwork & more info come up now cools

Solid audio now! And very enjoyable!

nice stevie p. whatever, mr. m (haha)

Ha 😡

just kidding

I’m cry

Me too

Interesting show Esoterica. Anyone else hear the glitch tune in their head when ya see some one with a flat tire or a broken umbrella thesedays?

luminario espectaculo!

i'm laff

= mr. m

🖤💀

🤣🤣🤣 at and with ROFFLESTOMP!

hey roffle, interesting show sounds like faint praise, but i will take it!

Final Five Mins?!

and haha yes, roffle

😭😭😭

I like Readie's title for it: Doom Funk

yes lol

ESO-T, I think of "interesting" as icing on the beautiful tierd cake

tiered

true true read

DJ Esoterica, this was a great show with TopNotch Selections! Stay Awesome! Kind regards to you!

no boring for me!

tired cake is even better

hey thx much, mr. m

SOmetimes, I hear tracks that sound a little like the Doom Funk opening, and a little panic goes to my heart

great show. as always!

Thax, DJE!

@Readie - So the same!

Thx...I have typo hands today

Final One Min!

dunzo!! great show. I got to listen to good chunk of it at increased volumes in the car.

cool, thx! colin!

Great Tune!!

I can typo 60 words per minute!

awesome show as usual, thanks again for the shout out. have a great weekend !

lol, @Roffle!

Great show Eso

I can has TYPO 600 words per min

tanks tom, roffle, read, mr. m, mike, bri, colin, richard, stevie p, race, rg, hjg, everyone!