WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA, and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

The Downer Party

Jul 3, 2022 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Music

With Casey

A Sort-Of Fourth of July Show

Celebrating 4th of July feels a bit uneasy this year, but at least most of us can enjoy a day off tomorrow...

10:00 AM		X 4th of July See How We Are Elektra 1987 Written by Dave Alvin of The Blasters on his only album with replacing Billy Zoom as X's guitarist
10:04 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:06 AM		Priests USA (Incantations) Tape Two Sister Polygon Records 2014 Priests is no more, but singer Katie Alice Greer and bassist Taylor Mulitz both released LPs last month Bandcamp
10:08 AM		Priests Nothing Feels Natural Nothing Feels Natural Sister Polygon 2017
10:13 AM		Bikini Kill Reject All American Reject All American Kill Rock Stars 2012 Playing Franklin Music Hall (fka the Electric Factory) in Philadelphia on July 13th, both New York shows this weekend are sold out Bandcamp \| Tour Dates
10:15 AM		The Clash I'm So Bored With the U.S.A. The Clash Epic 1977
10:18 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:20 AM		The Runaways American Nights The Runaways Mercury 1976
10:23 AM		Pavement Give It A Day Pacific Trim Matador 1996 Title track from a EP, also known as Pacific Trim, later released on the 2 CD Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition Pavement is also playing at King's Theatre in Brooklyn September 30th through October 3rd The Met in Philadelphia on October 5 for some of their first US shows in 12 years. Bandcamp \| Tickets
10:26 AM		MC5 The American Ruse Back In the USA Atlantic 1970
10:29 AM		The Mothers of Invention Hungry Freaks Daddy Freak Out! Verve 1966
10:32 AM		Rage Against The Machine Sleep Now In The Fire The Battle Of Los Angeles Epic 1999
10:35 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:39 AM		Ceremony Into The Wayside, Pt. 1 / Sick Rohnert Park Bridge 9 Records 2010 Bandcamp \| CD
10:43 AM		Lightning Bolt USA Is A Psycho Sonic Citadel Thrill Jockey Records 2019 Bandcamp \| Vinyl
10:46 AM		M.D.C. America's So Straight Millions of Dead Cops R Records 1980
10:47 AM		M.D.C. Church & State Millions of Dead Cops R Records 1980
10:47 AM		Black Flag American Waste Six Pack SST Records 1981
10:49 AM		Fugazi Smallpox Champion In On the Kill Taker Dischord 1993
10:53 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:55 AM		Brian Eno & David Byrne The Jezebel Spirit My Life In the Bush of Ghosts Sire 1981
11:01 AM		Cabaret Voltaire The Voice of America/Damage Is Done The Voice Of America Rough Trade 1980
11:07 AM		Wicked Dub Division Meets Northeast Ska*Jazz Orchestra Sinking Sand N Live Studio Session #1 Brixton Records 2022 Collaboration between two reggae groups from Italy Bandcamp
11:12 AM		Scientist World Cup Squad Lick Their Wounds Scientist Encounters Pac-Man Greensleeves 1982
11:16 AM		Peter Tosh Equal Rights Equal Rights Columbia 1977
11:21 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:25 AM		Stevie Wonder Master Blaster (Jammin') Hotter Than July Motown 1980
11:30 AM		Joey Bada$$ Y U DON'T LOVE ME? (MISS AMERIKKKA) ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ Pro Era 2017
11:33 AM		John Coltrane Alabama Live At Birdland Impulse! 1963
11:38 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:40 AM		John Prine Paradise John Prine Atlantic 1972
11:43 AM		AJJ American Tune Knife Man Asian Man Records 2011 Bandcamp \| Vinyl
11:45 AM		Wilco Ashes of American Flags Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Nonesuch 2002 Wilco releasing deluxe editions of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot this September Bandcamp \| Purchase
11:50 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:51 AM		Wipers Youth Of America Youth of America Park Avenue 1981

Chat is archived.

Alright friends, come on in. The water's fine

Woo woo party time!

Did you salt the water first?

Throw some sodium in there to mix with the chlorine. Instant salt 😎

Himalayan pinky salt is cool.

Gonna have to give that a try but when and how did they start making lamps out of it?

TAndy is that why the bottom of the pool feels sandy?

Those guys were smart before their time. I think wiggling ones toes at the bottom of any body of water is a good survival technique. Water can be sacrry.

>;)

Loved USA incantations

I like X, Some of their songs feel so raw. I love it. Thanks for the ditty liner note. I will look at that with my ears for sure.

@Krista, had to make some edits to that one but yeah it hits hard every time I hear it

@ROFFLESTOMP I have a cassette of that album somewhere, I wish I was able to dig it out in time for today

Dusting off the cassette player is task all in itself. :)

Damn I'm late to the pavement game lol

Meh, just take it up a notch Chef! :)

The pavement game is more like Calvinball, come in whenever you want and the rules are flexible

The one strict rule is never bring up a word that rhymes with Pavement

Pavement is hard.

Love this Rage tune. Reminds me that my guitar cares not about what is played on it.

And overall this is probably one of the more conventionally played RATM songs

Wisely so.

I don't do MSG anymore. But good luck to them.

Too rich for my blood

Yuppers.

Did get to go once in high school when my friend a ticket raffle and I was like "Enjoy it while it lasts cause it's probably not gonna happen again."

Man, you called that one for sure. lol

I saw Chuck Barry there in my barely a teen youth. I hate that venue.

Can't think of the name without my mind going to Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force saying "I saw Styx there with the big Mr. Roboto... I got so arrested."

LMAO, too good!

And yeah, could have been arrested, just never got caught.

I fortunately have also never been arrested

Yup, never do that.

Strongly discouraged

I mean, protesting aside and here we go as a nation again. Just be safe and sane for Pete's sake. Which is a great tune btw.

My girlfriend gave me this album when it came out. Pardon my arthritis.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts? You both must been pretty plugged in at the time, or maybe when it came out it wasn't quite as overshadowed by Remain In Light as it seems today

"The opening of the album is taken from newsreel footage of policemen being given instructions how to cope with Beatles fans before a Beatles concert in 1966."

Oh really? The narrative I heard around this record is similar to the Brian Eno one that it used samples from 70s/80s televangelists

Sorry! I meant the cabaret voltaire track

Oh yeah I got that much I was just saying the reason why I played them back to back

She went to Julliard. Thanks to her I know every inch of that building. The third floor library is where the the dancers where in danskins. What a place.

She was always on top of music. Wonderful person.

I think the Clash had to explain to oversensitive American listeners that that song wasn't so bad. It was nicer than the Exploited's USA song.

@David could not agree more. That Exploited song is a little too spicy for broadcast radio

@David Shortell - Totally agree, much import stuff was warped. But the cutoff bins were golden.

"When your movin' in the positive" Geez, Stevie Wonder could nail it hard at times.

He is truly an incredible talent

On a note completely unrelated to music, Pennsylvania still uses posters about drunk driving from a campaign he did in the '80s

One of the state stores near me has a poster that says "Before I'll ride with a drunk I'll drive myself" in the window

I only do bike trails and west Philly on my cool AF ebike these days, so no more billboards, just skylines these days. Now though, I feel that I am missing out on the new Americana.

The billboards and TV spots are long gone but the Commonwealth never seemed to stop printing the flyers

What kind of e-bike do you have? I got to try the ones from the bikeshare program in NOLA a few months back and I really want to get one

Yeah, and the wannabe town cryers are more than happy to pass them out.

Better yet, mod the hybrid I already have so I could flip the motor on for hills

I have a Lectric 2.0 with a shit ton of mods.

I bought an extra battery that was stolen from Fedex last week. Would have at least doubled my range. Arg!

I'll check it out. I think one of the student DJs here made a custom build and said they got up to 30 mph

Ooof that sucks. You can charge the batteries at home with a normal outlet I assume? Guess I hadn't considered that since you dock the bikeshare ones at a charging station

@ Casey (host) As always, the Downer Party pix today has been an upper for me. Thanks! PS -- The "Scientist Encounters Pac-Man" art triumphantly wins the title of Greatest 1980s LP Art That I'd Never Seen Before ... :-))

Oh yes, moding will get great results. #0mph is awesome, I am good with 20 on demand and I just bought a freewheel that will give me the 30 MPH. I don't need to go faster than that.

@ Richard thank you thank you and I'm sure Scientist makes up most of the top 10 on that list

Yeah I really only need it for an assist. I have some nice bike trails around me but more big hills than I'd like. NOLA on the other hand was the easiest biking I've ever done in my life.

Yuppers, we ge to climb hills with ease. It's super cool!

@ Casey (host) Right! And of course I meant to type "the Downer Party MIX today" ... but as I said, the pix have been awesome too ...

Thanks for the cool tunes and stuff Casey! Have a great day.

Thank you all for listening! Enjoy your holiday!