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The Sonic Bloom

Aug 11, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Esoterica

howdy howdy!

back from the poconos! whatcha wanna hear?

12:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:06 PM		Brian Eno There Were Bells N FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE 2022
12:07 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:14 PM		The Commodores Too Hot ta Trot (Single Version) The Commodores Three Times a Lady / Too Hot Ta Trot - Single Universal Music Group International 2009
12:20 PM		The Arbors Valley of the Dolls The Arbors The Arbors Sing Valley of the Dolls Columbia/Legacy 1968 "grown up children sometimes stray in the valley of the dolls"...
12:22 PM		Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Valley of the Dolls Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Mind Control Rise Above Records 2013
12:29 PM		Chuck Sedacca & Stu Phillips Hells Angels On Wheels Hells Angels On Wheels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Remastered] TTW 1967
12:30 PM		Chuck Sedacca & Stu Phillips Skip to My Mary J Hells Angels On Wheels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Remastered] TTW 1967
12:33 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:40 PM		Donna Summer Romeo (2014 Remaster) Donna Summer I'm a Rainbow (Re-mastered & Expanded) Crimson 1996 A song used in Flashdance.
12:43 PM		Three Dog Night Pieces of April Three Dog Night Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 Geffen 1993
12:50 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:53 PM		The 6ths As You Turn to Go The 6ths Hyacinths and Thistles Merge Records 2000 Written by Stephin Merritt.
12:55 PM		The 6ths You You You You You The 6ths Hyacinths and Thistles Merge Records 2000 This song got cut off yesterday for Filmscape #8. So, here you go!
12:57 PM		Welcome to the Dollhouse clip Welcome to the Dollhouse clip Welcome to the Dollhouse clip
1:00 PM		Joe Jackson Beat Crazy Joe Jackson Beat Crazy Polydor Associated Labels 1980 One of my fave albums! Happy bday, Joe Jackson!
1:03 PM		Joe Jackson One to One Joe Jackson Beat Crazy Polydor Associated Labels 1980
1:07 PM		Joe Jackson Fools In Love Joe Jackson Look Sharp! (Bonus Track Version) A&M 2001 Look Sharp! is the debut album by Joe Jackson, released in 1979.
1:10 PM		Adrenalin O.D. Rock & Roll Gas Station Adrenalin O.D. The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. Chunksaah Records 2008 The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. is the debut album by hardcore punk band Adrenalin O.D. It was released in 1984 through the band's own label Buy Our Records.
1:15 PM		Chaka Khan I Feel for You Chaka Khan I Feel for You Rhino/Warner Records 1984
1:18 PM		Neneh Cherry Buffalo Stance (12'' Mix) Neneh Cherry Buffalo Stance - EP Virgin Catalogue 1988
1:24 PM		Pink Floyd See Emily Play Pink Floyd The Early Years, 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation Pink Floyd Records 2016
1:25 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:33 PM		Bad Religion Give You Nothing Bad Religion Suffer Epitaph 1989
1:35 PM		David Bowie Life On Mars? David Bowie Hunky Dory (Remastered) Parlophone UK 2015 From 1971. Regarded by many as one of David Bowie’s best songs, Life on Mars is often analyzed for its surreal lyrical content and apparent vagueness of meaning. The song was released on Bowie’s Hunky Dory album in December, 1971 and later as a UK single in June, 1973 and was a major hit for the rock legend.
1:40 PM		Thin Lizzy Emerald Thin Lizzy Jailbreak EMI 1976
1:44 PM		Iron Butterfly Termination Iron Butterfly Unconscious Power: An Anthology 1967-1971 Esoteric 2020 Written by Erik Brann. From 1968.
1:46 PM		Visible Cloaks Arcoíris Visible Cloaks N Arcoiris - EP RVNG Intl. 2021
1:50 PM		Cherry Glazerr Told You I'd Be with the Guys Cherry Glazerr Apocalipstick Secretly Canadian 2017
1:54 PM		Angel Olsen Intern Angel Olsen MY WOMAN Jagjaguwar 2016
1:57 PM		The Rolling Stones She's So Cold Emotional Rescue (2009 Remaster) Polydor Records 2012 Full-time members Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitar), Ronnie Wood (guitar), Bill Wyman (bass), and Charlie Watts (drums) were joined by frequent collaborators Ian Stewart (keyboards), Nicky Hopkins (keyboards), Bobby Keys (saxophone) and Sugar Blue (harmonica). From 1980!
2:01 PM		The Knack Oh Tara The Knack Get the Knack CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 2013 The Knack formed in Los Angeles in May 1978, and after shopping their demo tape to various record labels without success, the band began playing the local club circuit beginning in June, playing over 50 gigs in the next six months. The band quickly gained a following as word of mouth spread about their energetic shows and musicians such as Ray Manzarek, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen came to their shows and joined the group on stage.
2:01 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:02 PM		David Lindley Mercury Blues David Lindley El Rayo-X Elektra Asylum 1981
2:12 PM		Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate N The RAK Singles Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 2021
2:17 PM		Rebar The Burn That Is on Me Rebar Rebar Rebar 2016
2:17 PM		Hugh Masekela Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela Still Grazing Blue Thumb 2004
2:23 PM		Allysen Callery Beautiful Teeth Allysen Callery Ghost Folk Cosirecords Schallplatten 2020
2:25 PM		Perfume Genius Pop Song Perfume Genius N Ugly Season Matador 2022
2:29 PM		Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner & Mike Watt Dirty Smell of Dying Wall of Flowers Joyful Noise Recordings & BIG EGO Records 2019 hey, i just got my bottle of "el enojado" watt sauce, have you??!!
2:37 PM		(the) Melvins A History of Bad Men The Melvins (A) Senile Animal Ipecac Recordings 2006 "don't make a sound, they're not dead, just sleeping..."
2:39 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:49 PM		Link Wray & The Wraymen Rumble Link Wray & The Wraymen Link Wray and His Raymen: Jack the Ripper Universe 2012
2:50 PM		The Doors Love Street The Doors N Waiting For The Sun Rhino/Elektra 2021 new reissue.
2:53 PM		Steve Gunn & Mdou Moctar Protection N Nakama Matador 2022
2:59 PM		Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Miserlou Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Surfer's Choice Sundazed Music 2020

Chat is archived.

Hi, DJ Esoterica!!

✨🌟✨

you know it!

You is the Bright Shining STAR! You is!

missed ya yesterday in filmscape!

aw thanks

I missed out! Looking for it on Mixcloud!

it will be there, you latenighter!

I’ll tune in when it lands!

Bonus FilmscapeFUN!

Happiness really did it for me back when it came out. Thanks to TLA video

hey john! yeah i def want to see it

Don’t break your other foot, DJ Esoterica! 🎾

Glad you’re back to regular activities!

did it for you how, john? assumed you liked happiness

thanks mr. m!

i will try not to. i am bad at following your instructions haha

@mr. m

hey john, fun fact! i once won the tla oscar ballot contest

Haha kinda 🤣 what’s up with that?!? L0LZ

it was the year that anna paquin won for the piano (supporting actress)

BRIAN ENO 🤎

I don’t think I’ve seen any of the movies being discussed here today 🤡

todd solondz is a good director (happiness, welcome to the dollhouse)

This JAM is a GEM 💎

this song was in Thank God It's Friday, a movie i saw in 1978 with donna summer

I wanna go to the movies with Donna Summer!

i love her voice! she sang last dance (which i think won the oscar for best song for TGIF)

Hello !

Hey!

howdy, tom!

Lalo Schifrin turned 90 recently. A film score themed radio program devoted six weekly broadcasts to his work.

wow, david!

and hi

I like this noise

Nice start to the show!

thanks much!

David Shortell, thx!!

The 1st said installment: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/116941

This song is so good. The vocal balance reminds me how I believe the Beetles are over rated.

cool! def checking it out. thx, david

Todd Solondz made a “Happiness” sequel called “Life During Wartime”, but different actors played the characters.

agree, john! just discovered this band

oh yeah i DVRed that one but haven't watched, david

is solondz from cranbury?

these guys don't sound like any hells angels I've ever heard, haha

Newark New Jersey

thx, mr. m!

“Welcome to the Dollhouse” was filmed in West Caldwell and had music by NJ artists like Daniel Rey (Shrapnel guitarist and Ramones producer) and Bobby Steele (Misfits, Undead). I remember it played in Red Bank’s cinema. It might not have made it that far if it stuck with its working title, “Faggots and Retards”.

In 2004, Dawn Wiener’s brother and parents return in “Palindromes”, played by the same actors. Although Dawn is said to have killed herself, she and Brandon McCarthy seemingly return in “Wiener-Dog” (2016), played by Greta Gerwig and Kieran Culkin.

yea....??

Welcome to the Dollhouse seems to have filmed in West Caldwell, New Jersey, USA. Was that the info you were seeking?

I just read that Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger died in June!

Cheers, John B!

"Happiness" is wild. But you may want to shower with a steel wool sponge after viewing ha.

Cheers indeed. Interesting about the changed title, I'm glad they changed it.

DONNA SUMMER ❤️‍🔥

There are more than one lesson to ;earn in such things

ew, bri, that is what i hear.

Agreed Brian!! I'll never look at wall paper the same

RIP Phillip Seymour Hoff....

oh that is right (barger died), David! i enjoyed reading hunter thompson's hells angels

true, john. :( rip PSH

I'm out, peace y'all. Thx Esoterica

John B, we barely knew ye ✌️

bye john! thx for stopping by!:)

I chortled out loud

peace

songs which became movie titles

Saw the other Happiness-universe-adjacent films too. Interesting. PSHoffman crazy role in Happiness. And Jared Harris almost forgot... ha! Jane Adams is good too. Saw her in that Sneaky Pete show after not seeing her for a while

can't stay, I'm gardening @LJBlanchet #eitelcleer , I'll be back.

pieces of ape-rell

Oh hai, John B!

Esoterica, a final suggestion, Little Person · Jon Brion

seems like it , though dreamy and mellow, kinda fits in here.

Hey Es, yeah autumn and halloween season are my seasons!

WestSiiidddeee stays hot through October 😡

DJ Brother Show was Fun Timez!!

Chuck Negron turned 80 this year! 3 Dog singer. 9 lives that one... whew

Pieces of Aperol.

Thompson's book talks a bit about the “The Wild One”. I went to see the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Saint just because they named themselves after Marlon Brando’s gang in that movie. Lee Marvin’s gang in that same flick also inspired the name for some band, who became rather well known themselves.

The tragic density of the characters in Happiness makes them remind me of real people more so than any other movie... ok, my boss shall kill me, buh bye

in reverse: Bkft@Tiffinys

THE 6THS 💟

you like??

wow, john, i will def check it out

I heart THE MAGNETIC FIELDS and the adjacent

You Ewe U Yew Yu

lolz

🤣

me, too, mr. m

Me three. Wait

;)

serene sunny

os! i forgot to respond to ya!

love halloween

I’ve been to Magnetic Fields (in Brooklyn) but I’ve never seen Magnetic Fields. They were in the “Pieces of April” soundtrack, right?

Sorry, Halloween is mines, obvi 💀

intercourse, duh

😱

haha

Wow haven't heard these quotes since i saw it! They had to have that "I want to get into a good school" quote in there! 1st thing I thought of today

yes, david, i think it may be billed as stephin Merritt tho

That cat's beat crazy daddy-o!

oh yeah!

Enjoying the JOE JACKSON birthday celebration❣️

The great UK born bass player Graham Maby wth New Jersey connection! Longtime JJ bass man

these are two of my fave albums from high school. loved cruising to the beach everyday blasting this.

oh sweet, bri!

I heard he worked at the Princeton Trader Joe's for a bit

oh cool, harf worked there too

Fun, DJ Esoterica! 🏖 🏎🎶🎵 🚓🚓🚓

Yeah!

Okay.

CHAKA KAHN 💖

Yvete Stevens, aka diva Chaka Khan! Danced to this after high school graduation and before post graduation party!

Yvette* ❤️‍🔥

Chaka Khan ran roughshod over me on her way out of Tramps the night I saw Solomon Burke there.

oh yeah os!

how so, david?

I feel "Sister Sister's" Jackee Harry, should play Chaka in a biopic or something

oh i will check her out to see if i agree, os:)

Chaka Khan let me rock you • Let me rock you Chaka Khan

yup i hear ya!

that’s all I wanna do

🙃🤪🥸😎

yes i can see it, os! is she a singer, too

I doubt it 😝

I knew I felt a Chaka vibe from Jackee, Es!

Gotta be Stevie on that harmonica

NENEH CHERRY 💜

agree, bri

‘Buffalo Stance’❣️❣️

Neneh from the extended Don Cherry family! Eagle Eye too

Feels like a song I hear on 107.9, preferably Friday nights!

Hey, Eso! You're taking me back to my elementary school "bring your own records" Friday music class!

oh yeah, bri

hey li maria!

oh yeah that is cool, what a great teacher, li maria!

making me feel old Li Maria ,80's were my college days

mine, too, tom!

1880’s? 🤡🤡🤡

lol

ha!

It was crowded. I was in her way. Then she disappeared into a taxi northbound on 6th Avenue.

ahhhh

Jack Steeples of Adrenalin O.D. is now in fear gods, who will participate in an August 27 event called “The Hostile City Oi Council” at the Fire (412 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA).

fear gods (all lower-case letters) will then open for a reunited Adrenalin O.D. at Dingbatz (620 Van Houten Ave, Clifton, NJ ) on November 5.

Actually, now that I'm looking at the dates, the Chaka Khan was elem, but the Neneh Cherry was high school

What size are you MrM for the "I Was There For The DJ Horsewater All 1880's Set And All I Got Was.... " tee shirt? They gotta be done printing soon....

Emily!

I always forget that song is Pink Floyd. sounds so different from the later stuff

A big Medium or a fitted Large? And, haha 😂

“Email” about a “book”?? Ok, Boomers

If you want to hear the Pink Floyd song “Lucy Leave” performed live, see the Ribeye Brothers at the Red Tank Brewing Company (77 Monmouth St, Red Bank, NJ ) on August 26.

BAD RELIGION❗️

Good track right here

hey tyler!

sure is:)

Goin Back to Cali

aw yes

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

Bad Religion's Brian Baker lives in Asbury Park these days. His Minor Threat comrade Ian visited a few years ago and dined with him al fresco.

Barbara Streisand covered this 3 years later.

so cool, david!

oh i need to play thaht version, david

that

Do you?

haha

Thin Lizzy! Massive riffage

yes!

And then play Jessica Lange in character sing it from American Horror Story, which I mention darn near every time thaht song gets playhed and discusshed. Life?0n?Mars?

wow, from murder house (first season?) i need to play y it

you didn;t tell me that!:)

No. Freakshow! Pretty sure I told you.

i bet you did! i started thaht season but dropped off

love evan peters and everyone really associated with AHS

did i tell YOU that the current season is being filmed in my hometown of lakeside?? SDcounty

SAME

WHAT.

everyone was posting the trucks on the internet

Imma move witchu

yes adjacent to my high school (which has a rodeo arena next to it) and lake jennings reservoir. check it out! I'm done.

i am nuts about it

Wholly Crud

You gotta get on that season!

do google earth haha

hopefully they're still filming in december haha

Apocalipstick 🧟‍♀️💄

i like this song

obvs haha

Just saw a snippet of that J. Lange version, MrM. Loved her in the first season. I have a LOT of catchin up to do!

That season lingers in the brainz

yes--still creeps me out

Or, you mean the Freakshow season?

yes

i have a lot of catching up to do, to li maria!

Well, both. All! Ma Petite 💗

*shivers*

oh yeah

Swell Selections! 🎶🎵

Yeah loved Knack when i first heard them. About 10 years old. 4th or 5th grade. Striking songs. Great guitars, choruses, bridges...

Hi Esoterica! Lovely tracks! Knocked me out of my chair with Welcome to the Dollhouse. The quintessential indemovie for me. What a treat.

YEAH! SLIDE MAGICIAN!

thanks, roffle!!

love that you enjoy

oh yeah lindley is fantastic

thx mr. m!

X and The Psychedelic Furs are touring! 🤩🥳

I KNOW. missed them, was at the beach. they played parx casino haha off I-95 in PA

thanks for playing this for MEeee!

haha of course!

I haven’t seen “The Knack” in years. I hear it was Jane Birkin’s first movie.

ha, david, haven't seen it

I don’t see “dedicated to MrM” in playlist. Guess you’re saving it for On Air! Awwww

elvis costello at parx tomorrow night,

wow, tom

going to my neighbors for homemade pizza (yum!)

haha mr. m right-o

sadly won't be there ,have my own show

oh where??

moss mill brewing 6pm

the faraway guys??

yes

I know it is a day late but it was great to hear the Oompa Loompas on yesterday’s program

coolio

hi carlos!:)

aw thx!

love that film

appreciate you reaching out, carlos. makes my day.

And the Producers too!!

yup! My faves!

X played the Parx recently (opening act though). X as in John Doe, Exene....

mmm sounds familiar,lol

yes i mentioned that earlier. it wasn't the whole band??

It was the band but... there are so many X, Ex, The X, The Ex, The Exes.... etc similar band names. Yes i think DJ& Billy are involved

Two days ago I could remember Exene Cervenka’s name and not John Doe. Oh bother.

true, bri

ha, mr. m! happens all the time to me.

and they are my fave band

How was Billy Zoom during the show? Last time I saw them in Philly he played the entire show sitting on a bar stool due to his health issues..he still brought on

i think i saw he was playing on a stool at this show, too?

Mentioned many times in chat before but there's a classic Law and Order episode w John Doe acting as leader of a fictitious goth hard rock band called Wotan. Trying to get back in the big time they resort to using too much pyrotechnics in a small club (ala Great White tragedy etc). Eyeliner John ha

wow, bri, i need to watch that episode

Oh it's a delight cringefully so

i love (and live for) the cringe

Haha Law & Order! CHUNG-CHUNG

lol

hi there! i got my bottle of watt sauce a couple of weeks ago! tasty stuff

yeah it is good, no, andrew!?

i like it on my eggs and fish tacos

yeah! i like the hint of ginger

joyful noise, indeed

hmm, need to taste for that. @andrew

thx, mr. m glad you like

MELVINS!

love this song

got horror films vibes

Buzzo for Prez

{the} MELVINS ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

yo reese! i hear that

Why yes, I will say hello in the chat for the Melvins

oh yeah dan!

hey are you filling in for ahab?

I'm not

(A) Senile Animal! Please don’t dedicate this one to me. I’m cry. I did think it was Friday today. Merp.

awesome!

ahab is ON!

haha will NOT, mr. m

Whew

haha, sorry about the panic

dan, great to have ya in the chat!

Hi, DJ DanRuccia! Get back on the radio already!

agree with the senile one

JK, mr. m

Does hanging in the chat count as being on the radio?

It'll be Saturday morning (or Tuesday afternoon) before you know it, MrM

Well, cheers to you, DJ DanRuccia!

El Vez has a bottle of hot sauce from same company

Angry Sauce! Nice. I hear Watt sauce will make you schpiel until you conk.

Might not be that company, but I found a hot sauce called Blast Beets once

Final Eleven Mins?!? How?! 😭

Saw that great docu on Native musicians including Link. Very good

El Vez did a few Xmas shows this year and I bought my son tix to the San Fran show. His pic with El Vez hangs next to all of the ones I had taken with him

oh wow yeah, bri

oh i love that! @carlos

Great section on Jesse Ed Davis tasteful guitar player on so so many records and some great bands

As I type my tablet sits on an El Vez mouse pad..Vegas Vez

awesome, carlos

DJ Esoterica, real Funny how you mentioned sexy thang AND senile animal. Boooooo! L0LZ Seriously makes for fun mic break! Cheers!

haha you write my mic break chats

pls forgive me

You’re Awesome, DJ Esoterica! Never change!

aw thanks, mr. m:)

DJ Esoterica, many thanks for another Super Show! Big cheers and kind regards to you, Lady!

you are super duper awesome. just wish you could pep up a bit. you look a little pale.

Hahaha

Thanks for the soundtrack to get me thru the busy work today Esoterica! Have an awesome weekend!

big cheers to you and all the chatters and bloomerians today!

you, too, roffle!

and you are soooo welcome

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Hawt Sauce covered Ears! 🤑🤠

Great collab

Great show! See y'all later

CHUNG•CHUNG 🔨 where’s me gavel emoji?

aw thx, bri!

see youse!

🖤💀