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The Sonic Bloom

Nov 21, 2022 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Music

With Esoterica

folky, punky, poppy, jangly, post-punky, and psychedelic goodness of the musical variety coming out of your speakers courtesy of moi. oh yeah, and occasional show tunes.

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Howdy! This is my last show for a little while. You have some great subs coming up like Commie Francis next week! More to come!

The Sonic Bloom
3:02 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
3:10 AM
SASAMI - Tried to Understand (feat. J Mascis)
SASAMI Tried to Understand (feat. J Mascis) SASAMI N
Tried to Understand (feat. J Mascis) - Single Domino Recording Co 2022
3:14 AM
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year
The Zombies This Will Be Our Year The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle Marquis Enterprises Ltd 1968
Many people fixate on the sound of the album, which finds a sweet spot between psychedelic rock and baroque pop. But the songwriting, split between band members Rod Argent and Chris White, deserves serious credit as well. Argent was responsible for the album’s memorable hit single, “Time Of The Season,” while White came through with “This Will Be Our Year,” which has shown more endurance than many songs of the era that were big hits at the time.
3:18 AM
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Arkansas Coal
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Arkansas Coal
Nancy & Lee Again (Remastered) Boots Enterprises 2009
Released in 1972. Arranged and conducted by Billy Strange and produced by Lee Hazlewood.
3:22 AM
Robert Mitchum - You Deserve Each Other
Robert Mitchum You Deserve Each Other Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum Sings Classic Music International 2010
Love Mitchum in Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter! from imdb: Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a train accident when he was two, and Robert and his siblings (including brother John Mitchum, later also an actor) were raised by his mother and stepfather (a British army major) in Connecticut, New York, and Delaware.
3:25 AM
Snail Mail - Madonna
Snail Mail Madonna Snail Mail
Valentine Matador 2021
3:27 AM
Patti Smith - Kimberly
Patti Smith Kimberly Patti Smith
Horses Arista/Legacy 1975
3:29 AM
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3:39 AM
H.C. McEntire - Dovetail
H.C. McEntire Dovetail H.C. McEntire
Every Acre
3:41 AM
Little Flowers - Don't Go Too Far with My Heart (feat. Brian Dale Allen Strouse)
Little Flowers Don't Go Too Far with My Heart (feat. Brian Dale Allen Strouse) N
Impressionable (feat. Brian Dale Allen Strouse) - EP 2022
New EP! See Little Flowers tomorrow night at John and Peter's New Hope, PA! https://www.johnandpeters.com/2018/07/20/your-kids/
3:44 AM
Palberta - Surfing w/ Berry
Palberta Surfing w/ Berry Palberta
Roach Going Down Wharf Cat Records 2018
3:47 AM
Redd Kross - Charlie
Redd Kross Charlie Redd Kross
Born Innocent Frontier Records 1986
3:49 AM
Redd Kross - Standing in Front of Poseur
Redd Kross Standing in Front of Poseur Redd Kross
Red Cross Merge Records 2020
from wiki: On August 29, 1979, the day after Ron Reyes joined them on drums, replacing John Stielow, McDonald brothers' middle school punk rock band, the Tourists, would change their name to "Red Cross". Soon after, on September 6, they would go into a recording studio for the first time, accompanied by Joe Nolte, leader of Los Angeles rock band The Last, who produced their session at Media Art Studio in Hermosa Beach, California. However, when Red Cross signed not long after with Posh Boy Records, its owner, Robbie Fields, didn't like the Nolte recordings, so, he would get most of the songs to be re-recorded .
3:51 AM
The Slits - Fm (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977)
The Slits Fm (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977) The Slits
Cut (Deluxe Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2009
3:53 AM
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman
Skip James Devil Got My Woman Skip James
Ghost World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Shanachie 2005
Devil Got My Woman is the fourth studio album by American blues singer Skip James, released in 1968. It was his last record before his death in 1969. The title track is featured in the 2001 film Ghost World, directed by Terry Zwigoff, who used his own collection of early blues for the soundtrack.
3:56 AM
Brian Eno - Over Fire Island
Brian Eno Over Fire Island Brian Eno
Another Green World EMI Marketing 2004
Another Green World is the third studio album by English musician Brian Eno (credited simply as "Eno"), released by Island Records in November 1975.
3:58 AM
Robert Fripp - You Burn Me up I'm a Cigarette
Robert Fripp You Burn Me up I'm a Cigarette Robert Fripp
Exposure Discipline Global Mobile 2019
An article on the Hall-Fripp collab: https://rockremnants.com/2014/09/13/song-of-the-week-nycny-daryl-hall-you-burn-me-up-im-a-cigarette-robert-fripp/. Exposure is the debut solo album by guitarist and composer Robert Fripp. Unique among Fripp solo projects for its focus on the pop song format, it grew out of his previous collaborations with David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, and Daryl Hall, and the latter two singers appear on the album. Released in 1979, it peaked at No. 79 on the Billboard Album Chart. Most of the lyrics were provided by the poet and lyricist Joanna Walton, who was later killed on Pan Am Flight 103.
4:00 AM
King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind
King Crimson I Talk to the Wind King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King (Expanded Edition) Discipline Global Mobile 2014
In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut studio album by English rock band King Crimson, released on 10 October 1969 by Island Records. Recorded in Wessex, England.
4:03 AM
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon
Still Crazy After All These Years Legacy Recordings 2010
Backing vocals on the single were performed by Patti Austin, Valerie Simpson, and Phoebe Snow. Still Crazy After All These Years is the fourth solo studio album by Paul Simon. Recorded and released in 1975, the album produced four U.S. Top 40 hits: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", "Gone at Last", "My Little Town", and the title track.
4:10 AM
Roxy Music - Editions of You
Roxy Music Editions of You Roxy Music
For Your Pleasure EG Records 1999
4:21 AM
Beth Orton - Forever Young
Beth Orton Forever Young Beth Orton N
Weather Alive Partisan Records 2022
4:21 AM
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4:26 AM
Richard X. Heyman - You Can Tell Me
Richard X. Heyman You Can Tell Me Richard X. Heyman N
67,000 Miles an Album 2022
From an interview with Heyman: "So, the opening song called “You Can Tell Me” was one that I wrote in my family’s garage at an upright piano. Someone down the street had been throwing it out, so I got it to start writing. I wheeled it down with a couple of friends. I had also been tinkering on pianos at school, cutting class and going into the auditorium. I had been taking a bunch of music courses in high school and was in the marching band."
4:29 AM
Wipers - Mystery
Wipers Mystery Wipers
Is This Real? Zenorecords 1980
Written by Greg Sage.
4:30 AM
Pere Ubu - Codex
Pere Ubu Codex Pere Ubu
Dub Housing Fire Records 1976
4:36 AM
Wire - Culture Vultures (4th Demo)
Wire Culture Vultures (4th Demo) Wire
Not About To Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978) pinkflag 2018
4:38 AM
Magazine - I Want to Burn Again
Magazine I Want to Burn Again Magazine
The Correct Use of Soap Virgin Catalogue 2007
The Correct Use of Soap is the third studio album by English post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. Produced by Martin Hannett.
4:43 AM
The Fall - Popcorn Double Feature
The Fall Popcorn Double Feature The Fall
Extricate (Expanded Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2007
Extricate is the 12th album by post-punk band the Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced guitarist Brix Smith. Released in 1990.
4:46 AM
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
The Stranglers Golden Brown The Stranglers
The Collection 1977-1982 Parlophone UK 1982
4:50 AM
The Jazz Butcher - Silver Street
The Jazz Butcher Silver Street The Jazz Butcher N
Never Give Up (Glass Version) - Single Glass Modern 2022
Never Give Up was re-recorded for Pat’s final LP, The Highest In The Land – it’s one of his greatest songs, maybe the greatest. His Hallelujah, if you will. The B side, Silver Street by Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth (Jacobites) was recorded for a forthcoming Glass Modern compilation, of various artists covering Glass artists material from the eighties.
5:00 AM
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5:04 AM
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Jesus Alone Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree Bad Seed Ltd 2016
5:09 AM
PJ Harvey - Working for the Man
PJ Harvey Working for the Man PJ Harvey
To Bring You My Love Universal-Island Records Ltd. 1995
5:14 AM
Le Tigre - What's Yr Take on Cassavetes
Le Tigre What's Yr Take on Cassavetes Le Tigre
Le Tigre Wiiija 1999
5:17 AM
The Moody Blues - The Afternoon
The Moody Blues The Afternoon The Moody Blues
Days of Future Passed UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2011
Written by Justin Hayward. Days of Future Passed is the second album and first concept album by English prog rock band The Moody Blues, released in November 1967 by Deram Records.
5:20 AM
Gentle Giant - Isn't It Quiet and Cold?
Gentle Giant Isn't It Quiet and Cold? Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant EMI 1970
Recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, England.
5:24 AM
The Gun Club - Carry Home
The Gun Club Carry Home The Gun Club
Miami (Remastered 2020) Blixa Sounds 1982
5:27 AM
The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray (Remastered)
The Lemonheads It's a Shame About Ray (Remastered) The Lemonheads N
It's a Shame About Ray (30th Anniversary Edition) Fire Records 2022
5:31 AM
The Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like a Train
The Psychedelic Furs Into You Like a Train The Psychedelic Furs
Talk Talk Talk Columbia 2002
It was released 6 June 1981 by Columbia Records.
5:36 AM
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5:38 AM
Stiff Little Fingers - Rough Trade
Stiff Little Fingers Rough Trade Stiff Little Fingers
Inflammable Material Parlophone UK 1979
Released February 2, 1979 Recorded November 1, 1978 - November 13, 1978 at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge. (Apart from "Alternative Ulster" recorded Island Studios, London May 1978.)
5:40 AM
The Jam - The Place I Love
The Jam The Place I Love The Jam
All Mod Cons (Remastered) Polydor Records 1978
5:43 AM
The Zeroes - I Can't Explain
The Zeroes I Can't Explain The Zeroes
Work All Day + I Can't Explain - Single The Gallo Record Company Vault 1966
5:45 AM
The Rolling Stones - Sway
The Rolling Stones Sway The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers (2015 Remaster) Polydor Records 2012
One of my fave albums! Released in 1971.
5:49 AM
The Doors - Indian Summer
The Doors Indian Summer The Doors
Morrison Hotel Rhino/Elektra 2021
Released February 9, 1970.
5:54 AM
Public Image Ltd. - Socialist
Public Image Ltd. Socialist Public Image Ltd. R
Metal Box Virgin Records 1979
Going out to HJG! R.I.P. Keith Levene.
5:57 AM
XETAS - The Hierophant
XETAS The Hierophant XETAS
The Cypher 12XU 2020
Excellent band from Texas!