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The Sonic Bloom

Dec 15, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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.

Richard X. Heyman! Glam Rock, too!

On the Sonic Bloom today, we'll chat with Richard X. Heyman and celebrate glam rock with our 7th annual GLAM extravaganza.

12:03 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:10 PM		Richard X. Heyman interview Richard X. Heyman interview 2022 2022
12:47 PM		Richard X. Heyman Misspent Youth Richard X. Heyman 67,000 Miles an Album 2022
12:50 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:55 PM		Giuda Tartan Pants Giuda N Live at Punk Rock Raduno Wild Honey Records 2022 Glam, early punk, pub rock band from Rome, Italy, born in 2007 from the ashes of the punk rock band Taxi.
12:58 PM		Giuda Medley (Get It over / Space Walk / Watch Your Step) Giuda N Live at Punk Rock Raduno Wild Honey Records 2022
1:00 PM		Faz Waltz Hot Cold Fever Faz Waltz N Hot Cold Fever - Single Faz Waltz 2022 Italian rock! Out of Cantu, Italy!
1:05 PM		Creem Circus I Want to Hold Your Hand N I Want to Hold Your Hand - Single 2022
1:10 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:15 PM		Urge Overkill The Kids Are Insane Urge Overkill The Supersonic Storybook Touch and Go Records 1991
1:17 PM		Slade My Friend Stan Slade Old New Borrowed and Blue (Expanded) BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited 2006 "My Friend Stan" (stylised as "MY FRIEИD STAИ") is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1973 as the first single from the band's fourth studio album Old New Borrowed and Blue. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler.
1:18 PM		Status Quo Pictures of Matchstick Men Status Quo Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Castle Communications 2003 "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is the first hit single by Status Quo, released on 5 January 1968.
1:22 PM		Mud Crazy Mud The Very Best of Mud Parlophone UK 1998 Mud [GB] originally released Crazy written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and Mud [GB] released it on the single Crazy in 1973.
1:26 PM		Suzi Quatro Glycerine Queen Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro Chrysalis Records 1973
1:30 PM		The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Time / Confusion The Crazy World of Arthur Brown The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Esoteric 2016 Released in the United Kingdom in June 1968 by Track Records and in the United States in September 1968 through Atlantic, the album was an international success.
1:30 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:40 PM		Anthony Newley Once in a Lifetime Anthony Newley Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Verve (Adult Contemporary) 2001 David Bowie LOVED Anthony Newley. I find Newley to be glam!
1:43 PM		David Bowie Suffragette City David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2015 Remaster) Parlophone UK 2015
1:51 PM		Roxy Music If There Is Something Roxy Music Roxy Music (Deluxe Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2018
1:53 PM		Roxy Music Angel Eyes Roxy Music Manifesto EG Records 1999
2:03 PM		Badfinger I Can't Take It (2010 Remaster) Badfinger R No Dice (Expanded Edition) EMI Catalogue 2010 Going out to Diane! Written by Pete Ham.
2:06 PM		T. Rex Life's a Gas T. Rex Electric Warrior Universal Music Group International 2012
2:06 PM		Mott the Hoople The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll Mott the Hoople The Hoople Columbia 2000 Released in 1974!
2:10 PM		Mott the Hoople Violence Mott the Hoople Mott (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1973 Mott is the sixth studio album by British rock band Mott the Hoople. It peaked at No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart. It's is the last album to Feature guitarist Mick Ralphs and first without organist Verden Allen, due to Allen's departure most organ and other keyboard parts are played by Ralphs. "All the Way from Memphis", an edited version of which was released as a single, received considerable airplay on U.S. radio and captured the band overseas fans, as well as reaching the UK Singles Chart.
2:15 PM		The Runaways Dead End Justice The Runaways The Runaways Island Def Jam 2010
2:22 PM		Klaus Nomi Total Eclipse Nomi Song (Remastered 2019) - Single Summer Girls 2019
2:30 PM		Redd Kross Blow You a Kiss in the Wind Redd Kross Teen Babes From Monsanto Merge Records 2018 Released in 1984! Recorded at Kitchen Sync ad recorded by Geza X.
2:32 PM		Brett Smiley Pre-Columbian Love Brett Smiley Breathlessly Brett Cavalcade Records Ltd 2003 Brett Smiley (September 25, 1955 – January 7, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter who was active in the UK during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. Smiley released one single, "Va Va Va Voom," and made an appearance on the Russell Harty television show, where he performed the song "Space Ace". Smiley began his career as a child actor playing the title role in "Oliver!" in 1965 on Broadway.
2:33 PM		Jobriath Morning Star Ship Jobriath Jobriath Rhino/Elektra 1973 Bruce Wayne Campbell (December 14, 1946 – August 3, 1983), known by his stage name Jobriath, was an American rock musician and actor. He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label, and one of the first internationally famous musicians to die of AIDS. He played Woof in the first production of Hair. He appeared in the legendary West Coast production at the Aquarius Theater on Sunset Boulevard. Born in King of Prussia.
2:42 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:43 PM		Can Moonshake Can R Future Days Mute 2013 Going out to Debbie!!
2:47 PM		Lotte Lenya Moritat vom Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife) (From "the Threepenny Opera") Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill - The Seven Deadly Sins / Berlin Theatre Songs Masterworks Broadway 1955
2:50 PM		Zolar X & The Spys Rich Girl 00x When Worlds Collide Y-Not Records 2019
2:52 PM		Bay City Rollers I Only Wanna Dance With You Bay City Rollers Wouldn't You Like It? Arista 2004
2:54 PM		David Essex Rock On David Essex Rock On Columbia 1973
2:57 PM		Sweet Stairway to the Stars Sweet The Best of Sweet Capitol Records 1993

Chat is archived.

hey

hay

heigh

DJ ESOTERICA!!

Chatter MrM!!

Chattist?

WestSiiidddeee!

“#1 Spinitron Influencer MrM”

lol mr. m

Hello

hi bri!

Drum fill Harry....

WestSiiidddeee!!!!

High Stevie P

is stevie high?

You’ve been missed, DJ Esoterica!

aw thx, mr. m?! i've dearly missed you all.

ALWAYS!

heigh now

went to key west tho, never had been there. pretty cool.

sleigh bells ring....

ah wish i'd known, i know a bartender there. Any Ikea construction music is welcome, ive got two large ones to build today.

there's an earthcam at Kevin's Irish Pub in key west

hi! uno

Glad you’ve been having fun timez, DJ Esoterica! Cheers to you!

ha, stevie!

thx mr. m! cheers to you.

unoclay, glam goes really well with ikea

https://thedoughboysnj.com

hey david!

thanks for the site!

@david

welcome back ! you were missed for sure

hey tom!!!

thanks kindly

I sometimes need to inform folks thusly whenever they speak of the later Canadian group called The Doughboys (whom I once saw open for the Buzzcocks at the Limelight).

good for you, david

I just misspoke, the name of the album ios 67,000 miles an album

forgive me

I've seen these guys perform a version of "Tuesday Afternoon" that's as great as the Dickies' version of "Nights in White Satin".

wow, david! when did you see them and where?

Just saw the movie *Paterson* with Adam Driver 👍

i need to see that film!!

love adam driver

what did you think, mr. m?

I enjoyed it.

col

cool

You see it? Thoughts?

no (see below). i need to see it!

he's a poet in it, right?

I’ve seen the group at least four times: Maxwell’s in Hoboken, the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, the Open Arts Stage in Bordentown, the Langosta Lounge in Asbury Park.

I keep having weird glitches where I don’t see responses as they are entered by others. Sorry. Yes. Poet. Drives bus in Paterson.

nice, david!

ok, is it something i am doing? or your computer? Mr. m

Schroeder from "Peanuts" informs me that tomorrow is Beethoven's birthday.

aw, david!

love peanuts

today is wprb's bday!

It’s my phone. Bout to throw it out window.

haha

Hello esoterica! Happy Birthday WPRB!

hi bo!

Happy Birthday WPRB❣️ 🎂 🎈

“hi bo!” appeared after my birthday wishes was already posted. Weirdness.

yes, happy birthday, wprb!

another TopNotch Interview!

oh thanks very much:)

Howdy Mr.M💀!

I’d like to hear more about his interest in and any influence from BEETHOVEN

WPRB shares a birthday with Paul Simonon, Dave Clark and Alan Freed.

agree, mr.m

wow david!

Always nice to see you, Ambrose Hughes!

The long hair craze caught on with the West Coast first, before coming east.

@Mr.M💀thank you, back atcha!

Thanks YOU, Ambrose Hughes!

Glad your back!

howdy lee!!!

thanks kindly

did you hear him reference his fave bands?

procol harem

in this song

cafe a go go

Callahan here, sounds like a great show today! Hello!

hi inspector!!

glad you came by

about to play some glam

Thanks! Glad to be here!

Early Roxy Music???

oh yeah coming up!

roxy

You never disappoint!

@esoterica, I was vexed to hear of Stuart Margolin's passing yesterday, such a great actor.

aw yes, loved him in the rockford files

r.i.p.

Also in the first Death Wish!

man, i need to rewatch. Bronson!!

Original "tough guy"

totally

When "Paterson" opened, ᎷяM, I saw it in Red Bank (Pre-pandemic, of course, when the theater had different owners. Now it's only open on weekends, and shows less interesting films). What I mainly remember is the statue of Lou Costello.

Yes, loved that Show, was compulsory viewing in our house, he also co-wrote a song in 1969 that went to #17 for Shanga I think was the band's name ???

LOU COSTELLO❣️ What’s happening in the building Monday through Friday?? @David Shortell??

i love lou costello forever. what a treasure:)

dramatic pause

and skip

L0LZ

Oh… VIVA L’ITALIA❣️

nice to see my friends in Creem Circus today, they put on a really fun show., They're opening for Marky Ramone this Sunday at Ardmore Music Hall

Apparently there’s an open mic on Thursdays,ᎷяM. They rent out the space too.

https://thebasie.org/venue/basie-center-cinemas/

Asbury Park should follow suit and erect a statue of Bud Abbott.

I saw Giuda at House of Independents. I rarely go there, but I arranged to take December 30 off so I can see Night Birds’ farewell show. Now I see it’s sold out! Grr!

BUD ABBOTT❣️ Thanks David Shortell. Seems like an odd business model. Maybe they own the building? Want the write-off??

URGE OVERKILL 💜

agree!! mr. m love them!!

concur!! gorgeous GLAM, DJ Esoterica!

These guys have the best live shows

Nice!

Were you there when Urge Overkill played at the Court Tavern, Esoterica? Around Thanksgiving 1989, I recall.

UO, Francis! yeah they are reat

GREAT

and hi!

I saw them in DC @ old 9:30 club 2x,

hello all from sunny CA

i saw them at the electric factory in Philly with GBV back in 95?

hi francis, it is cold, right, high of 60s?

yeah it's "cold" today 45

I'm out inthe redwoods - so it's a bit cooler than in the cities

good for you, hug a redwood for me.

‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’❣️

i think i forgot this wasn't camper van beethoven originally

I just looked it up on my calendar. It was Friday, November 24, 1989. The other group playing was Beme Seed. (I didn’t realize at the time that they were led by the dancer for the Butthole Surfers!)

The "Quo" as we called 'em, very popular band when I was a wee 'un.

aw, bbo! cool!

Love today’s theme. I always think of Little Richard being glam rock.

howdy, stitching pink!

oh good point on little richard!

yo debbie!!

i have my special cups proudly displayed on my buffet!

thank you!:)

And love Urge Overkill. Thanks for playing!

I worked with a Glaswegian fan who bemoaned that Status Quo never caught on as much in the USA.

sure thing, SP!!

Hi DJ StitchingPink!

Glitch Music

OH SHITE MUSIC😞

yeah. that is too bad, david.

BACK!

huh not a suzi quatro fan? @bo

Back to regular programming

oh that!!

Hahahaha

SUZI QUATRO 💝

@esoterica, the glitch music came on for a few seconds there ...love Suzi Q!

Could you play some Badfinger?

hi! diane

of course!!

love badfinger

So does Dale Hawkins, Ambrose.

solid!

@David, ha yes indeed, from whence we got The Band eventually.

Glam Rocking like you wouldn’t believe here at my house big up esoterica and all the sonic bloomers 🎶🔥🎶🔥

Arthur Brown put out a new single about a month ago at the age of 80!

big up, selecta!!

thx so much for stopping by.

love that he is still producing, bo

@esoterica, I heard the song and his voice is still quite powerful!

Hello Es on this cold holiday rainy day

Big UP Selecta Jerry!

can u play can?

Selecta 🟢🟡⚫

smile

@esoterica, have you heard Louis XIV, from your home town?

Cheers to DJ SelectaJerry!!

Knew thats who you were referring to!

yes, inspector! we are on the same page!

no i haven't, bo. i need to check them out!

Awesome!!!

David x Iman 4ever 💒 💖🌸🌟

@esoterica, their album The Best Little Secrets Are Kept is very glam and brilliant imho.

Wham glam thank you ma'am!

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

Anthony Newley directed a movie: https://tubitv.com/movies/695583/summertree

DJ Esoterica Sing-along❣️

too much!?

haha

ROXY MUSIC 💟

prob blew your eeardrums, mr. m

eeeaarrdrums

It was PERF, DJ Esoterica!

thx!!! i am irrepressible lol

Outstanding!

Never heard this, kinda country & western with twist, super!

kinda cool, no, bo?

Mr. Debonair Bryan Ferry

@esoterica, for sure!

Classic after classic. Great stuff here

aw thx bri

true, inspector, going out to you!

Thank You!

Prairie Rose, a crown of thorns, a scented flower...

love it!

THANK YOU!

BTW, I worked at EG Records..a long time ago!

Sweet. Or as they say The Sweet. Would be as they say, sweet

wow, diane!

that is so cool

oh yeah bri! The sweet coming up

this show does feel good!

aw thanks! making me. happy for sure

Ahh this is nice

Hey Esoterica, good to hear you on the dial again! Lovin the glam today

T rex always makes me feel happy. I remember hearing it on the radio when I was like 6 in the early 70's and liking it then. And I still do

Love that fat octave pedal effect on the guitar for the T-Rex gtr solo

and just keeps getting better!

hey dsm! thanks!!

cool, francis!

rolling away!

oh yeah

first time i heard this, i thought it was violins!

ha!

😍Runaways

yeah!:)

Santa Klaus Nomi..LOL

hey mike! yes

The first time I heard Mrs. Miller I thought it was Klaus Nomi.

WestSiiidddeee GLAM

"Countertenor”? Is that the same thing as “male soprano”? Michael Crawford was described as such.

Love my Redd Kross as well - and love their cover of this Bewitched song.

oh me too!!! @diane

prob the same, david

That 1970 episode, “Serena Stops the Show“, would have us believe that Boyce & Hart were popular rock stars of that time.

Which one is Jobriath here? https://youtube.com/watch?v=NJYYcmF2TI8

Awww Dang

huh

what

Can do

I am listening to you from King of Prussia PA!

nice, paula!!!

thx for stepping into the chat!

Sorry for the technical difficulties!

This is her boyfriend "Jimbo-terica"! Get this: King of Prussia is right next to WAYNE PA! (Where I grew up) Who knew???

ha!

nice paula/jimboterica

i am fixing tech diffs, mr. m, as we speak.

DJ Esoterica, still a Great Show! Swell interview!! Many thanks! Big cheers! Kind regards to you, Lady! Happy Holidays! Hurry back to the airwaves!

aw thanks, mr. m!!

happy holidays!!

Lotte’s most famous to some as Olga Kleb, kicking at James Bond with her poison-daggered shoes.

wow david, yes

Testing 1-2, 1-2

And happy Christmas and new years ❤🤍💚💙🤍💛

Great time Eso. Glam it up

aw thx, bri!

you, too!!

happy holidays, os!

and everyone!! been fun!

Calling out across the land. Calling every single Rollers fan. School's been a drag but that's alright. 'Cause we're gonna see Woody on stage tonight!

righteous!

Thanks for the great music Esoterica and have lovely holiday!

aw thanks bo! have a wonderful holiday!

Oh man I've missed the glam show. GRRRR

this GEM 💎 L🎶🎵

BASS

Good memory of Wilbo playing the ENTIRE War of the Worlds rock n roll / spoken word lp set for Halloween pledge week

oh yeah!

Especially the second 15 minutes :-(

wow, bri

Happy holidays Esoterica

Featuring Essex, Hayward, Lynott &others

howdy! happy holidays, rob!

and everyone