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Summer Connection

Jan 17, 2023 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

filling in!

It's DJ Esoterica here subbing for Anika. Join me for new music, old music and something in between.

3:01 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
3:07 PM		Naked Raygun Where You Live N Amishes - Single 2023
3:10 PM		Doom Flower Ride in the Car N Limestone Ritual Record Label 2022 Doom Flower is a Chicago-based band consisting primarily of Jess Price (guitar/vocals) and Bobby Burg (bass), with Matt Lemke and Areif Sless-Kitain joining on synths and drums respectively. After releasing an EP back in 2019, Price and Burg got together in March 2020 to work on new material, though the process was curtailed by the pandemic.
3:13 PM		Quasi Nowheresville N Breaking the Balls of History 2023 Quasi is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by former spouses Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss. Joanna Bolme performed and recorded with the group as a bassist from 2007 to 2011.
3:16 PM		Psychic TV Attraction Romantique. Psychic TV N Those Who Do Not Cold Spring 2022 New remaster of the 1995 album.
3:26 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
3:28 PM		Public Image Ltd. Hawaii Public Image Ltd. N Hawaii - Single 2023 Public Image Ltd. (PiL) have been selected for the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest airing on February 3. The band will represent Ireland with their new single “Hawaii.” The song—the band’s first new music since their 10th album What the World Needs Now in 2015—is a love letter to Lydon’s wife. Nora Forster, Lydon’s wife of nearly 45 years, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2018.
3:31 PM		Belle and Sebastian I Don't Know What You See In Me Belle and Sebastian N Late Developers 2023
3:34 PM		Lewsberg The Playground N Sweets - Single 2022
3:36 PM		The Cure Grinding Halt The Cure Three Imaginary Boys Rhino/Elektra 1979
3:39 PM		Ian Hunter Who Do You Love Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (30th Anniversary Edition) Columbia 2005 Came out in 1975!
3:43 PM		The Birthday Party Zoo Music Girl The Birthday Party Prayers on Fire Bloodlines 1981
3:45 PM		King Curtis The Weight (feat. Duane Allman) King Curtis An Anthology, Volume II Mercury Records 1974
3:49 PM		Syd Barrett Golden Hair Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs Columbia/Legacy The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968. The Madcap Laughs, released in January 1970 on Harvest in the UK but not released in the US until 1974, enjoyed minimal commercial success on release, reaching number 40 on the UK's official albums chart. It was re-released in 1974 as part of Syd Barrett (which contained The Madcap Laughs and Barrett), which saw the first US issue of the two LPs.
3:51 PM		Torres Hug From a Dinosaur TORRES Thirstier Merge Records 2021
3:53 PM		The Dictators Let's Get the Band Back Together The Dictators Let's Get the Band Back Together - Single Dictators Multi/Media 2021 The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth."
3:57 PM		Simply Saucer Dance the Mutation Simply Saucer Cyborgs Revisited In The Red 2018 Simply Saucer is a Canadian rock band formed during the 1970s. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of guitarist and vocalist Edgar Breau, keyboardist John LaPlante (billed by the stage name Ping Romany), bass guitarist Kevin Christoff and drummer Neil DeMarchant. Released in 1989 on Mole Sound.
4:01 PM		Oblivians Bad Man Oblivians Popular Favorites Crypt Records 1996 Formed in Memphis, Tennessee, the band consisted of three members—Greg Cartwright, Jack Yarber, and Eric Friedl—who alternated between instruments on stage and in the studio, each member serving as vocalist, guitarist, and drummer, in turn. The band recorded four LPs, as well as a number of EPs and singles, typically recording songs live in the studio.
4:04 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
4:12 PM		Punishment of Luxury Laughing Academy Punishment of Luxury Laughing Academy Parlophone UK 2008 Laughing Academy is the debut studio album by English band Punishment of Luxury, released in 1979 by record label United Artists.
4:17 PM		Howard Devoto Rainy Season Howard Devoto Jerky Versions of the Dream Virgin Catalogue 2007 Released in 1983.
4:22 PM		Gary Myrick & The Figures She Talks In Stereo Gary Myrick & The Figures Gary Myrick and the Figures (With Bonus Tracks) Legacy Recordings 2009 Released in 1980 and featured in the film Valley Girl.
4:26 PM		Sparks Eaten By the Monster of Love Sparks Angst In My Pants Lil Beethoven Records 1982
4:29 PM		Yo La Tengo Aselestine Yo La Tengo N This Stupid World Matador 2023
4:33 PM		Tommy Lefroy Worst Case Kid Tommy Lefroy N Worst Case Kid - Single 2023 Tommy Lefroy is a duo composed of Wynter Bethel and Tessa Mouzourakis, who are from Michigan and Vancouver, respectively. A single encounter in Nashville sparked an artistic partnership between them where they have created a lush sonic landscape defined by acoustic instruments along with layered harmonies.
4:35 PM		Link Wray & The Wraymen The Swag Link Wray & The Wraymen Lost Treasures Cadence Records 2010 Released March 1958.
4:38 PM		Pere Ubu Use of a Dog Pere Ubu Song of the Bailing Man Fire Records 1982 Written by David Thomas.
4:41 PM		M83 Oceans Niagara N Fantasy Mute 2023 M83 are a French electronic music group formed in Antibes in 1999 and currently based in Los Angeles. Initially the duo of multi-instrumentalists Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, Fromageau parted ways shortly after touring for their second album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.
4:45 PM		The Monkees Tapioca Tundra The Monkees The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees Rhino 1968 The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees proved to be another successful album, yielding the group's sixth million-selling single in "Valleri" and yet another No. 1 in "Daydream Believer", written by former Kingston Trio member John Stewart. "Tapioca Tundra", an experimental piece of poetry put to music by Nesmith, charted well as the B-side to "Valleri" and reached No. 34.
4:49 PM		Viagra Boys The Cognitive Trade - Off Hypothesis Viagra Boys N Cave World YEAR0001 2022
4:59 PM		Cherry Glazerr Call Me (feat. Portugal. The Man) Cherry Glazerr Call Me (feat. Portugal. The Man) - Single Secretly Canadian 2019

Chat is archived.

hey

HeyOoo

how are you, mr. m?

Backbone xylophone

👁️

Hi DJ Esoterica!

howdy Bri! TAndy!

You’re gonna play “opld music” as noted above?! A new genre?!

yo SUWesley

stop, mr. m! i am the typo queen

I’m good enough, thanks! How are you, DJ Esoterica!

not today. although this is a movie theme, of course.

HeeHeeHee

i am doing fine

thanks!

Cheers!

Esoterica! Nice!

It says the title in the playlist, so ShutUpWesley. Oh you deleted it. L0LZ

What a pleasant surprise! Happy to 'ear it's you! Appropo follow up to Wilbo to be sure!

yo RG!

we love wilbo, for sure:) yes i think apropos

Wilbo is art many, mant times.

I grow my pony tail with you longer every day happily Esoterica

Nice surprise in mailbox today..shirt and sticker look good and happy to say bottle opener works just fine

sweet, Carlos!

ha, roffle!

Oh NEW Remaster!

true true

so true

Ya the shirt is so good this season! Gotta get a bottle of something just use the opener... it needs some scratches. Like stepping on yer new white sneakers. Give it some character

love the swag this time

i was also excited by the opener, bri

Pizza Dog sticker rocks too

Fun Fact - I think Psychic TV put out more albums in one year than anyone else. Even more than Jandek

Last sticker was great…same size as my gas tank cover on car

Hi dj es, nice surprise having this today, great hearing some oldish Joanna on bass. She is great

Cheers to DJ Anika! 🪅

Joanna rocks!

Jicks and more

I need no mention, but thanks for the love.

aw thanks

roffle

New schedule?!

yes!

spring schedule

I’m still trying to remember the current schedule!

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD‼️ Eurovision Song Contest!!

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN❣️

yes!

This sounds really different/more poppy than most B&S

agree, francis

maybe it ends in MURDER

explain, please;)

@mr. m

Haha as if the story of the song ended in murder after such a peppy sound

ha that's funny

now we dance!

I’m a goof. I’ll refrain from comment for sixty mins. 🙃

pogo!

no don't i think you are a rare comic talent!

@mr. m

😝🤗

🖤💀

back at ya

I meant sixty secs! These are GREAT TUNES!

I couldn’t go sixty mins! 🤡

aw thanks!!

this BANGER Rn aF!

love the birthday party! @mr. m

i love nick cave

Duane Allman!

oh yeah!

Hi Es

Just right!

howdy, os!

Oblivians..very Misfits sounding

I am so just here, but you know. Thanks the bunch Esoterica.

for sure, roffle. hope you like howard devoto.

SPARKS!

Valley Girl!

LOVE!

Heard this 40 years ago watching that movie. Had no idea who Sparks were at the time. But always remember that scene

oh yeah love that movvie

movie

i love all the associative music-film bits in my brain

Nic Cage. My punk hair is a bird.. .

New Tengo sounds great!

Saw there is a reissue of Bettie Serveert' lp "Palomine" for other 90s goodies. Definitely want to check that out

ooohh need to listen to that, bri

UBU!

oh yeah

I think some dogs would like this song

yup;)

When I had a beagle I would play “ caught stealing “ by James addiction on a disc and just kept hitting the dog barks at start. He would go nuts

Janes

ha! i could see that

@ carlos

do i hear a banjo back there?

When I hear a banjo I think ..paddle faster!!

lol

Thanks for plugging the 3:00 a.m. show!

😴

😊🌟🌠

I've always hoped for someone to release an LP of heavy metal John Denver covers called Heavy Denver. Hasn't happened yet...

sure thing, dave:)

that would be awesome, ben

DJ EsotericaTAKEOVER! Many thanks for the bonus installment of your always SuperDuper Show! Big cheers and kind regards to you, Lady!

see ya os

many thanks to you, mr. m et al:)

see ya thursday!

appreicate

appreciate you