"Keeper Of The One Key" by Kungens Män. Jon Solomon Wed Feb 8 with Jon Solomon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

If you can see these words, tonight's listener chat is OPEN.

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Good evening, everyone!

I can see those words

THE WORDS CAN ALSO SEE YOU.

Welcome back, Mary!

Hello and thank you! I’m working late, but it could be worse, at least I can listen to the radio.

Hello Jon and Mary :)

Hello Richard!

Greetings and salutations to all from the west coast!

Hello Patrick and Richard!

Running Redlights = kickin show

G R I F T E R S !

Good evening Jon, Mary, Richard, Patrick … Such sad news re: Steve Sostak. STLJ were so unique, nobody quite incorporated sax like he did. Wish I’d got a chance to catch them live, I’ve heard their shows were incredible, I can imagine.

This is great!

Brian, they were great. Total sweethearts. I worked alongside-ish Steve for a couple years and he was a good dude. Last time I saw him was about 15 years ago in Princeton. Unfortunately missed them play but he was still SO PSYCHED I showed up out of nowhere.

Richard and Brians, a good evening to you both.

New Habibi Funk dropped. If the rest of the album is as good as this song, watch out.

Aw, appreciate hearing about the memories. What a band they were. RIP.

Indeed. I randomly thought about him over the weekend, hoped he was well. Didn't expect this news to follow.

This getting older shit is getting old watching petals drop.

Man, I am sorry.

Glad you shared good times Jon.

On the brighter side, got to see Ui play their first show in 13 years on Sunday. Was a trip. More next mic break.

Ugh, too many greats passing away lately that's for sure. Played Shower Scene on the radio almost a year ago. That's exciting news re: Ui.

Our man on Tuesdays

Ui are in New York next Wednesday too, then off to Numero 20 in LA (which if anyone is trying to get tickets for I know multiple people who now can't attend).

1st position Cowboy guitar! Soul food.

Oh, wish I’d know this song existed for my road trip last weekend.

The photo at the top of tonight's playlist is from my journey trying to find wherever the heck the Ui show was.

It only just came out, Mary. Next trip.

There’s always one in the near future

Oh shit... Shades of Green Room. lol

Roffle, I (thankfully) didn't think that at the time but you're 100% right.

I was worried Captain Ahab would also play this tonight. Phew.

This sounds more 2012 Ahab. :)

I learned of this band from her!

HA! Sounds in the zone.

(Brat)Worst Bassist is a cool label name.

Agreed.

niche, but cool.

Is this an, oh wait I need to simmer the sause cooking tune? lol

Not dinner time yet and the soup's already made. All I had to do was take some bread out of the freezer.

Have been fully present enjoying this one with all y'all.

Nice! That's where I keep all my bread for sure.

I am not as pro-frozen bread as others under this roof.

But for soup it will be OK.

They found bread at the Shackleton site perfectly preserved and edible after an age. I trust freezing bread now.

Don't think they put that loaf in soup though...

Ain't no mold bold in a loaf though.

I do! I love it, but then again I don't freeze it for decades.

When we visited my wife's family in England we found an unopened can from the 1970s in their pantry.

It is likely still there.

This emily record is "name your price" with a link to snag in the playlist already.

But to double down...

https://emily.bandcamp.com/album/transitory

I’ve found with canned food that old, it’s technically edible but tastes like metal.

That would be a canned venture only taken with a scientist approval.

I like a little adventure

I can't 100% remember what the canned item was, but it was something I wouldn't enjoy even if it was of a more recent vintage.

So no adventure that day

Ominous underwater cool, fits with Namor's kingdom from Black Panther 2

I watched that last week before my show, better than I expected it to be. Quite good, even.

Hey, Ossy.

@Mary Jones, I find myself out on crazy limbs far to often. Glad to be home most nights now. :)

Oh, I get it—I said I’m adventurous, I didn’t say I’m smart.

Jon - I saw it again on free movie school night! Also saw Avatar 2 Way Of Water, a month ago!

Those last 2 songs were really good!

That Namor Aquaman guy is powerful, as long he has water

https://nowthatsclass.bandcamp.com/album/but-whos-reading-me

Great show so far Jon. Also, thanks for the heads up on that show. Got my tickets at 10:01 this morning. See you there

@Mary Jones, If I have noticed anything, it's that if you're here, my money is on that you are smart. I have seen things... :)

Pizza Combo/Cigarette Cake you can just buy in Massachusetts at like a gas station I think.

You’re being too kind, Rofflestmp

Whateva Man - Redman 🔥🔥🔥

Jon, are you sure you didn’t see a concert in the Otherworld or something?

I try, to be kind Mary, but I just notice.

Shoutout to 50 years of hip hop, especially at the Grammys with Queen Latifah, Busta, Missy Elliot, Nelly, LL Cool J, Method Man, Ice T, Grandmaster Flash etc

I get access to dopey like everyone else though. All good.

Happy Wilbo is back at it!

Its funny how you mention it now and Hunterdon County is kind of NJ's Bermuda Triangle.

Or at least one of them.

Ossy, that was terrific.

Ossy, I remember early rappers with boom-boxes way up the West side in NY when my girlfriend went to Julliard and I would walk around to wait for her to finish classes in the 80's. Amazing street stuff!

Joe, well put.

Is wprb.com down for anyone else?

It wasn't a few minutes ago but appears to not be loading now?

Reloaded it and all is good.

Nope, coming up for me

Hi Jon! Was down for me but got on VPN and is ok...

It's up. Now Playing is updated for me tho.

All good for me through wprb player

Ok. Good. I was trying to look something up mid-mic break and I couldn't get it to appear. Player never stopped in the other room.

As long as the show stays on the air I can look into everything else later...

@ Jon: Gotta say that Ui sign is soooo Wilbo!!!

It goes to you and then out. But I would think the URL is independant.

Alan, I think the party hosts put them up. There was also endless free pizza and beverages. I have zero idea where I was, save for a vague geographic sense. It was cool.

The pizza was unexpectedly excellent, grabbed two more slices for my drive home.

Many a folk have lost their mind during free pizza and beverage. It's not uncommon.

Rofflestomp- The beauty of the 80s and 90s, is high strong. Reminds me of that classic police show called Undercover starting Malik Yoba. So many old school songs, even reggae like Patra, and never heard of it prior

@ Jon: To Boldly Go Where No Google Has Gone Before!!

OMG Ossy, The reggae was strong then for sure. But kids on the porch was amazing. Just going off. Not everywhere, but it just happened.

I took very long walks

Good evening one and all

Heya Rob!

I went for an unexpected very long walk today.

Lyft wanted 3x what I thought it would cost to get home from the mechanic so I decided to head back on foot.

Hey Rob! The weather here is skippy! Just sayin'

I encountered many exceptionally nice crossing guards on my journey.

OMG! The Crossing Guards are so cool for everyone!

Rofflestomp- I bet it was, sure real, as well as 80s pop songs like Cyndi Lauper, Shannon, Madonna and Bananarama

@Ossy, Truely a different age sir.

-e

@Jon all things considered, it was good weather for a walk

Hiya Rob! 3 Cardinals outside the door today but no junco's yet..maybe no snowbirds, no snow???

It was lovely out. Didn't expect that so I kept going. Carved 30 minutes off the estimated return time via long strides.

Long walks means playing Jill Scott

Did you have to walk on roads with numbers or names? Like, busy roads?

Joe, sidewalks the entire way (save for when I cut through a couple parking lots).

Some of these roads did have numbers, yes.

Man Jon, I so get that. lol I don't anymore, but there are ways to go ways for sure.

There does appear to be some sort of database issue persisting with wprb.com. Guess I'm opening a "trouble ticket" during The Freeform Pathogen!

Until them, we settle one town over from The Drone Zone with this jam.

Hello IT!

As they say, "IT me."

This Super Onze track reminds me of a song by artist "Odelly Elle M'a Dit" that I heard on Lily subbing for Mike Lupica a few weeks back. Fantastic Music!!

Lily's show two weeks ago was super fun.

All up in this super onze drone zone jam jawn

Jimboo! How's the federal filing fiesta going?

Mike back up on the tower with duct tape as Wilbo might say...

Hopefully it doesn't come to that. I'm guessing a database jumpstart by the host will do the trick.

Yeooo Jon! I shelved that guvment contract for another day.

Wise, Jimboo.

@jimboo, the amount of strings here is the puzzle. I am going with three, but...

"The performers on this cassette are Yehia Mballa Samaké on ngoni/kurbu and Douma Maiga on pumpkin gourd /calabash/percussion)"

One string, 74 and a half fingers!

Ngoni has six strings, I've learned.

Okay!

Hi Jon!

Roffle, skippy, like peanut butter?

Kurbu is a lute that has three or four.

Nutty or smouth?

Don't hold me to these numbers (or in general, please).

Alan, maybe the cardinals are keeping the juncos away? They are bigger than juncos after all

Love you guys. Nice range to think about.

Jon, the database issue has to be nothing like Twitter right now. Lots of people in the US were unable to tweet for up to an hour, and we still can't access our DMs

Very unlikely, but thank you for letting me know about that.

Here's the piece Kareem wrote about LeBron that I appreciated - https://kareem.substack.com/p/what-i-think-about-lebron-breaking?sd=pf&fbclid=IwAR18QsbI8939k8IHgg3UM_0p3h6L_asxR6TFsOZQKljxaCnSr7-yl3WpIeo

Nearly forgot.

@ Jon: Before I forget to tell you that time magazine did a full issue on "The History of Star Wars" knowing you're a fan don't miss getting a copy..

A new issue, Alan? Perhaps I'll pick it up for the kid at the grocery store.

I am not so Twitter, or much that I don't want to get overwhelmed with that they keep tryin'. seriously for my attention. Fuck'em. I'm good.

Gearing up for the big finish!

@ Jon:some copies still at my nearby Giant store...15 bucks

I'll investigate.

@ Jon: It's worth the 15 dollares

I'll keep an eye out.

Lalo Schifrin? Who am I, Esoterica?

@Alan Pasnyk, I have had the wonderful luxury to travel the country and go to weird ass pawn shops with 1 dollar CD's. Good shit.

Lalo! Tonight was chicken/black bean tacos on crunchy shells w/queso, homemade pico, avocado n hot sauce(s)

I bought three new CDs this week like it was 1997 up in this piece.

@ Roffel: Some of he best CD's I got from PRex, I had to be careful not to take too much cash with me..melomaniac!

Portland bands? Here is my request, "Sun Baby" by the High Violets. Trust me on that one one. I dunno if you ever found that one intersting.

That Christmas show was a blast

That Christmas show kept me from freezing in this refrigerator house...

@Alan Pasnyk, Carry just enoph cash they will go away. Never happend to me though.

Thanks, all.

Okay, I love this song!

My girlfriend is Chinese. It's crazy on spot.

So much music, so little time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_engraving#/media/File:Flammarion.jpg

What is this, Alan?

@ Jon: Picture of guy finding a whole new universe (of music)

Rofflestomp- Interesting I have a grandaunt that's South Korean and in turn uncles, aunts and cousins descended from her are half korean-african

(do not call that number.)

We want you always always warm watching through your telescopes Alan!

BTW so called "Green Comet" went down in my notes as "Mostly Unspectacular"

Ossy, That we come to together in strange ways is the thing that keeps me ever happy to be here for sure.

In all things

Perfect pitch on that Jennifer track voice...

You board guy you!

WERE WE EVER SO YOUNG.

Not like there was a choice. Good job!

But you still Are, in your Heart Jon!

Glad to spend my precious time here on this planet with you guys. Thanks for the smarts.

Same.

Thank you for all the spins, Jon

Almost there...almost there...

Thank YOU, Rob!

And now beat the shit out of every guitar chord and yell it under foot! Could be worse!

Yea, I own a Baritone guitar, but I refuse yelling at shit. lol

Walked down the aisle to this one. Good decision then, good decision now.

Happy anniversary Jon and Nicole!

Thanks, Mary. Someone in this household has no recollection of co-hosting the 2007 Membership Drive show with me. I theorize that's from the year she was a WPRB Classical DJ for a summer.

On behalf of all the DJs who were at WPRB when The Good Earth came out, happy anniversary!

@ Jon: Congrats you Lucky Dawg!!

Thanks, Chris. I probably saw The Feelies for the first time around then?

Also I like how you segued from "Slow Down" to this slow and rich "Seeing Stars" piece.

In the deep Shelves? In the Archives? Sweet meat lurking i would guess. Stacks!

It is a slow descent.

☮️ .... and Thanks Jon.Take care!

See you all in the chat for Mike's show while I "trouble ticket" the database issue that seems to be fine now...

Thanks for the stellar show once again, Jon!

We melt into the pit.... great time as per uzhe Jon!

Thank you Jon!

JON I LOVE YOU

KISS ME, YOU FOOL

YOU'RE NOT SO BAD YOURSELF.

Mike has a whole show to go! Monster stuff to go!

Here we go and Here we gooo...

Thanks Jon!

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death Of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:05 PM		Set Break
5:10 PM		The Grifters Re-Entry Blues Full Blown Possesion Sub Pop 1997
5:14 PM		The Free Music Ana Qalbi Ehtar Habibi Funk 021: The Free Music - Free Music (Part 1) Habibi Funk
5:19 PM		Ui Undersided Lifelike Southern 1998
5:23 PM		Florry Cowgirl in a Ditch N Sweet Guitar Solos EP 2023 Local.
5:27 PM		Kungens Män Keeper Of The One Key International Space Station (vol1.) V/A Worst Bassist 2022
5:51 PM		emily unexceptional americanism transitory 2023 https://emily.bandcamp.com/album/transitory
5:55 PM		CLASS No News Could Please N But Who's Reading Me? EP Feel It 2023 https://nowthatsclass.bandcamp.com/album/but-whos-...
5:57 PM		Set Break
6:11 PM		Cable Ties Perfect Client N Perfect Client Merge 2023
6:13 PM		Mako & The Hawk Strut Your Stuff Number Nine Records 7x7" Pack V/A Tramp Records 2022
6:16 PM		Ibex Clone Hollow Tubes from Heaven N All Channels Clear Goner 2023 Members of Hash Redactor / Nots / Ex-Cult.
6:20 PM		Super Onze FACE B Hommage à Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) 1992
6:51 PM		handturner Roll For Initiative Good Moon
6:56 PM		Lalo Schifrin Radio Source N Man On A Swing OST WeWantSounds 2023 1974 soundtrack for a Frank Perry psychological thriller.
6:57 PM		No Knuckle The Ladder No Knuckle Tomothy Records 2022
6:59 PM		Set Break
7:08 PM		Jennifer O'Connor 10:18 Live on WPRB Recorded for the 2007 Membership Drive. https://jenniferoconnor.bandcamp.com
7:18 PM		Set Break
7:21 PM		Jennifer O'Connor 17:28 Live on WPRB Part two!
7:38 PM		Set Break
7:42 PM		Oozing Wound Chudly N We Cater To Cowards Thrill Jockey Records 2023
7:45 PM		The Feelies Slow Down The Good Earth Coyote 1986 Happy anniversary.
7:48 PM		Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley Seeing Stars All Points Leaning in Broken Clover 2022

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