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The Sonic Bloom

Feb 16, 2023 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.

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Movie and TV themes, new music, tributes to Burt Bacharach, and more!

The Sonic Bloom
12:00 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:05 PM
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
Johnny Rivers Secret Agent Man Johnny Rivers
Greatest Hits Shout Factory 1966
John Drake is a special operative for M9. TV series ran from 1964-1967.
12:05 PM
Zorro - Zorro
Zorro Zorro
zorro
12:10 PM
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-o
The Ventures Hawaii Five-o The Ventures
Beached In Hawaii Black Cat Productions 1969
12:12 PM
Cilla Black - Alfie
Cilla Black Alfie Cilla Black
1963-1973: The Abbey Road Decade Parlophone UK 1997
12:13 PM
Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve & Danno
Radio Birdman Aloha Steve & Danno Radio Birdman
Radios Appear Deluxe (White Version) Citadel Records 1978
12:15 PM
Agent Orange - Secret Agent Man
Agent Orange Secret Agent Man Agent Orange
Sonic Snake Session Ryko/Rhino 2003
Releaased in 1986!
12:18 PM
Dominic Hauser - The Love Boat (Theme from the Television Series)
Dominic Hauser The Love Boat (Theme from the Television Series)
"Love Boat" (also known as "Love Boat Theme" and "The Love Boat") is a 1977 song performed by American singer and actor Jack Jones, used as the theme song in American television series The Love Boat, when it was in its first nine season-run on TV from 1977 to 1986, on ABC. It was later covered by numerous artists.
12:25 PM
James Guilford - The Funeral March of the Marionette
James Guilford The Funeral March of the Marionette James Guilford
12:25 PM
Teenbeaters - WKRP in Cincinnati
Teenbeaters WKRP in Cincinnati Teenbeaters
My World, My Sky (Deluxe Version) Teenbeaters 2015
12:25 PM
The Surf Dawgs - The Munster's Theme
The Surf Dawgs The Munster's Theme
Play The Munsters, Hawaii Five-O & Other Favorite TV & Movie Themes K-tel 2012
12:25 PM
Big Star - In the Street
Big Star In the Street Big Star
#1 Record Stax
Used in That 70s Show.
12:26 PM
Scott Heidner - Wkrp in Cincinatti
Scott Heidner Wkrp in Cincinatti Scott Heidner
That's Why I Write Songs 911580 Records DK 2018
12:28 PM
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12:37 PM
Maude Theme - Maude Theme
Maude Theme Maude Theme
Performed by Donny Hathaway.
12:38 PM
Sonny Curtis - Love Is All Around (The Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme)
Sonny Curtis Love Is All Around (The Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme)
Sonny Curtis 1968
12:40 PM
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - The Ballad of Jed Clampett
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs The Ballad of Jed Clampett
The Beverly Hillbillies Columbia/Legacy 1965
12:42 PM
Waylon Jennings - Theme from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
Waylon Jennings Theme from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys) Waylon Jennings
Music Man Legacy Recordings 1980
12:43 PM
John Sebastian - Welcome Back (Theme from "Welcome Back, Kotter")
John Sebastian Welcome Back (Theme from "Welcome Back, Kotter") John Sebastian
Rhino Hi-Five: John Sebastian - EP Rhino/Warner Records 2005
12:45 PM
Harry Nilsson - Best Friend
Harry Nilsson Best Friend
“Best Friend” was the theme song for ABC's 1969 sitcom The Courtship of Eddie's Father. The song talks about a loving father-son relationship.
12:48 PM
Cilla Black - Alfie
Cilla Black Alfie Cilla Black
Completely Cilla (1963-1973) Parlophone UK 2012
R.I.P. Burt Bacharach.
12:50 PM
Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat?
Tom Jones What's New Pussycat? Tom Jones
What's New Pussycat UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1966
12:56 PM
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12:57 PM
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Dionne Warwick Walk On By Dionne Warwick
Rhino Hi-Five - Dionne Warwick - EP Rhino 2005
12:58 PM
Barbra Streisand - What the World Needs Now
Barbra Streisand What the World Needs Now Barbra Streisand
Walls Columbia 2018
1:04 PM
Cher & Sonny - I Got You Babe (Single Version)
Cher & Sonny I Got You Babe (Single Version) Sonny & Cher
Look At Us Rhino Atlantic 1965
1:05 PM
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1:11 PM
Jim Gilstrap & Blinky Williams - Good Times Theme
Jim Gilstrap & Blinky Williams Good Times Theme
1974
1:12 PM
Andy Griffith - The Andy Griffith Theme
Andy Griffith The Andy Griffith Theme Andy Griffith
The Best of Andy Griffith: Pickin' & Grinnin' 2012 52nd Street Archives 2012
1:13 PM
Frankie Laine - Rawhide
Frankie Laine Rawhide Frankie Laine
Hell Bent For Leather! Columbia/Legacy 1961
rankie Laine "Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, a western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1966.
1:16 PM
Arcade Player - Night Gallery (From "Treasure of the Rudras [Rudra no Hihou]")
Arcade Player Night Gallery (From "Treasure of the Rudras [Rudra no Hihou]") Arcade Player
Treasure of the Rudras (Rudora no Hihou): Iconic Themes 8-Bit Arcade 2022
1:17 PM
Halloween Horror Theme Syndicate - The Twilight Zone Theme ( Marius Constant / Emi April Music Inc. )
Halloween Horror Theme Syndicate The Twilight Zone Theme ( Marius Constant / Emi April Music Inc. )
Halloween Horror Themes / Horror Movie Themes With Scary Sound Effects Halloween Horror Themes 2011
1:17 PM
Tom Scott - Baretta Theme (Live)
Tom Scott Baretta Theme (Live) Tom Scott
Live at the Bottom Line 1976 Tom Scott 2011
1:29 PM
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton - Those Were The Days
Carroll O' Connor & Jean Stapleton Those Were The Days
1:31 PM
Carol Burnett - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
Carol Burnett I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together
1:33 PM
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1:39 PM
Post and Carpenter - Dixie Lullabye (Theme from The Rockford Files)
Post and Carpenter Dixie Lullabye (Theme from The Rockford Files)
1:40 PM
Shirley Bassey - The Look of Love
Shirley Bassey The Look of Love Shirley Bassey
I Capricorn Parlophone UK 2000
1:42 PM
Angelo Badalamenti - Montage from Twin Peaks: Girl Talk / Birds In Hell / Laura Palmer's Theme / Falling
Angelo Badalamenti Montage from Twin Peaks: Girl Talk / Birds In Hell / Laura Palmer's Theme / Falling Angelo Badalamenti
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) Warner Records 1989
1:47 PM
The Dickies - The Sound of Silence (Live)
The Dickies The Sound of Silence (Live) The Dickies
Live in Winnipeg 1982 Secret Records 2021
1:47 PM
Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
Ohio Express Yummy Yummy Yummy Ohio Express
Ohio Express Legacy Recordings 1968
1:50 PM
Ohio Express - Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo Theme Song)
Ohio Express Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo Theme Song) Ohio Express
Scooby-Doo - Single Cleopatra Records 2010
1:52 PM
Johnny Mandel - Suicide Is Painless
Johnny Mandel Suicide Is Painless Johnny Mandel
M*A*S*H (Original Soundtrack)
Written by Mike Altman.
1:56 PM
The Columbia Studio Orchestra - Star Trek Theme
The Columbia Studio Orchestra Star Trek Theme
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (20th Anniversary Collectors' Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1979
1:57 PM
Peter Seymour - Columbo (TV Series Theme)
Peter Seymour Columbo (TV Series Theme)
Planet TV: 50 TV All Time Top Themes Beat Boutique 2014
1:57 PM
Barry Manilow - Ready to Take a Chance Again
Barry Manilow Ready to Take a Chance Again Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 Arista 1973
Used in the film Foul Play.
2:00 PM
The Monkees - The Monkees (Theme Song from the Show)
The Monkees The Monkees (Theme Song from the Show) The Monkees
The Best of the Monkees Rhino 2003
2:05 PM
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2:10 PM
Linda Lavin - Alice Theme Song
Linda Lavin Alice Theme Song
2:12 PM
De La Soul - Pain (feat. Snoop Dogg)
De La Soul Pain (feat. Snoop Dogg) De La Soul
and the Anonymous Nobody... (Deluxe Version) A.O.I., LLC 2017
R.I.P. David Joliceour. Trugoy.
2:17 PM
Vic Mizzy - The Addams Family - Main Theme
Vic Mizzy The Addams Family - Main Theme Vic Mizzy
The Addams Family (Original Music From The T.V. Show) Legacy Recordings 1991
2:20 PM
Raquel Welch - I'm Ready to Groove
Raquel Welch I'm Ready to Groove
A Swingin' Summer Resnik Music Group 1965
R.I.P. Raquel Welch.
2:22 PM
George Freeman & Chico Freeman - Latina Bonita
George Freeman & Chico Freeman Latina Bonita
All in the Family Southport Records 2015
2:26 PM
The Edwin Davids Jazz Band - Diff'rent Strokes
The Edwin Davids Jazz Band Diff'rent Strokes
TV Generation, Vol. 3 Playtime 2012
Written by, in part, Alan Thicke.
2:27 PM
RJD2 - A Beautiful Mine (Theme Music From Mad Men)
RJD2 A Beautiful Mine (Theme Music From Mad Men)
Magnificent City Instrumentals Mass Appeal 2006
2:34 PM
Allyn Ferguson - Theme form Barney Miller
Allyn Ferguson Theme form Barney Miller Allyn Ferguson
The bass lick is from Chuck Berghofer.
2:35 PM
Cyndi Grecco - Making Our Dreams Come True (Theme From "Laverne & Shirley")
Cyndi Grecco Making Our Dreams Come True (Theme From "Laverne & Shirley")
Making Our Dreams Come True Private Stock Records 2016
R.I.P. Cindy Williams.
2:38 PM
Don Harper - Dr. Who Theme
Don Harper Dr. Who Theme Don Harper
Cold Worlds Rocket Group Pty Ltd 2014
2:39 PM
The Zombies - Love You While I Can
The Zombies Love You While I Can N
Different Game Cooking Vinyl Limited 2023
Written by Rod Argent.
2:40 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Mission: Impossible
Lalo Schifrin Mission: Impossible Lalo Schifrin
Music from Mission: Impossible (Original Television Soundtrack) Geffen 1967
2:42 PM
Leonard Cohen - Nevermind
Leonard Cohen Nevermind Leonard Cohen
Popular Problems Columbia 2014
Used in HBO's True Detective.
2:47 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:53 PM
Craig Wedren & Anna Waronker - No Return (Main Title Theme) [Single from "Yellowjackets Showtime Original Series Soundtrack"]
Craig Wedren & Anna Waronker No Return (Main Title Theme) [Single from "Yellowjackets Showtime Original Series Soundtrack"] N
No Return (Main Title Theme) [Single from "Yellowjackets Showtime Original Series Soundtrack"] - Single Lakeshore Records 2022
2:55 PM
John Boutté - Treme Song
John Boutté Treme Song John Boutté
Jambalaya boutteworks 2008
Used for Treme.
2:57 PM
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers - Skokiaan
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Skokiaan
Treme, Season 1 (Music from the HBO Original Series) Interscope 2010
2:59 PM
Trombone Shorty & James Andrews - Ooo Pah Poo Doo
Trombone Shorty & James Andrews Ooo Pah Poo Doo
Treme
Chat is archived.
Esoterica (host) 12:01:28 PM
hi!
sorry it's andrew 12:02:45 PM
hallo!
Brian D 12:02:47 PM
Hello
Esoterica (host) 12:02:58 PM
hallo andrew!
Esoterica (host) 12:03:02 PM
hi bri!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:03:06 PM
'ello 'ello 'ello guvn'r
TAndy WæstCoast 12:03:13 PM
Hey hey!
Esoterica (host) 12:03:14 PM
elll, stevie p!
Esoterica (host) 12:03:20 PM
TAndy! Hi!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:06:15 PM
My theme song.
TAndy WæstCoast 12:06:26 PM
Sup Stevie
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:06:28 PM
danger is my middle name
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:06:55 PM
zup WæstCoast T
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 12:07:12 PM
He’s not a number, he is a FREE MAN!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:07:37 PM
nah. he's a number
Esoterica (host) 12:07:54 PM
ha stevie!
Brian D 12:07:57 PM
By hook or by crook...
Esoterica (host) 12:07:59 PM
hi, DTO!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:07:59 PM
6 to be precise
Ossy 12:08:14 PM
Thought when I first heard, sounded he was saying Secret Asian Man, lol
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 12:09:24 PM
Hey, caught the Agitation Free on this week’s rebroadcast. Sorry I missed the summoning during the show; was stuck in a work meeting. 😞
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:09:31 PM
I thought the Van Halen song Panama... they were saying Bell of the ball
TAndy WæstCoast 12:10:00 PM
When I was a kid I thought that song was Secret Asian Man lmao
Esoterica (host) 12:10:28 PM
cool, dave, i understand!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:10:34 PM
Carribean Queen... I thought it was caribou queen
Richard from Rocky Hill 12:10:50 PM
@ Esoterica (host): I love "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers. Great "live" track ... but was it actually a studio recording livened with the crowd sounds and applause? I don't know.
Esoterica (host) 12:11:53 PM
i think it was an actual live recording, and hi, Richard!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:12:02 PM
I don't remember hearing this drum-beatin' before
Richard from Rocky Hill 12:13:20 PM
@ Esoterica (host): Hey, this awesome TV themes segment just made me wonder -- Was/is there a LP or single version of the theme for "Miami Vice"?
Brian D 12:13:32 PM
Yeah that H50 sounds like a re do in the 80s or 90s.. bells whistles added etc
Richard from Rocky Hill 12:14:16 PM
@ Esoterica (host) Great, I was hoping "Secret Agent Man" really was live.
Brian D 12:14:27 PM
Book 'em Dano!
Esoterica (host) 12:14:29 PM
oh that would be cool, richard (miami vice). hey i can always add one or two next week.
Esoterica (host) 12:14:36 PM
yup, bri!
Esoterica (host) 12:15:04 PM
obvs, playing diff versions and covers of tv themes, too!
Esoterica (host) 12:15:08 PM
lots ot cover
Esoterica (host) 12:15:10 PM
to
Mike Tropiano 12:15:41 PM
Isn't there a hardcore song with the refrain "book'em dano"?
Esoterica (host) 12:15:55 PM
mike! yeah but i am spacin' now
Esoterica (host) 12:16:26 PM
hi!
Mike Tropiano 12:16:38 PM
Yeah, me too....The Hawaii 5-0 theme should have lyrics.
Mike Tropiano 12:17:13 PM
Hi Eso and everyone! Been too busy to participate in chat lately.
Mike Tropiano 12:18:08 PM
I always envisioned McGarret, in retiremant, as a mean old man who would nag people for disobeying Don't Walk on the Grass signs.
Esoterica (host) 12:18:36 PM
ha!
Brian D 12:19:04 PM
Lawrence! Lawrence of Arabia! He was an English guy! He came to fight.... .. There ARE NO lyrics to Lawrence of Arabia!!
TAndy WæstCoast 12:19:06 PM
Are you taking show opening requests or do you already have your list planned out? 😅
Ossy 12:19:22 PM
This version sounds like the opening of Teen Titans!
Mike Tropiano 12:19:28 PM
One of my friends always heard this as "Hungry Asian Man". ANd it stuck, kinda like Another One Rides the Bus.
Esoterica (host) 12:19:44 PM
i have a list TAndy, but always open!
Esoterica (host) 12:19:48 PM
hi Ossy!
Mike Tropiano 12:20:38 PM
Now who are the guest stars of The SOnic Bloom episode?
TAndy WæstCoast 12:21:11 PM
Gotcha! No sweat if you can't add it, but if you could fit the Cowboy Bebop opening tune (Tank! by Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts), that would be amazing 💙
Esoterica (host) 12:21:27 PM
you mean what artists am i playing?@Mike
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:22:11 PM
good eeevening
Richard from Rocky Hill 12:22:14 PM
@ Esoterica (host): Okay, I just did a quick search on SmileAmazon [the Amazon charity percentage donation function which I want to use before @#$%^&* Amazon pulls the plug on it this Monday the 20th! :-(( ] Anyway, there's an album Miami Vice: The Complete Collection by Jan Hammer that would have the TV theme (there's also the reboot movie soundtrack, but Jan Hammer's original might be best.) Thanks for your consideration!
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:22:34 PM
Green Acres theme by the meatmen would be nice
Brian D 12:22:38 PM
WTSR from the school formerly known as Trenton State used to have a weekly TV themes show. Back late 80s early 90s
TAndy WæstCoast 12:22:43 PM
I really thought this was Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy at first hahahahah
Brian D 12:23:55 PM
Power Clashing with DJ Pethie!
TAndy WæstCoast 12:24:37 PM
Big love to Pethie 💙
Esoterica (host) 12:25:39 PM
yes big love to pethie
Brian D 12:26:46 PM
The orig Big Star. Cheap Trick did it for 70s Show. Cheap Trick has a couple of instrumental tv themes (John Stewart Daily Show, Colbert Report etc)
sorry it's andrew 12:28:14 PM
@tandy...tank! is one of the greatest songs ever!
TAndy WæstCoast 12:28:38 PM
Hell yeah it is Andrew
TAndy WæstCoast 12:28:47 PM
(One more is needed for a conglomerate)
Esoterica (host) 12:28:50 PM
oh yeah stevie! meatmen good idea. i may have to wait til next week
Esoterica (host) 12:29:04 PM
thanks, richard!
Mike Tropiano 12:29:31 PM
Eso, I was thinkng who would be the actors in a SOnic Bloom version of the Love Boat.
Mike Tropiano 12:29:42 PM
When you say McGarret
Mike Tropiano 12:29:53 PM
Man you said a lot
Brian D 12:30:11 PM
Quincy Jones and that cool bass harmonica on the orig Sanford and Son theme
Mike Tropiano 12:30:15 PM
Coz that man McGarret
Brian Nusspickel 12:30:24 PM
Yoooooo
Mike Tropiano 12:30:29 PM
Is one hell of a cop
Mike Tropiano 12:30:52 PM
Yes, he'll stick his foot up your ass
Mike Tropiano 12:31:11 PM
If you go and walk on the grass
Mike Tropiano 12:31:26 PM
coz he's McGarret
Mike Tropiano 12:31:36 PM
One helll of a cop
ѕтєνιє ρ 12:31:55 PM
McGarrett will kick you so hard, your mother will feel it
Mike Tropiano 12:32:03 PM
Only Assy McGee is a better cop
TAndy WæstCoast 12:32:27 PM
True Mike. He sold me on wanting a Scion xB. Never got one :(
Mike Tropiano 12:33:28 PM
That kick from McGarret's lead foot kept Wo Fat in terror.
Mike Tropiano 12:34:33 PM
(All the kids in my grade school watched 5-0 every Thursday, so I'm perversely obsessed... hated McGarret)
Brian D 12:36:35 PM
Donny Hathaway!
Li Maria 12:37:54 PM
Hey Eso--great theme! Do you have Sanford and Son?
Mike Tropiano 12:38:13 PM
I'll be quiet now and not rant and hog the chat.
Esoterica (host) 12:38:18 PM
howdy, li maria!
TAndy WæstCoast 12:38:31 PM
Chat the hog instead
Esoterica (host) 12:39:17 PM
weird long version, what lyrics!
Esoterica (host) 12:39:26 PM
love sanford and son.
Esoterica (host) 12:39:38 PM
@li maria, will get it on for you if ic an
Li Maria 12:40:12 PM
All these themes are taking me back
Brian D 12:40:28 PM
... fangers
Li Maria 12:40:35 PM
ooh, another great one!
Mike Tropiano 12:41:28 PM
I'll soon have a room full of mandatory listeners that must listen to me rant and rave on and on and on.
Esoterica (host) 12:41:44 PM
me, too, bri!
Esoterica (host) 12:41:58 PM
yeah i like this, li maria
Brian D 12:42:43 PM
Earl Scruggs and his fantastic fangers... immortalized in wprb station id fame
Li Maria 12:43:04 PM
Wow, themes to shows i forgot existed!
Mike Tropiano 12:43:05 PM
Broke my promise, but gotta say, especially now when a lot of shows don't even have themes (and I watch a lot less TV than when I was a kid) but TV themes used to be really good, at least effort and talen were used to create them.
richard lyons :) 12:43:42 PM
Fun show, DJ ESO!
Esoterica (host) 12:44:29 PM
agreed, mike! look at these artists
Li Maria 12:44:34 PM
I wanted Mr. Kotter to be my teacher so bad!
Esoterica (host) 12:44:37 PM
thanks, richard!
TAndy WæstCoast 12:44:39 PM
True that, Mike. Lots of shows shorten the opening to fit more commercials.
Esoterica (host) 12:44:44 PM
me, too, li maria
Lee Chandler 12:46:46 PM
Sounds great. Viewing it in my head w/our big ol' RCA wood console TV that you would give you a static elec shock if you held your hand within 3" of the screen. Good times.
Brian D 12:47:08 PM
Hulk. Angry.
Mike Tropiano 12:47:46 PM
There was a very tiny incarnation of me that really really loved this theme and show.
Ossy 12:47:50 PM
Heard this classic in Wayans Bros's "Little Man" movie
Esoterica (host) 12:48:09 PM
oh cool, os
Li Maria 12:48:20 PM
Haha, yeah @Brian--I was confused as a kid about that
Esoterica (host) 12:48:23 PM
me, too, mike.
Mike Tropiano 12:49:16 PM
I always felt bad for Mrs. Livingston, she seemed so sad.
Esoterica (host) 12:50:50 PM
yeah
Esoterica (host) 12:51:06 PM
howdy, lee! thanks
Brian D 12:52:38 PM
Posting this related comedy content here as well... https://youtu.be/Tv1l1eUhN-E
Brian D 12:53:09 PM
One of my favorite bits. For those that have ever committed diner jukebox pranks
Esoterica (host) 12:53:10 PM
thx bri! i will check it out.
Brian D 12:53:50 PM
Mulaney knows how to build the story well
Christine 𓅓 12:54:44 PM
This is so much fun. I can't wait to hear what theme songs are coming up next!
Ossy 12:56:10 PM
Disney themed sounding, yeah
Esoterica (host) 12:58:46 PM
thanks, christine! hey did i give you a shout out?:)
David Williams 12:59:00 PM
Ooh! Just arrived. My kind of MUSIC! Hi all.
Esoterica (host) 12:59:23 PM
hi, david! me, too!
Ossy 12:59:27 PM
Whitney Houston's cousin, always!
Esoterica (host) 1:00:44 PM
yup, ossy, dionne:)
Christine 𓅓 1:01:58 PM
Hi Eso! Yes you did!
Esoterica (host) 1:02:12 PM
awesome, c.
Esoterica (host) 1:02:19 PM
no one like barbra.
David Williams 1:03:56 PM
Bobby Fischer should have asked Barbra out. Perhaps he would not have gone off the deep end.
Ossy 1:04:05 PM
Felt somewhat of Natalie Cole and Donnie Mcclurkin singing together
Esoterica (host) 1:04:37 PM
oh yeah i can see it
Esoterica (host) 1:05:05 PM
right, david, hmm, interesting
Ossy 1:05:09 PM
And few others like Johnny Gill and Kem
David Williams 1:06:31 PM
So sad Sonny and Cher broke up. Their voices blended together so well.
Esoterica (host) 1:07:30 PM
agreed, i used to love their show, although wasn't as funny as carol burnett show.
DSM 1:09:04 PM
Yo Esoterica!
Francis 1:11:20 PM
Burnett was the best of those old shows - better than Capt'n and Tenille. Maybe not as funny as Bob Newhart
Li Maria 1:11:44 PM
One of my faves!
Ossy 1:11:45 PM
I met Thelma Evans, one college night, few years back!
Li Maria 1:12:08 PM
Dy-no-mite!
Ossy 1:12:35 PM
JJ - I know!
Inspector Callahan 1:12:35 PM
Howdy! So your havin a TV Party!
Esoterica (host) 1:13:48 PM
Howdy! Thanks
Esoterica (host) 1:13:53 PM
@inspector:)
Esoterica (host) 1:14:08 PM
so cool, os, you met thelma
Ossy 1:14:10 PM
Thinking of Family Matters, All In The Family, Full House, What's Happening openings
Mike Tropiano 1:15:08 PM
Just dove back in to the chat...Was Bobby Fischer (chess champ) connected to Barbara Streisand? Never knew that.
Brian D 1:15:45 PM
HELL BENT FOR LÄTHER!
Inspector Callahan 1:15:56 PM
Always makes me think of Jake and Elwood!
Ossy 1:16:20 PM
And during black history month! She actually indirectly inspired me to see Good Times for the first time and became one of my best black sitcoms, since!
Esoterica (host) 1:17:04 PM
sweet, os
David Williams 1:18:08 PM
Bobby and Barbra went to Erasmus high school together as best I recall. One source I read suggested she had a crush on him at one time.
Ossy 1:18:35 PM
Es - Sweet as Thelma, on and off screen!
Mike Tropiano 1:18:37 PM
Wow David. That's Incredible!
Mike Tropiano 1:20:07 PM
One of the best 70's themes, right up there with Barney Miller.
Esoterica (host) 1:20:26 PM
oh now i get it, david. i was wondering what the link was... cool!
Esoterica (host) 1:21:22 PM
agreed, mike!
DSM 1:25:43 PM
c o w b e l l
Lee Chandler 1:26:04 PM
This is awesome!
Francis 1:26:40 PM
waiting to break into Frankenstein by Edgar Winter.
Esoterica (host) 1:26:54 PM
agree, dsm and lee!
Esoterica (host) 1:27:03 PM
yo, francis!
Esoterica (host) 1:27:08 PM
ha!
Esoterica (host) 1:27:14 PM
i can totally see that
DSM 1:27:20 PM
wooooooo!!
Brian Nusspickel 1:28:35 PM
What a solo!
ѕтєνιє ρ 1:29:32 PM
Gotta run out for a bit. I'm shifting my base of operations to the PRB Moblile Unit.
Esoterica (host) 1:29:59 PM
okay stevie, thx for stopping by
Esoterica (host) 1:30:08 PM
hey brian! agreed,
Esoterica (host) 1:30:16 PM
amazing (tom scott)
Francis 1:30:57 PM
pic of Jean stapleton and Alice Cooper at studio 54
Francis 1:31:05 PM
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Ossy 1:31:05 PM
Really cute 💛
Francis 1:31:38 PM
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alice-cooper-jean-stapleton/
Esoterica (host) 1:32:22 PM
hmm looking forward to checking this out francis
Francis 1:33:16 PM
it's an.......interesting....picture
Li Maria 1:33:17 PM
such a somber song for such a funny show
David Williams 1:33:30 PM
I'm going to buy tix to see Alice in concert soon.
Esoterica (host) 1:33:35 PM
true, li maria
David Williams 1:34:05 PM
Did anyone see Carol Burnett in the last season of Better Call Saul?
ѕтєνιє ρ 1:34:17 PM
I'll be back. hasta la vista, baby
richard lyons :) 1:35:25 PM
NBC will pay tribute to Carol Burnett on her 90th birthday with Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love. The two-hour special will air on her birthday, Wednesday, April 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will also stream the next day on Peacock.
Li Maria 1:36:02 PM
I'll have to see that @richard lyons
David Williams 1:42:20 PM
I did not know Shirley Bassey did a version of "The Look of Love." Very nice.
Esoterica (host) 1:42:31 PM
yeah pretty groovy
Esoterica (host) 1:44:34 PM
richard, i need to watch that. thx for posting this.
Ossy 1:48:22 PM
Aquatic themed, like Zora Fountain in Zelda Breath of The Wild
Esoterica (host) 1:49:19 PM
yeah that is a good one, os
Christine 𓅓 1:49:37 PM
The Dickies...fun!
Esoterica (host) 1:50:48 PM
yeah, c!
Esoterica (host) 1:50:55 PM
love them
Ossy 1:54:01 PM
https://wifflegif.com/tags/256746-boo-brothers-gifs
richard lyons :) 1:54:19 PM
yummy yummy yummy scooby dooby doo
Ossy 1:55:01 PM
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&q=gif+Sibella&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi57ZLH25r9AhXvj4kEHW-nB4sQ0pQJegQIFBAB&biw=412&bih=751&dpr=1.75
Interim Poobah 1:55:02 PM
Good afternoon, all! The economy & clever, melodic elegance of all these tight tunes truly endure & always will... just like DJE! Thank you for another great show!!
Esoterica (host) 1:56:10 PM
IP! Helllo
David Williams 1:56:12 PM
Tough song for me. My twin brothers-in-law from suburban Philly both committed suicide. :(
Esoterica (host) 1:56:29 PM
it is a really tough song, david.
Esoterica (host) 1:56:42 PM
i am sorry
Esoterica (host) 1:57:02 PM
i can't see why MASH used it.
Esoterica (host) 1:57:07 PM
prob antiwar
David Williams 1:57:23 PM
It fit the film.
Esoterica (host) 1:58:25 PM
wow and mike must be robert altman's son?
Esoterica (host) 1:58:32 PM
who directed MASH
Francis 2:02:01 PM
original Movie RObert Altman
Esoterica (host) 2:02:34 PM
yes francis
Inspector Callahan 2:03:12 PM
Mystery Theatre Theme?
Esoterica (host) 2:04:18 PM
yes! Insoector, but ut also comes up as Columbo
Esoterica (host) 2:04:24 PM
inspector
Inspector Callahan 2:04:39 PM
With the flashlight!!
Esoterica (host) 2:05:27 PM
yes! soooo goood
Esoterica (host) 2:05:32 PM
with the flashlight
Lee Chandler 2:06:10 PM
Monkees reunion show in AC was my first concert.
Esoterica (host) 2:06:37 PM
wow, lee!
Bud Burroughs 2:07:10 PM
Fun theme, Esoterica! I was kinda hoping you'd get to Husker Du's cover of the Mary Tyler Moore theme.
Francis 2:07:38 PM
waiting for Greatest American Hero... But the Husker Du cover would be clutch!
debbie reichard 2:09:33 PM
Yo esssssssooooooo
Rob M 2:10:15 PM
Random thing I know offhand, Robert Altman asked his son to write the dumbest lyrics he could think of
debbie reichard 2:10:54 PM
It’s public now!
Christine 𓅓 2:11:12 PM
The NBC Mystery Movie...a memorable show opener! 🔦
Rob M 2:11:12 PM
lol, not judging sorry, just the background
Bud Burroughs 2:11:31 PM
Powerpuff Girls end theme by Bis is pretty fun, too...
Inspector Callahan 2:13:15 PM
Ironsides, A Quinn Martin Production.
Esoterica (host) 2:15:36 PM
yeah good suggestions
Francis 2:15:47 PM
This has been a really fun show. Always love the themed shows. Last week on FMU, they wound up playing 20 covers of Safety Dance. in...a...row
Ossy 2:16:42 PM
I thought for Outkast, at first 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Esoterica (host) 2:17:02 PM
seet, that is funny, francis!
Esoterica (host) 2:17:05 PM
sweet
Esoterica (host) 2:17:09 PM
oh yes, os
Francis 2:19:45 PM
Oh - the new Wednesday show is pretty fun, for those who haven't yet.
Esoterica (host) 2:21:44 PM
i will check it out, francis.
Esoterica (host) 2:25:57 PM
this here is a just a cool jazz tune, not theme-related
Esoterica (host) 2:26:22 PM
but it is from a release called all in the family. ha
Brian D 2:30:51 PM
mad mad mad
Esoterica (host) 2:31:13 PM
yeah great show, no?
Brian D 2:31:31 PM
Ya binged twice
Ossy 2:32:03 PM
Jenny Ortega cute as Wednesday, like Christina Ricci!
Esoterica (host) 2:32:17 PM
yeah she is, os!
Christine 𓅓 2:32:45 PM
🍸 ✨️ 🚬
Christine 𓅓 2:32:53 PM
(Mad Men)
Li Maria 2:33:01 PM
such a great theme--I can see the guy falling in my head
Esoterica (host) 2:33:02 PM
oh yeah
Ossy 2:33:03 PM
As well Ortega as Princess Isabel from Disney's Elena of Avalor!
Brian D 2:33:08 PM
Speaking of Ham... theme from Kids in the Hall by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. Good twangin gtr theme
Esoterica (host) 2:33:13 PM
i love this theme
Li Maria 2:33:30 PM
great visual to go w the music
Brian D 2:33:57 PM
Why is there no 5th of whisky in my desk drawer? Stupid reforms
Esoterica (host) 2:34:09 PM
ha!
Esoterica (host) 2:34:23 PM
agreed, li maria, love the guy falling
Esoterica (host) 2:34:31 PM
i like the name of this song
Brian D 2:34:32 PM
Or better yet a wet bar by the credenza
Li Maria 2:34:33 PM
Love that Kids in the Hall theme, too
Brian D 2:35:22 PM
Bojack Horseman theme is a wild ride too. Dissolves into crazy saxophone
Esoterica (host) 2:35:38 PM
yes that is good, li maria... yeah, bri!
Esoterica (host) 2:35:47 PM
i think i will add these for next week
Brian D 2:36:17 PM
A Million bass players in a million guitar stores played that Barney Miller theme
Rob Ebert 2:36:36 PM
Barney Miller!! Wojo! Fish!
Brian D 2:37:23 PM
Joan Jett did a cover of the Mary Tyler Moore theme i think
Li Maria 2:37:44 PM
glove on the bottle
Esoterica (host) 2:38:05 PM
sweet, bri
Esoterica (host) 2:38:11 PM
hey rob! yes!
Ossy 2:38:21 PM
Yay gloves and to be gloved!!
Brian D 2:38:29 PM
Schlemiel...
Brian D 2:38:57 PM
Hasenpfeffer Inc.
Christine 𓅓 2:39:11 PM
💙 💙 💙 💙 💙
Li Maria 2:39:16 PM
This show blew my 4-yr-old mind!
Brian D 2:40:31 PM
Dr who? Yes that's the name of the show. What show? Dr Who. I'm waiting for YOU to tell me!
Christine 𓅓 2:40:48 PM
Brian, LOL
Esoterica (host) 2:40:48 PM
ha!
Brian D 2:42:15 PM
Young Ones. Absolutely Fabulous. Monty Python. Peep Show. Orig UK Shameless.
Esoterica (host) 2:42:50 PM
letssss goo!
Brian D 2:43:02 PM
5 time
Esoterica (host) 2:43:09 PM
next week, i will play brian m's and li maria's requests too!
Michael Sanders 2:43:30 PM
Mission Impossible indeed!
Christine 𓅓 2:43:31 PM
💣
ѕтєνιє ρ 2:43:31 PM
I'm baaaack
Li Maria 2:43:34 PM
Thanks, Eso!
Brian D 2:44:25 PM
Just watched the docu on Hallelujah
Li Maria 2:44:29 PM
Cohen did a theme song?
Esoterica (host) 2:44:31 PM
awesome
Esoterica (host) 2:44:43 PM
it was used in TD, li maria
Esoterica (host) 2:45:00 PM
sure thing, li maria
Li Maria 2:45:02 PM
Ah, I see now!
Esoterica (host) 2:45:08 PM
howdy, michael!
Brian D 2:45:48 PM
Breaking Bad. Saul. True Detective . All full of great songs not necessarily themes. Fargo series too
Li Maria 2:46:17 PM
I only saw the first season of True Detective. I think that one had a great theme song too
Esoterica (host) 2:46:25 PM
yes yes yes!! making notes
Esoterica (host) 2:46:37 PM
yes that first season if TD is really good
Brian D 2:47:18 PM
Always go back and search for detailed breakdowns of what songs/ instrumentals appeared in which episode for so many series lately. They pack in tons of great audio
Brian D 2:48:15 PM
Handsome Family is the band that did theme from True Detective season 1
Brian D 2:48:51 PM
Far From Any Road is name of song
richard lyons :) 2:48:58 PM
That WAS a blast! Thank you!
Li Maria 2:49:55 PM
True Brian--I feel the audio is getting a lot more attention on these more recent shows
Brian D 2:49:59 PM
Not bad that season 2. Not great. I don't see why it got trashed.
Jon Solomon 2:50:47 PM
TD2 had a lot to live up to. It wasn't amazing but I still found it compelling to watch.
Brian D 2:51:01 PM
Ya same
Jon Solomon 2:51:43 PM
Similarly, I really liked TD3 more than most because there were zero expectations and no bar to reach.
Brian D 2:51:59 PM
Found a fan made soundtrack out there online for TD Se 01
Jon Solomon 2:52:21 PM
Excellent song choice for the end credits of today's Poker Face. I smiled when I heard it.
Christine 𓅓 2:54:17 PM
Lots of fun stuff for next week. Thanks, Eso!
Li Maria 2:54:18 PM
Great show, thanks DJ Eso :)
Esoterica (host) 2:54:29 PM
Thanks, Li Maria!
ѕтєνιє ρ 2:55:04 PM
majorly fun show today, DJE
Esoterica (host) 2:55:15 PM
thx, stevie!
DSM 2:55:38 PM
Thanks Esoterica, deep in some flu hallucinations but the show kept me good company today
Esoterica (host) 2:56:24 PM
aw feel better, DSM!
Ossy 2:57:06 PM
Journey tv broadcast to be in today, have a groovy classy hiphop weekend, Es!
Esoterica (host) 2:57:15 PM
thanks os!
Brian D 2:57:21 PM
Oh yeah Waits "Way Down in the Hole". I finally got around to binging The Wire. Great show
Esoterica (host) 2:57:31 PM
oh yeah
Esoterica (host) 2:57:35 PM
love that
TAndy WæstCoast 2:58:00 PM
Thanks Esoterica!
Brian D 2:58:14 PM
And Tom's own was the only one needed really. But cool they had others try it too
Esoterica (host) 2:58:35 PM
agree
Esoterica (host) 2:58:41 PM
Thanks TAndy!
ѕтєνιє ρ 2:58:44 PM
@Bri D -- all versions of way down in the hole are great
Esoterica (host) 2:58:57 PM
email more suggestions at esotericawprb@gmail.com
Esoterica (host) 2:59:16 PM
have a great weekend, too, os!
ѕтєνιє ρ 2:59:32 PM
The Blind Boys of Alabama -- way down...
ѕтєνιє ρ 2:59:46 PM
my fav
Esoterica (host) 3:00:35 PM
bye all! thx for stopping by