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Running Redlights

Feb 17, 2023 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Music

With Jen

Bringing some high energy to close out your week, Fridays at 3pm ET this spring. Refresh the playlist page to see updated song info, and please do say hi in the chat! Let's boogie.

Mid-February, the most boring time of year

3:01 PM		The Cancer Conspiracy V Omega Gilead Media 2008
3:04 PM		Set Break
3:05 PM		13th Floor Elevators Slip Inside This House Easter Everywhere International Artists Records 1967
3:12 PM		The Mud Howlers The Beast Timeliness Electric Emerald 2016
3:16 PM		The Mayo Brothers Haunted N Girlfriend/Haunted s/r 2022
3:19 PM		Mourn Evil Dead Ha, Ha, He. Captured Tracks 2016
3:21 PM		The Zeros Getting Nowhere Fast 7" Test Tube Records 1980
3:23 PM		Articles of Faith Acceptance Your Choice Live Series Your Choice Records 1995
3:28 PM		FACS When You Say N Still Life In Decay Trouble in Mind 2023
3:28 PM		Set Break
3:33 PM		Antimony Cowboys Phantom Itch Double Deuce 1995
3:37 PM		Pussy Galore Groovy Phone Corpse Love - The First Year Caroline Records 1992
3:41 PM		Pianos Become the Teeth Out of Sight N Drift Epitaph 2022
3:44 PM		Butterglove Sleep Thirsty The John Morand Session Speed Kills 1997
3:48 PM		Unwound All Souls Day New Plastic Ideas Kill Rock Stars 1994
3:53 PM		Set Break
3:54 PM		Ma Holos Asking Me Bee on a Rose Quality Time Records 2018
3:57 PM		TB Ridge as the Director Nice Kiss Rock n' Roll Heart - EP Anti Fade Records 2020
4:01 PM		Tendinite Come Right Here Tendinite - EP Poutrage Records 2018
4:05 PM		Teenage Head Let's Shake Frantic City Unidisc Music Inc. 1980
4:08 PM		Syd Barrett Clowns and Jugglers (Octopus) Opel Columbia/Legacy 1988
4:11 PM		Caracara Hyacinth N New Preoccupations Memory Music 2022
4:17 PM		Set Break
4:17 PM		The Dirtbombs Chains of Love Ultraglide In Black In The Red 2001
4:19 PM		Silicone Prairie Dance to the Beat My Life on the Silicone Prairie Feel It Records 2021
4:22 PM		The Degs Here They Come Clff Rocket s/r 2017
4:25 PM		The Most Secret Method Bronze Get Lovely Slowdime Records 1998
4:28 PM		Universal Order of Armageddon Stepping Softly Into The Switch Is Down Kill Rock Stars 1994
4:33 PM		Dyatlov Death Machine/Factory Insect Paranoia EP Spazz Records 2022
4:39 PM		Set Break
4:39 PM		Mirrors She Smiled Wild Something That Would Never Do (1974-75) Violet Times 2009 recorded ~1974
4:43 PM		Catalogue At night N Modern Delusion HViV Records 2023
4:46 PM		Exek (I'm After) Your Best Interest Advertise Here Castle Face 2022
4:52 PM		Marching Girls True Love 7" Pop Aural 1981
4:56 PM		Set Break
4:56 PM		CIVIC Trick of The Light N Taken By Force ATO Records 2023

Chat is archived.

Bring on the weekend! Redlights!

Here we go!

Yoyoyoyo. I'm ready to barrel through a red light like a Tesla using fully automatic drive!

hello, friends!

SO ready for the weekend

🏃‍♂️🚦

hahahahah

Heya Jen, Nice kickoff!

running redlights tuned in, post lunch coffee finished, stereo volume increased, cleared for final approach to the weekend!

woooo outstanding, you guys! glad you're all here. we've got some rocking to do.

Awwww yeah!

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Electric jug time!

Let's goooooo

i like this enthusiasm. JUG TIME!

The 13th Flr boop boop boop repeating sounds a welcome ear worm all weekend long

i am currently freeforming all over the studio

makes it harder to type but hey

Wish I had an electric jug to play along to this one.

Oh yeah always remember where Birds of Maya gets the name when i hear this

when acoustic jug just doesn't cut it....

(Note to self: Trademark "My First Pocket Electric Jug" before going to bed tonight...)

Not for nothin', but I will forever associate this song with Brian Farmer, host of WPRB's "Treblequake" program. I think his show was the first place I ever heard it.

Am I remembering right that nobody actually knows what the electric jug actually was?

myfirstjug.org is not really going to fly

The "Leon" Theramin app does a good impression of that sound when you randomly drum all 8 (or more or less) of your fingers on the phone surface.

hahahaha Dan, I certainly do not

It gives those good ol Greg Brady in the attic alien ufo sounds when you slide one finger on the app. But drumming and quickly releasing the fingers gives diff sounds altogether

speaking of weird sounds

Apparently I am mistaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Hall_(musician)

Search says Tommy Hall vocalized into the jug using it as an echo chamber effect for vocal utterances. As opposed to the usual blowing raspberries sound of jug playing

Electric Raspberries of course later becoming Electric Prunes...

my puns are killing us all

Puns of steel

myfirstjug.biz -- I'm in this to get rich, damnit.

Attila the p... no I'll stop

In. It.2. Win. It. Mike. Grab that brass jug ring.

HAHAHAH

Juggle like no ones looking.

[Tries to not say something about juggalos, fails]

My wife got to see the Harry Bertoia 10 foot gong on the family property. Wonder if there is a 10 or more foot jug out there... big big sound

F'n juggernauts.. how do they work...

Whoop whoop

wooo! welcome, @matt

shazam identified that mayo brothers song as an artist call disaster artist.

google search delivers results

FACS 👍

Speaking of electric jugs... on a related wprb note, Krista played something from an artist Apollo Zapp weeks back. Album title.. Laser T*ts.... the cover art is just exactly what it would be

ahhhh Shazam! And Matt, for sure - this record is going to be great!

NICE, @brian

Gang of 4 esque

[also excellent transition from jugs...]

it is! i was thinking MATH, but I can see the Gang of 4...

Beacuse because... https://apollozapp.bandcamp.com/album/laser-tits

AWESOME!!

FACS also like Lardo 👍

I need to get into their back catalog

PG !!

Juggs galore

HAHAHAH

stibium stibnum

Can AI predict what songs / artists will be next based on setlist so far and chat?

Elec jug boop boop boops to PG amp feedback... good stew of frequencies in the ear worm / dream background sounds fodder...

Skynet

Dammit. Only joining the party now.

Just saw that O from Fluf died.

hi, Jon! Only missed some juggery, there shall be more

oh no!!! :(

Just tuning in.

Olive Lawn too. Yeah. Sad.

second shift coming in! Jon, that is awful - how old??

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxTWGVr0_F/

JUGGERY

For the music, sure, but mainly for the jugs.

I would guess "our age or a little older?"

Olive Lawn! Dayum I'm 👴, I know them

@Brian, Psychic AI? Likely as not for sure. lol

Wayamyay

SUCKS

sorry i dont' have any olivelawn prepared...loved them

No need to be sorry. I literally only saw a story about this as I was pressing play.

the ol' butterglove

Psychic AI, a computer generated Psychic TV cover band

According to Marco Collins he died skating at a skate park.

Good way to go

sk8

Omg. Can’t wait to tell a huge PTV friend about that.

that is a wild way to go out!

Psykik chatGPT?

Mighty good set there. Pumped up the weekend energy

Was in a car accident yrs ago, & as my car is rolling & flipping over, I remember thinking, “Well, at least I get to go out with Ryan Adams singing to me from the cassette”.

Jared of Big Business?

Lol Lee

Butterglove with lp art win. Remember that from your show before

Same Jared, yes.

Just the FACS, ma'am.

Thanx Jon

Jared is kind of my hero

(so good)

Believe he was in Unwound at some point prior?

he joined a few years back, i think...at least not new for this tour

Sorry. Correction. He was an Unwound roadie, not in the band.

Cool song. Wooooooo

@jon oh i didn't catch that!

@brian isn't this great?? new discovery for me

Amazing

@Lee Chandler, geez. I was driving thru D.C. listening to a local radio station playing death metal and my girlfriend then changed the channel and said there is no way she might potentially die in an accident and that is the last thing she hears. :)

Thank you for putting me on Jen

Big Biz drummer now in the mighty High on Fire

That ID was amazing

makes me laugh out loud EVERY TIME

Ya great ID !

AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S ALL... YOU'RE WRONG...

Could you send it to me, Jen?? I don't think I have it

almost as great as this show!!

Like this TB Ridge yeah!

@dan yes!!

Loving the tunes today!

WOOO, awesome, you guys!

Bangin' out of the Barge now. Happy weekend, y'alls. I'll be listening on the drive home.

Thanks, Jen!

Lovin all the noisy math-y stuff

see ya, Mike!

@math rock hahahah

Trig Jig

SYD!!!!!

🐙

Syd reached for the secret too soon

I didn't have any Jugs, but I do have Jugglers

Clearly this is going to be played on my show before too long

outstanding!

We 💗 Syd

Jugs to Jugglers... telling ya. AI in control. Watching. Listening. Reading chat....

I don't think AI can get THIS silly....

(Woop woop)

Syd, how does that middle bit go again? Like this.. blerpblerpoboopbiiiipppsss

I had to complete a survey for UPENN and they asked what could be done to help improve stuff. I wrote in to have the security guards juggle and wear clown noses. :)

'ow many acid sugar cubes do ya take in yer tea, Syd?

Someone who has access to BingChat should ask it to put together a WPRB playlist and see what happens

Potato

@dan I need to try this

🤡

Exactly Dan! Feed it past playlists and chats... love to see the results

My old station used some sort of basic AI to program playlists when it went fully automated for the first like year and a half of the pandemic.....

OMG, that's a great idea! Robo DJ will be so jealous.

The dubya prb dj bot played a song once so pretty I shed a tear

DIRTBOMBS

This. Here.

oh my god a Robot DJ - ChatGPT showdown

dirtbobs 4EVA

DIRTBOMBS, even

Saw them in like 2006 in Chicago and they were amazing

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM AND YES I AM SCREAMING ABOUT IT

Mick Collins is my rock hero, so please no one tell me that he's actually a jerk

Yea, ROBO_head plays some of the best stuff from what I assume all of the flesh and blood DJ's feed it.

I am asking Chat GPT a question.

Meatspace DJs

"could you please come up with a playlist for a two hour radio show similar to what is played on WPRB princeton?"

Jen, I’m w/you on that w/some of my favs.

You'll be happy to know this playlist is exceptionally basic.

Sure, I can certainly come up with a playlist for a two-hour radio show similar to what is played on WPRB Princeton. WPRB is known for its eclectic mix of programming, featuring a wide range of musical genres and styles, so I'll aim to create a diverse playlist that reflects that.

Hour 1: "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five "Get Up Offa That Thing" - James Brown "Think" - Aretha Franklin "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash "Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen "Rapper's Delight" - The Sugarhill Gang "Purple Rain" - Prince "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys "Kiss" - Prince

interesting

This would be a fun wedding, but not a great radio show.

Your AI is broken.

HANG THE AI DJ

I cracked the code.

Hahaha! Good one Matt Sabbath!

"Can you revise the playlist to only include artists on independent record labels?"

hahahaaha yes to wedding music djs now out of jobs

Sophomoric at best there GPT! LOL

Hour 1: "Sober to Death" - Car Seat Headrest (on Matador Records) "What's the Matter With Kids Today?" - Thee Oh Sees (on Castle Face Records) "Big Wheel" - Cass McCombs (on Domino Recording Company) "Harmony Hall" - Vampire Weekend (on XL Recordings) "The Man With No Heart or Brain" - The Murder City Devils (on Sub Pop Records) "Reptilia" - The Strokes (on Rough Trade Records) "Crimson and Clover" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (on Blackheart Records) "Cigarettes & Alcohol" - Oasis (on Creation

Uh-oh.

LOL. Not sure that's much better?

Uh oh. I did a third pass and I'd totally listen to the following.

The last time I saw Mick was 10 years ago when he subbed for Bruce Bennett in the A-Bones at the Brooklyn Bowl. That was the last time I saw Billy Miller, who passed in 2016.

"Can you only include bands that aren't on Spotify?"

Hour 1: "Carnival" - Arab on Radar "Angel of Death" - Slayer "Koukku" - Circle "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" - Nirvana "Jesus Christ Twist" - Reverend Beat-Man "Gladiator" - The Dictators "The End of Radio" - Shellac "Death Valley '69" - Sonic Youth "Twisted Road" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Amoeba" - The Adolescents

WOW

Hour 2: "Repulsion" - Einstürzende Neubauten "Five Knuckle Shuffle" - The Hellacopters "Skullcrusher" - The Fartz "Bastards of Young" - The Replacements "Humanity" - Poison Idea "Jock-O-Rama" - Dead Kennedys "Shallow Grave" - The Troggs "Hanky Panky" - The Raincoats "Landslide" - The Jim Jones Revue "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" - X

Damn

Shellac & Slayer NOW WE'RE TAWKIN

wooohoooo

AI dude, incredible

Ha.

THE FARTZ !! 👍

hahahahahaha, now try back-announcing that with verve, AI overlord!

Now, putting those songs in an order that makes sense and has mic break moments is a whole different problem to solve.

Well, not bad, but yeah, rather rando.

I thought of an adjusted prompt but I need to wait to enter.

"Can you make sure that songs from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s that aren't on Spotify are in this playlist?"

Jon, stop making sense

(It gave me the songs in chronological order.)

Hour 1: "I'm Walkin'" - Fats Domino (1957) "I Put a Spell on You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) "Surf Rider" - The Lively Ones (1963) "Chinese Rocks" - The Heartbreakers (1977) "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" - Kate Bush (1978) "The One I Love" - R.E.M. (1987) "Right Now" - Rocket from the Crypt (1995) "We Used to Vacation" - Cold War Kids (2006) "Helplessness Blues" - Fleet Foxes (2011) "Serpentine" - Duster (2020)

wooohoooo to The Degs, BTW 😁

yes, DEGS! and this AI thing is killing me

amazing

no pressure, DJ

Ok. Last one...

"The playlist should be songs from 1950 to 2023 that aren't on Spotify but also the songs should not be listed in chronological order. Please throw in some hip hop and experimental noise selections to keep listeners on their toes."

Hour 1: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Gladys Knight & The Pips (1967) "She's Lost Control" - Joy Division (1979) "Roadrunner" - The Modern Lovers (1976) "Rapper's Delight" - The Sugarhill Gang (1979) "The Payback" - James Brown (1973) "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - Charles Mingus (1959) "Sonic Reducer" - Dead Boys (1977) "Blind" - Swans (1986) "Lapdance" - N.E.R.D. (2001) "Behold the Black Light" - Wolf Eyes (2008) Hour 2: "Mambo No. 5" - Perez Prado (1950) "Do the Strand" - Roxy Music (1973)

I still like sentient simian DJs best

All I can think of is a battery of questions to see where AI’s breaking point is & then sitting back enjoying the triumph while savoring the sweet smell of burnt plastic & hot metal.

"The Message" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (1982) "Babylon's Burning" - The Ruts (1979) "The Model" - Kraftwerk (1978) "Kim's Caravan" - Courtney Barnett (2015) "Express Yourself" - N.W.A. (1988) "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" - Queens of the Stone Age (2000) "St. Petersburg" - The Brian Jonestown Massacre (1996

So basically, I taught an AI to be satellite radio. Good work, Jon.

HAL, open the goddamn pod bay doors, HAL

Although, some of those could make for fun karaoke.

hahaa i love that you added "to keep listeners on their toes" - dying to know how that impacts the algorithms

“Daisy, Daisy” lol

Lol Roff exactly

It spits back a list of all songs about feet

well, I guess our specialty shows for the fund drive are set now, aren't they

AI gets a request for classical and plays a 25-minute live version of Poop Ship Destroyer

And/or the entirety of the Paul McCartney cantata thing

Great stuff Jon! I love the updates

Oh My Guinness! It's clock out time

Get yer nitro, Brian D

Immediate upside down flip ... keep that nitro up top

@MRS HAHAHHAA

jon, it only has several decades of you to go on

Last thing. Won't share the playlists but the AI hour in the style of a lengthy holiday radio program is pretty weak.

(for the holiday inspiration)

Ooooo nice angry bass 👍

French band!

GAAAAAAWHAAAAAA THE FRENCH - Orson Welles, drunk AF

hahahah

Second time I've heard Catalogue on WPRB this week. This is not a bad thing

we love new and shiny :D

Love the goat bells 🐐🐐🐐

Oooo... Shiny!

Shiny & chrome

Well that was a shiny redlight ride Jen. Thanks!

thanks for being here, all! excellent energy today!

Thanks Jen! Have a great weekend everyone:)

Great stuff Jen and thank you for being yuman

100% flesh and nonsense over here

Thanks for a great show, Jen!

OI! more vinegar on me chips, love

cheers, Dan! mmmm chips

I am picturing a squadron of Vespas

Palindrome band name

Great show, Jen. You're sequed into our early dinner cooking soundtrack!

thanks, Jon! Have a nice dinner!

squadron of vespas, also nice album name

Wprb forevah

Great show!

🤘🏻

fun show!!