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Desert Cruising

Apr 5, 2023 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Music

With Captain Ahab

The latest and greatest in stoner rock, doom metal, fuzz and more.

Every Wednesday 3–5pm on 103.3fm WPRB.

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Ep. 235: 4/5/23

I'm just as confused

3:02 PM		Loose Sutures Highway Shooter N Highway Shooter - Single 2023
3:07 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
3:09 PM		Gozu Tom Cruise Control N Remedy 2023
3:14 PM		Masheena Under The Same Sun N Under The Same Sun - Single 2023
3:18 PM		The Absurd Wake Nox EP Bent Knee Records 2023
3:24 PM		Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow Maps of Inferno N Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow - Single 2023
3:29 PM		Cavern Deep Primordial Basin (feat. Susie McMullan) Primordial Basin - EP 2023
3:37 PM		Marsmolys Enslaved N Verticalysm 2023
3:43 PM		Blue Heron Able Baker N Able Baker - Single 2023
3:49 PM		Faerie Ring Lover N Lover - Single 2023
3:55 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
4:06 PM		Ruff Majik Queen of the Gorgons N Elektrik Ram 2023
4:10 PM		Bong Voyage Super High Velocity N Super High Velocity - Single 2023
4:17 PM		Orsak:Oslo 069 In What Way Are You Different N 069 In What Way Are You Different - Single 2023
4:24 PM		Swan Valley Heights Microbe Galaxy N Terminal Forest 2023
4:35 PM		Dommengang Blue & Peaceful N Wished Eye Thrill Jockey Records 2023
4:40 PM		Netherlands Celia's Mansion N Severance 2023
4:46 PM		Margarita Witch Cult The Witchfinder Comes N Margarita Witch Cult Heavy Psych Sounds 2023
4:51 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
4:56 PM		High Priest Divinity N Divinity - Single 2023

Chat is archived.

hello wednesday crew

Helloooooo

Give me the riffs, I want to ride them!

yes - need riffs badly

Hey all. Cruising time.

is that riffy enough for ya

This will do.

so much better than the hold music I am currently stuck listening to

Alice In Chains vibes

Tom Cruise control !!

Jason I thought so too!

Since there's no show for me tonight (thanks, Passover) I get to drive to pick up the kid from school listening to your show. A rare treat!

Jon be pulling up to school drumming on the steering wheel and headbanging.

100%. I am fully prepared to embarrass my own kin.

the kid: "oh great, it's that captain ahab lady again"

"Dad never grew up"....i get that a lot.

My wife and I picked her up from play rehearsal blasting Cyrpress Hill a few weeks ago.

Buffalo Tom Cruise Control

To give credit where credit is due, the kid and I performed adequate Superchunk karaoke at a friend's over the weekend.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Tom Cruise Control Top.

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs and Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Tom Cruise Control Top Ramen

hahaha

i was so sad about Pigs x7

They're no Mister Mister Big Black Flag of Democracy but that's very good.

even found someone on fb selling their ticket, but they never saw my comments/messages saying I would buy it

(Don't snort the MSG laden flavor packet)

Ooo this one Geezes very well

Geezes !

dang this song is lit. Makes me wanna kick down some doors

@francis https://media.tenor.com/T46ga3GO30QAAAAd/obama-kick.gif

lol - that's exactly, gosdamm right

Kicked down door: No. Stubbed toe: Yes.

Howdy! I think Able Baker refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_military_phonetic_spelling_alphabets

Able Baker Charlie Dog etc (Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets)

The only association I have with "Able Baker" is the Richard Scarry's 'Busytown' character Able Baker Charlie. He's a cute mouse in a chef's hat who is always adding too much yeast to the dough (causing it to ooze out of the oven during baking) or forgets to take the cookies out of the oven and ends up almost burning down Baker Freddie's bakery.

But of course it could be something different

@Captain, the NATO alphabet is in the wikipedia article too

Tom Fooz Control

Lol Teresa 🐀🍞

Who woulda thunk that Richard Scarry would look to a coded military alphabet for inspiration!

Able and Baker were the first two nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. Of the two, Baker test was pretty gnarly because the blast was underwater and online videos show battleships being swamped by the tsunami.

Also, in the early 1950s, North Atlantic hurricanes had the Able Baker Charlie Dog naming sequence for a few years, before hurricanes were assigned women's names (and after 1979 men's names as well). This seems to have happened only in 1950, 1951, and 1952.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Atlantic_hurricane_season

I have learned so much

You all are great!

It's a lesson to me. The Ables and the Bakers and the C's. The ABC's we all must face. And try to keep a little grace.

I didn't know about the Richard Scarry connection at all, until just now, nor did I know (or remember) the Bikini Atoll nomenclature.

Getting those pop/ clicks on the stream today

I'm not hearing pop clicks, but my internet is slowing occasionally, causing the station to be silent for a few seconds

I'm not hearing clicks, but I'm hearing very brief dropouts (like a few milliseconds).

hmm thanks for heads up, if it gets bad i'll reset

I'm beginning to get little dropouts or hiccups every few seconds. They

are noticeable but not really disruptive. And they sorta provide added ambiance to this great moody Orsak:Oslo song! Really digging this!

hmm, i htink actually i'll ride it out, there isn't much left to the show anyway

unless it gets REALLY bad lol

i dont have control over the router in my building, it's university wide wifi which is normally excellent but alas sometimes small troubles like this

Interesting to know that the audio dropouts aren't at my end, this time. They do change the ambience somewhat

Wifi is ever the realm of lost packets.

those darn packets

Weedpecker vibes

Packet maps availible at the campus info kiosk. :)

Weedpecker !!

This is a cool tune nonetheless.

I'm finally online at this community college library to be able to type I am enjoying the show very much!

thanks Jon!

Sadly (sadly?) pickup timed out with your mic break so there were no epic riffs to crank as I pulled onto the quiet campus.

Which one @Jon? MCCC library, perchance? I took an intensive Chemistry class there in 2002 or 2003 when I lived in Pennington.

Epic riffs only

lol...i just noticed the band name "Bong Voyage"

I love that band name Jason 😂🤣

Not MCCC. Nice campus here too though.

Bloody sabbath-y riffage

@Matt the other name i love is "Dungeon Weed" ...makes me laugh every time. Great riffs today!

Dungeon Weed !! As long as the dungeon has weed

Riff-tastic subversive fever dream today

Well said Jäsön!

@Jon -- I'm taking classes currently at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester. Like so many community college campuses I've seen, it too is very charming and inviting.

GOATWEED

Teresa WOOOOOOOOSTAH eh

haha

I enjoyed the show this afternoon, Captain!

Break down the daws

I love Ralph's Diner, that's Woostah I fink

There are nice sculptures and old buildings where I am. If I hadn't already gone running today and this chair wasn't so comfortable I'd explore. Commie Francis covers for me while I'm at tonight's Seder.

SING IT AHAB

2 hours is not enough

Brummies on the loose

@Matt -- I haven't been to any of the famed diners in this area yet! We moved to Wooooostah County just a year before the pandemic. Looking fahwid to doing more local exploration now... (: @Jon -- Chag Pesach Sameach! (just a little too early, I know, as the sun has not set yet).

Checked all the boxes for a lovely afternoon. River trail time. Thanx Ahab!

Thanks again for the cool tunes.

Yes Thanks for the as always terrific show, Cap'n Ahab! <3

JA DER DOOMEN ☠️⚰️ (dommen)

Many thanks friends!

There's a NY brewery called Ommegang

Chugga chugga riffs engaged

CHUGGA CHUGGA

Great show Ahab!

the Steve Harris machinegun bass gallop

Fanks love, solid DJing once again