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The Sonic Bloom

May 4, 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.

R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Belafonte. Playing some new music, too.

12:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:04 PM		Feral Ohms Love Damage Feral Ohms Feral Ohms Silver Current 2017
12:07 PM		Die Spitz Hair of Dog Die Spitz N Teeth poop butt records 2022
12:11 PM		yunè pinku Heartbeat yunè pinku N Heartbeat - Single 2023
12:14 PM		Nemahsis i wanna be your right hand Nemahsis N i wanna be your right hand - Single Method Records / 11 Acres 2023
12:18 PM		Carnivorous Bells The Ladder Carnivorous Bells N Room Above All 1547782 Records DK 2023
12:19 PM		Sleater-Kinney & Wilco One More Hour N Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album V/A Sleater-Kinney 2022
12:21 PM		Ex Hex Rainbow Shiner Ex Hex It's Real Merge Records 2019
12:25 PM		Cherry Cheeks Cherry Radio Cherry Cheeks N Cherry Radio - EP 1915866 Records DK 2022
12:27 PM		David Nance My Prophet's Profit David Nance N Pulverized and Slightly Peaced Petty Bunco 2022
12:32 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:37 PM		Lael Neale I Am the River Lael Neale N Star Eaters Delight Sub Pop Records 2023
12:40 PM		Jane Weaver The Revolution of Super Visions Jane Weaver Flock Fire Records 2021
12:46 PM		Chris Forsyth Heaven For a Few Chris Forsyth N Evolution Here We Come No Quarter 2022
12:51 PM		Useless Eaters Car Accident Face Useless Eaters Temporary Mutilation - EP Slovenly Recordings 2015
12:55 PM		The Intelligence 70's The Intelligence N Lil' Peril Vapid Moonlighting Inc. 2022
12:58 PM		CIVIC Born In the Heat CIVIC N Taken By Force ATO Records 2023
1:01 PM		Cable Ties Time for You N All Her Plans Merge 2023
1:06 PM		Minutemen God Bows to Math Minutemen Double Nickels On the Dime SST Records 1984
1:07 PM		Purple Mountains Margaritas at the Mall Purple Mountains Purple Mountains Drag City Records 2019
1:13 PM		JJ DOOM, MF DOOM & Jneiro Jarel Guv'nor JJ Doom, MF Doom & Jneiro Jarel N Key to the Kuffs (Redux) Lex Records 2022
1:14 PM		Cheater Slicks Fear Cheater Slicks N Ill-Fated Cusses In The Red 2023
1:24 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:26 PM		Paul B Cutler The Cold Light of Day Paul B. Cutler Les Fleurs 2023
1:29 PM		The Undertones You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!) The Undertones The Undertones (30th Anniversary Edition) BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. 2009
1:31 PM		Perfume Genius Braid (Mmph Remix) [Instrumental] Perfume Genius N The Fallout (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) WaterTower Music 2022 Originally from the album "No Shape".
1:34 PM		Flipper In Life My Friends Flipper Gone Fishin' Public Flipper Limited LLC 1984
1:38 PM		T.S.O.L. Red Shadows T.S.O.L. Change Today? Ryko/Rhino 1986
1:43 PM		Agent Orange A Cry for Help In a World Gone Mad Agent Orange Living In Darkness (40th Anniversary Edition) Posh Boy Records 2018
1:44 PM		45 Grave Phantoms 45 Grave Sleep In Safety Ryko/Rhino 1984
1:49 PM		Dead Kennedys At My Job Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist Manifesto Records 1985
1:50 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:56 PM		Jack Black Peaches Jack Black N The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023
1:58 PM		Death Valley Girls & Peaches When I’m Free Death Valley Girls & Peaches N When I’m Free (Peaches remix) - Single Suicide Squeeze Records 2022
2:01 PM		Einstürzende Neubauten Stella Maris Einstürzende Neubauten Ende neu Potomak 2009
2:06 PM		David Nance My Love, The Dark and I David Nance Staunch Honey Trouble In Mind Records 2020
2:09 PM		The Pop Group She Is Beyond Good and Evil (Live at Coventry UK City of Culture 2021) The Pop Group N Live Y in Dub - Single Mute 2022
2:14 PM		Strawberry Switchblade Trees and Flowers Strawberry Switchblade 1982 4 Piece Demo - Single Night School 2017
2:18 PM		Urinals Last Days of Man On Earth The Urinals Negative Capability...Check It Out! Happy Squid 2004
2:19 PM		Heavenly Bodies Remnant Heavenly Bodies Remnant - Single Heavily Bodied 2021
2:26 PM		Astute Palate No Queen Astute Palate Astute Palate Petty Bunco 2020
2:32 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:33 PM		The Gun Club The Stranger In Our Town The Gun Club The las Vegas Story Sympathy For The Record Industry 2004
2:37 PM		Kate Bush Hammer Horror Kate Bush Lionheart Parlophone UK 1978
2:40 PM		Harry Belafonte Michael Row the Boat Ashore Harry Belafonte My Lord What a Mornin' RCA Records Label 1959 RIP Harry Belafonte.
2:47 PM		Liza Minnelli Carbaret Kander & Ebb Cabaret (Original 1972 Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1972
2:51 PM		Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot Gord's Gold Rhino/Warner Records 1975
2:54 PM		Gordon Lightfoot Sundown Gordon Lightfoot Sundown Rhino/Warner Records 1974 RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
2:58 PM		Reuben Wilson The Cisco Kid Reuben Wilson Bad Stuff! Unidisc Music Inc. 1972

Chat is archived.

high

DJ Esoterica! 🎉

Mr. M! I envisioned the two of us mirroring each other with our hands and motions like in acting class! HI HI high high

i have never taken an acting class but i think i would dig it

Hi ho

Hi ho, Chris!

we are going to start off with a nice long set here, since i already said hi on-air

Afternoon all

howdy, amy! good afternoon

OK - starting out calmly I see

Yes! 👯 I would’ve bet good green money DJ Esoterica had already taken acting classes. Go ahead! You’d get something good out of a good class/teacher! Keep me posted. 🤓

ha, francis!

and hi

Greetings and Salutations, Everyone!!!

i will, mr. m! i wanted to be an actor as a kid though and I was in performances, but never a formal acting class. i think it would be good therapy.

G'morning. Starting out the day with my coffe and this audio punch in the face - I like it

sweet, francis:)

Omg, DJ Esoterica is gonna be the next EGOT WINNER! 🎭 🏆👩‍🎤🏆🎭🏆👩‍🎤🏆

poopbuttrecords!!!

yeah haha

Working at a cusotmer location. Listening but not able to chat without the cusotmer getting mad or something.

on both counts, egot and poopbutt

Haha

SMH at Stevie P

a man gots to make a living

ha, stevie! hello

true true stevie

all work and no play tho yo 🪓

Hello! Howdy! Hi! High! GOOD AFTERNOON!

HeyOoo!

Howdy, Parrscream!

good afternoon

Good day Esoterica! Hi all!

Hello !

howdy, bo!

hi, tom!

DJ Esoterica, you gonna be back on the radio before next Thursday?!?

don't rightly know, mr. m, but i don't think so

always up for it though! can't get enough!

People keep popping up in random places!

Wow! Look at this collaboration!

yeah cool!

love this song

this doesn

doesn't sound like corin tucker

and not like jeff tweedy either so i am confused

Yeah. Hmmm

Shazam confirms your playlist information 😎

sounded like her guitar playing though

cool!

yeah it did, francis and sometimes people

people's voices change

Check out DILLY DALLY for a future show, DJ Esoterica!

is that a band?

mr. m

Yes

i will

Cheers!

Thoroughly enjoying all these swell selections!

chhers to you

cheers

that was very nice 👍

Zomg she said it on air #recordlabelname 🤑

Still here..

Lunch walk while listening to Esoterica is the best!

@ Esoterica (host) And you've got me lurkin' here, digging on the show (as always) and tappin' away on my laptop ...

howdy, richard!

cool, chris, glad to see ya here still

sweet, Parrscream, and I am getting to some new stuff, too!

Hello, I'm here for just a few minutes. Liking the Lael Neale song!

howdy, rob! yeah it is unexpectedly catchy as it starts out simple but builds.

Good day to all! Forsyth always has a great guitar tone. Thanky, DJE!

you are very welcome, IP!

good day!

Nice NEW Noises!

thanks! lots o' em

glad you like

me too 😰

ha;)

hey there!

howdy, andrew!

welcome!

YES!

minutemen always works

WATT⁉️ MINUTEMEN❣️

oh yeah!

Also, margaritas Before AND After the mall 🤠😵👻

D Boon was heavy, and when I saw them in DC, he sweated so much that his guitar was shorting out, so Hurley threw a pitcher of water on him just to make it worse

oh yeah, mr. m r.i.p. david berman (purple mountains)

Awww man 💔

wow, francis. oh yah but they still rocked it out

<3 MF

MF DOOM?

yup

JJ Doom released

Ello Guv’nor!

ello!

Is that the correct title in the playlist??

good point

i will correct thx

there you go

thx YOU!

I’m watching you. I mean, I’m helping you! 🥳🤩🤣

lol

L0LZ

At 5pm DJ JonSolomon will air three hours of music connected to the STAR WARS Galaxy! #MayTheFourthBeWithYou! #MayThe4th

thx

MrM and Parrscream with 2 shoutouts each! ✅✅ I’ve had two honorable mentions also, in addition, as well, too 🖤💀 At least once a show I’d luv a full name mention 😈

What would be really goofy & fun is if a bunch of us listeners gathered outside somewhere & just LARP'ed it w/light sabers while blasting Jon's Star Wars show.

yeah that would be sweet

don't push it, mr. malcontent ;)

PLEASE MAKE THAT HAPPEN @AmyErmaLee

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Li’l Abner reference! I’m literally and figuratively DEAD ☠️

Provided I could just sit, watch & drink.

me too, amy

Yes, from a safe distance from nerds

i am a nerd

Imma STAR WARS Nerd 🤓

really?

I’ve attended a Star Wars Celebration 💀🔫

We would just Statler & Waldorf it..maybe have something that could shoot popcorn at them....our brethren.

Popcorn?! No. Fling tortillas with marshmallows at ‘em

flipper rules, ok?

totally

hey now. saw a youtuber wearing a wprb tee shirt and thought i'd check it out. wfmu is getting a little dull to me these days.

oh yeah dalesworld! thx for stopping by

i thought i was a wfmu lifer until i moved into wprb territoryp

also true, mr. m

Well yes but no but yes but no and maybe alter your username with that gear ⚙️ right there ↗️ before you get a bunch of wonky emails

Typo and edit

yeah, fmu's schedule hasn't really changed much in years.

good - got my face up...

meow

I bet the cat is named Chairman Meow 😸

L0LZ so funny @MrM 😹😻🙀😼😽😿😾

yes mr. m so funny

lolz

had a stray siamese we called chairman meow until we caught him and he was a she.

I still listen to both a lot.. Been listening to FMU and PRB since the 80's. FMU always has a gradually changing schedule, and is fairly different every 5 years or so. It's certainly nice to have both, truly excellent options available to us.

Yes! Chairwoman Meow!

agreed, francis. i like wfmu, too.

some crossover too with both station with former DJs at fmu now

"...occasional show tunes" - any ray bolger coming up?

yes! but no ray bolger, unless i dig a tune up from wizard of oz?

Wow. All the free and questionable advertising for other stations. It for reals needs to get dialed down to 0️⃣⚠️

DEAD KENNEDYS 🖤🤎🖤

LOL - neither station is making a profit. It's not a zero sum game

DK😍

It still violates the Terms of Service. Read it. Learn it. Love it. Live it. Lump it. L0LZ it.

i was just being a wise ass re: bolger. would be a heck of a segue though.

I just remember buying that album, and the HR Giger paining on the inside -oof.

Heck of Segue is a DJ Esoterica speciality 🏆

huzzah me!

Yeah, cheers to DALE!

okay THIS Rn aF 😈

Hahahaha L0LZ haha

oh yeah

now a diff peaches! she is supremely badass

lol

Peaches Peaches PEACHES Peaches Peaches PEACHES Peaches PEACH

watch the video

it is great

he really likes peaches!

I hope this one has a video

the DV and Peaches?

The Jack Black one is priceless

Yes DVG&P. And imma watch Jack Black video asap

oooh, love blixa.

i would love to watch. the DV & Peaches one too. Peaches is always entertaining

me, too, dale!

EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN ❣️

yes, love EN

female vocalist is meret becker

she reminds me of anita lane a bit. sorta.

i can see that, dale

have you listened to her album dirty pearl?

ooh, she's married to hacke. they were both guests on that other station that shall go nameless.

yes, i have dirty pearl.

Ha! Outstanding!

sugar in a hurricane is great. the covers are so so. sisiter sledge's 'lost in music' is better.

oh i will check it out, thx, dale

Most Excellent Show Today! Diggin' in Mucho...

aw thx, michael!

🍓🔪 ❤️

From my experience SHE really is Beyond Good and Evil... Haha

nice emoji, mr. m

these VIBES 💓

WwwwrrrrrrHhhhhwwwwwW

yeah love HB, out of jersey/philly

I’ll excuse that

huh

I’ll ignore that

why don't you like jersey and philly?

I’ll just pretend everything I like is from the WestSiiidddeee!

I’m just KIDDING

right!

Hi Es!

howdy os!

Beautiful silver like day!

pretty cloudy near me, but i like your positivity!

we all know it's star wars day, but we are also lucky that it is multi david nance song day!

thx colin!

Saw the Mario movie, after the Princeton visit. Great movie and Bowser is scary hilarious as always! Peaches, Peaches

love me some lightfoot. the doc about him that came out a couple years ago was great.

And Peach herself badass like her best friend Daisy

yeah that doc was amazing, dale

been a fantastic edition of TSB! i've been plowing through this work load with all these boppers.

perfect! yeah it has been pretty uptempo, huh. thx, colin

also love that heavenly bodies used the supernova 1987a as their album cover, it's a dangerous thought, but more close supernova please. not too close though

oh yeah, colin

I’d like these same vibes all month!

cool, mr. m i will see what i can do

KATE BUSH 💝

agree and concur

🖤💀

lionheart is a great album. thank you for not playing running up that hill, damn stranger things...

🧛🏻‍♂️🧟‍♂️

ha, yeah i run away from that song now.

That’s my favourite KATE BUSH song. I’m cry

don't cry, i love it, too, but man Stranger Things made it so what is the word? overstaurated?

jeez, typos

I heart Stranger Things

me too

HARRY BELAFONTE 💔❤️

yeah rip

good man

Grandma Rose 🌹♥️

Hallelujah!

aw thanks, mr.m

there you go, dale (show tunes)

ha!

a toe tapper, too!

true

Final Eleven Mins?!? I’m cry all over again

lolz you will be okay:)

but thx for the sentiment:)

Great Broadway and jazz set on the recent two! Liza Minnelli and Harry Belafonte !

Thx, Os!

I luv a Cabernet 🍷

DJ Esoterica! Another TopNotch Show! Well done! Big cheers! Many thanks! Kind regards to you, Lady! 🖤💀

me, too! mr. m!

cab

Cheers to you!

thanks for the great music. gonna keep poking back into this station.

awesome, Dale!

you are very welcome

Sounds like Shania Twain's "You're The One"

hmm, i will have to listen again, os

GORDON LIGHTFOOT 💔❤️

yes rip:(

see ythe doc about him that came out a couple of years ago - really good

typo jeesh

Stay Peaches, Peaches like Scary Bowser

see y'all! be good. see you next week