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Am I the Abnormal?

May 16, 2023 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

Join me each week as I attempt to create a perfect playlist for the most dramatic of cartoon villains. I will be blasting one song after another like the tired student that I am, finding ways to stay awake without fueling their coffee addiction.

Music is the Weapon of the Future

8:00 PM		Gordian Knot Rivers Dancing Gordian Knot Sensory 1998 Founded by Sean Malone (April 12, 1970 – December 7, 2020) who played primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick, but also keyboards, and guitar.
8:08 PM		Set Break: over looped “Kvitravn” by Wardruna
8:09 PM		Wardruna Kvitravn Kvitravn - First Flight of the White Raven By Norse Music 2021 Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003, with some ex-members of black metal group Gorgoroth. They are dedicated to creating musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions, and make significant use of Nordic historical and traditional instruments. Bandcamp
8:14 PM		Garmarna Dagen Flyr Förbundet Season of Mist 2020 Swedish folk rock band, formed 1990. Bandcamp
8:18 PM		Birds and Buildings Secret Crevice Multipurpose Trap Emkog 2013 Founded by Dan Britton (of Cerebus Effect & Deluge Grander) in Maryland USA in 2008. They blend various prog styles. This is their second (and probably final) release. Bandcamp 🦉🦆𓄿🐓𓅓🦅𓅛🕊️𓅠🦜 & 🏬🏭🏫🏪🏩🏨🏦🏥🏤🏣🏢
8:24 PM		Cheer Accident According to the Spiral Fear Draws Misfortune Cuneiform Records 2009 Cheer-Accident is an indie rock ensemble formed in 1981 by Thymme Jones.
8:27 PM		Set Break: over “Aspects of Order” by K. Leimer
8:30 PM		Thank You Scientist Blue Automatic R Stranger Heads Prevail Victor 2016 American progressive rock band from Montclair, New Jersey and formed in 2009 at the New Jersey Montclair State University's music program. Bandcamp
8:36 PM		Echolyn The Cheese Stands Alone As the World echolyn 2005 Symphonic progressive rock band founded in 1989 in the Philadelphia area. Bandcamp
8:40 PM		Dread Zeppelin Immigrant Song Re-Led-Ed Cleopatra Records 2004 Dread Zeppelin, from California, usual play covers of Led Zeppelin music in a reggae style with an Elvis impersonator as lead singer.
8:44 PM		Primus Greet the Sacred Cow Antipop Interscope 1999 Bass-oriented alternative metal band, formed in California by Les Claypool in the mid 1980s.
8:48 PM		Zevious Pantocyclus Passing Through the Wall Cuneiform Records 2013 New York based power trio, blending heavy prog, jazz and metal. Bandcamp
8:52 PM		Deus Ex Machina Multiverso Devoto Cuneiform Records 2016 Italian jazz-rock group that usually sings in Latin.
8:58 PM		Set Break: over “Te Morituri” by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
9:00 PM		Tigran Hamasyan Entertain Me Mockroot Nonesuch 2014 Tigran Hamasyan (born in 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist, playing mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. Besides jazz, he is also influenced by progressive rock (illustrated on this track).
9:04 PM		Mörglbl Totale Bricole Grötesk Free Electric Sound 2007 Mörglbl is a French fusion band founded in 1997, led by guitarist Christophe Godin. The band's music can be described as 'power-jazz-metal instrumental music', but with a sense of humor.
9:10 PM		Mick Karn Thundergirl Mutation The Tooth Mother CMP Records 1995 Andonis Michaelides ( 24 July 1958 – 4 January 2011), better known as Mick Karn, was an English-Cypriot musician and songwriter who rose to fame as the bassist for the art rock / new wave band Japan.
9:17 PM		Exivious Asurim Exivious Exivious 2009 Dutch prog-metal band formed in 1997. Their music is more like jazz fusion in a metal format. They disbanded in 2017, each member pursuing other musical projects. Bandcamp
9:22 PM		COVET ares technicolor Triple Crown Records 2020 SanFrancisco based math rock trio, led by Yvette Young (who also creates the cover art). Bandcamp
9:28 PM		Set Break: over “Approaching Taidu” by Brian Eno
9:31 PM		Sithu Aye Multiverse, Pt. 1: Origin Cassini Sithu Aye 2011 Sithu Maung Maung Aye was born on 26 June 1990 in Glasgow, UK, and plays a progressive metal similar to Plini and Animals As Leaders. All of his material is self released. Bandcamp
9:37 PM		Plini Away Sweet Nothings - EP Plini 2013 Plini is a guitarist and composer based in Sydney, Australia. His main genre influences are Instrumental rock, djent, and Progressive metal. Bandcamp
9:41 PM		NeBeLNeST Stimpy Bar Nova Express Cuneiform Records 2002 NeBeLNeST formed in 1997, and is a high-energy mix of multiple styles of progressive rock, blending a prog-metal influenced drums and bass with psychedelic guitar and symphonic keyboards. Bandcamp
9:46 PM		Chimp Spanner Cloud City All Roads Lead Here - EP 2648571 Records DK 2022 Chimp Spanner (🐒🔧 monkey wrench!) is a one-man prog-metal band: Paul Antonio Ortiz, from Essex, UK. Bandcamp
9:50 PM		Boud Deun Coal Boxes and Daisy Cutters Astronomy Made Easy Cuneiform Records 1997 Virginia based instrumental quartet with influences of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Dixie Dregs, with the guitar, bass, drums and violin format, and intricate tempo changes.
9:54 PM		Jonas Hellborg & Art Metal Muthucutpor Art Metal Bardo 2007 Jonas Hellborg (bass), Matthias IA Eklundh (guitar), Selvaganesh (percussion).
9:59 PM		Set Break: over “Sniff The Jacket” by Cliff Martinez
10:02 PM		Änglagård Snardom Viljans Öga Anglagard Records 2012 Änglagård is a symphonic prog band founded in 1991 in Stockholm, disbanded in 1994, and then active again since 2008. Bandcamp
10:19 PM		Anekdoten Rubankh Nucleus Virta 1995 Progressive heavy rock band founded in Borlänge, Sweden in 1991. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially King Crimson.
10:22 PM		Синкопированная Тишина Протобаян - - 2011 The Syncopated Silence group (Синкопированная тишина) formed in the spring of 2005 in Moscow, Russia. Bandcamp
10:33 PM		Electric Masada Metal Tov (Live) At the Mountain of Madness - Live In Europe Tzadik 2005 Electric Masada is one of John Zorn's many bands. This fusion group was around in the mid 2000's.
10:39 PM		Set Break: over “Windmills in a World without Wind” by Bill Nelson Kim Yo Jong, looking to mingle
10:41 PM		Happy Family Slide Minimal Gods Cuneiform Records 2014 Happy Family is an instrumental progressive rock/fusion/Zeuhl band from Tokyo, formed in 1987.
10:46 PM		Consolidated Dominion Friendly Fa$cism Nettwerk Music Group 1991 Politically active band that combined confrontational left-wing politics with self-deprecating humour and a sound that encompassed elements of hip-hop, hard rock, funk, industrial and dance music. As part of their act, they ask audience members to get up and comment on their shows. The best comments get included on the records.
10:49 PM		One Shot Nosh Partitas Dark Shot Le Triton 2008 One Shot was founded by Magma members James MacGaw (guitarist in Magma 1998-2021) & Emmanuel Borghi (keyboardist in Magma 1990-2009). James MacGaw died on 8 March 2021, age 52. Bandcamp
10:55 PM		Set Break: over “Miscalculation” by Michael Brook
10:57 PM		Malcolm Scarpa Twenty Small Cigars Unmatched / Spanish Zappa Tributes Vol. 1 V/A Hall of Fame Records 1996 Spanish artist Juan Manuel Morillo Scarpa (1959-2022) was a songwriter, guitar player and singer from Madrid.

Chat is archived.

😶‍🌫️ ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ s,ʇI. 🙃 ¡ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

Good everning, sir. Chewsday innit

Hello, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Hello, welcome to the abnormal drama

💜 Good evening. Nice to have you along for the show.

A: Yes, I am the Abnormal.

𓂀 𓂏 𓁻 𓆃

¡ ǝuᴉʇsᴉɹɥꓛ `ollǝꓧ ɥO

Today has just been nonstop amazing music since the start

¡pooƃ ʇnq ˙ɯɐ 7 ɯoɹɟ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp sı ɯd 8

And mostly all subs today

WUT.

I've already got the grass in my system, I'm ready to rock

Hi, DarthUhuruBuu 😈💓

¡ oooooqɯi̩ꓩ o⅄

Greetings and Salutations, Everyone!

Ready for the Gordian Knot

TAndy: System of a Lawn

jim, did ya happen to catch the image I sent you in the notebook chat last nite?

Oh looky and listen here!

¡ ꓪꓢꓷ

All the cool zeuhl kids are here!

Hello Rob F

Always with the screeeeaming

🥣

A bit o' Zeuhl late tonight

YES.

Hi MrM💀 Boo 👻!

Evenin DTO! Sounds like there's a drake in you midst, a Canadian drake👀

Good evening, Ambrose

Evenin Ambrose, Christine, DSM, MrM, Rob F, Jimboo, and me.

Good evening to DTO, TAndy, Bo, DSM, jimboo, Rob F & good afternoon to MrM 💀

Evening everyone!

Good evening everyone!

Hello, goof evenin' Christine, Jimboo, DSM, TAndy, Rob F, Mr.M💀!

Keep that typo

GOOF EVENING!

*good evening* no goofin'!😂

im goofed up

Haha

im goofin

Goofevenin ...could be Finish?

L0LZ

birds aren’t real

Yes they arrrrrrr

nuh uh

Guften tag

𓅀 🛖𓅂 🏫𓅃𓅞🏦𓅟

Hey, MrM, I will be airing the ultra specialized MrM inspired WPRB Station ID roughly 10:50 EDT.

MUCH EXCITE!

🦉🦆𓄿🐓𓅓🦅𓅛🕊️𓅠🦜 & 🏬🏭🏫🏪🏩🏨🏦🏥🏤🏣🏢

O̸̡̧̬̥̤͕̜̣̦͇̟̠̗̓͋̏͌̌͛̉ḫ̵̨̹̠̳̮͙̼̩̠̱̪̘̀̾ ̴͔͚̣͚͉͈̠̱̲͒͌̽͛͂̽͂̅̈͋̓̒̾͘ͅG̶͎̼̥̏̏̽͊̌̓̍͊̉̚Ǫ̷̤̱͖͕̙͔̫̭̙̪̣̱̟̞̀̔̈́̓̒̔̆́̅̐̇͋̒͝͠Ỡ̴̹͚̬̦̻̣̺̞̭̬̱̹̖͋̓̏̒̊̓̍͜ͅF̷͎̂̾̅̐́̅͛̍̉͊̏͘͜͠

Thanks so much for the time estimate! Cheers to you, DJ DaveTheObscure! 💟

Hear that Magma reference?

⚠️ yay Cheer-Accident!

So you can catch the BIG GAME, and tune in for your special piece?

🙄

Is there a sports game today in which I should be watching and screeeeaming ?!?

Isn't there some such thing erry day?

CHEER-ACCIDENT❣️

Shrug 🤷‍♀️

TAndy! Up next! Just for YOU!

cheers to dj wired academic! 🎉

That bass hit sounds massive

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Thank you, DTO!

That’s where my daughter went to music school

🙏 Happy to provide excellent customer service for our valued clients. 😬

@ Rob F, did she enjoy?

Yes, loved it

Very good

Music therapy major with jazz piano as her primary instrument. Played a lot with the jazz performance majors

I'm jealous

Thanks for the request, TAndy

That's wonderful, Rob! I'm sure you're very proud :)

Thank you for playing it, Dave!

Where’s the pause button ⏸⁉️ I’m on the phone ☎️ what?! boo 😒

Get your priorities straight

TAndy, yes thanks

ahahahaha

Many will live fuller lives if they smash their phone in favor of The New Abnormal

Make them listen to the music on hold

But what if we are USING our phone to stream The New Abnormal? 🤔

Re: priorities, I once passed out in a record store from lack of food and water. That is the extent of my obsession.

true story

Wow!

it's an illness

No end to the obscure

😓

the end will come

christ thaty fuzz

I Dread that

😸

But for now, I spin discs

line 'em up now

dat bass is so 90s

a really good book > a lot of things

Yup. That was Bo Burnham

aaand I’m BAAAAAAACK!

aaaand I can stop holding my breath

I am using mah phone for allllll the magic!

Wow, you are sassy tonight

prime time sass

Somebody is full of 🫘

The Obscure has no cure!

💜 don't worry, MrM, you know you're dear to my heart

The PrimeTimeSass proves it! 💜💟🤍🖤💀

I have a special piece just for you, just prior to the super special MrM inspired Station ID

ErrMahGawd! 🤯🤯🤯

Because we're against all the killing

Becky

Abnormally on Friday mornings

Darn it! I missed PRIMUS❣️ & DREAD ZEPPELIN❗️WestSiiidddeee!!

Have you learned you lesson? Always Be Listening.

This show needs a rebroadcast. Me sads 🥺

TIGRAN HAMASYAN 💙

Mörglbl rules

I took my pre-teen kids to see Mörglbl perform in a bar nearby,

Such a great dad am i

i wish my dad took me to see Mörglbl

I hope there was a two alcoholic drink minimum!! 🍷🥃🍹🍺🧉🍶🥂🍻

At least I gave them earplugs

Yes, I drank all 6 🍺 🍻🥃 🍸 🍷 🥂 🍾🍹 🍶

or was it 11?

blacked out

HaWhhyyyyyyeeee?! *pronounced as Hawaii(eeee) did you plug their ears from the musick!?!

Ohmygawd prime time DaveTheObscure has jokes!

Yeah, gotta prevent tinnitus.

this bass is so ⛽

Up close, they were loud as HELL

I damaged my hearing. Always use earplugs y’all!

Were they MBV loud?

I just watched a clip from a video showing off his basslines, he makes it seem so effortless

Mick Karn, yeah, Lizbot calls his bass "gooey"

I've legit never heard a bass guitar "buzz" at these frequencies before, amazing.

Natasha Atlas guest vocalist here

NATACHA ATLAS ❤️

MrM! How did you damage your hearing? I thought you were too busy to attend concerts?!

(And thanks for correctly spelling her name)

I blame autocorrect

Concert. And screeeeaming with a seething rage! 👻

Same. That explains why my voice is shot.

I like you even more now 💟

💜 my brother from another mother

Damn, I really like prime time

You gonna ever switch to a primetime spot?

Stop making MrM grin and go ahead and move the show to PrimeTime!!! 🖤💀

I'm minor league.

5-8 isn't bad

Usually work gets in the way

We're sure as hell aren't getting paid to do this

you work at 5AM? |:)

I get up at 5 a.m.

I used to get outta work at 5am

tomorrow will be rough

You can do it!

# falling asleep at desk

Believe in yourself!

I believe I will fall asleep at my desk

Covet! 🪃 Did anyone get to see them on their way through Philly?

I was busy that day

#NapUnderDesk! #DuhDoy

Like my brother MrM

Besides youse two. Sheesh

Ditto. Busy that day

Did you see ‘em, Christine Boo?!?

"Dave the Abnormal". What a goof

Goof evening

I did not, MrM. Sadly

Maybe no one showed up?!?

holy shit this is insane

this is just fine. mellow.

🪐

Is there a multiverse theme tonight>

The Empress of Emoji!

Ah, Rob F, you noticed!

Tiny coincidence

Plini

awesome, yeah

dave is taking us to space rn

im ready to ascend further

I want to see C Beams off the shoulder of Orion.

Not space like Mike Hunter, though

Yeah this is violent space

I'd expect to hear that breakdown from a few seconds ago while dodging asteroids

Their cover art looks like a pattern of mycelium growth. Or solar flares

Either one is appropriate

oo oo aa aa

🙊

This is great. 👍

Hey, Rofflestomp! Glad you're able to catch the show

s♾♾ g♾♾♾d 💫🎵🎶🌟

for a change

🐒🔧

chug

PrimeTime means Big Improvement!

Heya, yeah in late, but a nice surprise.

@ MrM, so you mean my early morning show is deficient?

That’s okay. My feeling’s aren’t hurt… 😕

I don’t take it personally… 😞

It doesn’t really bother me… 😩

I was just chopping onions, that’s all! 😭

I was making jokes off of your jokes… “for a change”

Mm Hmmm

So you bettah be chopping onions at six mins to 10pm. Hhhmmmm Mmmmmm

Late Nite Snack

keeping my energy up for the last hour mm hmmm

lol to that whole guilt trip dto,

Hey Colin. Good to see you

i had the stereo on for about a half bef roe i realized it was night shift abnormal.

Was gonna say Coolin

i was wondering why wprb was being such a bad ass tonight

Glad you didn't switch it off in disgust

Come for the music, stay for the repartee

i thought to myself, i need to practice more.

practice switching off the stereo?

chops with onions tonight!

😭

Rofflestomp has been M.I.A. Hey! How’s you??

Freaks is soooo top shelf.

and I am one of them

🏆 🍾 🥂

Sláinte!

All good -ᎷяM, I hope the world is good out west for ya...

Good enough, here! Thanks, Rofflestomp! Cheers!

Enjoying the Super PrimeTime Abnormalities! Big cheers to you, DJ DaveTheObscure 💜

I agree -ᎷяM, this made my night. :)

Glad youse are enjoying

I concur! The night had been MADE! MmmHmm😑

I really want to buy one of those guitars in the picture above with the weird marching band..

You'll have to defect to North Korea

Sungsaengnihm!

🎸 they're made of cardboard and kite string

Yeah, probably harder to get than Cuban cigars...

The price is your mortal soul

Seriously, North Korea looks fun 🤩

if you're in the Kim family

this is a journey

Take the ex and I'll throw in some cats., Soul is under contract at the moment.

deal 🎸

Loving this track

That's good to hear

That track would kill with a visual effects and light show

and it's over

que strobe

🧿

🪬

🔦

That's why I used past tense >:)

Kim Yo Jong is the one that scares me in the Kim dynasty.

is that the chubby daughter?

Sister

Haha omg 😱

all I need is the air that I breathe, and WPRB Princeton

Do you think she'd date me?

no 👎😑

but I'm DTO!

zactly

She’s into your evil twin

that bastard, O⊥ᗡ

L0LZ ZOMG

im laughin

She has an evil streak. I would worry what was really on the menu.

she can eat me

HAHAHAHAHA

she looks nice

she looks like she’d enjoy that, DJ DaveTheObscure

as would i

please let’s delete this convo lol

I kept getting flashes of heart of the sunrise during the earlier part.

Hello David S. They probably grew up listening to that

this is INSANE

@ David S., are you listening to FM, or far away online?

@MrM, if I disappear, you'll know who was behind it

i found some live videos of Синкопированная Тишина for later watching.

They are great. Under-appreciated

i spelled that form memory with looking too!

Zeuhl influenced

🥣 ✨️

one of the videos say russion Zeuhl and the rest is in russian

very few recordings

russion?! I’m not familiar

Online. Not the actual song. Just the diddle do do dit diddle do do riff. Just picking up a possibly subliminal quote

@ David S. In which part of the world are you listening?

try to keep up mrm

🙄

Derp

Ok, the zeuhl brew has been bottled. Back in chatterland.

This is fuckin' rippin'!

more Zeuhl in a bit

hell yeah

Zorn always rips

Never not rips

Zorn Warp Factor Eleven

Use the gear ⚙️ right there ↗️ to update username if necessary

OCD makes me count out the bars, and the just madness.

MIC BREAK NOTE 🇰🇵❤️❣️

Kohmohpsuehmedah, Sungsaengnihm!

Music for calculators.

Maybe you can appreciate why the 4/4 corporate rock beat bores me

😑

pooᵷ ɥO

as one says

𝕺𝖍 𝖌𝖔𝖔𝖋

GoofO!

MrM!

Uff da!

this rules

hahahaha

Whut the

📐

Jesus Luvs You

Imagine if he hated me

i need to listen to that recorTHERE IT IS

AWESOMESAUCE

mm hmm

Major THANKS to you, DJ DaveTheObscure! 💟

Jesus is in a League of his own when it comes to the hedges.

Yes, major show tonight! Thank yu much!

Thanks ǝʌɐꓷ!

Wonderfully Obscure sub show; thanks, Dave the Abnormal!

🙏 Happy to provide excellent customer service for our valued clients. 😬

There is no Dave. only Zeuhl

DJ DaveTheObscure, excellent bonus show! Many thanks for the MrM Highlights! 🖤💀 Big cheers and kind regards to you, Sir! 💟🤍🐼 MmmHmm

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Ears!

Thanks for the drama wired DTO

🖖

I'm glad youse were all able to catch the show

It was aiight

I chortled out loud

☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟

🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷

🔦

Good night, folks

💀