The Freeform Pathogen Wed Jun 7 with Mike Lupica on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Greetings, my lovelies. Delighted to be here. Hope all the natural light doesn't throw me off my game.

this is weird

Hello, DJ MikeLupica!

Wednesday morning on the WestSiiidddeee! 9am! 😳😑😵‍💫😴

Hey Mike, good morning. What is even weirder is I’m having breakfast (9am in Phoenix, AZ)

wednesday brunch pit crew

Where is #6?

Greetings friends! Nice to see you in he sunlight.

Whoah. It's only 9 o'clock here and suddenly Mike Lupica. I just spit coffee on my keyboard.

Billy, #6 is taking off for the summer. He'll be around for fill-ins, I suspect.

LOL Ben, that makes two of us.

Greasons seetings y'all

GREAT Mike! I'm glad it's you.

wednesday crew...ASSEMBLE!

CAPTAIN ON DECK

Loving the lineup today. WPRB all workday long.

The breakfast show! Hello all!

Wednesday has THE AWESOME-AH POWAH!

what is this Epic JAM Rn aF?!?

MrM, that was from the Bobby Lee LP

Very nice!

Agree... felt like it had a Jonathan Kane-like groove underpinning it.

give us Weirdos what we want!

New Sprints song released on ye olde Bandcamp today, just sayin'.

Oh that Sprints track is IN THE BULLPEN, Ben.

I could get used to Wednesday afternoon, DJ Mike.

Here's to hoping!

this is a great start time!

sprints in nyc in November, too!

HAWT

She's got a great voice. Sounds like distillers

short and sweet!

100% agree. When she sings it's perfectly melodic and when she screams, it grabs you by the shirt collar and shoves you up against the wall.

Concur 💯

Big fan of Tiny Ruins!!!

Hey Richard! I'm just checking them out recently... Still love all that Auckland stuff!

Peeked ahead and saw this was coming. Aces! LAMONT!

I’m coming Elizabeth!! ☠️

Grabs chest... feigns heart trouble "IT'S THE BIG ONE ELIZABETH I'M COMING TO YOU! "

Love the Mood Mosaic comps! And also in similar vein the "Beyond the Valley of the ----beats" series of comps. Great library Funk, schoolhouse rock etc

Ya those comps are notorious for the fun/ not fun errors on spells, track number / artist mixups etc... wonder if always accidental or skirting the law/ copyright etc

Er mer gerd teh yer terbz!

Cmon ain't they saw the Pepsi Syndrome skit on SNL? Spills that kills. Mind the console at all times. Put saran on it!

DON’T EAT PAPER

wax paper is almost as good as lettuce

Drink rocks. Taste scissors. Don't eat paper. Ro to the sham, Bo.

Richard Lyons, you might need a new grocer

I can identify with being hungry at this hour, but I tell my stomach to can it.

Big Blood had that great cover of Clean "Anything Can Happen" much like this approach

This is Joe Carcione, your green grocer. With your tip for the day! See these lovely vedge-a-tables....

Nice to see DJ Number6! Cheers!

I will be hither and yon this summer wherever that is.

Hi -ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 and all!

Brian, their covers are always top shelf. Check out their version of the Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary"

Wow they nailed this one too ya. Gotta check out that Cult cover ya

What is happening to the playlist?

THE VASELINES 💚💛💚

The daughter blood on high harmony it sounds like. That really tops it all off and seals it. So good

Playlist problems? MRM Please elaborate

Ahh, sorry. I think I can fix that.

All shall be reveled on my triumphant return.:)

There ya go! Thanks, Brian D!

Cheers, DJ MikeLupica!

Love this cover!

All is very right in the universe on Wednesday afternoons now. Good lineups ya. Outdoor masks may be recommended for a bit here on Pa / NJ side tho

Anyone else want to chip in to have 16 large cheese pizzas delivered to the Barge?

Hey kids, don’t misspell COUNTRY! Thanks! 🙃🤣

With anchovies and wax paper, iamthelabhras?!?

Sure Mr. M. Why not?

I have a list ready 📝

Former PRB dj extraordinaire Gabbie Watts had a band called cuntry

why 16 pizza? You guys having party?

17 pizzas for a party

@Captain Ahab. Was their first LP titled _For King & Cuntry_? Seems like an obvious choice to me.

ErrMahGawd, @DJ Captain Ahab! 👻

@Francis Just an exceedingly large number of pizzas I plucked out of the air. As I see it, now that Lupica's violated the no-eating rule there's no going back. It's time to LEAN IN.

chisel! they killed it at the church a couple of weeks ago

Miss Gabbie so much!

DIE KREUZEN‼️

@iamthelahbrahs can we at least do falafel instead?

sadly not iamthelabhras! https://cntrymsic.bandcamp.com/album/cuntry-music-the-ep

hey Mr M!

i love anchovies on pizza and it is way more common in the UK, never once have encountered anchovy pizza in the US despite the milennial TV media I consumed suggesting I would

Pity @Captain Ahab. There's a rich vein to mine there!

@MikeLupica Sure. A 1-pizza-to-2-falfel ratio seems right to me.

Anyone want to chime in w/ opinions on the Trenton-phenom of mustard pizza?

Just one condition though. You have to freak out about "someone" eating in the barge at the next staff meeting. While eating a falafel! Then show footage of "the unidentified culprit" that is obviously you.

LOL, perfect.

Mustard, no!

this set is fun as hell! 😈

"You know what's freaking me out right now? It could literally be anyone of us!"

I will grow a big beard for the reveal, iamthelabrahs.

Forget it, I cannot spell your feckin' screen name.

I have to copy and paste it 😂😇

Hi! Love the spiel and good radio! Can’t chat but digging the chatter repartee here as well :)

It's all good Mike. It takes time. The "bh" throws a lot of people off, I know.

Holy...is this is a vaporwave cover of "How Long"?

Excellent showed-down version here !!

w h a t • i s • t h i s ? ! ?

DJ Esoterica!! Hi 👋

It's a controversial statement, but I maintain that I invented the Vaporwave genre in the early 2000s with this remix.

well damn

When I was in grade school, the fifth and sixth graders got to serve themselves first. They'd take a soft pretzel, and then spit into the bowl of mustard. Rarely touched it since.

That scans @Mike. Give me a sec and let see if I can update Wikipedia to reflect this bombshell.

@Marcus Watt. Did you attend grade school on an island? Was there perhaps a conch in there somewhere?

Jack Ham approved that statement. Waiting on word from Lambert.

Bloomington, Ind. Mx-80.

45s 🧿🧿🎶🎵❣️❣️

GBV pic / article Princeton 1997... https://hiptran.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/guided-by-voices-spring-1997.html

Yes, limited edition blue vinyl 45s!!

Twang twang twang.... did you put your finger on the turntable there? Or am i getting dizzy?

‘Peter Gunn’❣️

Heck yeah! Tennessee Bird Walk!!!

Love this song!

I saw a bird today. very good.

Doug Gillard looking not to much different... and thankfully back in the lineup! John Petkovic from Cobra Verde / Death of Samantha with the hair covered face n Les Paul

1970's were a weird time in human history. This song proves it

Yes the seventies were the sixties fault.

Let's be fair and blame the 50s.

My eyelids are smiling.

Judge Dread ❤️

@Tiken Jah Mokoly, yeah! I figured why not go with the b-side today?

agree 1950's fault. Too many people served in the military, and that had an influence on society. Too corporate and regimented after that. You squeeze a watermelon seed between your fingers, and eventually it shoots out

oofff

On fire!

¡Me Encanta!

That was a HOT vocal mic that Lil Red Riding Hood whew

Bunker Hill is not to be trifled with.

The progression of sqaresville 50s to the various so called "freaks"of the 60s to 70s to 80s makes sense ya

That last song was CRAZY

AM GOLD TIME, MOTHERFIRETRUCKERS

Bellamy Brothers! The end credits of Little Darlings. Tatum and Kristy!

lol i just heard this at lunch

Great 70s moment ya

You just heard the Bellamy Brothers at lunch? Great, the portal is opened now.

Redneck Girl is their killer track

grat live performance on YT

Great guitar intro sounds that one

MAKE. IT. A. THING.

Yes! 45s segment 4EVA!

Do they have a multi tasker jukebox / old school window popcorn maker? Get one stat if so

don't breathe too deeply

the smoke is gettin to ya

Or... make one. Someone's dad has an awesome set of tools. Welding. Glazing. Combo juke- popcorn glass box at the Barge would win the radio

Canada Set! All 45 eh. All 70s eh.

Love that trashy fuzz guitar!

Captain, I appreciate the hall pass, but the truth is that I'm just getting old as shit.

NoMeansNo‼️

great show as always. Sadly i miss this timeslot due to work, usually. Any plans to bring pathogens back to nighttime in the future?

Uno, maybe in the Fall, but for the summer we'll be luxuriating in the afternoons.

how the heck did this song slip under my radar for 33 years?

MC5‼️

6️⃣9️⃣‼️

Andrew, do you mean the Nomeansno song?

YesProbablyYes

Nothing like a little Cromagnon to clear the room.

Ooh I just remembered your new time, Mike. It's not the best time for me unfortunately. Hi and bye!

Babe, wake up, the apocalypse is here and DJ Mike Lupica is sound-tracking it!

Hi/By/Rob!

Kid Millions = Oneida jrummer

@DSM, if it's the apocalypse, aren't we supposed to lie down and put bags over our head?

Actually I'm here for a few more minutes because I realize your show ends at 3 not 2 but I have to leave in 30 minutes to get my Covid booster

Word. Well, than I hope this Kid Millons/Sarah Bernstein jam is to your liking because it still has 10 minutes to go.

shingles doesn’t care

Mike I forgot to read my apocalypse instruction pamphlet

Shit, that reminds me that I need to get my second shingles booster.

Don’t forget the shingles shot

LOL MrM

@DSM, there's a podcast version of the pamphlet.

Haha luv that commercial. “shingles doesn’t care!”

Hi, DSM

Rob, I was thinking of you when Mike played 'Tennessee Bird Walk'

It makes me giggle every time.

Hello to all

Tennessee Birds Aren’t Real

Whatever happens to that Birds Aren't Real guy?

*happened

It’s YOU, iamthelabhras

Would that it were so, Mr. M.

Last I heard he was questioning the existence of worms

Just checked outside again. Smoke levels in Princeton are insane right now.

looks like a Grateful Dead concert over here

Also, I want that commercial for “broccoli is the only food in Las Vegas” to become a tv show. Please and thank you.

I would actually prefer the smell of deadhead dirtweed right now.

I can't help it, but every time I see DSM, I keep thinking about the psychiatric manual that categorizes all the mental health issues

It's getting thicker every 10 minutes here

the huzza whut now Francis?!

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

@Francis, funny you should say that because every time *I* see DSM, I think of James Hetfield's hot tub.

Favourite BOOK

Sorry, I just can't let that go.

LOL Mike Lupica!!

the Hawt TUB

Best story ever told in the Listenerr Lounge

TY Mr. M. I have no idea what the Metallica hotub reference is. Please 'splain

Tell it again!!

Shit, no I feel bad for putting you on the spot...

*now

The problem is I think I worded it humorously when I told it, in a way I can't think of now

SHINGLES DOESNT CARE

LOL

L0LZ

Check your diary DJ MikeLupica for the date, please

Volume UP ⬆️

🕺💃

The short of it is I was seeing a girl who was personal chef to Mr James Hetfield, and lived in his basement. And I went in Old Man Hetfield's hot tub when he was out of town. Never met him tho. Much more humorous in previous chat somehow

The Kid/Sarah piece was great.

Still an epic story.

@Marcus, yeah! I think some PRB DJs were at the show when it was recorded. If you listen carefully, I believe you can hear Jon Solomon yelling: "PLAY FASTER I CAN'T MOSH TO THIS"

Holy Cow. What?! I never remember it accurately. It is funny. Thanks, DSM

ahh - live in chef? So you were in L.A.?

Ha! JonSolomon!

This was SF at the time

But did live in LA for a long time Francis

Heh me 2 2003 -2018 Hollywood, downtown, Venice and pacific palisades

MrMalcontent Doesn’t Care

Westsiiiiiiide!

and now im in Sonoma. Don't miss LA soul sucking traffic

hard to picture a member of Metallica w a personal chef

Governor Nuisance is giving us all jet packs! 💥

I thought "fidalio" was the secret password?

Sonoma is lovely. I'm back on the East Coast now

I think the password changes every decade.

god's electric fence🤣

"god with his stained glass monacle". That is funny.

Mike! Like your new slot

Oh my gravy I gotta figure out this new schedule! Here you are!

Cheers, DJ Pethie! Set a reminder, now!

Cue the picture of Hetfield and Trujillo with their Gucci shopping bags

Resurrection !! What a love song. More please.

Keeping the Reggae/StarWars name! Outstanding, SugarSidious!

i c you played Death Valley Girls. whoop seeing them Sunday

As we rowed out... to Fidalio... as we rowed out...

Jerry

wow!

uh oh MC5 .. and the sixties

Rad!

Still sending MikeLupica FamBam virtual hugs, idgaf 😎

sniffin it in the thick of it on the list

that’s a BoNkErS story Bro

Load the truck

BathBoy!

So filthy

I’m cry

Not, BathBoy

Oh wow, Sugar Sidious! I have to hit the archives to remind myself of your true identity. Or maybe Pethie remembers.

It’s Tyler B L0LZ

If I remember correctly

MrM, Chief Archivist and Record Keeper for The Freeform Pathogen

YET, I CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN DSM TOLD HIS JAMES HETFIELD HOT TUB STORY.

Ha!

BRB

J/K

I love it when this song goes all in on the Judas Priest riffs.

OOPS, THAT WAS A SPOILER.

PRIEST UPCOMING!

I did briefly consider trying to find the chat where I told the story so I could just copy paste it

Homework assignment, DSM

Brian, thank god you're still here. If I played Priest and didn't have any backup, I'd never hear the end of it.

And it's weird Priest, not the bare-knuckled stuff.

Ya this Dawson is great. Whole lp. If there was another NJ station i would have heard them play the entire first track "The Hermit" few months back. 41 min epic

I keep listening to The Hermit waiting to be moved and it doesn't happen for me! I like the shorter ones more... short attention span, I guess.

Mickey Sprawl had great Priest lp cut a week thing going few years back. Miss that show

DJ Mickey! Please get on the airwaves!

WOuld love Mickey to come out of retirement.

Send an email!

Tell him people and one negativity demon have begun a campaign!! 🖤💀

WHISKEY WOMAN!

YEAH YEAH YEAH!

stay thirsty, my fiends

SAD. WINGS. OF. DESTINY. boom box in the woods bonfire essential cassette

I love the Old Grey Whistle Test video of them doing this song. Rob sporting a woman's blouse and his long, hippie hair.

Yup long haired Rob! Love the Unleashed in the East version too

this album definitely spent a lot of time in my tape deck in the 80s

The cassette had the drab tan color back body/ clear lid

I think there is a copy of this cassette still stuck in a tape player in one of my closets.

Gull Records. Early label for them. Never qualified for the reissue series like the big label era LPs

But to bring it full circle, I would love to hear Richard Dawson do a cover of this.

i see you whetting everyone's appetite in the leadup to 3pm

My copy of the cassette was 1 of those really old earlier ones that was just a bit thicker than later 80s cassettes. It would get stuck in car players. Needle nose pliers...

@Captain, it is the least I can do after fucking up the name of your show !

Crunch head bang part .... then end

Thanks Mike!

Great show, Mike! I believe Commie Francis is filling in for Jon today?

Correct! Commie is up at 5.

ah good to know

should have realized after seeing all of Jon's travel snaps! lol

love Dommengang

Have a great show today, Captain :)

cheers Richard!

Thanks to y'all for hangin' out this afternoon! Wear your mask outside today if you're in the smoke drift zone.

DJ MikeLupica! Triumphant Early Day Show! Excellent selections! Many thanks! Big cheers! Kind regards to you and your FamBam! 🖤💀

Thanks Mike!

ill wear my SCREAM mask around town..just in case

Great show, as always, Mike. Hang tight. Those pizzas & falafels are on the way.

Where do you guys order pizza from Nomad?

lol Mok

Nomad princeton >> Hopewell Nomad

Great Show

Antimo's in Hopewell makes a samn good grandmothers pie. and thanks for the tunes

Cheers Dears!

Great show Mike, delighted to have you on at this slot

samn gudd it tis

Classico Tomato Pies in West Windsor. Get the Mumbai Pie. Godhead.

OOhh Satan music up next!!

LOL francis

Right on Captain. I'll try not to embarrass you!

daytime pathogen is just as good as the late edition

This is the PG-13 version

12:01 PM		Bobby Lee Reds for a Blue Planet N Endless Skyways Tompkins Square 2023
12:07 PM		Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Retreat! Give The People What They Want Daptone 2014
12:11 PM		Death Valley Girls Magic Powers N Islands in the Sky Suicide Squeeze Records 2023
12:14 PM		7 Seconds Satyagraha Soulforce Revolution Restless 1989
12:17 PM		Sprints Adore, Adore, Adore N [Digital Single] 2023
12:19 PM		Tiny Ruins Dorothy Bay N Ceremony Ba Da Bing! 2023
12:24 PM		Bobby Forrester Sanford & Son Theme The Mood Mosaic Vol. 2 V/A Yellowstone 1997
12:28 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:38 PM		Big Blood 1000 Times First Aid Kit Ba Da Bing 2023
12:39 PM		The Vaselines Slushy Dum-Dum 53rd and 3rd 1989
12:41 PM		Connections Slow Ride N Cool Change Trouble In Mind 2023
12:43 PM		Bria Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) N Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 - EP Sub Pop Records 2023 Loretta Lynn cover
12:46 PM		Chisel On Warmer Music N Set You Free Numero Group 2023 Re-issue, orig. 1997
12:49 PM		Die Kreuzen Rumors Die Kreuzen Touch and Go Records 1984
12:51 PM		Hyper Tensions Receiver N Sick Soother Let's Pretend 2023
12:54 PM		Sweeping Promises Eraser N Good Living Is Coming For You Feel It 2023
12:56 PM		Ace How Long? (Stretched Out RMX) Me, Bored at Work, Early 2000s
1:01 PM		The Lemon Twigs In My Head N Everything Harmony Captured Tracks 2023
1:04 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:12 PM		Art of Noise feat. Duane Eddy Peter Gunn 7" Chrysalis 1986
1:15 PM		Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan Tennessee Bird Walk 7" Wayside 1970
1:18 PM		Prince Buster The Appeal 7" Prince Buster 1967
1:21 PM		Laurel Aitken Suffering Still 7" New Beat 1969
1:25 PM		RJD2 No Helmet Up Indianola 7" Electrical Connections 2020 Flipside has a vocal from Homeboy Sandman
1:28 PM		Bunker Hill Little Red Ridin' Hood 7" Mala 1962
1:30 PM		The Gun Club Fire of Love (Alternate Version) [Remastered 2020] Ruby Sessions 7" Minky 2021
1:32 PM		Miss Abrams & The Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class Running In the Green Grass 7" Reprise 1972
1:35 PM		The Bellamy Brothers Let Your Love Flow 7" Warner Bros 1975
1:38 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:44 PM		NoMeansNo Ya Little Creep Clamchowder and Ice vs. Big Macs and Bombers V/A NARDWUAR 1991
1:47 PM		MC5 Future/Now High Time Atlantic 1971
1:50 PM		Cromagnon Caledonia Cromagnon ESP-Disk 1969
1:54 PM		Kid Millions & Sarah Bernstein Pellucid N Forest Park Live 2023 Recorded live in Queens in 2021
2:10 PM		Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band Yemiasleks Fikir Tche Belew Awesome Tapes From Africa 2014
2:14 PM		Sun City Girls Radar 1941 Torch of the Mystics Majora 1990
2:17 PM		Demons of Negativity Resurrection Beyond the Calico Wall V/A Voxx 1990
2:20 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:28 PM		Richard Dawson The Tip of an Arrow N The Ruby Cord Weird World 2022
2:38 PM		Judas Priest Victim of Changes Sad Wings of Destiny Janus 1976
2:46 PM		Dommengang Myth Time N Wished Eye Thrill Jockey Records 2023
2:51 PM		Josephine Foster Haunted House N Domestic Sphere Fire Records 2023
2:55 PM		Moon Bros. The Wheel N The Wheel Feeding Tube 2023

WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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The Freeform Pathogen

Merchant of Menace

Daytime radio... It's been a while since I've done this, but I think I can swing it. Looking forward to spending Wednesdays noon-3 PM with you this summer.

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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

The Freeform Pathogen

Merchant of Menace

Daytime radio... It's been a while since I've done this, but I think I can swing it. Looking forward to spending Wednesdays noon-3 PM with you this summer.Refresh this page to see the most recently played songs, and say hello in the chat.

Daytime radio... It's been a while since I've done this, but I think I can swing it. Looking forward to spending Wednesdays noon-3 PM with you this summer.

Refresh this page to see the most recently played songs, and say hello in the chat.