Desert Cruising Wed Nov 8 with Captain Ahab on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Here we go!

WE ARE LIVE

AND IN THE CORRECT TIME ZONE

The Time Historian returns!

I commend you again on living an actual waking DJ anxiety dream.

lol

thank goodness I am just a boring homebody

Chronos and kairos

Here go! Go, go, go!

Old lady's get left at the cross walk

is her voice quiet?

Can barely hear the Capt'n on the internet

volume is ok for me on the internet

volume ok for me too

Levels good over here.

weird - only her voice is quiet. other internet radio and youtube is normal volume for me

huh, hey Francis, everthing looks alright on my end

Levels are go in Philly!

Hurt me wrist so cant type much but will be ruminating like Ghoel on Tatooine

sorry to hear that Matt, wishing you a swift recovery!

music is fine. . Must be browser weirdness. Restarting

Fear and Loathing in Tatooine is one of the best gift pictures I have ever got!

Ah Matt's here

Lol Roff

Rob F nice kairos reference! Fancy!

I'm so ready for more historical analysis. I've always felt that contemporary bands singing about the occult are kind of cheesy and have missed the point of Sabbath's lyrics being anti-evil and more an extension of the 'peace and love' 60s

Figures the smartest person I know gave it to me Matt.

And I know lots of smart idiots!

Great point Ryan! Sabbath could not relate to Summer of Love at all in depressing Birmingham, but hoped for a better world

Sounds rad Roff! Hunter & Dr Gonzo at the Mos Eisley Cantina?

Ya know I binged 3 seasons of Britannia and this was two seasons of theme song.

Everything is Gonzo Matt! It's just life.

✊

I was just readin about Floyd Pepper of the Muppets band LOL

Electric Mayhem

Ahab, my friend went to Abu Dhabi and said the airline changed movie Cocaine Bear to Crazy Bear. Thought of you & yer international travels. 🐻

lol, yeah I'm not suprised, Turkish airlines censors that kind of stuff a lot too

That crazy bear! (slaps knee)

Did they put a hijab on the fucking bear?

Lol!

Questions need be asked!

Hi everyone. Great show as always .

That'd be surreal

wouldn't want the bear to be a bad influence

I got a question for the captain.

IKR?

I will try to answer

What's the name of the artist know as the James brown of Anatoli rock

U played him before and I miss his music but I lost it in my list

Hey Cap'n & fellow Cruisers! @Ahab -- I have a wizard/occult-adjacent recommendation for you: I just received a couple of new installments of Italian graphic novels (graphic novel authors) that I follow from the amazon.it and one of the 2 titles I think you'd really love; specifically, Vanna Vinci's "Viaggio Notturno". Vinci has written a few series that follow a female philosoper/occult authority who investigates supernatural phenomena in and around (usually) Bologna.

Make it an one easy why don'tcha?

Great show once again! Francis, I have had so many experiences where I can barely hear the wprb DJ voices but all other volume is fine just like you explained. Weirdest thing. Not today on the home stereo regular fm. It usually happens when I stream on laptop or phone and go to Bluetooth speaker. Can't quite figure it out.. maybe the voice is getting canceled out by the inner mic not sure.

This is a good remix btw.

@Roffle -- Weren't you just chatting with Scratchy Vinyl Tim about Sandy Denny's cameo on 'The Battle of Evermore'?

Bluetooth is a fuck nob sometimes.

Awesome Teresa!

@Teresa - Yuppers!

Haunted bologna @Teresa

We had a friend visit from overseas and she kept us entertained by talking about recently viewing Cocaine Bear. And we just wanted to keep hearing her say the title with her beautiful accent. And she really bought into the "No! No! It's real! " angle (yes based on but not quite real yknow)

I really had a thing for Fairport.

To the mill we go. .... cue the red tinted lens....

Brian awesome! I liked the movie. Gory fun.

I still have a thing for Fairport especially Mr Thompson

Just drip the blood, and don't forget to run.

"a witch in a fukn burnt out electric forest" as Glenn Danzig once described the cover in admiration

Groovy tunes today! I assume the playlist is already full, but Jethro Tull's "Witch's Promise" would fit right in.

(And I too have a thing for Fairport)

I get that Brian.

Good one Bud!

Adam I'm not sure! if you shoot me an email reminder I'll check my notes because it's not coming to me right away, and it doesn't seem to be a known comparison judging by quick search results

Richard Thompson sings his long lost band mate Sandy's praises at every show. Keeps her memory alive.

@Roffle -- I do too! <3 Sandy Denny is my favorite folk-rock vocalist -- I love her own work too, solo & with Fotheringay. I love the first Sabbath album too -- my neighborhood in November specifically, resembles the album cover too (sans witch, bien sur).

She was that lovey crease in the sheets. Just fit so nicely.

Dark shape at foot of bed, leave Geezer alone

email is desertcruising@gmail.com btw

@Roffle -- well put!

Just thought of that Leslie Nielsen Naked Gun scene where he's at the romantic dinner date and asks the cocktail piano player to "play our song".. . And... they immediately start into a lively "DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD! WHICH OL WITCH? THE WICKED WITCH! " HA HA HA

OMG November! Yup! That's the sound to make leaves fall to fucking ground!.

https://youtu.be/-iZW909WuB4?si=SOAQL_crAnZXhq1d

LOL @brian. Love that.

@Ahab -- I'll send you an email about the Vanna Vinci graphic novels. They're so beautifully drawn and moodily autumnal. The supernatural phenomena angle is often hard to follow (at least, for me) but Vinci references a lot of history of Western (

please do!

HEAPS GOOD TUNE MATE

Uriah Heep!

I think Rush opened for them

Nielsen unglued and became a total riot! Love the things he left. Fuck me, but Forbidden Planet? Yup!

I'll take "Bands i did not expect on Desert Cruising" for 100 please.

lol

i feel like I've played uriah heep before

Uriah Heep! This is the song I love from these guys! Well done Ahab!

I got it I got it

FADOUL

'I recognize that harmonica"

Just beat the shit out of this album like it owes you money.

hmm not an Anatolian Rock artist I am familiar with?

One o their best. Friend's bro back in the day had the typical older bro smoke filled room and tons of records. I only knew "Easy Livin" and he played one of Uriah Heep's lps with The Wizard on it. Good stuff.

lol travis

Lol Roff!

did I play this last week? yes.

eat me.

double timing

Lol

ROFL Roff

You're the captain of this ship.

Maybe later. Just turn it up for now.

Cowbell restraint

When one note will do

You can go ahead and play this every week!

that's what we get to do here at WPRB thanks to youse guys' pledges

Cowbell is an ingredient!

The Wizard every Wednesday

and Sweetleaf.

The Wednesday Wizard Block!

Sweatloaf

tasteful cowbell

Lol Brian D

Sweetbreads loaf

Lol Trav

We are cruising deep in wizard country 🧙‍♂️

You played fadoul in late spring

Taylorporkhamroll loaf

Spells!

egg and cheese, if you please

that mighta been Jon?? He plays a bunch of habibi funk

Lol 🐷

Wizard freak out

Aggghh - homesick for some Taylor hameggncheese. None of that out here in NorCal.

A Forrest of spells and rather cool omelets? I can work with that.

I hearya Francis

Goat Head Soup -- Rolling Stones

Hah - crappy headphone jack. All is well.

Fish head, Fish head soup!

No Dr. Demento

Good soup.

My super Jew uncle will have none that Tetragrammaton devil stuff. But it's funny.

Lol Roff

Just rewatched Evil Dead 1 & 2, love its blend of serious horror and vaudeville tongue in cheek. Probably a small influence on occult rock.

Ya that was Jon Solomon show the Fadoul. He's on after Capt A

I have an Evil Dead video game for Sega Dreamcast and it's associated player's guide book

I never knew how to say "discogs" til John Geek/John No/John Mink of Fleshies & Triclops! said it

I like this line up Brain.

Trav nice!! 😍

Trav is guidebook bound in skin & written in blood?

Unfortunately, it is just inkjet

Lol

But it will still swallow your soul!

Sega!!

JRR Toking

Lol @Matt

Blood. We need it, but we hardly think about it until we bleed. Just sayin'

Lol Roff

Battle of was a Tolkien ride.

Zeppelin was rather Tolkien.

this Cirith Ungol is great - sounds like old Judas Priest with Halford's outrageous vocals

Lord of Rings/Hobbit was big in 1980s. Early rotoscoping, which is a lotta work esp. pre digital. Standard issue VHS tape to hessians along with Judas Priest & boogie vans.

J.R.R. Ewing

Lol Brian

J.R.R. West Trenton

Jason I agree-- those metal minor chords

JRR Puff N Stuff show JRR Ewing

My ex was the princess of Cirith Ungol!

Pretty sure Cirith Ungol is from LOTR - One of the mountains that Frodo and Sam climbed up trying to get to Mordor. Yeah I'm a nerd

JRR Toll Bridge

Francis nice!!

J.R.R.U.U. KIDDING KIDDING ME ME

Lolz

haha

Was it in the let's say, darkest depths of Mordor?

I didn't learn my AA BB CCs

that's correct Francis

it means spider's pass

*unfolds map....

Good luck refolding it Brian

WOOT! ah Shelob!!!!

love the big ending

Spider's will fucking kill you given half a chance.

INDEED!

Early Rush brought in a lotta Tolkien too -- Rivendell; Necromancer. That and Toronto weed.

Oh yeah - Rush 3rd album deep into the weed

Enter the mutant Matt Pike and chalice bongs. 3 ounces of weed apiece.

Francis yeah! Caress of Steel is murky.

Toronto weed! I Used to to live close to Vancouver, B.C. Weed, weed,weed!

Ah Roff the legendary BC bud!

Yes sir!

I F'ing love Sleep. But I guess that's why we're all here too

I remember the bartender at Max Fisch - bar on Ludlow street on L.E.S. talking about them in the early 90's, and being amazed at them

Good pinball at Max Fish!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/970236595498274857/1090065303595130900/337274281_1246454082924971_6813731996756095398_n.png

YES! - My band used to practice right next door to HELMET in NoLiTa, and we'd head over and play pinball there. A Lot!

Damn Frances! I have lived a gifted life, but not south Manhattan. LOL

Nice Francis! I think Sabbath should give Helmet Symptom of the Universe

Mars has the biggest mountain around!

Olympus Mons?

Lots of deep shit too

I wanna fall for days though.

LOL - My cases cancelled for today, so I'm blasting the tunes in my headphones and catching up on charts. Occasional drumming on the desktop. This is awesome

Francis yes

Francis ✊

That is some chewy bass

At the peak of Olympus Mons is apparently a 6 lb Case porkroll

Encased in fabric that no mortal may tear asunder...

A women with a bass should always be aloud past your threshold. Your just fukin' up if things go otherwise.

Hey Captain Ahab!

hey Parrscream!

This could skip a rock right on an Alice in Chains album.

It appears dark out. Thanks Ahab!

darkish

my pleasure, not sure what I had to do with it lol

Great word, darkish. Sounds like an elven name.

70 bright and sunny up in the Redwoods in Sonoma, just N of San Fran. I'll have some local hot mulled wine tonight. You can see the Milky way at night here - pretty cool

Englanders...

Nice Francis! 🌌

Dang Francis.... that sounds awesome!

Sonoma! Ahab is Paso Robles stuff!

Btw Ahab, great infographic for today's show!

Just as long as the fires or earthquakes aren't making my life an action movie Always + and -

lol well remembered Roffle

thanks Matt! did some AI magic finagling

I still sleep in pants from so many Ca earthquakes Francis LOL

LOL - that should be the next Sunn O))) album cover

Yea, spend my time trying to be smartish. I fuck it up all time though.

The mighty Sunn O))) I saw the band Failure and they had one Sunn amp just for feedback moments

Have you considered a show with only the best songs by the bands with the dumbest names?

Lol Roff

Belzebong would make the cut!

Yeah - I have my earthquake pants on the end of the bed. I guess I'm not alone

There is a band called Witchshitter

lol Jon indeed

I'll let the experts figure out a way to say their name on the radio.

Stupid is not what I wanted my son to marry! But whatever...

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard was in the sidelines for today's show

LOL ...love the names

Lol Jon

Crust bands tend to have ridic names

Super Sabbathical Show Captn!

Weed is a city in northern California. True story.

From Cream to Belzebong! 🤯 What a cruise! 🏜️🌵

Captain has yet to issue her standard disclaimer of not being a witch, wizard, or satan worshipper.

Roff I been there! Great clean air, ironically.

Thanks Cap't

Insane views of Shasta!

Great music, cool history. Thanks, Captain.

Black Hole Space Wizard! That's my neighbor!

Lol

In ancient times... Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people... the Druids No one knows who they were or what they were doing...

Love you Ahab, See ya out there.

Thanks to the best station around. Wprb saves lives. 🎙️📻

Lol Brian

I can't wait to break the wind with that wind breaker!

Solomon take us home babe

Lol Trav

Matt: There is a band called Witchshitter... did they open up for Bake McBride?

catch you in two weeks time friends! I'm off at a conference

Enjoy the conference. Make them take note!

3:02 PM		Cream Crossroads Wheels of Fire Polydor Records 1968
3:05 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
3:11 PM		The Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil Beggars Banquet Universal Music Group International 1968
3:17 PM		Donovan Season of the Witch Sunshine Superman Epic 1966
3:22 PM		Pink Floyd Lucifer Sam The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd Records 1967
3:25 PM		Led Zeppelin The Battle of Evermore Led Zeppelin IV (Remastered) Rhino Atlantic 1971
3:31 PM		Marc Bolan The Wizard The Wizard - Single Decca 1965
3:33 PM		Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Rhino/Warner Records 1970
3:39 PM		Coven Pact With Lucifer Witchcraft Destroyes Minds and Reaps Souls Nevoc Musick Company 1969
3:43 PM		Uriah Heep The Wizard Demons and Wizards Castle Communications 1972
3:46 PM		Black Sabbath The Wizard Black Sabbath Rhino/Warner Records 1970
3:50 PM		Wizard Freedom The Original Wizard Peon Productions 1971
3:55 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
4:11 PM		Cirith Ungol Cirith Ungol (Bonus Track) Frost and Fire Metal Blade Records 1999 Originally issued in 1981, but without the eponymous track Cirith Ungol
4:19 PM		Sleep The Druid Sleep's Holy Mountain Earache Records 1992
4:24 PM		Electric Wizard Mountains of Mars Electric Wizard Rise Above Limited 2006
4:28 PM		Orchid Wizard of War The Mouths of Madness Nuclear Blast 2013
4:31 PM		Dopelord Addicted to Black Magick Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult Green Plague Records 2014
4:36 PM		Howling Giant Mothership Black Hole Space Wizard, Pt. 1 - EP theDIYteam 2017
4:41 PM		Cleõphüzz Sandstorm Wizard of Phuzz - EP 851841 Records DK 2018
4:48 PM		Belzebong Names of the Devil Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves Belzebong 2016
4:52 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

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