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The Sonic Bloom

Dec 21, 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.

Glam Rock Part Two!

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Brian Eno, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and selections from Todd Haynes's Velvet Goldmine! What more do you want?

12:03 PM		Lalo Schifrin main title Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:08 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:11 PM		The Human Hearts Loyal Opposition The Human Hearts N Viable 2023 Check them out! At thehumanhearts.bandcamp.com
12:15 PM		Brats Fuel Brats 1980 Brats Copenhagen 2021 Founded in 1977, Brats were a punk rock/metal hybrid band from Denmark which would later lead the members of this band to form the popular cult heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. In 1980 they released a full-length album titled "1980". There are at least three other known bands named Brats.
12:18 PM		Slade Coz I Luv You Slade Sladest (Expanded) BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited 2011 "Coz I Luv You" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1971 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, giving the band their first number one single, and remained in the top 50 for fifteen weeks.
12:21 PM		Lucifer's Friend Ride the Sky Lucifer's Friend Awakening Esoteric / Reactive 2015 Lucifer's Friend was a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach.
12:25 PM		The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Midnight Moses Framed Vertigo 1972 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1972. Fronted by Alex Harvey accompanied by Zal Cleminson on guitar, bassist Chris Glen, keyboard player Hugh McKenna and drummer Ted McKenna.
12:28 PM		10cc Life Is a Minestrone 10cc The Original Soundtrack EMI 1996 From 1975.
12:31 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:40 PM		Wizzard Eddy's Rock Wizzard Introducing Eddy and the Falcons (Expanded Version) Sanctuary Records 1974
12:43 PM		10cc Silly Love 10cc Sheet Music Hipgnosis Songs 2007 "Silly Love" is a song recorded by an English rock band 10cc released as the third and final single from the album Sheet Music through UK Records in 1974.
12:47 PM		Sweet Fever of Love Sweet Off the Record (New Extended Version) Sony Music Catalog 2018 Off The Record came out in 1977. The Sweet (often shortened to just Sweet) are a British glam rock band who rose to prominence in the 1970s. Their best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott and drummer Mick Tucker. The group were originally called The Sweetshop.
12:51 PM		Queen Flick of the Wrist Sheer Heart Attack (Deluxe Edition) [2011 Remaster] Hollywood Records 2014
12:54 PM		Kurt Weill Speak Low (demo) Kurt Weill Tryout (A Series of Private Rehearsal Recordings) Radiphone Archives 2018
12:57 PM		Lotte Lenya & Roger Bean The Threepenny Opera (Highlights): Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife) Kurt Weill Masterworks Heritage: Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill Sony Classical 1955
12:59 PM		HELLO Slow Motion HELLO Hello: The Albums 7Ts 2016 From 1977.
1:03 PM		Shudder to Think Hot One Shudder to Think Velvet Goldmine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1998 1998 Released in 1998.
1:05 PM		Shudder to Think Ballad of Maxwell Demon Shudder To Think Velvet Goldmine 1998 1998
1:07 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:18 PM		Mott the Hoople Sucker Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1972
1:23 PM		The Tubes Up From The Deep The Tubes The Tubes A&M 1975
1:27 PM		The Tubes Space Baby The Tubes The Tubes A&M 1975
1:32 PM		The Tubes Young and Rich The Tubes Young and Rich A&M 1976
1:38 PM		Brian Eno Kurt's Rejoinder Brian Eno Before and After Science - Ten Pictures EMI Marketing 2004 From 1977's Before and After Science.
1:40 PM		Status Quo Good Thinking Status Quo Down the Dustpipe Castle Communications 2006
1:47 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:47 PM		Sparks Thank God It's Not Christmas R Kimono My House (21st Century Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1974 Going out to Rob and Ross!
1:52 PM		Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile: The Best of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Chrysalis Records 1992 "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" is a song by the British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, which was released in 1975 by EMI as the lead single from the band's third studio album The Best Years of Our Lives. The song was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons.
1:57 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:57 PM		Milk 'N' Cookies (Dee, Dee You're) Stuck On a Star Milk 'N' Cookies R Milk 'N' Cookies Captured Tracks 2016 Going out to Josh!
2:04 PM		Brian Eno Needles In the Camel's Eye (2004 Remaster) Here Come the Warm Jets EMI Marketing 2004
2:06 PM		T. Rex Sunken Rags T. Rex N Whatever Happened to the Teenage Dream? (1973) Edsel 2023
2:08 PM		David Bowie The Jean Genie David Bowie Aladdin Sane (2013 Remaster) Parlophone UK 2015
2:12 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:15 PM		Creem Circus Gimme Glitter Creem Circus R The Glitterest. Sladest. Rockin Est.Laidest. Overtime - Paidest. Boogiest Band in Town Creep Records 2019 Going out to Mike!
2:18 PM		Urge Overkill The Kids Are Insane Urge Overkill The Supersonic Storybook Touch and Go Records 1991
2:20 PM		Suzi Quatro Glycerine Queen Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro Chrysalis Records 1973
2:25 PM		The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Time / Confusion The Crazy World of Arthur Brown The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Esoteric 1968 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Released in the United Kingdom in June 1968 by Track Records and in the United States in September 1968 through Atlantic, the album was an international success, propelled by the transatlantic hit single "Fire". It was the only album released during the Crazy World's original incarnation.
2:30 PM		Anthony Newley Once In A Lifetime Anthony Newley Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Verve (Adult Contemporary) 2001 Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. David Bowie loved Newley.
2:32 PM		David Bowie Suffragette City David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2015 Remaster) Parlophone UK 2015 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is the fifth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 16 June 1972 in the United Kingdom through RCA Records.
2:36 PM		Wizzard Rock 'N' Roll Winter (Loony's Tune) Wizzard R Look Thru' the Eyes of Roy Wood & Wizzard - Hits & Rarities, Brilliance & Charm... (1974-1987) Castle Communications 2007 Going out to Rob from Maryland!
2:45 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:45 PM		Bay City Rollers I Only Wanna Dance With You Bay City Rollers Rock N' Roll Love Letter Legacy Recordings 2014
2:48 PM		Mick Ronson White Light / White Heat Mick Ronson Play Don't Worry Lemon Recordings 2009 Play Don't Worry is the second album by English guitarist and singer Mick Ronson, recorded in 1974 and released in January 1975 after his several projects in the early seventies together with David Bowie, Lou Reed and the band the Spiders from Mars.
2:52 PM		Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Rhino/Warner Records 1973
2:56 PM		Sailor A Glass of Champagne Sailor A Glass of Champagne SPS 2001
2:58 PM		Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers Born to Lose (L.A.M.F. - The lost '77 mixes) Johnny Thunders & The Hearbreakers L.A.M.F: The Definitive Edition - Box Set Jungle Records 2012

Chat is archived.

Hey

HAY

HeyOoo, DJ Esoterica!!

yo!

😺

💟

💜

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

hey DTO in the house! btw I was in a bar last night in Brooklyn and the guy was playing early metal. I liked the song so much I asked who the band was. It was from 1970, Lucifer's Friend, it is called. Coming up!

Hey! If you're taking glam rock requests, I'd love to hear Milk N Cookies - "(Dee, Dee You’re) Stuck on a Star". I met the lead singer a couple weeks ago at a Uni Boys gig in Queens.

Lord my work now makes me do two layers of security to sign into this chat. You better all appreciate my pithy comments

Hola, Happy hollandaise

WestSiiidddeee!

If you're taking christmas glam rock requests, I'd offer Sparks "Thank God It's Not Christmas" and T.Rex's "Christmas Bop"

now that i think about it, i probably spend a solid 30 minutes of my workday signing into various applications and systems.

hey, hi, hello !

hi rob, hi tom, unoclay, travis, josh! all who just joined the chat:)

glad you could join us!

reporting for sonic duty

sweet, spang!

actually have a day off today for a change

nice, tom:)

“What more do you want?” I’d like nonstop champagne 🥂🍾 #TheGLAMorousLife I’m talking champagne wishes and caviar dreams 👨‍🎤✨

yes! now i have fergie singing in my ear!? thx, mr. m! lol

Hahaha also SHEILA E 💖

oh yes, that, too!

Esoteric Reactive

Very GLAMtastic start to the show!

thanks! am i reactive in a good or bad way? lol

excellent way! Plus it’s the record label? for LUCIFER’S FRIEND

oh haha missed that!

sorry if i missed someone in the shout outs!

I missed getting a second shoutout. Otherwise I think you covered everyone.

haha:)

I first heard Life is a Minestrone when i bought a 10cc 8 track from Columbia.

sweet, fred!

THE SWEET 🧡

yes! ballroom blitz gets overplayed but i still like it. the lyrics are not top-notch imo here but still fun!

‘Ballroom Blitz’ ❤️

How sweet to hear an unknown-to-me song by this band!

Love is like Oxygen was my favorite

yeah i love that song!!! fred

I was just shopping at the Food Emporium and heard Wizzard’s “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”. Is that normal?

ha! prob not

Abnormal

Woo, Augie's favorite Queen song!

I liked Ballroom Blitz, I still do somewhat, but I was in Europe when it was a big hit in 1973 and then I was in the states when it was a big hit in 1975. So for me it *really* was overplayed

QUEEN 🩵

GREAT track selection!

@David Shortell, I'd love to be at a grocery or drug store and hear that Wizzard song!

DJ Pethie❣️❣️ HI! 👋

And hello everyone!

hi, diane! thx!

hi DJ Pethie!

yay, augie! :)

Hello everybody! So glad I hopped in to listen!

hi rob!

aw thanks for doing so. honored to have you here

@pethie ! But that also goes for everyone:)

It's a pleasure.

hey pethie!

Great Stuffs! 🎶🎵

and hey everybody else who's here!

thx!

Why can I not hear this without thinking of Olga Kleb kicking at James Bond with her blade-ejecting shoes?

too many kicks to the head??

Hey Stevie! Hey Mr M!

which bond flick is that david?

The second: "From Russia with Love".

no spoilers

Howdy everyone!!!

hi, kim!

HowdyDo, WestSiiidddeeeKim!?

First Grade Ms. Robinson

I know Bowie disliked “Velvet Goldmine”, but what did Iggy think? Haynes’ latest played at that good multiplex near Princeton for one week. It’s currently on Netflix.

I had Ms. Lyons in Kinder. She was awful and the start of me hating school.

Missed SNÖT 🤮

LOL

BumBums

She was young wasn't she?

I remember your dog Trippy. LOL

aw sweet

Can you play some Amish glam? Please!!!!!

The tubes do a great version of the Marty Robbins song El Paso on Youtube. Fee is great

I adore, Fred! I need to check it out. Thx

oh man, bruce!!

haha

Great show. Tuned in during the sweet tune if I felt guilty about that, I'd say Sweet as my guilty pleasure Funny you mentioned first grade snot. Every time I think of sweet Sweet I think, back to third grade and Miss Powers. On rainy days when we had recess, she had this little record player and she would play music she would play ballroom blitz and the kids would go so crazy. She eventually had to stop playing it bounce off the walls and everything.

some people don’t know there is a BAN Button 😈

Well, that stupid voice thing picks up like every other word I said oh well I guess you get the gist

Ha!

great memories, g!

i am confused, why do you mention a ban button, mr. m?

or should i say, mr. chat monitor?

AmishGlam for one 😂

that is my "buddy" bruce haha

That explains it L0LZ

I first heard of the Tubes when they appeared on “SCTV”, followed by Fee Waybill’s appearances on “Late Night with David Letterman”.

Letterman second appearance on this chat today 😉

During an earlier program, M?

First time I heard the tubes was on some kind of share special or something on TV. I think they did a song about smoking or something at least that's my memory. I could be totally remembering this wrong, but I know the tubes were on some share special. It says share it's CH ER it's just picking it up wrong.

Pic from today, DS

CHER is GlamAF

yes true!!!

i actually had a 45 of her songs i forget which one

I remember the song Television form the mid 70's. I saw them local twice in the last 10 years. Small venues are cool

Song or Band?

I need coffee

I see you played midnight Moses earlier that's awesome South Jersey rock club knuckleheads from like the late 70s early 80s I think that's a dead end kids tune

song by the Tubes.

Oohhhh

THE TUBES‼️ enjoyable!

oh yeah, cool, g

BRIAN ENO 💚

sweet, mr. m! they are amazing musicians and subversive (my fave combo!)

By the way, I'm not really cutting on the South Jersey rock 'n' roll knuckleheads as I was M one of them I was slightly later by the time I came on the scene it was more the 80s but you know that was my roots

Fee's costume changes were great

oh yeah!

"Urine us" doesn't sound much better than "your anus", Eso!

love them! great live stuff to watch on youtibe

ha, david!

Mostly accurate, David Shortell

L0LZ

That's a great request from Rob M, thanks!!

Refresh my memory, what other requests did we get? Down earlier in the chat?

SPARKS❣️ 🎄🎁☃️

Josh C9:06 AM Hey! If you're taking glam rock requests, I'd love to hear Milk N Cookies - "(Dee, Dee You’re) Stuck on a Star". I met the lead singer a couple weeks ago at a Uni Boys gig in Queens.

thx!

Is there a SHEILA E/FERGIE mashup available?!?!? hahahahaha silly joke L0LZ

ew gawd!

🙊

got it!

👻

Other than their SCTV appearance in the 80’s, I’ve never seen any Tubes performance footage. Did Fee ever look like Lou Corpse, the character he played in the cheapo Canadian film “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains”?

🖤💀

@DJ Esoterica

trying hard not to like your show. failing so far

Eso, you introduced me to 'Caberet' soundtrack and I still remember every song. 1976?

MORE ENO YEAH!!

Any chance of some Creem Circus

yes, Kim! will it came out in 1972 as a soundtrack, but yes I listened to it all the time; mom and dad had so many broadway albums, too.

hey mike! yes of course!

ENO! Loving the show today! And always

aw thx, bri!!

One of the greatest opening tracks to an album

Totally agree...killing it today

Completely concur. I’m dead. 💀

aw sweet, newtown bike works!!

Merry Christmas, Esoterica. Thanks for another great year of sound.

agree, kelly!

merry christmas!!

Merry GLAMmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Ziggy Stardust was my introduction to R&R.

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

that is a great way to start, fred

i didnt ask for this one but thanks so much!! bowie superfan here

love that, spang!

Creem Circus? I saw them at Asbury Lanes in 2011 with Hounds Below and Party Lights!

in the depths of youtube theres a short parody of fame called krang, can drop the link for anyone interested in the masterworks

i feel like someone suggested another xmas tune??

The wife and I were watching stuff about Bowie on a Friday night. they played a new video and I commented how sickly he looked. Momday morning on the radio they are talking about someone dying, Turned out it was David.

💔💔💔

Perfect show to listen to while making my pumpkin pies

I honestly luv to eat pumpkin pieSsss 🥧 🥧 🥧

Now I'm craving pumpkin pie!

Ya Anthony Newley and Scott Walker both big time Bowie influences. Creem Circus is a fun band ya! Featuring the great guitar maker Chris DiPinto!

Wish I could share! Haha

yes shout out to chris dipinto!

ha worries!

i mean NO worries!

What, You Worry?

URGE OVERKILL 💙

agree mr. m. they have a glam vibe

SUZI QUATRO 💗 is GLAM

I first heard “Needles In the Camel's Eye” from the Volcano Suns at Maxwell’s. (It had to be November 1988, because I remember them grousing about G.H.W. Bush’s election victory.)

No Politics

The marching band version of Here Come the Warm Jets is a great only on wprb moment

oh yeah bri!

Two of the Crazy Worlders went on to found Atomic Rooster, right?

@Esoterica, is there going to be a third glam show next week?

vincent cheesman for sure, david

YES

@rob :)

give me some requests

Hello Es, great sounds like the holidays and new years. Merry to them!

Moi? "Rock 'n' Roll Winter" by Wizzard, Alvin Stardust

Hey Man!!

Definitely hear the Bowie influence.

agree!

Hey man!

Merry to you, Os!

Thx, Rob!

woooo more bowie!!

🌟😊💛

oh yea!

... Judy Teen by Cockney Rebel, Jarrow Song by Alan Price -- both were on the British charts right before we moved back to the states in summer 1974

thx, Rob!

Woohoo Wizzard!! Thank you Esoterica! :-D

you are very welcome!

Have I said this before? I STILL cannot spell the word "wizard" correctly because of the band.

That's 50 years and counting

ha, rob, there are worse probs to have haha

That Anthony Newley musical shouldn’t be confused with “Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!”, starring Troy McClure, which played briefly at a theater in Capital City.

ha!

🤣🤣🤣

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

what does the bold R at the end of the tracks mean on the web tracklist, requested?

Dropping off early. Have a great Holiday!

... I also can't spell "discord" properly because of the DC punk record label ...

DJ Esoterica! Another GEM of a GLAM Show! 💎👩‍🎤 Big cheers! Happy Holidays! ☃️🎁 Many thanks and kind regards to you, Lady! 🖤💀

Merry Christmas, Kim!

I thought of these guys earlier. LOL

Thanks, Mr. M! Cheers to you

yes spang, requested

This has been a wonderful show, Esoterica. Thanks so much, and catch you (all) next week!

aw thx rob. i appreciate you swinging by:)

Catch you all next week!! Indeed:)

Thanks, everyone!

I saw Mick with Ian on the You're never alone tour. They opened f rthe Kinks.

wow, love it, fred.

Just wanted to jump on and wish you a Happy Solstice Eso and everyone! and Happy all the other holidays! Great Glam shows as always--love, love, love!<3

hi Li Maria! Happy Solstice!

love love to you!

thank you!

Happy Christmas. You played great stuff today.

For Alice Cooper, I only know the top 40 hits. Billion Dollar Babies is awesome!!

I never knew Donovan sang on this Cooper track.

Happy Christmas, all!

Billion Dollar babies and Love it to Death are great albums.

Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams! Cheers, DJ Esoterica! 🥂🍾

Champagne!!! yum!

Cool, good ear David

Also, it’s vegan caviar, of course 🙃🥴😎

Ah, Sailor! Another awesome bamnd

*band

Of course, MrM--cheers!

Cheers, everyone! See you next week for Part Three!

"so here it is, Merry Christmas everybody"!

Dead air on FM

Whoopsie

well i am still here

so i just put in this cd. i guess it is the dj esoterica post-show!

still nothing?