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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The Sonic Bloom

Jan 25, 2024 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.

goodies from 2023 and beyond!

hi....

The Sonic Bloom
12:02 PM
Michiyo Yagi - Rouge
Michiyo Yagi Rouge Michiyo Yagi
Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan World Music Network 2005
12:06 PM
Hollow Hand - All My Love
Hollow Hand All My Love Hollow Hand N
All My Love - Single Curation Records, Inc. 2023
12:12 PM
Jean Dawson & SZA - NO SZNS
Jean Dawson & SZA NO SZNS Jean Dawson & SZA N
NO SZNS - Single Handwritten Records 2023
12:15 PM
Optic Sink - Live Illusion
Optic Sink Live Illusion Optic Sink N
Glass Blocks Feel It Records 2023
12:20 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:24 PM
The Vacant Lots - Paradise
The Vacant Lots Paradise The Vacant Lots N
Interiors Fuzz Club Records 2023
12:27 PM
Tim Burgess - Sure Enough (Eyedress Remix)
Tim Burgess Sure Enough (Eyedress Remix) Tim Burgess N
Typical Music Remixes - Single Bella Union 2023
12:29 PM
McKinley Dixon - Hanif Reads Toni (feat. Hanif)
McKinley Dixon Hanif Reads Toni (feat. Hanif) McKinley Dixon N
Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? City Slang 2023
12:32 PM
Tirzah - F22
Tirzah F22 Tirzah N
trip9love...??? Domino Recording Co 2023
12:36 PM
Tirzah - Promises
Tirzah Promises Tirzah N
trip9love...??? Domino Recording Co 2023
12:37 PM
Scott Yoder - Sing Your Broken Song
Scott Yoder Sing Your Broken Song Scott Yoder N
Sing Your Broken Song - Single Cruisin Records 2024
New Scott Yoder!
12:41 PM
Katie Von Schleicher - Every Step Is an Ocean
Katie Von Schleicher Every Step Is an Ocean Katie Von Schleicher R N
A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night Sipsman 2023
Thanks to Filly for this suggestion:)
12:46 PM
Palehound - Independence Day
Palehound Independence Day Palehound N
Eye on the Bat Polyvinyl Records 2023
12:50 PM
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12:53 PM
Chico Hamilton - Goodbye Baby Blues
Chico Hamilton Goodbye Baby Blues Chico Hamilton
Sweet Smell of Success (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Verve Reissues 2017
12:57 PM
Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - New Orleans Stomp
Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers New Orleans Stomp Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
New Orleans Stomp - EP Most Wanted Recordings 2013
1:00 PM
Iceage - Shelter Song
Iceage Shelter Song Iceage
Seek Shelter (Special Edition) Mexican Summer 2021
1:05 PM
Pere Ubu - Misery Goats
Pere Ubu Misery Goats Pere Ubu
The Art of Walking Fire Records 1980
1:08 PM
Cabaret Voltaire - Loosen the Clamp 2 (Halloween Mix)
Cabaret Voltaire Loosen the Clamp 2 (Halloween Mix) Cabaret Voltaire
Johnny Yesno Redux Mute 2011
1:13 PM
Cabaret Voltaire - Do Right
Cabaret Voltaire Do Right Cabaret Voltaire
Micro-Phonies (Remastered) Mute 2013
1:20 PM
A Certain Ratio - All Comes Down to This
A Certain Ratio All Comes Down to This A Certain Ratio N
It All Comes Down to This Mute 2024
1:22 PM
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides (Alternate Recording)
Magazine Shot By Both Sides (Alternate Recording) Magazine
Real Life 1978
1:26 PM
The Birthday Party - Mr Clarinet
The Birthday Party Mr Clarinet The Birthday Party
Hee Haw 4AD 1983
1:31 PM
The Gun Club - Lupita Screams (Remastered 2023)
The Gun Club Lupita Screams (Remastered 2023) The Gun Club N
Mother Juno (Deluxe Remastered 2023) Blixa Sounds 2023
1:34 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:38 PM
Owen Pallett - The Riverbed
Owen Pallett The Riverbed Owen Pallett
In Conflict Domino Recording Co 2014
1:42 PM
Nots - Fluorescent Sunset
Nots Fluorescent Sunset Nots
Cosmetic Goner 2016
1:46 PM
The Cure - Primary
The Cure Primary The Cure
Faith Rhino/Elektra 1981
1:49 PM
Babe Rainbow - Us and the Rainbow
Babe Rainbow Us and the Rainbow Babe Rainbow
Today Eureka Music 2019
1:54 PM
The Dead Milkmen - Musical Chairs
The Dead Milkmen Musical Chairs The Dead Milkmen N
Quaker City Quiet Pills The Giving Groove 2023
Part of my best o' 2023 list!
1:59 PM
Bronze - Track 3
Bronze Track 3
Bronze Live in San Francisco Castle Face
2016
2:01 PM
Ty Segall & White Fence - Time
Ty Segall & White Fence Time
Hair Drag City Records 2012
2:06 PM
Pavement - Debris Slide
Pavement Debris Slide Pavement
Westing (By Musket and Sextant) Matador 1993
2:08 PM
Joy Division - Insight
Joy Division Insight Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures (Remastered) London Records 2007
Originally from 1979.
2:11 PM
Wire - Being Sucked in Again (2006 Remastered Version)
Wire Being Sucked in Again (2006 Remastered Version) Wire
Chairs Missing The state51 Conspiracy 2006
2:21 PM
Shannon & The Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place
Shannon & The Clams The Moon Is In The Wrong Place Shannon & The Clams N
The Moon Is In The Wrong Place 2024
To be released officially in May!
2:22 PM
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2:23 PM
Wipers - Up Front
Wipers Up Front Wipers
Is This Real? Zenorecords 1980
2:26 PM
Nots - Black Mold
Nots Black Mold Nots
We Are Nots Goner 2014
2:29 PM
Telex - My Time (2023 Remaster)
Telex My Time (2023 Remaster) Telex N
Neurovision (Remastered) Mute 2023
2:32 PM
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2:33 PM
Brian Ice - Talking to the Night (Swedish Remix)
Brian Ice Talking to the Night (Swedish Remix) Brian Ice
Greatest Hits & Remixes ZYX Music 2014
2:40 PM
Blackfoot - Train Train
Blackfoot Train Train Blackfoot
Strikes Rhino/Elektra 1979
2:43 PM
Lucille Starr - (Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness
Lucille Starr (Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness Lucille Starr
Lonely Street Legacy Recordings 2004
From 1967.
2:46 PM
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Junior Boys Big Black Coat Junior Boys
Big Black Coat City Slang 2016
2:52 PM
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2:55 PM
Yaeji & OHHYUK - Year To Year/29 - Single
Yaeji & OHHYUK Year To Year/29 - Single Yaeji & OHHYUK N
Year To Year/29 - Single 2021
2:59 PM
Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
Mulatu Astatke Tezeta (Nostalgia) Mulatu Astatke
Éthiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale (1969-1974) V/A Buda musique 2005
Chat is archived.
Esoterica (host) 12:06:10 PM
hi
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:06:19 PM
hi
stevie p 12:06:19 PM
hi
Esoterica (host) 12:07:25 PM
hi no lalo today!
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:11:14 PM
Interesting! What does it mean?!? 🫣
Esoterica (host) 12:11:35 PM
it means it wouldn't play for me lol
Esoterica (host) 12:11:42 PM
onward and upward!
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:12:31 PM
Ha! You are ready for anything!
Esoterica (host) 12:12:48 PM
ha! ths is about your state and mine
Esoterica (host) 12:12:52 PM
this
Esoterica (host) 12:13:23 PM
boy worried about my homies in sd and the floods
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:14:08 PM
WestSiiidddeee!
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:14:38 PM
0H, SZA!
Esoterica (host) 12:14:49 PM
you know it!
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:16:06 PM
Don’t get warshd away, San Diego!
Esoterica (host) 12:16:11 PM
exactly
Esoterica (host) 12:16:16 PM
and i love SZA
Esoterica (host) 12:16:26 PM
very alluring voice
Kelly Nielsen 12:20:46 PM
The flooding was wild!
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:21:16 PM
I wish SZA would release a full version of ’You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover’❣️❣️
-ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ-💀 12:23:05 PM
Earth Music
Esoterica (host) 12:24:09 PM
ha!
Esoterica (host) 12:24:25 PM
agree re: sza!
Esoterica (host) 12:26:09 PM
hi kelly, hope you were okay. re: flooding
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:28:45 PM
Good morning or Afternoon, wherever you are!
Kelly Nielsen 12:31:06 PM
All good, Esoterica! Thank you. Home is dry. Car didn't float away. Didn't have a chance to kayak down the 78, but we've got an atmospheric river bearing down on us for next week
Esoterica (host) 12:31:35 PM
good morning, kim!
Esoterica (host) 12:32:03 PM
wow, good to hear you were okay:)
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:33:10 PM
Kelly, I always said the county needs to clear the runoff drains, or they're gonna pay. How prophetic.
Esoterica (host) 12:33:11 PM
how did you guys do in santee, kim?
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:33:59 PM
I'm 50 yards from the riverbed, and we had no issues.
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:34:52 PM
I think the city of Santee does a good job on that.
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:36:13 PM
Even with the homeless population in the riverbed, they keep it as debris cleared as possible.
beef 12:38:57 PM
kinks/television mash up
Esoterica (host) 12:39:17 PM
agree, beef!
Esoterica (host) 12:39:30 PM
i was thinking about kinks
Kelly Nielsen 12:48:30 PM
Absolutely, Kim! I saw something today that claimed updating the flood infrastructure would cost $1.6 billion!
Tom S 12:49:55 PM
Hello !
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:52:54 PM
Kelly, because they haven't done SH** in the last ten years.
WestSiiiiideeeKIM 12:53:10 PM
Hi Tom S
Brian D 12:56:13 PM
Chico!
Kelly Nielsen 12:56:24 PM
Kim, color me surprised ;)
Esoterica (host) 12:58:29 PM
oh yeah bri!
jwh 12:59:39 PM
howdy howdy, this was a delight to tune in to
Tom S 12:59:56 PM
Hey Bri, heard Chris got you out and playing a bit, sorry I missed that one. I played with him at Tranquility
Esoterica (host) 1:00:12 PM
hey jwh! thx
Brian D 1:03:33 PM
Oh ya we did a couple lil one offs lately. Two offs as it were. Nesh Creek tap room down the street back in late summer. I could've walked there .. Then another in Ottsville in mid December. Good times. I just look at his left hand and try to follow along...
Tom S 1:04:46 PM
exactly what i do,lol
Brian D 1:05:41 PM
He had the pedal steel / lap steel guy for the summer one. Good stuff
Brian D 1:05:56 PM
PERE UBU!
Tom S 1:06:13 PM
nice, that guy is really good
Esoterica (host) 1:06:14 PM
yup!
Brian D 1:06:48 PM
The inimitable sound of David Thomas. Never to be confused with another
Esoterica (host) 1:09:24 PM
yup, bri for sure
David Shortell 1:11:47 PM
I have a Pere Ubu shirt: https://worthpoint.com/worthopedia/alfred-jarry-pere-ubu-shirt-bill-242799858
Rob from Maryland 🦅 1:11:50 PM
Help! The misery goats have loosened the clamp and it's not even Halloween
Esoterica (host) 1:11:57 PM
cool, david!
Rob from Maryland 🦅 1:12:01 PM
And hi everyone
Esoterica (host) 1:12:04 PM
ha, rob!
Rob from Maryland 🦅 1:12:30 PM
David, that is a very cool shirt
Esoterica (host) 1:15:05 PM
agree, rob
Kelly Nielsen 1:20:02 PM
I second...err...third that. Awesome shirt!
Matt Sabbath 1:22:27 PM
Oi oi oi
Brian D 1:22:34 PM
Manchester content
Brian D 1:23:39 PM
And more !
Kelly Nielsen 1:24:14 PM
I love this guitar tone so much
David Shortell 1:24:30 PM
Howard Devoto's appearance in "24 Hour Party People" was the most memorable moment in that movie.
Esoterica (host) 1:26:16 PM
yo matt!
Esoterica (host) 1:27:09 PM
i need to see that film again
David Shortell 1:28:30 PM
Did the Birthday Party ever appear on "Hee Haw"?
Esoterica (host) 1:29:52 PM
noooooo
Travis in Color ado 1:33:24 PM
Did I miss some Hee Haw talk?
Travis in Color ado 1:34:59 PM
Is The Sonic Bloom changing time slots next week?
Jon Solomon 1:37:06 PM
Welcome back, Esoterica!
Brian McCormack 1:38:41 PM
Thanks for the Clean water message!
Esoterica (host) 1:39:28 PM
thanks, jon!
Esoterica (host) 1:39:40 PM
absolutely courtesy of wprb
Esoterica (host) 1:39:52 PM
well, and all those entities listed in the psa
Jon Solomon 1:39:55 PM
Don't forget your package in the drawer if you haven't snagged it already.
Esoterica (host) 1:40:30 PM
yup thx, jon!
Jon Solomon 1:41:25 PM
Awesome. Enjoy!
Esoterica (host) 1:41:37 PM
are there supposed to be two?
Jon Solomon 1:41:56 PM
I believe so.
Travis in Color ado 1:42:01 PM
Is it a twix?
Esoterica (host) 1:42:13 PM
ha, i only see one
Esoterica (host) 1:42:20 PM
that ha was for travis
Esoterica (host) 1:43:00 PM
but i do only see one package, jon:)
Jon Solomon 1:43:23 PM
Now that I think about it I believe everything went into a single mailer.
Jon Solomon 1:43:31 PM
But we can iron that out back-channel!
Esoterica (host) 1:43:54 PM
coolio
Esoterica (host) 1:43:59 PM
thx much, jon!
Brian McCormack 1:54:10 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/arts/music/melanie-dead.html
Esoterica (host) 1:55:41 PM
i know rip, melanie. thx, brian m
Roffle 1:58:04 PM
Dead Milkmen on roller skates.
Roffle 1:58:17 PM
ARG!
Roffle 1:58:49 PM
Brand new key is H!
Roffle 1:59:01 PM
Hi Esoterica!
Esoterica (host) 2:00:02 PM
howdy rofflestomp!
Tom S 2:10:46 PM
joy division just seems sound better and better with age
Esoterica (host) 2:11:30 PM
yeah for sure
iamthelabhras 2:11:53 PM
Never heard these Joy Division guys before. They're pretty good! I like a band with an upbeat name, too.
Brian McCormack 2:12:31 PM
Sounded like Ian Curtis
Esoterica (host) 2:13:17 PM
well, they do have their sadness, iamthelabhras
Brian McCormack 2:17:24 PM
Hellos I must be going is a nod to a Marx Brother's view where Groucho sings Hello it's nice to be here but I must be going!
Rob from Maryland 🦅 2:18:35 PM
Esoterica, will you still be in this time slot in the spring schedule?
Brian McCormack 2:19:59 PM
Terrines was where I hung out many times. Brought my sketch pad. Portraits for drinks.
Roffle 2:21:57 PM
"The Moon is in the wrong place." I simply love that bunch of words!
Esoterica (host) 2:22:29 PM
me, too:)
Brian McCormack 2:33:28 PM
the moon is in the wrong place Like the book 1Q84 by Harulk Muakami
Esoterica (host) 2:33:44 PM
sweet, brian. i've never read it.
Richard from Rocky Hill 2:34:13 PM
@ Esoterica (host) And we _your_ time, spent with us 'PRBers. :-))
Esoterica (host) 2:36:32 PM
thanks, richard!
Brian D 2:44:06 PM
Blackfoot. Native gtr player Rickey Medlocke joined Skynyrd later on. And I think he played with them briefly back in the 70s but maybe not on gtr..
Esoterica (host) 2:44:20 PM
yeah bri, i was mistaken it was a native american band like rebone, but not true.
Esoterica (host) 2:44:26 PM
redbone
Roffle 2:46:00 PM
I thought it was Brian Setzer at first doing a weird version of Mystery Train, not Train,Train. lol
Brian D 2:46:44 PM
They have some native members. But no not all full fledged like Redbone with the tribal gear & dancing on stage etc
Esoterica (host) 2:47:03 PM
oh cool, bri, thanks for clarifying
Esoterica (host) 2:47:10 PM
ha roffle
Richard from Rocky Hill 2:47:58 PM
WOW! "(Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness" by Lucille Starr. Patsy Cline meets Edith Piaf ! :-))
Brian D 2:48:02 PM
If you see pics of the early members it's apparent
Brian McCormack 2:49:11 PM
Hey Richard Like your comparison
Esoterica (host) 2:49:19 PM
totally, richard
Roffle 2:50:45 PM
My parachute is packed and I gotta bail, but thanks Esoterica. Catcha ya on the next flight.
Esoterica (host) 2:51:03 PM
ok, roffle! thx for stopping by:)
Travis in Color ado 2:54:30 PM
Is the next flight scheduled for the same departure time next week?
Esoterica (host) 2:56:13 PM
yup, travis! noon est
Esoterica (host) 2:56:31 PM
thx, everyone, for coming by today and for listening!
Travis in Color ado 2:57:28 PM
Thumbs up! Hear ya next week!
Brian McCormack 2:57:33 PM
Tsa Djen all
Esoterica (host) 2:58:13 PM
see ya!