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The Sonic Bloom

Feb 15, 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.

Music!

hey

12:06 PM		A Produce Farming In Arabia A Produce N The Clearing Independent Project Records, LLC 2023
12:06 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:08 PM		Bo Diddley The Clock Strikes Twelve Bo Diddley I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958 Geffen 2007
12:11 PM		Boredoms Domsbore Wow 2 DIWAVANT 1993
12:14 PM		The Lavender Flu I Am Not Willing The Lavender Flu N Assorted Promenades Mind Meld 2023 Fuzzy cover of Moby Grape's song.
12:19 PM		Michael Beach Societal Breakdown Michael Beach 2022 EP Goner 2022
12:23 PM		Marissa Nadler Diamond Heart Marissa Nadler Songs III: Bird on the Water Peacefrog Records 2006
12:26 PM		Kevin Morby Parade Kevin Morby Still Life Woodsist 2014
12:30 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:36 PM		Cass McCombs Karaoke Cass McCombs Heartmind Anti/Epitaph 2022
12:39 PM		Can Vitamin C Can Ege Bamyasi (Remastered) Spoon Records 2004 RIP Damo Suzuki. Ege Bamyası is the third studio album by German krautrock band Can, originally released as an LP in 1972 by United Artists. The album contains the single "Spoon", which charted in the Top 10 in Germany owing its use as the theme of German TV thriller mini-series Das Messer.
12:44 PM		Can Paperhouse Can Tago Mago Mute 2013
12:51 PM		Can Halleluhwah (2011 Remastered) Can Tago Mago (2011 Remastered) Mute 2011
1:09 PM		Can Peking O Can Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition) Mute 2011
1:20 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:25 PM		Spllit Canned Air Spllit N Infinite Hatch Feel It Records 2023 Out of Baton Rouge! These folks rock!
1:26 PM		Spllit Growth Hacking Spllit N Infinite Hatch Feel It Records 2023
1:31 PM		Groceries 2.0 Another Dance Groceries 2.0 N Another Dance 5284185 Records DK 2024 Personnel on "Another Dance": Mike: acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar Max: vocals, bass, keys Greg: guitar, bass, background vocals Andrew: piano, wurlitzer electric piano Special Guests: Sim Cain: drums Alexis Martin: string arrangement Pat Frey: tambourine Originally, the band was formed among some Princeton students forty years ago. During the pandemic, a few of the bandmates got together to produce this album. Byrds-esque!
1:33 PM		Home Blitz Other Side of the Street Home Blitz Out of Phase Richie Records // TestosterTunes 2009
1:35 PM		Euroshima Matando Sueños Gala Dark Entries 2022
1:41 PM		RRR Band Rock for Birds RRR Band Petty Bunco 2022 From their bandcamp presence: Land ho or out to sea! It’s a command, not a question. Here we have what would surely be a highly anticipated debut cassette, if anyone knew it existed, by the RRR Band -- a spontaneously spawned improvisational trio consisting of shadow-careerists Ryan Davis, Emily Robb, & Richie Charles.
1:52 PM		Tempers Secrets and Lies Tempers New Meaning Dais Records 2022
1:56 PM		Redd Kross Solid Gold Redd Kross N Born Innocent Merge Records 2023 Merge reissue of classic RK album!!
1:58 PM		Reignwolf Cabin Fever (Garage Recording) Reignwolf Cabin Fever (Garage Recording) - Single Reignwolf 2020 Reignwolf is an American indie and blues rock trio from Seattle, Washington. It consists of vocalist and guitarist Jordan Cook, bassist Stacey James Kardash, and drummer Joseph Braley. They are known for their hit 2013 single "Are You Satisfied?"
2:01 PM		Renata Zeiguer Neck of the Moon Renata Zeiguer Old Ghost Northern Spy Records 2018 https://www.renatazeiguer.com/
2:05 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:12 PM		Robert Wyatt A Last Straw Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom Domino Recording Co 1974
2:20 PM		Juana Molina ¡Que Llueva! Juana Molina Segundo (Remastered) Crammed Discs 2021
2:24 PM		Cyril Cyril & Meridian Brothers Diablos De Chuao N Diablos De Chuao - Single Les Disques Bongo Joe 2023 From Cast The Dice (https://castthedice.org/?p=20263): Cyril Cyril toured South America recently and whilst in Colombia, the Swiss duo spent a day at the legendary Mambo Negro studio recording with Meridian Brothers and guests Frente Cumbiero, Conjunto Media Luna and Susobrino.
2:28 PM		Cyril Cyril La rotation de l'axe Cyril Cyril N La rotation de l'axe - Single Born Bad Records 2024
2:33 PM		Meridian Brothers Cumbia, Eres La Cumbia Meridian Brothers ¿Dónde Estás María? Soundway Records Ltd 2017
2:38 PM		The Messthetics Once Upon a Time The Messthetics The Messthetics Dischord Records 2018 Going out to Rob and Rob's wife!
2:40 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:46 PM		Pylon Reenactment Society 3 X 3 Pylon Reenactment Society N Magnet Factory Strolling Bones Records 2023
2:47 PM		Mikey Erg Goodnight Vienna Mikey Erg Love at Leeds Don Giovanni Records 2022
2:50 PM		Milk 'N' Cookies We Go On Dancing Milk 'N' Cookies Milk 'N' Cookies Captured Tracks 2016 Released in 1973. Milk 'N' Cookies was an American power pop band from Long Island, New York.
2:52 PM		Mission of Burma This Is Not a Photograph Mission of Burma Signals, Calls and Marches Matador 2008 Signals, Calls, and Marches is an EP and the debut release by American post-punk band Mission of Burma. It was released in 1981 by record label Ace of Hearts.
2:54 PM		Courting The Hills Courting N New Last Name Lower Third 2024

Chat is archived.

hey

Howdy!

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

howdy, Kim! howdy, mr. m!

Hey, DJ Esoterica!

how's by you

still BoNkErS. How’s you!?!

Hey DJE, MRM, Westsiiiiiiiiiide!

Good times! BRB I have to re-engage my VPN.

Hello, Travis!

howdy, travis!

BO DIDDLEY ❤️‍🔥

super bananas, mr. m!

I like to hear it! 🍌🍌🍌

Extra potassium!

All sorted, E.

I need some today! feeling a little tired!

thx, Jon!

BOREDOMS❣️

sweet, yes, mr. m!

Cowbell??

maybe, yes!

We need more Babaayyyy

And less of me calling you baby

exactamente

;)

Haha 😂

hello. an enjoyable cacophony here....

glad you like, dale

I am melting over her voice!!

agree, Brenda:)

Appreciate the shoutout! 🖤💀

sure thing!

shoot

will do!

yes

love

damo Suzuki RIP

CAN❣️ ‘Vitamin C’❣️

💔❤️‍🩹❤️

Stevie P needs to take Vitamins C, H, A, T.

people are too busy grooving to this to chat

hello esoterica! thank you for the fav Can tune

Shane can multitask

sure thing, Shane! you get a shout out too lol!

Me too0ooOo!

I am rocking out here. def a mood elevator, can

Guud Stuffs❣️

agreed and concurred as per the usual

Time for a station I.D. already?!?

you are really running things behind the curtain, huh, mr. m:) yes you are right!

I chortled out loud

did you hear me?

I ID'ed

but the music may have been too loud

lol

Mood elevated, fo sho

There!

letsssss gooooo

haha

you heard it?

Yes!

Cheers!

MRstationManager

exactly

🙊🍌🖤💀

I am dense. what does it mean, mr. m? lol

I have no idea. Something like I’m just a monkey that’s bananas and my usual signature of heart/skull

if this isn't punk I don't know what is.

haha

Sooo punk

Very nice First Hour, DJ Esoterica!

proggy punk

Hallelujah!

one more can song then switch it up

RIP Damo 3

I hope Vitamin C will be the background music for the next MicBreak. CAN you do that for me, huh?! Yeah!?

#CANdo! 👍

#MrMIsFun!

#HashTag#

hi Russell

sure mr. m!

A C E S ♠️🖤♠️

SingALong if you know it!

😱 Jibble Jabble Jabble Jibble

so skilled though you know

Of course. Sorry 😢

No disrespect. 🥺

ha of course I know you

🖤💀

Awww Hellz Yeeaahh! Thank you, DJ Esoterica!

I couldn’t tell it was actual words. Hmmm 🧐

the scatting in the Can song Peking O?

Yeah

you were right, just sounds

Ooohahaha

Whew and Phew. Still skills tho. You right too, of course as per usual 🖤💀

ha thx:)

Violin? Upright Bass? What were we hearing in there?? Groceries 2.0 ?

let me check

Happy Thursday ! Hi all

TomS made it!

hey tom!!

DJE just got press release email on this one you might be interested in New Ian Hunter https://store.sunrecords.com/dept/ian-hunter?cp=110846_112418_113226&src=MSGR1035426&utm_source=mtemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mtemail_1035426

here is personnel on groceries 2.0 Mike: acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar Max: vocals, bass, keys Greg: guitar, bass, background vocals Andrew: piano, wurlitzer electric piano Special Guests: Sim Cain: drums Alexis Martin: string arrangement Pat Frey: tambourine

can't linger in chat, just wanted to say hey all. enjoying the musics @Esoterica! RIP Damo 3

Nifty! Thanks! String arrangement! 12 String guitar!

aw thx, jwh!

is all good with Ian Hunter, tom? your link just dumped me into the website.

and happy Thursday!

new album just fw you the email

oh sweet!!!!

thx tom. Last week, I played someone (James Castro) who is the rant band (but also produced a Wild Carnation album)

*in the Rant Band with Ian

looks llike lots of guests on this one

The follow up from the successful 2023 "Defiance" album from rock legend Ian Hunter. Yet another stacked featured guest lineup, including Johnny Depp, Lucinda Williams, Brian May, and Jeff Beck's final recordings, to list a few.

wow, tom

can't wait to hear it

Not liking this one...

@ Esoterica (host) Another great playlist. Thanks for introducing me to Euroshima and Can, two noteworthy groups that were new to me.

ha, Kim, it is experimental

souns like bela lugosi's dead playing at wrong speed

hi Richard! sure thing.

more ahem melodic stuff coming up, don't go way (I personally love RRR Band)

maybe> @tom

I like the shh shh

reminds me when I'd go to a jazz club and it would we Progressive. yikes. not for me.

*be

how about this synth music

different strokes:)

I like this! :)

the one before?

reign wolf (sounds like white stripes?)

now word reignwolf

*one

@ Esoterica (host) Actually, I have a vacation getaway place in Hockey Rill, but I don't talk it up much ... ;-))

haha richard

Rocky Hill's a nice town. We almost moved our gallery there.

hey Brian, that is cool

Small town I think the population is about 300. Tell me if i'

Tell me if I'm wrong Richard

Hallo

Mesthetics (sp.)? Yay!

Ain't Rocky Hill inside Montgomery Township?

Love all the Can stuff. My daughter turned me on to them. I guess Holger needed some company.

Thanks Esoterica!

ahhh I love can too, brian

I have alerted my wife to upcoming Messythetics

nice

Holger did a song called Persian Love. Good Valentines material.

yes I have hard that one

That was really cool

More Can!

hi sugar, you like the Cyril Cyril?

Great show today! So many faves

aw thanks, bro!

I mean Bri haha

but bro works

travis, is that a request?

Or failing that, something from the Cole Porter musical "Can-Can"!

Not necessarily, but I wouldn't argue. Looking forward to possibly hearing more later today

:-D

Was that Messthetics track intended to resemble the "Close Encounters" theme?

I bid you a mountain dew

Good luck with your meniscus repair, Esoterica!

Hey Es, awesome show and mountain dew soda!

thx rob! thx os!

thanks for stopping by and listening everyone!

hey eso! I made it just in time for the final set!

hey Andrew!! sweet

BURMA!

Mission of Burma "This is not a Boston band"

oh yeah!

Their "Learn How" is such an amazing song!

DJ Esoterica! Many thanks for another Grand Show❣️ All the best to you for your week off and all the happenings❣️. Looking forward to your return! Big cheers and kind regards to you, Lady❣️ 🖤💀

cheers!!! see you in two!

Yes, thanks, Eso! See you in two!

Mark your calendar for March 8 2025 when Mikey Erg plays at Calabrese's Barbershop in Keyport.