Jon Solomon Wed Feb 28 with Jon Solomon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

I'm back. Chat open.

Hi Jon, hi all

Hey Dan! How are things? How were the big shows?

Hi all! You saw a good Flyers game, Jon!

Great shows, ready to tour

Hello, everyone! @Jon ... I have a sufficiently strange question I'm hoping you can answer. Do you happen to know where I might find the start & end dates for WPRB's spring, fall, & summer broadcasting seasons in 2019 & 2020? I've managed to track down the info for 2021 one but things get a little spotty once I hit '20.

@labhras, I can get that info from the PD when I'm not on the radio I hope. Email me?

@Jon, certainly! Will do!

@Dennis, last night was a lot of fun...power outages and all. I'm not a Flyers fan but I was told I could not ever root for a team from somewhere warm.

Hello Jon and everyone!

Robbbbbbbbb!

@jon you were instructed correctly

It's still warm around DC! But the front is approaching with its cold weather

I love the white rectangles with NOB text on the Flyers uniforms.

@Dan tour PA!

@dennis the PA market is saturated!

Just finished reading Beartown, and it may have ruined hockey for me

There was a person at the game last night wearing a Carter Hart jersey and...that is a choice.

Yikes!

Hopefully the only one and I didn't pick up on it at first but yikes indeed.

Looking up Beartown it looks like it’s sadly relevant.

Ooooof

Am I here yet? Let me check.

Check received!

@jon..kind of like going to a Browns game and seeing a Deshaun Watson jersey

Carlos, I was tempted to root for the Browns (given the number of former Northwestern football players on their roster) until they signed Watson.

There was a shop at the mall called Team Spirit that basically sold jerseys of players no longer on various professional teams. I remember at one point they had a whole (unintentional) disgraced athlete row with Michael Vick, Ray Lewis, Alex Rodriguez...

Also, more Linsanity Knicks gear than you've ever seen in one lifetime.

I like this mix. Reminds me of that band "Tumors" that covered the entire Fleetwood-Mac album - Rumors on a single.

Linsanity was like a secular Tebow craze. I kind of miss it.

@ Jon..my fave NFL team was rumored to be in the hunt to sign Vick after his sentence was up..had a box all ready to pack gear and send back to them

Good evening Jon Solomon! Good evening listeners & chatters!

Good evening, Francis and DJ Tenderloin!

A real toe tapper!

We were indeed going off the rails on a crazy train, GW.

When this Switzer-Powers piece began, I was wondering if Jon was playing the Japanese band High Rise that Rosasolis Dream loves so much

Totally High Risesque, Rob.

Mike Lupica pointed me in the direction of that cover and I'm delighted he did.

@rob from maryland i was thinking the same thing - Rosasolis Dream-esque.

High praise indeed. Hey, KB!

Not sure if you all saw, but Richard Lewis died.

oh nooo

Hey there, Cap. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Hello Jon and chat. Excellent show so far! Hope everyone is well. Thought I'd let you know, from my end the stream is mainly coming out of the right channel, signal hardly audible in the left. Intro and mic break was normal though.

Brian, I did notice this and was documenting when you dropped this in the chat.

Howdy all, I was just dropping in to say the same thing as Brian!

(Brought to you by the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.)

Did that solve? I suspect it solved.

yep!

Confirming Brian and Bud, sad that my tinnitus is so bad I didn’t notice

Just kicked in

Hey, you fixed it!

Computer was off balance. I balanced!

Order restored

Hey Jon, I just noticed that this song and the previous song are coming out of my right speaker oh wait I see somone else in the chat just noticed it

Phew. Thanks all.

I'm listening out of a single bluetooth speaker so I can't really tell, but something did somehow sound off. also so sad to hear re: Richard Lewis! Sad. right when I was celebrating Mitch McConnell finally leaving...

Fixed as I was typing!

And now it's coming out of my left channel just fine!

yup, nice stereo sound now

@tenderloin…hope Mitch takes a few more with him

reminds of the band I had to introduce as bongpooper

LOL - Doom bands have to be the least innovative names around, but they're still hysterical sometimes

Agreed @carlos ramone!

@jon..I would also puke at anything associated with the Green Bay Packers

where was this thai food Jon

Sugar and Spice in Cambridge.

good to know, my previous fave place closed

Carlos, ha!

Yeah! Friend of the show maura.com recommended and it was within walking distance of where I was staying. Got a northern Thai dish served in a wooden cask.

In case it was not clear, Healing & Peace is the new name of the band Kneeling In Piss.

You're welcome!

If you like Indian food, then A2B, across from the hospital on rt 1 is fantastic. Vegetarian only, but it's awesom, and someof the best I've had

Francis, I've picked up from there a couple of times. Real good. Haven't eaten in yet.

I never got to go to Sugar and Spice but I've heard it is THE BOMB! So glad to hear you had a terrific dining experience there! So I think having a high-speed head-on collision is perhaps my second greatest fear in life. SOOOOO RELIEVED that you averted an accident, Jon! <3 But how terrifying. I had a fender-bender just yesterday when I failed to see that another car was backing out of the space behind me while I was backing up. It happened in the Northborough, MA Wegman's parking lot.

I'm not going to rate all my greatest fears; I'm more than ok having them in an unorganized file.

I have no idea how far this car going against traffic on the highway got given the shape the vehicle was in and how they were driving but I'm delighted their last stop was not my windshield.

Teresa, it was really sensational. Lots of dishes that were unlike anything on your run of the mill Thai spot.

Sorry about your fender-bender, Teresa.

The Switzer-Powers banger also reminded me of Chrome's 'Chromosome Damage'. @Andrew Chalfen -- Lol! I don't think it would have occurred to me to rate my fears either; I think having 3 sons who were under 2 years apart in age may have asked me when they were tween-agers what order I would put various horrible death scenarios... That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! (-;

I had no idea what a big fear of mine ranking my biggest fears was!

I was quite late to the whole driving thing, first getting my driver's license at age 37 (I think?). I believe I've had about 5 of these fender-bender incidents over the past 20 years of driving; like, 1 every 4 years just to keep my hand in? Neither of us were hurt, but the poor man whose car I dented had just lost his wife. So tears were shed by both of us. )-:

Good evening WPRB-ers

Right now I have a fear of the country slipping into a fascist state, the world burning to a cinder in a climate catostrophe, and the world heading into another dark ages. and you know....clowns.

Neil in Camden in May

You hit the big ones, DJ Tenderloin.

Hello DSM! Hello DJ Tenderloin!

DJ T, same but swap clowns for random teeth failure

Hello Teresa Peacock!

DSM - I inherited my mom's teeth. so, not good.

If anyone's looking for a dentist I like my guy - Dr. Wilson - in the Philadelphian across from the art museum. Not skimpy on the gas!

My conscious self is more afraid of clowns, but my subconscious has a horror of random teeth failure, or so my dreams tell me...

Wilaiwans Kitchen in Montpelier is a really good Thai spot as well. More legit dishes than usual.

Hello, DSM. See you there?

DJ T, I've never had the gas and I feel like I'm missing out!

Or maybe clowns with failing teeth?

DJ Tenderloin, that's on my list too.

Would love to! That area of VT is amazing.

DSM - OMG - get the gas my friend, you will not regret. I don't open my mouth until the gas is on!

I meant Camden!

Oh DJ Tenderloin -- make me un-see it! Must. not. think. clowns. with. rotting. teeth.

No one has ever even offered me the gas, I really need better dentists!

There was a lone red balloon bouncing down our driveway a couple days back. Fully expected incoming clown.

{{{shudder}}}

Oh! LOL. Yeah last I checked either lawn was already sold out or not open.... and I unfortunately can't swing the seats, or well, shouldn't

DSM - you gotta ask for it. and then when they give it to you, and they ask how you're feeling, tell them you can't feel it yet. trust me.

Could imagine Dead Moon covering that last Crazy Horse track...

Jimbooo!

Teresa - sorry i placed that image in your head. replace with monkey wearing dress. you're welcome.

Fun fact: Dennis Farina and Ja Rule have leap-day birthdays.

Jon, glad you headed off the head-on!

So Farina is like a teenager? If alive...

Jimbo, thank you. It was wild!

Farina sadly not alive.

He made it to 17!

people with leap year birthdays can only mate every four years, is that right?

Perfect track to watch tomato sauce simmering in pot.

wow I never even thought about leap year b-days before, mind kinda blown

Hey, Carrie. Don't get lost in the sauce!

Clearly, someone has never seen The Pirates of Penzance!

HAH. not lost. I'm in the simmer zone

My wonderful former sister-in-law was just a minute short of being born on February 29th, 1966.

Wow! I have wondered if some people fudge the birthdate of a newborn in one direction or the other.

(Not that they did.)

I'm sure people fudge in order to be a "new years" baby doncha think? I think so

My wife pointed out that the title of this Bill Nace piece is "& n b s p ;", which when run together produces a non-breaking space. On the WPRB front page, the title is visible even though it's all run together. But here on the playlist, evidently, it causes a non-breaking space so it is invisible

@DJ Tenderloin -- Totally! But maybe I'm just too cynical...

test

Huh, here in the chat " ” it displays.

Rob, the track is untitled and this was my way to try and make it not appear. I'll change!

Oh. Jon, never mind!!!

On Discogs it is called "Bill Nace."

my wife is *really* disappointed

I'll go with that. Sorry!

Some might find this irritating but I find it invigorating.

No I'm not weird You're weird

Sean, it is worth the journey.

Jon, my wife forgives you 😇

Bless.

On Bandcamp it is also called "BILL NACE"

I believe this was bagpipe music transcribed for electronic keyboard and speeded up

are we 100% sure this track isn't stuck? kidding. it's hypnotising in its way. always a challenging show!

I love this version of Happy Birthday

Sean, I looked it up and it was a Taishōgoto.

(plus tape)

Late to the listening party! I forgot to keep score at home!!!! Love Checkpoint :)

Hey, Richard! Didn't know this band until I heard Commie play 'em and I was immediately IN.

This song is sort of an outlier on the album, but what an outlier.

Wow so that's what guitars were made for

Feels like I should put this tune on one Ahab's radar...

super gooooooood

they really put everything but the sink into this one yeah?

The rest of the LP is shorter, full-on rockers. Which rule in a completely different fashion.

reminds me a bit of Prison Affair

Them I don't know!

https://prisonaffair.bandcamp.com/

Thanks!

that checkpoint track was outstanding. I will look for that in Jan. in the best of shows. there was like 5 songs in that song

Alas, it is from late last year. I heard it on Commie's Best of 2023 in fact!

well scratch that then. still a killer track!

Evening Jon!

OSSY!

Final hour and I only just feel like I've found my rhythm! The perils of radio.

Anyone know the names of all four members of Mitch Fiction? Were you in Mitch Fiction? Let us know in the chat. I remember Josh, Rick and Rory. Was there an Andrew too?

I need to skidaddle - another fun show Jon, have a good evening - everyone have a wonderful evening!

Be well, DJ Tenderloin.

BIG NEWS: Grady and White Flower Radio fill in for Harry at the top of the hour.

Absolutely *SHOOK* by this news

Harry and Grady flipped this week. Harry's drones on the way home from the hockey last night in the rain were quite nice.

This Mitch Fiction is a nice band to cook to. Will be monching soon so I'm gonna take ye in advance and wish all chatters well.

*thank not take

Great to "see" you around these parts, DSM.

always a pleasure to "be" here!

Thanks Jon. Loved Mitch Fiction.

Fire show Jon 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The Bill Nace piece was the highlight of tonight's show for us. Thanks, Jon!

I feel like I only figured things out as I'm heading home. That's live radio for ya! Great to be together again, Mike + Ossy + Rob + all.

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:05 PM		Set Break
5:10 PM		Writhing Squares Barbarians N Mythology Trouble In Mind Records 2024
5:15 PM		Rogér Fakhr Drinking Tea Habibi Funk 025: East of Any Place Habibi Funk 2023 Recorded in the late 1970s.
5:18 PM		Switzer-Powers Crazy Train Bert Switzer 1977-2002 2002 Bert Switzer and 13-year-old Bobby Powers covering Ozzy. 1985 boom box audio.
5:28 PM		Ramuntcho Matta All Those Years Junk WeWantSounds 2024 Originally from 1983.
5:32 PM		English Teacher Nearly Daffodils N This Could Be Texas Island Records 2024
5:36 PM		Healing & Peace Mezzanine Man Mezzanine Man Healing & Peace 2023 The band previously known as Kneeling In Piss. https://healingandpeace.bandcamp.com/album/healing...
5:37 PM		Street Eaters The Point N The Point 2024
5:40 PM		Set Break
5:48 PM		METZ 99 N Up on Gravity Hill Sub Pop 2024 Out later this year.
5:52 PM		Luther Thomas Una New York Funky Donkey Vol.1 WeWantSounds 2023 From 1973.
6:10 PM		Neil Young & Crazy Horse Broken Circle (Over and Over) N Fu##in' Up Reprise 2024
6:19 PM		Bill Nace Bill Nace Bill Nace / Emily Robb Split Open Mouth 2022 tour cassette, now on vinyl.
6:37 PM		Checkpoint 10th Dimension Advertisement Apocalypse Drift 2023 Thanks for hipping me to this one, Commie Francis!
6:48 PM		Yo La Tengo Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass Matador 2006
6:59 PM		R.M.F.C. Access Club Hits 2023
7:01 PM		Set Break
7:06 PM		Mitch Fiction 46:25 Live on WPRB https://myspace.com/mitchfiction
7:52 PM		Set Break
7:57 PM		MANFLESH Pizza Street Light Up the Night Honest John 2024

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