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The Sonic Bloom

Apr 7, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 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.

DISCO OF ALL KINDS!

Get your dancin' shoes on, and pledge.wprb.com. We are trying for ten pledges during the Sonic Bloom tonight!

6:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
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6:12 PM		Loose Joints Is It All Over My Face? (Female Version) Is It All Over My Face? - Single West End Records 1980
6:16 PM		Patrick Cowley Shakin' All Over Patrick Cowley N From Behind Dark Entries Records 2024 From The Quietus: From Behind, which spans seven tracks, explores covers that Cowley recorded of a number of 60s garage and soul cuts during one of his most productive periods of output from 1980 until 1982. “As a tripped-out teenage music freak who arrived in 60s San Francisco, it should come as no surprise that these psychedelic sounds, both heady and visceral, infuse Cowley’s oeuvre,” said a press release accompanying the announcement of the record."
6:20 PM		ESG You Make No Sense ESG Come Away with ESG Fire Records 2010
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6:34 PM		Gang of Four To Hell With Poverty! Gang of Four Another Day, Another Dollar - EP Matador 1982
6:38 PM		Patrick Cowley Menergy (feat. Sylvester) Patrick Cowley Megatron Man / Menergy - Single Unidisc Music Inc. 1983
6:43 PM		Laurice Disco Spaceship (vocal) Laurice Dance Dance Dance Mighty Mouth Music 2007 Laurice is a Welsh-Canadian recording artist, composer, writer and singer. He was voted Male Dance Music Artist of the year for two consecutive years in Canada.
6:49 PM		The Normal Warm Leatherette The Normal Warm Leatherette - Single Mute 1978 "Warm Leatherette" is a song by Daniel Miller's project the Normal, released in 1978. Grace Jones recorded a well-known cover of the song in 1980.
6:53 PM		Telex Moskow Diskow (Remastered) Telex This Is Telex Mute Artists Ltd. 2021 Telex was a Belgian synth-pop group formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers. This song came out in 1979.
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7:02 PM		Trio Balkana Lalala Trio Balkana The Sound of Belgium Vol. 2 V/A La Musique Fait La Force 2015 This came out in 1988.
7:05 PM		Grace Jones La Vie En Rose Grace Jones Portfolio Island Records 1977 Grace Jones covered "La Vie en rose" in 1977 for her debut studio album Portfolio. It was the third and the last single from that album, and at the same time, her first single release on Island Records after having signed with the label.
7:14 PM		Clio Eyes (Prod. by Roberto Ferrante - 2020 Remaster) Clio Eyes - Single (2020 Remaster) Roberto Ferrante under exclusive license to Planet Records Classics [Powered by Planet Distribution] 2020 This song was released in 1984 from this Italian Italo Disco singer. This project only ever released 3 songs, "Eyes", "Faces" and "Feel The Fear".
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7:24 PM		Donna Summer I Feel Love (12" Version) Donna Summer R Bad Girls (Deluxe Edition) [2003 Remaster] Island Def Jam 2003 Going out to Steve! "I Feel Love" is a song by the American singer Donna Summer. Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer's fifth studio album, I Remember Yesterday.
7:30 PM		Laid Back White Horse (2008 Remaster) Keep Smiling (Remastered) Parlophone Denmark 2008 Club hit of 1983! "White Horse" is a song written and performed by Tim Stahl and John Guldberg of the Danish duo Laid Back.
7:34 PM		Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash White Lines (Don't Do It) [Original Long Version] White Lines (Don't Do It) - EP Red Bullet 1989
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7:43 PM		Dead or Alive You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive Rip It Up Epic 1985
7:52 PM		Gina X Performance Babylon Generation Gina X Performance Voyeur LTM Publishing 1981 Gina X Performance (commonly abbreviated as GXP) was a German dance-rock/electropop project from Cologne, Germany, consisting of singer and lyricist Gina Kikoine and writer and producer Zeus B. Held, accompanied by various studio and live musicians.
7:57 PM		Patrick Cowley Love Me Hot Patrick Cowley N Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985 V/A Dark Entries Records 2024

Chat is archived.

hey

Ah FREAK Out!

Hayyy, DJ Esoterica!

HeyOoo, DJ DanaK!

Freak out!

HeyOoo!

Hey MrM! Chat is open!

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Hmmm...airhorn...

airhorn magic!

let's get those pledges!

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ESG ❤️❤️❤️

EMERALD SAPPHIRE GOLD

ESG (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold) is an American dance punk/funk/rock band formed in the South Bronx in 1978.

The band originally consisted of the Scroggins sisters, Renee (vocals), Valerie (drums), Deborah (bass) and Marie (congas, vocals) and friend Tito Libran (congas, vocals). The band's name stands for emerald, sapphire, and gold. Emerald and sapphire are Valerie and Renee Scroggins' birthstones, and gold refers to the record certification.

Overkill Trousers 💀🖤

I love this ESG record! it's also in the wprb stacks and i remember the review was a little funny

hi chef!

hi yoni!

GANG OF FOUR 💙

Ooohhhhh OoowwwwwOooowwwwOoooowwww!

MENERGY

oh yeah!

SYLVESTER

Of course you can feel my Kenergy! 🖤💀

sure can!

High NRG 💥💥💥

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this is what we do

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Dana Kay-00000

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In your pocko!

spend the last dough… in yo pocko …on WPRB-ohh!

GRACE JONES ❤️

AGREE AND CONCUR.

‘La Vie En Rose’ 💎🎶❣️

Guud Stuffs! @DJ Esoterica!

Thank you:) Mr. M.

CLIO!

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Look into mah Evil Eyes

haha

nooooooo

I said L👀K at Meh

Ahaha

lol

this is a fun track 🤩

Alright, Dr. Mesmer

Doctor Mesmereyez?!?

DJ DanaK 🏆

DJ Esoterica 🏅🥇🎖️

DONNA SUMMER 💖💝💖

oh yeah!

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Giddyup 🎠

Awww Hellz Yeeaahh

W H I T E L I N E S

reminds me of bronson pinchot in true romance

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haha

I’m Drexel

funny

love oldman's drexel

Love TRUE ROMANCE 💘

me, too:)

I can’t think of a G rated quote to add to chat tho yo

VAL KILMER as ELVIS 💔❤️‍🩹❤️

yes!

New Jack City

hey inspector!

You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round Like a record, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round

that is our goal!

to spin you round.

Like a record, baby.

Round rOund r0uИd

🔂🔃🔁🔄

Loving this!

kate!!

thanks

WestSiiidddeee! 😎

Man this is great i'm loving this drive

what’s in the trunk?!? not a spare!

I honestly luv to eat pancakes 🥞🥞🥞

me, too

hi tb!

caught your show on friday dana, how was your weekend, how ya doin today? what's up esoterica, ty for the show!

DJ Esoterica! DJ DanaK! Excellent Show! Big cheers to you both! Many thanks and kind regards!

hey michael!

thx

Big Cheers to you, Mr. M:)

Hi MIchael! I'm doing great!

Time for us to get outta town!

Cheers, everyone! Thanks!