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The Sonic Bloom

Apr 21, 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.

hey it's monday

hi...

6:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
6:08 PM		Los Piranas Despectiva caridad Los Piranas N Una Oportunidad más de triunfar en la vida 2025 Out of Bogotá.
6:12 PM		Chris Brokaw I'm the Only One for You Chris Brokaw Puritan 12XU 2021
6:18 PM		Codeine Sea Codeine The White Birch Numero Group 2022
6:24 PM		Unwound Dragnalus Unwound Fake Train Numero Group 2013
6:27 PM		Unwound Seen Not Heard Unwound N Untitled - Single Numero Group 2024
6:35 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:38 PM		Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman Capitol Nashville 2001 "Wichita Lineman" is a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb for American country music artist Glen Campbell.
6:38 PM		Paul Williams You and Me Against the World Paul Williams Evergreens - The Best of the A&M Years Hip-O Select 2004 "You and Me Against the World" was the first written by Williams teaming up with Ascher, a member of his band.
6:41 PM		Gilberto Gil Volks Volkswagen Blues Gilberto Gil Gilberto Gil (1969) Gege 1969
6:45 PM		Meridian Brothers Mis soledades Meridian Brothers N Mi Latinoamérica Sufre Bongo Joe 2024
6:53 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:55 PM		The Jam Pretty Green The Jam Sound Affects Polydor Records 1980 Sound Affects is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Jam. The album was released on 28 November 1980 by Polydor Records.
6:56 PM		Richard Hell & The Voidoids Who Says? Richard Hell 7" Ork 1976
6:59 PM		The Jim Carroll Band Dry Dreams The Jim Carroll Band Dry Dreams Fat Possum 2020
7:02 PM		Melvins Smiler Melvins N Tarantula Heart Liberator Music / Ipecac Recordings 2024
7:04 PM		Ivan Julian Her Lips Ivan Julian N Her Lips - Single Pravda Records 2024
7:08 PM		Chris Brokaw 8 or 9 Things N Ghost Ship 12XU 2025
7:12 PM		The Jam Carnation The Jam The Gift (Remastered) Polydor Records 1982
7:16 PM		Sun Atoms Tower of Song Sun Atoms N Everything is Forever Little Cloud 2024 A Leonard Cohen cover.
7:25 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:26 PM		Scott McKenzie San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) Scott McKenzie The Voice of Scott McKenzie (Expanded Edition) Epic/Legacy 2006 "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" is an American pop song,[2] written by John Phillips, and sung by Scott McKenzie. Produced and released in 1967.
7:29 PM		Sly & The Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & The Family Stone Greatest Hits Epic/Legacy 1970 "Hot Fun in the Summertime" is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The single was released just prior to the band's high-profile performance at Woodstock, which greatly expanded their fanbase.
7:31 PM		Sir Douglas Quintet She's About a Mover Sir Douglas Quintet The Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet (The Crazy Cajun Recordings) MUSIC ENTERPRISES INC / CRAZY CAJUN RECORDS 2023 The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1964.
7:33 PM		Karen Dalton Little Bit of Rain Fred Neil It's So Hard to Tell Who Going to Love You Best Capitol Records 1969
7:37 PM		Blaze Foley I Should Have Been Home With You Blaze Foley The Dawg Years (1975-1978)
7:39 PM		Radio Birdman Aloha Steve and Danno Radio Birdman The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) Sub Pop Records 2001
7:45 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:45 PM		Wire Ex Lion Tamer (2006 Remastered Version) Wire Pink Flag pinkflag 2006
7:47 PM		Cabaret Voltaire Landslide Cabaret Voltaire Red Mecca Mute 2013 Red Mecca is the fourth studio album by English industrial band Cabaret Voltaire, released in 17 August 1981 through Rough Trade Records.
7:50 PM		Sonic Youth Sugar Kane Sonic Youth Dirty (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] Geffen 2003
7:55 PM		Hüsker Dü Masochism World Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade SST Records 1984
7:58 PM		Guided By Voices Teenage FBI Guided By Voices Do the Collapse EastWest Germany 1999

Chat is archived.

hey

hey!

hey kelly!

hope all is well

Didn't get to chime in at the time, but your story during the pledge drive of sneaking off to LA as a kid really hit home. Loved it

All's well as can be, thanks. Better now that The Sonic Bloom is on :)

haha thanks!! all true:)

I grew up in Ventura, so the teenage trips to LA were par for the course

oh yeah i am sure. what bands did you get to see

Is it possible to find a recording of today's news and culture? I was in a spotty area but I'd like to hear it completely

hi! t.b. good question - the prb news hour used to be recorded all the time. i will try to find out

i found this: https://news.wprb.com/

but the last synopsis is from 2/25

here we go it is on apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wprb-news-and-culture/id970091744

Some of the more memorable shows were Neurosis, Sonic Youth, and Nels and Alex Cline at some Salvadorean restaurant

wow cool

kelly

Damn that Chris Brokaw tune killed me, man that was awesome. Never heard him.

I meant never heard of him.

hey G Jax, chris brokaw is amazing - what a guitarist, he was in codeine and come

the puritan is a great album

https://chrisbrokaw.com/

https://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/BROKAW.CHRIS.html

OK makes sense.codeine I remember them.

Thank you so much!

Sure thing!

Righteous

oh yeah!

heyinspector

;)

Nice!

I suppose "Blank Generation" was in anticipation of this Friday: https://www.lightboxfilmcenter.org/events/i-belonged-to-the-blank-generation-phillys-punk-new-wave-scene-on-screen

Did Ivan the Voidoid just get his song censored?

yes

couldn't play thewhole thing just a snippet

you heard. a little though, no?

Heya Es! I'm loving this Chris Brokaw

hey TAndy!

I love it, too. Thanks!

I find it interesting that the Mothers started recording “Who Needs the Peace Corps?” before Scott McKenzie recorded his hit song which came out 3 months before Eric Burdon & The Animals’ "San Franciscan Nights".

interesting and timely

Hi Esoterica, tuning in for the last 1/2 hour and I'm about to explode how low it takes to sign in with Gmail. Ugh!

no! sorry about that - hope you like the music at least

Awesome show as usual! Thanks for playing the Melvins! WPRB Rules!

hey michael! thx!!

glad you liked

A couple of months before Woodstock, Sly & the Family Stone kicked off the Harlem Cultural Festival at Mount Morris Park (as seen in “Summer of Soul” which you can watch on Disney+). For some reason the NYPD was not present that opening Sunday, so Black Panthers provided security.

yeah good documentary

Sonic Youth :)

oh yeah!

Fred Neil was somehow the inspiration for “The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil” and “The House at Pooneil Corners”.

Second time I heard this on the station today and I'm glad

Great show today, DJ Esoterica! Thanks for all the great tunes

Thanks Kelly!! Of course - glad you stopped by

Thanks, everyone!

Wasn't a live version of that Dü ditty the flipside of "Eight Miles High"?

i think so, david

Thank you so much for the tunes! It made for a great drive home from King of Prussia :)

Sweet, TAndy!

happy to be along with you!

See ya next week, take care!

yup see ya next week!:)