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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Tomorrow is an Octopus

Apr 29, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Music

With Dan Ruccia

Cephalopod dance parties for the apocalypse

30 Seconds and No Place to Hide

Tomorrow is an Octopus
10:01 AM
Jimmy Giuffre - Deep Purple
Jimmy Giuffre Deep Purple
The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet Atlantic 1956
10:06 AM
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10:10 AM
Pere Ubu - Waiting For Mary
Pere Ubu Waiting For Mary
Cloudland UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1989
10:13 AM
David Thomas & Two Pale Boys - Numbers Man
David Thomas & Two Pale Boys Numbers Man
18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest Smog Veil 2005
10:17 AM
David Thomas - Dan Dan
David Thomas Dan Dan
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Song and Chanteys V/A Anti/Epitaph 2006
10:18 AM
Pere Ubu - Modern Dance
Pere Ubu Modern Dance
The Modern Dance Blank 1978
10:22 AM
David Thomas - What Do We Do with a Drunken Sailor
David Thomas What Do We Do with a Drunken Sailor
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Song and Chanteys V/A Anti/Epitaph 2006
10:25 AM
The Hat Shoes - The Pigeons, Mr. McKenzie
The Hat Shoes The Pigeons, Mr. McKenzie
Differently Desperate RecRec 1991
10:27 AM
Pere Ubu - Watching the Pigeons (feat. Sarah Jane Morris) [2022 Remix and Master]
Pere Ubu Watching the Pigeons (feat. Sarah Jane Morris) [2022 Remix and Master]
Long Live Père Ubu! (2022 Remix and Master) [feat. Sarah Jane Morris] Fire Records 2009
10:31 AM
Rocket from the Tombs - 30 Seconds over Tokyo (Live)
Rocket from the Tombs 30 Seconds over Tokyo (Live)
The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs (Live) Smog Veil 2002
10:38 AM
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10:43 AM
Pere Ubu - 49 Guitars and One Girl
Pere Ubu 49 Guitars and One Girl
New Picnic Time Fire Records 1979
10:46 AM
David Thomas and Wooden Birds - A Fact About Trains
David Thomas and Wooden Birds A Fact About Trains
Blame the Messenger Twin/Tone Records 1987
10:50 AM
Jackie Leven - Faces
Jackie Leven Faces
Shining Brother Shining Sister Cooking Vinyl 2003
Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, recitation by David Thomas
10:54 AM
Pere Ubu - Codex
Pere Ubu Codex
Dub Housing Chrysalis 1978
10:59 AM
David Thomas and the Pedestrians - Happy to See You
David Thomas and the Pedestrians Happy to See You
The Sound Of The Sand And Other Songs Of The Pedestrian Rough Trade 1981
11:03 AM
Pere Ubu - Muddy Waters
Pere Ubu Muddy Waters
Pennsylvania Tim/Kerr 1998
11:08 AM
Miracle Legion - Closer to the Wall (Live)
Miracle Legion Closer to the Wall (Live)
Glad Rough Trade 1988
11:11 AM
David Thomas and Wooden Birds - What Happened to Me
David Thomas and Wooden Birds What Happened to Me
Monster Walks the Winter Lake Rough Trade 1986
11:14 AM
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11:19 AM
Pere Ubu - Use of a Dog
Pere Ubu Use of a Dog
Song of the Bailing Man Fire Records 1982
11:22 AM
David Thomas and the Pedestrians - The Egg & I
David Thomas and the Pedestrians The Egg & I
Variations on a Theme Sixth International 1983
11:25 AM
Mission of Burma - Heart of Darkness
Mission of Burma Heart of Darkness
The Horrible Truth About Burma Matador 1984
Pere Ubu cover
11:34 AM
Pere Ubu - Golden Surf II
Pere Ubu Golden Surf II
Carnival of Souls Fire Records 2014
11:38 AM
David Thomas & Two Pale Boys - Lantern
David Thomas & Two Pale Boys Lantern
Erewhon Cooking Vinyl 1996
11:41 AM
Pere Ubu - Dark
Pere Ubu Dark
St. Arkansas spinArt 2002
11:50 AM
Pere Ubu - Navvy
Pere Ubu Navvy
Dub Housing Chrysalis 1978
11:53 AM
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11:57 AM
Petit Biscuit & Lizzy Land - Everything In Its Right Place
Petit Biscuit & Lizzy Land Everything In Its Right Place N
Movement I Écurie 2025
Chat is archived.
Dan Ruccia (host) 10:02:18 AM
Good morning, y'all!
Dan Ruccia (host) 10:02:53 AM
I'm playing a pile of music by David Thomas today, so get your Pere Ubu etc etc requests in!
Quicksilver Mok Service 10:06:03 AM
Am I on the trolley to Mr Roger's Neighborhood?
Dan Ruccia (host) 10:10:27 AM
"When did Mr Roger's Neighborhood get so weird???"
Quicksilver Mok Service 10:11:46 AM
I'm sure if i watched that show now I'd have a few question.
Quicksilver Mok Service 10:14:52 AM
happy 92 years to Willie Nelson
Dan Ruccia (host) 10:33:21 AM
He and Marshall Allen will clearly live and make music forever
Quicksilver Mok Service 11:20:15 AM
fun setlist today.
Dan Ruccia (host) 11:24:09 AM
Thanks! David Thomas made a lot of really fun, weird music
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀 11:51:16 AM
Another excellent show from DJ DanRuccia! Big cheers to you, Sir!
Kelly Nielsen 11:55:27 AM
Thanks for the amazing set of music. Could easily listen to another two hours of David Thomas music
Dan Ruccia (host) 11:57:42 AM
Thanks Kelly and MrM!
Brian D 11:59:30 AM
Great show Dan. Fond memories of hearing St Arkansas and Pennsylvania songs for the 1st times on WPRB back 20-25 years ago....
Brian D 12:01:30 PM
Check out the videos on YT for Waiting for Mary lots of fun
Dan Ruccia (host) 12:01:51 PM
Fun fact: I reviewed St. Arkansas for WPRB when it came out!
Brian D 12:02:39 PM
Slow Walking Daddy got a lot of play. David's ode to US Rt 322... interestingly not on Pennsylvania
Brian D 12:03:07 PM
but rather on St Arkansas