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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The Sonic Bloom

May 17, 2025 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM

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.

Monday, again?!

Well, here we are, folks. chillax and grab a cold beverage. Beautiful day in central Jersey.

The Sonic Bloom
3:04 AM
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
David Bowie Cat People (Putting Out Fire) David Bowie
Let's Dance Parlophone UK 1999
3:06 AM
The Gits - Second Skin (2024 Remaster)
The Gits Second Skin (2024 Remaster) N
Frenching the Bully (2024 Remaster) Sub Pop Records 1992
Crime cover.
3:07 AM
CPC Gangbangs - Rock'n'Roll Enemy No. 1
CPC Gangbangs Rock'n'Roll Enemy No. 1 CPC Gangbangs N
Roadhouse - Single Slovenly Recordings 2024
Crime cover.
3:10 AM
Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right
Dr. Feelgood She Does It Right Dr. Feelgood
Down By the Jetty (Collectors Edition) Parlophone UK 2006
3:12 AM
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom - For a Day Like Today
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom For a Day Like Today
Cowboy in Sweden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Light in the Attic 2016
3:16 AM
PET MOSQUITO - Okie Dokie
PET MOSQUITO Okie Dokie PET MOSQUITO N
Pre Apocalypse Motorcycle Music - EP Slovenly Recordings 2024
3:17 AM
Gökçen Kaynatan - Moda
Gökçen Kaynatan Moda Gökçen Kaynatan
Fırtına - Single Odeon Müzik Yapımcılık 2015
3:20 AM
Fruits - Young Jazz
Fruits Young Jazz Fruits N
The Great Internet 7" Slovenly 2025
3:21 AM
Sun Atoms - Take This Love
Sun Atoms Take This Love Sun Atoms N
Everything Forever Little Cloud Records 2024
3:27 AM
Killing Joke - Change (2005 Digital Remaster)
Killing Joke Change (2005 Digital Remaster) Killing Joke
Killing Joke [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue 2005
Released in 1980. Singer and keyboardist Jaz Coleman met drummer Paul Ferguson in late 1978. In February 1979, they put an announcement in Melody Maker with the words: "Bass, lead, to tell the killing joke, we mean it man ! Total exploitation, no information, anonymity".
3:31 AM
Warren Zevon - Nighttime in the Switching Yard
Warren Zevon Nighttime in the Switching Yard Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy Rhino/Elektra 1978
3:35 AM
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3:42 AM
The Stranglers - No More Heroes (1996 Remastered Version)
The Stranglers No More Heroes (1996 Remastered Version) The Stranglers
No More Heroes Parlophone UK 2001
3:44 AM
Robert Fripp - You Burn Me up I'm a Cigarette (First Edition: Original 1979 Release)
Robert Fripp You Burn Me up I'm a Cigarette (First Edition: Original 1979 Release) Robert Fripp
Exposure Discipline Global Mobile 2019
3:47 AM
Soft Machine - Kings and Queens
Soft Machine Kings and Queens Soft Machine
Fourth Columbia 1971
3:52 AM
Plasma - Ei kuuniaa
Plasma Ei kuuniaa Plasma N
Mua Et Voi Omistaa
Sorry State is proud to present Mua Et Voi Omistaa, the debut vinyl from Helsinki, Finland’s Plasma, released in partnership with Nunchakapunk Records in Finland and Little Jan’s Hammer Records in Spain. Plasma carries forward the power, ferocity, and craftsmanship that has been Finnish punk’s calling card since the genre’s inception, fusing it with the bouncy energy and razor-sharp execution of modern hardcore punk. (bandcamp)
3:54 AM
Anytime Cowboy - Losing Just For Fun
Anytime Cowboy Losing Just For Fun Anytime Cowboy N
Voice in the Clouds 2025
Weirdo punk from California.
3:58 AM
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3:59 AM
Dead Boys - I Won't Look Back
Dead Boys I Won't Look Back Dead Boys
We Have Come for Your Children Rhino/Warner Records 2004

68227d7cc63a5.jpgThe Dead Boys' second studio album, "We Have Come for Your Children," was released in June 1978. The album was produced by Felix Pappalardi and recorded in Miami in early 1978.

4:00 AM
Flamin' Groovies - City Lights
Flamin' Groovies City Lights Flamin' Groovies
Teenage Head Buddha Records 1999

68227df075946.jpgTeenage Head is the third studio album by the San Francisco rock band Flamin' Groovies, released in March 1971 by Kama Sutra Records.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/flamin-groovies-reunion-noise-pop-2025-20153982.php
4:05 AM
Harry Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire
Harry Nilsson Jump Into the Fire Harry Nilsson
Nilsson Schmilsson RCA Records Label 1971
4:12 AM
Total Punk Records - Gebrannte Amore
Total Punk Records Gebrannte Amore
V: Live at the Gas Station Fighting Jackpot Records 2021
A little Burning Love cover.
4:15 AM
Badfinger - Sometimes (2010 - Remaster)
Badfinger Sometimes (2010 - Remaster) Badfinger
Straight Up (Deluxe Edition) EMI Catalogue 2010
4:17 AM
Drahla - Default Parody
Drahla Default Parody Drahla N
angeltape Captured Tracks 2024
From Leeds UK.

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4:20 AM
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4:25 AM
Chelsea - Many Rivers
Chelsea Many Rivers Chelsea
Chelsea STRIKE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT 2017
From England. Members went on to form Generation X.

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4:29 AM
Rod McKuen - To Share the Summer Sun
Rod McKuen To Share the Summer Sun Rod McKuen
Listen to the Warm Real Gone Music
4:32 AM
RAKTA - Memória Do Futuro
RAKTA Memória Do Futuro RAKTA
Oculto Pelos Seres 7" - EP La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2018
From Brazil. https://rakta.bandcamp.com/
4:38 AM
Danny Michaels - It's My Way (feat. Bobby Boydd)
Danny Michaels It's My Way (feat. Bobby Boydd) Danny Michaels
On the Bandstand Anahuac Records/Discos Anahuac 2017
https://www.discogs.com/release/11634244-Danny-Michaels-With-The-Rebel-Playboys-On-The-Bandstand?srsltid=AfmBOorVJeDIrJRqY3rSRtI_6Q7Bu4Z8nZOPphJkjdiapB7WEJmyfeS3 From 1964. Drums [Terrific Tubs] – Billy Jay (2) Electric Bass – Bobby Boydd Guitar – Danny Michaels Liner Notes – Dick Haynes (2) Steel Guitar – Jerry Stevens (9) (discography)
4:41 AM
Joe Cannon - You and Your Precious Love
Joe Cannon You and Your Precious Love Joe Cannon
Cold Hard Times Arista/Legacy 1970
Played a "singing horse barn cleaner" on "The Virginian" TV series in the 1960s under his real name. Born to French-Canadian parents, he adopted the stage name "Joe Cannon" at the start of his singing career in the early 1970s and legally changed the family surname to Cannon in '80. In December 1990 the Los Angeles Times called him "the one-man party of the Reno and Sun Valley saloons."
4:48 AM
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4:49 AM
Jim Ford - Linda Comes Running
Jim Ford Linda Comes Running Jim Ford
Rare Singles and Previously Unreleased Masters, Vol. 1 AMB 2007
4:51 AM
Jane Birkin - Jane B. (D'après un prélude de Chopin - Version alternative)
Jane Birkin Jane B. (D'après un prélude de Chopin - Version alternative) Jane Birkin
Mes images privées de Serge Universal Music Division Barclay 2013
4:55 AM
Marie Davidson - Validations Weight
Marie Davidson Validations Weight N
City Of Clowns Marie Davidson 2025
4:58 AM
Nusidm - Katy Und Abel
Nusidm Katy Und Abel Nusidm
The Last Temptation of Thrill Bruit Direct Disques 2023
https://bruit-direct.org/product/nusidm-the-last-temptation-of-thrill/
5:00 AM
Shirese - Kept It Truckin
Shirese Kept It Truckin Shirese
Rose of Smiling Faces Grapefruit & C/Site Recordings 2023