WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

Jon Solomon

May 21, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Jon Solomon

For those of you keeping score at home, it is me Jon Solomon, heard every Wednesday night on 103.3 fm WPRB...including this one! Requests? Please email me or chime in through the listener chat, champ.

5.21.25

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:05 PM		Set Break
5:08 PM		The Gotobeds Goes Away N Masterclass 12XU 2025
5:11 PM		CZARFACE Good Guys, Bad Guys (feat. The Ryan Clan) Good Guys, Bad Guys 2017
5:14 PM		Bill Callahan One Fine Morning Apocalypse Drag City 2011 As heard in Station Eleven.
5:23 PM		Charles Kynard Little Ghetto Boy Woga Mainstream 1972
5:26 PM		Echo & The Bunnymen With a Hip Heaven Up Here Korova 1981
5:29 PM		Cartoon Cuckoo S/T Human Headstone 2022 Local.
5:45 PM		The Beat Walking Out On Love The Beat CBS 1979
5:47 PM		Set Break
5:53 PM		Artificial Go Hallelujah N Musical Chairs Feel It 2025
5:56 PM		Dizzy K Omoge Sweet Music Volume I Sticky Buttons 2018 Originally released in 1983.
6:00 PM		David Nagler One of You N One of You 2025 With Marc Ribot.
6:03 PM		Багно Повінь Повінь 2024 From Ukraine.
6:10 PM		Cohelemic Ensemble Desert Angel Next Saravah 1971
6:15 PM		Water Damage AyurPrana Listening Room 032725 AyurPrana Listening Room 032725 Recorded March 27, 2025. With Rosali (among others). https://waterdamageatx.bandcamp.com/album/ayurpran...
6:55 PM		Magazine Shot By Both Sides Real Life Virgin 1978
6:59 PM		Set Break
7:04 PM		Green Milk From The Planet Orange 44:10 Live on WPRB https://gmftpo.bandcamp.com
7:48 PM		Set Break
7:52 PM		Blues Lawyer Late Bloomer All In Good Time Dark Entries 2023
7:53 PM		Alison Chesley, Tim Midyett & Steve Albini 17 Arrow 43 Girl on the Third Floor (Music from the Film) Touch & Go 2019
7:58 PM		Compos Mentis The War Is Over Man’s Inhumanity To Man Makes Thousands Mourn Sound Mind Tapes 1984

Chat is archived.

This show has a live chat and I have opened it.

hey Jon, listening in this time from Princeton-- the double tree on rte 1. I'm working the Princeton alumni weekend tomorrow thru Sunday and they put us up at this hotel

Wow. Reunions is not for the timid. Good luck!!

Howdy everyone

I think Ho Chi Minh was May 19 too

Is true, Brian. Also my friends Matt and Heather. Quite a day indeed.

Also my Mom in law. Quite the day. We had a blast taking her out to dinner and other fun stuff

yes- I was oriented by campus staff early. I believe the characterized it as "Mardi Gras on steroids" Our company is contacted to run a trolley shuttle for attendees

*earlier

I think that is under-selling it in certain ways. Stay strong!

A good, wet evening to you Jon! Thanks for the swag update.

The swag turned out nicely. Hopefully shipping next week!

Woohoo!

🔥📻🔊

I am not as soaked this week as I was last (?) Wednesday. Well, so far.

my favorite Bill/Smog release

This song was used nicely on a TV show I watched this week.

Much like another song from this record on Wild Wild Country.

Hey hey! Hope everyone is doing well. May 19 is also my sister Kim's birthday.

*puts on maroon robe and purple shirt

May 19th, man!

New Gotobeds rules! I've heard the record in full once so far, gotta give it more spins asap.

I somehow didn't hear any of it until yesterday. Kept meaning to press play.

Wild Wild Country was such a fascinating doc and the use of "America!" to end that first episode was so good.

Agreed on both counts.

I loved seeing where the different newscasts would place their "star" on the map of Oregon for where everything was transpiring.

Heard Goes Away back in March. Unlike most bands these days, I think that was the only tune released before the record came out.

I had 4-5 finalists for what song I would start with off that LP.

Hmm. This song is hitting my mood like a bullseye.

Mary, did you watch Station Eleven?

When it was out. My feelings about it are complicated!

The parts of it I loved I can highly recommend. I'm not sure about it overall, but I'm not sorry I watched it.

Same. I have issues with some of the resolutions.

I think this was at the end of episode seven or eight?

(Eight.)

my first visit to Oregon was as a kid kinda at the peak of the rajneeshee activity there, visiting family who were far from involved. I was too young to be aware.

*HBO make a show whose ending I’m not frustrated by challenge*

Wow. Need to think about that.

(Excepting Rigteous Gemstones—that worked for me.)

The ending ending of Station Eleven worked for me, while most of the stuff in that time period didn't.

But now I need to think about what HBO series I finished recently. I was good with the final episode of the most recent True Detective season....?

Hmm—I need to read up on the final ending there, maybe there’s something I’m forgetting. I do think the falling-apart sections work far better, and was what I loved the most.

Ok. I found one. This involved much sorting and scrolling. Barry.

I should finish Barry then!

No spoilers!

I (naturally) watched all of Andor season 2 when it came out but MC had to wait a day to finish the final episode and N only wrapped it up last night. I was impressed that neither encountered real "spoilers" in the week between. They must have a different Internet.

(I think in the former's case it took leaving her phone in her backpack.)

I have muted Andor on everything because I still haven’t finished it.

Smart. I won't say more.

How's everyone doing tonight?

Mushroom Miso Barley soup on the cooktop, Jon with the excellent soundtrack…shaping up swell!

That sounds superb.

The tracks fit with the rain

Welcome abord, BikeR.

heyoooo

Wait, now THIS SONG MENTIONED MAY 19TH?!?!

Hello, Andrew.

…because LZ rules?!

Agreed, but I don't recall hearing them all the time as often until this week!

It’s been a throwback month!

Just in time for the new Water Damage 😁 good evening Jon and all.

evening.

Even newer than new Water Damage even!

TAndy and Dale, saw your premium labels in my printing job today. Your swag should go out next week. Thank you!

got mine like a month or so ago. i think?

I may be confusing labels but I believe your shirt is on deck.

If not, disregard!

yeah৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)

Get lost in the groove, Guelo.

this has a good beat and you can dance to it.

I'm doing a sway.

Greetings from Montco

How are things looking, Carlos?

Greetings from Philly. Just imagined a mashup of this with Little Drummer Boy...

A little misty here..driving home from work , heard the opening break..do you think Joey R and Andre ever met and possibly discussed sharing b days?

Just looking at the chat and you mentioned HBO..Pee Wee as Himself starts on Sunday..can’t wait

Directed by the same person who directed the excellent Arthur Russell documentary!

chris - pa rum pa rum rum.

I bet Joey Ramone and Grace Jones met and that Grace Jones and Andre The Giant met, but not sure Joey and Andre met...

if grace jones married andre the giant would she be grace the giant?

How was Andre The Giant not in a James Bond movie?

he looked a lot like lou ferrigno. separated at birth?

Anything's possible.

@Dale.. can you imagine somebody giving birth to both Andre and Lou. They must have been big babies

Bray painting

Our journey is nearly complete.

That was some 40 minute track!

Just you wait, David!

That's some serious minimalism right there!

Shot. By both sides!

Drain bramage

I just listened to this entire album this morning!

Heya Chris! Heya FME! Heya Roffle!

Heya!

We loved the Water Damage!

Heyyy, Jon! And everyone!

Water Damage FTW!

Psyched to have you all here as we set off on another expedition...

I love expeditions! You get to wear really cool hats too.

Expeditions without leaving the house.

Another sort-of minimalistic trek!

Not for long!

Did you ever see Gino Dilorio’s 2016 Off-Broadway play "Sam & Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant"?

I did not.

that ayurPrana listening room. Amazing listening on my ride home. THX

Yep, I was going to say here comes the "maximalism." LOL.

David, I was slightly skeptical it was even real and I WAS WRONG.

https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-sam-and-dede-or-my-dinner-with-andre-the-giant

@R French, if you download the performance (link in playlist) tell them you heard it on WPRB!

Blue milk for Ghoel (kidding, he only likes plasma)

Matt, I hoped you might make it for this one.

will catch up!

ah, you liked the Ukraine doom band I cannot pronounce! Very good sir!

owh what is this!?

Bagno, I think

I only saw a reading of it a few years ago at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch. One of the two actors really was a giant!

Great background music to finish my copy editing project. :D

Sounds good, David.

I did a big edit on Monday. Wish you the same luck.

this took me a while to catch on, but i dig the last few minutes.

The payoff is nigh.

ah FMEMJ I hath noticed yer command of english is top shelf, very nice

Radio lunacy! Sounds like a Naked City freakout, love it.

😁😁😁

They had to stop cuz someone dialed 609-258-1033

It was someone calling about their car's warranty

This is a pretty wild track. Keep it wacky and freaky! 😁

Lol jimbo

FMEMJ, wacky & freaky is Jon's middle name

Jimbo!

Can confirm neither of those are my middle name.

But if each of you could tell me your mother's maiden name that would be really helpful.

oconnor!

Lol

That middle name should be popular by now! 😁

Jon the Water Damage song was apropos for this summa gloom

been a wat'ry spring

Friends are on a middle school camping trip today -> Friday up at Blairstown and I hope they figure out some way to stay warm...

ah yes Blairstown, a purty area. Hope they enjoy.

Temps in the high 40s / low 50s the entire time. Ruff stuff.

92° here on the West Coast. 🥵

these Green Milk Orange Planet folk have PEP!

Dayum FMEMJ! stay cool

and as always, great recording/engineering, Jon, babe (champ)

this band must have lost several pounds performing this.

Lol Dale

That was great

Yep, it has started to be hot again here. We enjoyed cooler-than-usual weather earlier this month and last month.

That was one wacky track!

Gonna let you all in on a secret: Had a bunch of fun with you on the radio this evening.

3-5 Tuesday AND 5-8 Wednesday next week. Get ready.

Letterboxd! Uh oh Jon, I tend to find and watch the greasiest bonkers cinema out there. Letterboxd: a great resource for finding the obscure & depraved

We enjoyed the show tonight, Jon, thanks!

Jon is double-champing next week!

Oooohhh, I wonder what you have up your sleeve, Jon! 😁

Awesome show! 💯

Thanks, FME. Thanks, Rob. Thanks everyone!

Jon thanx for playin the Ukraine mystery band!

Diggin' this track too!

That was a cool find, Matt. Thank YOU!

Thanks for the show dude!

My pleasure, dude. DJ Ringworm is up next!

wprb forevah

Forevah and evah.

AMEN!

Another crazy track! Yas!