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Jon Solomon

May 28, 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.

5.28.25

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:05 PM		Set Break
5:08 PM		Lawn Sports Gun N Sports Gun self released 2025
5:11 PM		Jap Band & Feladey Japadodo Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 V/A Soundway 2024
5:18 PM		Stereolab Laissez Faire BBC Radio Sessions Too Pure 2024 Recorded June 28, 1992.
5:22 PM		Charlie Werber Krater 1 (with Daniel O’Sullivan) N Krater 2025 Solo record for this former The Flying Lutenbachers drummer.
5:45 PM		Portastatic You Know Where to Find Me (Acoustic) Autumn Was a Lark Merge 2003
5:49 PM		Idris Ackamoor, Rhodessa Jones & Danny Glover Afro Futuristic Dreams Artistic Being Strut 2025
6:02 PM		Dinosaur Forget the Swan Dinosaur Homestead 1985
6:07 PM		Set Break
6:16 PM		FACS Wish Defense N Wish Defense Trouble In Mind 2025
6:20 PM		Freh Khodja Hawa Fatima Akhti MLP 2022 Originally released in 1975.
6:24 PM		Arthur Russell Tower of Meaning/Rabbit's Ear/Home Away From Home (Live 12/20/85) Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85) Audika 2025
6:43 PM		Billy Nomates Plans Metalhorse 2025
6:46 PM		House Horse Clean Chin Club First Story 2020 https://househorse.bandcamp.com/album/first-story
6:58 PM		Matt Jencik & Midwife Delete Key Never Die Relapse 2025 Out in July!
7:02 PM		Subway Sect Ambition Twenty Odd Years Motion Records 1999 1978 single.
7:05 PM		Set Break
7:12 PM		The Doctor & Philip 34:16 Live on WPRB https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-doctor-and-philip/281407024
7:46 PM		Set Break
7:49 PM		Thalia Zedek Band Under Weather N The Boat Outside Your Window Thrill Jockey 2025
7:53 PM		Kalamazoo Drone Society Seven (excerpt) Six & Seven Steno Pool 2024

Chat is archived.

Be right with you...

Just be right. :)

Why is that picture item scary yet hygienically functionally relevant and even good, but it has an intuitive question mark?

Dunno

It was in the bathroom of an art gallery, so I assume all of those things were intentional.

I can work with that...

The way the mirror kept the grout line going was sort of beautiful to me.

I used to cross my eyes in grade school to get the tile grout lines to match up and just get lost there. Wow, I gotta try that again now! Thanks Jon, I've got a quest. lol

Will work with some of tonight's songs more than others.

That is a good photo take on lines for sure.

That is the restroom loop towel mirror equivalent of the screensaver bouncing perfectly into the corner of the screen.

Ha! Well put.

Nice analogy Brian.

Remember Asteroids video game both arcade and Atari home version... the behavior of the wrap around universe movement when you tried to go directly into a corner never seemed quite right from what I recall

That game had a gravity issue for sure.

Echo that. Super fun show that one Jon

Sadly missed the show by mere minutes.

Thanks, Brian. I had a great time and rushed home to tidy it up in full for belated enjoyment.

This just got a volume upgrade.

This is super cool

Yeah Lawn like

Hey Van!

I'm always worried when someone who does a good show says "this sounds like something you would like" because what if they've judged me completely wrong but I was into. Phew.

It is as risky as saying "you know who you look like?"

Howdy Jon! Hope life is treating you like a king

I am mostly dry and fairly full, so I can't complain.

All good things. Wife and I went camping in Vermont last weekend, I feel like I brought their weather home with us today. Sorry about that, errybody

Is OK. Just need a non-work window tomorrow to go running, hopefully.

Hope camping was terrific.

Jon I'm back in the matrix and running loose, darting around

We had a blast up there, despite the weather. VT is sweet.

Matt's got the zeroes and ones.

Ooh early Stereolab! :-)

Rob!

Jon! Thank you!

Love that jam out at the end of that tune

It got downright Roadrunner.

Had that BBC Sessions 12" for a bit, only got to play it for the first time tonight.

I dig it mucho

Krater 1!

I find this one transfixing. I am transfixed!

cinematic & transfixing

Pretty sure I'm hypnotized now. This is wonderful.

That's a thing...

Jon I dig yer Letterboxd. The Kashyyyk Life Day Carol! What! We need a SW All-Wol Cabasshite Ghoel Special.

afternoon. nice drone.

Dale!

Van K are you ready for your activation phrase

Matt, the same people have a new live read this Saturday. Already got my stream ticket.

Cast was just revealed.

https://www.instagram.com/thestarwarsminute/p/DKINQNoB0kx/

I was watching Rifftrax do Yor, Hunter from the Future and had an inhaler-needing laugh meltdown in the first minute

Matt - I'm going to speak fluent German when this is all over, aren't I?

The Kapeghian Candidate.

Van K you're going to speak Plattedeutsch, yes. That weird liminal area between the dutch and germans.

Matt - this could work, my wife is Pennsy Dutch. I could finally understand her family when they argue

Anyone familiar with Charlie Werber know if this is him playing bass? Love this tone

Van K Lol!

The other side is just drums and this side has Daniel O'Sullivan on it so I'm guessing that's him?

Daniel O’Sullivan- All other instrumentation, vocals, additional composition on Krater 1, mixing, engineering

Van K reminds me of Herzog speaking with pennsylvania amish germans

There it is, thanks - This is the good stuff

Esoterica had some wondrous drones going on Mem Day

Loving this

Heya Harry.

some very nice thumpy thumps here. and sounds like the lindburgh baby.

play along at home it's in F#

(my guitar is prolly outta tune from my abuse of it and this gotdamn unrelenting swamp weather)

Matt - that's a great idea. I haven't played along to the radio in forever.

Van K I play along to ragas on Sangeet on Saturday am. When the DJ is DJ Rungun the Stungun it's particularly ecstatic.

I loved this even more tonight on the radio than I first did at home.

Hey Jon, Digging this profusely!

Helllllllllo, Alex!

Matt - I'm down!

If anyone picks the record up, please tell them you heard it on WPRB.

again! again!

We'll hear the other side another Wednesday, for sure.

this reminds me of a moody blues song....procession i think.

i like fay prog - don't sue me.

Yes, THE Danny Glover.

what instrument is he playing?

Voice.

ah - the best one.

early Dinosaur jr! Nice. Deep Wound!

the first time i saw dino jr, j's amp started smoking during this song

Hadn't listened to this all the way through in ages. Impressive how fully formed the band really was in '85. Like, Forget the Swan has the structure of so many great Dinosaur tunes.

A CD from Pat O'Shea's collection. RIP.

Lol andrew g

Danny Glover can deal with weird aliens? I am hopeful.

Dino!

Danny Glover says be kind rewind

Cure influence definite in early Dinosaur jr

my droogs and I affectionately call J "J Masochist"

I remember when this album came out. The djs on WMUA were giving away free tickets to see them live; begging listeners to go see them, thereby supporting a fledgling local band that might be going places...

Teresa P my cousin Bob lived a long time on Jeffrey Lane in Amherst down from J & co.

Jon puts Lebanon NJ in his GPS and ends up in the middle east

sometimes a guy just needs to hear some dinosaur.

Warbler? Hmmm...

The grimacing sun face on the album cover is the face of our friend Arthur 'Artie' Hurwitz who was one of the first people to succumb to COVID at the very start of the pandemic. RIP Artie.

Whatever's cool with me: underrated Dinosaur jr gem. A rather unhinged J.

Birds are dinosaurs and all that jazz...

Hey all, great show so far. It definitely helped our soggy drive home. I love Mac solo.

Jon had better not put Damascus MD in his GPS especially if he wants to go to Syria, VA. Who knows where he will end up?

@Matt -- I know the exact place you're talking about! Amazing! At about the time he lived there, my husband and my brother-in-law were washing dishes at the nearby Lord Jeff hotel and restaurant! LOL

is this the penultimate Albini FACS?

Teresa P LOL. My cousin has some Mascis tales but I always forget to ask him when I see him.

This is the most recent FACS, the record Steve died mid-working on.

Hey Dennis! Teresa!

oldmotorbikeguy too!

FACS def has the Albini signature

Hey Jon and all you fellow Rockers with Jon Solomon!

Well that sucks for him, but he really doesn't care at this point.

Jon puts Califon NJ in GPS and ends up in California

Jon ends up in Cannonball Run 2

Jon puts Richmond VA in GPS and ends up in Richmond CA listening to KALX

Rob MD LOL! Ah Richmond. I saw great punk shows at Burnt Ramen for a whopping $2 door charge

Jedi Scum at Burnt Ramen, Richmond CA was fantastic. Powerviolence with SW Ep 4 samples.

Matt, how cool!

Spelling Bee Semifinal and Finals the next two nights. Pulling for Zwe Spacetime from DC…what a name!!!!!

Jon puts Land of Make Believe, Hope, NJ in GPS and ends up outside space & time

GWC awesome! The good ol' fashioned spelling bee. "Bosun." B o a t s w a i n

Matt, you're on to something

Correct Matt

@Matt my family did a “draft” a few years ago. Great fun!

Lol Roff

I was second Boson on a boat. I got sea cred.

GWC thank goodness the Bee still exists

GW, I missed greeting you...until now!

Roff the elusive Higgs Boatswain

I put Washington, NJ in my GPS and it took me all over the state!

Yeah, and good luck with five points!

Nutzo intersection by any standard.

ah Jon you were in me hood. Yeah tis wacky 'round here.

Jon put Washington NJ in GPS and ended up in the Jundland Wastes of Tatooine

Ha.

Jon looks up from GPS and a Tusken Raider is raising a gaffi stick and yelling

Ha.

When I was a kid the drive between Washington and Glassboro was a bunch of peach orchards, now it's all housing development bedroom communities for Philly..

Matt, Burnt Ramen is a great name for a place hosting punk shows

Roff NJ outdid Georgia in peach production back in the day! When I lived in Georgia I enthralled many a local with that factoid.

@Matt, did you see this? https://www.grandviewindependent.com/former-burnt-ramen-punk-club-goes-up-in-smoke/ Former "Burnt Ramen" punk club goes up in smoke -- this past January

Rob MD legendary place. Truly punk. Total fire hazard. Not up to code, not legal. The punks had made lil living spaces with any/all available space in squat fashion.

That article has it all, including a mayor with an incredible name.

Rob MD I am not surprised. Thanks for sharing. Sad news.

Matt S, well, Burnt is in the name of that place

Oh yeah, Mayor Butt *giggles in Beavis and Butthead*

Rob self-fulfilling prophecy. I saw a fire in Oakland that still haunts me.

Lol Rob MD

Matt, should I ask what fire that was?

If a band didn't play Burnt Ramen with a drummer named Tom Butt...what a missed opportunity.

Lol

Butt Ramen

@Matt, I drove thru south Georgia at the height of peach season and stopped at the roadside stands and that is simply remarkable lore.

It was truly good!

Rob MD big fire at improvised place, made the news at the time (2010s). Very sad, scary as shit. Oakland was exciting. You can hear the tension of the place in Oakland bands like High on Fire, Diesel Dudes, Triclops!, TFUL282, et al.

Roff nice! Love/miss the red soil of south Georgia.

(literally red)

Butt Ramen!!

Oh, you know! Yes, so red

Matt S, big bummer. Very scary, I suppose you could have been in a place similar to that when a fire started :-(

Rob MD I watched it from my balcony and was like ohh fuck. Oakland was sketchtastic. I love those places.

House Horse! Who let the horse in the house?!

Matt S yikes!!!

Jon check out the Thank You Very Much doc on Kanopy (or wherever). Super good. Made me shed a tear for Andy.

This House Horse track is good

The Bay area is quite a thing. Little horses are plotting to take over the world. I guess...

Matt, I saw it! Very good and had a few things in it I didn't know prior.

House Horse is "name your price" on Bandcamp, link in playlist!

Pony up

Jon me too. They used that Eno track (An Ascent) really well.

Station identification or else!

Duuuuuuuuuuuuubbbbbbyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaa PRB Swamp Jersey

Well met.

HB Mama Solomon

Matt, I'll pass that along when the time comes..

Interesting sound, but they need to tune the guitars to the singer or vice versa. I mean really.

Perhaps they'll meet in the middle before it is all said and done.

This is a world of possibilities.

good rainy evening, chat

Hiya, Maggie!

Rainy is so enjoying itself.

Thanks Johnathon A Solomon. Good cold rainy night and bourbon music.

Yeah, I really enjoyed myself over here too Alex.

We've both enjoyed your show tonight, Jon. We're looking forward to next week's show

You and me both, Rob. Already planning...

thanks, jon, it's been a nice soundtrack for the Tasks

I have many of The Tasks on deck for tomorrow. Tonight, just a movie and some pasta.

Oh! Deirdre is live from The Barge next!