"Pulsar" by Alco Frisbass. The New Abnormal Fri Jun 13 with ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

𓁝 We begin our broadcast day. 𓁜 ☁️

𝔬𝔥𝔞𝔦

morning.

Good morning ǝʌɐꓷ

Mornin Dale and Roffle

good morning, TAndy

good morning, Dale

good morning, Roffle

Good mornings all around. :)

Thanks for letting the uber tribute jets cool.

and no Beach Boys either

If I could request one thing, that would be it.

but I've a feeling WPRB is not done with the tributes

Never is, it seems sometimes.

if folks wold stop dying, maybe we could give tributes a break

IKR?

the nerve of some people

David Torn <3

Heck of a lot of gall.

is that title the fear of everything? like in the peanuts cartoon?

Triskaidekaphilia is the opposite - the love of the number 13, rather than the fear of it

ah!

Philia, like Philadelphia. Rather than Phobidelphia

Great day to go look for a black cat and follow it then.

oh shit i did just notice the date

black cat at my side right now. squeakers...he will walk in front of you and just stop so if you aren't careful you WILL trip.

🐈‍⬛ my cat is the opposite. If she sees anybody, she will run away and hide

Kitty time. https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1930686087971660038

Phobidelphia, the city of brotherly fear

Cat's have had a plan a long time, mine were in a sleeper cell for sure.

Lots of sleeping

Proper use of a Moog.

Ooh!! This is a fun track.

Good morning all! Happy F13!

Happy Friday the 13th, ParrScream!

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ & my PRB Pals!

Sup Stevie and ParrScream!

good morning, Stevie P

Hi

HI, Space Cowboy

@TAndy, how many little red things are trailing behind that black cat?

I am counting... 13... 😳

sup space cowboy

okay, maybe it's 14

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11! The other three are still on the branch.

oh good morning, Christine

𝔬𝔥𝔞𝔦, Christine!

Mornin' DTO 😶‍🌫️, TAndy 🚩🐈‍⬛️, Space Cowboy, Parrscream, Stevie P, Roffle & Dale

Hiya Christine!

Good morning all. Great 1st hour!

Thanks, Rob F. Good morning.

Mornin, Rob F.

I shrimply cannot believe that hour 1 is already up. That means only a short while before I can head home to enjoy the rest.

I have miles to go before I sleep

miles davis coming up next? nice! 😎😎😎😎😎

um,no

:(

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Anybody else drop dead this week?

Lemme check. ... Yeah, I'm down.

gotta throw together a tribute for TAndy now

No worries, ChatGPT downloaded my consciousness so I'll still be here in some fashion.

your avatar says "we are still alive" though

Oopa!

Didn't know they had that backup service online already.

mornin', Dan C

there's a great new Blackmirror episode about that concept

Can’t wait to see it! I’ll start a month of Netflix later today.

Blackmirror is still around? That's good.

new season just dropped

The episode with Kelly Macdonald, and bio mechanical bees is still my favorite.

mechanical bees figure into this season again. there are a couple a returning characters and sort of sequels.

A Black Mirror feature film would be excellent.

Bandersnatch comes close

Nice! UK settings again as well?

it's a mix this season.

I like Love, Death, and Robots too.

YES! Very similar direction. They also have a new season that just dropped

some great little short films

I think David Fincher’s a producer on that one.

The future of crime, punishment, and media, both social and other, seem to be repeated themes.

On Black Mirror I meant.

like our promo says, if we want to avoid them, we must understand they are possible

Did they do a 2nd Star Trek themed episode with Jesse Clemons?

yes, they have a sequel for that one

Cool

Blackmirror is frequently a dystopian future, the worst of modern social media trends taken to logical extremes

I think Phillip K. Dick might have approved, if not have written for them.

Blackmirror - such a perfect title. How the i-phone when off works like a little black mirror, and also when used can reflect the worst of us

amplifying our darkest tendencies

So true! I get 30 robo, spam calls a day.

On average

and the anonymity fosters trolls

our chat gets infested periodically

I wonder if Zuckerberg’s a fan?

if so, he surely does not recognize his own complicity

he is the Jesse Plemons

FB, Ray Ban developing ID sunglasses that can reveal personal info about you. What could be more Black Mirror?

I'm pretty sure he's aware, he just doesn't care. He sold his soul when he stole the original website idea

He has billions of dollars worth of immunization.

cognitive dissonance runs deep

Black Mirror meets, “They Live!”

Chamelophant is so cute （≧∇≦）

Ohi Guelo

Hi TAndy, good morning chat

I just got home a few minutes ago, great stuff for the drive! This may sound very oddly specific, but the whole vibe outside with the temperature and the Sun and the haze reminds me of how it felt as a kid the morning of a big field trip.

"Angelic troublemakers" I love that term.

I miss field trips! I'm so glad I get to have a 3-hour musical field trip every Friday morning into a land that is truly Abnormal.

good morning, Guelo!

FACTS

I had to stop watching black mirror… that video game episode was too much for my gamer self

I think we are getting some Quebec wildfire haze

Yeah that's been going for a few weeks :(

I think the only black mirror episode that I ever watched was the one with the two guys and the VR fighting game

Is that a new strain of Canadian bud?

There’s a stream DJ who plays nothing but game music. I assumed it was all A.I. origin. Black Mirror Music

Ha! @Rof

Tis on WPRB plays a large amount of gaming music

DJ Tis is the best.

You mean... I am not? 😢

Am honored to have trained in the same season as Tis 🫡. I rarely caught their show sadly

Listening to it made me think…when is the All Calliope Covers going to show up?

Tis is on primetime now MOnday 6-8 pm

Oh, I have a CD of calliope covers

Like Nirvana, or Sondheim covers?

Yay! I’ll be at work 😑

no, just standard classics on calliope

Send In The Smell of…

I think Tis gets rebroadcast in the morning too on some day...

Calliope Kraftwerk I could imagine

This is a funny synth. Sounds like a kitty meowing.

Even the guitar now.

Host, have you discovered Rachel Flowers on FaceBook? She knew Keith Emerson, he let her play his Moog, other keyboards at his home.

Dan, I have. I have played a few of her Zappa covers for my traditional show endings. She is quite talented

She plays guitar as well. She’s blind. Just astonishing. They made a doc about her.

Indeed!

😶‍🌫️🌿

I was surprised to see such a brief Wiki page for, “Canterbury” music, prog.

Mostly Soft Machine I think.

See, I thought it was pronounced "Minimal VEEt-TAhll".

oh boy

Woooo!!

Run For Your Lives!

Just joking

YES!

F YEAH MISFITS LFG LFG LFG LFG

eXcellent choice, ǝʌɐꓷ

🖤 💀 🖤

@TAndy, you might be right about Vee-tal

This is my bud's favorite band, he'd be happy to know this got airtime.

I can't figure out French pronunciation

JERZ! INDEX & PINKY FINGERZ UP ON EACH HAND!

Hey, Brian D, good morning

Aye aye, Brian D! 🤘

Those 4-part harmonies, and tricycle horn

This may be the most accessible song ever played on Difficult Listening Hour™!

true

Dave played Born to Run few years back. No joking, no mashups, no parody. Full song unedited. Forget what the reason was for that Dave???

Also, double metal Sundays this summer. This schedule rules.

the Boss' B-day

AHA !!! That's it. Gotta laugh at his jokes and comment on his choice of cravat. I think he announced it as some "alternate drums mix" version or something... But it sounded like the usual.

vocals were all detuned

The Glen and Henry comic that never came to be would have been a fun ride. I think there were a few published online maybe? (Danzig and Rollins as a sensitive couple or something like that).

Ginger Baker’s Doz.

Sorry

As expected I believe Henry thought it was hilarious and Glen was not amused

.... now that I read it did actually come out in book form as a mini comic

This is crazy good

glad you are enjoying, TAndy

i just made a difficult to eat sandwitch to go along

What's on it?

bark and orange peel

on rye

This is STILL Present?? This is INTENSE

What variety of bark, sir?

I prefer scotch pine

yeah, this is side A

Trigaux warning: clear and Present danger

welcome, George!

Good morning Dave!

Mars Voltin'

This is crazy!!!

🦢 🦢 🦢

The Mars Volta is wild

Their album The Bedlam in Goliath is even crazier

I do not have enough of their music

It's like how Yes went especially hyper on Relayer, The Bedlam in Goliath is the one where Mars Volta went really bonkers. This doesn't mean it's the best one! Just the nuttiest

Hi Christine with the cygnets!

i like nutty

must.... obtain.... all... recordings....

MOAR

Roar for more: MOAR MOAR MOAR

Loved when this Frances the Mute came out. 20 years ago!

The final track on Deloused is heart rending.

Hey, Mike T. Good morning

I need more Mars Volta

Bonjour Dave. Great show!

thanks. glad you like it

Me too

Hi George! 👋 🦢

hm, this reminded me of hungarian and that turns out to not be a coincidence, because somehow hungarian and finnish are related to each other (and little else)

yes, that language fact amazes and confuses me

Mana Mana!

Oh nooooo

This melody WILL be stuck in my mind for the rest of the day

😑

haha

i saw youtube comment about Hungarian: "As a Finn, this sounds like I should understand but for some reason I don't"

the little "enter sandman" bit was funny

good ears, George

Thanks for the show, Dave!

The Mars Volta lead gtr player is quite prolific in the solo lps/eps etc department. Omar Rodriguez. About 50 or so solo releases in 20 years time.

another wonderful show ǝʌɐꓷ! Thanks!

Thanks Dave, and toceveryone, have a great day.

Again

thanks folks

👏 👏 👏

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