Esoterica (host)
5:03:18 PM
hi!
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The Sonic Bloom
Jun 24, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Music
With Esoterica
The Whimbrels!
I will play a chat I had with Arad Evans and Norman Westberg of The Whimbrels last week. I will also pay tribute to Mick Ralphs who passed away this week.
| 5:02 PM |
| Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
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| 5:05 PM |
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| 5:10 PM |
| Interview with Arad Evans/Norman Westberg Part 1 of interview 2025 2025
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| 5:22 PM |
| The Whimbrels That's How It Was The Whimbrels N The Whimbrels Dromedary 2025
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| 5:26 PM |
| Interview with Arad Evans/Norman Westberg Part 2 of interview 2025 2025 2025
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| 5:40 PM |
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| 5:42 PM |
| The Whimbrels Four Moons of Galileo The Whimbrels N The Whimbrels Dromedary 2025
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| 5:50 PM |
| Interview with Arad Evans and Norman Westberg Part 3 of interview 2025 2025
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| 6:02 PM |
| The Whimbrels Distant Land The Whimbrels N The Whimbrels Dromedary 2025
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| 6:06 PM |
| Lifeguard Like You'll Lose Lifeguard N Ripped and Torn Matador 2025
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| 6:10 PM |
| The Rattles The Witch The Rattles The Witch - Single SPS 1967
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| 6:13 PM |
| Son of Dribble Do It for the Ghost Sons of Dribble N Do It for the Ghost - Single Son of Dribble 2025 https://matternews.org/culture/music/son-of-dribble-carries-on-making-music-for-the-ghost/
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| 6:16 PM |
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| 6:19 PM |
| Ty Segall Another California Song Ty Segall N Possession Drag City 2025
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| 6:23 PM |
| Ty Segall Fantastic Tomb Ty Segall N Possession Drag City 2025
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| 6:33 PM |
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| 6:34 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Rock and Roll Queen Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople Rhino Atlantic 1968 Blog about the 2009 reunion of Mott! https://madelinex.com/2009/10/15/boogaloo-dudes-the-return-of-mott-the-hoople/
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| 6:39 PM |
| Bad Company Can't Get Enough Bad Company Bad Company Rhino Atlantic 1974
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| 6:42 PM |
| Mott the Hoople One of the Boys (Single Verison) Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1972
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| 6:49 PM |
| Mott the Hoople All the Way from Memphis Mott the Hoople R Mott (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1973 Going out to Rob! This song is allegedly about Mick Ralphs losing his guitar. The song "All the Way from Memphis" by Mott the Hoople features a prominent saxophone solo by Andy Mackay of Roxy Music. The song tells the story of a misplaced guitar shipment and includes the memorable line, "You look like a star but you're still on the dole".
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| 6:54 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Thunderbuck Ram Mott the Hoople Mad Shadows Rhino Atlantic 1970 Written by Mick Ralphs.
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| 6:59 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Violence Mott the Hoople Mott (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1973
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| 7:03 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Sucker Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1972
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| 7:08 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Sweet Angeline Mott the Hoople Brain Capers Rhino Atlantic 1970 Written by Ian Hunter.
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| 7:17 PM |
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| 7:18 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Darkness, Darkness Mott the Hoople Brain Capers Rhino Atlantic 1970
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| 7:25 PM |
| George Harrison Flying Hour George Harrison Somewhere in England BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 1981
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| 7:29 PM |
| Mick Ralphs Blues Band Roll the Dice Mick Ralphs Blues Band If It Ain't Broke Dreamscape Records 2016
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| 7:35 PM |
| Doc Thomas Group I'll Be Doggone Doc Thomas Group Doc Thomas Group Akarma 1966 Mott the Hoople before Mott the Hoople.
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| 7:38 PM |
| Bad Company Ready for Love Bad Company Bad Company Rhino Atlantic 1974 Written by Mick Ralphs.
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| 7:46 PM |
| Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1972
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| 7:48 PM |
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| 7:51 PM |
| Swans Red Yellow Swans N Birthing Mute 2025
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| 7:58 PM |
| Cameron Knowler and Eli Winter And So I Did Traditional N Anticipation 2025
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Chat is archived.
andrew g
5:03:46 PM
hullo
Esoterica (host)
5:04:02 PM
howdy andrew!
andrew g
5:04:38 PM
what was the music playing before you spoke?
Esoterica (host)
5:05:38 PM
michiyo yagi with rouge from a comp called the rough guide toi avant -garde japan
andrew g
5:05:43 PM
it's a lovely day here. haven't melted yet!
Esoterica (host)
5:05:53 PM
haha i think i almost melted
Esoterica (host)
5:06:04 PM
feeling slightly lightheaded
andrew g
5:07:20 PM
ooh, thanks! i need to find more of that
ParrScream
5:08:53 PM
Hey Esoterica! Hey andrew! I am in the process of melting right now. But I'm done work, about to crack a beer and listen to some Sonic Bloom!
ParrScream
5:09:58 PM
RIP Mick Ralphs <3
Esoterica (host)
5:09:59 PM
hi ParrScream! that sounds good
Esoterica (host)
5:10:10 PM
agree ParrScream RIP
andrew g
5:11:13 PM
that's a great idea PS
Stevie P
5:41:55 PM
Hey DJE and my PRB Pals!
Esoterica (host)
5:42:15 PM
hey stevie p!
Esoterica (host)
5:43:16 PM
good evening!
Carlos Ramone.
5:48:17 PM
Just got the mail when I got home..if the heat ever stops and I leave the house I will definitely be the best dressed one wherever I go…thanks
Esoterica (host)
5:48:52 PM
hey carlos - i trust that is a good thing?
Carlos Ramone.
5:50:27 PM
Correct…very nice looking shirt
Alina Osborn
5:52:43 PM
Just wanted to let you know that at the start of your show when you mentioned having stopped by Cream King for a creamsickle my partner and I had *just* passed Cream King. So we did what any reasonable people would do and promptly turned around for a radio mandated ice cream date. She got the creamsickle.
Esoterica (host)
5:53:15 PM
hey alina - did you like it? I think it is good!
Carlos Ramone.
5:54:16 PM
and to extend the cream talk , I am having a cold can of Genny Cream Ale as I type
Alina Osborn
5:54:23 PM
She liked it a lot! I’m not big on creamsickle myself so I got a mix of moose tracks and cookies and cream 😄
Esoterica (host)
5:54:42 PM
yum!
Esoterica (host)
5:55:01 PM
ha, carlos! haven't had one in a loooong time.
Carlos Ramone.
6:01:15 PM
Probably the first beer I swiped from mom and dad..found out the hard way about returnable bottles back then..I don’t think they minded about nicking a bottle or 2 but they had to take a full case of empties back to distributor’s when picking up a fresh one
Esoterica (host)
6:02:52 PM
oh man, carlos
G Jax
6:09:21 PM
Any Mott for Mick yet?
Esoterica (host)
6:09:49 PM
hey G Jax! Not yet - got it cued up!
Commie Francis
6:11:15 PM
Can you see the witch can you see the witch
G Jax
6:11:39 PM
Cool I just got here but this is the only place I'm going hear any Mott. I guess I could hear some bad company today, but I'm not listening to classic rock crap stations
Esoterica (host)
6:12:08 PM
hey commie! yup!
Commie Francis
6:12:13 PM
I'm excited for mott too. I hope my husband gets back before the mott is over
Esoterica (host)
6:12:16 PM
i hear ya G Jax!
G Jax
6:12:34 PM
If you're an older guitar play fellow like I am, Mick Ross was a big deal when you were first playing guitar.
G Jax
6:12:45 PM
Ralphs
Esoterica (host)
6:13:01 PM
i am getting the drift you do not want to hear bad co.?
G Jax
6:13:42 PM
Oh, I love bad company. But that gets played on the radio here and there. Not enough actually but anyway it does get played. Mott the Hoople other than all the young dudes you're just not gonna hear.
Esoterica (host)
6:14:28 PM
well you know i play mott as well as ian hunter all the time!
Carlos Ramone.
6:14:36 PM
In my younger days I could never figure out how Bad Co wound up on Swan Song label
Mike Tropiano
6:14:40 PM
Really enjoying today's show. Thank you Esoterica.
G Jax
6:14:44 PM
And really when I say Mick Ralphs was a big deal to guitar players when they were first playing. I'm really speaking of bad company.
Esoterica (host)
6:15:25 PM
hey mike t!
Esoterica (host)
6:15:29 PM
thanks!
Esoterica (host)
6:15:53 PM
yeah i get that G Jax!
G Jax
6:18:45 PM
Baited ears ha ha. This damn hook hurts.
Esoterica (host)
6:19:54 PM
haha
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:27:44 PM
Howdy everyone!
Esoterica (host)
6:28:10 PM
hey rob!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:33:55 PM
@Esoterica, would you be able to play Mott The Hoople's All The Way From Memphis? "The song may have been based on an actual event involving guitarist Mick Ralphs" according to wikipedia.
Esoterica (host)
6:34:13 PM
sure!
Esoterica (host)
6:34:24 PM
happy to!
G Jax
6:34:56 PM
I saw Mott at the Keswick 5 or 6 years ago. Ariel on guitar. Ian Hunter is a marvel. He's like 126 years old or something
Esoterica (host)
6:34:57 PM
i love the drums here
Esoterica (host)
6:37:27 PM
me, too! 2019!
Esoterica (host)
6:37:37 PM
G Jax! Loved his beret
Esoterica (host)
6:37:44 PM
or tem o'santer
Esoterica (host)
6:37:52 PM
tam o'shanter!
G Jax
6:41:40 PM
One of my early memories of this song is the Army had some recruiters at my high school and they had a rock band. They did 'Can't Get Enough' and these dudes ROCKED!!!
Esoterica (host)
6:42:09 PM
ha too wild, G Jax
G Jax
6:42:27 PM
All dressed up in their formal uniforms with their military haircuts rocking out
Esoterica (host)
6:43:05 PM
oh yeah
G Jax
6:44:01 PM
None of us joib
G Jax
6:44:09 PM
Joined.
G Jax
6:44:21 PM
Er, enlisted.
Esoterica (host)
6:44:58 PM
right but it was an angeging way to get interest
Esoterica (host)
6:45:06 PM
an engaging
G Jax
6:53:39 PM
Lawd I love this tune..
Esoterica (host)
6:53:44 PM
me, too
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:56:06 PM
Thank you so much, Esoterica! All The Way To Memphis was a UK top 10 hit in 1973 and I heard it on Radio Luxembourg back then when we were living in Europe. I still have the 45/single.
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:56:12 PM
:-D
Esoterica (host)
6:56:29 PM
Sweet!;) Happy to, Rob.
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀
7:03:17 PM
Hey, DJ Esoterica!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:03:33 PM
wikipedia credits Graham Preskett with "insane" violin on the song Violence -- their quotes around insane. I agree! I don't own the album but may have to now
Esoterica (host)
7:04:03 PM
Hey, Mr. M!
Esoterica (host)
7:04:16 PM
it is a great song, rob
Danosaur🦖
7:11:41 PM
Hey, Esoterica and fellow chatters!
Esoterica (host)
7:11:58 PM
Howdy danosaur!
Danosaur🦖
7:12:51 PM
Looks like I'm just in time for Hooplefest
Esoterica (host)
7:19:08 PM
oh yeah!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:20:48 PM
Hey Danosaur
Danosaur🦖
7:21:23 PM
Hey, Rob!
Danosaur🦖
7:22:02 PM
I always liked these rock epic story songs with their kinda mystical overtones
Esoterica (host)
7:22:20 PM
yeah me, too
Danosaur🦖
7:26:54 PM
I'd forgotten how much I like George Harrison's singing voice
G Jax
7:27:43 PM
Huge Harrison fan as well but somehow I never knew this existed. I see it's from 81 the Doug Henning years ha ha
Esoterica (host)
7:27:56 PM
ha yes
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀
7:33:40 PM
Great selections! Very nice tribute! Cheers, DJ Esoterica!
Esoterica (host)
7:35:37 PM
Thanks, Mr. M!
Danosaur🦖
7:36:32 PM
Old Motown hit
Esoterica (host)
7:36:41 PM
oh yeah?
Esoterica (host)
7:36:46 PM
i did n;t know it
Esoterica (host)
7:36:50 PM
did not
Esoterica (host)
7:37:02 PM
thanks for pointing that out.
Danosaur🦖
7:38:03 PM
Originally sung by Marvin Gaye
Esoterica (host)
7:38:07 PM
sweet!
Danosaur🦖
7:39:05 PM
Oh, man. I remember this one
Esoterica (host)
7:39:38 PM
oh yeah this record got played a lot
Danosaur🦖
7:40:13 PM
It's funny when I think of my skinny, teenage self listening to this song and thinking "Yeah, man." Haha
Danosaur🦖
7:40:56 PM
I was NOT ready for love
Esoterica (host)
7:41:39 PM
lol
Danosaur🦖
7:44:06 PM
I can't stop laughing
Esoterica (host)
7:46:59 PM
haha
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀
7:47:03 PM
★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★
Esoterica (host)
7:47:17 PM
oh yeah baby!
Danosaur🦖
7:47:57 PM
Love glam rock
Esoterica (host)
7:48:20 PM
me, too! you know i have a glam rock show in december?
Esoterica (host)
7:48:28 PM
i love it soooo much
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:49:07 PM
December is next week, right, Esoterica?
Danosaur🦖
7:49:29 PM
This was very rebellious in the era of extremely hetero rock music
Danosaur🦖
7:50:02 PM
I didn't know about the glam show
Danosaur🦖
7:50:50 PM
Wow! Anthony Newley!
Esoterica (host)
7:51:57 PM
i love anthony newley - ma mama loved him too
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:52:00 PM
Swans!
Esoterica (host)
7:52:01 PM
my mom
Esoterica (host)
7:52:13 PM
bye, all! stay tuned:)
Stevie P
7:52:27 PM
Another excellent show DJE! Thanks!
Esoterica (host)
7:52:28 PM
new swans!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
7:52:33 PM
Esoterica, thanks for this most excellent tribute to Mick Ralphs!
Danosaur🦖
7:52:33 PM
Bye! Thanks for the music and chat!
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀
7:52:45 PM
DJ Esoterica! Excellent show! Enjoy the break! Big cheers! Kind regards to you! 🖤💀
Esoterica (host)
7:52:45 PM
sure thing, danosaur!
Esoterica (host)
7:52:52 PM
thanks, mr. m!
Esoterica (host)
7:52:59 PM
kind regards to you. cheers!
Esoterica (host)
7:53:08 PM
see you in three weeks!
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀
7:53:20 PM
SWANS 🩶
Esoterica (host)
7:54:08 PM
yes!
•ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•💀
7:54:22 PM
Stay awesome, DJ Esoterica!
Danosaur🦖
7:54:38 PM
Literally your Swan song
Esoterica (host)
7:55:06 PM
haha thx, mr. m,
Esoterica (host)
7:55:17 PM
yes i suppose so, danosaur!
Esoterica (host)
7:56:40 PM
bye everyone! thanks for stopping by:)