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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Total Tobias

Jul 11, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With John Tobias

Total Tobias is mostly newish indie rock in many of its’ forms while genre hopping, decade hopping and language hopping sometimes all in one song

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Total Tobias
5:03 PM
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Hope You're Happy Now
Elvis Costello & The Attractions I Hope You're Happy Now
Blood and Chocolate UMe/Elvis Costello 1986

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5:06 PM
The Convenience - I Got Exactly What I Wanted
The Convenience I Got Exactly What I Wanted N
Like Cartoon Vampires Winspear 2025
5:08 PM
Mei Semones - Dumb Feeling
Mei Semones Dumb Feeling N
Animaru Bayonet Records 2025

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5:11 PM
Johnny Maraca & The Marockers - Bad Girl
Johnny Maraca & The Marockers Bad Girl N
Little Heart Perennial / K Records 2025

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5:16 PM
Mudhoney - Good Enough
Mudhoney Good Enough
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Sub Pop 1991

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5:19 PM
Gladie - Born Yesterday
Gladie Born Yesterday L
Don't Know What You're in Until You're Out Plum Records 2022
5:23 PM
The Sexy Drugs - Juicy July
The Sexy Drugs Juicy July N
Reckless Memories Barhill Records 2025
5:25 PM
Lesibu Grand - Party, Party, Party People
Lesibu Grand Party, Party, Party People
Triggered Kill Rock Stars 2024
5:30 PM
Hotline TNT - Julia's War
Hotline TNT Julia's War N
Raspberry Moon Third Man Records 2025
5:33 PM
Maiya Blaney - Recognize Me
Maiya Blaney Recognize Me N
A Room With A Door That Closes Lex Records 2025

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5:36 PM
Stereolab - Peng! 33
Stereolab Peng! 33
Peng! Too Pure 1992
5:38 PM
Been Stellar - Adored
Been Stellar Adored N
Adored - Single 2025
5:45 PM
Rodeo Boys - One Way Or Another
Rodeo Boys One Way Or Another
Home Movies Don Giovanni Records 2023

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5:48 PM
Sunflower Bean - Champagne Taste
Sunflower Bean Champagne Taste N
Mortal Primetime Lucky Number 2025
5:52 PM
Groupthink - I like your sunglasses
Groupthink I like your sunglasses N
Alpha beta - EP PULSE Records 2025
5:54 PM
The Young Gods - Appear Disappear
The Young Gods Appear Disappear N
Appear Disappear Two Gentlemen 2025
5:57 PM
Manicburg - Your Balloon
Manicburg Your Balloon
Manicburg Respirano Records 2024
6:01 PM
Steve Miller Band - My Dark Hour
Steve Miller Band My Dark Hour
Brave New World Capitol Records 1969

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6:04 PM
The Bug Club - Appropriate Emotions
The Bug Club Appropriate Emotions N
Very Human Features Sub Pop Records 2025

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6:07 PM
Parquet Courts - Walking at a Downtown Pace
Parquet Courts Walking at a Downtown Pace
Sympathy for Life Rough Trade 2021
6:12 PM
Tobin Sprout - The Last Man Well Known to Kingpin
Tobin Sprout The Last Man Well Known to Kingpin N
Live At the Horseshoe Tavern Recordhead/Wigwam 2005
6:17 PM
SPELLLING - Alibi
SPELLLING Alibi
Portrait of My Heart Sacred Bones Records 2025
6:20 PM
Witch Hazel - Pink Grapefruit Cocktail
Witch Hazel Pink Grapefruit Cocktail
landlocked Flydaddy
6:22 PM
Automatic - Is It Now?
Automatic Is It Now? N
Is It Now? - Single Stones Throw Records 2025
September 26 - The Foundry in Philly
6:25 PM
Sgt. Papers - Un día me vas a matar
Sgt. Papers Un día me vas a matar
Fuga! Sgt. Papers 2024

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6:28 PM
NRBQ - It's a Wild Weekend
NRBQ It's a Wild Weekend
Wild Weekend Virgin Records 1989
6:33 PM
Powerplant - Heat
Powerplant Heat N
Heat - EP Arcane Dynamics 2025
6:37 PM
Gringo Star - Blood Moon
Gringo Star Blood Moon N
Sweethearts Gringo Star 2025
6:40 PM
Pinkshift - Vacant
Pinkshift Vacant N
Earthkeeper Pinkshift / Hopeless Records 2025

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6:45 PM
The Stranglers - Go Buddy Go (1996 Remastered Version)
The Stranglers Go Buddy Go (1996 Remastered Version)
Rattus Norvegicus Parlophone UK 1977
6:49 PM
Fresh - I Know I'm Just a Phase to You
Fresh I Know I'm Just a Phase to You
Raise Hell Get Better Records 2022
6:53 PM
Hanni El Khatib - Pay No Mind
Hanni El Khatib Pay No Mind
Head In the Dirt Innovative Leisure 2013
6:56 PM
Kills Birds - Trace
Kills Birds Trace N
Crave - EP Lucky Number 2025

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7:01 PM
Catbite - Put Em Away
Catbite Put Em Away L
Doom Garden - EP Bad Time Records 2025
7:05 PM
Beastie Boys - Time for Livin'
Beastie Boys Time for Livin'
Check Your Head Capitol Records 1992
7:06 PM
Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane
Camp Cope Running with the Hurricane
Running with the Hurricane Poison City Records 2022

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7:11 PM
The Softies - It's Love
The Softies It's Love
It's Love K Records 1995
7:12 PM
Being Dead - Rock n' Roll Hurts
Being Dead Rock n' Roll Hurts
EELS Bayonet Records 2024
7:16 PM
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
The White Stripes Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
White Blood Cells Legacy Recordings 2001

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7:19 PM
The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall
The Mike Flowers Pops Wonderwall
A Groovy Place London Music Stream/Because Music 1996

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7:21 PM
Dead Bars - Last Call Alarm
Dead Bars Last Call Alarm
All Dead Bars Go To Heaven Iodine Recordings 2025
7:23 PM
Paper Jam - Polka Dot Girl
Paper Jam Polka Dot Girl N
This and That 7820967 Records DK2 2025
7:25 PM
Close Lobsters - In Spite of These Times
Close Lobsters In Spite of These Times
Foxheads Stalk This Land Fire Records 1987
7:28 PM
Cosmic Psychos - Nice Day to Go to the Pub
Cosmic Psychos Nice Day to Go to the Pub
Glorius Barsteds Cosmic Psychos 2011
7:31 PM
Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
Sweet The Ballroom Blitz
Desolation Boulevard Capitol Records 1974
7:37 PM
Bombino - Tarha
Bombino Tarha N
Tarha - Single Fox Lane Music 2025
7:41 PM
Alien Boy - I Broke My World
Alien Boy I Broke My World N
You Wanna Fade? Get Better Records 2025
7:44 PM
Pachyman - In Love
Pachyman In Love N
Another Place ATO 2025
7:46 PM
Paper Lady - Rust
Paper Lady Rust N
Idle Fate Paper Lady 2025
7:52 PM
Chime School - Give Your Heart Away
Chime School Give Your Heart Away
The Boy Who Ran the Paisley Hotel Slumberland Records LLC 2024
7:54 PM
Mogwai - Hi Chaos
Mogwai Hi Chaos N
The Bad Fire Rock Action Records 2025
Chat is archived.
John Tobias (host) 5:00:40 PM
Happy Friday everyone
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:02:37 PM
Hi John! The station is not streaming right now
John Tobias (host) 5:02:56 PM
I'll tell the powers that. be
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:03:17 PM
And I'm too far away to get into my car and listen to it :-(
oldmotorbikeguy 5:04:32 PM
yeah the stream is down. looks like im headed for wfmu
John Tobias (host) 5:04:59 PM
Try back soon
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:06:10 PM
I will too. I'm listening to the last song that Jen played, then I may head for WFMU, or to KALX
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:08:56 PM
It's back up. When Jen's last song is over, I'll switch on WPRB for real
John Tobias (host) 5:08:58 PM
Working on it
Mike Lupica 5:10:24 PM
Hey team, does anyone know around when the stream died?
Mike Lupica 5:10:31 PM
(I see that it is back now.)
John Tobias (host) 5:10:42 PM
Great work...thanks
Zach 5:11:00 PM
4:54 I believe
Zach 5:11:24 PM
Jen’s last mic break
John Tobias (host) 5:12:08 PM
that song was so rocking it must have knocked us off the internet
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:12:41 PM
Thanks Mike! It started streaming here about 4 minutes ago
Zach 5:12:54 PM
Shattered the series of tubes
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:13:29 PM
That is what happened. Our power flickered while I was playing it on Bandcamp ;-)
Mike Lupica 5:14:18 PM
OK, thanks.
Zach 5:15:25 PM
You got it!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:32:18 PM
I loved the Mudhoney, and the Lesibu Grand sounded like it could possibly be a Bad Moves song from their first album that I haven't heard
John Tobias (host) 5:34:55 PM
yeah, I see the similarities,too.
John Coffey 5:38:50 PM
Just my luck, the 1 in a hundred times I decide to stream PRB it went out. Back on my 3rd floor with the FM band!
John Coffey 5:40:57 PM
What’s the best way to stream WPRB? So far I’ve been using Safari browser on iMac and iPhone. Too many ads on Tune In.
John Tobias (host) 5:46:09 PM
We are back on the internet. I just follow our website's directions and go there on my phone.
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:47:19 PM
@John Coffey, on my MacBook Pro I stream on Apple Music formerly iTunes, installing it or transferring it from my previous laptop 5 years ago. 1/3
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:47:52 PM
On my laptop web brower I use https://player.streamguys.com/wprb/sgplayer/player.php 2/3
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:48:16 PM
lor https://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=wprb&stream=hi&listennow 3/3
John Tobias (host) 5:48:58 PM
thanks Rob
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:49:17 PM
streamguys stream, radiorethink also says what song is playing
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:53:49 PM
My wife listens to radio sometimes in the car on her iPhone, on the $10 per month version of TuneIn /end
John Tobias (host) 5:55:24 PM
so many ways to enjoy WPRB
John Coffey 6:15:59 PM
Thanks Rob MD, I just dumped Apple Music. It was wrecking havoc on my library files. I'm just gonna listen to stuff on Youtube and if I like it' I'll buy in on Bandcamp.
jimbooooo 6:16:18 PM
tobias Tobias TOBIAS
John Tobias (host) 6:17:54 PM
This is tempting to play mu former theme song. It's been awhile. Thanks for tuning. Oh, It's too late to play it tonight.
John Coffey 6:18:23 PM
Thank's J Tobias, website browser seems easy enough. I feel so lucky together PRB on an FM stereo.
John Tobias (host) 6:20:00 PM
Sure, I just mention the various ways during the next DJ break.
John Tobias (host) 6:22:15 PM
just = should
Carlos Ramone. 6:24:59 PM
The tour on TV…WPRB on speakers..good way to start weekend
Brian D 6:25:01 PM
New one from Automatic nice. Like that 80s keys sound
Brian D 6:26:31 PM
Sept 26 Foundry in Phila just saw on Automatic's website. Love that lp from few years back "Excess"
Brian D 6:26:57 PM
Sgt. Papers is great too
John Tobias (host) 6:28:35 PM
Thanks, Brian I'll mention the show on air. I'm a fan of their stuff.
jimbooooo 6:28:45 PM
Sgt Papers Only Smarts Cub Bland
John Tobias (host) 6:28:59 PM
SOunds like a night, Carlos.
John Tobias (host) 6:29:50 PM
Jimboooo, I'm sure it came up at their band meetings.
Brian D 6:30:31 PM
John Coffey: on phone I entered the actual radio station's stream url into my Poweramp music player app. On home pc I enter the stream url into good ol Llama whupin' Winamp player as a "playlist" entry. For finding the actual stream url that can be tricky (it is not the website url). For wprb it is https://wprb.streamguys1.com/live
Brian D 6:31:26 PM
I like using a digital music player app because you can get an equalizer going. Helps a lot with the diff levels that diff stations put out.
John Tobias (host) 6:33:30 PM
Carlos, I will watch highlights later tonight.
John Tobias (host) 6:34:13 PM
I think I forgot to mention NRBQ, oops, next time.
Brian D 6:38:02 PM
Ya great NRBQ tune that. Guitar tone love. Big AL. Never got to see them back in the day. A bit too young for them in the heyday
jimbooooo 6:39:19 PM
Thx Brian D, am no longer in radio airwave range, so struggle to get a reliable stream
John Tobias (host) 6:39:35 PM
they are newish to me, but I like what I've heard.
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:40:47 PM
@John Coffey, bummer/yay. My non-radio music listening is generally discover/listen to something on YouTube and maybe buy it on Bandcamp. I've never used Apple Music except to listen to radio stations.
John Tobias (host) 6:40:49 PM
emo second wave-ish
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:44:42 PM
Pinkshift tour dates here: https://www.pinkshiftmd.com/tour
John Tobias (host) 6:45:27 PM
Damn, thanks Rob.
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:45:33 PM
Asbury Park (Asbury Lanes) on October 10, Philly (First Unitarian Church) Nov 15
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:45:56 PM
Nothing in NYC
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:47:16 PM
No prob John. My neighbor likes them and I've been this close to getting their music and seeing them. So I zoomed over to their website. Maybe I will at the Atlantis in November?
John Tobias (host) 6:49:52 PM
Sad lyrics with upbeat music
G Jax 7:23:29 PM
Last cola...
G Jax 7:23:36 PM
Cool song
John Tobias (host) 7:24:02 PM
Agrred. I ilke it, too.
G Jax 7:25:48 PM
Dead Bars. I gotta look 'em up. Sounded a little like the singer from Sponge. Remember them? 90s band.
John Tobias (host) 7:26:53 PM
I do remember them. Dead Bars other songs are in the same vein of what I just played.
G Jax 7:32:12 PM
Will always LOVE Sweet
John Tobias (host) 7:32:42 PM
Same
G Jax 7:33:26 PM
Haha When I was in third grade, the teacher would like play records on rainy days when we couldn't go out for recess. And this song she could never play because all the kids would be bouncing around the room like going nuts.
John Tobias (host) 7:33:52 PM
Teacher of the year
G Jax 7:34:34 PM
Oh yeah Miss Powers. Every kid that went to Sharpe school and Cherry Hill, New Jersey's first crush. She was something…
G Jax 7:34:57 PM
Early to mid 70s
G Jax 7:35:51 PM
Perfect is the perfect description for that song.
John Tobias (host) 7:37:51 PM
yup, it's full of rock and roll joy
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:39:14 PM
Ballroom Blitz is a wonderful song indeed
John Tobias (host) 7:39:56 PM
agreed
G Jax 7:40:30 PM
In the 80s wall-to-wall sound, the music store would have a cut out bin of cassettes and I bought Desolation Boulevard for like $.50. I had a van a customize van and a really bitch and sounds system. It was like the 80s but I was like a throwback to the 70s somehow and we'd be driving around blasting Sweet.
John Tobias (host) 7:40:56 PM
the pride of cherry hill
G Jax 7:42:05 PM
Haha. But then I had pretty much escaped Cherry Hill.
John Tobias (host) 7:44:17 PM
escaped with Sweet on 11
John Tobias (host) 7:58:38 PM
Tune in Monday at 3 pm
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:00:15 PM
Great show, John, ty
John Tobias (host) 8:48:56 PM
Thanks, Rob