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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The Sonic Bloom

Sep 30, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

The Sonic Bloom, your way...

howdy-hoo!

The Sonic Bloom
5:02 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:06 PM
Kirlian Camera - Drifting
Kirlian Camera Drifting Kirlian Camera
Drifting - EP Dependent 1998

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From Parma, Italy since 1979.

5:14 PM
Jah Wobble - Hayati
Jah Wobble Hayati Jah Wobble
Shout at the Devil (feat. Temple of Sound) 30 Hertz 2002
Currently on tour! https://jahwobble.com/#recent-releases
5:20 PM
Thee Oh Sees - GLUE
Thee Oh Sees GLUE Thee Oh Sees N
ABOMINATION REVEALED AT LAST DEATHGOD CORP 2025
https://ohsees.bandcamp.com/album/abomination-revealed-at-last
5:25 PM
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5:29 PM
The Cure - Pictures of You
The Cure Pictures of You The Cure
Disintegration (Deluxe Edition - Remastered) Rhino/Elektra 1989
5:37 PM
Carla Bozulich - Steal Away
Carla Bozulich Steal Away Carla Bozulich N
Evangelista Constellation 2006
The traditional song of the underground railroad. https://carlabozulich.bandcamp.com/track/steal-away
5:40 PM
Ritual Howls - My Friends
Ritual Howls My Friends Ritual Howls
Turkish Leather felte 2014
https://ritualhowls.bandcamp.com/
5:46 PM
FACS - In Time
FACS In Time FACS
Lifelike Trouble In Mind Records 2019
5:51 PM
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Real Emotional Trash Matador 2008
6:01 PM
Wipers - Potential Suicide
Wipers Potential Suicide Wipers
Is This Real? Zenorecords 1980

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6:04 PM
Maria Minerva - Lovecool
Maria Minerva Lovecool Maria Minerva N
Cabaret Cixous Not Not Fun 2011
6:10 PM
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6:13 PM
Melvins - Embrace the Rub
Melvins Embrace the Rub Melvins
Pinkus Abortion Technician Ipecac Recordings 2018
6:15 PM
Clutch - Electric Worry
Clutch Electric Worry Clutch
From Beale Street to Oblivion Shock Records 2007
6:21 PM
Mister Heavenly - Pineapple Girl
Mister Heavenly Pineapple Girl Mister Heavenly
Out of Love Sub Pop Records 2011
6:23 PM
Grand Archives - A Setting Sun
Grand Archives A Setting Sun Grand Archives
The Grand Archives Sub Pop Records 2008
6:27 PM
We Contain Multitudes - Can We Just Not?
We Contain Multitudes Can We Just Not? We Contain Multitudes N
Minako Expert Work Records 2025
https://www.bighassle.com/we-contain-multitudes
6:32 PM
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6:35 PM
The Spinanes - Kid in Candy
The Spinanes Kid in Candy The Spinanes
Arches and Aisles Merge Records 1998
6:39 PM
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits Rhino/Warner Records 1974
6:42 PM
Cheap Trick - He's a Whore
Cheap Trick He's a Whore Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick Sony Music Media 2003
6:45 PM
Kiss - Deuce
Kiss Deuce Kiss
Kiss UMe Direct 2 1974
6:48 PM
Black Sabbath - Supernaut
Black Sabbath Supernaut Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 Rhino/Warner Records 1972
6:52 PM
Flipper - Sex Bomb
Flipper Sex Bomb Flipper
Generic Flipper Domino Recording Co 1981
6:58 PM
Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line
Electric Light Orchestra Telephone Line Electric Light Orchestra
A New World Record Epic/Legacy 1976
7:03 PM
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced Legacy Recordings 1967
7:06 PM
Black Flag - Nothing Left Inside
Black Flag Nothing Left Inside Black Flag
My War SST Records 1984
7:13 PM
MC5 - Sister Anne
MC5 Sister Anne MC5
High Time Rhino Atlantic 1971
7:18 PM
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7:23 PM
Faith No More - We Care a Lot
Faith No More We Care a Lot Faith No More
Introduce Yourself Rhino/London-Sire 1987
7:27 PM
Corrosion of Conformity - Clean My Wounds
Corrosion of Conformity Clean My Wounds Corrosion of Conformity
Deliverance Columbia 1994
7:30 PM
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette Ace Records 1979
7:32 PM
The Hellacopters - I'm in the Band
The Hellacopters I'm in the Band The Hellacopters
Rock & Roll Is Dead Liquor & Poker Music 2005
7:35 PM
Ibrahim Ferrer - Perfume de Gardenias
Ibrahim Ferrer Perfume de Gardenias Ibrahim Ferrer
Buenos Hermanos World Circuit 2003

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7:40 PM
Michael Hurley - Blue Mountain
Michael Hurley Blue Mountain Michael Hurley
First Songs Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Recordds 1964
7:46 PM
Porridge Radio - Happy In a Crowd
Porridge Radio Happy In a Crowd Porridge Radio
Happy In a Crowd - Single Secretly Canadian 2021
7:47 PM
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7:52 PM
M.O.T.O. - Magic Words
M.O.T.O. Magic Words M.O.T.O.
Battle of the Band - Greatest Hits 1988-2005 Aarght! 2008
7:53 PM
BB BOMB - Morning Call
BB BOMB Morning Call BB BOMB N
Morning Call - Single Damnably 2025
7:55 PM
Le Concorde - Corpus Christi
Le Concorde Corpus Christi Le Concorde N
Second Mansions Kecharitomene 2025
Chat is archived.
Esoterica (host) 5:03:30 PM
hi!
Bud Burroughs 5:06:35 PM
Hey there, Esoterica! I'm jealous, I can't manage to get to any of the Melvins shows.
Esoterica (host) 5:07:15 PM
hey there, bud! i think the last time i saw them may have been 2019?
Bud Burroughs 5:08:07 PM
I've never seen them. I was hoping to get to the Bethlehem show, but couldn't manage to free the night up
Esoterica (host) 5:09:06 PM
when is that show?
Esoterica (host) 5:09:19 PM
are the playing the casino?
Esoterica (host) 5:19:01 PM
oh i see steel stacks
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:30:11 PM
Hi Esoterica and everyone
Esoterica (host) 5:30:29 PM
Hi Rob:)
Andrew G' 5:34:41 PM
hi all
Esoterica (host) 5:35:03 PM
hey andrew!
Andrew G' 5:36:59 PM
i saw redd kross saturday!
Andrew G' 5:37:22 PM
they still got it
Esoterica (host) 5:38:33 PM
what?! how cool? with the melvins?
Esoterica (host) 5:38:45 PM
where did yu catch them?
Andrew G' 5:39:30 PM
at babys all right! das damen opened
Esoterica (host) 5:40:44 PM
amazing!
John Coffey 6:32:40 PM
Hey Esoterica, streaming from a very windy Hatteras now where just 5 miles from here, 5 house fell to to wrath of the ocean in Buxton.
Esoterica (host) 6:35:25 PM
stay safe, john!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:35:57 PM
Yikes John!! Stay safe!!!!
John Coffey 6:38:19 PM
Rob and Eso, thanks, we’re on the sound side not the ocean where yes, Five houses went into to ocean. Rodanthe north of here has gone thru this for several years.
Esoterica (host) 6:38:38 PM
oh my goodness
John Coffey 6:43:32 PM
Yes, Alice was my first fave rock star! Soon followed by Paul McCartney and David Bowie. Don’t judge😎
Esoterica (host) 6:44:48 PM
no i loved them all too! and elton!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:45:42 PM
I wonder if this is the first time that the Spinanes and Alice Cooper have been played back to back on radio
Esoterica (host) 6:45:46 PM
haha probs!
John Coffey 6:46:38 PM
I was jealous of Elton, he was cranking out more hits than McCartney. But what a great run for both of them in the 70s.
Esoterica (host) 6:47:04 PM
goodbye yellow brick road is one of my fave albums and captain fantastic
Andrew G' 6:47:32 PM
i prefer steven mcd singing this one!
Esoterica (host) 6:47:43 PM
oh yeah, andrew
Matt Sabbath 6:51:58 PM
waza
Esoterica (host) 6:52:06 PM
hey matt!
Matt Sabbath 6:53:30 PM
supernaut & a super dirty jersey sunset
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:54:12 PM
SEX BOMB BABY YEAH
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:55:08 PM
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a great album!
Esoterica (host) 6:55:34 PM
oh yeah!
Esoterica (host) 6:55:41 PM
on both counts!
Matt Sabbath 6:57:02 PM
the mighty Flipper
Esoterica (host) 6:57:21 PM
yep for sure
Matt Sabbath 7:04:02 PM
fuzz man fuzz, it's purple
Matt Sabbath 7:05:35 PM
Electriclarryland
Esoterica (host) 7:05:36 PM
big time
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:12:10 PM
Black Flag kills ... your hearing
Esoterica (host) 7:13:18 PM
lol yes
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:18:08 PM
I saw on wikipedia that the current Black Flag vocalist is a woman and over 40 years younger than Greg Ginn, the only original member still in the band
Esoterica (host) 7:18:44 PM
wow didn't know that
Esoterica (host) 7:18:48 PM
that is cool
Matt Sabbath 7:24:45 PM
FNM!
Esoterica (host) 7:26:31 PM
Yup!
Matt Sabbath 7:28:27 PM
CoC nice
Esoterica (host) 7:29:39 PM
he almost sounds like phil lynott here
michael gudgeon 7:41:22 PM
hey esoterica sets been great!!!
Esoterica (host) 7:42:05 PM
aw thanks michael!
michael gudgeon 7:42:42 PM
i remember the song called albatros by corosion of conformity when i was a kid, think it was off the same cd, not sure i've listened to them since the 90s!
Esoterica (host) 7:43:32 PM
wow, michael!
michael gudgeon 7:46:55 PM
loved are you experienced as well! was an ex's fav hendrix song, also may have never noticed, but relevant to the era of corosion of conformity, do butthole surfers use the are you experienced intro in there
michael gudgeon 7:47:10 PM
song pepper?
Esoterica (host) 7:47:37 PM
oh yeah right, michael, they do
Esoterica (host) 7:47:40 PM
:)
michael gudgeon 7:48:29 PM
and 1 more thing cause threes are nice, was literally just telling a story about a friend of mine, whose name happens to be michael hurley lmao!
Esoterica (host) 7:48:42 PM
whoa ha
michael gudgeon 7:49:35 PM
yeah first person i've ever seen go full mute, like body on auto pilot, but brain is like on vacation possibly to a diferent planet hahaahaha
Esoterica (host) 7:52:51 PM
huh sounds weird lol
Esoterica (host) 7:54:50 PM
Thanks, everyone, for stopping by!
michael gudgeon 7:55:32 PM
yeah i mean its not as weird with context but we'll leave those details to the imagination! thanks for the set erica and the shoutout ! catch ya next wk
Esoterica (host) 7:55:56 PM
see ya next week:)
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:57:28 PM
Thanks for this wonderful show Eso! Have a great week everyone
Esoterica (host) 7:57:39 PM
of course, rob:)
Esoterica (host) 7:57:50 PM
have a great week!