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The Sonic Bloom

Oct 21, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

Howard Wuelfing!

Author of Descenes and Discords on The Sonic Bloom. Hey!

5:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:03 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:06 PM		The Slickee Boys Love Twilight The Slickee Boys Live at Last / Fashionably Late Last call 2005
5:13 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:14 PM		Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part One Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part One 2025 2025
5:24 PM		The Slickee Boys When I Go to the Beach The Slickee Boys Cybernetic Dreams of Pi Twin/Tone Records 1983
5:29 PM		Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Two Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Two 2025 2025
5:35 PM		S.O.A. Stepping Stone Party S.O.A. First Demo 12/20/80 Dischord Records 2014
5:37 PM		Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Three Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Three 2025 2025
5:45 PM		Nation of Ulysses Shakedown Nation of Ulysses Plays Pretty for Baby Dischord 1992
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5:50 PM		Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Four Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Four 2025 2025
5:58 PM		Black Flag Jealous Again Black Flag Jealous Again - EP SST Records 1980
6:02 PM		Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Five Interview with Howard Wuelfing Part Five 2025 2025
6:03 PM		Scream Came Without Warning Scream Still Screaming Dischord Records 1993
6:05 PM		Government Issue Fashionite Government Issue Legless Bull Dischord 1981
6:06 PM		Nurses Concerted Efforts: live at CBGBs Concerted Efforts: live at CBGBs https://howardwuelfing.bandcamp.com
6:07 PM		Teen Idles Sneakers Teen Idles Minor Disturbance - EP Dischord 1980
6:08 PM		Teen Idles Get Up and Go Teen Idles Minor Disturbance - EP Dischord 1980
6:10 PM		Tuff Darts Fun City Tuff Darts Tuff Darts Rhino/Warner Records 1977
6:13 PM		Pavement Texas Never Whispers Pavement Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe Matador 1992
6:16 PM		Not Only Bones I'm an Empty Dreams Keeper (cassette tape 1984) Geheimnis Music Productions With its third release, Geheimnis Records is getting into the deep waters of the alternative sound of the Greek 80’s underground. Not Only Bones (the name is taken from the last paragraph of Nikos Kazanztakis’, “Askitiki”) consisted of two persons : Iannis Raikos (music & vocals) and Philippe Mignon (lyrics and background ambiance). They self-released two cassette tapes back in 1984 and 1986, which were far ahead of their time, having a unique sound, mixing contemporary dark synth sounds with avant garde and ambient elements.
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6:24 PM		Broadcast Tears in the Typing Pool Broadcast Tender Buttons Warp Records 2005
6:27 PM		Mary Timony The White Room Mary Timony The Golden Dove Matador 2002
6:28 PM		The Make-Up They Live By Night The Make-Up Destination: Love – Live! at Cold Rice Dischord 1996
6:30 PM		Descendents Cheer Descendents Enjoy! SST Records 1991
6:33 PM		Dark Surfers Rain (When You're Around) Dark Surfers N Songs From a Wednesday Night - EP 5709685 Records DK 2024
6:36 PM		Scream New Song Scream Still Screaming Dischord Records 1993
6:39 PM		bar italia Fundraiser bar italia N Some Like It Hot Matador 2025
6:42 PM		Drive Like Jehu Golden Brown Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime (Bonus Track Version) Swami 1994
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6:50 PM		Circle Jerks Wild in the Streets Circle Jerks Wild In the Streets Cobraside/Porterhouse 1981
6:52 PM		Reagan Youth Queen Babylon Reagan Youth Punk Rock New York Lovecat Music 1984
6:57 PM		Descendents I Won't Let Me Descendents Everything Sucks Epitaph 1996
7:00 PM		Bad Brains Re-Ignition Bad Brains I Against I SST Records 1986
7:04 PM		Circle Jerks Stars and Stripes Circle Jerks Wild In the Streets Cobraside/Porterhouse 1981
7:06 PM		Lou Reed Perfect Day Lou Reed Transformer RCA/Legacy 1972
7:10 PM		Agent Orange Too Young to Die Agent Orange Living In Darkness (40th Anniversary Edition) Posh Boy Records 1981
7:12 PM		The Apartments Help The Apartments N Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 (2025 Deluxe Edition) V/A Chapter Music 2025
7:15 PM		Anti Anti Kovtpa Anti Anti Anti Anti Long before the kids were making “egg punk,” ANTI…’s synthetic aggression was the most frenetic to be found within the Greek scene. Inspired by the Anti-Nowhere League (hence the name), the three members of ANTI… and their drum machine were known for raucous behavior and dizzying live performances. 80s greek postpunk feature on Bandcamp: https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/greek-post-punk-album-guide
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7:22 PM		Plastic Dolls Don't Forget Me Plastic Dolls The End Plastic Dolls only released one single, but the minimal wavers from Patras live up to the song’s title: “Don’t Forget Me.” The crunchy synths and dual vocals create the perfect combination of quaint and futuristic. The group self-released their music via their own Violent Crime Records before being picked up by Wipe Out!, an independent label from Piraeus, to publish more copies.
7:24 PM		METRO DECAY Evenos METRO DECAY Ypervasi FM Records 1983 The group formed in their last year of high school; none of the members knew how to play an instrument—aside from someone’s 15-year-old brother on guitar.
7:27 PM		Bad Religion Sorrow Bad Religion The Process of Belief Epitaph 2002
7:31 PM		Jerry's Kids Raise The Curtain Jerry's Kids Is This My World? Taang! Records 1983
7:35 PM		X Soul Kitchen X Los Angeles Fat Possum 1980
7:37 PM		Shaking Hand Mantras Shaking Hand N Shaking Hand Melodic 2026 From Manchester! https://shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/over-the-coals
7:44 PM		Joni Void Event Flow - A Sequence Joni Void N Every Life Is A Light Constellation 2025 From Montreal! https://jonivoid.bandcamp.com
7:48 PM		Bruiser and Bicycle Waterfight Bruiser and Bicycle N Deep Country Bruiser and Bicycle 2025 From Albany! https://bruiserandbicycle.bandcamp.com/album/holy-red-wagon
7:54 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:58 PM		Gary Stewart She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) Gary Stewart Out of Hand RCA/Legacy 1974

Chat is archived.

hey

https://www.diwulf.com/products/available-for-presale-descenes-and-discords-an-anthology

Thanks, David!

oyyy esoterica!

oyyy michael!

What are some good beaches in the D.C. area?

Bethany

never been tho lol

Speaking of such old Cali punk artists, Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers are playing at TV Eye tonight (then at Nikki Lopez tomorrow).

sweet, david. I won't be there tonight

unfortunately

I believe Ithaca is the nation of Ulysses.

right ha

great show! loving the interview

Thanks, Chris!

Anybody interested in Lester Bangs should read this blog post by the legendary disc jockey The Hound: https://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/lester-bangs.html

Thanks, David!

https://howardwuelfing.bandcamp.com

Missed the interview picking up dinner, but what about Howard & Tim's Paid Vacation?

hey! That'd be cool! next week!

https://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2013/06/file-under-windbreakers-howard-and-tims.html

Descendents!

hey Kelly!

@ Esoterica (host) Another melodious bouquet of a Sonic Bloom. Thanks, as always! :-D

aw thanks, Richard!

Drive Like Jehu might be my favorite San Diego band of all time

yeah they were great

Great show, as always :)

Omg! The golden dove the best album! Thank you

It's the 1972 Russian film, not the American remake with George Clooney.

https://imdb.com/title/tt0069293

thanks, Jas.

Amazing list of songs!

appreciate you listening!

I’ll be tuning in each week!

sweet! I better keep up the punkthen!

I always do

but then also post punk, pop, folk, dark wave lol

and GLAM

Dark Surfers played outdoors at last weekend's Highland Park town-wide yard sale. They'll play with Sweet Harm and Good Luck at Flemington DIY on November 8.

sweet, David, that is in my nabe.

Thanks D J ! Awesome show! More of this ! Doing the Skank!

sweet, Jon! ha

you are welcome:)

"ahahaha you're all gonna die...and you voted for that guy!"

hi eso

yup! hey andrew:)

trainspotting 😵‍💫😵‍💫🙈

this song pulls me into a trance every time

oh yeah - me, too, Matthew, and hi

goo'devening to allll!

good evenin'!

but yeah, DJ Esoterica, fantastic show as always. hope to have the courage to introduce myself thursday!

ha! well, I am not sure if I can go, but all the djs are great!

looks like it will be fun, and dan is introducing

I just discovered this old commercial: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QYT5BHUYx48

oh cool, David.

yoooo thanks for the shout out

oh oh sorry forgot if you said you'd be there

sure thing!:)

We were out, so missed the interview :-(

no problem. hi rob. I will post on mixcloud.:)

Sounds good!

thx for the interest

This Joni Void is cool

agree!:)

Thanks, everyone!

stay tuned for Navi

Thank you!!!!