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The New Abnormal

Nov 7, 2025 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

Exploring multiple facets of jazz-adjacent prog-rock, edgy fusion, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Rock-In-Opposition, avant-prog, Rock Progressivo Italiano, world music, ambient, anything virtuosic.

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the golden eagrabbimunk

7:02 AM		Romeo Poirier Fast Forward N Off The Record Faitiche 2025 based in Brussels, Belgium this release features outtakes from recording studios and control rooms https://romeopoirier.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-record
7:04 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:06 AM		Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider The Passing N A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams Northern Spy Records 2025 Luke Schnieder is a Nashville TN based pedal steel guitarist. Jamie Lidell was born in the UK. released on October 31st https://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/album/a-companion-for-the-spaces-between-dreams
7:12 AM		Papir 7.4 7 Stickman Records 2022 Papir is a psychedelic rock trio from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2008. https://papir.bandcamp.com/
7:19 AM		Vespero Inna's Burst in Tears Rito VMS 2007 "Веспер" is a Russian psychedelic/space rock band formed in early 2003 in Astrakhan, South Russia. https://vespero.bandcamp.com/music
7:26 AM		Set Break: Thank you, Jack DeJohnette 9 August 1942 - 26 October 2025
7:31 AM		Jack DeJohnette Picture 6 Pictures ECM Records 1977 Born in Chicago in 1942, Jack DeJohnette started studying piano at the age of 4, switching to drums at age 13.
7:39 AM		John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette & Dave Holland Blue Gateway 2 ECM Records 1978 Jack DeJohnette composed "Blue" for piano.
7:47 AM		Jack DeJohnette Silver Hollow New Directions ECM Records 1978 Silver Hollow was composed by Jack DeJohnette
7:56 AM		Set Break: Thank you R. A. Ramamani Vocalist and composer born in Bangalore March 1950, died 18 October 2025
7:59 AM		Charlie Mariano, R.A. Ramamani & The Karnataka College of Percussion Varshini Jyothi (feat. R.A. Ramamani) ECM Records 1983 The Karnataka College of Percussion founded in 1975 by R. A. Ramamani's husband, mridangam player T.A.S. Mani (1936-2020). At their core, they are a Carnatic music ensemble (South-Indian classical music). But KCP did plenty of cross-cultural jazz collaboration.
8:08 AM		The Karnataka College of Percussion Nandi Hills Blue Glass (feat. Ramamani) Keytone Records 1986 Blue Glass is a collaboration with Dutch jazz flautist Chris Hinze.
8:20 AM		Oriental Wind / Karnataka College of Percussion Sankirna Sankirna Sonet 1985 Oriental Wind is a Swedish jazz/folk fusion group, led by Turkish-born percussionist Okay Temiz. Sankirna was composed by R. A. Ramamani.
8:27 AM		Set Break: pledge.wprb.com ☕️🫖
8:34 AM		Krokofant, Ståle Storløkken, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Q - Part 1 Q Rune Grammofon 2019 Krokofant is a Norwegian jazz / progressive trio, recording since 2014. joined here by Ståle Storløkken I(keyboards), and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bassist).
8:47 AM		Karaba Der Feißling Schwester Mondreal Klangschutz Schallplatten 2018 Instrumental jam psychedelic band from Munich established in 2014, featuring influences from Embryo, Missus Beastly, Pink Floyd, Amon Düül 2 and others. https://karaba-band.bandcamp.com/
8:57 AM		Set Break: 🙃 ɹnoꓧ ᵷuᴉuǝʇsᴉꓶ ʇlnɔᴉɟɟᴉꓷ 𓀡 ⚠
9:01 AM		Henry Cow Viva Pa Ubu Western Culture RER Megacorp 1978 The founders of "Rock In Opposition": Henry Cow 🧦 were a British avantgarde/art-rock group, founded in May 1968 at Cambridge University by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. It was on their European tours that they met the other bands that formed the RIO collective. Henry Cow disbanded in 1978 and formed Art Bears.
9:05 AM		Tone Dogs (When George Bush Was Head of The) C.I.A. Early Middle Years Spoot Music 1995 Tone Dogs are bassist Fred Chalenor to multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio, with several guest musicians. Based in Seattle.
9:10 AM		Thinking Plague Lycanthrope R In This Life Cuneiform Records 1988 American RIO/avant-garde progressive rock group formed in Denver, Colorado in 1981. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-this-life
9:16 AM		The Muffins Zoom Resume <185> Cuneiform Records 1980 Formed in 1973 in Washington DC, USA - Disbanded in 1981 - Reformed in 1998 and broke up in 2016. While their debut "Manna Mirage" fits with the Canterbury Scene, The Muffins were strongly influenced by Fred Frith (guitarist from Henry Cow), so they can be categorized as Rock In Opposition (or at least avant-prog). https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/185
9:22 AM		Höyry-Kone Hätä Live In Sweden Laskeuma Records 2014 Founded in Helsinki, Finland in 1991 - disbanded in 2003.
9:27 AM		Cartoon Apathy in America Sortie Cuneiform Records 1994 Avantgarde progressive rock band founded in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1978 and disbanded in 1984. Their rare records were combined into a release by Cuneiform called "Sortie". This is the original debut LP "Cartoon" issued in 1982
9:32 AM		Upsilon Acrux Fielding Melling In the Acrux of the Upsilon King Accretions Records 1999 Upsilon Acrux was founded in San Diego in 1997. Their music can be described as brutal-prog, noise-rock, nervous avant-rock, splatter prog. This is their debut record. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-acrux-of-the-upsilon-king
9:40 AM		Rascal Reporters Efrem Cymbalist, Jr. The Foul-Tempered Clavier Pleasant Green Records 2001 Formed in the mid-1970's by Steve Gore and Steve Kretzmer, they created odd music in their Detroit basement studio. Dave Newhouse of The Muffins joins them on this release. https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/
9:44 AM		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic POP Triassic (Bonus Track) Dawn of the Cycads Cuneiform Records 2008 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic started out as a side project of Roger Miller and Martin Swope from Mission Of Burma. Eventually it became a full-time project, since Mission of Burma broke up in 1983. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-the-cycads
9:48 AM		PoiL Goddog Brossaklitt Dur et Doux 2014 French trio (bass/drums/keyboards), that know no limitations and prohibitions. Impressive and delirious, the trio combines raw madness and virtuosity, they dance and dash between the energy of punk, the beauty of chamber music and the chaos of a factory on the brink of explosion. https://poil.bandcamp.com/album/brossaklitt
9:54 AM		Set Break: pledge.wprb.com Next week on The New Abnormal Zappa Reimagined - unfaithful covers of Zappa songs
9:59 AM		Jerry Outlaw The Idiot Bastard Son 20 Extraordinary Renditions - The Idiot Bastard Son V/A Cordelia Records 2008 Jerry Outlaw is the guitarist with the Bogus Pomp Orchestra, doing covers of Zappa songs. https://cordeliarecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-idiot-bastard-son-2 This compilation includes 20 covers of one song

Chat is archived.

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

good morning

Good morning everyone! Love the eagrabbimunk

morning. i'm always enticed by the free parking at revilla grooves and gear.

Grooves & Slipmats, gents.

Mornin Dave, MrM, Rob, MrM!

don't buy eagrabbimunks from breeders. they have behavioral issues.

@Dale, the breeders, or the eagrabbimunks?

Good day, Mister Malcontent 💜

And good morning again TAndy

good morning, Rob from MD

Good morning, Dave The Obscure

good morning, Dale. Yes the free and easy parking is a plus,

Hey, TAndy

Heya Rob!

TAllyHo, Tandy! TAllyHo, Tandy! Two greetings for me and no salutations to Dale???

Oh I thought I did! Mornin, Dale!

Wasted too many braincells thinking of a G&S 🥴

🙃

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ and my PRB Pals!

Very nice selections to begin the show! Thanks much, DJ DaveTheObscure!

Good morning, nice mellow sound, thanks.

thanks, MrM

good morning, Stevie P

welcome, Richard M

burst in tears 😭

poor Inna

@The New Abnormal!?!

Mornin Stevie and Richard

i'm back and forth on the comments....won't offend me to go unmentioned as i probably won't notice.

GM Dave, all others, on this brisk Fall morning. Resident groundhog under my shed hasn’t emerged to enjoy the tunes.

good morning, dan C

Heya Dan

Jack struck me as a sort of gun-for-hire, in the best sense of the term.

I think he is the most-recorded artist on ECM. That's besides the decades of work with every major jazz artist

Leaving so many splendid recordings with innumerable greats.

I'm loving this Jack

he's a lovable guy

Song X with Metheny, Coleman, others one of my favorites, and yes “difficult” worthy.

I’ll share some JD music with the jr. high students I’m subbing today and Monday.

I hope they can appreciate. Most Jr. High kids have juvenile tastes

They do

Many go on to distinguished careers manually sharpening various graphite graded pencils.

Good Morning ǝʌɐꓷ! Happy Day to finally set the clock on the microwave back day everyone!

good morning, Roffle

Still working up to clock in my Sienna!

The Sienna is a marvel of modern soccer mom tech.

I would think it adapts to time well enough.

Sup Roff

nice mellow mood.

that's ECM's specialty

2012 with cd capability, only 62K miles. Only hit one buck deer besides.

Who ran off!

Oh hey I've heard another version of this somewhere before.

The Sienna is on my list of next cars I will own. It's perfect for everything.

That was fantastic!

Hitting dear is also on the list, so it's versatile.

Mornin Rob F

Good morning all!

Identity crisis

glad you liked, Rob F. good morning

This could be Gong right now.

I don't hear it. Which release?

Fling saucer, flying teapot era.

flying

Well, Gong certainly had Indian influences

I am trying to think of the name of the piece that this is so reminiscent of. It will come to me tomorrow or something though...

These collaborations are great! Hypnotic

Yeah, Indian-jazz collaborations, when done right, are fantastic

this is pretty sweet.

Good morning DTO! Good morning all!

good morning, ParrScream

Bangalore, birthplace of the dirt torpedo.

Let my weekend... BEGIN.

Zappa reimagined, I can't imagine

Alright TAndy!

Unfortunately I will not be greenified at the 9:00 hour since I have some errands to run. This is a hell of a soundtrack for some after work errands though

Yes, next week is the "Zappa - Reimagined" special. Three hours of genre-bending covers of Zappa songs

Ooh!!

Unfaithful renditions

Much Excite for the ZAPPOLKAPA!

I hope you are able to catch the show

took a long while to assemble

I will set reminder NOW!

But I thought you were busy that day

Labor of love eh? Just add time...

Even though, I’m so busy that day! 😇🥸🤓

Good think you don't need any sleep

Bad Think. Good Thing.

TAndy, I have your request coming up after 9:00

oh boy

Oh BOY

oh, boy

👉💀👈

👈💀👉

😎

thanks, TAndy

Obviously great care went into curating this week’s playlist and every track is thoroughly enjoyable! Appreciate you, DJ DaveTheObscure‼️💟🖤💀

Thanks, Mister Malcontent 💜 It's good to hear the effort is appreciated

Oh sweet it's Cartoon Fridays

📺

Waiting for the Representative from WestSiiidddeee! I know it’s not Arizonia¡¿¡

and here they are...

Upsilon Acrux from San Diego. Represent!

Maybe it’s San Diego, Texas!?! Who can know?!?

Thanks for the playback, Dave!!

you are welcome

Sandy Eggo's for breakfast with some Cartoon for entertainment sounds like a fine morning.

Sohn Deeahgo, Caluhfourneeuh! #SNL #TheCalifornians

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🥃

My wife and I are both looking forward to next week's show

I hope everyone enjoys

Love the title of the Birdsongs track and the album name. They are very appropriate for the group name

and they mix in some bird-like sounds

I heard that too...

I knew you would 🐦

Goddog it! How is it the Final Eight Mins?! 🥵

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 Many thanks for another Total GEM of a Show! Very well done! Big cheers! Kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

thanks everyone

Wonderful use of a horror movie trop here.

another eXcellent show Dave! Thanks!

This show was another great show, Dave. This living fossil was happy to hear the Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

3D printing dinosaur voice boxes is all the rage I hear.

@Kerroffle, I didn't know that. Neat!