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The Sonic Bloom

Dec 23, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

GLAM PART 2!

Happy holidays!

5:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:03 PM		Lalo Schifrin Scorpio's View Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:06 PM		New York Dolls Subway Train New York Dolls New York Dolls Mercury Records 1973
5:12 PM		The Tubes Space Baby The Tubes The Tubes A&M 1975
5:16 PM		Mott the Hoople Roll Away the Stone Mott the Hoople The Hoople Columbia 1974
5:19 PM		Geordie Don't Do That Geordie Hope You Like It Sound and Vision 1972
5:21 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:28 PM		Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen Alice Cooper Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits Rhino/Warner Records 1974
5:31 PM		The Tubes Tubes World Tour The Tubes Young and Rich A&M 1976
5:36 PM		T. Rex Telegram Sam T. Rex The Slider T-Rex Catalog (Spirit Music) 1972
5:40 PM		David Essex Stardust David Essex David Essex Columbia 1974
5:43 PM		Roxy Music Love Is the Drug Siren EG Records 1975
5:46 PM		David Bowie Hang On To Yourself The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Parlophone UK 1972
5:47 PM		The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog The Stooges The Stooges Rhino/Elektra 1969
5:51 PM		Mott the Hoople Sucker Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1972
5:56 PM		Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now Slade Slayed? (Expanded) BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. 1971
6:00 PM		Lucifer's Friend Ride the Sky Lucifer's Friend Awakening Lucifer’s Records 2015 Founded in 1970 in Hamburg.
6:02 PM		The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Midnight Moses Framed (Remastered) Vertigo Berlin 1972
6:09 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:13 PM		Wizzard Eddy's Rock Wizzard Introducing Eddy and the Falcons (Expanded Version) Sanctuary Records 1974
6:17 PM		John's Children The Love I Thought I'd Found (2021 Remastered) John's Children Eye in the Sky Easy Action 2021
6:19 PM		Kurt Weill Speak Low (demo) Kurt Weill Tryout (A Series of Private Rehearsal Recordings) Radiphone Archives 2018 Kurt Weill 's song "Speak Low" was released as part of the musical One Touch of Venus in 1943, with music by Weill and lyrics by Ogden Nash, becoming a jazz standard with numerous recordings, including a popular 1993 single by Barbra Streisand and recent 2025 versions.
6:22 PM		Brian Eno Baby's On Fire Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets EMI Marketing 1974
6:27 PM		The Damned Morning Bird The Damned New Rose Vanilla OMP 1976 Not the punk band. "The Damned Morning Bird" refers to a 1974 glam/electronic 7-inch single by a one-off studio project also called The Damned, featuring tracks "Morning Bird" and "Theta," produced by Miki Dallon for his Young Blood label, released in 1974.
6:30 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:34 PM		Arthur Brown I Put a Spell on You Arthur Brown Chisholm in My Bosom Cherry Red Records 1976
6:38 PM		L.A. Rocks Cocaine L.a Rocks Bound For Hell: On the Sunset Strip V/A Numero Group 2022 Sleazy hard rock band from Los Angeles, CA, USA. Active late 70s, early 80s.
6:44 PM		Arthur Brown Purple Airport of Love (Part One - "The Country") Arthur Brown The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Strangelands" Cherry Red Records 1967
6:45 PM		The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Fire The Crazy World of Arthur Brown The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Esoteric 1967 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jun/20/fl...
6:49 PM		The Edgar Broughton Band Why Can't Somebody Love Me? The Edgar Broughton Band The Harvest Years (1969-1973) Parlophone UK 2011
6:53 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:58 PM		UNI and The Urchins In the Waiting Room UNI and The Urchins Simulator Chimera Music 2023
7:01 PM		The Velveteers All These Little Things The Velveteers N A Million Knives Easy Eye Sound 2025 Form Boulder.
7:05 PM		Giuda Louder Than Action Giuda N Louder Than Action - Single TKO Records 2024 From Rome!
7:08 PM		Diane Coffee Hymn Diane Coffee My Friend Fish Western Vinyl 2013 Diane Coffee is the glam-pop musical project of American artist Shaun Fleming, known for theatrical, genre-bending music exploring digital life, connection, and identity, with albums like Internet Arms and With People, blending modern pop with 60s influences and a unique stage persona. Fleming, also a former Foxygen drummer and Disney voice actor, creates vibrant, costume-heavy live shows, delivering "digitized" yet warm music reflecting contemporary themes.
7:12 PM		Ty Segall Candy Sam (Live) Ty Segall N "Live" "At" "The" "BBC" - EP 2026 https://tysegall.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-bbc
7:15 PM		Starcrawler Learn to Say Goodbye Starcrawler N Learn to Say Goodbye - Single Starcrawler Music 2024 From L.A.
7:18 PM		Plague Vendor Rougher Than Rough Plague Vendor N Rougher Than Rough E.P. Independent 2024 From Whittier, CA.
7:21 PM		Suzi Quatro Glycerine Queen Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro Chrysalis Records 1973
7:25 PM		Mott the Hoople Violence Mott the Hoople Mott (Expanded Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1973
7:29 PM		The Runaways Dead End Justice The Runaways The Runaways Island Def Jam 1976
7:37 PM		Zolar X & The Spys Rich Girl 00x When Worlds Collide Y-Not Records 2019
7:38 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:42 PM		Bay City Rollers I Only Wanna Dance With You Bay City Rollers Wouldn't You Like It? Arista 1975
7:45 PM		David Essex Rock On David Essex Rock On Columbia 1972
7:49 PM		Steve Harley & Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me) [2014 Remaster] The Best Years of Our Lives (Deluxe Version) Chrysalis Records 1975
7:55 PM		Sweet The Ballroom Blitz The Sweet Desolation Boulevard Capitol Records 1974

Chat is archived.

hey!

oiye

hey!

how are you?

Is this more Mott the Hoople or Gary Glitter?

Hey Lester, maybe a bit ore mott

Everyone enjoining the extra minute of day.Ishtar?

Light

hey carlos

Carlos follows the stars.

so do i:)

astrologically speaking

3I Atlas. It was called that since it was the 'third' 'Interstellar' object observed.

Oh snap Mott!

Yes!

I was wiating for the visit from the ETs with 3I Atlas but apparently not yet

*waiting

the exact track I would have suggested.

but echolocation boogie is cool too.

oh yeah, Lester that could come up

Get your brown ale and dozy do (Geordie - lyrics to this song) haha

Pre--Jeff cap Brian

Brian Johnson of ACDC's early band! Geordie! A band and his accent all in one

Esoterica, it was great to hear that first Geordie single, I don't think I ever heard it while living in Europe

And hi everyone

None the less, I have a new pair of Chuck Taylors. ( oblique reference to Hale Bopp) Be bopp a Bopp. She Bop.

I set the alarm for 12:15 am so I can be awake for the Ramones set

I feel 18 all over again :-)

love this! you should

great song for all of us novice guitar players. Was he 25 when he wrote it?

Did you say Ramones? This tribute is near Princeton this Saturday: https://mancavenj.com/products/take-it-dee-dee

oh cool david

have you seen. this tribute band?

I'm tempted to stay up to 1234 to listen to the Ramones set. Maybe if I wear all my marathon shirts I can do it

Yes. It's the Accelerators with ex-Blister Bill singing.

"Baby's brain and an old man's heart" always thought that was a great lyric

From the wiki for the Alice Cooper song "John Lydon auditioned for the Sex Pistols by miming to the song."

that may empower you, rob.

And, " Joey Ramone wrote his first song for the Ramones based on the chords" to Eighteen

sweet, rob

@Rob..my go to Ramones story is how they did Blitz Bop based on the Bay City Rollers Saturday Night

Welcome to My Nightmare. Meh. But the sentiment of 'I'm 18 ' captures youth angst. I kind of wonder what the youts are listening to these days?

Alice Cooper sang that on the Tonight Show in 1997. He told Jay Leno it wouldn't sound right if he sang "I'm 49 and I don't know what i want".

carlos, i didn't know that about the ramones!

agree on the sentiment of i'm eighteen

cocaine and hookers? When you have had enough of those, 100% You don't know what you want.

maybe lay down some great tracks

right G Jax, re: "baby's brain and old man's heart" good line

Putting in a good word for Girlschool's cover of T. Rex's 20th Century Boy

Mommy,’ all right..Daddy’ all right

I had that Alice Cooper line in my head as "vacant brain and old man's heart"

@Carlos, I didn't know that about the Ramones & Blitzkreig Bop/Saturday Night. I wonder if the Ramones ever performed Saturday Night live (they didn't the two times I saw them)

OK you're raiding older brothers record collection again.

Zevon's father worked for Mickey Cohen. He Dated Anita of WMMR fame. Enjoy every sandwich

I assumed Eno was gone by the time of 'Love Is The Drug'

i can't keep up with you guys - all the great anecdotes and knowledge!

@G Jax, totally!

I'm no Roxy expert though so I'm

@Rob..as far as I know Ramones were never on SNL..they wrote Blitz after hearing SATURDAY NIGHT and decided they need a chant sing along

Eno left in mid-1973

Warren Zevon is up in heaven with Springsteen, Neil young, and John Coltrane. Wait wut?

Bay City Rollers on the Howard Cosell Variety show …I’m sure it is out there in You Tube world

@Carlos, I was wondering if the Ramones ever performed "Saturday Night" live, in concert, at all anywhere. I would have remembered it if they had the two songs I saw them in concert

Gotcha on the song…never saw them do that in concert either 60+ times for me

Sixty times??!! No wonder you are Carlos Ramone

I know it's supposed to like the stooges

Just never was my thing. And I love that whole Detroit vibe whatever you wanna call it I love the MC5. But the stooges just never did it for me.

El Vez would do this song during his Mexmas shows as I wanna be Santa Clause

ha, rob, yes clearly he is carlos rmaone

i iked those el vez merry mexmas shows

Changed the name in case they ever needed a Latino member!!

What I did not know- speaking of stooges. Moe, Curly and Shemp were all brothers. Larry Fine born and raised in Souf Philly. But who didn't love Curly.

Carlos Ramone, this might be Bay City Rollers on SNL with Howard Cosell?? https://www.reddit.com/r/70smusic/comments/1mbxzg0/who_loved_this_song_from_1974_by_the_bay_city/

Shemp is way underrated

I love those four stooges. Anybody else taking that third stooge spot I wasn't a fan of.

The studio's never would give them a proper feature film. Politics, as usual.

My favorite stooge actually might be Larry. But I

Back when Howard Ster was funny he had this bit about Larry Fine at Woodstock. Hilarious.

Any idea if the Larry mural is still up at 3rd and south in Philly?

Ian I know that voice.

yup

Crazeeeeeeee

yup haha

I still love Slade! :-DD

I love Curly just as much maybe even more but Shemp great and he doesn't get the recognition he deserves

oh yeah

meh. Not so crazy. I do not touch distilled spirits.

good on ya

Wow, I never noticed until tonight that Aerosmith kinda nicked the opening of the Slade song in their chip away the stone

Why? It disturbs the oysters. Plus how will I ever reach the Stars?

I heard another radio station play "Watch That Man" a few minutes ago. That was David Bowie emulating the New York Dolls.

@GJAX..Larry Fine at Woodstock..great line about Janis Joplin, that cannot be repeated here

I don't think the FCC regulates playlist chats, Carlos!

This song sounds like it may have be borrowed by Zeppelin for the immigrant song??

I am listening.

I still call her Janet Joplin whenever her name comes up. People just think I'm an idiot, but I'm laughing to myself in my own head

I think it was last December, I heard Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" in a chain grocery store. I was dumbfounded, I had never heard that song 'in the wild' in this country, only from my own record player (and possibly WPRB)

Hey Carlos....https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i16VL-eSFnY

Still cracks me up. Billy West had Larry fine's voice down perfect

Yeah I always say Janet Joplin too.

haha "in the wild" rob

Burning all the tax records in the stove now.

Haha... in in South Jersey this song will always always always be The Dead End Kids

Dead end Kidz? wow. Basement near 12th and

The Dead End Kids influence went far beyond South Jersey. Even though they never did.

ha the Omni Club. 8th and Arch.

London Victory Club.

LVC..open till 3 am!!

Yeah, I remember all those places, London victory club, and all I was too young to go to them, but I remember when they're around. Ripley too.

I remember seeing a pre Henry black flag at LVC

Second Empire, A fine insurance company building. 12 and Walnut? There was a shitty stereo store in the mid aligned street show room. But kind of basement store. It sucked, so we rolled down to a stereo store at Front and

I was 18. the door man asked for ID. I dont have ID. He let us in anyway. What a place. I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea for may date.

Wizzard! I like the band enough that I could never spell "wizard" correctly after a certain point in my life

This John's Children song is "Smashed Blocked".

ha!

It is listed as "The Love I thought I'd found"

david

hmm, are you saying it is smashed blocked?

..yes speak low ..

yes:)

Apparently the same song with a different title for each side of the Atlantic!

ooohhhh!! thx for the clarfifcation, david

trow da baby in the baf water mr eno

yea

I bought this record in a record shop in the Marina.

Lester, which marina?

but what about airports?

In SF

oh yeah

In that time frame. I was a student at SFAI. George Kuchar. But also I would travel down on the other side of the peninsula. We went out on the airport road. There was a reseller of ASIC's Also tri-acs. Long story. I wish I knew then what I know now.

So in Valencia, Walt Disney established a school for the arts. Eventually became The California School for the Arts.

I'm suddenly thinking of the 1961 Bobby Peterson song that goes "Mama, get the hammer. A fly's on the baby's head." 2 years later, Homer & Jethro put out their own song with a similar title.

I gotta see "One Touch of Venus". It was cowritten by Frank Tashlin!

he was form weehawkin

from

he did looney tunes too?

Yes, such as the anti-Nazi shorts "Plane Daffy" and "Scrap Happy Daffy". Years ago, I attended a Film Forum retrospective of his comedy main features--such as "Son of Paleface", "The Girl Can't Help It" and "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"

https://filmforum.org/do-not-enter-or-modify-or-erase/client-uploads/pdf_calendar_backlog_rep/ff2_2006Summer_cal2.pdf

Cal Arts is great (just saw your comment, Lester)

that is cool david

thx for te film forum info, david

the

Hay DJE!

I've been running errands, listening to your show in the car!

Hay Stevie P!

sweet!

merry merry!

i especially liked Fire!

oh yeah me, too - one of y faves

glad you enjoyed

Suzi!!

yes!

here's your second song!

nice!

I haven't heard this for decades!

yeah love it! of course lol

lovin' your GlamShow!

nice! Stevie

Some would argue this bad was going somewhere.

haha hey hibernal Roffle

this is epic, what are you talking about lol?

Fair enough

The Runaways' fame probably peaked in a musical version of "Battle of the Network Stars": https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_runaways_in_rock_n_roll_sports_classic/

haha

Hey kids, rock on!

indeed

Just another UK #1 song from the early 70s/glam period :-) (Steve Harley)

yup:)

Ty for this wonderful show, Esoterica!!! Happy Holidays

another excellent show DJE! Thanks!

Glam bam, thank you mam! Merry Christmas!

Woohoo Ballroom Blitz :-D

thanks, everyone!

Merry Xmas!

Merry Xmas everybody's gonna have fun

oh yeah! enjoy...