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Jon Solomon

Feb 4, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Jon Solomon

For those of you keeping score at home, it is me Jon Solomon, heard every Wednesday night on 103.3 fm WPRB...including this one! Requests? Please email me or chime in through the listener chat, champ.

2.4.26

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:05 PM		Set Break
5:11 PM		Twisted Teens Is It Real? N Is It Real? Jazz Life 2026
5:14 PM		SAULT Puppet Chapter 1 Forever Living Originals 2026
5:18 PM		Billy Bragg City Of Heroes N City Of Heroes 2026
5:21 PM		New Standards Men An Understanding of Atrocities New Wave Barbarism Released to raise money for MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.
5:41 PM		Sleaford Mods Elitest G.O.A.T feat. Aldous Harding N The Demise of Planet X Rough Trade 2026
5:44 PM		Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra Ambassel Ethiopiques 32 Buda Musique 2025
5:51 PM		MEMORIALS Cut Glass Hammer N All Clouds Bring Not Rain Fire Records 2026 Out in March!
5:54 PM		Set Break
6:02 PM		Long Fling For Someone N Long Fling 2025 I discovered this record two months too late!
6:07 PM		Ara Kekedjian Mini, Midi, Maxi Habibi Funk 033: Bourj Hammoud Groove Habibi Funk 2025
6:10 PM		Steve Gunn Morning on K Road N Daylight Daylight No Quarter 2025
6:15 PM		Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW Both / And L Both / And 2026 "A new collaborative project from Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth (BASIC, Solar Motel Band) featuring double bassist John Moran (Bark Culture, Daniel Villareal Trio) and drummer Joey Sullivan (Florry, Bark Culture)."
6:41 PM		Yoshiko Sai Theme - Kaasama No Uta N Mikko WeWantSounds 2026 Reissue of a 1976 LP.
6:47 PM		Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Born in the U.S.A. (4-track version) Was briefly online. Glad I snagged when I did! Springsteen cover. Duh.
6:51 PM		SPRINTS Deceptacon N Deceptacon 2025 Le Tigre cover. See them in Philadelphia on Saturday night!
6:54 PM		Set Break
7:02 PM		The Spinto Band 19:33 Live on WPRB https://www.instagram.com/spintoband
7:21 PM		Set Break
7:25 PM		The Feelies Slow Down The Good Earth Coyote 1986 XX.
7:28 PM		sunn O))) Glory Black N sunn O))) Sub Pop 2026
7:39 PM		Jackie Spencer The Macaroni Man Xmas Done Got Funky 2025
7:42 PM		Honey Radar Prole Art Threat (live 11/29/18) Sing the Snow Away The Fall cover.
7:44 PM		Tar Quiet Guy Abogados! Rehearsal tapes. https://tartheband.bandcamp.com/album/abogados
7:48 PM		Tim Barnes Backwards Before Dawn Inside Energy

Chat is archived.

Chat is open!

Hello Jon! Hello future listeners!

Wishing I'd caught Ubuntu - will definitely tune in next week

Ubuntu is very good.

So many gems I haven't heard prior.

Good evening, WPRBians!

Welcome back, Donutage. Also a proper hello, Dan!

I have a tragic confession! I failed to act quickly on getting tickets to see Sprnts this weekend & now the show is sold out!

Oh no! I bet a few pop up last minute.

I think I will be there.

hello everyone

<3 well said jon

That was lovely, Jonn.

What a nice crew to discover in the chat after that!

Very nice tribute to Dan. I only knew him through social media and enjoyed all his writings. Way too young.

So sorry for your loss, Jon, and for everyone's loss in Philadelphia and beyond. An extraordinary dude

Agreed, all. Have been charmed going through various DMs and messages the past couple of days seeing various exchanges about all sorts of random things and knowing I was just one person he had that kind of friendship with.

loving this song

I really liked the Twisted Teens LP but I wasn't as "this is the best record of the year" as some peers. But with the song I played it all unlocked for me.

Warm greetings to all

Heya Carlos!

Sault and Puppet's here and we're in effect

Well played, Dan.

And which number Spinderella is here?

I forgot to mention the Wednesday Night Live Lookback series returns tonight with a session from Delaware's favourite sons The Spinto Band.

Jon, I'm sorry to hear about Dan. Your tribute was wonderful

That is very kind of you to say, Rob.

A new banner / painting / mural went up at The Barge 2.0 today. It is of an oil tanker being ripped in half. I'll share a picture online.

Not sure if you mentioned it Jon but I'm pretty sure Dan got moments of silence at both Flyers and Sixers games.

I didn't mention but I did see. Very sweet. I wrote Thursday to make sure Penn's athletic department heard the news.

Here's our new tapestry at The Barge.

https://bsky.app/profile/jon.wprb.com/post/3me2w5znpe22s

Rest in Peace Dan McQuade; Go Birds.

Lovely tribute to your friend, Jon - condolences on your loss...☮️ 💟

Well said, Pengy.

hey now. nice sounding atrocities.

Thanks, Readie. It is strangely comforting to have this platform to be able to remember people. Only wish I didn't have to do it so often.

i like that the exxon valdez is painted on a worn bed sheet or whatever it is.

It is on a serious tarp. Probably 6' x 4'? I guess Wilbo was saving it for the right wall?

wow! amazing tapestry!!

I was in Ketchikan when that happened. Exxon was buy up every oil diaper available and People were off to make money on the clean up. Insanity.

Buying

Hey Roffle.

Sorry to spoil the surprise Readie, but I am staring right at it and...

But a lovely tapstry nonetheless. :)

I KR? I couldn't resist looking - I thought- maybe I'll wait for the surprise! 😂

Hi Jon! Caught tail end of “an understanding of atrocities,” would like to find the rest online, Google no help. Hints? TIA kiki

Cardmeister, I am ON IT.

https://newstandardsmen.bandcamp.com/album/new-wave-barbarism

Tell them WPRB sent ya!

Bandcamp! That’s some aol level throwback!

Best place for the largest % to go to the band -> their chosen charity.

Jon, I went to a few record stores in SF, and the African selection was pretty limited. Do I need to hit the ethnic grocery stores, or is mail order the only way to go?

I don't know who distributes what domestically. Depends on the label you're looking for. I hope someone stateside will pick up Habibi Funk for example but I'm not sure if that has happened...

I must have confused bandcamp with something ancient (myspace, cdbaby) Thanks much for the link!

CD Baby! That's a pull from the past indeed.

Anybody from the Philly area remember the large CD warehouse at the Blue route and schuylkill ? Name escapes me

yeah it still exists i think. one second

No fair asking Siri..

this is a goodie!

Since CD baby was brought up

i had a link but it's no more. i think it was some kinda auction house

Hey, Richard. There are four absolute winners on this random record. I have played but one.

Hey pals!

Hello Addie!

Dan, I believe Mississippi Records up in Portland stocks all the familiar labels for African music around this part.

Nice to be here with y’all this evening!

From awhile back: https://www.phillyvoice.com/oldiescom-warehouse-blue-route-sold-west-conshohocken-i476/

Thanks Amy..that was it..used to get their catalog a few times a year!!

Thank you, Amy. Private equity does it again!

nice!

Howdeeeeeeeeeeee

Helllllllllllllllllo, Jimbo.

The time is nigh for Shepard's pie

Or shepherds

Sounds like a plan.

Shoulda done it Minnesota hot dish style and top with tatertots

k road is quite lovely.

K Road is apparently about randomly running into the late Hamish Kilgour on the street in New Zealand when both Gunn + HK lived in New York City.

I only wish I'd played it sooner!

Will this song conclude or will my software update finish running first? Stay tuned to find out...

Is a restart involved? :)

The phone is currently restarting, yes. The song is not.

Every time I see the word "software" I hear it in Jerry Clower's voice

The mouth!

Update is done.

Did you all read about the Sonic Youth RSD title that was announced today. Apparently it "plunderphonically orchestrates" 32 live performances of The Diamond Sea.

I am...intrigued.

Also, this intro is NOT Metallica.

Published in Dub-land monthly? lol Had to look that one up.

wazzaaaaa. Got waylaid from some dutch mafia bizness. Never ends.

Yo, Mats. Welcome on in.

Great icicle pic Jon! Beaut.

Pretty strict late fee policy Matt?

Taken outside my folks' place when I stopped by post-storm.

Roff LOLOLOLOL

Actually the error was "Jon forgot to hit NOW next to song." Rectified!

Jon, caught Jen late last night and we rocked the waves til 3 am! Good show, as per usual.

Oh, I forgot she said she would be on! I was well asleep I must admit.

Jon you said Rectified, that means you gotta play Rectifier by the mighty Doo Rag

"Odd but delirious" you said during the last set break. That sounds like a restaurant name in it's own right. Now I'm hungry. DoorDash might have that as a category I wonder.

Ha. Please don't make me clap along.

Oh NICE

Odd But Delirious serves every dish with a lot of different sauces. Mysterious sauces. Tasty sauces.

Delicious, not delirious. :)

odd & delirious!

Dan, glad I snagged this one while it was briefly online. If you didn't can relay.

Wrapping this set with a pair of covers...

4-track versions almost always superior. Great song! Da Boss!

That Springsteen movie wasn't half bad, save for the (ma)clunky use of black and white flashbacks.

Mysterious sauces. That's the ticket!

Listened to this on vinyl in Bergen County in '84 during rumbly summas. Dayum time is a trip.

(Bruce , not CFTPA)

mystery meat + mystery sauce is the combo one-two punch

Dan McQuade would be proud of your set.

and Lone Wolf McQuade, too.

Wow, I know the lyrics after just one listen of that.

Roff haaaa good point

Pengy, that's awful nice.

Best versionn of Born inn the USA I've heard!

evening jon!

Hey hey Andrew!

are you seeing sprints at jb's?

oh holy moly, this is Sprinnts doing my fave Le Tigre song! Two great tastes, etc.

(my nn key is sticking)

Jon, Jen played This House and I was impressed with the Shellac vibes they have going on

donutage nin

donutage you can write cannabinoid with ease

They made a second season of The Night Manager?!

Pengy, they did! After nine years! With a third one on the way!

Spies! Tom Hiddleston's oft-vanishing shirt! Intrigue!

Andrew, I do expect to be at Sprints.

I love these guys. What a pleasant surprise and flashback, thanks Jon!

That is what I love to hear, bravedelay.

I'll have to stay tuned to hear if it makes the cut for this set, but currently flashing back to my college best friend (now in PDX) and I singing along to "Oh Mandy" in her 1995 Mercury Sable.

I must admit I did not know there ended up being FIVE Spinto Band albums.

Mercury Sable 95!

Ween has a demo called Caprice Classic 91. Lol

I did see there's something Ween-y in the works for Record Store Day?

I have heard rumblings.

I'm just glad Guy Heller is still alive. Dude has throat cancer.

https://recordstoreday.com/Artist/6270

Jon nice find. That is Ween in Holland in 1990, baked off their keesters. That'll be noisy good.

I figured you would be familiar!

I'm about to clock out. Thanks for another great show, Jon.

beautifully engineered live sesh, Jon! Smooooooov.

See ya here next week, or perhaps sooner if I find a golden Sprints ticket inn a candy bar.

donutage it's a Wonka world after all

Jerry's in for Hog

what a sentence

Patrick LOLOL

I hope so, Mats

donutage, as Harm Korine said "there is magic in the brutality"

Recently realized that every DJ with DJ at the front of their name instantly becomes better-named and infinitely more mysterious when they drop "DJ."

DJ HOG? Fine. HOG? I want to learn more!

Jerry's in for Hog, is indeed a banger sentence

Loaded for bear, in for hog.

oh snap thought this was some tool h for a sec on thie intro, what's up jon what up chat!

I choose to believe that Feelies track went out to me, personally. Gn all!

the mighty sunn O))) good selection, Jon

Wait, Donutage is it OUR anniversary?! This is going to be big news in my home.

cawfee check, weed in cawfee, check, sunn o))) on wprb check. I am grateful.

I like how this sunn O))) teases a kind of Dopesmoker refrain at times

Has the fire between us died so soon, Jon? Alas!

accelerated decrepitude

as they say in Blade Runner 1982

Wow. My husband & I both have to check the clock my sister-in-law gave us with our anniversary date on it to remember the 'technical' date. We really just count day we first met.

I have a Google reminder for the day we met because it was at a Super Bowl party back when said event still happened in January!

Technically anniversary = tomorrow but I'm not on the radio then (and oh I'm off next week forgot all about that).

Dana K. fills in!

Jon also check out this nutty band Jen played called WuW. Heavy shite.

Just WuW?

ah this Sunn 0))) hits da spot.

WuW

french doom but also not-doom

Interested!

The macaroni man don't play.

perhaps "french zen doom"

oh chit the Macaroni Man dont play!

Sunn O))) followed by the Macaroni Man. Only on wprb, folks.

Don't forget The Feelies prior!

Can't get this kind of music anywhere. Support your local artists and orgs.

Now more than ever, Pengy.

anywhere else but here i mean

Understood!

I have a sudden inexplicable urge to go to South Street in Philadelphia.

Pengy has been summoned

ah the mighty Tar

And he comes bearing positive energy and city wides.

Was John from Tar's birthday recently. Do you know about the guy who jumps in Lake Michigan every day while people perform near him. John got to accompany on guitar for his celebration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/lake-michigan-coronavirus.html

Haaaaaaa! Lake antics

great menace and raw sound on the Tar

The photo of John with the jump is incredible. Let me try and find.

https://www.instagram.com/derickphotography/p/DUQ7RafEQ6Z/

The sheer aura emanating from that photo

Seriously. The article is good too, from a couple years back.

thanks for da show Jon!

Ya welcome.

icymi

https://defector.com/jon-solomon-princetons-number-one-fan-has-made-me-believe-in-the-tigers

That's the one, Joel. Thank you.

great show jon

Thank you, Pat.

Good night!