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The Freeform Pathogen (Fill-in for Lizbot)

Feb 12, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Mike Lupica

Discordia Mundi (Disharmony of the Worlds)

Greetings. It's been... a while. I've been busy with life and work stuff, but tonight I'm here both covering for Lizbot, and to kick the tires on the new Barge studio I've been helping to build.

So steady yourself and ready yourself for three hours of freeform radio, served up in the tradition of the old gods and minor deities. Say hello in the chat, and beware of DJ mothball smell.

If any of you are on Mastodon, you can follow me there.

The Freeform Pathogen (Fill-in for Lizbot)

5:03 PM		Gushes Game One N Delicious Collision Switch Hit Records 2025
5:09 PM		Angine de Poitrine Fabienk N [Digital Single] 2026
5:15 PM		Peace De Résistance Heard Your Voice Bits and Pieces 3607066 Records DK 2022
5:19 PM		Party Dozen Mad Rooter N 7" GRUPO 2025
5:22 PM		Curse (ov) Dialect Wolf Moon Lost In the Real Sky Mush Records 2003
5:27 PM		Nightmares on Wax 30 Groove St. N Still Smokin III EP Warp Records 2025
5:30 PM		Pink Fairies Do It! (1970 Demo) Do It! Total Energy 1998
5:32 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:38 PM		Sprints Heavy N Letter to Self City Slang 2024 Sprints live at the Bowery Ballroom last Thursday
5:41 PM		Damon Locks & Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble The Colors That You Bring Where Future Unfolds International Anthem 2019
5:47 PM		Makaya McCraven Voila (feat. Nubya Garcia, Ashley Henry, Daniel Casimir) Universal Beings International Anthem 2018
5:52 PM		Pigbag Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag 7" 1981
5:56 PM		Trio Ja ja ja Trio Mercury 1982
5:58 PM		Units Warm Moving Bodies 7" Self-released 1980
6:01 PM		Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELL SAVED! Perpetual Flame Ministries 2023
6:05 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:14 PM		Robert Wyatt Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Nothing Can Stop Us Domino Recording Co 1982
6:17 PM		Chandra Opposite Transportation Cantor Records 1980
6:21 PM		Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc Thrown Away (Live) N Live at the Horse Hospital Caliban Sounds 2025
6:26 PM		The New Eves Whale Station N [Digital Single] Transgressive Records 2025
6:32 PM		Daily Toll Waiting Game A Profound Non-Event Tough Love Records 2025
6:39 PM		Os Sambeatles Yesterday Os Sambeatles Fermata 1966
6:39 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:47 PM		Philip Sanderson Idol Ferry N Morphover & Curl Snatch Tapes 2025
6:50 PM		Jessica93 Bébé Requin N 666 Tours de Périph' Born Bad Records 2025
6:56 PM		Noh Mercy Revolutionary Spy Noh Mercy Superior Viaduct 2012
7:00 PM		Soccer96 I Was Gonna Fight Fascism (feat. Alabaster Deplume) Tactics EP Moshi Moshi Records 2020
7:07 PM		Carsie Blanton Little Flame N [Digital Single] Head Bitch Music 2025
7:10 PM		The Van Pelt We Gotta Leave Artisans & Merchants Spartan Records 2023
7:14 PM		Jackie Mittoo Darker Shade of Black In London 1967
7:17 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:27 PM		The Vertebrats Left in the Dark Revert 2x7" Parasol 1992 Orig. 1981-ish
7:30 PM		Kronos Quartet + the Hard Rain Collective Hard Rain (Drone) N
7:40 PM		Abida Parveen Tu Jhoom Coke Studio Giraffe Pakistan 2022
7:47 PM		King Hannah This Hotel Room N 7" City Slang 2025
7:52 PM		Hermanos Gutierrez It’s All In Your Mind Sonido Cósmico Easy Eye Sound 2024
7:56 PM		Pianosaurus Love Is A Two-Way Street Groovy Neighborhood Rounder 1987
7:59 PM		JFA Out of School Blatant Localism 7" Placebo Records 1981

Chat is archived.

I believe we are doin' this.

Greetings!

Hey, that almost sounds like infinite ambient!

THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT?

Guess so!

Gonna be a minute. Stand by.

Yay, tech problems! Just like old times!

All your station are belong to us!

OK. We got this.

Did I miss the pictured station ID?

Not if you were listening in 1988!

R U at the Barge?

I’m sure at some point I was..

I've been at the Barge for most of my life.

Ha, well I hope that Killbot is guarding the place!

Lupica!!! I've missed you ever so much from these fair airwaves!! Congratulations on the new, spacious, and ever-so-muchly-more seaworthy barge! I love this song you're playing -- it's basically an avant-garde version of Margaret Wise Brown's picture book 'The Runaway Bunny' (-:

Yay! I was hoping we'd hear from these krazy kids tonight!

Big hearty HELLOS to #6 and @Carlos Ramone as well.

HELLO @DJ Readie <3!!

@Mike- We miss your ruminations on the sad state of world affairs.

Ahem.

Yo Teresa! Been a while! And yes, I will join you in bowing before our neuveaux prog overlords from the adjacent dimension.

Good Evening Cap'n Solomon!!

Or that last part was meant for Readie, I guess. Gimme a break, it's been a while.

Hi Teresa, #6, Carlos, Jon- 💜💜

Hello all chatters!

If you wind up Killbot, it will go along the floor, although not very fast.

This is a completely diff experience w/o the visuals

Yeah, makes me want oreos.

Mummenschanz rock.

LOL. Totally.

Also, first Mummenschanz reference of 2026. Congratulations, you win a complimentary dinner for one at the Port Authority Houlihan's.

I should say, "Hello all Pitcrew!".

So earlier today, I found myself humming that Chris Knox song 'Love Not Given Lightly' -- it took a little while for the title/refrain to come into focus though... And I thought to myself "Wasn't that a song I used to hear on 'The Freeform Pathogen', and perhaps it was one of the ultra-significant songs to Mike and his wife and appeared on their wedding mixtape?" And I thought, wistfully, "Boy do I miss Lupica and his show and hearing that song and and... "

An eternal fave in our house, Teresa!

Then I saw on FB that Liz Bot was traveling to NOLA this very day and that YOU were subbing!! And I almost squealed with sheer delight. Sorry for my lack of decorum but I was just SOOOOOO HAPPPPPPPYYYYYYY!!

I remembered correctly -- YAY!!!

I set an alarm so I would not forget to listen.

Hey Mike, what a surprise..Welcome home :)

Also I have been trying recently to remember Curse (ov) Dialect's name so thank you for playing them!

Hey Gautham! It's like I never left!

(Mostly because I didn't.)

Navigating the Barge by Pathogen Starlight. Cool Mike.

@Jon, I often come back to this record (and their later ones) -- super weird and fun.

Yo Roffle!

The mood lighting in Barge 2.0 is quite the achievement. So many choices!

I just bookmarked their Bandcamp b/c I had no idea they put out records after this (great) one.

Dimmer switch science. :)

Need a few lava lamps and strobe lights.

I loved it when his lips lined up with the lyrics

Henry R birthday is tomorrow…send wishes

Not only that , Henry becomes eligible for Medicare

Happy birthday Henry R!!

And hello Mike and everyone

Just getting on line, Mike, long time no hear!

I still have my "mad cheese" t-shirt.

Starlite Lounge?

On the chaise lounge all day long.

Oh my god, if I'd known in was Hard Hank's birthday I would've prepared a career retrospective.

Hey Andy, nope, I'm test driving the new Barge studio tonight. Just around the block and kickin' the tires, as it were.

Might be room for a fainting couch in there now.

I would be into that!

So much for the no more couches policy. :)

Deck chairs have a certain appeal.

Oh, jeez. You're pullin' out the deep cuts, Roffle. I should be better about honoring my own random demands.

Sorry. I just remember an old show. It's 2026, let'er rip. Seems to be the trend.

Mr. Lupica, as much as you've been here the whole time, it's nice to have you back.

Is there an estimate on the yardage of wiring put into the new battle bridge?

Well thank you, J!

@Roffle, If you lay it all end to end it will reach from the Princeton Record Exchange to Hal's Discount Tires on Farmer's Boulevard in Queens.

Go Linemen!

Pigbag!!! Oh boy!!

Ja! Ja! Ja!

Followed by Trio?! Please please never leave us again, Lupica #nopressure

Da Da Da

Ja Wohl!

Hi Mike, are Units from San Fran? I vaguely remember seeing a band The Units at The Hot Club circa 1980.

@John, yes, they were from SF! What year are we talkin'?

Oh, duh. 1980.

Yep, that tracks. Probably the same band!

Very War Piggish

Ha! You're right, that hadn't occurred to me but now I can't unhear it.

@G..thinking of same thing

Hey Mike, great to hear you. I never bothered with the chat back when you're on, but you were like my fave. And your filling in for my current fave.

Truth be told I have like three or four favorites here. But Liz is way up there.

Damn I missed Trio!!!!!!

Almost like the main studio!

Trapped DJ asscloud is certainly a potential hazard of working in a small enclosed studio

"Trapped DJ Asscloud" is the best DJ name ever.

Damn I wish I had THIS accent

Asscloud may be helpful in keeping the heating bill down

UNSUBSCRIBE

I'd lift my hatred of handles instead of names if somebody called themselves 'DJ Asscloud'

Jon and I recently agreed that almost all DJ names would be fine if you just dropped the "DJ" part. This holds up with "DJ Asscloud" vs. just "Asscloud".

Pay no attention to that asscloud of a segue.

Oh you and Jon speaking my language. Hate the DJ part. That would be a big step in the right direction but honestly call me crazy but I like DJs with names like Mike Lupica, Jon Solomon etc

Asscloud is not the guy to get on an elevator with.

Signed, DJ Mike Lupica Jon Solomon Etc.

In better news, Eve Libertine (she of Crass) is still totally rad.

Yeah, elevator stank is bad. I don't ride in elevators anymore, but I remember when I was young in Center city I had a delivery job where I'd be running up and down elevators and there be well dressed guys getting in the elevator and I always referred to them as 'farts and aftershave'.

Another good DJ name there, G Jax.

Haha

More than once in an elevator I have asked…who opened up the chip bag?

I hope you all appreciate the fact that I went all the way to Scotland to buy this Daily Toll records.

Well, I went there for a bunch of reasons, actually, but you get my point...

Mike L--so good to hear you on the PRB airwaves again!

Thanks Li Maria!

It’s the return of the King!

this is hitting the spot rn. bossa beatles

Oh boy, I'd like to hear those covers backwards!

and oh yeah, I left the DJ on my handle, thbbbbbb

CRASS vindicated!

Nice stuff doesn't matter anyway, cause we're all going to die when the universe implodes, Mike.

@Thomas..any time table for that happening? Don’t want to make p,and if it is soon

Plans

It’s a good thing the barge has a baseball bat in the corner, in case someone is hiding under the desk.

Mary!

Kelly!

Dave, that's nothin' Every radio station has a studio baseball bat except the WPRB mothership which has... a rusty tire iron. Always thought that was pretty gangster. Sort of like bringing a gun to a knife fight.

@Thomas, there is a reasonable argument out there that the universe already imploded and we're just populating the wreckage. I find this notion weirdly comforting.

Only the free form pathogens live on. Always great to hear you on the air.

Hello in the chat, DJ Mike Lupica!

Thanks Thomas, and hello Chris!

I heard a rumor you were on the air (because you care). Alas I'm not in a position to listen atm

I will do an interpretive dance version of tonight's show next time I see you.

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This song is like the new national anthem. And that gif should be the new national gif, now and forever.

amen to that

Hell yeah

Greets chat! I'm late to the party

F**k Fascism!

Would you have been violating any FCC rules/ regulations if you didn’t Inform us that it was WPRB just now?

Mosh pit the fuckers

Donutage! It's like a class reunion!

The Woman with the Handbag (Swedish: Kvinnan med handväskan; also Tanten med handväskan, "The lady with the handbag") is a photograph taken in Växjö, Sweden on 13 April 1985 by photojournalist Hans Runesson. It depicts a 38-year-old woman, Danuta Danielsson, hitting a marching Neo-Nazi with a handbag.

Love the show, Mike

@Carlos. I am a stickler for The Rulez.

Hey Marcus!

hello Mr. Lupica!

And Richard!

@Marcus, there's a great scene in... what is it... The Bicycle Thief? Of a woman doing just that.

That's a great movie

Ack in the old days it would be Concert calendar time

(Cue, Stiff Little Fingers intro music)

You can probably all peace out now if you want because nothing I have left on deck tonight is as good as this Carsie Blanton song.

This set rules

What a song!

@Kelly, I know, right? That one dropped like an atom bomb in my head.

👐

Parking, looking up who did the Soccer96 song and then learning it was ripped from the headlines of…2020 was a ruff realization!

@Jon A-yup.

Ruff riddim rude boy!

Jackie Mittoo!

Love Jackie!

now listening from soccer field, so grateful you're on today! ROCKKKKKKK ONNNNNN

darker shade of Norwegian wood

@Yo Jen!

JEN!!

high-five, friends!

belatedly want to shoutout to that Robert Wyatt Stalin song

Second the Wyatt shoutout

water Mike, There's 40 gallons in the Barge bathroom

Hold your breath.

To stop hiccups, perform the Valsalva maneuver by taking a deep breath and holding it, pinching your nose closed, and sealing your lips. Forcefully exhale against this closed airway for 10–15 seconds to increase pressure and stimulate the vagus nerve. This pressure helps reset the diaphragm to stop spasm - from almighty lords at google

Side effects may include Godhead, nirvana or feelings of Bodhisattva. :)

I see you pronounce your name differently that the NY Post columnist.

Seven eleven

17...11

711

Music stations are at stake!

7-11-10

Corporate shill. Now gimme a slurpee

Redacted entries, like the Epstein files.

LOL

Good to hear you on WPRB Mike.

Thanks Brad!

Sending the next track out to Readie (whom I stole it from).

That dump demo was unexpected!!! Question is - is digital archive dumped or not? Schrödinger's DJ

Should be!

I love this so so much!

lovingly borrowed

"Liberated"

wait...this guy's back?

Like a funky rash.

hahahaha

sad that i missed 2.5 hours of that funk

I'll be around again at some point. I'm on a self-imposed hiatus.

This is awesome

Yeah, Readie played it the other day and it stopped me dead in my tracks.

and finally...Ringo -peace & love

Need to see the whole roster of who's on that. Definitely recognized Iggy Pop's deep timbre.

Ocean Vuong Sampa The Great Dai Wei Sleaford Mods Nadya Tolokonnikova / Pussy Riot Satomi Matsuzaki Iggy Pop Tom Morello Stephin Merritt Charlotte Gainsbourg Willie Nelson Laurie Anderson Mahsa Vahdat Fenway Ringo Starr

The World Asks, READIE RESPONDS! Love that Sleaford Mods are in that mix.

yeah- Sleaford totally awesome

and Grace read a poem from Ocean Vuong today on her show Interaural Space, and I told her that I remember that name from somewher- now I remember where!!

So glad she is back on PRB

...and I love that she hands off to me! Thursdays 10 to noon...only right here on WPRB

Absolutely love Interaural Space

@Readie -- I am so thrilled that Grace's 'Interaural Space' is back on air!

Evening!

Mike Lupica!!!

DJ Mike Lupica this has been such an incredible evening of music. I agree with the others that it's wonderful to hear you on air

@Teresa-indeed!

miss u dude!

I remember hearing that Hard Rain piece the other day--gut punching. Thanks for the killer fill-in show, Mike L. Don't be a stranger!

Michael, you pedaled this bike right into the winner's circle tonight...!

Almost time to say peas out, and BCNU!

🥰

great to catch you subbin', Mike! cheers!

Thanks Mike! Catch ya next time, or when a wire gets inadvertently unplugged.

thx Mike

Cheers, y'all! Thanks for the welcome wagon!

that was fun! If I can't have a liz bot, a mike pathogen is THE THING.

And I didn't even play the JFA 7" I had pulled for this show...

👍🏼

Jodie Foster's Army! You said 7 Seconds but didn't play "Skins, Brains, Guts"

Turn all the dials to red!

Blatant Localism

Out of School

That was the best end to any show I've ever done in 30+ years of this shit.

perfect timing

LOL. See y'all!