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The Sonic Bloom

Feb 10, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

Playing punk, country, jazz and funk!

Ben Vaughn!

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The Sonic Bloom
5:02 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:04 PM
Rodney Crowell - Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
Rodney Crowell Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Rodney Crowell
Ain't Living Long Like This Rhino/Warner Records 1978
5:07 PM
Charlie Feathers - Fraulein
Charlie Feathers Fraulein Charlie Feathers
Charlie Feathers Nonesuch 1991
5:11 PM
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5:14 PM
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn - Come on Lord
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn Come on Lord Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn
Cubist Blues Light in the Attic 1996
5:20 PM
Ben Vaughn Part 1 - Ben Vaughn Part 1
Ben Vaughn Part 1 Ben Vaughn Part 1
2026 2026
5:33 PM
Deer Tick - Too Sensitive for This World
Deer Tick Too Sensitive for This World Deer Tick
Mayonnaise Partisan Records 2019
5:37 PM
Ben Vaughn Part 2 - Ben Vaughn Part 2
Ben Vaughn Part 2 Ben Vaughn Part 2
2026
5:50 PM
Ben Vaughn - Levitation
Ben Vaughn Levitation Ben Vaughn
Rambler 65 Rhino 1997
5:55 PM
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5:57 PM
Ben Vaughn Part 3 - Ben Vaughn Part 3
Ben Vaughn Part 3 Ben Vaughn Part 3
2026 2026
6:02 PM
The Ben Vaughn Quintet - If You Live
The Ben Vaughn Quintet If You Live The Ben Vaughn Quintet
Pièce de Résistance Many Moods Records 2016
Song by Mose Allison.
6:07 PM
The Looking Glass - Take the Time
The Looking Glass Take the Time The Looking Glass
Brown Acid - The Fifteenth Trip V/A RidingEasy Records 2022
From 1969. Looking Glass (not to be confused with the 70s soft-rock one-hit-wonders of “Brandy [You’re a Fine Girl]” fame.) But, as one might expect of a band this ahead of their time, the Looking Glass were soon to disappear down the rabbit hole.
6:11 PM
This Heat - Health and Efficiency
This Heat Health and Efficiency This Heat
Health and Efficiency - Single This Heat 1980

This Heat were an experimental post-punk band formed by Charles Hayward (formerly of Gong and Quiet Sun), Charles Bullen and Gareth Wiliams in 1976. With their roots in progressive music This Heat quickly developed into an experimental band using tape loops and avant-garde production techniques.

6:17 PM
Ben Vaughn - Enfermo
Ben Vaughn Enfermo Ben Vaughn
Instrumental Stylings Bar/None Records 1994
6:21 PM
Brian Eno - Driving Me Backwards (Live At The Rainbow Theatre / 1974)
Brian Eno Driving Me Backwards (Live At The Rainbow Theatre / 1974) Brian Eno
June 1, 1974 (Live At The Rainbow Theatre / 1974) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1974
6:26 PM
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6:33 PM
Max - Run Run
Max Run Run Max
Brown Acid - The Thirteenth Trip V/A RidingEasy Records 2021
From 1970.
6:36 PM
Suicide - Ghost Rider (2019 Remaster)
Suicide Ghost Rider (2019 Remaster) Suicide
Suicide (2019 Remaster) Mute, a BMG Company 1977
6:38 PM
The Monorchid - X Marks the Spot: Something Dull Happened Here
The Monorchid X Marks the Spot: Something Dull Happened Here The Monorchid
Who Put Out the Fire? Touch and Go Records 1998
With their precise, antiseptic vocals, throbbing bombastic bass, guitars akin to an alter-kilter duel between Eddie Cochran and Robert Fripp and cartographic lock-and-groove percussion, The Monorchid charged ahead with Who Put Out the Fire?, their first and, sadly, last release on Touch and Go Records. Weeks after the five members of The Monorchid finished tracking their Touch and Go debut, they decided to call it quits. The Monorchid originated when Chris Thomson and Chris Hamley of D.C.'s Circus Lupus joined forces with bassist Andy Coronado, guitarist Andy Cone and drummer Tom Allnutt. Their move to Touch and Go came after a short stint on D.C.'s Dischord which yielded their first full-length record in early 1997, Let Them Eat.
6:41 PM
Electric Callas - So Chic
Electric Callas So Chic Electric Callas
So Chic - EP Parlophone (France) 1978
New Wave / Punk band from Lyon (France) formed in 1976.
6:44 PM
Connie Converse - House
Connie Converse House Connie Converse
House - Single 2009
https://www.artsongaugmented.org/connie-converse
6:47 PM
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely
Neutral Milk Hotel Oh Comely Neutral Milk Hotel
Live at Jittery Joe's 2001

698bc481cd9e2.jpgI actually played this from my vinyl for this box set: https://www.mergerecords.com/product/the_collected...

6:54 PM
Chelsea - Many Rivers
Chelsea Many Rivers Chelsea
Chelsea STRIKE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT 1979
Chelsea are an English punk rock band which formed in 1976. Three of the four original band members went on to found Generation X. More than two decades after its release, the band's debut single, "Right to Work", was included in the Mojo list of the best punk rock singles of all time.
6:59 PM
Xmal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus II
Xmal Deutschland Incubus Succubus II Xmal Deutschland
Tocsin 4AD 1984

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From Hamburg, founded in 1980.
7:04 PM
Prince Buster - Roland Plays the Prince (feat. Roland Alphonso)
Prince Buster Roland Plays the Prince (feat. Roland Alphonso) Roland Alphonso
Fly Flying Ska V/A Blue Beat 1964
7:07 PM
Skeletal Family - She Cries Alone
Skeletal Family She Cries Alone Skeletal Family
Best Of... Anagram Records 1983
From West Yorkshire, founded in 1982.
7:14 PM
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7:16 PM
Elli & Jacno - T'oublier
Elli & Jacno T'oublier Elli & Jacno
Tout va sauter Catalog 1981
Jacno of Stinky Toys!
7:21 PM
Frank Sinatra - Ring-A-Ding-Ding
Frank Sinatra Ring-A-Ding-Ding Frank Sinatra
Ring-A-Ding-Ding! (50th Anniversary Edition) FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE 1961
7:23 PM
Wardell Gray - One O'Clock Jump (Live)
Wardell Gray One O'Clock Jump (Live)
Way out Wardell (Live) Ace Records 1955
7:36 PM
Arthur Russell - Not Checking Up
Arthur Russell Not Checking Up Arthur Russell
Picture of Bunny Rabbit Audika Records 2023
7:39 PM
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garçon
Taxi Girl Cherchez le garçon Taxi Girl
Chercher Le Garçon Parlophone (France) 1980
Taxi Girl were a French new wave band, adopting the New Romantic aesthetics of the time, such as clashing red and black clothing, synthesizer-led songs, and taking influence from mythology and literature. The group existed between 1978 and 1986, producing 5 mini-albums, and one full-length album, Seppuku.
7:43 PM
Moderne - Judo-O-Dojo
Moderne Judo-O-Dojo Moderne
Moderne / L'Espionne Aimait la Musique Minimal Wave 1979
Moderne was a pioneering French minimal synth-pop band active from 1979 to 1981, known for their electronic, Kraftwerk-influenced sound. Founded in Tours by Gérard Lévy and Thierry Teyssou, they released two LPs, including L'Espionne Aimait La Musique (1981).
7:47 PM
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7:50 PM
Zero Boys - Amphetamine Addiction
Zero Boys Amphetamine Addiction Zero Boys
Vicious Circle Secretly Canadian 1981
7:51 PM
The Ex - Monday Song
The Ex Monday Song The Ex N
If Your Mirror Breaks Ex Records 2025
7:57 PM
T.S.O.L. - Wash Away
T.S.O.L. Wash Away T.S.O.L.
Beneath the Shadows Nitro Records (Concord) 1981
Founded in 1978 in Huntington Beach, CA.