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Jon Solomon

Feb 18, 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.

2.18.25

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:05 PM		Set Break
5:08 PM		Chat Pile Masks N Masks b/w Sifting Sub Pop 2026
5:12 PM		Charif Megarbane & Ali Ombak, Ombak Habibi Funk 034: Tirakat Habibi Funk 2026 Out next month.
5:15 PM		Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt Extended Field FRKWYS Vol. 18: Extended Field RVNG Intl. 2025
5:27 PM		Brion Gysin Dreamachine parts 1-5 N Dreammachine WeWantSounds 2026 First time on vinyl. Recorded in 1992.
5:59 PM		The Bret Tobias Set Tuff Sleddin' L Tuneless Blues EP 2026
6:01 PM		Savages Paranoid Paranoid / Prayer Matador 2026 Black Sabbath cover. Unreleased from the "Adore Life" sessions.
6:05 PM		mcclusky i know computer i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley 2026
6:07 PM		Set Break
6:17 PM		Weird Nightmare Might See You There N Hoopla Sub Pop 2026 Alex Edkins from METZ. New album May 2026.
6:19 PM		Namian Sidibé Souna (Azzi on the Beat Remix) Remix EP 2026
6:22 PM		Rebel Bishop AKA Marquee Moon Marquee Moon Mr. So Cow. RIP Fred Smith. https://socow.bandcamp.com/track/marquee-moon
6:32 PM		Tomeka Reid dance! skip! hop! (feat. Jason Roebke, Mary Halvorson & Tomas Fujiwara) N dance! skip! hop! Out Of Your Head 2026
6:42 PM		The For Carnation Emp. Man's Blues The For Carnation Touch and Go 2000
6:50 PM		Al Green I Found a Reason N To Love Somebody EP Fat Possum 2026 Velvet Underground cover.
6:54 PM		Dry Cleaning Rocks Secret Love 4AD 2026
6:57 PM		Set Break
7:06 PM		Birdbrain 22:42 Live on WPRB https://birdbrainnyc.bandcamp.com
7:28 PM		Set Break
7:35 PM		The Ex Maybe I Was The Pilot Maybe I Was The Pilot / Our Leaky Homes 2010
7:39 PM		Godchilla Donksmonker Psionic Dreams Godchilla 2025
7:45 PM		SPAZA Sizwile (feat. Nonku Phiri, Malcolm Jiyane, Gontse Makhene & Ariel Zamonsky) UPRIZE! Mushroom Hour Half Hour 2020
7:54 PM		Turing Machine What Is the Meaning of What What Is the Meaning of What 2012

Chat is archived.

Hey there, chat.

Heya Jon. Crazy salt's time has definitely come. Pretty sure it's in everything, but it's gotta be tough to keep it on a turntable.. :)

Crazy salt is a sensational insult *and* a superb complement.

We are off and running!

Happy Wednesday!

🎵🎵 please don't tell me there's no Santa Claus 🎵🎵

And happy Wednesday afternoon evening to everyone

I have been clicked in all day. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

hi y'all!

Yo Addie. Yo Richard. Yo Rob. Yo Zach.

Hi Jon Zach Richard addie!

It is her story to tell but sorry Dana K. could not fill in last week as planned.

hello! We saw Robyn Hitchcock with a full band a couple of weeks ago in PDX. Fun show!

My friend and I were road cyclists. On one ride, we stopped at WDVR, which we always had on the radio in our car going back to Highland Park from wherever we were in "West Jersey". They were very welcoming.

Hello chat! Hello Jon! I am ready for some *crazy* salt!

Richard M, I took a wrong turn and suddenly we were in front of their station. Someone was taking out their recycling so I told them I was from a different radio station and asked if we could look around. They were happy to oblige!

Yo Richard. Yo Donutage.

watching hockey, listening to WPRB, drinking ice water

Yo Patrick. As the show's Official Hockey Correspondent, please keep us updated.

Richard L., that sounds outstanding.

Hi Jon! Please pass the crazy salt.

Hey Jon, if memory serves, there is a country inn restaurant across from WDVR which my wife and I enjoyed more than a few times.

Yo Alex. Also, a belated "yo" to Roffle.

USA 1 / SWE 0, 10 mins remaining

The Sergeantsville Inn is also in that intersection but we had a reservation at Finnbar (recommended) in Frenchtown.

They gave us an on-air shout-out as we drove off and I was like "oh, THAT is what it feels like!"

Good reminder Patrick

This is just the men's quarterfinal. tomorrow is the final for women's hockey, USA vs. Canada, should be an awesome game

What time is the women's game on Thursday? Early, right?

I hope the women’s final is good because so far it’s just been either of the two teams dominating everyone else hahaha

I saw the close of CAN / CZE before I headed towards The Barge today.

1:10 pm ET

This Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt piece is wonderful. It almost sounds like there's a hurdy gurdy in there?

Thanks, Zach. Hope to be home from the dentist by then!

I'm into it, Rob.

ah the mighty Chat Pile. Sell my body meat to Arby's..

herro dere. nice wackety sax.

Yo Mats. Yo Dale.

I was able to assist Chat Pile last week when they asked if someone could update their Wikipedia to say that one of their influences was the album "Chipmunk Punk."

Jon fine work sir

Still up, likely since since I cited their own Bluesky post as the "source."

the new Chat Pile live album is great. Chat Pile are mega stoners and it's a live in Netherlands album. The between aong banter is great. "Do you [dutch folk] have Arby's here?"

*song

Well now I have to go listen to Chipmunk Punk

USA 1 / SWE 0, 5 mins remaining

I was just about to look up the score and now I don't have to...

Patrick now we tawkin

I don’t love that the USA jerseys are literally just rangers jerseys but with USA instead

so true about the jerseys

they should all have Chat Pile jerseys

USA 1 / SWE 1, TIE GAME

Sweden scores, tied with 1:31

Will the game end before this piece does? Only time will tell!

Zibanejad had to score against his own jersey

lol jon

This is the only time I’ve been part of a sports conversation on the chat hahaha

Hi everybody

Speaking of sports...yo Dan!

@Mats I accompanied Raygun Busch on a cover of "You Can Leave Your Hat On"

we're going to OT

Dan nice! I like how CP covered a Rage Against the Machine song and the singer had to look up lyrics on his phone onstage

Is it Mats Sabbath or 'Mats Sabbath?

Jon haaaaaaa! I love the Mats.

Dont tell a soul, Jon, but I'm achin' to be

Jeez, the one time I tune in late, and I miss a Chat Pile song

Dan I went thru a phase where I requested CP of every wprb dj no matter the show. The intrepid took the challenge.

not the most radio friendly band with a nine minute song about a suicide interrupted by Grimace_smoking_weed

.mp3

Thanks for calling I wait all night for calls like these

Oh no, .jpeg!

MY MISTAKE

Jon haaaaaaaa! nice one

I have a frosted McDonald's mug with Grimace dunking a basketball on it. This is not the first time I have shared this detail from my life, nor will it be the last.

Is it one of those high-cadmium mugs?

USA WINS

Jon those Grimace glasses from McD's are for straight rotgut bourbon

US & A!!

Yes, I bought the complete set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196945608084?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=196945608084&targetid=&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9003941&poi=&campaignid=23517806047&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=10414391&merchantid=5471488004&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23513142365&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp46G_43kkgMVu0T_AR3oMjVrEAQYASABEgKsV_D_BwE

smoked glass, Jon this is serious stuff

One classy glassy.

Very classy

truly a great hockey game. glad USA won, but i feel bad for SWE losing in a 3on3 on rough ice.

Do you believe in mild serendipity? YES

Needs a matching Crazy Salt shaker.

lol

Has a 3x3 OT ever gone the full 10 minutes?

no idea. the format changes a lot

Jon, now you've got me on ebay, looking at Duke of Doubt mugs

Hello everyone

Are the Hansons getting much ice time?

James! Welcome back!

Dan, I think there are four mugs in the set. Ronald McDonald is a QB.

Yo Carlos.

That Grimace glass is awesome! I am envious.

Hamburgler is playing hockey.

https://i.etsystatic.com/6682023/r/il/869586/5250253909/il_1140xN.5250253909_3zcp.jpg

I used to own this...very cool to assemble and use https://www.discogs.com/release/582394-The-Hafler-Trio-Thee-Temple-Ov-Psychick-Youth-Present-Brion-Gysins-Dreamachine

Carlos I saw the Hanson Bros once and nomeansno lotsa times. Hanson Bros were great. The lighter side of NMN.

Jimbo, you can buy your own Dreammachine.

https://importantrecords.com/products/brion-gysins-dreamachine

Hamburglar, Jon (cuz I know ye like precision of linguistics)

*Hamburglar

Ha, I was just issuing my correction!

I first heard of the Dreamachine in a Doom Patrol comic book,

You can make a dream machine easily with candle, turntable, cardboard tube, knife. Tis relaxing.

@Mats..I saw the actual Hanson brothers at a sports bar in the area decades ago..place was packed for them.. Q and A..much beer was consumed

Carlos nice! The Hanson Bros/nmn guitarist let a giant solid string of drool down his chin/shirt, which I believe was subtle commentary on americans

Scooby would approve.

What is the baseball-playing Captain's name? I feel like he's been disavowed by McD's.

I later read that Reggie Dunlop made a few surprise appearances with the

Them

McDonaldLand never made sense. Hamburglar woulda eaten Mayor McCheese's hamburger head.

Answering my own question, it appears he was "Captain Crook" & was a nautical counterpart of Hamburglar with a penchant for stealing Filet-o-Fish sandwiches.

Captain Crook was phased out over time I believe.

https://mcdonalds.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Crook

In highschool, a friend of mine wrote a story about trying to break into the local McD's but being scared off by "Mayor McCheese's secret police".

Capn Crook was always stealing from Long John Silver

donutage that's the spirit. Imagination. Where is it today

@donutage I wrote a story about the Keebler Elves doing very bad things in the tree

Mats - nonfiction then?

I never trusted the elves

Lol! Straight reporting, not even gonzo journalism

I can't remember if the topic "what cereal mascot would win in a fight?" was on a podcast OR something I just brought up at home one evening.

Savages !

Ooh, good question! Count Chocula has the advantage of being undead.

Glad I got to see them when I could.

Savages that is, not Count Chocula.

sweet cover. did you play this when ozzy left the stage?

Jon there is a book called Snap Crackle Fuck You that is about cereal mascots doing very bad things. I actually had to stop reading, unusual for me. Lotsa typos and highly disturbing (like life today).

Dale, it was only released recently (though recorded in 2016).

Lol, Mats

SCFY would also make a good title for a Dwarves record.

https://eraserheadpress.com/product/snap-crackle-fuck-you-by-simon-ore-molina/

Jon yessssss the mighty Dwarves

Cage or Marquess of Queensberry rules for the cereal warriors?

Breakfast with the Dwarves: SCFY

The Savages bassist, if I remember correctly, was in her own zone. The rest of the band was wild but she stayed in the pocket like she was listening to a completely different band on headphones. It ruled.

Dwarves.. very familiar friendly live band

I've got to go with King Vitaman

*Family-friendly

Jon I like that. There is so much performing and posing these days and not enough people just doing their ability, quietly without fanfare (like the Savages bassist).

Low rent Dream machine...close eyes on nj transit as you pass the forested bits before Metuchen

NOT while driving on the GSP

I used to work at the Space Port in the KoP mall

team snowball fight should be a sport.

@Dale, With a skydiving twist.

Team snowball fight sounds awesome.

roffle...excellent idea. donutage....mixed pairs?

RIP the other non-Sonic Fred Smith

https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/malian-legends-neba-solo-benego-diakite-djinn-hunter-went-walking-out-now-2026-02-13

My latest fave Malian release. Headphones material

Dale - mixed pairs, five a side, 43-man battle royale… lets have a whole range of events.

Oh wow Brian. I'll have to look into that.

This is a "name your price" download and linked in the playlist accordingly.

So, Jon, tell us more about the Sprints show so I can feel properly bad about missing it,

It was fun! The singer tried to climb up into the balcony of Johnny Brenda's but then realized how dirty it was.

She also stood on the bar for Deceptacon. Best part might of been the last song when they invited a stranger (?) out of the crowd to play guitar. Maybe a ringer? Who cares!

Holy shit, that sounds fantastic!

I can't remember other details. Was nice to see listener Colin. That's all I've got!

Also, thanks for reminding me of their Decpetacon cover because I need that in my collection ASAP.

Fellow WPRB DJ [redacted] went to see them and didn't know it was a cover. "Why does everyone already know the words to their new song and why doesn't it sound more like Sprints?"

lolol

actually home and near a place to listen on a wednesday, let's gooooo

Maggie! Hello!

good evening!

I hope all is well in your part of New Jersey. Actually, that goes for each of you.

well enough! hope yours is too.

Had a couple nice runs this week, tonight's samosa burrito during my show was decent. Oven broke, but it was under warranty. So I guess no complaints?

Only if crazy salt doesn't void the warranty, sounds lke a solid..

i spent a couple hours at the dentist getting a temporary crown put in, but as the anesthetic wears off it doesn't particularly hurt so that's.. something

Shout out to Jali for playing The For Carnation on their show, which made me want to play them on mine too.

I have a "consultation" at the dentist on the books for tomorrow.

around 2000 there was an article in mojo listing off moody tenors like nick cave, guy from crash test dummies etc. this fits right in.

This record came out in 2000, so perfect.

Maggie, I listened to Qotsa's Songs for the Dead linearly while gettin a root canal!

*Songs for the Deaf

our beloved dentist retired suddenly, and we started at a new office earlier in the month. it turns out if they use modern equipment for xrays they will find all kinds of tooth crimes :(

tooth criminal (after smooth criminal)

@mats i'm wondering if i should have asked about listening to something. i tend to just dissociate through it

Maggie, I wonder if that was the same dentist I used to go to (only know this because we got a letter in the mail that they were cutting down to one day a week).

you can't hurt me i'm in a space station and all those drills are just robots cleaning the floors.

maggie I insisted on nitrous oxide, they suggested I zone out on an album and SftD is perfect, flowing, conceptual

jon, we saw dr. lee in ewing on parkside

Different dentist. Alas!

I have a funny story about going to see my childhood doctor as an adult and spying a page in my file I had filled out when little.

I guess it was to get to know the patient a bit, so they could be calmed during clean-ups? It had blank spaces for things like "interests."

My childhood interests were...

Radio, basketball, Doctor Who.

I have always been FULLY FORMED.

lmao

all horns and thorns, sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright!

What is up with Al Green and his unlikely-but-amazing covers? He did "Perfect Day" a few years ago.

Some people go through great personal and emotional development over the course of decades. Not this guy!

pretty perfect song.

Donutage, there's a different version of Perfect Day on this new EP too. Plus Bee Gees and REM covers...

I hardly recognize myself after all the misadventuring of the decades. A tabula rasa I was born.

Al doing Lou VU is such a great take. Meant to be

Angel Olsen did a great version of that song too.

Rev. Al can do no wrong in my book, so I'm all for it, but it's just…surprising.

I also like the new Dry Cleaning!

i liked previous dry cleaning songs i heard but didn't pursue. maybe this year!

From the first time I pressed play on the new Dry Cleaning it was clear to me they had unlocked a new level.

Forgot that two of these folks were in The Dancing Cigarettes!

I was listening to "Cruise Ship Director" on headphones last night, and it was entrancing.

Hello Jon. Hello chatters. Thanks for playing The For Carnation. That self-titled record is one of my favourites of all time. So sparse, so haunting, so beautiful.

i had meant to listen to stumpwork, despite the unsettling cover, bc "stumpwork" is a kind of embroidery

*Designer, that is

Brian, it is a great record and great-SOUNDING record.

I believe I helped mix one song on the first For Carnation record because between the engineer and musician doing the task they needed an extra hand to pot up and down the sound of birds in the background.

Put that in your Discogs and smoke it!

Gonna have to split soon. Thx for another great show, Jon. Take care, y'all!

You take care too, Donutage!

Ha no way! All their records rule, but that last one is extra special. If only they'd release another one someday, but it's been 26 years so guessing probably not?

They're certainly due!

RIP my old friend Michael Evans...

Condolences.

Thought the band sounded lovely tonight. Hadn't played them in far too long.

Groovy.

Some good "honk honk" parts to this song.

well this band/title elicited a good cackle

You can thank our own Mats S. for putting it on my radar.

yesssssssss thank ye Jon. Donksmonker= unit of time

The donks have been smonked tonight.

"iceland's weirdest sludge surf band" oh I'M IN

Maggie that's the spirit

sludge surf is where it's at

reminds me that i really love a british band called slugdge

and in the parodic title vein, they have "cropkiller" lol

Trying to think of what the best dumb band name like that is.

Could be Jud Jud.

Slugdge is pretty great though.

maggie slugdge was recently played on wprb!

Lost In Time & Slugdge.

carcass has a song called "eleanor rigor mortis" that made me snort

A wonderful show tonight, ty Jon

Oh, why thank you Rob!

Thanks Jon. Glad there's such a thing as good crazy any more.

maggie LOL

Nice listening & chat. Ty

maggie I like how Carnivore has an album called Carnivore feat. the song Carnivore

You're welcome, Amy! Nice to see you here.

Alex, it is appreciated.

carnivore pulled the black sabbath triple threat

maggie yes! Lol

double down on Carnivore? Fukn TRIPLE DOWN

i was trying to remember a band name and i've just learned there are more bands on metal archives with "bong" in them than "weed"

oh snap i love turing machine!

ah the mighty Turing Machine. "Bitte Baby Bitte" has one of the top 3 drumrolls ever, the thing is insane

Maybe my second-favorite running band (right behind Czarface).

Hard not to propel to these gents.

maggie we had a chat on a wprb metal show about all the bong bands. My fave is Bong Corleone (and they are good)

Brian from Disappears / FACS on guest vox, I believe.

i always got my rock pants on

and maggie speak of the devil, I just learned a Bongzilla riff on guitar I been playin incessantly ("Gummies")

mats i need to be near a computer for that one sometime lmao

I had a pal with the AIM handle gotmyrockpantson. Wonder where they are today.

Two minutes until HOG.

Jon I can see that, Turing M. and runnin, very energetic buncha lads

2 MINUTES TIL HOG

HOG O CLOCK IS NOW

what was that great sentence? Tim's in for Hog

Jerry's In For Hog.

thanx Jon!

Bye!