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DoublePlusGood

Feb 26, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

A tangy mélange of modern classical composition, rock in opposition, and songs of petition on a free-form mission

Esoterica fills in for Lizbot

Hey there!

5:01 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:05 PM		The Move I Can Hear The Grass Grow The Move The Greatest Hits, Volume 1 The Move was from Birmingham, founded in 1965.
5:10 PM		Tim Maia Gostava Tanto De Você N Tim Maia (1973) Universal Music Ltda. 1973
5:12 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:17 PM		Group Rhoda Dragon Pine N Phase 5 2026
5:24 PM		Ammar El Sherei Souq Ammar El Sherei N Ayam El Disco V/A 2026 https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/ayam-el-disco-egyptian-disco-boogie-jeel-cassettes-1978-92-lp-with-2p-col-insert-black-vinyl
5:30 PM		The Harptones Life Is but a Dream (LP Version) The Harptones Universal Digital Enterprises 1955
5:31 PM		The Replacements Can't Hardly Wait (LP Version) The Replacements 1987
5:33 PM		The Litter Action Woman The Litter Distortions Sundazed Music 1967
5:37 PM		The Rolling Stones Fool To Cry (Remastered 2005) The Rolling Stones Sucking In The Seventies (Digitally Remastered 2005) Polydor Records 1981
5:40 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:44 PM		Ministry Everyday Is Like Halloween Ministry Twelve Inch Singles Cleopatra Records 1987
5:50 PM		The Glove Looking Glass Girl (2006 Remastered) The Glove Blue Sunshine Rhino 1982
5:56 PM		The Glove Like an Animal The Glove Blue Sunshine Rhino 1982
6:00 PM		BRONCHO Class Historian BRONCHO Just Enough Hip to Be a Woman Dine Alone Records 2014
6:04 PM		Reas Tinta Fría Macroverso (feat. Red 7) Reas Tinta Fría Corazones & Calaveras vol 2 5940280 Records DK 2023
6:05 PM		Laura Nyro & LaBelle You've Really Got a Hold on Me Gonna Take a Miracle Columbia/Legacy 1971
6:10 PM		Robert Fripp Exposure (First Edition: Original 1979 Release) Robert Fripp Exposure Discipline Global Mobile 1978
6:14 PM		The Cars Dangerous Type The Cars Candy-O Rhino/Elektra 1979
6:18 PM		Jo Jo Gunne Getaway Jo Jo Gunne Jumpin' the Gunne Rhino/Elektra 1972 Jo Jo Gunne was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1971 by Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes after they had left the rock band Spirit. The band was named after the Chuck Berry song "Jo Jo Gunne".
6:24 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:26 PM		John Waters Bored to Death John Waters Make Trouble Third Man Records 2017
6:27 PM		Joy Division Digital Joy Division Substance 1977-1980 Rhino 1988
6:29 PM		75 Dollar Bill Singularity 06: Anchor Dragging Behind 75 Dollar Bill Singularity 06: Anchor Dragging Behind - EP The state51 Conspiracy 2023 75 Dollar Bill is a musical duo formed in New York City in 2012. Its members are Che Chen, formerly of True Primes, and Rick Brown, formerly of V-Effect and Curlew.
6:49 PM		Buzzcocks Ever Fallen in Love Buzzcocks Love Bites (Remastered) Domino Recording Co 1978
6:51 PM		The Cure Grinding Halt The Cure Three Imaginary Boys (Deluxe Edition) Rhino/Elektra 1979
6:54 PM		Mott the Hoople Walkin' With a Mountain Mott the Hoople Mad Shadows Rhino Atlantic 1970
6:57 PM		Electric Light Orchestra Daybreaker Electric Light Orchestra On the Third Day Epic/Legacy 1973
7:00 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:04 PM		Wilson Pickett Hey Jude Wilson Pickett R Hey Jude Rhino Atlantic 1969 Going out to Riley!
7:07 PM		Mott the Hoople Sea Diver Mott the Hoople The Ballad of Mott: A Retrospective Legacy/Columbia 1993 Originally from 1973 on All the Young Dudes.
7:10 PM		Wanda Jackson Right or Wrong Wanda Jackson Right or Wrong Capitol Nashville 1961
7:13 PM		The Rolling Stones Time Waits For No One (Remastered 2005) The Rolling Stones Sucking In The Seventies (Digitally Remastered 2005) Polydor Records 1981
7:17 PM		Simon & Garfunkel I Am a Rock Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence Columbia 1966
7:22 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:26 PM		Wondermints Arnaldo Said Wondermints Jardim Elétrico: A Tribute to Os Mutantes V/A Madcap Collective 2007
7:29 PM		Tones On Tail Rain Tones On Tail Pop Beggars Banquet 1983
7:38 PM		Robyn Hitchcock Autumn Is Your Last Chance Robyn Hitchcock I Often Dream of Trains TINY GHOST RECORDS 1984
7:41 PM		Nico It Was a Pleasure Then Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico (45th Anniversary / Super Deluxe Edition) Polydor 1967
7:49 PM		Nick Drake Parasite Nick Drake Pink Moon UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1972
7:54 PM		The Flaming Lips Galaxy I Sink The Flaming Lips Oczy Mlody Warner Records 2017
7:58 PM		The Allman Brothers Band Little Martha The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach Island Def Jam 1972

Chat is archived.

hey

Whatup, no Lizbot this week?

Hey Number 6, a little under the weather. Sending her good vibes.

I hope she feels better soon!

me, too:)

People must be a little discombobulated today.

It's Thursday, not Tuesday.:)

who said tuesday? oh me, haha i will change

Old habits die hard.

did i say tuesday? i do not recall doing that

I don't remember.

I'm old, CRS.

How you like the new studio so far?

aweesome, you?

typo

Great, a lot more space!

great vibes tonight! 🎵

thanks riley!

Killbot is over there guarding the place in the mean time.

oh yeah:)

Hope Lizbot is resting but it's nice to hear you Esoterica.

2 days in a row!

the litter were garage rock gold in the late 60's

well almost with a day in between, riley

howdy, amy, yes i am sure she is:)

my bad with age comes forgetfulness :)

all good:) you and me both. glad you checked in here.

love the stuff you play 🎵

This album has a lot of good songs.

thank you

oh yeah a classic, number 6

Hello! What a pleasant surprise!

Early stones was very stellar

hey Inspector:)

love much of the stones, one of y fave bands

*my

The Black & Blue album, that is. Probably the compilation too.

saw em live twice they were a great live band

i loved the goats head soup era

great stuff, i love tattoo you, emotional rescue exile on main street, but my fave is sticky fingers. that is my era

Don't ELO and The Move share common ground?

yes roy wood and jeff lynne

Thank You!

the move was a very beatlish band, check out their attempt at strawberry fields called "blackberry way".....fun song

Up there with Badfinger

such a sad story Badfinger was :(

it is riley sad

true re: the ove, riley

the move

the two leaders wrote the song Without you which Nillson made huge then both committed suicide within a year

every time i hear that song its sad

oh it is

Bob Welsh

love his early fleetwood mac compisitions

wait are you saying he was also in the move, inspector?

French Kiss is great

*compositions

saw him open for fleetwood mac during his ebony eyes days...stevie sang with him on that album

No, he deep fixed himself had the big C

love his fleetwood mac stuff with christine mcvie

Old Rock Royalty

sadly most have departed

yes, true

double shot of The Glove

Made my night Eso, this winter got me down. Cheers! Thanks! 😇

Yes!!!! Thank you so much! Love these Glove throwbacks!

Springs coming soon i hope

Good evening everyone

Hey you are welcome, Jaime:)

howdy rob!

good evening

oh i am glad I made your night, inspector:)

Six years ago this night I retired and you played "Instatutinized" for me! Talk about fate! 😇

Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies?

lol i retired 8 years ago....i dont miss working!

Congrats you guys!

laura nyro wrote a lot of big songs

Yes! Impairment from Morrettis and old age= bad sight

oh but she didn't write this one, did she?

can you drive, inspector?

not sure but she wrote elis coming for 3dnight

I'm on my porch third floor dry docked

love that song

Pretty sure smoky wrote that. But I like this Laura Nyro version better than his.

How appropriate ex...

that was a miracles song yes

yes tat is what is says W. Robinson on the vinyl. Thanks, G Jax

*that

i am a typo typin' fool lol

This song song has some horsepower!

I can't check myself cause I'm driving, but I think Smokey Robinson actually wrote that.

william smokey robinson

oh yeah number 6!

yes he did riley and G Jax!

Remember, why drink and drive when you can smoke and fly#

fripp was awesome in King Crimson

expOOOOOsure!!

Teri Roche is so cool with

She really is! This was my introduction to The Roches

the roches

Driving home and heard Halloween music in February..love it!! Lazy dinner oven roasted sweet potatoes

Driving sister

The only band Fripp said he Jams with back in the 80's. :)

ric ocasek turned out to be a real creep huh

Dangerous Types!!!!!

hey rob, yes indeedy:)

howdy roffle!

best cars song imo

did he, riley?

ever hear the cover of this by Letters to Cleo?

@ RileyMartin, I just looked at Ocasek's wiki article. I didn't know that he was such a creep

yeah he got real weird in the end...poor paulina

I know. Creep. T*rd. *ssh*l*

wow i didn't know

The fly vid is legend

hey carlos! yup ministry with halloween

@Esoterica, these last few songs are taking me back to my DC101 and XL102 days!!

yup inspector, bummer

cool, rob!

you grew up in dc?

(album oriented rock stations in DC and Richmond VA respectively)

1980 all over again

@Inspector Callahan, indeed

jo jo gunne had a huge hit with Run Run Run

He was New Wave, not Punk, let the cards fall where they may. :)

@Esoterica, in close-in northern Virginia.

the frank zappa version of whipping post lol

Oh man, I see I missed The Move at the start of the show! I love I Can Hear The Grass Grow

i request hey jude by wilson pickett with duane allman on guitar

ooooh, ok i will try, riley

ty so much :)

Re: John waters & shop --- I remember shop class in middle school, the assignment was "a box with a hinged lid" most boys (only boys took shop back then) made jewelry boxes for Mom ... I made a coffin

lol i made a stash box for my weed .....i was a bad kid

Sorry I'm late, friends

@riley - yeah, same thing kinda

lol ah the 70s were so fun

The later the arrival the more interesting the guest

yo, randy, you could say so:)

Thank you?

lol yes

why hnhot

why not

waza. Nice drones :)

howdy mathy, yes agree

flatlinin

very trippy vibe

and you can reach nirvana tonight...

indeed

cosmic debris

my high school gym teacher said" Puff The Magic Dragon" was a drug song

the word Puff

so did a lotta folks haha

I didn't have a cool gym teacher *sob*

little jackie "paper" as in rolling paper

You know what's going on here

the late 60's paranoia was very high

they thought every beatles song had drug references

didn't it?

Big Bambo

yeah i am the walrus has the "smoke pot smoke pot everybody smoke pot" chant

randy haha re: coffin and john waters and shop

catching up on chatting

That just woke up the house..in a good way

Nice!😇

I remember - everyone knew about the Pistols and The Clash, but if you knew Buzzcocks - that was next level

oh yeah for sure, randy

pete shelley was the man

the best

@Riley..great pot song is Dash Rip Rock..everybody smoke pot..done to the tune of At the hop..by Danny and the Jrs

lol i'll you tube it thx

Hard to believe the Buzzcocks have done shows without Shelly..

ian hunter and the boys

love em

so many good tunes they have

oh yeah

early ELO!!

the great ELO

yes!

You are quick on your heels tonight!

this is awesome ty so much

Roy Wood from the earlier played The Move was gone from ELO by the time of that record. Bev Bevan was still there though

duane was a session guitarist on this song

Ha Duane. Awesome

so much better than the beatlews version imo

agree

bluesy swagger

so good!

I half agree. I was a BIG fan of the Beatles version when I was a kid. But, I am no longer a kid so this version is rapidly taking over, right now

Hey DJ Esoterica! Haley here! You made my commute home all the better today!! You’re the coolest!

wilson could sing

Duane was awesome on anything. But I REALLY love him playing a Fender

Haley!! Drive safely:)

glad to hear it - good old rock and roll

duane wailing away

As much as I love this I still prefer the Beatles version

Okay, I am firmly of the opinion that this is better than the Beatles version. Thank you Riley and Esoterica!!

two great songs

Both great.

Ian Hunter is a treasure

the guy has a ton of good stuff

great vibes tonight thanks Esoterica! 🎵

Mick Taylor's shining moment with the Stones.

one album wonder mick

Wow. Can't believe you're playing THIS!!!!

Ain't heard this in...

got the vinyol why not:)

vinyl

Try four album wonder Mick. Stones at their best with him

i thought he was only on one album?

thanks riley - i am to serve good music

i am responding to your earlier comment lol

very nice work

Actually 6 counting the live album and the small parts he played on Let It Bleed

was let it bleed his only studio album?

if this doesn't take you back...

i am a rockkkk

Let It Bleed was his first but he doesn't play much on it. The next five Stone records he is all over

i must have blanked out i thought he was only on one actual stones album...my bad

No prob

I'm a Stones fanatic

didnt mick taylor play on joan jetts hate myself for loving you too?

I believe he did play on that. Not his finest moment. Haha

very prolific guitarist

Are you trying to seduce me Mrs Robinson

i like the lemonheads version of mrs robinson

No don't say Sucking In The 70's. That's a "best of" record.

🩵🩵🩵

dont touch that dial!

It's Only Rock n Roll is what it was on.

I've been listening to this station almost fifty years

that is so cool

me too since the early 80s

woot!

Won tix to see The Velvet Monkeys 1983 from 103.3

Oh hey Esoterica!

i graduated in 83 and remember driving up to new hope so we could sit by the river and pick up 103.3

oh hey TAndy!

cool, inspector! Who are the velvet monkeys?

It's a beautiful night I'm looking at the River right now

sweet! is it cold out there?

I never saw them again. The show was in the engineering bldg. Halloween 🎃

fun!

It's not too cold feels refreshing

i went without my overcoat today

i miss that area...im up north now

Warmer days a comin

not soon enough

yes agree

Been a rough winter, winds a thor blowin cold 🥶

love Nicos voice...so haunting

oh yes

the ice queen

her work with the velvets is legendary

Been vibing tonight! Thx!

like, really

thanks ears!;)

yeah big thanx the vibe tonight was awesome! 🎵

appreciate

Thank you for filling in tonight Esoterica!

hey john, of curse. sending healing vibes to our inimitable

course!

i am the queenof typos

And thanks for the second ever Jo Jo Gunne song I ever heard!

🍌🍌🍌🤖🤖🤖💥💥💥

sweet! john

jimboooo1

hiii

esoooooooo

thanks for the show!

you are welcome:) enjoyed myself

Just got back from a long day at a farmers market conference and am kicking back with a tall PRB

hope to hear you on again soon !

thx

sweet jimboooo

Thanks for a good sub show, BCNU!

thanks, Number 6!

thanks everyone:)