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The Sonic Bloom

Mar 17, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

Happy St. Patrick's!

hi...

The Sonic Bloom
5:01 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:08 PM
Cheap Trick - Southern Girls
Cheap Trick Southern Girls Cheap Trick
In Color Epic/Legacy 1977
5:12 PM
Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Gettaway
Stiff Little Fingers Gotta Gettaway Stiff Little Fingers
Nobody's Heroes Parlophone UK 1979
5:14 PM
The Stone Poneys - Different Drum
The Stone Poneys Different Drum The Stone Poneys
Evergreen, Vol. 2 Capitol Records 1967
5:18 PM
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - The Irish Rover
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem The Irish Rover The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Irish Folk Songs and Airs Legacy International 1994
5:20 PM
U2 - Mysterious Ways
U2 Mysterious Ways U2
Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Universal-Island Records Ltd. 1991
5:25 PM
The Pogues - The Ghost of a Smile
The Pogues The Ghost of a Smile The Pogues R
Hell's Ditch (Expanded Edition) WM UK 1990
Going out to Rebecca!
5:26 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:32 PM
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Deep Purple Highway Star Deep Purple
The Very Best of Deep Purple Rhino/Warner Records 1980
5:37 PM
Utopia - Love In Action
Utopia Love In Action Utopia
Oops! Wrong Planet Rhino 1977
Utopia (band) - Wikipedia
5:41 PM
Vic Chesnutt - Guilty By Association
Vic Chesnutt Guilty By Association Vic Chesnutt
Is the Actor Happy? New West Records 1995
5:44 PM
Ultimate Spinach - Sincere
Ultimate Spinach Sincere Ultimate Spinach
Ultimate Spinach III Iris Music Group 1968

Ultimate Spinach | The Music Museum of New England

From Boston!

5:48 PM
Wimple Winch - Rumble On Mersey Square South
Wimple Winch Rumble On Mersey Square South Wimple Winch
Chocolate Soup For Diabetics Volume 2 - UK Psych Classics - Remastered V/A The Orchard House 2014
Wimple Winch was an English psychedelic pop band that evolved from the group Just Four Men.
5:52 PM
Wombo - S.T. Tilted
Wombo S.T. Tilted Wombo N
Danger in Fives Fire Talk 2025

Wombo was formed in 2016 by lead singer and bassist Sydney Chadwick and guitarist Cameron Lowe. Chadwick and Lowe had previously been members of a punk-pop band, The Debauchees. Once the band dissolved, Chadwick and Lowe recruited drummer Joel Taylor and made their live debut as Wombo in August 2016.

5:55 PM
Fog Lamp - Death of Idealism
Fog Lamp Death of Idealism Fog Lamp N
Still Entangled Siltbreeze Records 2026

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From Oakland!

5:58 PM
Los Iniciados - La Marca de Anubis
Los Iniciados La Marca de Anubis Los Iniciados
Untitled - EP Minimal Wave 2006
The band was formed by Aviador Dro members Servando Carballar and Marta Cervera in 1980, the latter of which (known in the group as "Arco Iris" ("Rainbow") served as the group's leader to a certain extent. https://database.unearthingthemusic.eu/Los_Iniciados
6:02 PM
The Men - Buyer Beware
The Men Buyer Beware The Men N
Buyer Beware Fuzz Club 2025
From Brooklyn! https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/the-men?srsltid=AfmBOoomHMcqtszBo4nLYgLemU4h2bHyTv-Hy6L66aGB4RgJQuwfd9zM
6:04 PM
U2 - The Electric Co.
U2 The Electric Co. U2
Boy UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1980
6:08 PM
Liz Hogg - One Thread
Liz Hogg One Thread Liz Hogg N
Goodbye World Hello Something Aagoo Records 2025
From New York. https://lizhogg.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-world-hello-something
6:13 PM
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6:20 PM
Gorillaz - The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought)
Gorillaz The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought) N
The Mountain Kong 2026
6:23 PM
The Who - Overture/It's a Boy
The Who Overture/It's a Boy The Who
Tommy UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1969
6:28 PM
Urinals - Last Days of Man On Earth
Urinals Last Days of Man On Earth Urinals
Negative Capability...Check It Out! Happy Squid 1997
6:31 PM
Mari Cruz Soriano y Los Que Afinan Su Piano - El Vaticano va a arder
Mari Cruz Soriano y Los Que Afinan Su Piano El Vaticano va a arder Mari Cruz Soriano N
El Vaticano va a arder
6:33 PM
The Users - Sick of You
The Users Sick of You The Users
Kicks in Style - Classic Uk Punk 1976-1979 (Digital Booklet Version) MondoTunes 2013
In 1977, Cambridge record dealer Lee Wood founded Raw Records, and quickly recorded The Users in March of the year, releasing the single "Sick of You" / "(I'm) In Love With Today" on May 5, 1977.
6:36 PM
Cosey Mueller - Contraddict
Cosey Mueller Contraddict Cosey Mueller N
Embodiment of Denial 2026
6:40 PM
The Verlaines - Makes No Difference (Live)
The Verlaines Makes No Difference (Live) The Verlaines
Live at the Windsor Castle, Auckland, May 1986 Schoolkids Records 2022
https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/collections/the-verlaines?srsltid=AfmBOoqVJclscC-nK61BojWG-K36QwIk-UH_SHWNoaPKzvq46sbmHwc7
6:44 PM
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road (Live)
Steve Earle Copperhead Road (Live) Steve Earle
Live At the BBC MCA Nashville 2009
Recorded live at the Town and Country Club, London, Nov. 29, 1988.
6:49 PM
Vivien Goldman - Launderette
Vivien Goldman Launderette Vivien Goldman
Disco Not Disco Strut 2008
6:52 PM
The Apple - Buffalo Billycan
The Apple Buffalo Billycan The Apple
Chocolate Soup for Diabetics, Vol. 2 V/A Particles 1981
Apple were a British psychedelic rock band. The band was founded in Cardiff in 1968 by Rob Ingram on guitar and Jeff Harrad on bass.
6:55 PM
The Sundays - Life & Soul
The Sundays Life & Soul The Sundays
Blind DGC 1992
6:57 PM
Love and Rockets - No Words No More
Love and Rockets No Words No More Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets Beggars Banquet 1989
7:01 PM
Sharp Pins - Fall in Love Again
Sharp Pins Fall in Love Again Sharp Pins N
Balloon Balloon Balloon Perennial / K Records 2025
7:03 PM
cootie catcher - Straight drop
cootie catcher Straight drop cootie catcher N
Something We All Got Carpark Records 2026
https://cootiecatcher69.bandcamp.com/
7:10 PM
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7:11 PM
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - The Foggy Dew
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem The Foggy Dew The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Best of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem Tradition Records 1967
7:14 PM
Ben Vaughn - El Rambler Dorado
Ben Vaughn El Rambler Dorado Ben Vaughn
Mood Swings ('90-'85 & More)
7:19 PM
The Hives - A Get Together to Tear It Apart
The Hives A Get Together to Tear It Apart R
Veni Vidi Vicious Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph 2000
Going out to Dave!
7:20 PM
Randall Kennedy - Smith’s Room
Randall Kennedy Smith’s Room Randall Kennedy
Alternative Funk - Vol. 1 V/A Platform 23 2020
https://platform-23.bandcamp.com/track/randall-kennedy-smiths-room
7:23 PM
Ministry - I'll Do Anything For You (Squirrely Version)
Ministry I'll Do Anything For You (Squirrely Version) Ministry N
The Squirrely Years Revisited Cleopatra Records 2025
7:28 PM
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Well of Misery (2009 Remaster)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Well of Misery (2009 Remaster) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
From Her to Eternity (2009 - Remaster) Mute, a BMG Company 2009
7:33 PM
Neil Young - The Loner
Neil Young The Loner Neil Young
Decade Reprise 1977
7:37 PM
Jim + Digbee - Doobie 2
Jim + Digbee Doobie 2 Jim + Digbee N
Hidden Hits: Best of Basement/Sand 16 Scribble Tapes 2025
7:40 PM
Uranium Club - Viewers Like You
Uranium Club Viewers Like You Uranium Club
Infants Under the Bulb Anti Fade Records 2024
From Minneapolis.
7:45 PM
A.C. Newman - I'm Not Talking
A.C. Newman I'm Not Talking A.C. Newman
Shut Down the Streets Matador 2012
7:49 PM
Angry Angles - Crowds
Angry Angles Crowds Angry Angles
Angry Angles Goner 2016
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1179-the-untold-story-of-angry-angles-jay-reatards-great-lost-band/
7:50 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:56 PM
Falco - Der Kommissar
Falco Der Kommissar Falco
Einzelhaft Ariola 1981
7:59 PM
Fairport Convention - The Ballad of Easy Rider
Fairport Convention The Ballad of Easy Rider Fairport Convention
Liege and Lief (Deluxe Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1969
Chat is archived.
Esoterica (host) 5:09:53 PM
hi!
RileyMartin 5:11:27 PM
lets get this party started! 🎵
Esoterica (host) 5:11:39 PM
ph yeah!
Esoterica (host) 5:11:42 PM
oh yeah
Esoterica (host) 5:11:57 PM
hi riley!
RileyMartin 5:12:10 PM
hey hey hey!
RileyMartin 5:15:31 PM
hearing some of my fav irish bands today
Esoterica (host) 5:16:23 PM
some will be coming intermittently
RileyMartin 5:16:24 PM
linda singing a mike nesmith song
Esoterica (host) 5:16:31 PM
yup
Inspector Callahan 5:16:34 PM
Hey! Happy Sr. Pat's Day!
Esoterica (host) 5:17:16 PM
Hey Inspector! Thanks! To you, too!
John Coffey 5:18:28 PM
Different Drum is a song I may not have since my mom drove us around in her Rambler.
RileyMartin 5:18:28 PM
she had a pretty good backup band in these days
Esoterica (host) 5:18:58 PM
aw that is great, John
Mr. Mont 5:19:10 PM
Loving this - thanks Esoterica!!
Mr. Mont 5:19:32 PM
@John Coffey Hey my mom had a rambler station wagon too.
RileyMartin 5:20:01 PM
amc ramblers we all had one
Esoterica (host) 5:20:02 PM
hey Mr. Mont! we did, too.
Mr. Mont 5:20:24 PM
I remember having to bring jugs of water for when we went to the shore, because it would overheat
Commie Francis 5:20:38 PM
The live version of this rips
Esoterica (host) 5:20:58 PM
the irish rover, commie, yes, it does.
Commie Francis 5:21:20 PM
Clancy Brothers that is
Esoterica (host) 5:21:48 PM
yes
Esoterica (host) 5:21:53 PM
and hi!
Esoterica (host) 5:22:14 PM
i saw tommy makem live in manhattan beach of all places
Esoterica (host) 5:22:27 PM
my parents took me when i was a teen
Inspector Callahan 5:22:42 PM
Going to party at Al's Airport Inn it's the Max's Kansas City of Mecer County
Esoterica (host) 5:23:35 PM
love that place
RileyMartin 5:23:42 PM
man U2 at JFK stadium brings back memories
Esoterica (host) 5:23:52 PM
was there last week haha
RileyMartin 5:24:40 PM
what a great place JFK was
Esoterica (host) 5:25:41 PM
saw the dead there in 1992?
Esoterica (host) 5:25:46 PM
or 1993
RileyMartin 5:26:17 PM
saw the dead and dylan there in think it was 87
RileyMartin 5:26:54 PM
jerry was still alive
RileyMartin 5:29:54 PM
hopefully we can hear some Thin Lizzy too
Esoterica (host) 5:32:06 PM
yes indeedy
RileyMartin 5:32:23 PM
highway star love it
RileyMartin 5:32:50 PM
tihis is a drive 100 mph song, good thing im not driving
Esoterica (host) 5:33:13 PM
lol yes you and me both
sean burns 5:33:52 PM
Different drum... If you ever heard the original Stone poneys acoustic version of it- there's a live version of it online, you realize how much a good producer can add to a song.
sean burns 5:34:11 PM
Have the band sit down, get The wrecking Crew in, and add a harpsichord
RileyMartin 5:34:39 PM
when i saw Deep Purple at the spectrum Ritchie Blackmore played the solo of this song with a bottle on his finger and Jon Lords keyboards lit up
Esoterica (host) 5:35:55 PM
wow, sean, so true
Esoterica (host) 5:35:58 PM
and hi
Esoterica (host) 5:36:16 PM
wrecking crew amazing
RileyMartin 5:36:56 PM
so talented and such a jerk Blackmore
RileyMartin 5:38:33 PM
todd rundgren sweet
Esoterica (host) 5:38:44 PM
oh yeah!
RileyMartin 5:39:27 PM
saw the road to utopia tour at the tower...i spent a ton on shows in those days
Esoterica (host) 5:39:54 PM
whoa, great times no doubt riley
RileyMartin 5:40:25 PM
many a cloudy night lol
Esoterica (host) 5:41:46 PM
ha
RileyMartin 5:42:38 PM
shame all those great places are gone now
Esoterica (host) 5:43:14 PM
chestnut cabaret, too!
RileyMartin 5:44:28 PM
the kyber pass, the TLA, MannMusic Center
Esoterica (host) 5:44:52 PM
but they are still there right?
RileyMartin 5:45:30 PM
not sure i moved out of philly a few years ago
Pengy 5:45:41 PM
whaddap friends. I love catching shows at TLA and the Mann
Esoterica (host) 5:45:51 PM
yo, pengy!
Esoterica (host) 5:46:14 PM
just saw soft cell, modern englsh and simple minds at the mann last summer, great!
Esoterica (host) 5:46:24 PM
i like the tls, seen lots thehre
Esoterica (host) 5:46:29 PM
TLA
RileyMartin 5:46:33 PM
i remember going to the mann when ii was called robin hood dell east
Esoterica (host) 5:47:01 PM
oh wow
RileyMartin 5:47:21 PM
Mann had great outdoor shows unless it rained
Pengy 5:47:42 PM
These days I'm catching shows at Johnny Brenda's or KFN. But dang, I have a sudden urge to walk South Street now...
Esoterica (host) 5:48:28 PM
yeah those are great places, too
RileyMartin 5:48:33 PM
south street circa 1985 when jc dobbs was still kicking
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:49:26 PM
Hi everyone
Esoterica (host) 5:49:39 PM
howdy rob!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:49:50 PM
@Esoterica, it is currently above 90 in Pomona & Claremont.
Esoterica (host) 5:49:57 PM
whoa!
Esoterica (host) 5:50:06 PM
are you there, rob?
RileyMartin 5:50:26 PM
its 32 here
RileyMartin 5:50:49 PM
had damn snow overnight
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:51:12 PM
No, though I almost wish I was after yesterday's 15 degree temperature drop in 5 to 10 minutes. I was looking at the National Weather Service map of SoCal temperatures
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:51:35 PM
@Riley, bummer for you. We didn't get any snow inside the beltway, fortunately
Esoterica (host) 5:51:36 PM
i was in J TRee last wek and it was lovely 70s
Esoterica (host) 5:51:42 PM
week
RileyMartin 5:52:07 PM
springs coming...supposed to be 70 saturday
Esoterica (host) 5:52:17 PM
sweet
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:56:10 PM
@Esoterica, nice! It looks like it's in the mid to high 80s around J Tree right now
Esoterica (host) 5:57:04 PM
that still would be fine with me:)
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:58:40 PM
Yeah, me too!
Esoterica (host) 5:59:42 PM
weird it feels like spring today though cold. it is def coming;)
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:59:46 PM
A week ago in DC the highs reached the 80s for two or three days. 18 hours after Wednesday's neighborhood high of 85+ degrees, it was snowing!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 6:01:16 PM
I thought you might be amused by the Pomona/Claremont temps, since you went to college there
Esoterica (host) 6:02:20 PM
of course, rob! thx!
RileyMartin 6:06:28 PM
old U2 nice
Esoterica (host) 6:06:53 PM
one of y fave albums
Esoterica (host) 6:06:56 PM
my
RileyMartin 6:07:40 PM
one of their best no doubt
Esoterica (host) 6:10:03 PM
so true and their first
RileyMartin 6:20:31 PM
ooh tommy
Esoterica (host) 6:20:50 PM
aw thanks robert!
Esoterica (host) 6:20:57 PM
rambler power!
Robert Sullivan 6:21:36 PM
rambler power 4 ever!
Esoterica (host) 6:21:55 PM
:)
Esoterica (host) 6:22:14 PM
ben vaughn has one as well
RileyMartin 6:23:04 PM
my buddy had the muscle car version of the rambler, the AMC American
RileyMartin 6:24:18 PM
such a shame Daltrey lost his voice
RileyMartin 6:25:23 PM
i saw the who's first farewell tour at jfk with the clash
Esoterica (host) 6:25:45 PM
so cool
Esoterica (host) 6:25:53 PM
never saw them live
RileyMartin 6:25:54 PM
they had 8 farewell tours since
RileyMartin 6:26:36 PM
shame no keith moon by then tho
Esoterica (host) 6:27:15 PM
yeah
RileyMartin 6:35:59 PM
another short lived great band The Users
Esoterica (host) 6:36:55 PM
yeah
Amy Lee 6:46:29 PM
Always nice to hear Steve Earle
Esoterica (host) 6:46:55 PM
hi amy :) agree with you there
Francis 6:49:12 PM
Yeah - it's pretty bad out inthe valley - close to 100 today
Esoterica (host) 6:51:42 PM
hey francis whoa that is hot but it's in my blood
the other andrew 6:52:07 PM
hi eso!
Esoterica (host) 6:52:56 PM
howdy! the other andrew
Robert Sullivan 7:02:23 PM
copperhead road, v great pic
Esoterica (host) 7:02:38 PM
thx robert, love that song
John Coffey 7:06:23 PM
Adding cootie catcher to my Bandcamp follows. And thanks for WPRB Dj's for getting me to go there more often!
Dave Phlegmball 7:10:36 PM
saw the Hives in Philly last night. Still gotta buzz. Play some?
Esoterica (host) 7:11:06 PM
sure, dave!
Dave Phlegmball 7:13:11 PM
no-brainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbeX5FKT_WE
Robert Sullivan 7:15:59 PM
a Philly (area) artist, BV!
Esoterica (host) 7:16:08 PM
yup, robert
Esoterica (host) 7:16:10 PM
:)
Dave Phlegmball 7:22:34 PM
The Fillmore. Such a great live band. On the DEVO level.
Esoterica (host) 7:22:54 PM
oh sweet, must see them next time
RileyMartin 7:26:03 PM
another great show @Esoterica thanks again
Esoterica (host) 7:26:16 PM
aw thx, riley:)
Robert Sullivan 7:31:16 PM
not saying for now, but at some point down the road, or in case ramblers ever start rambling again . . . Ewan MacColl has a good rambler song, a protest. . . .
Esoterica (host) 7:32:05 PM
oh yeah for sure, robert
Esoterica (host) 7:32:18 PM
thank you
RileyMartin 7:37:32 PM
great old neil
Esoterica (host) 7:37:56 PM
yes for sure the best
TAndy 7:50:50 PM
Thanks so much for the show today! Been listening on and off as I've been driving around today :)
Esoterica (host) 7:51:16 PM
hey TAndy! you are so welcome:)
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:51:49 PM
We enjoyed your show tonight, Esoterica, thank you!
Esoterica (host) 7:51:53 PM
thx for letting me know you liked it:)
Amy Lee 7:55:35 PM
Thanks for the great show Esoterica!
Esoterica (host) 7:56:08 PM
thx, amy!
Esoterica (host) 7:56:23 PM
appreciate you! forgot to give you a shout out!
RileyMartin 7:56:29 PM
see you next week!
Esoterica (host) 7:56:30 PM
see ya next week!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:56:51 PM
We haven't heard Der Kommissar in quite a while!
Esoterica (host) 7:58:14 PM
haha!
Esoterica (host) 8:00:13 PM
bye!