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The New Abnormal

May 29, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

Exploring multiple facets of jazz-adjacent prog-rock, edgy fusion, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Rock-In-Opposition, avant-prog, Rock Progressivo Italiano, world music, ambient, anything virtuosic.

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7:02 AM		Ótal Skafl N Gjóta Black Cat Enterprise 2026 Ótal is an Icelandic electronic musician currently based in Akron, Ohio. Using synthesizers and field recordings, he creates slow, textural works rooted in drone and minimalism. https://otal.bandcamp.com/album/gj-ta
7:08 AM		Set Break: 𒋞𒋞𒋞𒋞𒋞𒋞𒋞 𒋞
7:11 AM		Krakatau Terra Ignota N Terra Ignota Elations Recordings 2026 fusion ensemble based in Melbourne Australia https://krakatauband.bandcamp.com/album/terra-ignota
7:19 AM		Arild Andersen Group Chorus IV Electra ECM Records 2005 Jazz bassist, born in 1945 in Lillestrøm, Norway. The music was originally composed for the performance 'Electra' by the 'Spring Theatre', Athens (2001-2004).
7:22 AM		Tigran Hamasyan A Crane Came from Van EP, No. 1 - EP Universal Music Division Decca Records France 2011 Armenian jazz pianist, born 17 July 1987. Many of his compositions are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities.
7:26 AM		Brèche Grandir Carapace Et Chair Tendre Le Tamanoir 1979 Folk rock band from Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada) founded circa 1976. They were known to use various music genres as classical, folk, jazz and prog.
7:32 AM		Set Break: 𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟𒋟 𒋟
7:36 AM		Van Der Graaf Generator Pioneers Over C H to He Who Am the Only One 2005 Release EMI Marketing 1970 Formed in the UK in 1967, with vocals by Peter Hammill, VDGG offered a combination of psychedelic, jazz, classical and avant-garde and acid influences.
7:48 AM		Arnaud Quevedo 2nd Life Part 2 - Journey 2ND Life FTF-Music 2023 Arnaud Quevedo & Friends (AQ&F) is lead by Arnaud Quevedo, born in France in 1981, and teaching music in Conservatoire since 2007. After performing musical tributes to Zappa, King Crimson, Gong and Magma, he started making things under his own name in 2020. This is his latest. https://arnaudquevedo.bandcamp.com/
8:00 AM		Set Break: Thank you, Ike Willis Isaac Willis (born November 12, 1955, died May 16, 2026) was a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa (1978-1988). Willis toured with the Frank Zappa tribute bands The Muffin Men, Banned from Utopia, Bogus Pomp, Project/Object, Pojama People, Ugly Radio Rebellion, The Stinkfoot Orchestra, ZAPPATiKA, and with the Italian bands Ossi Duri and Elio e le Storie Tese. Additionally, he appeared multiple times at the annual Zappanale Festival in Bad Doberan, Germany.
8:05 AM		Frank Zappa I'm a Beautiful Guy You Are What You Is Frank Zappa Catalog 1981
8:07 AM		Frank Zappa Beauty Knows No Pain You Are What You Is Frank Zappa Catalog 1981
8:10 AM		Frank Zappa Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? (Live) Buffalo (Live at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, 1980) Frank Zappa Catalog 2007
8:11 AM		Project/Object More Trouble Every Day Absolutely Live Phoenix Media Group 2000 Project/Object, founded in the mid 1990s by guitarist André Cholmondeley, is the longest running alumni-based Zappa tribute in the world. Over the past twenty years they have hosted onstage more Zappa alumni than anyone other than Zappa himself.
8:16 AM		Frank Zappa Outside Now Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III Frank Zappa Catalog 1979 heavily edited for airplay
8:20 AM		Frank Zappa Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III Frank Zappa Catalog 1979
8:27 AM		Set Break: 𒈝𒈝𒈝𒈝𒈝𒈝𒈝 𒈝
8:29 AM		Last Scene Alive Leave Nothing For Tomorrow N World Class Pep Talk Last Scene Records 2026 Sax, keyboard and drum trio (with guests) based in Washington D.C. https://lastscenealive.bandcamp.com/album/world-class-pep-talk
8:34 AM		Steve Smith & Larry Coryell Scotland (feat. Steve Marcus & Kai Eckhardt) Count's Jam Band Reunion (feat. Steve Marcus & Kai Eckhardt) Shrapnel Records, Inc. 2001 Larry Coryell (guitar), Steve Marcus (sax), Steve Smith (drums), Kai Eckhardt (bass), Jeff Chimenti (piano)
8:40 AM		Kneebody Uprising Anti-Hero Motema Music, LLC 2017 Formed in Los Angeles CA in 2001, they are now based in Brooklyn NY. https://kneebody.bandcamp.com/
8:47 AM		Missus Beastly Talle Second Fuego 1974 Kraut-Progressive-Jazz-Rock band founded in 1968.This is their 2nd LP.
8:52 AM		Machine and the Synergetic Nuts Trout Leap Second Neutral Cuneiform Records 2005 High energy fusion ensemble from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1997. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/leap-second-neutral
9:00 AM		Set Break: ÐⅈϝߓἴϾὐᒫȾ Ĺǐꮥ𐠙𐒢₦ἴᥰ᪄ Ȟ𐤈ƲƦ 👉😫👈 𓋍 first half: Zappa songs featuring vocals by the late Ike Willis
9:03 AM		Frank Zappa City of Tiny Lites (Live) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (Live) Frank Zappa Catalog 1991 Frank Zappa (1940-1993) was a composer, lyricist, songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, bandleader, conductor, producer, and filmmaker.
9:14 AM		Frank Zappa A Pound for a Brown On the Bus (Live) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (Live) Frank Zappa Catalog 1991 It’s hard to overstate the influence Frank Zappa had on the avant-prog field; he was the first to blend avant-garde elements with rock and jazz. Zappa’s music rejected the notion of strict genre divisions in favor of a more fluid vision of art.
9:22 AM		Frank Zappa Andy (Live) The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (Live) Frank Zappa Catalog 2012 This touring band from 1988 fell apart before they could finish their tour
9:28 AM		Angine de Poitrine Yor Zarad N Vol. II Angine de Poitrine 2026 Angine de Poitrine are an anonymous Canadian duo from Saguenay Quebec who debuted in 2024. Playing asymmetrical and dissonant math rock with a rock n roll exuberance. Featuring tight, pulsing drum grooves and intricate tangles of double-neck microtonal guitar. https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/album/vol-ii
9:35 AM		King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard See Me L.W. KGLW (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard) 2021 Prolific psychedelic rock band from Melbourne, Victoria. Australia, formed in 2010. They released a trilogy of microtonal records, using custom quarter tone instruments inspired by the Bağlama (saz): Flying Microtonal Banana, K.G. and L.W.
9:39 AM		Panzerballett Bleed (feat. Sebastian Lanser, Joe Doblhofer & Rafael Trujillo) Übercode Œuvre 2025 German band from the Munich area defining their own style as progressive, funky Math Jazz Metal. https://panzerballett.bandcamp.com/
9:45 AM		La Colonie de Vacances Les chiens ECHT Vicious Circle 2022 A collective of four French rock bands (Pneu, Marvin, Papier Tigre, and Electric Electric) started in 2010, "La Colonie de Vacances" is a live collaboration in which the groups set up on separate stages, at the four points of the compass.
9:48 AM		Miriodor Procession 3rd Warning Cuneiform Records 1991 Avant-prog band from Quebec City, Canada, founded in 1980. The French title is "3è Avertissement".
9:52 AM		Set Break: 𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍𓎍 𓎍
9:55 AM		The Muffin Men Mr. Green Genes Playing The Music Of Frank Zappa: Mülm Muffin Records 1994 One of many Zappa tribute bands. This time with Ike Willis.

Chat is archived.

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Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Good morning you two.

good morning ladies and germs.

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

good morning, TAndy

good morning, Dale

Good morning Dale

Morning all!

good morning, goots

Happy morning!

hey, Roffle

Commuters that use Route 1 at Princeton, take note: road closed at Washington Road due to crash. Could be closed for hours. Traffic being diverted. I was lucky to reach the barge on time.

good morning everyone, quietly listening until my bad cold gets the better of me and I have to take a nap

welcome, Rob. i hope you feel better fast

Feel better Rob 💐

ty, dave and goots

I’m listening while lifting and it’s a fun mood

🏋️‍♀️

🏋️, 🎧 🕺, repeat

love this....i should have suspected quebecois before i looked.

yeah, Quebecois scene has a unique style

Sometimes sounds like Bowie hehe

I like this

for sure, Bowie had a huge influence

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oh good morning, Christine

Good morning 🙃 ǝɹnɔsqO ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐᗡ and all 🫖

Oh hey Christine and Goots

this is pretty fantastic.

glad you like it. it took me years to be able to appreciate VDGG

good morning ǝʌɐᗡ and my PRB Pals!

hey, Stevie P

Hey Stevie. Dave, this is a sick jam right here.

👍🏻

Always with the screeeeaming 🗣

Did you say the muffin man?

The Muffin Men

The muffin men!

Ah, I'm glad to be here during the comedy music set!

that doesn't appear very often, TAndy

Good morning! What was playing beforeOutside now like two minutes ago

must have been Project/Object - More Trouble Every Day,

and welcome, Linda N

I'm really diggin this Zappa!

Thank you! Amazing listening!!

Glad you are able to listen and enjoy

more Zappa from 9:00-9:30

yeah that was great. Zappa is so unique.

no he's not

unless you discount the clones

That was a great set Dave!

oh boy

Oh BOY

thanks, TAndy

👈💀👉

c'mon MrM - west siiiideeee

Tiny little 🍪

That the peoples eat

Rest in peace, Isaac Willis 🪷

😞 it's okay if MrM isn't listening

Good morning Dave, Christine, all other about to be aurally challenged…

MrM 💀, where are u?

good morning, dan C

I'll start a Go Fund Me page to get MrM a louder alarm clock

Fire House grade

Good morning Dan C, TAndy, Stevie P, Mok 🦁, Linda, Dale, goots, sickie Rob from MD 🦀 & all

📢

⏰️ 🚨

Oh sure, I oversleep on the day you play a ton of Zappa

At the risk of sounding like Jay Leno…er, what’s with the lit cigarette attached to the Gibson SG, mahogany neck, head stock?

have you learned the lesson, lizardbytes? Always Be Listening to WPRB

Zappa needed his hands free to play guitar between puffs

Obviously this lesson needs to be learned again and again

Wait!?! I’m the only one with different stream in every room?

My, my! Ike Willis was one formidable vocalist, wasn't he?

Oh I see Ike just passed recently RIP to an outstanding musician

that's why Zappa kept him on. Here he scats while playing guitar

Relax Dave, only one room remotely qualifies as difficult.

one is often too much

Adrian Belew is probably thinking, "no way did I ever hit such heights singing City of Tiny Lights...."

That’s like a lit cigarette on both night stands, all night, just in case.

we need a smoke-apnea machine

Now you’re talking! Humidified, using distilled water. Available at local dollar store. Frank could have endorsed his favorite brand, And Gibson simultaneously. Zappa Vape?

Belew was the closest Talking Heads got to Frank I believe.

Bernie Worrell could have been a mother. Easy!

that would have worked

Just picked up The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life recently

apparenty Andian Belew was discovered by Zappa

I remember a friend of mine had an SG, but he couldn't play it, so he lent it to me so I could pretend I could play like Zappa. Total fail on my part, but cool guitar.

@ Lizardbytes, great recording. Similar is a double disc 'The Last US Concert" also from 1988

This song takes me back.

love the tone

Yes just got that one last year on vinyl

Great story! Cool guitar, but if you looked cross eyed at one, the headstock broke off.

I had a Gibson SG back in the early 70's and stupidly sold it back then, worth about 3k today!

Yeah, the Gibson curse.

Have you read about Yamaha Trans Acoustic guitars? Quantum leap. Body has speaker, effects, including looper model, phone app with drum machine, etc., etc.

nope

I have not Dan

Zappa, Townsend, Frissell, others really put SG’s on the map. Has Primus appeared?

not today

I see they just re-released these albums, why are the first pressings selling for ridiculous prices?

greed?

indeed

Of course, the foot pedal extraordinaire bare foot!

I am so wanting a Yamaha chambered guitar. Next time I have a 1000 bucks laying around I will grab one.

This is the biggest thing since White Stripes first appeared.

surprisingly popular

The trans acoustic has a short, under 20 inches scale neck I heard. Seems odd.

I don't get all the hype.

Blue Man Group Plays King Crimson, less Twinkies, Marshmellows.

PVC pipe percussion

20 inches? 3/4ish thing. That okay too. I had a 3/4 Mustang and it was just fine.

The PVC pipes are very cool.

My Mustang seemed restrictive, despite coolest look.

I’ve been wanting to hear more of this. Thanks D!

🙏🏻

I think that was the first time I heard King Gizz on your difficult listening hour

I cut out a slot for a humbucker and put dual distortoion DiMarzio's at the bridge. Fucking hatchet job. I still rue the day. lol

Teenager stuff.

TAndy - you're probably right. i Played them once during a microtonal set

👑 Giz ➕️ 🦎🧙‍♂️

So…did anyone paint their bedroom flat black, attempt painting dark side of the moon prism, spectrum on one wall. I saw this at a house sale, ‘80’s. Wish I’d had a camera.

no, but I painted an Escher (waves) in my dorm room

My friend had a cool mom and he had a black-light and posters.

Correlation…more difficult, less chat.

M.C.! YES! Ants crawling on a Möbius strip! Rolling joints precisely.

Escher (waves)? My brain is on fire for the rest of the now!

wave power conundrum- to be precise

Is there one decent album with Escher art on the cover? Besides Mott the Hoople

i am unaware

Those nutty French

From eating animal organs

Love Escher art

Thanks ǝʌɐꓷ, this landed well for me today, and I feel ready to go out and seize the day. Until nap time at least. Have a great day all!

I actually restored a couple of his 20 foot long wood block prints. Unreal ability that guy!

U2!

another excellent show Dave! Thanks!

𒄦 𒁶 𒀋 𒀽 𒀂 Cheers, DtO! 😶‍🌫️

A friend of mine made lithographs and gave me an Esher he was producing. Brilliant and impressive.

Thanks again Dave for another outstanding show! I'll set my alarm for next Friday!

Excellent show, always good to hear plenty of Zappa!

That's pretty cool Dan you do print restoration

Thanks for the show Dave!

thanks, Bud, for dropping by

thanks, folks!

WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

The New Abnormal

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