"The Death of Pop" by The Rub. Jon Solomon Wed May 27 with Jon Solomon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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Hey Jon!

Greetings!

Get in early, y'all!

Attention Nice DJ JonSolomon: you are Charming & The JonSolomon Show is always a Special Treat! Have a great time! 🖤💀

Aw thanks!

We will try.

Chat early & often!

Hey I'm finally catching some of it!

Greetings Jon Solomon! Greetings Chatters! Cheers-

A longer-than-usual station ID means you caught less of it!

Jon the summer schedule is a sparse matrix. When do we know who gets what slot?

Hello hello hello.

Hello!

Marcus, I would expect that out there as soon as tomorrow. I know I am staying put where I am and a few familiar Voices of the Past are returning for the summer. That's all I've got.

Hey Jon and all! Registering my ears.

greetings and salutations

Hi Jon and everyone

hey now.

I am not sure I can greet everyone as then enter. A chat monsoon.

The exceedingly rare "I'm awake from the start" for me today lol

Oh and new schedule starts June 2nd.

The schedule is matrix is not positive definite and cannot be inverted. Too many rows and columns with zeros. Please correct and resubmit

Would if I could. Would if I could.

Jon, not sure of your post show plans but…8 pm Spelling Bee semifinals. Final tomorrow night. I’m pulling for a kid from DC named, wait for it, Zwe Spacetime!!

Thx for the Swag Update!

I am now pulling for them as well.

Aw yiss, Sweeping Promises!

zwe spacetime is a wonderful name

Donutage, you are welcome. The bumper stickers came out GREAT I feel. Can't wait for you to put them on your respective yachts.

Rob Base died? He was the guy who brought hip-hop to the clubs

Cancer. He was 59.

https://jacksonvillefreepress.com/in-memoriam-rest-in-power-hip-hop-legend-rob-base-dead-at-59/

Big Mac victorious.

Zwe Spacetime will undoubtedly beat and shame these other children

RIP

This is their "Victoria" meets "Alive in Shadows."

The drag queens of downtown NYC will be tipping a cup tonight

is it a terrible idea to head into princeton for dinner? are there still a billion extra people from graduation?

Maggie, as of my drive in today at noon...GHOST TOWN.

Everyone split yesterday.

wild!

I successfully avoided Reunions. Closest I came was a dentist appointment at the shopping center on Thursday but I took Harrison to get there.

I was listening to Commie Francis's show when it was interrupted for Reunion Fireworks. That was odd.

yeah i worked downtown 2008-09 before my office moved. it was.. difficult.

As least Commie was prepared in advance that this was happening.

👍

Having lots of Bucks County obligations this weekend ended up being perfect. One of my kid's friend's cousins who were here for high school graduation went into Princeton on Sunday afternoon to "see the school" and they were not prepared in advance for what they would be overwhelmed by.

do you like old men in striped blazers? we got old men in striped blazers

How many we talking? 10? 20?

I have never been to any of my highschool or college reunions.

I expect this is so much bigger than any of those, scale-wise.

Me neither, donutage

I've been to my 10 year anniversary a few years ago, but the alumn organizer barely broke even so I doubt there will be another.

never been to one, either. 600+ people in my high school class, and like three i like. no thanks. then my college suddenly closed in 2024 so that will continue not happening.

I imagine Yale's is at least as preposterous as Princeton's. I'd be a shamed as an alum if it weren't.

I went to the high school reunion for the class a year after mine relatively recently and it ruled. Got to see all the people I wanted to, no stakes or pressure. Totally skipped my actual reunion because I knew it couldn't compete.

Donutage, I don't believe Yale gets like 40,000 people invading New Haven in similar fashion. Which is another point in New Haven's favor!

https://alumni.yale.edu/news/record-setting-turnouts-2019-yale-college-reunions

7K in 2019.

Dang, 40K? That's crazy

Well, article I found says 25K alums and guests but still...

Now I'm thinking of making a late-life career pivot into "professional reunion crasher".

I know when I was in high school many had plans on how to sneak into some of the different class parties (fences are erected weeks prior) and at least one involved a pole vault.

Nice

My daughter was born on Reunions weekend and the since-leveled hospital that used to be in town. Our midwife went to her class party and never came back!

the ceo of the company i worked for would bring his teenagers in and just be like, "don't drink enough to get sick! ok see you later," to the horror of one of my more conservative coworkers.

(To be fair a different midwife tagged in but that's a less thrilling tell of this story.)

Okey, I had no idea Princeton Reunions went that hard. Sincerely impressed.

As a punk rock kid in the early 80's in the burbs - I did not have a great high school experience. most of my pals were in the "scene" - and at other schools. Also - of all the rides at the fair this year Cave of Hair was the worst...

There are 95K living Princeton alumni according to the source I just found which means ~1/4 of all graduates come back. Yeesh.

STUCK IN THE CAVE. STUCK IN THE CAVE. STUCK IN THE CAVE OF HAIR.

I did like college - but I can't imagine going to a reunion for it.

Cave of Hair?

(observe playlist)

Ah! Missed that,

Let me set the record Strait.

"The cave of Hair (Salt Cave) the biggest cave in Hormuz Island. A mystery that remains unsolved."

I loved camp when I was a kid - I went to sleep away camp for years - Camp Kaufmann - and I found out there is an unofficial camp reunion in June, and a part of me wants to go. I have great memories of camp!

Go!

!

Can't think of anyone I called a pal either in High School or College who'd be caught dead at an official reunion. Ok, maybe a paltry handful?

Yeah, I didn't really run with the reunion crowd either.

Oh hey, I just missed my 40th reunion. Oops.

Evening all, loving the show, Jon

Well I was trying to eat dinner, but the thought of a Cave of Hair ride has boggled my mind and not in a good way.

I think my favorite college reunion was the one where I just went to the football game in the afternoon and escaped into Chicago to see Boys Life play their own reunion instead.

Hey Zach!

A lot more people there I was eager to catch up with!

Please keep arms and legs inside the car at all times as to not get tangled up in the hair. enjoy your ride.

Boys Life as in Boys Life from Boston?

Boys Life from Missouri.

https://numerogroup.com/products/home-is-a-highway

Who knew?

https://youtu.be/Vl9NiMfoifM

I will have to check that out when not on the radio.

Boys Life is the magazine of the Boy Scouts

BE PREPARED!

real sweet doom and gloom going on in this one.

Hello folks - on the subject of reunions: if I were to attend one, I'm sure most of the time would be spent by D'Wife going from table to table to confirm the stories I've told her from "back in the day"

"Yep! That's how it happened!"

I was born wearing pants. Be prepared.

You were in the Scouts, weren't you, Jon?

She was shocked when she met Nancy barile and found out "you weren't making that stuff up and East Side Club, I guess?"

I was a Cub Scout and an Indian Guide. Never a Boy Scout.

BSA troop 64, Haddonfield, scout first class

Randy, First Class, nice. You really got after those Merit Badges

I was a cub scout, then a weblo - I've never heard of an Indian Guide. I got kicked outta Weblo's. I cannot remember what that stood for either.

You betcha!

I was a Boy Scout in Montclair, NJ. My squad was all Punk Rockers.

https://hozacrecords.bandcamp.com/track/kicked-out-of-the-webelos-the-queers

Mohawks, Anarchy and the Scouts.

Good song. Your new anthem, DJ Tenderloin.

I was a Cub Scout of Canada because my parents dragged us around to vastly different places throughout our childhood

yes! that's it. the Webelos

@marcus - yeah, we all were skateboarders

International scouting community, unite

Getting kicked out is kinda long story - too long for here. suffice to say - it was not my fault! But I did end up kind of cussing out a den mother. I grew up in a house with alot of cussing!

I was an Indian Guide as well~

I was a girl scout yet, after 'brownies' ended up in the most ragtag, punk-rock, 'troops'.

Was on the fence about being a boy scout until they taught me to shoot a gun. Then walking through the neighborhood in shorts and knee high socks was less of a shame and more of a dare.

The campgrounds we'd set our tents are all developments now, with mcmsnsions

my brother was an eagle scout.

Hi Amy!

Hi Jon!

I was in Cub Scouts for a year before quitting.

I remember seeing The Clash and Paul Simonon was wearing a Boy Scout shirt with troop insignia & that red beret

I got my uniform at I Goldberg in Cherry Hill

I Goldberg!

Pretty sure I still have my Cub Scouts shirt somewhere.

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." -GM

3 of the guys in Scouts with me formed a Punk band, toured with the Butthole Surfers, one got dosed with PCP by those wacky surfers and missed a lot of school

yikes

Sea Scouts are also cool if your into boat maintenance. :)

Hi

Hello Roffle!

Never sold cookies. Didn't even know that was a thing. Or badge earning. One time, a few of us figured out we were so accomplished, we had already met requirements for every badge/patch. I'll concede to a gen x general DIY ethos.

I sold enough light bulbs (?) to get a pair of binoculars from Cub Scouts. They were hardly worth the effort. Hope my grandparents enjoyed all those bulbs.

Jon, did you make a totem pole in Indian Guides?

lol! gramma & grampa Solomon with an entire room full of lightbulbs!

Cool, Donutage! Father son teams made different heads for the totem pole. We also made wooden race cars that we raced.

Add didn't wear uniforms. I did hustle on selling candy for basketball/softball. JasperJons!

the Pinewood Derby! Totally forgot about that. We did that too - with the wooden cars

Yes! We put quarters in the bottom to weigh them down

We did Pinewood Derby, and also something with rubber band-driven "rockets" that I absolutely should have one, but the frame they were running on broke during my race.

um "won" not one

Glory days

We did a lot of community service projects - prepping us for inevitable delinquency, I s'pose

I can't remember if Mats sent me the link to this record but it is a bonks album.

I love this.

Cave of Hair: good thing you didn’t ask me to guess what that meant

is that steel drums in there?

Thats cra-cra.

Sounds like GWAR on vocals

Harmonized chaos

Steel drums indeed.

Saw Memorials on Saturday at a church in Queens. Was super.

Happy Memorials Day

This song really got me in a way then it hadn't prior.

Driving there was like a 2+ hour car wash.

It’s moving

Good evening..sorry I’m late. Nice bike ride and then monthly argument with the weed wacker and ivy

No need to be sorry, Carlos. We've got room for a few more.

I've been wondering since the NY times obit. mentioned his late night practicing if I had encountered Rollins on the WIlliamsburg bridge at 3 am would I have known what I was hearing?

*pardon the punctuation*

Great question. Best to imagine that at some point you two crossed paths, I feel.

What a super piece.

been writing some stuff about wandering for generating ideas for a piece, and sonny rollins led to me comparing jazz and parkour??? lol

I'm into it.

Today has been a shockingly busy day, but strangely fulfilling.

It likely concludes with my walking from The Barge to meet a bunch of teens who absconded with my car for ice cream (or they have ice cream and I get my car back).

are they at least paying you the ice cream tax?

Speaking on wandering, I spent Monday trying to get lost in the Pine Barrens. As you can see, I failed, but it was a fun day nevertheless.

Gotta pay the ice cream tax!

Phyllomedusa!!

excellent choice, but i'm glad you came back.

I'm happy to be ice cream adjacent.

Mats, what a unique listen that was. Thank you, sir.

also highly recommend reading john mcphee's book on the pine barrens.

@donutage / You should've messaged me - I can get people both in AND out of the Pine Barrens

ah the mighty spasms of Lightning Bolt

Yes, I've read it! (And a few others, it's become a lowkey obsession)

Randy LOL

If you haven't seen Secret Mall Apartment yet it is part of the Lightning Bolt Cinematic Universe.

I'll keep you in mind Randy

Jon it's in my queue! Fort Thunder!

the last time i was in the barrens was girl scout camp with my kid in.. 2022? it was awful but the animals were good.

I saw Secret Mall Apartment - the doc right? fascinating. totally seems like people I know

I went for a New Year's Day hike in the PB to kick off 2025. Was great, guide showed me things I could eat off ground and not die.

Real similar feeling about the cast, DJ Tenderloin. I'm sure we've been in the same rooms.

I visited the Brooksbrae Brick Factory for the first time, and then I hiked a small segment of the Batona trail.

we used to camp* in wharton/batsto whatever frequently when i was a kid.

*camper not tent.

Why Mr. Solomon I do believe I'm blushing!

Couple of borderline PG-13 sentences there...

could be an entirely new revenue stream for you...

WPRB OnlyFans when?

Membership Drive premium: I read a bunch of words that are dirty in context to you over the phone.

1-900-SOLOMON

You want to hear me say "hot oven grinder" into your telephone? You gotta pledge, brah.

Ask your parents first!

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I like when Commie sang a song when she hit her goal, live on the air. really wonderful radio moment.

but you saying "hot oven grinder" would be a close 2nd

maybe like an ASMR thing - "pledge drive...fund raise...tote bag...."

Yes indeed. Great moment, up there with Pat from Clamour Club singing over an instrumental when he and Commie hit their goal on his show.

shoot i missed that one! i'm assuming you won't be singing during the fund drive. it would be fun to have some sort of thing where if you hit your goal, you've got to do something ridiculous / embarrasing - tell really bad jokes from a joke book, or play taylor swift or something. have your parents tell stories about you on the air! omg. i'd pay money for that. sounds entertaining.

There's an interesting idea in here. I might not be willing to risk it but could have people who know me well record embarrassing stories about me. I will not have heard these recordings prior but would be forced to play them if different levels were "unlocked" mid-show.

I HATE IT BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO DO IT.

Just popping in to say hi. Have a great week everyone

Hi Dan. Good luck tomorrow. Box out.

YES - Jon you're a genius. you took my kernel of an idea and made - popcorn? i love this idea and it would be so much fun. good thinking Jon. i like it.

Howdy Dan!

It's like a "This is your life Jon Solomon" game show. Your parents have to do one. This is top notch fund raising material Jon. I can literally hear the donations pouring in.

If only there were current WPRB DJs I had known since high school I am proud to still call friends...if only...

I have the right to cut off any story but it comes with a personal financial price.

Silkworm could record one.

Of course - nothing mean or your know - too much. but fun. listen in my family we tease because we love. if you're not being teased a little bit, then you should worry. cuz that means you're on the list.

this.. is good. call it LORE DROP

Yes. I think people would get the spirit of the thing and not tell tales out of school as it were.

Maggie should def record one.

I really gotta get the Discord set up for ideas like this.

Not this Maggie, but The Graduate.

your kid! who would have better more embarrasing dad stories about you than maggie

although maggie s - feel free!

I don't think I have ever done anything too embarrassing around Chat Maggie.

i can't think of anything!

you asking your parents for Rembrandt Pussy Horse on cassette for your bar mitzvah is still one of the best things ever. your parents must have great stories

your lucky to still have em'!

This is a real great note to come back home to from all the way north in Bergen County.

love the schemes y'all are cooking up, but it's time for em to clock out.

Take care, everyone!

DONUTAGE OUT

Welcome home, TAndy.

Yeah, we just met face to face pretty recently. I got nothing. other than when you exposed yourself to that nun when we were leaving I can't think of anything.

I thought the door was locked!

so long donutage - have a great night

Have a good one donutage!

Thanking you Jon before you ride off into the sunset all hero like.

you know what I'm out too - I gotta eat aNd I just realized

oops - i got nothin here! have a good night everyone! great show Jon -

Alex, it is a walk and then a ride tonight.

But I appreciate it!

Fun night. Rat Princess up at the top of the hour!

Good New Jon. Morris Day and the Time will *not* be playing for Trump at the Freedom 250 concert. I almost lost a childhood hero: Hey Jesse! Now Jerome!

I was relieved to see that, yes.

ty for the show tonight, Jon!

Hi Rob! Bye Rob!

Thanks Jon!

Hi! Bye!

thank you for the endtertainments!

Was good Jon. Thanks!

Take it breezy an easy Jon!

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel
5:06 PM		Set Break
5:09 PM		Sweeping Promises Shooting Shadows N You Say I Romanticize Sub Pop 2026
5:11 PM		Themba Fana Fana As-Shams Archive Vol. 2: Super Jazz from Joburg & Soweto 1974-1978 V/A As-Shams/The Sun Records 2026 Originally released in 1976.
5:21 PM		Shannon Lay Past The Veil N Past The Veil 2026
5:25 PM		Pharaoh Overlord Cave of Hair Lunar Jetman 2018
5:54 PM		Advance Base True Love Death Dream Live at Home Orindal 2020
5:57 PM		Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock Don't Sleep on It It Takes Two Arista/Profile 1988 RIP.
6:01 PM		Eddy Current Suppression Ring Hard To Be Moved N In Light of Recent Events 2026
6:03 PM		Set Break
6:10 PM		The Kyle Sowashes Blueberry Beret I Don't Know What To Tell You Anyway 2019 Happy birthday, Kyle!
6:13 PM		Phyllomedusa Annihilateaville Fijian Effluvium Hypyractyv Larynx Frogquencies 2017
6:22 PM		MEMORIALS Wildly Remote N All Clouds Bring Not Rain Fire 2026
6:25 PM		Sonny Rollins Oleo Our Man In Jazz RCA Victor 1963 RIP.
6:51 PM		Arthur Russell Every Face in Every Window N Love Is Overtaking Me (Redux) Audika 2026 Previously unreleased.
6:59 PM		The Milky Way Wave Summer Time Love Song King 1979
7:02 PM		Lightning Bolt Cloud Core N The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral Thrill Jockey 2026 Split record with OOIOO.
7:06 PM		Set Break
7:13 PM		National Eye 42:28 Live on WPRB https://nationaleye.bandcamp.com
7:55 PM		Set Break

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