The New Abnormal Fri Jun 5 with ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡 on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

Totally Tubular❗️

🤟🏻 , dude

Why is the artist listed as *FRANK* on the robot playlist??

inaccurate metadata?

Barf out

not switching over looks like

Demands to be heard until the END

Uuhhh

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RIP F Zappa

Uh oh

this is a weird one, innit

too weird to live, too rare to die

seriously & for realz

contacting our superhero

I’m BATMAN

good morning.

good morning anyway, Dale

and good morning, Mats

the Replacements want redemption for the valley gurrlll

Oh!?!

It’s all happening!!

okay okay

I had to refresh player

🤷‍♀️

thanks to Lupicaman for saving the day once again

Lupicaman! To the rescue! 🛟

Lupica! We gotta find that pic of Lupica at Buzzov°en in 1994

Isn’t that the pic you posted when you got here @Mats!?

Haaaaaaa!!

Hey Dave! Ahoy there MrM and Matt

Whoops, mornin Dale.

TAllyH0, TAndy. And whoopsie to Dale and to Mats, evennnnnnn

SUP

Happy 15 th birthday Alivia Mikulka mommy loves you

Good morning Andrea! Dave, what's on the menu for the easy listening hour?

hello Andrea P

good morning, TAndy. Furious fusion after 9:00

I can dig it

The Monkees can dig it

🙈🙊🙉🐵

🐒....

🦆💨

OO OO AA AA

Lol MrM

laughsmaxxing 💀

Good morning Dave, others. Also the title of Oregon album, ‘73 with Towner. Distant Hills.

good morning, Dan C. That all makes sense now

Mornin Dan. That transition was extra clean btw

thanks, TAndy

TopNotch First Hour! Cheers, DJ DaveTheObscure!

thanks, MrM. Really only 50 minutes, tho

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ and my PRB Pals!

good morning, Stevie P

We still had *ChatFun for them 10 Mins!

true

I missed the ChatFun!

TopNotchTruth

O̵̳̤͇͇͙̱͚̾̿̋͆͜ḫ̶̳̤̜̞̜͚̭͖̀͆̑̈͌̿̀ ̸̡̧̼͈͕̞̱̆̈́̂̐̚͝g̷͈̝̘̙͍̍̔o̶͇̤͍͝ọ̸͇͈̠̠͉̦̲͌́̈́͋̍̊̽͝ͅd̵͍͕̯̂͝ ̸̫̫̲̪̀ ̶͔͕̦̙̮͌͜

oh good morning, Christine

Hi, ChristineBoo! 👋 👻

Good morning, 🙃 ǝɹnɔsqO ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐᗡ

Morning, MrM 💀 Boo 👻!

Yay Gong! Yay Christine and Stevie!

Gongzilla

Gongzilla, a distant branch on the Gong family tree

Soon to be bongzilla in about half an hour

TAndy that's the spirit

Dave you're on fire with these selections and transitions today

glad to know you are enjoying, TAndy

need some Shaolin Afronauts this summer 🙏

yes yes always

thanks and good morning

good morning, Mok

Lovely Glass Beams sound 💜

Morning TAndy & all! ☕️

Gongzilla throws couches in space

And good morning everyone

good morning, Rob from MD

Pink Floyd'y

no doubt a big influence

Guud Stuffs

and West Siiiidddeeee

Woooo! Represent!!

🖖🏻

🤘

Just in time with this one... 🔥🌿😶‍🌫️💨

Me too!

hey, lizardbytes, welcome back

Sup Lizard and Mok, and welcome back Rob!

GM ǝʌɐꓷ, Tandy and other fellows listners

So glad I left that Wawa donut in my car overnight. It's paying in dividends now

Late again to the party, didn't oversleep just plain forgot duh

Describe the donut, you Doughnut!

that's okay, Lizardbytes. Many people have lived full lives without listening to The New Abnormal

I highly doubt it Dave. Mine certainly wasn't until now

Shocklate glaze with sprinkles

It’s funny, however the opposite of truth @DJ DaveTheObscure

Camel milk cream-filled donuts are all the rave now

Mmmm, choco glazeo w/sprinkleoos!

solar heated

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Honestly, Crullers are the all-time GOAT imo, those glazed maple donuts a close second.

SUP MATT

I'm liking this Brazilian band very Floyd

Lizardbytes I had camel melk in Redlands CA once

Don’t ruin DonutTalk @Lizardbytes 🐫 🐪 wait. One lump or two lumps???

donut derail da discussion!

TAndy, crullers are so GOAT they are mentioned in Wizard of Oz from waybackin 1939

Spoopy Donut 🕷️ @Mats

Really now!

Donut Derail! 🏆

Dunkin Dognuts as they say in the Pines

POPOL VUH 🩶

wow they have over 20 LPs that Violeta De Outono guys

L0LZ @Mats

oh boy!

STRAIGHT UP NINE O CLOCK

Always with the screeeeaming 🗣

Lol

Oh BOY

Sesh ending just in time, this is gonna be a good one.

Sesh Lords of the New Dystopia

👉💀👈

👈💀👉

TopShelf Second Hour! Well done, DJ DaveTheObscure!

thanks, MrM

Sheesh Dave, coming in hot with Brand X!

this isn't Fuzak - it's the hard stuff.

I genuinely love the smooth jazz subgenre, but this is where the real musical revolution was.

Fuuuuuck man I bet this killed at live concerts back in the day

no doubt 🪘

blistering

this is the least difficult "difficult listenting hour" I recall in a looong time, what a jam! Remarkably i actully own these albums (a rare occurrence indeed)! Cheers

I'll see if I can take it up a notch, Steve M

i'm lovin this ponty

and get some more obscure tunes

I can't take no more of this radio! I never heard so much 🌀⚠️ in all my life! DJ DaveTheObscure, you get me some music on that radio this instant! I mean it!

"Dave's not here!"

I can't take no more of this radio! I never heard so much 🌀⚠️ in all my life! DJ DaveTheObscure, you get me the station I.D. on that radio this instant! I mean it! *funniest

Yea, where’d he go?! 🚬⁉️

MrM two-times two-times.

all for you. Mister Malcontent 💜

Aww ☺️ Hellz Yeeaahh 💟

There it is

bam

That will always be awesome 🤩

Thanks for looking out, StevieP! Nice for you to see me here!

Big thanks to you for making that Station I.D. @DJ DaveTheObscure! 💟🖤💀

Big thanks to you, MrM, for providing the idea

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 you are Super Fantastic on every level! And you know how to put on a Grand Show every time you are on the Radio! Big cheers and kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀 #Abnormal #Sangeet #Subnormal #Etcetera

and I will be back tomorrow for Sangeet, 9:00 a.m. EDT

bravissimo!

Many MASSIVE thanks to you, Dave! You rock!

another eXcellent show Dave! Thanks!

🙏🏻 thanks, folks

Another great show Dave! Have a great weekend y'all

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Ears! 🖤💀

_O_

7:08 AM		James Wengrow This Is For Us To Share N Emissary Endectomorph Records 2026 James Wengrow is a Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer from Australia. His work is a collage of experimental jazz, heavy prog, math rock, and neoclassical music.https://jameswengrow.bandcamp.com/album/emissary
7:13 AM		Set Break: 𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉𓃉
7:16 AM		Stella Mara Persephone The Seven Valleys s/r 2004 Band formed in 1994 around core members California-based vocalist/producer Sonja Drakulich (with Serbo-Hungarian roots) and multi-instrumentalist Gari Hegedus. Influences are rooted in Turkish, Arabic, Balkan, Medieval European and Persian musical traditions. https://stellamaramusic.bandcamp.com/
7:21 AM		Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin Um Lugar N it's nice to see a lake in your eyes Hive Mind Records 2026 Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin’s collaborative album is the result of a long distance partnership during which tracks were traded back and forth across thousands of miles, Jeremy working from his home studio in Brooklyn and Carol from hers in Rio De Janeiro. .https://carolmaiajeremygustin.bandcamp.com/album/its-nice-to-see-a-lake-in-your-eyes
7:24 AM		Michel Madore Rush Le Komosu À Cordes Barclay 1976 Painter and musician born in Montreal, Canada in 1949. After graduating at Quebec University, he started to work in multimedia, arts and music. In 1975 he began two musical projects, one with a full band which resulted in the prog-fusion album "Le Komuso À Cordes", and a conceptual experimental work that eventually became "La Chambre Nuptiale". In 1981 he ceased musical activities and changed to painting and sculpting instead.
7:30 AM		Set Break: 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊 𓃊
7:35 AM		Ralph Towner Distant Hills Sound and Shadows - EP ECM Records 1977 (1940-2026) American guitarist and pianist famous for being in The Winter Consort and Oregon.
7:46 AM		Causa Sui Premonitions Szabodelico El Paraiso 2020 Causa Sui is a Danish psych-rock/stoner rock band, starting in 2005.
7:49 AM		Uzva Soft Machine II & III Niittoaika Silence 2002 Uzva is a fusion band formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1994, disbanded sometime after 2008. Their music incorporates aspects of classical, jazz, psychedelic rock and traditional folk music.
8:00 AM		Set Break: 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋 𓃋
8:03 AM		Delired Cameleon Family Raganesh Musique Du Film "Visa De Censure N°X" De Pierre Clementi EMI 1975 French progressive rock group, featuring Cyrille Verdeaux (of Clearlight), and Ivan Coaquette, who joined forces to compose the soundtrack for the film Visa de Censure No. X by French actor Pierre Clementi. Their sound is strongly influenced by Gong.
8:09 AM		Gong Fohat Digs Holes in Space (2015 Remaster) Camembert Electrique (Remastered Edition) Charly 1970 Psychedelic rock band formed by Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth in France in 1969. Gong became pioneers of a new brand of psychedelia/space-rock/trip-rock - with a conceptual ethos involving aliens and alternative realities. They were an international outfit, increasingly linked to other bands of the Canterbury scene. "Camembert Electrique" is an early effort, recorded just prior to their classic "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy.
8:16 AM		Julie's Haircut Ashram Ashram Equinox Superlove 2013 From Emilie, northern Italy, they started as an indie rock group and have evolved into a progressive psych band. https://julieshaircut.bandcamp.com/
8:24 AM		Glass Beams Black Sand Mahal - EP Ninja Tune 2024 From Melbourne Australia, Glass Beams hides their identities and play Indian tinged psychedelic music.
8:28 AM		Set Break: 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌 𓃌
8:32 AM		Onségen Ensemble Garden of Celestials N A Tale Karisma Records 2026 Onségen Ensemble is a group of musicians from northern Finland. Their self-description states "multilevel and experimental fusion of postrock, jazz and stoner, mixed with touches of cinematic and flamboyant overtones". https://onsegenensemble.bandcamp.com/album/a-tale-2 to be released June 26th
8:38 AM		Inner Ear Brigade Forgotten Planet Rainbro Geomancy Records 2017 IEB is an avant-prog ensemble from Oakland California, founded in 2006. https://innerearbrigade.bandcamp.com/album/rainbro
8:44 AM		Violeta De Outono Fronteira Volume 7 Music Magick 2007 Psychedelic / space-rock band formed in 1984 in São Paulo, Brazil https://violetadeoutono.bandcamp.com/
8:54 AM		Popol Vuh Ja, deine Liebe ist süßer als Wein Das Hohelied Salomos Cherry Red Records 1975 Popol Vuh was a German musical collective founded by keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969. They partnered with Werner Herzog to provide soundtracks to several of his films. The band got its name from* "Popol Vuh"* which is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people, one of the Maya peoples, who inhabit Guatemala and several Mexican states, as well as areas of Belize and Honduras.
8:57 AM		Set Break: Dᶦfᶠᵢᶜᵤˡₜ Lᶦₛᵗₑⁿᵢⁿg Hᵒᵤʳ 👉😵‍💫👈
9:02 AM		Hermann Szobel Between 7 & 11 Szobel Arista/Legacy 1976 Hermann Szobel was born in Vienna Austria in 1958. He produced and recorded this one jazz fusion album in New York in 1976, at the age of 17-18. (Being the nephew of rock promoted Bill Graham didn't hurt when trying to make contacts in the music industry.) A review in "Down Beat" magazine stated that Szobel had "a conception and technique far in advance of most musicians twice his age."Szobel disappeared from the music world after this album. He was allegedly last seen living homeless in Jerusalem.
9:07 AM		Brand X Nuclear Burn Unorthodox Behaviour Charisma Catalogue 1976 Jazz Fusion band active from 1975 to 1980.Notable members include Genesis drummer & vocalist Phil Collins, guitarist John Goodsall, & bassist Percy Jones. this is their debut
9:13 AM		Santana La Fuente del Ritmo Caravanserai Columbia 1972 American latin-rock group, formed in the late 1960s, led by guitarist Carlos Santana. They fuse rock with jazz and Latin music. Caravanserai marked the start of a new chapter in Santana's career, as the band moved away from rock and towards a more experimental and complex sound.
9:18 AM		Jean-Luc Ponty Egocentric Molecules Cosmic Messenger Rhino Atlantic 1977 French jazz musician (violin and keyboards) and composer. Born in 1942.
9:23 AM		Alphonse Mouzon Nyctophobia Virtue MPS 1977 Alphonse Mouzon (1948-2016) was a jazz-fusion percussionist, founding member of Weather Report, and had association with The Eleventh House (Larry Coryell) and Passport.
9:30 AM		Hiromi XYZ Another Mind Telarc 2003 Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ) is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. Born in 1979 in Hamamatsu. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as jazz, progressive rock, classical and fusion. (And spectacular hairstyles.) She wrote commercial jingles in Japan for a few years, and then enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she was mentored by Ahmad Jamal. This is her debut as a leader.
9:36 AM		EIKO ISHIBASHI + TATSUYA YOSHIDA The Invention of Parachute Slip Beneath the Distant Tree Rhythm Tracks, Japan 2007 Ishibashi Eiko is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and improvising drummer and pianist.Yoshida Tatsuya is a prominent Japanese avant-garde/jazz/experimental drummer, composer, producer & sound engineer, associated with Zeuhl bands like Ruins and Koenjihyakkei.
9:42 AM		Unit Wail Humanoid Fish From Encelade Pangaea Proxima Soleil Zeuhl 2012 Unit Wail is Zeuhl fusion band fronted by former Shub Niggurath guitarist Franck-William Fromy. This is their debut. https://unitwail.bandcamp.com/album/pangaea-proxima-remaster-2016
9:44 AM		Elephant Tôk I Don't Look In My Back Tôk 1 Soleil Mutant 2016 Éléphant Tôk is a fusion / Zeuhl band from France founded by drummer Daniel Jeand'Heur (One Shot, Pienza)
9:50 AM		Pseu Biguine Pseu Musea 2004 Historic Zeuhl outfit, originally undocumented, Generally somewhere between Weidorje & Art Zoyd/Univers Zero, with strong chamber music & avant-rock leanings. They existed between 1979-1983; and the music was recorded between 1981-1982. Finally released by Musea in 2004.
9:52 AM		Set Break: 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎 𓃎
9:57 AM		The Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra What's New in Baltimore Santaville Cordelia Records 2017 The Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra is based in the Seattle Washington, but is a multi-national group. The membership of Z.E.R.O. is variable, ranging from a live trio to a virtual 17 piece band in the studio. Guest vocalist - the late Ike Willis.

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