"The Extra Mile" by The Hobknobs. Jon Solomon Wed Jun 10 with Jon Solomon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

This show is happening!

Heya!

I'm home early today!

Thankfully the stream / transmitter issues were resolved around 5.

good cause it's 5:01

and you got a show to do

Same Number 6

Hi Roffleaphonic!

Howdy everyone!

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Hi Jon, looking for some music from my home universe.

Greetings Jon Solomon! Greetings Chatters!

Good evening. Please stand by.

I'm sitting, I assume that's okay

Will allow it.

https://heldon.bandcamp.com/album/stand-by-heldon-vii

I'm getting the full treatment tonight!

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that someohow the people banging around outside the barge yesterday morning are involved with this transmitter issue.

That, or those pesky pirates!

Showtime!

So this wasn't the death of pop

The transmitter and stream where not on the same page briefly. Now they are. Thus the extended intro for some apparently.

radio radio radio radio

that was a super official interstitial

Radio estacion.

oh, maggie, so glad ta hear ya

Lets do the time warp again...

GOOD EVENING.

Good evening! What song was playing at 4:58? I really enjoyed it

BUONASERA!

Noice!!!

huzzah, it's wednesday afternoon!

crossbow, used once, changed to melee weapon

Gracias Senor Solomon!

Jordan, let me pull the prior playlist for you.

Hope this helps.

https://playlists.wprb.com/WPRB/pl/22554362/plastic-pulses?layout=1

Ok, so there were some transmitter / stream issues this afternoon. Since resolved but...

@maggie s, I'm down with that. I live in Philly.

The webstream was playing my studio while transmitter hadn't flipped over as needed. This is why some of you got a MUCH LONGER transmission transition than others!

Thanks so much Jon!

Happy to help as I can when I can.

What further proof that the aliens are messing with us do we need?

I demand to be taken to horse lords alive

Rob, these are reasonable demands.

Another great Baltimore band

Take me to your lead guitar!

some of this tune’s beeps sound like the default discord notification. i keep looking at my phone

Anybody at the Philly Mekons show? I was there. Great - but so hot. like a hardcore matinee hot. Stifling.

I couldn't make it but I did also hear it was terrific.

@maggie, yes!

a photographer friend complained about the lighting, too.

Too bright? Too dark?

i love shows in weird places, but it always seems like the peripherals are off

only two lights, i think? one weak one on the stage, a strong one deep frying the crowd apparently

Rough.

everybody enjoyed the music, from what i've seen

Yes Classy Pat - there was no stage lights! wtf! by god the Mekons deserve better

Their photographic magic does not work well in the blinding light of day.

I thought I did see some excellent photos from that show, though?

cool. i think photographers maybe sorta love to complain and prevail in equal measure

the Lilys show at the Latvian was pretty excellent, but they def had their own lights clips collective was there

The random guy who asked me if he could store his computer bag behind the merch table at the [redacted] show in NYC ended up taking some of the best band photos I've ever seen.

Klip collective

dig this jason molina....i thought it was some 60s 70s outsider thingy.

F-ing the F- stops never solved anything.

I picked it up on a whim in a larger order. Package was delivered to the wrong house and seems to have sat in my neighbor's home for 10 days.

But the vinyl inside didn't get cooked / soaked and everything else was intact. Just odd he didn't walk it over sooner!

Crime free? Cool

maybe he was waiting for you to trespass on his property so he could pull out his crossbow.

I knocked twice once I saw the delivery photo was his porch. No answer either time. Had a note ready to deliver after dinner when I discovered a box on my porch that hadn't been there earlier...

A lot of new songs from old favorites this week.

@Dale, yea a crossbow neighborhood is a polite neighborhood. LOL

te postal service isn't what it used to be. yesterday i saw our new mailman driving his postal vehicle shirtless. professionalism has left the building.

To be fair, it was FedEx that was one porch off.

FedEx sounds like a prior felony conviction. Just sayin..

Never thought of it that way, Roffle.

Evening, Jon. Love that saxophone

Me neither.

Agreed Zach, Worthy sax

Thanks, Zachsophone.

The Jazz is almost too smooth but just slinky enough.

Apologies for not greeting everyone by name up top. Was trying to get the unexpected tech issues resolved. I will try and catch up but Roffle! Zach! Dale! Classy Pat! More!

not an electric piano fan but that piece was very silky.

DJ Tenderloin! Rob! Maggie! Jordan! OMBG! Number VI! Alex! Phew!

Hello Jon & chat. Maggie, what's this about a crossbow? I use a recurve...Not to hunt.But now that I think about it, it would be kinda funny hunting some kind of vegetable w/it.

There was a "crossbow, only used once" in my local free Facebook group, Amy.

Aahh.. there was a listing once in a suplus catalog of some kind of WWII rifle from France(?) w/a description, 'never fired, dropped twice'.

There is a great crossbow with an 18 shot clip for about 800 bucks out there. The neibhors kid can order one on Amazon. Go figure.

alvavavays

I had a weird UPS package snafu, a package of mine was delivered to the wrong address, and finally showed up at my house almost 3 weeks later. I thought that it was a goner for sure.

FedEx provided a photo of the porch they put my box of 25 records (and one 7") on. I then went door-to-door trying to match the porch up. First door was my neighbor's and it matched!

Jane Weaver giving Ennio Morricone a run for his money.

Fire is apparently reissuing a bunch of her early, more atmospheric work (including this score). Is different than what I'm used to but compelling.

https://www.firerecords.com/jane-weaver-reveals-early-collection-reissues-like-an-aspen-leaf-seven-day-smile-cherlokalate/

The vendor sent me a replacement package that I now have to send back. $300 worth of parts. The POD photo looked nothing like anywhere in my neighborhood.

They should be the ones taking care of that return.

They did send me a return label.

Ok good. Obviously the onus is on the shipping company but they shouldn't make it tough for the customer.

Someone else might have said nothing, but I'd rather take the high road.

A friend ordered a CAN 3xLP from Amazon and they accidentally sent him 10 copies.

He told them and they said "keep the box."

UPS kept saying that it was delivered to the right address, but the vendor was the one that kept talking to them.

Which is why I (and eight other people) now own copies of this triple CAN LP.

Eating my fried rice and ignoring utensils to this is quite primal. However messy

Wow, cool!

My customer service experience today. "Here's some instructions. why dont YOU do it."

Oof. Sorry, Alex.

Fwd me the crossbow ad.

I recently ordered two CDs from K Records. They sent along an additional 6! I thought I had received somebody else's order, but K said that they sometimes send out additional CDs!

Customer service is all about speaking to a manager. Man, it's hard to type with messy fingers...

And, of course, I already owned one of them, a CD I bought in a store in the 90s

Alex, yikes!

Skies pretty dark here. Be ready out your way.

Coming right up, Alex.

Rob, I try and throw extra CDs in orders when I can / if there is room. Better their living room than my basement!

https://bsky.app/profile/jon.wprb.com/post/3mnny5exzvc2b

Jon, that is very nice of you! My order came in an album-sized box, so at first I thought K had accidentally sent me vinyl instead of CD

Thanks! Kind of interesting that there's a sight. The drop must be huge at range.

I hope the new owner loves their crossbow.

this is pretty far out.

The musician Chris Brokaw posted about how much he liked it and I figured I should press play to see if it lived up to his hype. Far out indeed.

Here comes the rain again, not falling on my head like a memory.

Just overcast here in Central NJ for the moment.

But do see the storm line on the radar. Had hoped this might play when the skies opened.

Hello. I am currently listening from a sewer

It is what Das EFX would want.

Thunder and lighting, so very frightening!

This sounds kind of like a jet about to take off.

The jet needs some repairs now.

My assistant from South Philly appreciated that Jon

Perhaps he can help me finish my "My mayor's Rizzo, my trivia's Quizzo..." regional meme then?

Its the sound of my train of thought going off the rails

This piece has enough parts to keep me on my toes.

Fun fact. Jesse Jackson once threatened to whupp him

I honestly owned Rizzo's card table. But the world IS that fucking crazy.

At least for some of us.

Jon... the -dis album arrived this week. I have some records, but this one has a story attached. Thanks again!

Chad! Incredible. I can't believe that worked out for you / us as well as it did.

Don't think I remembered to mention on-air yet that I'm all in on Widow's Bay. Laughed loudly and lengthily during last night's episode.

You've more magic than you give yourself credit for. Did you go to either of the NYC Slide Away dates?

I did not. Friend who was coming to town for one ended up going elsewhere. Boy, the kids love the Hum!

Shocking how youthful it was. Good to see!

Mosh pits with people holding their records from the merch table aloft was so wholesome.

I know one of us in this chat went, perhaps they'll chime in...

I love being outside when a summer storms a'coming.

I'm a big fan of "finish mowing the lawn and then it rains."

soundin good babe

Mats, welcome to the grand finale.

(Of this piece, not my show.)

ah

We made it!

By the way, happy birthday to Kim and Kelly Deal!

Looking forward to that show!

I need to put it on my calendar, Chad!

You must have a lot of feelings about the letter "o"

Thanks Jon! Relay was nice.

Cheers, great show.

Zach, not as strong as I have about an errant "a."

Or "h."

BCNU!

A great show tonight, Jon, ty

Much appreciated, all.

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:12 PM		Set Break
5:14 PM		Kiwi jr. Blowin' Up N Blowin' Up K 2026
5:18 PM		Horse Lords Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! RVNG Intl. 2026
5:26 PM		Jason Molina The Last Three Human Words (Demo) Split 7" with MJ Lenderman Run For Cover 2026
5:31 PM		Ahmed Adaweya Little Up Ayam El Disco - Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-92 V/A WeWantSound
5:32 PM		MEMORIALS Just A Moon N Just A Moon Dead Oceans 2026 Bill Fay song.
5:37 PM		Mike Makhalemele Gone and Forever As-Shams Archive Vol. 2: Super Jazz from Joburg & Soweto 1974-1978 V/A As-Shams/The Sun 2026 Originally released in 1996.
5:45 PM		The Bismarck Dishpan Hands N Town Destroyer 2026
5:49 PM		Set Break
5:56 PM		Dog Chocolate Springfield Library Haunting N So Inspired, So Done In Upset The Rhythm 2026
5:57 PM		Jane Weaver Parade of Blood Red Sorrows Intiaani Kesä Fire 2013 Recently reissued.
6:02 PM		The Hobknobs The Extra Mile N Helmets Off 12XU 2026 Arie van Vliet of Lewsberg with Yaël Dekker of The Klittens.
6:05 PM		Pär Thörn & Magnus Nergaard Hur skapas en formel? Hur skapas en formel? 2026
6:56 PM		Population II Cha Cha les Mouillés N Gimmicks Bonsound 2026
7:00 PM		Hamid El Shaeri Tew'idni Dom Habibi Funk 018: The SLAM! Years (1983 - 1988) Habibi Funk 2022
7:03 PM		Flasher Go / Pressure Constant Image Domino 2018
7:08 PM		Set Break
7:16 PM		Relay 23:20 Live on WPRB https://relayband.bandcamp.com
7:38 PM		Set Break
7:44 PM		OBN IIIs No Time For the Blues Third Time to Harm Tic Tac Totally 2014
7:48 PM		Yusuf Mumin Journey to the Ancient Journey To The Ancient WeWantSounds 2025 Peviously unreleased.

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Jon Solomon

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