Jon Solomon Wed Jun 24 with Jon Solomon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

COME ON, CANADA!

They are rolling it. Wind to their backs!

Hey Jon!

Need the equalizer before my show starts...

EQ, EQ? :)

Alas, not to be. 2-1 Switzerland.

Hello! Happy half Christmas

Hi Jon and all! Second place not so bad. through to round of 32.

Yes, they are strong.

Yes. Wanted them to win the group and stay up north but still better than going out.

Switzerland is so Switz

Roffle! Alex! Dan!

Team RAD

Hope you all are well!

That storm at Philadelphia Stadium looked impressive

Has "Freedom of Toys" been claimed?

Project DEVO? Curious.

Maaan I cant wait you do this to me every year jon

I live for that Christmas show

Dana will love this ticket.

Haiti & Morocco

Morock-o vs haiti

Dana is well aware! Already made a good suggestion for someone else to use.

Morocco Haiti

Thank you three!

Thanks as well, Adam.

Hello Jon!

Dana's idea, free to use: Through Being Yule.

Two very different French accents

and hi Jon and everyone!

Guitar Wolf says "More Jet" and I submit that they look very much like Jet (the band)

Hi Rob! Hi Marcus! Hi Adam!

Will give a proper update on-mic next break but Add 5 pins arrive tomorrow...

Oh this is lovely

Habibi Funk announced a "sister label" and this is one of their first two releases.

I want to wear this pin to work so some savvy coworker can berate me for wearing a pledge pin on my lab coat.

Yule is out there in copyright land somewhere.

"A landmark collection retelling the untold story of Malaysian jazz featuring 9 songs from the legendary composer, arranger and trumpet player Johari Salleh."

Pin visible here - https://bsky.app/profile/wprb.com/post/3mov7loy2ws2y

Are monthly donors getting a pin?

This was the "Add 5" pin for people who increased their monthly amount by five bucks or more.

Winning band name and song title.

a fine afternoon to all.

haven't sported my purple tee but it arrived end of last week.

Hey Dale! Wear it in good health!

I still need to pick mine up but I did deliver my dad's personally.

Planning to volunteer w/a local nature place. Concerned it'll cut into my wprb summer listening. Am wondering, at what point in the vetting process should I furnish the wprb schedule?

Amy, see if you can get them to put WPRB on at the nature center (I trust there is a center).

Love waking up to a brand new F'd Up

TAndy, I only got 1/4 deep in their latest rock opera. The cast is bananas. Dan Bejar's solo still to come...

Kinda Christmasy....

If you're Christmas Steve, everything is kinda Christmasy.

This is so both kinds of high concept. I really can't imagine writing it, let alone recording it with some of the vocal processing effects they opted for.

Since 93, anyway

Snaildartha is halfway here.

No track information showing up on radio rethink

There's a RR "glitch" where tracks over a certain length confuse it.

I have reported it and thought it was resolved. But it keeps coming back. Remind me tomorrow and I can let 'em know.

This is fine

Saw J Mascis last Wednesday. Walked into the place and thought “these older people are into this stuff?”…then the lightbulb appeared over my head.

Hope it was a good show, GW.

greetings & salutations, Jon

There were three (seemingly from my perch in the balcony) young people at the Breeders show on Sunday (which was seated) standing and doing synchronized dances that really got a lot of the older audience out of their chairs.

Mats!

Great to see Keith Morris on yer playlist. The last honest man alive, Keith.

Yes! One tune I looked up on set list afterwards said “unknown “. Almost a “raga” vibe is best I can describe it.

The F'd Up track is part of a 10 act rock opera concluding their "Year of the..." series. Perhaps when the whole thing is out we can have a night where it airs in full.

Tankcrimes is a helluva label. Scotty from Oakland, CA. Fantastic dude. One of the luminaries.

Unrelliable narrator with two Ls! LOL.

That's...uh...operator error.

So glad the breeders are part of Olivia Rodrigo's festival

Jon keep it in. It totally works.

My daughter will be in California when that festival happens. I told her tickets were $250 (which is not crazy given the lineup). Her: "Don't you know The Breeders?" Me: "Not THAT well!"

Haaaaaa!

reindeer Rumble needs a press pass

I did watch Olivia Rodrigo vs. Narduwar.

I will see what strings can be pulled...

@jon - your Father's Day & mine had interesting parallel; D'Girls gave me the 30th anninversary vinyl of Surfer Rosa

And a pixies tshirt

Thoughtful! I got penguin socks and some pants I really needed I should try on tonight...

haven't heard this yet, Jon, thanks for playing Sleep! I am listening with open heart and mind.

Only wish it was longer. Pretty good by my ears.

devil horns!!

WPRB has been so good to Sleep over time. Cockles of heart warmed.

@Jon, how was Olivia vs. Narduwar?

Lordy it's almost poppy contrasted with the usual Sleep! But it does sound well-crafted.

Rob, it is good. Definitely some successful surprises.

My buddy in Nebraska is taking a hardline and won't engage in Matt Pike-less Sleep. I admire that. But we must accept life goes on, mutates, evolves, devolves. Flux baby I'm talking about flux.

@Mats, I agree. That's why it is my fave Sleep track

@Jon, good to hear. I'll try to watch it after your show

Brazil 1 0 Scotland

Jon I thought this Sean Solomon was Advance Base at first!

:-(

No relation!

C'mon Scotland! Need that point.

Also Haiti 1 0 Morocco

Go Haiti! One of the most beleaguered places on Earth.

Breeders show starts in 45 minutes: https://rooftopatpier17.com/events/the-breeders-2026/

Sean Solomon opened for The Breeders. Had an Okkervil River / Will Toledo meets Joe Pera feel.

my old eyes are fuzzy but the Sean Solomon cover looks like Richard Scarry's goofy cartoon utopia

David, I don't think I'm going to make it.

Mats, definitely intentional. He's also a cartoonist.

I'm gonna have to pass this Sean Solomon track onto my daughter; she's taking her mom to Noah Kahan Friday - she might like it

Randy, the whole record seems decent. He had a video he drew for each song playing on a TV next to him which was a nice touch.

@mats - def got a "What Do People Do All Day" look

Haiti can not advance but good for them!

Hi, Jon! What were you saying about Undergirl’s 2005 session? I was the guitarist in Undergirl and I would love to hear that session!

Matthew, wait until the top of the hour and...

Re-airing around then as part of the weekly live session retrospective. Two weeks in a row a band member randomly materialized in the chat around their set...

lovin' this jazz freakout, DJ

Undergirl? That's another band (name) I wish I'd done a flyer for!!!

This is RAUCOUS

Someone online recommended this record, which I had never heard.

"This passionate, at times violent, music is uncompromisingly personal, deeply feit, and marked by complete musical integrity."

I'ma throw the goddamn couch and pee in the sink. I jest.

While Brazil is making sure of Scotland (2:0). I think Haiti still stand a chance. There are 8 3rd place slots and only 6 teams with 3 or more points. Long odds but not mathematically impossible.

Brazil goal called back I hear.

Alex thank ye for the update

Oh wild, Alex. I thought I read they were out. Give 'em a chance!

VAR says no goal Scotalnd only down 1:0

Var's not just from No Idea Records!

This is like Gen X latchkey kid cartoon music experienced thru a high fever.

@mats - I highly recommend The Carl Stalling Project recordings

thanks Randy! I'm on it

Jon LOLOL just got yer No Idea Records ref. Gainesville FL! I just got a shirt in the mail from a tightbro in Gainesville.

Jon, dayum, that was a helluva reference you made.

Used to love getting CDs with no jewelcase in the mail from Var.

I am glad anyone got it. The deepest of cuts.

Swooned from early signs of heat exhaustion in Gainesville once, wearing pants and two backpacks. Rebounded and drank two soda pops and went in a hotel pool.

Awesome! Thank you!

Anyone going to see Tortoise on Friday outdoors in King of Prussia?

Morocco tied Haiti. 1:1

Appreciate the updates. Sounds like Scotland have played OK minus two big gaffes.

Minding the game on this gametracker thing so I cant say how good they look. But they've gotten some chances.

Haiti up 2:1

Woah! Action!

Definitely some hints of Vitamin C in this live jammer.

2:2

Wild. Banananaz even.

2:0 Brazil. I'm starting to feel these updates are clogging the chat.

I welcome them!

When I lived in FL, I was strictly a broward county guy, with occasional "dalliances" in Miami or PB

Tom Petty was born in Gainsville

Vile does great guitar time

This was a last minute swap-in and I'm glad I added it to the show.

Media tiempo

My kind of tempo.

Half time: Haiti 2 2 Morocco

Half time: Scotland 0 2 Brazil

Apologies, I see that Alex from Media already posted these scores

Rob, you have zippo to apologize for. Alas, Scotland also has zippo.

Jon, quick, send them a plus 5 lighter! Inspiration to crush Brazil 5-2

I think the post office is closed! Alas!

So there's zippo we can do

If Scotland put up a five spot this half I'll hand-deliver it.

Becky Vomit is the name of an Undergirl? Love it!

@ Rob re Becky Vomit - ya beat me to it!

This is the first I've heard of Undergirl, but I recognize one of them from Mondo Topless (Sam Steinig's band before the GTV's and Kiss Boom Bah).

Definitely in a similar orbit, David!

Vomitorium's had a place in history.

"My Flash On You" is a deceptive title for that Undergirl album. It appears not to include that famous Love song.

Cross-referencing their albums / singles and there are a few songs in this session that don't seem to show up elsewhere.

Becky Vomit is a fantastic punk name.

There was a local punk band growing up in this area called Black Vomit.

(No relation.)

Lol!

I always love Dinah Cancer and Dinah Covid in their respective bands.

There is an absolutely bonkers and quite nightmarish one-man doom/dark ambient band called Black Mayonnaise. This is a term for pollution and sludge in waterways from human influence.

I recall that name and it does not make me feel great!

https://youtu.be/NNp5Yuc1wnE

When Brazil scores this is the clip they play on TV Globo since the 90's

Black Mayonnaise's album was a bit of a college radio stir; it's a total bad trip, but fascinating musically.

Brazil up 3:0 now so play it.

Oof. I saw someone say Scotland had a 50/50 chance of advancing at 0-2 but 80% at 1-2 so they had to push it. But counter is worse.

https://grindcorekaraoke.bandcamp.com/album/caught-between-the-moon-and-boston-harbor The only Black Mayonnaise is Mike Duncan, accept no imitators.

I kinda dig this older website layout. https://emperorjones.com/blackmayo.html

@mats "Becky Vomit is a fantastic punk name." do you know my friend from "the old days" Palmyra Delran?

waaaaaaaay back in Aught 4.

Imagine trying to update this page, Mats.

https://emperorjones.com/contents.html

Jon jinx! My brother from another mother.

No, check this particular page. With graphics instead of text.

oh chit! I see what you mean now.

Primordial Undermind !!

My stage name was Rudy Martinez - only recently I learned that was the name for the singer/songwriter/leader of ? And The Mysterians "96 Tears"

Randy nice!

Thinking nothing great was happening locally two Saturdays ago, I stayed home. I had no idea Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang were playing the Wonder Bar.

Jon I assume you engineered this Undergirl and must, again, compliment you.

California Mountain Snake is Daryl Hannah's codename in Kill Bill. And the eyepatch was inspired by the bleak and bonkers film Thriller: A Cruel Picture. (Sweden, 1970s)

She's not Punk, but I also "dated" Jade Starling

Hey Jon, great wednesday night live look back! I only caught the back half of the show this week

Greetings, fellow listeners

Palmyra's new single is a cover of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's "Hold Tight".

Suzy Cosmo was a frequent guest at our house at 20th & Pemberton

shout out to brilliant stuff rotting in Michigan desk drawers

David S, ah, the band from Death Proof!

Go Blue!!!

Wait til the mic is off, son. Haaaaaaaa!!

I enjoyed this show, Jon! Ty & good night & until the next time!

Morocco up 3:2

Thanks Rob! Thanks all! Clamour Club is a next!

Sup Z-money Zach

Oooh Morocco 3 2 Haiti

Hey Zach!

Hey Mats, chipping away at this tower of text as always

and sadly Scotland 0 3 Brazil

Scotland in the same group as Brazil and the African Champion. Katie bar the door

Sproton Layer is a dope band name

👍

This bluesman is a Philly lad

Thanks Jon! Enjoyed the show. I'll stay at the transmitter until the ship goes down.

Alex that's the by goddamn spirit.

Morocco 4::2 over Haiti now.

@ Mats. I got no girlfriends in punk bands stories so this is all I can contribute.

Alex LOL! you just reminded me of a punk girl in a Cometbus zine story who wrote something on her jacket I caint repeat here.

from each according to his means....

I appreciate the futbol coverage, Alex!

Thank ye DJ Jon! Stay cool.

Ooh that's a segue!

CLAMOUR CLUB NEXT!

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:06 PM		Set Break
5:11 PM		Guitar Wolf Super Sonic Ihatov N More Jet Goner 2026 First album in seven years.
5:12 PM		Johari Salleh Johana Audible Beauty 002: Jazz Dari Angkasapuri Audible Beauty 2026
5:19 PM		Fucked Up Looking For Heaven and Not Finding It N Grass Can Move Stones Part 2: Year of the Monkey Tankcrimes 2026 Featuring: Tuka Mohammed John Brannon (Negative Approach, Easy Action) Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Off!) Jacob Bannon (Converge) Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Youth of Today) Carson McHone (Carson McHone, The Outfit) Annie-Claude Deschênes (Duchess Says) Chris Colohan (Left For Dead, Sect) Dan Bejar (Destroyer) Sally Morreadora (Lame) Brandon Welchez (Crocodiles) Leigh Arthur (Extravision, Leigh Arthur) and Eidolon (Reprising its role from Year of the Horse)
5:45 PM		Andrew Chalfen Evaporator L Unreliable Narrator 2026
5:49 PM		The Breeders Invisible Man Last Splash (30th Anniversary Edition) 4AD
5:52 PM		David Holmes Jailbreak Out of Sight (Music From the Motion Picture) Geffen 1998
5:54 PM		Sweeping Promises Cocoon N You Say I Romanticize Sub Pop 2026
5:57 PM		Set Break
6:07 PM		Sleep Have Spacesuit Will Travel (4:20 Flexi Edit) N Have Spacesuit Will Travel (4:20 Flexi Edit) 2026
6:11 PM		Sean Solomon Postcard The World Is Not Good Enough Anti/Epitaph 2026
6:15 PM		Dollar Brand & Abdullah Ibrahim Orchestra Jabulani-Easter Joy African Space Program 1974
6:39 PM		Shannon Lay Horizons N Horizons All The Best 2026
6:42 PM		CAN Arles 75 Drei LIVE IN ARLES 1975 2026
6:51 PM		Kurt Vile Avalanches of Snow L N Philadelphia's been good to me Verve Forecast 2026
6:59 PM		C.O.F.F.I.N Sleep In It Sleep In It p(doom) 2026 Released today!
7:01 PM		Set Break
7:08 PM		Undergirl 26:01 Live on WPRB https://www.discogs.com/artist/2554532-Undergirl
7:34 PM		Set Break
7:39 PM		Sproton Layer Lost Behind Words N Press Your Hand And The Whole World Fluctuates 12XU 2026 1969 recordings by Roger, Ben and Larry Miller.
7:42 PM		Goodman All My Tools Blues in E Belligerent 2026
7:47 PM		The Glass Bees Take Advantage of the Setting Sun Because Tomorrow Disaster May Come
7:57 PM		Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang Oh Senorita Hawaii Champroo WeWantSounds

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