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Running Redlights

Jul 3, 2026 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Music

With Jen

Bringing some high energy to close out your week, Fridays at 3pm ET. Refresh the playlist page to see updated song info, and please do say hi in the chat! Let's boogie.

fireworks everywhere

3:01 PM		Little Barrie Luggin' Hurt N Gravity Freeze Easy Eye Sound 2026
3:07 PM		Set Break
3:07 PM		Guiding Light Swinging and Stuck N teeter/totter: a see/saw benefit V/A see/saw 2026
3:09 PM		Come On Old People Come On Manufactured Recordings 2017
3:12 PM		Dynamo Productions Hit the Floor (One Cut Remix) Get It Together Unique 2004
3:16 PM		Chrisma Wanderlust Chinese Restaurant (Remastered) Universal Music Italia srL. 1977
3:19 PM		Mew Snow Brigade Frengers Evil Office 2002
3:23 PM		The Sillies No Big Deal America's Most Wanton Scooch Pooch 2002
3:29 PM		Set Break
3:29 PM		Mesh Quicksand L N No Fun At All Feel It Records 2026
3:31 PM		Viletones Screamin' Fist A Taste of Honey Other Peoples Music 1996
3:33 PM		Tall Dwarfs Walking Home Unravelled: 1981–2002 Merge Records 2022
3:35 PM		David Greenberger, Chris Corsano, and Glenn Jones Seven Ribbons, Two Trophies An Idea in Everything Okraïna 2007
3:38 PM		Henry Badowski Swimming With The Fish In The Sea Life Is A Grand... Cherry Red Records 1981
3:42 PM		The Blood Brothers Doctor! Doctor! This Adultery Is Ripe Sound Virus 2000
3:46 PM		Lake of Dracula Plague of Frogs Camp Skin Graft (!): Now Wave SKiN GRAFT 2011
3:50 PM		Set Break
3:50 PM		Moon Pussy UK Nails N At The Pace Of Outrage The Ghost Is Clear Records 2026
3:52 PM		Supercharger Boom Boom Live At Cafe The Pit's split 7" with the Mummies V/A Demolition Derby 1993 John Lee Hooker cover
3:56 PM		Tyvek Midwest Basements On Triple Beams In The Red 2012
3:58 PM		Underdogs Get Down on Your Knees Get Down On Your Knees / Surprise, Surprise Hideout Records 1966
4:00 PM		J Rocc Love & Dope (feat. MED) A Wonderful Letter Stones Throw Records 2022
4:04 PM		Birth Defects Take N Fictional Days Reptilian Records 2026
4:09 PM		Set Break
4:09 PM		Robyn Hitchcock Brenda's Iron Sledge Black Snake Diamond Role Armageddon Records 1981
4:12 PM		Dread Spectre Council Where Would the Light Go N Thetans Handmade Records 2026
4:16 PM		Dom Sensitive R&D Leather Trim Dinosaur City Records 2024
4:19 PM		Tilt One Day 7" Lookout Records 1992
4:22 PM		Exploding White Mice Without Warning Fear (Late at Night) The Greasy Record Company 1988
4:24 PM		Strychnine Ex Bx Jeux Cruels Disc'Az 1980
4:26 PM		Corm America Drinks Beer Everything Streamlined Polyvinyl Records 1999
4:32 PM		Set Break
4:32 PM		Ff Independence Day We're #1 Double Deuce Records 1996
4:35 PM		Love As Laughter #1 Usa #1 Usa Tracks Of Quality 1998
4:40 PM		The Gizmos Amerika First The Studio Recordings (1976-1977) Gulcher 2002
4:42 PM		Eddy Current Suppression Ring Hard to Be Moved N In Light of Recent Events Suppression Records 2026
4:44 PM		The Johnny Clash Project I'm so Bored with the USA Ok The Johnny Clash Project Rocketman Records 2018
4:48 PM		Los Cowslingers Strip Bars, Liquor, and Fireworks The Estrus Cocktail Companion V/A Estrus Records 1994
4:49 PM		Frodus Explosions Conglomerate International Tooth & Nail (TNN) 1998
4:55 PM		Set Break
4:55 PM		Laghonia Speed Fever N Etcétera Munster 1971 (reissued)

Chat is archived.

I'm going to be sad when this light turns green, I'm happily moving around in my car. Certainly not running red lights right now

Uh oh, holiday traffic?

People can still afford to play in the traffic? Lucky, lucky.

no one advises jumping in front of cars!

Nah, I was being silly. This Little Barrie song wasn't your typical RRL song, it seemed so relatively mellow

ah gotcha! we needed a little bit of groovy to settle in ;)

This Guiding Light song is more typical :-)

Hello Jen! Got another Punk Rock/Hip-Hop duet for you

Kim Gordon: I mean, are you gonna liberate us girls From male white corporate oppression?

Hip-Hopper: No

"Kool Thing" Sonic Youth and Chuck D - 1990

@rob that's how you know it's really me!

@marcus this is a great list! I do remember that one, totally had forgotten they did that!

that would be a fun theme show. Band mashups that shouldn't have happen but were amazing.

Come on, old people!!

Old people, come on!

heehee ode to mysel

myself

I can work with the get off my lawn thing sometimes. I just don't have a lawn.

get off my stoop!

get off my damn sidewalk

Not even one of those!

Sidewalk I can work with.... :)

Hee hee. Do you know that Robyn HItchcock song with the line "old people they make young people scream"?

"Young People Scream" from Groovy Decay

talk about cool old people!! he is the beessssssst

Everyone needs a hobby

He is!

i don't think i have that one handy but will find some robyn

He was only 29 when that song came out

"Autumn Sunglasses" by Robyn Hitchcocks hould be the theme song for us old school indie rockers

And for those who care, Australia _just_ tied Egypt 1 1, and it's minute 55 rn

eeep!!!

Two countries where a 100 degree day is just another day.

it's sick that this is a thing

@Roffle, they are playing in Arlington, Texas, where it is currently 97 degrees or so, which is actually a tad cooler than DC

Just dumping carbon into the atmosphere for money must be working out nicely for those who can just buy another country.

Hey it is me, the guy who just remembered it is Friday!

Gotcha Rob, I went to school in Waco and 97 is definitely just another day there.

hello! almost holiday friday!

blow some stuff up!

like my neighbors do

Cue Third World "96 Degrees in the Shade"

@Jon, I am ready to forget about this Friday already.

Roffle, one reason I've not visited Texas between mid April and mid/late October

Marcus, yes!

@Rob, I was also stationed in TX with the military. It's an AC to AC world during those months for sure.

i can only imagine Texas gets hotter every year. My colleague will only walk his dog at 5am in the summer. :/

Speaking of blowing stuff up/fireworks, the very large number of fireworks slated to be lit up during tomorrow night along the Potomac is supposed to lead to really bad air quality the next day. I wonder if I'll end up wearing my mask inside the house on Sunday, I live just outside of DC wheeee

I went to see Pissed Jeans play last night outside in Philadelphia and it was not as hot as I feared. There was even a (very warm) breeze.

@rob ugh that sounds terrible!

We used to do our PT runs in the early morning or not at all some days. Just too much even for fit kids.

@jon you win that contest.

@Roffle, yiiiikes

DC normally sets off like 22,000 fireworks but tomorrow will be over 880,000. Ridiculous.

happy friday @Jen and all Great WPRB Chat Fair attendees!

omg it's a nightmare. celebrating this bomb of a country right now. oooof.

@bravedelay helloooo!!!

Another win for global warming enthusiasts.

I will be setting off fireworks but only to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Big Trouble in Little China's theatrical release.

@roffle seriously

@jon haha!

That is worthy Jon!

Before Giuliani became mayor so many firecrackers would be lit in Chinatown that the excess paper covering the streets would catch on fire. $1/pack of 20 firecrackers or something.

Maybe $1/100?

I'm rather at odds about celebrating losing a war and a tanking economy. Just ain't got it in me.

And normally the fireworks go for about 20 minutes. I saw that they may go on for more than 30

lot to not celebrate right now, that's for sure

Marcus, I remember seeing that in Chinatown around Chinese New Year. So much red paper on the ground!

DC fireworks will go for close to an hour? That's a lot for the general population's attention span to cope with. But it is shiny.

Jon, they did it on the 4th too. And then you get rice with egg sauce at Ho Lee or something

Moon Pie city!

Waza..Just got outta doc office, olde punk problems. Happy 4th.

The mosh pit always gets it's pound of flesh.

well said Roff

WORD!

Is this gonna be a Thompson Twins cover?

johnny whitney!

so it is!

they liked my Misfits shirt at the doc

some good Buzzoveny agony here, love it

I had my physical on Tuesday. Doctor checked my ears and immediately asked me "have you been to concerts?" I thought it was something she saw in there but realized a split second later she was inquiring about the multiple wristbands I have on an arm presently.

Yesterday I wore my bright yellow Snooper shirt https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/merch/earth-drip-tour-t to the place where I get acupunkture and three different people said they liked it. Hopefully somebody will go listen to them

Mats, what design was your Misfits shirt?

Jon, too much!

1-1, 88th minute.

thank you!

oh man more shootouts maybe

We're going out to dinner for my Wife's birthday and my kid already has his purple WPRB shirt on in preperation

@jon hahahaha

Jon, oh boy, I wonder if it will go to extra time

@rob love this! they are playing near me soon but as an *afterparty* show. Too much for the oldies. :/

@marcus yessssss! go, kid!

So did she the double check those ears. Doctors love clues.

Jen, too bad you can't see them. I totally understand being an oldie

Yay Marcus!!

Snooper were in DC in March but that was before I got into them. Here's hoping for another east coast tour soon

i bet they come around again soon!

They're also playing in McAllen, Texas, on July 9. McAllen is near the Rio Grande, west of Brownsville, and is a birder mecca ... from October to April when it's not beastly hot

that is a tough call but sounds BAD

Nazi Dog died last year: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/rip-canadian-punk-pioneer-steve-leckie/#google_vignette

"Boom boom" was John Lee Hooker's song in "The Blues Brother's Movie"

Near goal for Egypt, incredible one-handed save by the Aussie keeper.

Jen, I know. There's even an airport in McAllen that I think I flew into once

@jon i am so looking for a film later of insane saves in this series. completely bonkers goalies everywhere.

@Rob the good ol fashion Crimson Ghost

Another good shot for Egypt but it unluckily deflects off an Aussie defender. That's full time.

damn!

Viletones in SCTV: https://youtube.com/watch?v=M6aPcTvDeOo

In support of Egypt I'm going to wear my "Keep your hands off my Tuts" shirt. Must be in the basement somewhere

I educated the nurses that Misfits are from Lodi

@david hahahah nice!

Hey, do I have follow that exact recipe when I make anarcho pie?

@marcus hahahaha

@rob YES

NJ's The Swingin' Neckbreakers often performed this Underdogs song.

that makes so much sense!

Well hmphh then it's not anarcho pie is it? :-PP

hahahahhaah

touché!

Phat beat Jen running dem lights

the game on mute along with a shot of fans dancing and vaping to J Rocc was highly rewarding

HA! love that

Zero Defex, Drop the A Bomb on Me, 8 seconds long

Eric B. is President, always was, always will be

Marcus, as per usual, comes correct.

disagree, you SHOULD make world cup jokes!

that goaltender's playing like he's got gloves made of tyvek

@bravedelay haha thank you, i will keep going! is this thing on?

Bookmarking this one!

it's so damn great

Tilt from before Fat Wreck Chords!

hi Jen, nice independence 250 weekend sounds...that goes along with escargot with cinnabon, water ice, fried rice, fried shrimp, peanut butter and jello with smelly mustard :)

yes they were before Fat, but later worked with Fat

they were OG Lookout/GIlman

@ossy that is unamerican unless you put it all on a burger

An excellent point from friend of WPRB Ryan G...

https://bsky.app/profile/ryangodfrey.com/post/3mpredpqcec26

it is a great point, and yet, we'd never expect our leader to do it anywhere logical

Jen- true patriotism cuisine there, with a beer soda nerd-gummies mayonnaise float

i just threw up in my mouth a little bit ;)

how much time left before shootouts??

We are 120+

Going to PKs.

ohhhhhhh geeeeeeeeeeez

The crowd knows that when they hear Love As Laughter coming to a close, that means penalties are next

Jen, so you know the 60's band "The United States of America"

do you know

oh jen, with the down to earth snide sassy like daria and mara (progressive commercial series) haha

i remember they existed but don't remember what they sounded like!

Psychedelic and experimental

The Gizmos compel me to tell you all that it's so hot here, I just burned my hand bringing in the mail.

yikes!

I got slightly singed opening a door handle earlier.

holy crap, you guys. stay inside. drink some water!

speaking usa, I know the 'Kids of America' throwback song, especially used for Jimmy Neutron movie

It's so hot out, I drove past Grant's Tomb and the door was open.

har har har

oh yes, stay very hydrated like camels, that can survive year round in arid deserts

Time for a screening of "The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick" - Wim Wenders (1972)

I am happy to provide kick-by-kick coverage.

This ECSR record is super fun.

IT'S SO HARD TO WATCH THESE THINGS

@jon it is!

Australia up first. Kick sails high over the crossbar.

Zoinks!

omg

OI love these guys despite the most awkward name

Egypt's turn. Confidently nailed beyond the goalie's reach to the left. 1-0.

An eddy current suppression ring is a physical component found inside electrical transformers

I thought it was for water

Round two. Australian with a mustache scores to the upper right of the net.

oh lordy more penalties!

mustache hahahahaha

at my folks' house my dad has some old binders from work on a bookshelf and one of them is about eddy current suppression rings. Also, mustache's kick had about the same amount of force I'd be capable of on it haha

Egypt looks right, goes left. Goal. 2-1 after two rounds.

@bravedelay some light reading!

@jon !!!

Egypt gonna win Habibi

🇪🇬 🇦🇺

Round three. Australia first. A confident strike. Score.

not going to lie, I have to turn this on now

salah

Egyptian Roy Kent with a nice score!

Smooth as butter, Jen

speaking soccer, usa against bosnia went hard wild

egyptian roy kent hahahahahahahah

Salah's turn for Egypt. He runs right up with no delay and strikes through with his left foot. Goal. 3-2 after three.

@ossy i was shrieking

i hate shootouts

As Frodus blares, Australia hits the crossbar! Egypt will have two tries to win this thing.

oh NOOOO

omg it's so sad when this happens. hate it. poor little guy.

Frodus clearly threw them off.

I already told you the final Habibi

frodus is def not relieving the tension

Egypt advances!

HOLY SHIT

Frodus: entirely appropriate for the tension!

hahaha thank you for your support, @bravedelay :D

jen - so much, that the rowan college burlington county just had a community soccer watch party on those matches of Belgium vs Senegal and USA against Bosnia lol

@Jen this is the only way to watch live sports imo!

Those were about as good a four penalty kicks as a country could ask for. I think this was deserved given how the game played out, personally.

Great show Jen!

jen - yes, I seriously hate spoilers, especially when people ruthlessly spoil whatever casually. I avoid all internet social media, which people nearly ruined the super mario galaxy movie for me

So glad I didn't forget to tune in. Thanks, Jen!

ty 4 the show. Jen & happy 4th!

@ossy it's true! i was listening to a game yesterday, and the announcers even ruined the earlier game for me saying, the winner of this one plays Spain...! Me: GODDAMMIT

And wow Egypt!

thank you for being here and keeping me up on the scores, all! Yay, Egypt!! Stay safe out there, friends.

see you in 2 weeks...

Apparently multiple Australian players attempted their first ever penalty kicks...and it showed!

oh WOW

@ossy I keep a long piece of cardboard under the TV to obscure the scrolling ticker! great spending the afternoon with you all!

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have a great week off Jen!

Also Australia swapped goalies for the shootout. Weird. Bye!

great show dj jen ! got real in to neon blonde a few years ago so always love hearing bloodbrothers/jaguar love/neon blonde in the wild!!!

@jon that is bizarre. @michael, thanks for being here! @rob thank you!