The Sonic Bloom Tue Aug 4 with Esoterica on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

hi

Sonic Blooming:)

yes indeed

hi!

I never tier of that Schifrin piece. It really is a boss.

I agree, I love it, esp. the bongos

Thought this was Girl Pool.

oh wow i can see that

I am off to get me some dinner. Catch you after a bit.

ok thanks for stopping by

I like the Paul Williams plays the washed up lawyer living in a camper in that short series Goliath with Billy Bob Thornton.

Landman could be good. In a lot of ways, it is in a lot way stupid mainly the whole storyline with his son and his girlfriend is dumb and unrealistic. But Billy Bob Thornton elevates everything he’s in. One of my favorites.

aw i see hmm

well i might check it out and see what i think anyway tho that sounds annoying

But still overall it’s good. I’ll watch the next season. That’s the problem with a lot of these mini series. They go off in directions a lot of times they have a stupid storyline here there. Only exception I think is breaking bad which I thought was great front to back.

yeah agree

Evening all!

hi Rob!

good evening!

Hi Esoterica!

Missed the Fleshtones. If hell is real and I end up going there, I assume my first punishment will be the Peter Zaremba-style haircut I had in 1987.

haha

i just had a flash of you being held won for the haircut.

held down haha

thrashing and fighting them of course, whoever "they" may be

Hey Mike L, enjoyed you show in the car today. I don’t usually hear you on air much. Will try and listen the next few Tuesdays.

What’s up chat? Forecast for my Chesapeake Bay trip Friday…miserable humidity, tons of jellyfish and a rise in Vibrio flesh eating bacteria cases rising. What are your first world problems?

Hey Rob MD, seeing lots of menhaden fishing controversy on the Chesapeake. Feeling bad for the Osprey chicks.

Thanks iConJohn!

Hi, IConJohn!

i have been catching Mike's show lately - great stuff. but i usually am too sleepy to jump in the chat.

Hi Eso! Great show!Me & BJK are relaxing post vet visit, listening

Sweet, J. Walker!

thx, hope all is well with BJK.

All is well. She’s got antibiotics for her hot spots and a cone which I’ll put on her later. She’s sacked out at the moment….recovering from the invasion.

aw lol

God doeth love a dog cone.

As do I!

they are necessary from timeto time.

Must be torcher for the ball lickers.

I have five or so thumbs. I feel their pain.

She definitely needs it-poor girl. She had a ton of miniscule ticks a

As well…Anyway, enjoying your excellent selections

I had a horse that got tick infested. That is wild stuff under the skin. Horror show.

wow

Sorry to even mention it.

I do want a doggy cone. Just as a conversation piece. :)

Hi Eso, enjoying the rare non humid night to spend the time on my 3rd floor and listen to Sonic Bloom on a proper FM stereo!

Sweet!

Thanks for listening, IConJohn.

Roffleaphonic, the doggy cone are a shadow of their former selves. The plastic is quite thin now. Not much of an art piece..

@IConJohn, I hadn't heard about any menhaden controversy. Poor Osprey chicks :-(

"Slender Fungus" reminds us a lot of the Residents!

yes! rob

Yes @ Rob re. The Residents, you beat me to it.

yup, i agree

@JENNIFER, can we still paint and write dopey things on them?

@RobMD I'm seeing first hand with empty and abandoned nests.https://marylandmatters.org/2026/07/06/after-years-of-effort-chesapeake-bay-specific-menhaden-population-study-gets-funding/

I have sad news about my Harold and Maude ospreys Rob, They came back this year, but never nested. Both are gone now.

thx for posting this IConJohn re: menhaden

evening.

Good evening.

Timony!

oh yeah , roffle

I really love this album.

she rocks

me, too

I come here for the brilliance that winds up.

Here

ah appreciate you

Feel free to amaze me anytime. :)

:)

i got 69 love songs at amoeba in los angeles. that was a million years ago.

love this album, obvs

Hey Esoterica, loving the show

hey zach, thanks, you like all this experimental stuff?

Heck yes haha, thought this song was Om when it started but I realized otherwise by the time I opened the chat

@IConJohn, thanks for the link! I'll look at it later tonight. @Roffle, that is sad about Harold and Maude not nesting. Hopefully next year.

Always love the experimental stuff. Thoughts lost in soundscapes is my favorite genre

this is pretty sweet.

agree - i like it

hey dale

Residents!!!! :-))

I just followed your instagram yesterday I think, procrastinated on getting on that platform long enough

thanks, zach;)

@Rob, I think Maude's egg laying days have past. She was looking rough last year.

Maude was the boss. I watched her grab rodents. Life is fickle.

i got three cats. had two cats but one showed up and never left.

:)

Cats! Fucking love that other people them. I used to have half a dozen Savannah

i have had cats, love them, but currently have one 12 year old terrier, dolly sue - she is great

Love the good ones, just like I love people..Lovely and amazing at times.

so true

Some cats are evil

still love peter murphy's deep album. such great songwriting and production.

just like people.

so goes the long history/folklore surrounding them

yes, dale

cats aren't evil. some can be dicks though.

@Roffle, hopefully it was simply a rough year for Maude last year, and she will return next spring

that is true

Thanks for good stuff Eso..See you about.

thanks, roffle!

thx everyone!

A cat owner & lover I follow on social media once posted that cats are dicks

*@Dale

Thx for the show, Eso! Until the next time

thanks for the tunes esoterica!

Thx Dale!

you are very welcome

5:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:03 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:04 PM		Dustin Wong Morning Roses Dustin Wong N Gloria Hausu Mountain 2025
5:10 PM		Poptone Heartbreak Hotel Poptone Poptone Cleopatra Records 2018
5:12 PM		The Shaggs What Should I Do? The Shaggs Philosophy of the World Light in the Attic 1968
5:15 PM		Love and Rockets Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) [Remix] Love and Rockets Express Beggars Banquet 1986
5:21 PM		Nick Lowe So It Goes Jesus of Cool (Deluxe Edition) [2008 Remaster] Yep Roc Records 1978
5:23 PM		The Cure The Drowning Man The Cure Faith (Deluxe Edition) Rhino/Elektra 1981
5:28 PM		Good Flying Birds Glass Good Flying Birds N Talulah's Tape Carpark Records 2025
5:31 PM		Cut Worms Use Your Love! (Right Now) Cut Worms Jagjaguwar 2023
5:34 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:42 PM		The Fleshtones Roman Gods Fleshtones 7 " I.R.S. Records 1981
5:48 PM		The Laughing Chimes He Never Finished the Thought The Laughing Chimes N Whispers In The Speech Machine Slumberland Records LLC 2025 From Athens, Ohio. https://thelaughingchimes.bandcamp.com/
5:51 PM		The Tubs Wretched Lie The Tubs Dead Meat Merge Records 2023 The Tubs are a Welsh indie rock band from Cardiff, formed in 2018. The band was founded by Owen Williams and original guitarist George Nicholls. Along with Max Warren they were previously members of Joanna Gruesome. The current lineup is completed by Dan Lucas and Taylor Stewart.
5:55 PM		Napolian Is It Love? Napolian Incursio Software 2014 From L.A. https://napolian.bandcamp.com/track/is-it-love
5:58 PM		Visible Cloaks Apsis Visible Cloaks N Paradessence RVNG Intl. 2026 VC is an electronic duo out of Portland, OR. https://visiblecloaks.bandcamp.com/
6:01 PM		The Quick No No Girl The Quick Mondo Deco Mercury Records 1976 From L.A.!
6:05 PM		Cheater Slicks In This Town Cheater Slicks N Live on WFMU/At Carabar Almost Ready 2025 Cheater Slicks is a three-man garage punk band formed in Boston in 1987. The members are Tom Shannon, Dave Shannon, and Dana Hatch. They toured with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in 1995.
6:09 PM		Discovery Zone Dusk Discovery Zone N Library Copy Do Not Remove RVNG Intl. 2026 https://discoveryz.one/ Discovery Zone is the experimental pop project of New York musician and multimedia artist JJ Weihl.
6:16 PM		Jella Darcan Croire En L Amour (Version Club) N VVAA - Histoire De Coeur Vol. 2 V/A 2025 Lost Euro bombs! https://ctrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/histoire-de-coeur-lost-french-synth-pop-7-ers-euro-bombs-1980-89
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6:26 PM		Edith Lesther Idees Peverses N VVAA - Histoire De Couer 2025
6:29 PM		Skip Spence Diana Oar (Deluxe Edition) Columbia/Legacy 1969
6:32 PM		Hans P. Kjorstad Syn Hans P. Kjorstad N Inn 2026 From Norway. https://hanskjorstad.bandcamp.com/
6:37 PM		Trusselina Trusselina Archimboldi Trusselina N Gastro / Trusselina Archimboldi - Single Jolt 2026 Trusselina is an experimental electronic and glitchy electro-folk bedroom pop duo from Philadelphia formed by musicians who met while touring together in 2024.
6:40 PM		Baldruin Was Ist Das? Baldruin N Experimentelle Welt 1 2026 From Wiesbaden, Germany. https://baldruin.bandcamp.com/
6:43 PM		Scattered Order Swiss Like Knives and Forks Scattered Order N Can't Stop It! II - Australian Post-Punk 1979-84 V/A Chapter Music 2007
6:47 PM		Credit Card Love Crime CREDIT CARD N Devil's Night / Dead Internet Goth Horse Records 2026 From Detroit.
6:48 PM		Dustin Wong Glass Beach Dustin Wong N Gloria Hausu Mountain 2025 From L.A.! https://dustinwong.bandcamp.com/music
6:52 PM		Tones On Tail Slender Fungus Tones On Tail Everything! Beggars Banquet 1983
6:55 PM		MOTOHIKO HAMASE Lung Anecdote (2020 Remastered Edition) WRWTFWW Records 2020
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7:07 PM		Mary Timony The Guest Mary Timony Untame the Tiger Merge Records 2024 Mary Bozana Timony is an American independent singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, bassist, and violist. She has been a member of the bands Helium, Autoclave, Wild Flag, and Hammered Hulls, and currently fronts Ex Hex.
7:11 PM		The Amps Breaking the Split Screen Barrier The Amps Pacer 4AD 1995 Song written by Kim Deal.
7:14 PM		Beulah A Good Man Is Easy to Kill Beulah The Coast Is Never Clear Velocette Records 2001 Beulah was an American indie rock band from San Francisco, California, often associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company.
7:18 PM		The Magnetic Fields A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs Merge Records 1999
7:20 PM		The Breeders Nervous Mary The Breeders All Nerve 4AD 2018
7:23 PM		This Heat A New Kind of Water This Heat Deceit This Heat 1981 This Heat were an English experimental rock band, formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams.
7:28 PM		Faust Big Field (Radio Edit (by Zappi W. Diemaier)) Faust N Big Field (Radio Edit (by Zappi W. Diemaier)) - Single Bureau B 2026
7:34 PM		The Residents Ol' Man River The Residents N Ol' Man River - Single CRYPTIC CORP 2025
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7:41 PM		The Legendary Pink Dots SUMMER EVERY DAY The Legendary Pink Dots N CHEMICAL PLAY SCHOOL 25 Terminal Kaleidoscope 2025
7:44 PM		Gay Skeleton Club 2 cats Gay Skeleton Club N gay skeleton demos Skilled Skulls Records 2024 Gay Skeleton Club are a woman and nonbinary-led 3-piece pop/punk DIY band formed through the London First Timers Fest in spring 2023.
7:47 PM		Eunice Uchindere Eunice Sounds of Malawi Vol. 1 V/A Hen House Studios 2026
7:50 PM		Bauhaus Ziggy Stardust David Bowie R The Sky's Gone Out 1982 Going out to Rebecca!
7:53 PM		Otto Benson Mr. Peanut Otto Benson N Peanut WNOADIARWB 2025 Otto Benson is a musician and recording artist from Brooklyn, NY. After first gaining online recognition under his teenage alias “Memo Boy,” his sound has evolved in increasingly surreal and introspective directions, blending emotional vulnerability with experimental textures.

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The Sonic Bloom

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