The New Abnormal Fri Aug 28 with ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡 on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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Mornin Dave!

good morning, TAndy

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure! 💟

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

Ahoy there MrM

TAllyH0! TAndy!

What a nice peaceful song after yesterday's constant storms (that woke me up)

so rude of those storms

It wasnt even the storm itself, lost power for 30 seconds and the missing white noise from my AC unit immediately jolted me up.

a gentle good morning to you.

good gentle morning, Dale

Mornin Dale :)

I was not Familiar with that song. I was not fast enough with this comment. 🙃

I'm really in love with this Art Zoyd track. Really great atmosphere

a very cunning pun, MrM

playing 3 short Art Zoyd tracks that blend into each other

Good morning Dave and fellow Abnormalites

good morning, Lizardbytes

I am not familiar with Art Zoyd, thank you for the enlightenment!

a lot of homework to present all this good, obscure (to me) music. hats off to the deejay.

🙏🏻

Daddy Dave, I'm scared

Heya Lizard and Jimboooo

the desired effect

'....reasonably digestable.' has that stopped you before?

Morning Dave and everyone! We both loved all the Art Zoyd pieces

good morning, Rob from MD

@ Dale: Ha! I do make an attempt at not alienating everybody instantly

GM TAndy

Art Zoyd is not widely heard on the radio - even at WPRB. My aim is to rectify that situation

THIS JoyfulJam right now!

microtonal madness

O̷̧̫̙̳̪̭͗̓̾̾͆̏̑͐͐̀h̷̺͎̠̝̺̬͚͇̻̬͖̮͕̼̬̘̞̀̆̆̏̋̿̂̄͌́̌̓̆͊̋̔͘ ̸̧̘̰̱̘̭̀̀̒́̐̇́̿̕ͅg̶̡̊̒͊̅̓̍̌̂̐̄̕o̷̖͒͂̓ǫ̸̧̧̖̪̺͍͖̞̠̞͕͙̼̗̗͆̎̀̆̔͜͝d̷͓͕͖͎͔͛̊̉̑̍̿́ͅ

oh good morning, Christine. Glad you are able to tune in

Good morning ǝɹnɔsqO ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐᗡ 🙃 & all

Hi, ChristineBoo 👋👻❗️

Hi MrM 💀 Boo 👻!

Ohaidere Christine & Rob MD

Always with the screeeeaming 😱

Hi TAndy 🚩🐈‍⬛️!

First Hour: TopNotch! 💟

GM, This Caravan sounds great!

Glad you are enjoying, Rob F

thanks for the kind words, MrM 💜

This bass!

STOLEN!

Good morning one and all…I think Zappa was a Soupy Sales fan, if not vice versa

Was anybody NOT a Soupy Sales fan?

good morning, dan C

Tough to imagine, perhaps Fred Rogers all I can come up with

Soupy Sales was a DJ too. A jazz fan

I Forgive You For All My Unhappiness

I always imagined that he brilliantly considered the shows crew as his most important audience…er, not “Tv land” per se.

Cast & crew I meant

Similarly, Steve Allen, another jazz, improve music and humor

true

Whom Zappa famously visited

playing a bicycle

Ah yes it’s Friday morning. Nice.

Guelo! Good to see you

Stunt guitarist always evokes Nils Lofgren to me

DTO, all I can come up with, for your possible tribute, “Dolly Dagger”

I was thinking of the Laurie Anderson piece where she spoke of her Tennessee mountain home

but it's too soon to mock

Now that’s intriguing

NEVER MOCK 😭

You know best, sir. What might FZ offer?

Mockery the sincere form of flattery

Excuse me while I strap in

Lazy Boy recommended

Oh hell yeah Poil time

👉💀👈

Little Nell tied to RR track

🔥🌿😶‍🌫️💨

Good mornings!

👈💀👉

good morning, Roffle

👆💀👇

The hour scientifically proven to reset your circadian rhythms with rhythms...:)

So…acid Juilliard basically

@dan, lol... Here kid, take this hammer and get in that practice room.

A pass/fail curriculum

A misguided attempt to teach Hammer Clavier.

The Foul Tempered Klavier

Repeat & fade

Early on they banned students from Caf kitchen

Raucous

I'm about to make a cup of over priced coffee. I had sticker shock yesterday. I've been drinking tea, but they did not have what I wanted, so I had to pay off the Columbians.

Having difficulty

GB my man!

His only disc I own, tanks Dave

Cheers to DJ Guelo!

Did I read members of Sonic Youth played with him? Makes perfect sense if true

Robert Longo cover art

they did, dan C

Should be “possible enamel loss” warning on this

Ear cilia are also in jeopardy.

i dunno, i hear more ear cilia growing like moss in a forgotten pine forest

good morning, Norman B

hullo dave!

Yet to see, “how to play Glenn Branca on guitar”, YT For good reason

OK, I need to go down a Glenn Branca rabbit hole after the show.

@Norman, The deforestation in my part of the world was a thing to behold though back in the day.

@ iConJohn, careful - that hole is dark and twisted

feel that, icon

Read my mind

oof dave's saying that...now i'm concerned

Bernard Hermann with a Fender Jaguar

Two Tracks‼️

All the air I can breathe my radio tells me as I sit in my extremely fogged out car. Thanks, Radio!

Disgruntled…fill in the blank

My home town, go get ‘em

SAIC grads like me perhaps. Sea & Cake’s school

A set for the ages

Forgot… Second Hour: TopShelf! 💟🕘☮️

I love NPR’s description of Imelda Marcos’ music, including, “…but oh-so-fun”.

thank ye kindly, MrM 💜

🇺🇦

yeah, Cthulhu Rise had to call it quits

Good morning. Another Cleric-releated band! Hadn't gotten around to this one.

Putin could f up a wet dream, as we used to say in Chicago

good morning, jim haku

this is not PNEU to me

Have you checked out Reg Bloor? Branca's wife for a time, currently runs new perfomances of the orchestras but has her own solo thing going on. Related guitar torture.

Great, I’ll be checking the math all weekend…

🧮

Entire Show: TopTIER! Big cheers! Always nice chatting with you! Many thanks & kind regards, DJ•DaveTheObscure! 💟🖤💀

thanks for the tip, jim haku

Capital selections all Mr. Dave

What a great show, thanks Dave!

thank ye, folks!

Thanks for the tunes Dave!

Big, stylish shoes to fill

Appreciate the off palate colors ǝʌɐꓷ! Thanks!

7:02 AM		Peals Belle Air N Le Pantoum 46 Thrill Jockey 2026 Peals is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Recorded and mixed by Peals during a live performance at Le Pantoum, Quebec City in 2013. https://peals.bandcamp.com/album/le-pantoum-46
7:09 AM		Set Break: 🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡🂡
7:10 AM		L’Rain church of no one N fata morgana Mexican Summer 2026 Taja Cheek, known professionally as L'Rain, is an experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist and songwriter. Born in Brooklyn, she attended Yale and worked as music director of radio station WYBC. https://lrain.bandcamp.com/album/fata-morgana
7:15 AM		emer & Ugnė Uma Familiar N you and me Stroom 2026 Marija Rasa aka emer and Ugnė Uma are originally from Lithuania. New LP released July 7th. https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/you-and-me
7:18 AM		Blums Side of the Road N Sunk Cost Fantasy Take Care Records 2026 Blums is based in Brooklyn NY. https://blums.bandcamp.com/album/sunk-cost-fantasy
7:19 AM		Art Zoyd Io 1 Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer In-possible records 1983 Art Zoyd, founded in Valenciennes, France in 1969, centered around composer and classically-trained violinist Gérard Hourbette and bassist Thierry Zaboitzeff. With each successive album, the rock aspect of their material slowly gave way to a blend of Zeuhl and classical music, developing ever tenser and darker climates.
7:22 AM		Art Zoyd Io 2 Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer In-possible records 1983 "Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer" is perhaps the record that best displays the band's adventurous compositional sophistication while remaining reasonably digestible.
7:25 AM		Art Zoyd Io 3 Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer In-possible records 1983 These three "IO" tracks were not on the original LP, only on the CD reissues.Art Zoyd was part of the second generation of Rock In Opposition bands
7:31 AM		Set Break: 🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢🂢
7:33 AM		Planet Microjam feat. Guo Ya Zhi Drunken Longing Berklee Studio recording David Fiuczynski (born 1964) is an American contemporary jazz guitarist, best known as the leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos and David Fiuczynski's KiF, and as a member of Hasidic New Wave. He has played on more than 95 albums as a session musician, band leader, or band member. Currently he is on the faculty at the Berklee School. In 2012 he started Planet MicroJam, an institute exploring the use of microtones in jazz, ethnic folk and other contexts. "Drunken Longing" was originally released in 2012 on his "Planet MicroJam" CD.
7:43 AM		Brandon Seabrook The Guitar Is A Weather Event, Even (feat. Bill Frisell, Rashaan Carter & Marcus Gilmore) N Utility Modern (feat. Bill Frisell, Rashaan Carter & Marcus Gilmore) Out of Your Head 2026 Brandon Seabrook is a NYC-based guitarist and banjoist. His music fuses a wide range of traditions: punk rock, jazz, pop, and metal. https://brandonseabrook.bandcamp.com/album/utility-modern
7:48 AM		David Torn, Mick Karn & Terry Bozzio Snail Hair Dune Polytown CMP Records 1989 Guitarist David Torn joined here by Mick Karn (bassist from the glam rock group Japan) and Terry Bozzio (drummer from Zappa's band).
7:57 AM		Steve Tibbetts Another Year Exploded View ECM Records 1986 Enigmatic guitarist, born in 1954, based in Minneapolis.
8:00 AM		Set Break: 🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣🂣
8:04 AM		Caravan Nothing At All / It's Coming Soon / Nothing At All (Reprise) Waterloo Lily (Remastered) Decca Music Group Ltd. 1972 Caravan was formed in 1968 in Canterbury, UK, and disbanded in 1978. They were a leading exponent of what became known as "the Canterbury sound". Their fourth release "Waterloo Lily" blended English pop and complex progressive rock. with a clear step towards jazz.
8:14 AM		Twenty-Five Views Of Worthing You Are What You Eat 25 Views of Worthing Andromeda Black Hole 2024 "Twenty-Five Views Of Worthing" formed in England in 1970, blending the Canterbury sound with art-rock. They signed a management deal with Island Artists, but no recording contract materialized. During downtime, they managed to record an LP's worth of tracks at Island's studios which were finally released in 2020. ("You Are What You Eat" directly steals the bass riff from Caravan's "Nothing At All") https://twenty-five-views-of-worthing.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-five-views-of-worthing
8:20 AM		Crying Laughing Tato N Talking Hausu Mountain 2026 Crying Laughing is based in Baltimore Maryland. This track is not yet available, but will be released on their CD on September 10th. https://cryinglaughing.bandcamp.com/album/talking-2
8:24 AM		Ukandanz Beyet New Mengedu Yeketelale Buda musique 2018 uKanDanZ is an unusual meeting between an electric quartet from France and Asnake Guebreyes, charismatic lead singer from Addis Abeba. Their music is inspired by traditional and popular Ethiopian songs. https://ukandanz.bandcamp.com/album/yeketelale-2
8:32 AM		Set Break: 🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤🂤
8:33 AM		The Filibuster Saloon Waltz of the Toast Fairy Going Off Topic Mogul Intermissions 2023 Instrumental prog rock led by the Coniguliaro brothers (WYXZ). https://filibustersaloon.bandcamp.com/album/going-off-topic
8:36 AM		French TV Conversational Paradigms I Forgive You For All My Unhappiness Pretentious Dinosaur Records 2010 American RIO/avant-progressive band founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1983. https://frenchtv.bandcamp.com/album/i-forgive-you-for-all-my-unhappiness
8:44 AM		Mike Keneally Chee Scambot 1 Exowax Recordings 2009 Born in 1961 in New York, Mike Keneally toured with Frank Zappa in the 1980's (replacing Steve Vai as "stunt guitarist"). https://mikekeneallymusic.bandcamp.com/album/scambot-1
8:49 AM		Samla Mammas Manna Liten Dialektik Klossa Knapitatet Silence Records 1974 One of the founding members of the "Rock In Opposition" movement, Samla Mammas Manna, was founded in Uppsala, Sweden in 1969. Their music is a blend of mostly instrumental 70's progressive rock, Scandinavian folk, jazz-fusion, avant-garde, and World Music.
9:00 AM		Set Break: 🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥🂥 𐌃ἷꯝἴʗᱢᶅᜎ ᮄǐꮥ𐠙𐐩ᥢi̩𐡀ǥ ⴼᲢ𐌵Ԅ
9:02 AM		Poil Monde mû (Twang) L'ire des papes Dur et Doux 2008 PoiL were formed as an experimental rock trio in 2005, a psychotic chamber jazz outfit run by disgruntled classically trained concert escapees with an axe to grind. "L'ire Des Papes" is their debut album.
9:15 AM		Glenn Branca The Spectacular Commodity The Ascension Systems Neutralizers 1981 Glenn Branca (1948-2018) was central to the No Wave scene in New York, and was known for experimental guitar tunings and custom-built instruments.
9:27 AM		MERMORT kacakaizum single s/r 2015 Mermort is an experimental prog hardcore band from Tokyo.
9:32 AM		Imelda Marcos Brokenfinger Tea LLC Tatlo Already Dead Tapes 2019 "Imelda Marcos" is a Instrumental math-y noise rock drum-and-guitar duo from Chicago. https://imeldamarcos.bandcamp.com/
9:37 AM		Cthulhu Rise Opus 34 The Second One Cthulhu Rise 2016 From Kyiv, Ukraine, Cthulhu Rise blend progressive rock, jazz, alternative metal and mathcore. https://cthulhurise.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-one
9:43 AM		Yowie Tara Cryptooology SKiN GRAFT 2004 Harsh mathrock band from St. Louis, founded in 2000. https://yowie.bandcamp.com/this is their debut
9:49 AM		Pneu Mort Aux Chats Get Old Or Die Tryin Head records 2025 Pneu is a math rock group from Tours, France, inspired by the post-hardcore scene which gives them a heavy sound. https://pneu.bandcamp.com/
9:54 AM		Set Break: 🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦🂦
9:56 AM		The Dave Pike Set Mother People Noisy Silence - Gentle Noise MPS 1969 Jazz band active from 1968 until 1972, featuring Dave Pike (vibraphone) and Volker Kriegel (guitar)

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