Chris Mohr
8:03:26 PM
Boom boom., S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night, here we go!
WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM
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Transistor Sister
Sep 5, 2026 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Music
With Commie Francis
Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. Featuring one MINI THEME per episode.
Breakfast Isn't What It Used to Be
songs of Nelly Fenely, Charterstone's resident grump
| 8:02 PM |
| Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
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| 8:04 PM |
| U.X.A. Tragedies Rodney on the Roq V/A Posh Boy 1980
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| 8:06 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 8:12 PM |
| Scott The Hoople I Wish I Was Your Mother N Spain Capers Folc Records 2026 orig 2015 mott the hoople cover OBVS
https://scottthehoople.bandcamp.com/album/spain-capers-2026-version
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| 8:16 PM |
| Mott the Hoople Original Mixed-Up Kid Wildlife UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1971
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| 8:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 8:24 PM |
| Rondos Black-White Een Zwart-Wit Statement / Black-White V/A V2 Records 2009 split with De Kift/de kift cover
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| 8:26 PM |
| De Kift Een Zwart-Wit Statement Een Zwart-Wit Statement / Black-White V/A V2 Records 2009 split with rondos/rondos cover
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| 8:28 PM |
| Jean Ritchie A Short Life of Trouble Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family Rhino/Elektra 1951
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| 8:30 PM |
| Shellac Wingwalker Uranus Touch and Go Records 1993
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| 8:34 PM |
| Börn Rotið Eðli Börn Iron Lung 2014 https://borndeyja.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
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| 8:37 PM |
| Instant Music Everybody's Gotta Mutate Instant Music - EP Instant Records 1981
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| 8:40 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 8:44 PM |
| Kontexte Dizziness N Hello World Dot Dash Sounds 2026 https://kontexte4.bandcamp.com/album/hello-world
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| 8:48 PM |
| News Chop, Chop, Chop Dirty Lies / Chop, Chop, Chop self released 1978
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| 8:49 PM |
| Colin Newman Troisième A-Z Beggars Banquet 1980
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| 8:54 PM |
| Gleetch Diogène Summer Demo 26 self released 2026 https://gleetch35.bandcamp.com/album/summer-demo-26
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| 8:57 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 9:02 PM |
| Lewisite Hanzaisya Siteseeing Cragale 1983
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| 9:04 PM |
| Loose Lips Looking For N Love You Dig! 2026 https://staylooselips2.bandcamp.com/album/love-you-2
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| 9:06 PM |
| The Twinkeyz E.S.P. Alpha Jerk Plurex Records 1979
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| 9:10 PM |
| The Common People Feeling Of the People / By the People / For the People TTW 1968
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| 9:12 PM |
| Blutsturz Proll Liebe Schweigen self released 1983
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| 9:16 PM |
| Groinoids Empty Skull Unsafe at Any Speed Modern Method 1982
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| 9:17 PM |
| Archie Fisher Reynardine Archie Fisher Transatlantic 1968
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| 9:20 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 9:24 PM |
| Julian Cope The Battle for the Trees Interpreter Echo 1996
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| 9:31 PM |
| P.P. Rebel Ascension N Devotee Anti Fade 2026 https://pprebel.bandcamp.com/album/devotee
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| 9:35 PM |
| Aigretjes Fly Spray Waves Welvaartsstaat Tapes 1981
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| 9:36 PM |
| Al Massrieen Mafatshi Leh Modern Music (Habibi Funk 006) HABIBI Funk Records 2017 recorded 80s
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| 9:39 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 9:42 PM |
| Bona Dish Fractured Heart The Zaragoza Tapes: 1981-1982 Captured Tracks 2013 orig 1982
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| 9:45 PM |
| Alien Nosejob Zipped Up The Derivative Sounds of... Or... A Dog Always Returns to its Vomit Anti Fade Records 2023 https://aliennosejob.bandcamp.com/album/the-derivative-sounds-of-or-a-dog-always-returns-to-its-vomit-usa
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| 9:48 PM |
| Maťkovia Ešte N 1982-1986 (Expanded) 42far 2026 https://42far.bandcamp.com/album/1982-1986-expanded
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| 9:52 PM |
| Tommy Roe Aggravation It's Now Winters Day Geffen 1967
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| 9:54 PM |
| Crisis Brückwood Hospital Alienation / Brückwood Hospital Ardkor Records 1981
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| 9:57 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 10:02 PM |
| Unsanitary Napkin Huge Takeover The Balls Are Back in Town self released 2026 https://unsanitarynapkin.bandcamp.com/album/the-balls-are-back-in-town
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| 10:06 PM |
| Kennelmus Think for Yourself Folkstone Prism Modern Harmonic 1971
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| 10:06 PM |
| Abwärts Roboter in der Nacht Roboter In Der Nacht Zickzack 1981
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| 10:10 PM |
| Eskupa Nexos N esta oscuridad no es mia Discos Enfermos 2026
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| 10:13 PM |
| Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart (7" Version) Picture My Face / Tearin' Me Apart - Single WM Canada 1978
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| 10:15 PM |
| Doctors of Madness B-Movie Bedtime (Demo) Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76 Grapefruit 2021 recorded mid 70s
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| 10:18 PM |
| Pust Y a pas d’pantoute N Cuire - EP self released 2026 https://pustpustpust.bandcamp.com/album/cuire-ep
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| 10:21 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 10:25 PM |
| Agentss Angra Agentss Scorpius 1982 https://nadanadadiscos.bandcamp.com/album/agentss
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| 10:28 PM |
| Parsnip Nigella Health - EP Anti Fade Records 2017
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| 10:29 PM |
| Peace Sells Disaster N Demo 2026 https://peacesells.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2026
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| 10:31 PM |
| Satanic Malfunction Sexual Freedom? I Think Not Exclusion V/A Nabate 1989
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| 10:34 PM |
| Kizza Ping Männen Männen Dåvhjort Records 1981
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| 10:38 PM |
| It Thing P.C.H Constant State / P.C.H. - Single Feel It Records 2023 https://itthing.bandcamp.com/album/constant-state-p-c-h
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| 10:44 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 10:45 PM |
| Abizmo Vermes de Fardinha split with SOH V/A 2026 https://sohsystemofhate.bandcamp.com/album/s-o-h-x-abizmo-split-usa-version-3
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| 10:49 PM |
| Überspannung Weir Unten Holzwege Mangel 2023 https://mangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/holzwege
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| 10:52 PM |
| Antidote Can't Think Must Work One Does Not Sell the Earth Upon Which the People Walk Agit-Pap Records 1986
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| 10:52 PM |
| Stillborn Christians Aggression Why Are We Here? V/A No Core Records 1983
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| 10:54 PM |
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworh (instrumental) | |
| 10:58 PM |
| Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died (1993 Mix) Enough Is Enough - EP Playbak Records Ltd 2012
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Chat is archived.
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:03:34 PM
yeahhhhh
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:13:51 PM
in the early 2000s i worked doing data entry for the post office overnight and it was so boring so i just went through our records and put one song from each band in alphabetical order on mixtapes. mostly songs i wasn't really familiar with. and this is the mott the hoople song i chose
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:18:17 PM
Hi Commie and Chris! I love the album name Spain Capers for Scott The Hoople. I like the Mott song playing now, I don't really know early Mott at all
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:26:47 PM
you know all the young dudes surely?
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:35:45 PM
I do! I don't consider that early Mott though
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:35:56 PM
it's from one year after wildlife haha
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:37:04 PM
True. You have to draw a line somewhere, and that's where I drew it 😇
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:37:22 PM
fair!
Chris Mohr
8:41:05 PM
Is it just me or is Instant Music reminiscent of Young Marble Giants (complimentary)?
Chris Mohr
8:44:30 PM
Wow, that BHS quote brings back some memories of WPRB in the mid/late 1980s, I'll tell you what...
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:44:38 PM
@Chris, now that you mention it, yes, Instant Music does remind me of Young Marble Giants
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:45:09 PM
i think there was a station ID of that until pretty recently chris?
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:45:37 PM
and yes that was pretty young marble giant-y
Chris Mohr
8:46:52 PM
Yes, indeedy! I think that station ID was done by my peer Mr. Mike, but I'm not 100% sure
Commie Francis (1) (host)
8:54:13 PM
on the hour i will play an ID that MAY be it? we shall see
Chris Mohr
9:02:35 PM
Awesome!
Chris Mohr
9:03:04 PM
That actually sounded like me. I did a lot of IDs at the time...
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:03:44 PM
it sounded a little like very young jello biafra to me
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:03:48 PM
That sounded like the Butt Surf station ID I've been hearing for the past few years
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:04:10 PM
I can hear the Jello Biafra resemblence
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:04:31 PM
yeah it's still in our library of IDs
Chris Mohr
9:07:34 PM
Maybe I can ask Mike if he remembers. But the repeat with echo on "Princeton" was what I did for The All Fall Decline and Fall "in stereophinic Decline-o-rama"! (which I plagiarized from Mark Dickinson)
TAndy
9:12:51 PM
Sup Commieeeee!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:13:43 PM
hiya tandy!
TAndy
9:17:19 PM
I'm so stoked for your show on Monday. Laborwave is the only Monday I truly look forward to all year
Chris Mohr
9:18:44 PM
Reynardine! And it's not Fairport.
jimbooooo
9:25:00 PM
Hello earthlings
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:26:51 PM
chris i met one of your 80s dj colleagues recently, i bought her sister's house!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:27:07 PM
and hiiiiiiiii jimbo!
Carlos Ramone
9:36:07 PM
Good evening
Commie Francis (1) (host)
9:36:59 PM
hello!
Amy Lee
10:07:31 PM
That Kennelmus was great!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:13:51 PM
yesss!
jimbooooo
10:17:47 PM
Oh this ROCKSSS
TAndy
10:46:14 PM
holy shit those drums. sup jim!!
Commie Francis (1) (host)
10:58:15 PM
good night everyone!!
TAndy
10:58:24 PM
Good night!