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Circuits

Oct 1, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

Freeform radio for creative weirdos and deskbound dreamers. A sonic one-stop for Acid Dub, Beardo Bhangra, Micro-Folk Turntablism, Krautdrone, Cambodian Synthwave, Glam Pop, Art-Damaged Metal, Electro-Stoner Jazz, Proto Soul-Punk, DIY Hip-Hop, Psychedelic EDM, Minimalist Power Violence, Pre-Hipster NYC Weirdcore, and Afro-Hillbilly Futurism. Up and down this goddam dial since 1992.

Here is my DJ Bio.

I've quit all the corporate shitbro social media, but I'm on Mastodon if you want to follow me there.

Hallucinating from Mulch Fumes

12:01 PM		Circle Berserk Tulikoira 2005
12:10 PM		Suzi Quatro Primitive Love Suzi Quatro 1973
12:14 PM		My Bloody Valentine No Place to Go Geek EP 1986
12:17 PM		Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash Weed Stores Everywhere N Resonance Frequency 2026
12:20 PM		Screaming Females End of My Bloodline (Remix) [feat. Sammus & Moor Mother] [Digital Single] 2018
12:23 PM		Quakers Approach With Caution (feat. Sampa the Great) 7" 2020
12:24 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:30 PM		Jonny Kosmo How High Pastry 2021
12:34 PM		Tall Dwarfs Life Is Strange Unravelled: 1981–2002 2022
12:37 PM		The Plugz Achin' 7" 1981
12:39 PM		Kilynn Lunsford Disney Girls N I Woke Up In the Body of Peter Pan With A Pinocchio Nose 2026
12:42 PM		Fr. Dionysios Tabakis Δὸς ἀγκαλιάν, τῆς ἀγάπης πινελιάν! N Paradise Metal 2026
12:45 PM		Court of Violets Of A Dream N Court of Violets 2026
12:48 PM		V-3 Psychic Dance Hall Psychic Dance Hall 1991
12:52 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:58 PM		Jawbreaker Outpatient 24 Hour Revenge Therapy 1994
1:02 PM		Marty Robbins Don't Worry 7" 1965
1:05 PM		DJ Female Convict Scorpion Righteousness Prevails (White Sabbath) Wizards 2012
1:09 PM		Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor Chemo Crystal Ball N Crayola Circles 2026
1:11 PM		Rat Section Clever Thief (feat. Stuart McKenzie) N Automatic 2026
1:14 PM		West Coast Revival Feelin' Alright West Coast Revival 1977
1:17 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:26 PM		Venom Live at City Gardens 7" 1991 RIP Cronos from Venom. INDEED!
1:35 PM		The Asteroid No. 4 Take Me Down An Amazing Dream 2006
1:38 PM		Jesters of Destiny Long Long Gone (In No Man's Land) Fun At the Funeral 2001
1:43 PM		Weird Paul My Head's On Fire 25 Lo-Fi Years 2012
1:46 PM		Eraser DVD N Operator! 2026
1:49 PM		Talibam! Lunch Break at Naan Ordination of the Globetrotting Conscripts 2007
1:50 PM		Fun Time Objects Safety Pin Stuck in my Heart Paid by Rock V/A 2021 Patrick Fitzgerald cover
1:55 PM		Nuits Blanches Encaisse et Laisse Passer N Hélas 2026
1:58 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:04 PM		Fugazi Give me the Cure Fugazi EP
2:07 PM		Can Arles 75 Zwei N Live in Arles 1975 2026
2:17 PM		Shilpa Ray I'm Not an Effigy Bootlickers of the Patriarchy 7" 2021 Ministry cover
2:22 PM		Krys O Witch's Egg Midnight Matinee: Covers & Originals V/A Orig. by Danny Elfman
2:26 PM		Steeleye Span The Lark in the Morning Please to See the King 1976
2:31 PM		Biita Houdei Fennel Knows N This Bed Was Made For Me 2026
2:36 PM		Aja Monet Song of Myself N The Color of Rain 2026
2:39 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:43 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:44 PM		The Geraldine Fibbers Yoo Doo Right N Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and my Home 2026 Can cover
2:49 PM		Jacques Charlier Perki Show Art in Another Way 2022 Orig. from a 1987 cassette
2:53 PM		The Native Hipsters A Drink With the Girls Original Copy 2012
2:55 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:58 PM		The Sensational Friendly Six Resting with Jesus 7"

Chat is archived.

Greetings!

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.

Funny, the criticism I usually hear suggests that this is the show that never ... starts.

Ha!

Show's starting fine down here!

First Song ever gonna start… or!?!

What a start!

I’m going BERZERK

Full Circle.

I am feeling NERVOUS and EDGY today, pitcrew. Join me in the awkwardness.

Eggshells are for dancing. :)

CALM DOWN!!!

BEZERKER!

Oh my god, just Jon Solomon just tipped me off to the news about Cronos from Venom. I will address this shortly.

How will you celebrate INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY?!?

MrM, I celebrated that this morning before most people even started dreaming.

Same 😵‍💫☕️☕️☕️☕️

SUZI QUATRO❣️❣️❣️

It's been so long since I played this Suzi Quatro album that I thought this was someone else's version of "Primitive Love"

The keyboards at the end of that SQ song sound like they're lifted from some krautrock band.

They do!

Love homeboy sand!!!

Me too!

solid set sir!

The Pleasure Seekers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pleasure_Seekers_(band)

"The Pleasure Seekers was a 1964-founded, all-female rock band from Detroit, Michigan. The band morphed into Cradle, changing direction musically. They are known in large part due to the later prominence of band member Suzi Quatro.[1]"

Who? Leather Tuscadero?

He's dead Jim...

Thanks for confirming, Rob!

Tall Dwarfs - heck yeah!

Always a good time for the Tall Dwarfs...

*The Pleasure Seekers song "What A Way To Die" was covered by Scottish indie pop band Shop Assistants on their debut and only album in 1986. That is how I know about the song.

Wow! I've never heard that cover, but the original was a staple of my radio show in the shiny nieties and naughty aughties.

*nineties

Also, yes, Tall Dwarfs are always good

Here's some high praise for ya. I gotta stop making appts during your show so I can listen in it's entirety.

@Mike, I forget when I heard the original of What A Way To Die. Many years after I bought that Shop Assistants album in 1988, that's for sure

Haha, thanks Amy -- high praise indeed!

PRB had it on a bootleg comp of 60s punk (also called "What a Way to Die"). Took me years to find my own copy, but felt like reaching the end of an important mission when I finally did.

I agree @Amy, once I tune in to @Mike's show, it is really difficult to leave the house

Mike Lupica: Enemy of Industry

Unless you work from home

Indeed... indeed! Everybody likes different songs! - RIP Cronos

NO SPOILERS, BRIAN

But... HELL YEAH

@Mike, dj Robin played the Shop Assistants version on her show Sunday, which celebrated her turning 40 this year. I need to check out the original "What A Way To Die" again

He "got in the van" as Hank prophesized

THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT I MISSED ROBIN'S BIRTHDAY

@Mike, I think her birthday was some weeks/months ago

Ok phew. Still time for an Edible Arrangements gift basket.

so you didn't miss it since it wasn't that recent

Love to work from home and listen to Mike's show while eating leftover samosa so I'm working from home listening to Mike's show while eating leftover samosa.

That's the opening line to this show's new fight song.

It's set to the tune of "Knee Deep in Shit" by Extreme Noise Terror.

JAWBREAKER 🩷💝🩷

First Hour: TopNotch! Cheers, DJ MikeLupica!

Really enjoyed listening to this album this past weekend for the first time in a donkey's yonk.

Thanks MrM!

Just bought that album. Pretty sure it’s a NEW Release!?! 🫣🤑🤠🤡👻🏴‍☠️ #24HourRevengeTherapy

This Fun BIT!!

…MARTY ROBBINS 🏆 👏 👏

haha White Sabbath

Parannoyed nice one!

DJ Female Convict Scorpion is an incredible name.

(More so for a scorpion than a DJ.)

🦂

DJ Female Convict Scorpion is my favorite Sabbath mutilator. (See also: Six Eye Columbia, who do that incredible War Pigs/Roxy Music remix)

Somebody kicks a hole in a speaker and patents it, such a world ..

Love that lil Avalanche-ey bit w the We Shall Overcome

Mike, check out this version of War Pigs:

https://youtu.be/8kVYdLjoyPE?si=yKsN-fYm2bGa8f5l

WHen I did his Ozzy commemoration, I sent it to Jon S.

he, not "I"

That's a great track, Mike T. I'm still appreciative you alerted me to it.

Happy I could make a small contribution. You're very welcome Jon.

DJ DOG DICK

Agreed about DJ names.

Was that DJ a human radio station too?

Historically significant... thanks for bringing this to the public Mike

Some folks go by Mike on mic. Redundant, but it works.

Read Henry Rollins "Get in the Van" for more color report of the event

It's like the jazz fans that just recorded Charlie Parker's solos and turned off the tape recorder when he stopped soloing

@Mike Lupica, what is the name of the artist/album you mentioned on air that did a bunch of covers including Hall and Oates?

damn...i haven't heard this in years

Still dead Jim...

@Rob, it's Six Eye Coumbia -- album is called Frowny Frown

I like the title of the Robert Pollard/ GBV live stage patter album: "Relaxation of the Asshole". Works on levels... including level with the floor

I should point out: this is the CLEAN FOR THE RADIO version. Lots of F-bombs in the uncut version.

Ok!

@Mike L, thanks! I see that Discogs does *not* list Frowny Frown for Six Eye Columbia. I'll go look for it online

Raise a Newcastle Brown Ale

@Rob, yeah that record is totally undercover / hard to find info about.

I WANT A DRINK

And the fan made multiple volumes of Paul Stanley of KISS stage PATTER PEOPLE LEMME HEAR YA! which is : "People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest". Great stuff. This is a thing especially in The Innermette era (thanks Cinco!)

Oh god, I forgot about that Paul Stanley thing

Mosh pits gone wrong...lol

There's an "all Fugazi stage banter" mix tape *and* a Shellac 45 b-side is a direct Venom at City Gardens nod but with the band looking for a missing jacket.

Hot take: Cronos was as amazing an entertainer in the classic sense as Sammy Davis Junior was.

I have long wanted to cover the "Venom Stage Banter Things" with a live karaoke band.

I also once listened to this while going through a car wash.

the hottest geordie in show business

HOT CRONOS MANCANDY

Karaoke this? Too funny!

That is a "thing" too Mike also culturally significant: music to listen to while going through the car wash

LOL

Listen to this guy work the crowd... amazing!

He has no idea how appropriate "do you wanna hear a fast one?" Is

No NSFR talk in this?

This was the FCC edit, #6.

bummer Venom just put out a new album.

Times like these. Had to be there.

Pour out a nice brown sip or two of Newkie Brown Ale for Cronos

Okay, not surprising then.

@Mike L, yup, it's totally undercover! I did find out that Josh Pollock worked with Daevid Allen though, that increases my liking of him

Wow, did not know that! What a kook.

Yup, Discogs gives these obviously Allen-releated group names: Acid Mothers Gong, Daevid Allen's University Of Errors, Gong Global Family

I remember seeing Venom at Maryland Death fest they were playing way past sound ordinance and the police cut off power mid song. Cronos kept playing like nothing happened.. RIP

Not that I've kept up with Daevid Allen since his early/mid 80s efforts. RIP Daevid

@Thomas and he probably did it with a giant grin on his face.

@thomas, that's amusing

Some kinda grin for sure

i'd need more than beer to keep up to Kronos

This is why I quit hangovers

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit horse.

@rffelectric Don’t me they quit you

I'm no quieter, thomas. I bought the ticket... Now the ride.

Very good sir

We played in clean garages until our moms drove us off into dirty bar gigs.

"Cronos" + "Venom" Google Alert.

Cronos + Venom + Lupica Google alert

Fine, I'll set it up...

I hope you like emails about timeshares!

In Florida?

Nah, Sayreville.

Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson moved into Dischord House 45 years ago today, I have learned.

Pass

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd9LINaR7rw/

@Jon, of course I knew that. - it's why I just played Fugazi! (DJ whistles casually while gazing up at ceiling...)

DJ Whistles Casually While Gazing Up At Ceiling.

DJ Female Convict Scorpion Whistles Casually While Gazing Up At Ceiling

Great show Mike always enjoy your selection and mic time banter

Cheers, Thomas! Glad you could be here for it.

What your playing now is fn excellent. Never heard of Can.

@The Bicklenator, you have MUCH to look forward to!

:) Definitely appreciate it

🤘

Your a bitch, play more Zeppelin fool!

Hard to beat 70’s progressive stoner grooves

You're

Last time I played LZ on WPRB, I caught QUITE an earful from an 80s-era DJ.

Grammar please

@Thomas, drugs were better then

From your lips to Gods ear Mike

Good times

coke was clean and bathtub meth was fine

Coffee stayed hotter, pasta cooked up al dente...

Burned no laps and stuff either...

And we had Tab cola

The gods of Tab have left the building...

i had to look-up the term strait edge

From Venom to Steeleye Span you are a genius sir

Or just a malfunctioning jukebox, but I'll take the compliment either way.

Feel like I need a cigarette although I quit long ago

The distance between artists and genres is largely imaginary if not straight up bullshit.

Not sure I quite agree but you do you

Caves effigy is a pretty solid tune

u do u , Mike

Not caves CCR auto correct is out of hand

Cave’s effigy is a good name for a techno doom band though

I usually am not available to chat but know I will be listening. Thanks for the vibes Mike and fellow chatters

This "Chartier" sounds both dated and amazing.

Charlier (typo)

@Yvang, originally all cassette stuff recorded in the 80s!

@Thomas, good to know you'll be out there, chat or no chat!

I need this!

I’m thirsty now

Thanks for the tunes again, BCNU!

Thanks Mike!

Peas out, pitcrew.

W show! thanks!