2/13/13 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop

Crain – King Octane – Speed – RIP Jon Cook.
Alfonso Lovo – Firebird Feathers – La Gigantona – 1976. – [N]
Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Day – Wakin On A Pretty Daze – Forthcoming.
Panda Riot – Black Pyramids – Northern Automatic Music – [N]
Cerebellum – Calm – S/T – RIP Jon Cook.
Big Dipper – Robert Pollard – Big Dipper Crashes On The Platinum Planet – First album since 1990’s “Slam”! – [N]
Rodan – Tron – Aviary – RIP Jon Cook.

Crain – Crackhouse – 7″ – RIP Jon Cook.
Home Blitz – Secret Wave – Frozen Track – [N]
Jurassic 5 – Monkey Bars (instrumental) – W.O.E. Is Me 12″
The Joe Hebert Band – I Don’t Wanna Be A Preppy – 45 – 1981. – [N]
Boris – Sometimes – Yellow Loveless – My Bloody Valentine cover. – [C]
Lou Ragland – Ain’t That A Groove – I Travel Alone – [N]
Crain – Broken Heart Of A Neutron Star – Heater – RIP Jon Cook.

Trummors – Live on WPRB – 17:58 – http://trummors.tumblr.com

The Fluid – Our Love Will Still Be There – Glue – RIP Reg Presley of The Troggs.
The Gary – Valhalla – Remains – [N]
KRS-One – 5 Boroughs – 12″ – Featuring Buckshot, Cam’ron, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Prodigy, Redman, Run & Vigilante.
Hilly Eye – Animal – Reasons To Live – Amy Klein’s new band. – [N]
Parlour – Simulacrenfield – Simulacrenfeld – RIP Jon Cook.
Henry Rollins – Hot Animal Machine I – Hot Animal Machine – Happy birthday, Hank.
Nobunny – I Am A Girlfriend – Love Visions – 2008 LP reissued. – [N]

Waxahatchee – Luminary Blake – American Weekend – Live on next week’s show!
The Mentally Ill – Wrinkled Star – Strike The Bottom Red – 1999. – [N]
Boys From Nowhere – 6-6-4-5-3-2-1 – Groin Thunder! – RIP Reg Presley of The Troggs. – [C]
Jim Gaffigan – Domino’s – Mr. Universe – [N]
Grudge – I’m Gonna Smash Your Face In – Best Of Laurice Vol. 1 – 1973 single.
Gibby Haynes – Paul’s Not Home – Paul’s Not Home – A.O.D. cover?! – [N]
Crain – Monkeywrench – 7″ – RIP Jon Cook.

Volcano Suns – Barricade – Thing Of Beauty – [R]
Jason Stein Quartet – Laced Case – The Story This Time – [N]



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1/30/13 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Dead Ending – Until It Falls – Dead Ending II – [N]
Ohio Players – Smoke – Fire – RIP Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner.
Arbouretum – The Turning Weather – Coming Out Of The Fog – [N]
Spitboy – Ultimate Violations – The Spitboy Cd
The Product – In The Land Of Make Believe – Alive Again – 1982. From Denmark. – [N]
The Descendents – Sour Grapes – Enjoy!
Thee Oops – New Disclosure – Happy Charlie – [N]

Stormshadow – Switched On – Set On Destroy – 2000. New Brunswick. – [N]
Ohio Players – Contradiction – Contradiction – RIP Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner.
Mountains – Tilt – Centralia – [N]
Tim Midgett – State Of Shock – God Damn Tin Ear – Jacksons cover.
The Feelies – Forces At Work – Crazy Rhythms
Modra – Her Taste In My Mouth – The Line For The Men’s Room – A cry for help. – [N]
Prisonshake – 2 Sisters – The Roaring Third

Paint Fumes – School Days – Uck Life – [N]
999 – Feelin’ Alright With The Crew – The Biggest Tour In Sport
Marzette Watts & Company – Geno – S/T – Recorded December 1966. – [N]
Big Daddy Kane – How U Get A Record Deal (Clean Radio Edit) – 12″
Teen Anal Terrorist – Untitled #2 – Warm Blatz For Teenage Runaways – [N]
Pere Ubu – Free White – Lady From Shanghai
The Pharmacy – Dig Your Grave – Stoned & Alone – [N]

Dredd Foole & The Din – It All Ends Here – Eat My Dust Cleanse My Soul – Finally! A copy to call my own!
Frank Wright Quartet – Blues For Albert Ayler Part I – Blues For Albert Ayler – Recorded July 17th, 1974. – [N]
Chelsea Light Moving – Empires Of Time – Empires Of Time – Forthcoming.
The Como Mamas – Ninety Nine And A Half Won’t Do – Get An Understanding – Ditto.
Radar Brothers – If We Were Banished – Eight
Bored Spies – 沙鼠E – 7″ – New trio including Sooyoung and Orestes from Bitch Magnet.
Clikatat Ikatowi – 8 Hours Of Drama – August 29 + 30 1995

The Urinals – Ack Ack Ack Ack – Negative Capability…Check It Out – [R]
Karp – We Ate Sand – The Self-Titled Lp – [R]
Gang Green – Voices Carry – P.M.R.C. Sucks 12″ – Til’ Tuesday cover. – [R]
Barr Shea Dahl – Gedra – S/T – Orthrelm, Storm & Stress and Child Abuse dudes. – [N]



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1/23/13 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

California X – Spider X – S/T – [N]
Curtis Mayfield – Party, Party – Do It All Night
Yo La Tengo – Before We Run – Fade – [N]
86 – New Pair Of Eyes – Provocation – Mac McNeilly on drums.
Brokeback – Don’t Worry Pigeon – Brokeback and the Black Rock – [N]
Poor Righteous Teachers – This Line (Instrumental) – 12″
Ratsak – 20th Century Bricolage – 45 – [N]

Pissed Jeans – Cathouse – Honeys – Forthcoming.
Thalia Zedek Band – Want You To Know – Via
Parquet Courts – Stoned & Starving – Light Up Gold
Moses Williams – Which Way Did My Baby Go? – Drop On Down In Florida – [C]
Plaided – We Don’t Bite – Playdate – Austrian duo.
Bedford Falls – Connor – Elegant Balloons – Welsh.
Kinski – Conflict Free Diamonds – Cosy Moments – Forthcoming.

Sweet Talk – Same Place – Pickup Lines – [N]
G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid – Play That Beat Mr. D.J. (Full Length) – 12″
Modality – Utilities – Particle City – [N]
The Dream Syndicate – John Coltrane Stereo Blues – Medicine Show
Smersh – Blue Shorts – Cassette Pets – [N]
Edsel – Good Good Things – Filter Magazine Presents: Milo Turns 50 – Descendents cover. – [C]
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Black Mold – Meat & Bone

Mudhoney – The Only Son Of The Widow Of Nain – Vanishing Point – Can’t wait!
E.D. Sedgwick – Black President – Black President
Speedy Ortiz – Basketball – Sports – [N]
Tanner Stages – Ingenue – .mp3
Golden Gurls – I Can See The City – Typo Magic
Pictures Of Sound – Peasant Songs Of Great Russia (1905) – Pictures Of Sound: One Thousand Years Of Educed Audio – [C]
Iceage – Coalition – You’re Nothing – Forthcoming.

The Karl Hendricks Trio – All That’s Left – Buick Electra – Finally found a copy on LP!
Trummors – Platte Clove Road – Over & Around The Clove – [N]
Neil Campbell & Robert Horton – Dunno Dunno Mix (Multi-Sky Wave Joy) – Trojandropper – Outtake.
Andrezej Korzynski – La Grabuge / Pop Theme – Secret Enigmas – [N]
The Cannanes – Bumper – Small Batch – First new music in 11 years.
Golden – Executive Outcomes – Golden Summer
King Tuff – Hit & Run – S/T – [N]



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1/16/13 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


“Best of 2012 (part two)”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Evens – Architects Sleep – The Odds – [N]
The Funkees – Salem – Dancing Time
Mount Carmel – Swaggs – Real Women
Niao – Unknown Visitor – Prayer
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Wish You Were Here – Faithful Man
Ex-Cult – Shoot The Beehive – S/T – [N]
Nervebreakers – Why Am I So Flipped? – Hijack The Radio – 1979.

This Moment In Black History – Family Day At Euclid Beach – 7″
K.S. Chithra feat. S.P. Balasubramaniyam – Vaa Veliye – K.S. Chithra
Cloud Nothings – Wasted Days – Attack On Memory
Bitch Magnet – Americruiser – Umber
Mind Spiders – Wait For Us – Meltdown
Bottomless Pit – The Colchis Eagles – Lottery 2005-2012 – [R]
Japandroids – Adrenaline Nightshift – Celebration Rock

Metz – Get Off – S/T – [N]
X Ray Pop – L’Eurosienne – The Dream Machine
The Charles Gayle Trio – In The Name Of The Father – Look Up – 1994. – [N]
Titus Andronicus – Ecce Homo – Local Business – [N]
Giant Giant Sand – Slag Heap – Tucson
Tunji Oyelana – Osekere – A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79 – [N]
Heavy Cream – Prison Shanks – Super Treatment

Screaming Females – Tell Me No – Ugly
Rob – Make It Fast, Make It Slow – Make It Fast, Make It Slow – 1977.
Damien Jurado – Working Titles – Maraqopa
Ladyhawk – You Read My Mind – No Can Do
Feedtime – Shovel – Today Is Friday – 1986.
Debo Band – Asha Gedawo – S/T
Thee Oh Sees – Flood’s New Light – Putrifiers II

Protomartyr – Baseball Bat – Colpi Proibiti – [N]
Buzz – L’Agent Secret – See You Sioux – 1985.
Radar Eyes – In Love – S/T
Omnivore – Fire – S/T
Sonic Youth – Making The Nature Scene – Smart Bar – Chicago 1985 – [N]
Cumbia Colombia – Chico Cervantes – The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told On The Phonograph 1948-79 – [C]
Unnatural Helpers – Stiff Wind – Land Grab

Diat – No Accent – 45
Suzanne Ciani – ‘Liberator’ Atari TV Spot – S/T
Stress – Engrave The Name – Conspiracy Theory
The Golden Boys – Curtains – Dirty Fingernails – [N]
Toy Love – Photographs Of Naked Ladies – Live At The Gluepot 1980
Little Anthony Mitchell & The Modern Detergents – Monkey Hips & Yice – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio – [C]
Nervous Curtains – Wired To Make Waves – Fake Infinity

The Cravats – In Your Eyes – In Toytown

“Best of 2012 (part one)” playlist is here!



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1/9/13 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


“Best of 2012 (part one)”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Police Teeth – Bellingham Media Blackout – S/T
Bappi Lahiri – Meri Jaan – Bollywood Bloodbath – [C]
A.C. Newman – Encyclopedia Of Classic Takedowns – Shut Down The Streets – [N]
Killer Mike – Go! (clean) – R.A.P. Music
The Trypes – Force Of Habit – Music For Neighbors
Rebecca Gates & The Consortium – Lighter Than We Go – The Float
Torche – Kiss Me Dudely – Harmonicraft

Obits – Refund – 45
Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou – Dadon Gabou Yo Sa Be No. 2 (Afro Beat Dendi) – The Barbia Sound
White Manna – Acid Head – S/T
Bob Mould – Keep Believing – Silver Age
3:33 – Live From The Grove Pt. 2 – Live From The Grove
Codeine – Barely Real – When I See The Sun – [N]
Heavy Times – Let It Die – Jacker

Chris Brokaw – Danny Borracho – Gambler’s Ecstasy
Pierre Raph – Gilda & Gunshots – The B-Music Of Jean Rollin – [C]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Ramada Inn – Psychedelic Pill
Rites Of Spring – All There Is – Six Song Demo
Dogmatic Element – Just Friends – Strange Passion: Explorations In Irish Post Punk – [C]
Gary Sloan & Clone – Mind Script Vacation Permit #35-17 – Harmonitalk
Mission Of Burma – 7’s – Unsound

G. Green – Funny Insurance – 45
Sic – Voltage Control – Thought Noises
The Karl Hendricks Trio – Dreams, Ha – The Adult Section
White Hills – Pads Of Light – Frying On This Rock
Everyday People – (Loose Booty) Is A Real Thing – Eccentric Soul: Omnibus Vol. 1 – [N] – [C]
Secular Joy – The Weapon Needs Its Ammunition – Made For Better Things
Blasted Canyons – Liquid Fiend – 2nd Place

Coffin Pricks – Group Home Haircut – 45
Lives Of Angels – Ascension – Elevator To Eden
Sidi Toure – Maimouna – Koima
Turing Machine – If It’s Gone (It’s On) – What Is The Meaning Of What
Dicks – Dicks Hate The Police – Kill From The Heart
Waxahatchee – American Weekend – American Weekend
The Flesh Lights – Not Coming Home – Bring Beer – [C]

Thee Spivs – It’s True – 45

“Best of 2012 (part two)” next week!



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My reading from The Soundtrack Series.


Last October I did a reading in Philadelphia at L’etage as part of the Soundtrack Series, wherein people tell stories built around specific songs.

My piece focused on the Naked Raygun anthem “Home of the Brave.”

The PowerPoint Presentation-y nature of my story necessitated a series of images be matched up with my words and I’ve married the two above exactly as they were shown during my segment.

I’m really happy with how it all turned out.

If you want to download just the audio you can do so here.

Thanks again to Dana at Soundtrack Series for having me on!



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Christmas with Maggie & Jon.


During the 17th hour (or so) of the 2012 edition of the 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB, my daughter Maggie joined me on-mic for her annual appearance.

Photos by Robert Solomon.



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2012 Christmas Stories.


Here you’ll find all the Christmas Stories recorded for the 2012 edition of the 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB. I’ve posted them in the order they originally aired during the marathon.

Please click on the links provided and support these musicians, artists and talented individuals who were so kind to tape original pieces for the show. Follow them on Twitter! Like them on Facebook! Buy their records and books! Support their events!

2011’s Christmas Stories can be enjoyed here.

Prowler – Bright Lights and Bellies

Philadelphia’s Prowler are no strangers to the WPRB studios, having visited the station thrice to play live on Jon Solomon’s weekly show. There are many different strains of their infectious, head-bobbin’ tunes for free download on their Bandcamp page.

Dana Rossi – Holiday Story

Dana Rossi is the host and creator of The Soundtrack Series, a monthly event where 5-6 different people tell stories related to specific songs (I did a piece last year about Naked Raygun’s “Home of the Brave”). She has also written for New York Press, Time Out New York and Slice.

David Hill – Christmas 1992 or 1993

David Hill is a writer/agitator. His work has appeared in/on Grantland, The Classical, The Awl, McSweeney’s and The New York Times. The great production on this recording is by a fellow member of The Charlies sketch group, Cameron Fleming.

Jonathan Bloom – Christmas Story

Author of “Hell Is Above Us” and friend to sharks, you might also know Jonathan Bloom from his recurring role playing “Jon from Maplewood” on WFMU’s “Best Show.”

The King Of Jingaling – Christmas 1985

I don’t know when I first discovered falalalala.com, but since 2004 it has become a crucial (virtual) meeting place for fellow Christmas music curiosity seekers – especially the site forums. The whole thing is created and managed by The King Of Jingaling, who shares a story from 25+ years gone by…

The Novenas – This Gift

Amy Morrissey not only makes great music far-too-sporadically with The Novenas, she is an excellent painter (I have a small piece of a bird she did on my bedroom door), a trapeze artist and co-owner of Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia. I don’t know how she does it all so well, but she does!

Chris Williams – A Christmas Story

Mr. Chris Williams runs Plastic Flame Press down in North Carolina and plays in the bands Maple Stave and Heather Loves Silkworm.

Matthew Callan – Eggbert

Somehow Matthew Callan finds a way to make the New York Mets interesting to me through his writing for scratchbomb.com. He’s penned pieces for The Classical, Low Times, Splitsider, Vice, and McSweeney’s and has also just launched a podcast called Replacement Players which I just remembered to subscribe to.

Lance Bangs & Marshall Tucker Bangs – Agent Icewrinkle & Agent Snowknuckle

Lance Bangs is a prolific and impossibly talented filmmaker and music video director who most recently brought you “The Greatest Event in Television History” on Adult Swim. He also has one of the better Instagram pages going.

He describes the above recording as “a six minute long conversation on Christmas Eve between Agent Icewrinkle and Agent Snowknuckle, two tactical ‘fixers’ who contract for black bag work with Santa Claus.”

Jennifer O’Connor & Amy Bezunartea – I Feel Christmas

I’m not sure what’s left to say about Jennifer O’Connor and Amy Bezunartea. Both are tremendous musicians who make their home on Kiam Records. They lift my spirits whenever I see’m, those two. Both have played live at WPRB on multiple occasions and I recommend you check out those sessions in the archives. First though, let them beatbox and harmonize their way into your holiday hearts.

Chris Brokaw – Let It Snow

Chris Brokaw has been a member of both Come and Codeine, not to mention a bountiful and beloved solo artist and collaborator. His proper rock album “Gambler’s Ecstasy” on 12XU will soon show up on my “Best of 2012” program. Here, he whistles a favorite lil’ holiday song.

Joel R.L. Phelps – The New Year 12:13 / We Three

One of my all-time favorite voices in music, Joel R.L. Phelps was a quarter of the first three Silkworm records before embarking on a remarkable solo career. There’s a Facebook group for fans of his work and Joel is frequently posting wonderful demos to his Soundcloud page. Hopefully he will have some new records out in 2013.

Mac McCaughan – It’s Cold Outside

The final arrival for this year’s batch of Christmas Stories showed up roughly 90 minutes before I went on the air. Mac McCaughan of Superchunk and Portastatic was able to complete a cover of a 1966 song by The Choir best known due to Stiv Bators’ later version of the same tune. I’ve considered Mac a hero in many regards for a long time now, so I was honored he could do this for the marathon.

That’s it! Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone. Thanks for your support during the show. You made my holidays very special and I’m honored that I could be the soundtrack to yours.

Warmly,

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB



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Supplemental Reading.


Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show.

I promised many free, legal downloads and here they are!

A good portion of the Bomb discography, a new Night Marchers tune, a catchy Lame Drivers song, the full Black Tambourine “OneTwoThreeFour” EP, a full-lenth for Anchor 3, another release from the prolific Book-Burners and one side of the ace Ramma Lamma 45.

Best of 2012 kicks off next week!



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1/2/13 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Head Of Skulls! – Ghost Of A Wreck – 12″
Altres – Panic – (Archives) – 1983. Scottish. – [N]
The Horse’s Ha – Map Of Stars – Of The Cathmawr Yards – Janet of Freakwater/Eleventh Dream Day with James from The Zincs.
Art Con – Chasms – S/T – [N]
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – Drop Dead Baby – Reverse Shark Attack
The Way We Live – King Dick II – Man Chest Hair – Musky & manly 1970s Manchester, England finds. – [N] – [C]
Embrace – End Of A Year – S/T – Goodbye 2012.

Traditional Fools – Kill Someone You Hate – S/T
Haley Bonar – Bad Reputation – 45
Bomb – Vagrant Vampires – Hits Of Acid
X-Ray Pop – Ding Dong – X-Mas Pop Cassette
The Night Marchers – All Hits – Allez Allez
Candy Claws – Five Hands Of The Ice Queen – The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten: Volume Three – [C]
The Lame Drivers – Frozen Egg – Flexidisc

UV Race – Unknown Pleasures – Racism
Lonnie Holley – Fifth Child Burning – Just Before Music
Air Mack – Big Sound – Mack Flag
The Foil Swans – Cover My Section – .mp3
Teaspoon Ndelu & His “T” Boys – Mr. Big Face – A Mavuthela Christmas – Part One – [C]
Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game – Onetwothreefour
Anchor 3 – Eraser – Whir

Useless Children – Mary – Post Ending Pre Completion – Australian. – [N]
Baris Manco & Les Mistigris – Il Arrivera – 26 Turkish Delights – 1966. – [C]
Victory At Sea – Old Plane – The Dark Is Just The Night
Toy Love – Sheep – Live At The Gluepot 1980 – [N]
Rayon Beach – Death Rides A Horse – Casual Victim Pile II – [R] – [C]
Vibri – Polaroid – Vib Ribbon
Ramma Lamma – Gang – 45 – [N]

Numbers – I Will Smile More – In My Mind All The Time
High Rise – Pop Sicle – Live
Mulatu Astake – Radcliffe – Mulatu Steps Ahead
The Book-Burners – Lazy Offers – American Celebrities
Alec Bathgate – Your Heavy Dream (Won’t Fly) – Gold Lame’ – Playing Toy Love made me pull this one.
Anastasia Screamed – Tide – 15 Seconds Or 5 Days
The Hospitals – Airplanes There – I’ve Visited The Island Of Jocks & Jazz

Guitar Wolf – Venus Drive – Rock’N’Roll Etiquitte
Hoover – TNT – S/T
Aggregation – A Child Is Born – Omnibus Vol. 1 – [N] – [C]
Icy Demons – Young One – Fight Back!



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