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2020 Christmas Stories, part two.

Friday, December 17th, 2021

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) Just one week until this year’s 33rd-annual marathon! Here’s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2020 edition of my Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB. Part one can be enjoyed here! Remember, the deadline for this year’s submissions is December […]

2020 Christmas Stories, part one.

Friday, December 10th, 2021

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) Two weeks to go until this year’s Xmas marathon! Here are the first half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2020 edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB. Part two will appear here on December 17th! Click on the links provided to support […]

12/1/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

Thursday, December 9th, 2021

MITZVAHS – Hannakaah – HOLIDAY BLOOD – A Figgy Fest Gift For You! – [C] – Kicking things off with a newly-uncovered Misfits-inspired Hanukkah gem! Thanks, Dan.Nefesh Mountain – Banjo Medley (Ma’oz Tzur / Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah) – Live From Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah Holiday Concert – [R] – [N]Very Smurt – Hanukkah Man […]

11/24/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

Friday, November 26th, 2021

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel Detention – NJOK – Expelled – RIP Paul Shields. KRS-One – Knock Em Out (clean) – Save The StudioJustin Duerr – ICE BEAR – .mp3 – Brand new Grauzone cover.Endless Boogie – The Offender – Admonitions – [N]Sparks – I Wish I Looked A Little […]

Jon Solomon’s 2021 Holiday Radio Show.

Monday, November 22nd, 2021

Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail! The all-Misfits-inspired sets! Ramones-o-Clock! The new VU/Lou Reed mix! Lindstrom’s “Little Drummer Boy!” The all-Fall set! Joel RL Phelps’ myriad pieces! The all-Sabbath set! The Sonics! The Wailers! The Galaxies! All your favorites all back for year 33 of THE MARATHON! Because… The 2021 edition of my […]

11/17/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

Friday, November 19th, 2021

Bed music = “Eisbär [karaoke]” Grauzone – Eisbär – S/TNouvelle Vague – Eisbear – RaritiesPol Pot – Eisbar – WHOLE MYSTERYDub Spencer & Trance Hill – Eisbär – Riding Strange HorsesMelenas – Osa Polar – Osa PolarPolar Pop feat. MC Grzimek – Eisbär (WWF-Mix) – 12″THE HATEPINKS – Eisbär – Live at Stork Club Prisonshake […]

11/10/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel Sweeping Promises – Falling Forward – Hunger For A Way Out – I’m a proud member of the Sweeping Promises Were My First Indoor Show Since Early 2020 club!Girma Bèyènè – Yebeqagnal – Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis 1969-1974 – [C]Jawbox – The Robbery – Live […]

11/3/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

Sunday, November 7th, 2021

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel Power Supply – Infinity – In the Time Of The Sabre​-​Toothed Tiger – Basically the (exceptionally welcome) return Australia’s Ooga Boogas under a new name.Majid Soula – Netseweth Sifassan Nagh – Habibi Funk 017: Chant Amazigh – Out next month.Silver Jews – Advice To The […]

10/27/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

Thursday, October 28th, 2021

For the WPRB Fall Silent Drive I talked with ethnomusicologist Evan Rapport about his book Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk (University Press of Mississippi). Our in-depth discussion was interspersed all evening with myriad sonic examples of the bands, musical models, forms and styles we examined. The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel Black Flag – […]

Talking Musicality and Race in Early American Punk with Evan Rapport on Wednesday night.

Monday, October 25th, 2021

It is the WPRB Fall Silent Drive and to mark the occasion I’ve got a special broadcast for you this Wednesday, October 27th from 5-8 pm ET. I’ll be airing an extended conversation with professor Evan Rapport about Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk, the first book-length account of American punk as a […]