Jon Solomon : WPRB DJ

Supplemental Reading.

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

The majority of the songs played this time out are free, legal downloads in various corners of the Internet. Let me direct you!

Better grab the now-annual Superchunk Halloween treat before it is too late.

Jennifer O’Connor has surprised almost everyone with a new full-length coming out on Tuesday. There are two complimentary digital singles to be had.

Live in Canada, Arthur’s Landing.

Razika and Parts & Labor songs too.

Friends of the show Clicky Clicky Music Blog assembled an oral history to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Haywood’s “We Are Amateurs, You & I.” Read the piece and download the complete album.

An entire Gods & Queens Ep.

Can’t wait for Saturday night’s Lefty’s Deceiver reunion. Snatch up a primer sampler that covers all of this band’s releases.

Mariner Nine have 20 years of catalogue to offer you, plus some brand new recordings.

The trailer for the Karp documentary “Kill All Redneck Pricks,” which is finally complete.

Many TW Walsh records to sift through, plus a cover of Walsh’s “Make It Rhyme” as tackled by David Bazan.

More! New Oxes. Mannequin Pussy? A Zombi remix record. Unreleased Bass Drum Of Death. Another preview of the Bitch Magnet box set.

Phew. I’m exhausted. Please finish things off with the Used Wigs podcast I was the guest on. Lots of talking about a wide variety of subjects. I couldn’t have had a better time.

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11/2/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – Where Eagles Dare – Halloween ’11 – Misfits cover. Happy (belated) Halloween!
Happy Refugees – Cold Shower – Return To Last Chance Saloonma
Jennifer O’Connor – Change Your Life – I Want What You Want – Forthcoming.
Breaking Circus – Driving The Dynamite Truck – Big Hits From Middle America Volume IV – [C]
Arthur’s Landing – Love Is Back – Live In Canada
Razika – Eg Vetsje – Program 91 – From Norway.
Parts & Labor – No Nostalgia – .mp3

NRA – Mismatch – New Recovery – $0.99 well spent.
Human Switchboard – Girls Always Want More – Who’s Landing In My Hangar? Anthology – [N]
Haywood – Hotel Bar In Moscow – We Are Amateurs, You & I
Don Gere – Werewolves On Wheels (main theme) – Werewolves On Wheels – 1971 soundtrack. – [N]
Pram – Cumulus – Iron Lung
Gods & Queens – Untitled 10 – Untitled II – Local.
Bad Sports – Sweet Sweet Mandi – Kings Of The Weekend! – [N]

Lefty’s Deceiver – H to Hg – 45:00 – Reunited and playing Saturday night at Johnny Brenda’s. Win tickets!
Easter Monkeys – The Splendor Of Sorrow – Splendor Of Sorrow
Mikal Cronin – Gone – S/T – [N]
Obits – Naked To The World – Moody, Standard & Poor
Rocket From The Tombs – Anna – Barfly – [N]
Mariner Nine – AZ-yoosa Plane – Twenty
Karp – Handsome Traveler – Mustaches Wild

OBN IIIs – New Innocence – The One & Only
TW Walsh – Struggle & Strife – Songs Of Pain & Leisure
David Bazan – Make It Rhyme – .mp3 – TW Walsh cover.
Oxes – Crunchy Zest – Bile Stbudy
Metal Pitcher – Mental Picture – 45
Bitch Magnet – Motor – Umber (Deluxe Edition)
Mannequin Pussy – Empire Of Blood – Bonerjamz!

Bass Drum Of Death – I Dunno – mp3 – Unreleased.
Blues Control & Laraaji – Somebody Scream – FRKWYS #8 – [N]
Zombi – Slow Oscillations (Bass Kittens Remix) – Slow Oscillations Remixes

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Join me Tuesday for a Used Wigs podcast taping!

What are you doing this Tuesday night? I’ll tell you what you’re doing…

You’re going to L’Etage in Philadelphia (624 South 6th Street) for this month’s Used Wigs podcast taping.

Things start at 8:00 pm ET and I’m one of the evening’s guests. It would be great to meet some listeners and enjoy drinks, crepes and stories together.

Also, ADMISSION IS FREE!

From Used Wigs HQ:

Do you like good music? Do you like listening to people who really know good music chat about good music and other fun music-based topics? Are you tired of me saying the word “music”? If so, you are so in luck! Join us at Philly’s most fancy crepe-slinging venue L’etage as we welcome esteemed radio deejay and label owner Jon Solomon (WPRB, Comedy Minus One) and indie rock impresario Sean Agnew (R5 Productions, Union Transfer).

Both gentlemen have been instrumental in promoting and bringing amazing indie music to our area for years and it’s time we say thanks and also see what part they both played in the subprime mortgage crisis that nearly crippled our fragile economy.

RSVP on the Facebook here.

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10/12/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

2011 WPRB Membership Drive!

Jennifer O’Connor – The Death Of Pop – Live on WPRB – http:/pledge.wprb.com

M.O.T.O. – Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance To The Radio – Kill M.O.T.O.
Emperor Penguin – Rockin’ Radio – Mysterious Pony
The Original Sins – Radio Friendly – Radio Friendly
Ted Leo – The Spirit Of Radio – mp3 – Rush cover.
Public Enemy – How To Kill A Radio Consultant – Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black
The Eat – Communist Radio – 7″

Stiff Little Fingers – You Can’t Say Crap On The Radio – All The Best
Secrets – Radio Heart – Titan: It’s All Pop!
Rock Master Scott – Request Line – Rock Master Scott
Joy Division – Transmission – The Complete BBC Recordings – [R]
Green – Radio Caroline – Green
Wild Hairs – Radio Is Boring – S/T

Jukebox Zeros – Static, Static – Live on WPRB
Shellac – The End Of Radio – Peel Session
Ivy Green – Sex On The Radio – S/T
Polvo – Mexican Radio – Freedom Of Choice – Wall Of Voodoo cover. – [C]
The Ramones – We Want The Airwaves – Anthology

Modern Lovers – Roadrunner – S/T – Alternative version.
Fred Lane – Car Radio Jerome – Car Radio Jerome
Joseph K. – Radio Drill Time – Entomology
LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio – Radio
76% Uncertain – I Hate The Radio – Nothing But Love Songs

The Clash – Clash Radio One – Black Market Clash
John Cage – Radio Music, 1956 – Fluxus Anthology – [R]
The Selecter – On My Radio – The Two Tone Story – [C]
Butteryglory – She Can’t Hide From Radios – Downed
Buzzcocks – Airwaves Dream – 12″

Elvis Costello – Radio, Radio – This Year’s Model
Young Marble Giants – Radio Silents – 45
Alternative TV – The Radio Story – Vibing Up The Senile Man
Leatherface – Kill DJs – Horsebox – [R]
Henry’s Dress – (You’re My) Radio One – S/T

Pavement – My Radio – Westing (By Musket & Sextant)
The Replacements – Left Of The Dial – Tim
The Escargo-Gos – The Radio – Si Vous Aimez L’Amour Vous Aimerez
Just Say No – Radio Free Europe – Surprise Your Pig – R.E.M. cover. – [C]
Rhythm Pigs – Radio Silence – Hyped To Death #1 – [C]

The Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll – Loaded
Kraftwerk – Radioactivity – Radio-Active

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2011 WPRB Membership Drive show: Radio Songs

My 2011 WPRB Membership Drive show takes place on Wednesday, October 12 from 7-10 pm ET. For this year’s program there’s an actual theme: I’m playing three hours of songs about the radio.

If you have a favorite “radio song” that you want to hear please let me know!

Thank you in advance for your support of WPRB’s unique freeform programming during this year’s drive. You can pledge on-line here or by calling 609-258-1033.

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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.

Rest in peace Bert Jansch and Leonard Dillon.

Massive number of free downloads this week, including a short Iceage song, an Epitonic Saki session by Tyler Jon Tyler, full albums from Rational Animals and Drug Mountain, a 12″ by Australia’s New War and a preview of the Bitch Magnet box set.

Finally, please mark October 18th in your calendars. I’ll be a guest at the next Used Wigs podcast taping at L’Etage in Philadelphia. More on this fun, free night shortly.

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10/5/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Wild Flag – Future Crimes – S/T – [N]
Regular Guys – Say No – Jayhawk Pop – 1981.
Naked Raygun – Knock Me Down – All Rise
The Ethiopians – I’m Gonna Take Over Now – Studio One Ska – RIP Leonard Dillon. – [C]
Graveworm – Losing My Religion – Engraved In Black – R.E.M. cover. Thanks, Jim.
Scars – They Came And Took Her – 45
Erode & Disappear – Round Around – Four Bands – [N] – [C]

Ambulance – I Remember – 45
Shellac – Ghosts – 1000 Hurts
Rafael Manriquez & Friends – Hagale Un Aro A Las Penas – Que Viva El Canto! Songs Of Chile
Tyler Jon Tyler – Pleasantries – Epitonic Saki Sessions
Performing Ferrets – Fields Of Yellow Flowers – No One Told Us (’78-82)
Kurt Vile & The Violators – Damn You – The Hunchback
Archers Of Loaf – Sick File – Icky Mettle – Reissue. – [N]

Rational Animals – Thought Debris – Bock Rock Parade
Doug Gillard – Breaking In Two – 45 – [N]
Dry Rib – Rough Nest – Whose Last Trickle
The Feelies – Carnival Of Sorts – Real Cool Time – R.E.M. cover.
Helen Money – Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing – In Tune – Minutemen cover.
Bert Jansch – A Woman Like You – The Black Swan – RIP.
Iceage – The Hole – 7″

Drug Mountain – Champagne’s Abuse – mp3
Young Snakes – Young Snakes Theme – Boston Underground 1979-1982 – [C]
Crucial Youth – Caffeine – A Gig Too Far – Live.
New War – Ghostwalking – 12″
Hammers Of Misfortune – Sacrifice The End – The Bastard
Mark E. – Sammy Supreme My Man! – 7″
Wooden Wand – Drugstore – Various Deficiencies Vol. 2 – The Dwarves cover.

Bitch Magnet – Mesentery – Ben Hur – Deluxe Edition – Forthcoming.
Wadada Leo Smith’s Organic – Leroy Jenkin’s Air Steps (for Leroy Jenkins) – Heart’s Reflections – [N]
Sonic Youth – Anagrama – SYR – [R]
Steroid Maximus – Chaiste – Ectopia
Nigel – Las Drogas De Dormir – 45

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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.

Rest in peace Patsy Desmond.

As you probably know by now, R.E.M. broke up. Graphic engineered by Greg Glasson.

The Silence Kit have made both of their new eps available as free downloads.

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9/21/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Vast Majority – I Wanna Be A Number – What Do You Want To Be?
R.E.M. – Wolves, Lower – Chronic Town – Goodbye.
La India Canela – Aprietame Asi – Merengue Tipico From The Dominican Republic
Moon Duo – Seer – Mazes – [N]
Desperate Bicycles – Advice On Arrest – Another Commercial Venture – 1978.
Unrest – Cherry Cream On – Imperial F.F.R.R.
Crime – Baby You’re So Repulsive – 45

Light Coma – Remake – Countermeasures – Member(s) of .22/Bottomless Pit. – [N]
Shrimp Boat – Houston Tower – Speckly – For Patsy.
Enablers – Visitacion Valley – Blown Realms & Stalled Explosions – [N]
Gene Carroll & The Shades – Is It Ever Gonna Happen – 45 – A young “Mean” Gene Okerlund!
Jawbox – Low – My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents – R.E.M. cover.
Wet Wolf – Came Out Of The Fire – Scary Feminist Shit – Local. – [N]
High Castle – Fairwell To Limbs – Spirit Of The West

The Von-Zippers – Plastic Bag – Bad Generation
Jean Smith – Ashes – Carboni Angel
Wet Hair – Echo Lady – In Vogue Spirit
J-Church – (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville – Surprise Your Pig – R.E.M. cover. – [C]
The Stepkids – Suburban Dream – S/T – [N]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Death To Everyone – I See A Darkness
Visionstain – Color Me Now – The Scale Of Hardness – [R]

Vomit Pigs – Baby’s Playing Games – Bloodstains Across Texas – [C]
The Silence Kit – In Parts – In Parts – [N]
Chevron – Our First Christmas (Tree) – 7″
Pavement – Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence – No Alternative – Song about R.E.M. – [C]
Von LMO – Ultraviolet Light – Cosmic Interception
Slovenly – We Shoot For The Moon – We Shoot For The Moon – [R]
V-3 – Torch – Photograph Burns

Pulley – Wrecking Crew – Let Them Know The Story Of Youth Brigade & BYO Records – Adolescents cover. – [C]
Tone – Galvanized Mass – Build
The Cramps – Bikini Girls With Machine Guns – Stay Sick – [R]
Tone Dogs – (When Bush Was Head Of The) CIA – The Early Middle Years
R.E.M. – harborcOat – Reckoning – Goodbye.
Urb.elec.admin – Here Come The Robots – In A Sharp Malaised Key – [C]
OOIOO – Sizulu Ring Neng – Kila Kila Kila

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