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The Sonic Bloom

Oct 8, 2020 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Esoterica

Kooky and catchy. Join me and don't forget to breathe...

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Honoring Mac Davis...

The Sonic Bloom
12:00 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
12:03 PM
Mac Davis - One Hell of a Woman
Mac Davis One Hell of a Woman Mac Davis
Greatest Hits Columbia 1972
12:07 PM
Alain Chamfort - Jet Society
Alain Chamfort Jet Society Alain Chamfort
Amour année zéro Tessland 1981
12:11 PM
Alan Vega - Fat City
Alan Vega Fat City Alan Vega
Cubist Blues Light In The Attic/Munster Records 2015
12:18 PM
Alex Chilton - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Alex Chilton Jumpin' Jack Flash Alex Chilton
Free Again: The "1970" Sessions Omnivore Recordings 2011
12:22 PM
Alexei Aigui - I Can't Be a Pessimist (feat. James Baldwin)
Alexei Aigui I Can't Be a Pessimist (feat. James Baldwin) Alexei Aigui
I Am Not Your Negro (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Lakeshore Records 2016
12:24 PM
Ali Awan - Magic Wheel
Ali Awan Magic Wheel Ali Awan
Butterfly Ali Awan 2019
12:28 PM
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Altered Images Happy Birthday Altered Images
Happy Birthday Epic 1981
12:30 PM
America - I Need You
America I Need You America
America Warner Records 1972
12:40 PM
Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
Andrew Gold Lonely Boy Andrew Gold
Rhino Hi-Five: Andrew Gold - EP Rhino/Elektra 2005
12:42 PM
Andy Williams - September Song
Andy Williams September Song Andy Williams
The Wonderful World of Andy Williams Columbia/Legacy 1963
12:50 PM
Angelic Upstarts - Solidarity
Angelic Upstarts Solidarity Angelic Upstarts
Reason Why? Anagram Records 1992
12:53 PM
Ann Hampton Calloway - It Never Entered My Mind
Ann Hampton Calloway It Never Entered My Mind After Ours
After Ours
12:57 PM
Arthur Lee - Everybody's Gotta Live
Arthur Lee Everybody's Gotta Live Arthur Lee
Vindicator A&M 1972
1:04 PM
Bad Religion - Los Angeles Is Burning
Bad Religion Los Angeles Is Burning Bad Religion
Los Angeles Is Burning - Single Epitaph 2004
1:09 PM
The Bees - Voices Green and Purple
The Bees Voices Green and Purple The Bees
Voices Green and Purple - Single Liverpool Records 2008
1:13 PM
Ben Dickey - Clay Pigeons
Ben Dickey Clay Pigeons Ben Dickey
BLAZE (Original Soundtrack) Light In The Attic Records 2018
1:17 PM
Bettie Serveert - Co-Coward
Bettie Serveert Co-Coward Bettie Serveert
Dust Bunnies Beggars Banquet 1997
1:22 PM
Crime - Hot Wire My Heart
Crime Hot Wire My Heart Crime
Murder By Guitar Superior Viaduct 2014
1:26 PM
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser Duane Eddy
Have 'Twangy' Guitar, Will Travel Jamie Record Co. 1958
1:34 PM
The Gun Club - Ghost On the Highway
The Gun Club Ghost On the Highway The Gun Club
Fire of Love Last call records 2000
1:36 PM
levitation room - Loved
levitation room Loved levitation room
Minds of Our Own - EP Record Union 2015
1:38 PM
Robert Pollard - Dr. Fuji and Henry Charleston (Zoom Variation)
Robert Pollard Dr. Fuji and Henry Charleston (Zoom Variation) Robert Pollard
Zoom Fading Captain Series 2005
1:40 PM
The Sandpipers - Come Saturday Morning
The Sandpipers Come Saturday Morning The Sandpipers
Come Saturday Morning A&M 1970
1:43 PM
Silver Jews - How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down
Silver Jews How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down Silver Jews
Tanglewood Numbers Drag City Records 2005
1:46 PM
Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It
Slim Harpo I Got Love If You Want It Slim Harpo
Blues on Air What a Wonderful Masterpieces Recordings World 2014
1:48 PM
Robyn Hitchcock - This Could Be the Day
Robyn Hitchcock This Could Be the Day Robyn Hitchcock
I Often Dream of Trains Yep Roc Records 1984
1:50 PM
Faces - Flying
Faces Flying Faces
The Best of Faces: Good Boys... When They're Asleep Rhino 2005
1:53 PM
The Lurkers - Shadow
The Lurkers Shadow The Lurkers
Fulham Fallout Beggars Banquet 2007
1:55 PM
Songdog - Hat-Check Girl
Songdog Hat-Check Girl Songdog
Haiku Zara Records 2007
1:57 PM
Slothrust - 7:30 Am
Slothrust 7:30 Am Slothrust
Of Course You Do Ba Da Bing! 2014
2:00 PM
The Sneetches - Love Comes My Way
The Sneetches Love Comes My Way The Sneetches
1985-1991 Alias Records, Corp. 1991
2:05 PM
Social Distortion - Highway 101
Social Distortion Highway 101 Social Distortion
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll Epitaph 2004
2:10 PM
The Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water
The Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water The Sons of the Pioneers
Cool Water (Bonus Track Version) Legacy Recordings 1959
2:12 PM
Sophie Tucker - The Man I Love
Sophie Tucker The Man I Love Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker, the Last of the Red Hot Mamas Hot Summer 2001
2:15 PM
Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove
Soul Asylum Somebody to Shove Soul Asylum
Grave Dancer's Union Columbia 1992
2:20 PM
Subway Sect - Parallel Lines
Subway Sect Parallel Lines
NME / Rough Trade C81 V/A Rough Trade 1981
2:24 PM
Silver Jews - Federal Dust
Silver Jews Federal Dust Silver Jews
American Water Drag City Records 1998
2:26 PM
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Simon & Garfunkel Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
Greatest Hits Legacy Recordings 1972
2:30 PM
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Vanessa from Queens
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Vanessa from Queens Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Pig Lib Domino Recording Co 2003
2:33 PM
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - Orphans (Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, May 17, 1978)
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks Orphans (Live at Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, May 17, 1978) Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
Live 1977-1979 Other People 2015
2:34 PM
Tobin Sprout - Future Boy Today / Man of Tomorrow
Tobin Sprout Future Boy Today / Man of Tomorrow Tobin Sprout
The Universe and Me Petrified Fish Records 2017
2:39 PM
Tom Jones - Delilah
Tom Jones Delilah Tom Jones
The Best of ... Tom Jones Decca Music Group Ltd. 1997
2:40 PM
Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not
Translator Everywhere That I'm Not Translator
The Best of Translator: Everywhere That We Were Columbia/Legacy 1996
2:41 PM
The United States of America - The American Metaphysical Circus
The United States of America The American Metaphysical Circus The United States of America
2:46 PM
The Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb
The Weirdos We Got the Neutron Bomb The Weirdos
We Got the Neutron Bomb: Weird World Volume 2 Frontier 2003
2:51 PM
Warren Zevon - Carmelita
Warren Zevon Carmelita Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon Rhino/Elektra 1976
2:54 PM
War & Eric Burdon - Spill the Wine
War & Eric Burdon Spill the Wine
Greatest Hits Live Avenue Records Catalog P&D 2008
Chat is archived.
Esoterica (host) 12:01:48 PM
Hi, everyone!
Esoterica (host) 12:08:33 PM
Hey thanks Jerry! I agree. I am much more akin to the sunlight!
Esoterica (host) 12:34:03 PM
Nice to know you're there! Digging the new wave?
Esoterica (host) 1:00:24 PM
haha! I know I missed that opportunity!
Mark 1:38:38 PM
Should have saved this one for the academy award soundtrack- one of my all time faves - sterile cuckoo !!
Esoterica (host) 1:39:38 PM
Yes, Mark! Great idea! I can always play it again...
Esoterica (host) 1:40:12 PM
You ARE a Liza fan, aren't you??
Esoterica (host) 1:44:00 PM
I LOVE Liza...
Esoterica (host) 1:44:50 PM
Cool! I will have to watch Sterile Cuckoo...
Esoterica (host) 1:45:22 PM
Hamilton College...never been there, great school
Mark 1:48:19 PM
Beautiful campus as you’ll see in the movie
Esoterica (host) 1:51:58 PM
I do know that Love Story was filmed at Fordham! Supposed to be Harvard
Mark 1:56:04 PM
And where was Animal House filmed ?:)
Esoterica (host) 1:57:18 PM
hmm ucla?
Esoterica (host) 1:57:29 PM
i resisted looking it up
Mark 1:58:35 PM
I’m going from memory - no googling - i think Reed - i know that had to battle a lot of rain
Esoterica (host) 2:01:52 PM
such a hardcore political school, the berkely of oregon
Esoterica (host) 2:01:58 PM
berkeley
Mark 2:02:13 PM
I was kinda close - any other Sonic bloom chat denizens know the answer ? :) it’s actually not reed
Esoterica (host) 2:02:16 PM
love that ! but the guys in animal house are the opposite
Esoterica (host) 2:03:40 PM
i don't think anyone else is here haha
Mark 2:04:34 PM
I do know animal house is supposed to be dartmouth everyone else is probably lurking
Mark 2:05:38 PM
I looked it up - u of Oregon in Eugene I do remember all the rain they had to endure
Mark 2:06:53 PM
I wish it was reed - probably the coolest alt college in the US
Esoterica (host) 2:07:43 PM
cool! I have actually been to U of O at Eugene
Esoterica (host) 2:09:34 PM
reed is cool. hard to get into!
Mark 2:35:54 PM
Another interesting 3 hours - smiles :) tears :( and a bit of wonderment I’m sure you’ll like the movie - May need some Kleenex tho
Esoterica (host) 2:38:07 PM
which film?
Mark 2:38:51 PM
And Tom Jones is one of my favorite concerts of all time - what a performer !
Mark 2:39:22 PM
Oh - sterile cuckoo
esoterica (host) 2:40:42 PM
got it!
Tom 2:41:59 PM
Great show so far today, thanks !
esoterica (host) 2:43:17 PM
thanks, tom!!! I love this translator song
Tom 2:43:50 PM
me too, one of my bands used to cover it
Esoterica (host) 2:44:35 PM
awesome!!
Esoterica (host) 2:53:24 PM
yes!
Esoterica (host) 2:53:53 PM
youo nean The Weirdos?
Esoterica (host) 2:53:58 PM
you mean
Esoterica (host) 2:55:26 PM
i adore this song and zevon