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The Freeform Pathogen

Feb 17, 2021 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

With Mike Lupica

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.

Tonight, Carmen

8:08 PM		The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Midnight Moses Vambo Rools: Big Hits & Close Shaves LP Vertigo 1977
8:12 PM		Frankie and the Witch Fingers Dracula Drug N Levitation Sessions (Live) The Reverberation Appreciation Society 2020
8:19 PM		Rare Earth Hey Big Brother 7" Tamla Motown 1971
8:22 PM		Voice Imitator Algorithmically Mandated N Plaza 12XU 2020
8:25 PM		Pop-O-Pies Fascists Eat Donuts N The White Ep Liberation Hall 2021 Orig. '81
8:30 PM		Hallelujah Chicken Run Band Kare Nanhasi N Take One Analog Africa 2020
8:33 PM		Otis Clay That Kind of Lovin' N This is Fame 1964-1968 Kent Soul 2020
8:36 PM		T. Rex The Slider The Slider Reprise 1972
8:39 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:46 PM		Fania All Stars Ella Fue (She Was the One) Rhythm Machine Columbia 1977
8:50 PM		Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Jackson Nancy & Lee LP Reprise 1968
8:53 PM		Rock-A-Teens Cry Crybaby Cry Daemon 1997
8:53 PM		Heatloaf Bent 2 Be N Sweet Stroke heatloaf 2020 Featuring WPRB's own Pax of the SLOP broadcasting empire!
9:00 PM		Grace Sings Sludge The Hackers N Christ Mocked & the End of a Relationship Empty Cellar Records 2020
9:03 PM		Stereo Total L'amour à 3 Party Anticonformiste Stereo Total 2007 RIP Françoise Cactus
9:05 PM		Dusty Springfield Son of a Preacher Man Dusty In Memphis Atlantic 1968
9:08 PM		The Dream Syndicate The Whole World's Watching These Times Anti/Epitaph 2019
9:11 PM		Bob Lassiter The High School Conservative Radio Archival Oddities Vol. 2 WFMU
9:19 PM		Bomb Lucy in the Sky with Desi Happy All the Time Boner 1989
9:25 PM		White Boy and the Average Rat Band Neon Warriors White Boy & the Average Rat Bnd Tradewind 1980
9:30 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:40 PM		Sebadoh Gimme Indie Rock 7" Homestead 1991
9:43 PM		Isabella Fisher Turner, Jasper Fisher Turner & Simon Fisher Turner Idiot Song Savage Songs of Brutality and Food. By the Extreme Angels of Parody. Soleilmoon Recordings 2020
9:45 PM		Snatch Tapes Feeding Time N Passionate Particles 2021
9:49 PM		Fatou Seidi Ghali Migrid Noulhawan N Sahel Sounds Vol. 3 V/A Sahel Sounds 2021
9:52 PM		The Notwist Exit Strategy To Myself N Vertigo Days Morr Music 2021
9:55 PM		SF Seals Ipecac Truth Walks In Sleepy Shadows Matador 1995
9:59 PM		Cliff Richard & The Shadows Lookin' out my Window 7" Epic
10:01 PM		The Skids Scared To Dance Scared to Dance Virgin Records 1979
10:05 PM		The RZA Funky Theme N Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 2021
10:07 PM		Annette Peacock Pony N Cafe Exil - New Adventures In European Music 1972-1980 V/A Ace 2020
10:14 PM		Jaap Blonk, LouMallozzi, & Ken Vandermark Zkradenn Vaa N s/t 2021
10:20 PM		Santo & Johnny Sleep Walk 7" Candian American 1959
10:22 PM		The Sweet The Six Teens Desolation Boulevard Capitol Records 1988
10:25 PM		Dow Jones & The Industrials Ladies With Appliances Red Snerts V/A Gulcher 1981
10:28 PM		Pipyu Let Me Kill N S/T Demo Bitter Lake 2021 Orig. 1985
10:31 PM		Dieter Cry for Fame Killed by Death #5 V/A RedRum 1993
10:33 PM		Redd Kross Kill Someone You Hate Born Innocent Frontier 1981
10:35 PM		Kirsty MaColl Motor On Make More Noise! Women in Independent UK Music
10:37 PM		ATM Sour Jam N Inglewood Tapes, Vol. 3 Radical Documents 2020
10:39 PM		Julie London I Should Care Julie Is Her Name Liberty Records 1955
10:42 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:50 PM		Arlo Parks Hope N Collapsed in Sunbeams Transgressive 2021
10:54 PM		Chip Wickham Shamal Wind Shamal Wind Lovemonk 2018

Chat is archived.

Boom and the Legion of Doom Pantry!

BUFFY!!

Buffy...

🧛🏻‍♂️

streaming is thumbs up right now

I can go kick the transmitter shed-tronics if needed...5 min away.

My wife's family had a ColecoVision. They put that sort of stuff deep into the Ketubah.

Rewatching buffy is clearly an unrecognized pandemic trend, my sister and I started doing it independently and now I keep hearing other friends are doing it too

Wow, hey everybody! I feel better already being with trusted pals. If ever there was a night when I needed to just vibeout with friends and pile of records...

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Garage sale PONG knockoff was all we got. Would go to sleepovers and stay up all night gorging on Atari.

LOL @Jon. We'll move into Vic-20 discussions in hour two.

Tonight is the night to vibe out in the Doom Pantry

Garage sale pong still better than Intellivision. The way I see it, as long as George Plimpton isn't involved, you're in safe territory.

Is the WPRB chat actually a text-based game like Zork? Am I likely to be eaten by a grue??

*George Plimpton has entered the chat*

LOL @Christine!

@Jon, in 2021 how hard is it to write one of those text based adventure games? Because that would be an awesome Membership Drive prize.

Uh oh, just learned about this. Might be no turning back - http://inform7.com

"Inform is a free app for creating works of interactive fiction, available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Android. Inside it is a powerful programming language based on English language text."

I trust your good taste will prevail. But please see to it that George Plimpton figures prominently.

You enter the room. An old man with a weirdly affected voice wearing a ragged Detroit Lions uniform smoking a pipe stands before you.

I think we can do this right here. Jimbeaux? Malc? Christine? Bo? Your move.

He gives a quick headshake to right his combover as you notice that the left side of his face is disintegrating...

As you slowly back out of the transmitter shed, Plimp-Zombie calls out to you about an obscure literary journal while advancing menacingly.

PRO TIP: Never google "George Plimpton fan fiction"

Oh God

Rated RRRRRRRRRRRRR

Actually, never google anything.

@Mike, you're vibin'! Good show.

Thanks! Definitely vibin' now that the T. Rex LP is spinning on turntable #2.

LOL!

good tunes! 🎶🎵 thanks much! -MrM 💀

Big ups to all the folks on the grass roots level repressing long lost vinyl

better a repress than no Press

thanks for the shout Mike

BUFFY IS HERE

t rex baby!

Hell yeah!

Great show, Mike. Hope you don't have to go into the shed again anytime soon but the programming certainly didn't suffer because of it!

@DJ Mike, have you heard the new The Shadows Of Night single?

Thanks Jon!

@Bo wait, what? Did you invent time travel?

Maybe you should go there every Wednesday afternoon, just to be safe.

I wish, your eyes do not deceive you!

Jon, would prefer to turn it into a more social gathering. Mask up, we can all meet at the transmitter and listen to Heatloaf. #wholesome

You bring the 12x D batteries, I'll bring my boombox.

Bo, I don't know that I'm made of sturdy enough stuff for that. To quote a film that I think many of us are familiar with: "If you go into that cave, you face Vader alone."

Vader? Space In-Vader Vader?

Heatloaf! Tremendous.

I'll bring the hot plate and some meatloaf!

this song right now

@Mike, was that the Stereo Total album cover?

Nah, that was Dusty in Memphis. Stereo Total was a digital file.

DJ MikeLupica, are you playing cds?

Nope. I got rid of all my CDs years ago. No CD player to play 'em on anymore!

Lots of vinyl in this house, plus a truckooad of MP3s.

Wow! Wow. Okay.

I need all new media players. What brand(s) of turntable are those pretty things?

These are Audio Technica ATLP-120s. They're essentially Technics knockoffs.

Can someone please hack the TV and blast this on all the channels?

@Allessandro, in a better world....

"because I can't stand stupidity"

who wants to get that tattooed on their forehead with me?

Now that's a hill to die on.

Many would argue that Lassiter did just that.

I thought that brand you have is widely considered to be Top Notch @DJ MikeLupica

I have one of each a technics and the Audio technica the only difference I can tell between them is the Audio Technica is more susceptible to vibration from the music playing loud

I need to play it loud!! Frustrating!!

technics is as heavy as lead no bass can shake it

DJ SelectaJerry, do you have cds?? What machines are running those drink coasters??

Are the price differences of the turntable brands significant??

numark ndx500

@Everyone?

I’m not familiar 🤣😭

Very low

I would say google them but Mike said don't google anything

No mic

I will BING it!!

My Man

Workin' on it.

We lost N.F. Porter earlier in the month he of Keep On Keeping On fame BTW!

true! rip nolan porter. hi, bo, selecta jerry, mr. m and freeform pathogen king, etal

What’s a recommended Technics model??

Ms E good evening

Hi, DJ Esoterica!!

hi. there. !!

there is only one technics to buy

Good Mic at Mike!!

Oh. Embarrassing 🙈 @dj SelectaJerry

1200mk2 is the standard

nothing to be embarrassed about

is mike having a seance? those candles are very angel heart.

MrM...I'm still running a direct drive technics from the '80s. Invest in a good one.

ANGEL HEART ♥️

Ooohhhhh @jimbeaux!! Thanks!

although that would be sensational depiction of voodoo, not a seance.

VOODOO 🖤

mine is from the 80's as well

#voudou? what is the traditional song?

Oooohhhhh @SelecaJerry! TUBULAR!! 80’s!!

spelling

#gnarly

Wow, that was a fast 90 minutes. And now for 'zine letters!

ZINE LETTER!! 💙

oh THAT's how you say it!

love this!

esoterica Hi!

hey ho, bo!

good evening!

Hey Esoterica!

It just got better! :)

SEBADOH 🤎

NOVELTY ROCK

nerf herder

Rush Limbaugh's funeral song?!

It would be appropriate.

sooo i ws driving and heard the dusty springfield_ AND COULD not get the radio to go loud enough

oh my

Space Cowboy, so say we all.

A song meant by the gods to be sung along loudly to regardless of talent.

i had a feeling the gods had intended that way soo-- i responded as they intended

💜💜💜 Sahel Sounds

DO NOT ANGER THE GODS, WE MUST HAVE A GOOD HARVEST

#tomfool = thomas skelton 16th c. fool and apparently serial killer? weird...the turners sent me down this rabbit hill

hole haha

@DJ Esoterica, that's interesting!

Hill of holes

yay, one of Les Filles de Illighadad!

good tuareg!

and actually, bo, reading that old tom fool skelton would push people to their deaths in quicksand holes! sa]o...

@jimbeauxtron and Esoterica, and a new album to buy!

yes, hi, Christine! i am broke with all these good sounds, ! for a good cause tho... love the sahel sounds

Helluva guy ol' TF

yes! true bo

is this where the trip-out the portion of the show starts?

i'm always on the edge of the trip-out portion

i needed to hear barbara manning . thanks

sooo is somebody going to tell the singer the whole drinking poison isn't a good idea?

ohh the smooth sounds

okay i admit it i like old records .. they just work

john jacob niles had a hit with this one, too

None smoother than Cliff!

true!

England's answer to Gene Vincent, never heard this!

this playlist rn af

I feel like England has answered Gene Vincent a few times!

(Shakin' Stevens fan here.)

oh yeah...

HA! Yes, he was never off of Top Of The Pops! :)

R.I.P. Stuart.

to what am I listening

That would be The RZA. He of Wu-Tang Clan.

The RZA MR M

I thought it was Glitch Music 🥸

What is my Glitch!?!

Sorry for all the bad segues tonight. Sloppy DJ in the haus.

keeping us on our toes, dj mike!

i have to leave! bummer. g'night, all. dj mike rocks!

Cheers, DJ Esoterica!

@Mike, who's Carmen?

cheers! before i go, who is carmen?

@Bo, the namesake of my favorite Marty Robbins record. I (think I) played it last week? Been on a Marty Robbins kick ever since.

Ah, OK, what a voice!

bad segues were great - i say jsut do a bunch of weird bad segues and wrong/right speeds all together

weird space funk

I agree and concur with Space Cowboy

Tough crowd!

Any songs about volcanic eruptions?

oh so this is the trip out a portion of the show I see

Bo, is this your cryptic way of telling me that I should check the news?

Space Cowboy, everyone can go at their own pace. This is a safe space.

maaan i hope not - that would be it for me enough is enough

maybe I don’t agree and concur. I thought I was being supportive. I didn’t hear bad segues. I just like weird.

Yeah, as soon as Jaap Blonk shows up, the whole "safe space" thing kinda goes out the window.

the fever dream segment should become a regular occurrence

Hey Andrew! Will make a note of this... A solid recommendation.

103.3F is fever dream induction temp...perfect!

@Mike, you didn't hear My. Etna burp?

Miss this lady!

Me too! She was awesome. Tragic story.

Is this being played on a gramophone? :)

honored to be here to hear 20 songs 🎸🥁🎹

Aw DUUUUDE, This girl is sooooo friggin' great!!!

@Bo, agree. I am over the moon.

...plus the entire show! Good On Ya, DJ MikeLupica

thx mike!

Thanks for hangin', everyone. Show was kind of a mess tonight, so especially appreciate the kindness. Stay safe through the next round of snow/hell, and see ya back here next Wednesday. Some spiritual jazz to take ya out...

Thanks, DJ Mike! ❄

I think you did a fine job Mike, I enjoyed it, steady as she goes, tomorrow especially, stay safe and well till next time.

You are too kind!

thanks for the tunes. hope the pantry is well stocked

Thanks Andrew! Yeah, now that the lights are on, I can show off the beans and banana peppers.