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The Sonic Bloom

Feb 25, 2021 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Esoterica

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Guest, guitarist Nigel Bennett, and some music nominated for The Golden Globes.

12:00 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin 1972 Parlophone UK 2001
12:06 PM		nigel bennett interview nigel bennett interview 2021
12:21 PM		The Members The Sound of the Suburbs (7" Mix) The Members At the Chelasea Nightclub (Bonus Track Version) THE MEMBERS 1979
12:23 PM		The Members Radio The Members Greatest Hits Cleopatra Records 2018
12:29 PM		The Members Working Girl (Martin Rushant Mix) [Remastered] The Members Working Girl (Remastered) The Members 2014
12:33 PM		nigel bennett interview nigel bennett interview 2021
12:56 PM		Nigel Bennett Both Sides Now Nigel Bennett Truth or Consequences Zip Records 2012
12:59 PM		The Vibrators Automatic Lover (feat. Ty Segall) The Vibrators On the Guest List Cleopatra Records 2013
1:04 PM		Nigel Bennett New Wave Nigel Bennett Another Bump in the Road Zip Records 2018
1:08 PM		The Jimi Hendrix Experience All Along the Watchtower The Jimi Hendrix Experience Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix Legacy Recordings 1997
1:14 PM		Nigel Bennett Scarborough Fair Nigel Bennett Truth or Consequences Zip Records 2012
1:16 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:20 PM		Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers Blank Generation Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers Yonkers Demo + Live 1975/1976 Cleopatra Records 2019
1:22 PM		The Apartments Help The Apartments The Evening Visits... And Stays for Years (Expanded Edition) Captured Tracks 2015
1:26 PM		Richard Hell & The Voidoids Another World (Remastered) Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Rhino/Warner Records 2017
1:34 PM		Pere Ubu Non-Alignment Pact Pere Ubu The Modern Dance Fire Records 1975
1:38 PM		Graham Parker Waiting for the UFOs Graham Parker Squeezing out Sparks (40th Anniversary Acoustic Version) 100% Records 2019
1:39 PM		Graham Parker Waiting for the UFO's Graham Parker & The Rumour Squeezing Out Sparks + Live Sparks (Remastered) Arista 1996
1:40 PM		The Exciters Exciters Theme The Exciters Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk On the Isthmus (1965-75) Soundway Records 2011
1:46 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:49 PM		Bob Dylan One More Cup of Coffee Bob Dylan Desire Columbia 1976
1:51 PM		Talking Heads The Big Country Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food Warner Records 1978
1:57 PM		Sly & The Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & The Family Stone Anthology Epic 1973
1:59 PM		David Bowie Boys Keep Swinging (2017 Remastered Version) David Bowie Lodger (2017 Remastered Version) Parlophone UK 1979
2:03 PM		Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou Akokass Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou Anou Malane Sahel Sounds 2019
2:07 PM		The Replacements Shiftless When Idle The Replacements Sorry Ma! Forgot to Take Out the Trash! Ryko/Rhino 1981
2:09 PM		Mike Watt In the Engine Room Mike Watt Contemplating the Engine Room Columbia 1997
2:13 PM		Nelson Riddle Lolita Ya Ya Nelson Riddle R Lolita (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) WaterTower Music 2014
2:21 PM		La Chica Agua La Chica N La Loba Zamora Label 2020
2:24 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:26 PM		Elton John Ballad of a Well-Known Gun Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (Remastered) EMI 1970
2:30 PM		Wau Wau Collectif Thiante Wau Wau Collectif N Yaral Sa Doom Sahel Sounds 2021
2:34 PM		Lucretia Dalt nu lucretia dalt N no era solida (outtakes) rvng intl 2020
2:39 PM		H.E.R. fight for you (judas and the black messiah) H.E.R. N 2021 2021
2:45 PM		Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Welcome to Victorville Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross N Mank (Original Musical Score) The Null Corporation 2020
2:47 PM		Frank Zappa Apostrophe' Frank Zappa Apostrophe (') Frank Zappa Catalog 2012
2:52 PM		Newtown Neurotics Agony Newtown Neurotics Beggars Can Be Choosers Razor Records 1983
2:58 PM		The Syn Fourteen Hour Technicolor Dream The Syn Cathedral of Love - EP Umbrello 2005

Chat is archived.

howdy!

Greetings and Salutations!

greetings, Mr. m!

Yallo

Hello, DJ Esoterica!

yallo there, bri!

Hi all !

Another bloomin' bloomer signing in.

hi tom!!

hey there stevie p! welcoem

Hello fine folks!

Oh and Mr Mal too

duuuuddddeee!

😎

Happy birthday in advance !

dje! how have you been? How's your week? - oh when did I miss that? I just had mine on the 21st, pieces!

thx, mark. i can't driv 55 to take a line form hagar

forgive typos

i have lolita yaya queued up

Portlandia has a funny MTV episode that reminds me of this

Haha exec asst should b correcting typos & grammar / great interview already !!

what episode, love portlandia

awww thx! yes grammar

wait grammar??! what are you saying? ha

Saw Spinal Tap aka The Thamesmen play the other night (they did All the Way Home for the Loudon W & friends tribute to singer/ actor George Gerdes) and I remembered that Chris Guest & his brother have Royal titles (5th Baron Haden-Guest).

that is so cool!

hyperbole! i didn;t sneak out in junior high

once in high school i did and we broke down (flat tire) i was so guiltridden never did it again! ha

I knew a kid had hyperbole in high school. I think they prescirbed Valium

haha

i am afflicted, too, i'd say.

Looks like season 3 episode 2, can't find the clip I want , it's a good one

great interview, loving it so far. He's def a storyteller

Great rock n roll story!

oh yes! thx! bri and tom - nigel isgreat!

Murphys law in action (flat tire) - ha david BOWie

Story reminds me so much of tvc15 inspiration:)

cool, what is that story?

and yes, dude!

prb terri gross another great one / major thanks to daughter being the degree of separation

thx! i see an opportunity, i go for it:)

Bowie wrote tvc15 based on iggy on a bender thought his tv swallowed his girlfriend:) ! the hot pants girl sounds like his gf !

that is great

this song written by nigel! "radio"

love this song

oh cool, tom!

Members and Vibrators are on the great "No Thanks" punk box set

tally ho, off we go!

oh cool, bri, i haven't seen that

the_dude, any chance you can be less rude and disrespectful??

Wow doubt I’ve heard this since ‘83 :)

That box and the "Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80s Underground " are really great Rhino box sets. Also recommend the "Teenage Kicks" comp and others in that series .

me, too, mark!

totally agree Bri, all great collections

i will explore:)

Sorry fraid not! 🙃 cause oh mr.m, you know we tease the ones we like

explain to my dense brain, dude:) "Murphys law in action (flat tire) - ha david BOWie"

I'm not sure if the original label for the Teenage Kicks comp & others but they are just studded w college radio 70s 80s classics

true, dude, one big happy fam!

that is cool, bri!

sods law/murphys law!! haha

Oh well you got a flat on the one time you skipped, so ha yeah sods/Murphys, and then that was my attempt at typing the way Nigel said bowie with his accent, made me chuckle is all

yes! you are correct. at the time I did;t see th humor. such a good girl. haha

great accent, dude, you nailed it

Just missed a bit... who did he mention before Gilmour?

My favorite beatle: George / it’s his birthday today :(

Ackerman is great. I am a Bee-attle George fan too Mark. All the way

Focus is amazing/ watch the video On YT there obviously on crocus/ i remind when E played hoocus a couple years ago

he also mentioned angus young, keith as a young guy

GREAT convo!

Nigel's voice sounds like Michael Caine

that was awesome !

@stevie not many know that:) / it’s the michael caine catch phrase

Ha! I hear it too stevie. Yeah good fun nice job!

thx! sorry was bus coordinating music! thx also for holding down the fort

Fabulous interview & great cover : incredible enthusiasm!

yes, very london, michael caine

i will have to ask his neighborhood

i see the pete townsehend inspiration here

typing fast

Check out Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in "The Trip...." movies for their great dueling Michael Caine impressions (and many other actors)

i sat next to steve coogan at awest Hollywood restaurant. i was freaking out! also weirdly at another table, billy joe Armstrong!

west hollywood

Nigel is well spoken w very precise pronunciation. Caine is an actor of course but I hear more Cockney in Michael"s accent (dropped letters etc)

nigelk did go to boarding school

Haha I wonder which guit he holding on this album cover ?!

The original Get Carter film. Classic Caine. And Alfie of course. But i like Carter a bit better for its darkness

i heart alfie

not blame it on rio, bri??haha

Mark, looks like the Schecter Flying V he was raving about

oh yeah, tom

Ha I guessed one of the accomplished musicians on this chat would know !

i will have to rewatch get carter, bri

me, too, mark:)

O ya! Joe Bologna! I do remember it on cable as a pre teen and thought it was ok. What did i know about critics? Just another movie on hbo at the time. Not memorable but ok

Dave Mason on the acoustic here.

wow...dave mason...tat is so cool

Ha 8% rating! I don't blame that on Rio.

Ya. Traffic members on various tunes on Elec Ladyland lp. Jimi's friends all stopped by

haha yeah i recall it being pretty awful, just to be clear I was jesting about that caine film.

love caine tho

O yeah def

hannah and her sisters

Dave Mason when I saw him a coupe years ago also proclaimed Hendrix greatest he ever played w / did his version of watchtower :)

what do you think of nigel's version here?

Hannah is a his greatest imho/ woody in the news this week

Hannah was good. Ipcress File. Italian Job. And of course Man who would be king...epic

sounds like the intro to Metallica

Nigel has some great tone. Love the guitarmonies

fade to black

man who would be kind i will have to watch it again. is alan bates in that too?

Yeah! One of my early gtr conquests as a teen.

That was 1st Metallica tune i heard. They got a lot of fm play in Phila regular rock radio for that one. Put em on map

And ironically Michael caines last tweet was encouraging everyone to get vaccinated:)

I could laugh again at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. And for thriller an HBO film he did A Shock to the System is an overlooked good one

really bluesy version

Mo Jo Micklewhite

oh yeah

Wow really digging this version

hi friday! thx! cool...me, too

thought it was jumping someone else's train there for a sec

rock!!!

love richard hell! wasn't he married to patty smythe (i am the warrior)?

Yes! UBU!

PERE UBU❣️

yes! love this song

Haha spelling is actually smyth :) yes two years / she’s married to John McEnroe now

ahem, correcting esoterica??

thx!

i actually appreciate it

I'll wait for them as long as they are Hardcore UFOs

squeezing out sparks is a classic

Haha live radio makes it hard to dj & chat :) / great set my fave era : late 70 - mid 80

Agreed. Great set

oh yeah tom, mark,, bri! thanks! hard to coordinate but I am trying...

Great show, I say! Great show!!

If it weren’t for prb I’d be pure nostalgia but the dj’s play such great new stuff that id never hear otherwise

Btw who is driving in gif/pic on the SB mixcloud

Right back atcha Eso!

Haha u do need that exec asst :) amazing job u do like all the dj’s

like Bri said the Love Is All Around

Haha sorry maybe I'm slacking on my exec. duties! But I guess I need to idk work or something too..

yes dude, you should feel very guilty:)

Haha who gets any work done thurs noon-3 :)

i don't lol

One of his more interesting vocal performances. I like all the Moorish ups n downs

this song rn af

this song always brings to mind The Rolling Thunder Review

Yes Ookla

Ha! More than you realize! I hate having to turn it down when I need to talk to people, it feels so wrong lowering the sonic bloom!

i love that , bri and yes, Mr. m! and thx for your earlier comment, Mr. m....scarlet biera on violin

Emmylou the glue here

shit! viera..

spelling please

ha *Revue

yes, bri

Rivera

dude, just say please hold and then hang up.

right!!! i see

i need you guys!

Big CHEERS to you, DJ Esoterica!!

haha stevie p

i have to watch that rolling thunder doc again!

dude, better yet, say please hold and put the phone next to the speaker. they'll think it's the best music on hold ever

📵📴

Ha!

Now that's a good idea

Hello? Bye!

btw, mark, it is some b movie my husband was watching

hmm i forget now!

Desire is great / reminds me of Redd cross chose isis too play on Eso interview w them :)

the only weird thing about the rolling thunder doc is they made most of it up. Strange.

ookla! hi!

I could hear Robyn H covering this Heads tune

But Stevie, slight snag, I'm talking to people in person (take out only) what should I do?!

howdy eso

oh yeah, bri...but he live footage of course is true...ookla

why did scorses do that crazy fantasy thing with sharon stone in rolling thunder?? but is funny

Yeah i love those prank docu moments!

*scorsese

me, too...

the guy who was Bob's manager was also fake

sharon stone as a seamstress

Just read recently how insufferable Byrne became towards end of talking head era/ love buildings & food :)

oh yeah that is right, ookla

i bet, amrk

The guy who claimed to be the tour mgr or director was all fake too. Maybe the best fake in it

Ookla beat me to it

Haha yeah lots of crazy stuff esp sharon Stone anachronism

love this song

That Loudon Wainwright and friends thing was great the other night. I had no idea about George Gerdes. He had some great songs. And he was in a bunch of films and shows. Everyone did his songs w a few exceptions (aforementioned Spinal Tap Thamesmen virtual reunion was one)

me, too, stevie p.

i was bummed to miss, bri

will they re-air?

theme song for PBB summer picnic/concert/softball classic

PRB

yes!!

★🖤 DAVID BOWIE 🖤★

Love Lodger / we’ve discussed snl version of this before ;)

love

Chris Guest did a "solo" "song" bit too. He played a chord, tried to sing 1st words in high voice then false started a bunch then stopped! An inside joke w George & Loudo i guess. That wwas hilarious . 30 seconds and... fade out

wow, love guest. was jamie here?

Totally like a Mighty Wind character moment

there? are thehy still togther?

Any WPRB insomniacs know the dj from Cali played mighty wind at 3am this week :)

No everyone zoomed in from their homes. "Tap"was a 3 way split screen. Guest flat picked a perfect solo on acoustic for All The Way Home. And high harmony. Harry looked so funny!

ha! why did harry look funny?

He is all unshaven and cam was looking down on him. Love that guy

Michael looked great

the show they did was about disasters: mining trains ships / would have worked well on Annual labour wave Show

Suzanne Vega did great version of Marlene on the Wall. She has not aged one bit. Another exception where an artist did their own song. She dated George Gerdes and that song was written about him

SUZANNE VEGA 💟

Suzzy and Terry Roche appeared separately. 1 sang 1 read liner notes George wrote for a Loudo lp

Mae Moore too

apropos to nothing

And I heart TALKING HEADS and DAVID BYRNE TOO! ❤️❤️

Roches r Fantastic/ rip maggie :(

Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou was AWESOME! Thanks for sharing that nice tune, DJ Esoterica!

Watt?

of course, mr. m!

yes, watt!

Great lp

i love it!

btw, fingers crossed - we are chatting... trying to schedule an interview

Watt Chatt!

with watt...i will have to control the f bombs

love him

Bloom Schpiel

Haha Lolita ya ya! :)

for you mark

lol bri

Thanks you ! Sue Lyons on the vocal :)

love that "sigh" changeup

cool!

not sure that's the proper term. octave change?

Great movie / much better book !

Watt crashed at the (in)famous Lambertville house where a bunch of my friends used to live. Was the Ween house back earlier in the day

just bought the Nabokov anthology

whoa

bri

He was in Phila for gig. I think Sound of Urchi opened

Urchin

Members lived there

He tried to burn this book in dissatisfaction/ his wife rescued it

This a globe nominee ?

no, not this one... hey i better to get to some...

i can continue next week

Haha nobody prob even knows who noms r this year :)

http://hootpage.com/hoot_notmousetourdiary5.html

Tina & Amy r hosting again so that should be funny :)

Kajillionaire ? Anyone see

Michael Caine’s role as the Len Deighton character Harry Palmer inspired the look of Austin Powers. Caine played Austin’s father Nigel Powers in the last of those comedies, which had a flashback scene I’ve wondered about. A clip from one of Caine’s early movies was used, but I don’t know which one.

Cool David!

that is cool, david! my dad loved len deighton

Ha this has kinda film connect: tumble described as perfect soundtrack to western movie that only exists in our mind :)

heh My Cocaine = Michael Caine

Haha

If you want. To talk. Like Michael Caine. You can only say. A few words. At a time.

you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!

for those not in on the joke: https://youtu.be/HFIQIpC5_wY

cool, mark... hey wasn't caine in mona lisa? i love bob hoskins...or am i think of the other film where he plays a thug

thanks, ookla...will check later. i ammdef not able to look up you tube and live djing haha

You would b correct !!

Hoskins won golden globe 4 best actor in Mona Lisa

And here we have the fantastic new stuff would never hear elsewhere

Ookla’s YouTube link is a hoot. One North American (Canadian, specifically) who did a good Caine impression was SCTV’s Dave Thomas.

SCTV had the most incredible cast / canadian comedy :)

SCTV, yes

Lots of good SCTV on YT

i liked The State

with Louie. I wanna dip my balls in it!!!

candy levy moranis thomas ohara could go on & on

Choose your films based on the climate of the filming location (Caine advice to young actors)

Do not let My Cocaine be your guide to life

nice advice, bri

Abington arts is great venue for arts & music ! They have fantastic outdoor July world music concert series too !!

cool

I’m old-fashioned in that I describe movies whose protagonists directly address the audience as done in “the Alfie style” rather than in “the Ferris Bueller style”.

Did u see manc ?

Great show today, DJ Esoterica. I was away from the computer and in the car listening to your interview with Nigel Bennett. Great stuff!

i haven't

thx, christine!!!

Hi, all you Sonic Bloomers *waves*

Jack Bruce on bass allegedly (i think Jack did not recall actually playing the bass line just cello ...)

wow

Fantastic show / only wish u were still on the replay schedule / await the mixcloud upload :)

thanks, mark!

5 star show today, DJE!

thx, stevie p!!!

*****

so appreciate it

my highest rating

awesome:)

Fact check shows jack bruce on bass / shazam write up !!

cool!

I look forward to the Mix Cloud upload of this show so I can hear the bits I missed.

thx. i'll upload asp

asap

Repeated for those who may not have seen...it before. Check out Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in "The Trip...." movies for their great dueling Michael Caine impressions (and many other actors

or get the much needed exec asst to upload :)

oh yeah is saw that one, the trip. and yes, mark

lol

I mean it sure sounds like Jack Bruce playing to me

There are about 4 The Trip... movies to date. Hopefully more as travel resumes

thx you all for stopping by!

have a great week y'all got hijacked by a work meeting for the last 45 minutes or so

So much fun! Take care all...

thank you you too!!

Cheers Dears!!

Ditto!

cheers, mr. m!!

Even those with big ears?

ha!

DJ Esoterica, many thanks and kind regards!!

aw thanks to you, mr.m

Especially those with Big Ears! 🖤💀

see y'all next week

bye stevie p! et al