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The Freeform Pathogen

Mar 10, 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.

Dress to Digress

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8:03 PM		Lonnie Holley I’m a Suspect MITH Jagjaguwar 2018
8:10 PM		Kelley Stoltz Inside My Head Double Exposure Third Man Records 2013
8:17 PM		Moon Duo Planet Caravan N What Is This That Stands Before Me? Sacred Bones 2020
8:26 PM		Black Sabbath The Mob Rules N Mob Rules Warner Bros. 1981 Newly re-upped on vinyl
8:29 PM		Black Sabbath Neon Knights N Heaven & Hell Warner 2021 ALSO newly re-upped on vinyl!
8:32 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:38 PM		Arlo Parks Too Good N Collapsed in Sunbeams Transgressive 2021
8:42 PM		Killah Priest One Step 12" Geffen 1998
8:46 PM		Sault The Beginning & the End N Untitled (Rise) Forever Living Originals 2020
8:48 PM		Ja Ja Ja I Am an Animal 12" Cachalot 1983
8:52 PM		Richard Hell & The Voidoids Time (Destiny Street Demos - 2021 Remaster) N Destiny Street Complete Omnivore Recordings 2021
8:55 PM		Vicky Leandros Questions Ich Bin Philips 1971 Moody Blues cover
9:00 PM		Stiff Little Fingers Go for It All the Best Chrysalis 1983
9:03 PM		Voice Imitator Vilification Brunch N Plaza 12XU 2020
9:07 PM		Half Man Half Biscuit The Trumpton Riots The Trumpton Riots EP Probe 1986
9:24 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:24 PM		The Beatles Get Back Let It Be
9:27 PM		Tanya Davis How To Be at Home -- 2020
9:31 PM		Bipolar Explorer White Light N Deux Anges Slugg Records 2020
9:35 PM		The Heptones I've Got a Feeling The Heptones Studio One 1967
9:38 PM		ATM Deustchland N Inglewood Tapes Vol. 3 Radical Documents 2020
9:41 PM		Rodney Dangerous Kawasaki Nights N Fantasies Almost Ready Records 2020
9:44 PM		Hot Chocolate Every 1's a Winner 7" Infinity 1978
9:49 PM		The Telefones Brave New World Rock-o-La! VVV 1981
9:51 PM		Bone Yard Toys Caution! V/A Skene! 1988
9:54 PM		The Celibate Rifles Tick Tock Mina Mina Mina! What Goes On 1986
10:02 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:02 PM		Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Columbia 1958
10:06 PM		Gitkin Fools Gold N Safe Passage 2021
10:09 PM		Smegma 5-85 Turbo Rocket Mirage Important 2010
10:12 PM		Lee Hazlewood Dolly & Hawkeye For Every Solution There's a Problem City Slang 2002
10:16 PM		Linda Ronstadt Tumbling Dice 7" Asylum 1977
10:19 PM		Hand of Food Absolutely Relaxing N Swimming Mindlessly EP ever/never 2020
10:23 PM		Beverly Glenn-Copeland In the Image N Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland Transgressive 2020
10:27 PM		John Cale The Endless Plain of Fortune Paris 1919 Reprise 1973 Happy 79th birthday! (Yesterday)
10:31 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:38 PM		PJ Harvey The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore N Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2021
10:42 PM		Tom Zé A Dama de Vermelho N Raridades Warner Brasil 2021
10:43 PM		The Bee Gees Words 7" Atco 1968
10:47 PM		Jo Stafford The Tennessee Waltz 1950
10:51 PM		Michael Nesmith Rio From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing Rio Records 1970

Chat is archived.

Greetings and Salutations!

howdy!

hey mr. m!

No webcam? Sad!

evenin!

Hi, DJ Esoterica!!

Yo, Wednesday Pitcrew! Nice to see y'all here! Sorry about falling short on the webcam promise. Alas, tech ain't cooperating tonight.

Kick the EnterWebs Donkey!! Yo, DJ MikeLupica!

'Twas a classic case of "The Thing I Did Last Time Isn't Working This Time Even Though I'm Doing The Exact Same Thing As Last Time."

So, we're over here now?

Haha. Silly technology!

Seemingly, Jon. But I'm no betting man...

Hey, people of the Starlite Lounge/Doomsday Pantry 👋

Esoterica... Jon... DJ Pup... Deadly Tango... That's a lot of WPRB celebrity firepower for hour #1. Am I getting fired?

Yo Christine!

Folks really like ya! Or you're about to be fired.

I appreciate your optimism, Christine.

Biggest bummer about the webcam not working is that I was absolutely going to wear the Sexual Milkshake Space Gnome mask for the entirety of the show. Nothing like a RUINED RADIO SIGHT GAG.

Time for the Intervention! Mike, we'd like you to meet Kelley Stoltz. Kelley wants to say a few words about how often you play his music on the radio.

THEY CAN HAVE MY KELLEY STOLTZ RECORDS WHEN THEY PRY THEM FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS. "Boys! Avenge Meeee!"

Get that webcam working ASAP

I never thought I would hear "radio" and "sight gag" in the same sentence.

that harry dean stanton voice scared the hell outta me.

true!

that was for christine:)

Everything under control here? Hope not...

bummer that the chat doesn't allow photos... though I feel like I should have one of Mike in the Space Gnome mask somewhere in the archives

Barely, Jimbeaux.

SKM: Ha! Yes, thank you for keeping me out of elected office with those pix.

Can someone pleasedo a grind metal/hiphop version of planet caravan?

I think I see a volunteer down there in the first row!

Or a country-western Chipmunks samba version?

I STILL think I see a volunteer down there in the first row!

Or a musique concrete pep rally free jazz one?

https://www.kerrang.com/features/18-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-ronnie-james-dio/

I think everyone in the first row just left.

still here

I ducked under the stage to finish my snacks, crawling back out now

jimbreaux is the volunteer in the first row! Cheers, yeaux!

i will gladly take a first row seat for sabbath con dio

WSOU is at the whole other end of the dial, how did I tune into it by mistake?

I was listening to a podcast earlier today that asked "what is the most expensive concert ticket you ever bought" and I now wonder what 2021 "Sabbath + Dio" tickets would run. Bonus question: More or less than Sabbath + Dido tickets?

Who among you can add "protector of the realm" to your résumé?

Holographic concerts are pretty expensive... as are demonic resurrection ceremonies

Bet there's a Groupon for a package deal.

It sounds like a "shut up & take my money" moment!

SKM...so Dio severed (but didn't lose?) a thumb because of a 60 lb garden gnome. So METAL!

Now do the theme from Big Mouth.

If I didn't know any better I'd swear sabbath &dio sound better on WBRB!

Ummm....WPRB

J O I N — U S

I'm here for the malcontents

That vinyl sabbath really was amazing sounding coming out my radio

Greetings all !

Hello, DJ SelectaJerry!

Mr content tonight?

Hey, Selecta! Hey, MrM! 💀

Selecta! Incedible Bunny Wailer tribute last weekend.

Nope, always the Malcontent 🐲

Thanks breaux sad but fun at the same time

Selecta! Glad you are here. I may have a Studio One-related question for you sometime in hour two.

Hi, Christine Duffy! 💿🤍

Also, hey to Tyler, Mr. Mike, Zapshifter, and anyone else I may have missed!

Hope i know what you need

Thats a cheap way to keep me locked on for another hour mike 😂🤣

Might be hour three? Not sure

Ha, Jerry!

Dont matter im here for the duration. Im inna good place

Our radio dials are locked for the 'zine letter to the editor.

That's coming up in the next mic break!

These ‘zine letters are helping me with my thoughts for responding to the listener survey 🙊🙉🙈

Good plan, MrM. My own feeling is that the survey didn't touch enough on HARDCORE SCENE POLITICS.

Dont know who is gonna compile all of the survey results but that sounds like a fun mission

what a great move from Ja Ja Ja to this Richard Hell song. love.

all those Destiny Streets

i mean both so good but so different but go so well together.

If WPRB needs volunteer survey compilers, hit me up.

Oops mr malconents survey fell in between the couch cushions and never got counted

seriously - this demo crushes the "official" release (which Sp#tify thinks I need to 'discover')

Hey Kristin!

SKM, totally agree.

Good thing I filled out one every time a DJ mentioned it and used a different zip code each time

Don't you be skewing the results, MrM 💀

Mr Malcontent you the man !

Who?? Meeeee??

Whoa moody blues inna different fashion and style 🔥🎶

Greek pop star singing it in German, of course!

Is this from an In-Kraut comp? Why don't I have that one? Oh and HELLO EVERYONE!!! Guten Abend!💘💘💘💘 (und so weiter)

I think she won Eurovision in 71 or 72?

Hey Teresa! No, believe it or not, I actually own this record.

🇬🇷 🙏 🇩🇪 🏆

This shall be the official OFFICIAL version moving forward.

@jimbreaux -- Agreed! Make it effective immediately!

this really is an all-star chat tonight... unfortunately, I need to check out. Thanks, all!

Does she do ride my see saw too?

Go For It!

Is this the Concert Calendar?!

Tonight at Maxwell's . . . tomorrow at City Gardens . . .

Everyone here over 35 just won a bet with themselves!

oh the olden days of concert calendar. unfortunately i gotta skip out too - going to a show, i mean a zoom call!

Just tuned in, when are you going to give the listing, Mike?

Moooooooode!

Hi Mr. Mike! And Kristin!

Chris, did this song get your Spidey Senses tingling?

SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S AT JC DOBBS!!!

Pretty much

That made my week! Thanks for that, Mike!

Now sitting outside the Acme in Mt. Airy and need to go shopping but this is too fun!

Speaking of Acme, you could be like Ken Katkin and play The Groceries

That Katkin show was a nostalgia bomb.

Can get that Vicky Leandros lp on discogs for $1.17 🤣

BTW, the most intense pit I ever experiences was a SLF reunion at the Channel in '88-'89

Go for it, Jerry. It's got a velvet sleeve!

Nostalgia is a heckuva drug, Mr. Mike. Don't do it!

Too late, he's really stomping on my buttons right now.

If meloncholy girl is her version of the moodys melancholy man i just might

That was one thing about Mark E. Smith, he'd play one or two old faves but the rest of the songs were all new or not yet released

Selecta...Bongwater does a super version of Ride My Seesaw!

BISCUIT!

Now in Acme, losing signal fast...

The music knowledge in these chats is nothing short of amazing

I love HMHB more than life itself, even tho I know I'm getting less than half the references.

Ulysses was a cakewalk in comparison.

Twelve Times You

Melbourne, Australia

Spidey senses nothing. I just started salivating like crazy!

Court Tav . . . oh nevermind

it gopher

I prefer to not understand the lyrics.

Hi Mike! I'm late but I remember watching Trumpton!

I'll cape for Yoko too.

I mean I was never crazy about John Lennon but at least he didn't drown to death in his own puke.

With that jokecore lyric, I'm out! Sorry I will miss the third-worst transition in broadcast history. Have an excellent evening, everyone.

(Captain America): I understood that reference!

Phew. I was slightly worried when I entered it. Ok. Out for real! Bye!

I love this but it's also Too Soon.

Tanya = Truth

The heptones at studio one 😍

Yes! I know nothing about this record but I love it. Jerry?

They basically started there back in the day supporting other acts backing vox and such on recordings. Leroy sibbles the bassie and vocals played on many a studio one releases

I *knew* you would have the hookup!

The heptones would also go on to record with lee perry and others many a big big tunes back in the day

"Please Don't Tell Me About the Death of Weird, Deeply Creepy German Music."

It's too early to be getting this weird. Gonna shake us out of this spooky funk in the next track.

Get ready to turn it UP.

I’m enjoying the entire show! Volume is always UP big CHEERS to DJ MikeLupica!!

@Chris Mohr, HA!

🔥 🍫

You know I'm a big fan of the whiplash segues.

They build character, anyway.

palate cleansing FTW

This is also the best fuggin' guitar sound, like, ever.

🎸🎸🎸

🎺 🎺 🎺

🥁🥁🥁

The only emoji pix I know how to insert are syringes and pills. This sends a bad message to the young people.

Those are among my fave!! 💉💉💉💊💊💊

🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🍺🍺🍺🍵🍵🍵

What about the pretty one for virus 🦠?!?

Ugh, now I'm gonna have to learn emojis so I can spell out a Butthole Surfers song.

A virus is a Pathogen!

A Freeform one, even!

Depends on the virus!

No viruses in the chat room please

🍑🕳🏄‍♂️🎶

Pretty good ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ

If you're really looking for a freeform pathogen, might I suggest amoebic dysentary?

Don't worry, they will gravitate to the host: DJ Mike!

Also my eyes have gone to shit enough that I can't even read emojis anymore.

Pass AND Fail! @MrMalcontent

I luv crunchy stuff

@MrM, crunchy frog? 🐸

Hell i just drive up there and got a gig

Cadbury's Crunchie Bar anybody?

That was the shortcut for locating the good stuff: Look for the jackets that were beat to shit.

*drove

Uuhhh. No? Vegetarian, remember?? Unless it’s something fun 🐸💊?

Bo, is that available outside the Eire???

I call my little home studio Club Colin these days. It has good dj's and all my favorite adult beverages!

Mucho gracias for the shout out Mike

nice singing, mike!!!

@MrM, yes at a certain large grocery!

Marty Robbins, sounds cheery, actually spooky and creepy.

Esoterica, you will live to regret saying that.

did anyone else dj mike's vocal stylings?

Oh! Bo, do they have Smarties?!?

He's not in the chat tonight but I used to hang with Brian at parties about ten years ago. Now he is a regular at the wprb chat and club colin mixers.

there it is! punch it up a tad, mike!

@Esoterica, yes! I did catch DJ Mike's vocal stylings

Yes having drinks snacks and other creature comforts are a major benefit of broadcasting at home

Louder at MikeLupica!!

yes, mr. m!

More reverb, DJ Mike

He sounds just like marty robbins

Sing along with every tune until the end of the show!! Please and thank you!

What a groove here

@MrM. Not entirely sure about that.

I think they’re Cadbury too?!?

I believe so Mr M.

I gotta find that Crunchie Bar!

You'll find it!

🎲 🎲

@Bo, what's the craic?

Linda Ronstadt 😎

I believe I may have just broken the Linda Ronstadt barrier on WPRB.

@Mike, there was a barrier?

No bad thing DJ Mike! Great version.

Bet her mexican stuff has been tapped before

Ha! You're probably right, but she's legit.

Christine, perhaps, at some point.

LINDA RONSTADT ❤️💔♥️

That's what I love about PRB: it breaks barriers.

Watched a docu on her not so long ago nothing she could not sing

Hi Christine, just finishing up some Fish 'n Chip's Bo style :)

wow those are sooo good....

you said, it brother

Reminds me of Peter Serafinowicz's Dalek Relaxation Tape

coma in wrong place

comma, coma.

I laughed out loud several times while listening to this record.

nooooo

I just had to check the playlist to see if this was Negativland.

Ha! Totally!

It's ridiculous. It's not even funny.

this is so relaxing

The party is at esotericas !

Bo, did I say hello? If not, HELLO!

I’m not commenting on the band name SMEGMA

That is probably for the best.

what he said!

@Mike, No/Yes.

I knew nothing about Smegma and assumed that they were naive primitive punks but they've been active since '72.

What a world, right?

🎂 HBD, John Cale. 🎉

Got confused for a minute between Smegma and Schlong ...

You can't have on without the other

What did I start???

one

Pathogens After Dark

gotta move on down the trail. cheers, all:). lots o' fun!

thank YOU, djmike

Cheers to you, DJ Esoterica!!

Night esoterica

The PJ demos are really really good.

to you my friend, mr. m, and jerry. we will postpone the party... but dj mike is the best doom party host!

DJ Flute (frmrly mama rotten) broke the Ronstadt barrier last nite!

this rocks! bed what bed

PJ HARVEY 💜 this song title rn af!!

I MUST CONSULT WITH DJ FLUTE

@Esoterica, have a good night. See you on the radio tomorrow!

Really looking forward to the Mike Watt, eso!

Esoterica n' Watt, playin' the guitar!

Gonna miss the bloom tomorrow ☹️

La la la la la

LaLaLaLa

🎶 La La La La...

good night, all. this song is priceless...

Its only words people

🌽🌽🌽

schmelzer, thanks. mike, this show is really amazing!

Nice chat sing along 👏🏼

i'll miss you, jerry.

THIS

see you later, too, christine...:)

Something's kickin' in

am i hallucinating??

Gonna be a rough thursday without the sonic bloom

IS THIS REAL LIFE??

I'm sensing David Lynchiness!

Wicked selections

Real radio for sure christine 🎶🙏🏼

Esoterica will likely put on that streaming service linked on her DJ page here at Spinitron, DJ SelectaJerry!

Oh good god Pop Clips flashback.

Sorry, someone put something in my tandoori.

Yeah mr m but nothing like hearing it live

Jo Stafford?!

had to log in just to say MIKE NESMITH 🥺

That is a worthy use of the internet, Kayla.

You right, SelectaJerry! Cancel your colonoscopy!

🍑💉

My fave Monkee 💚

THEE BEST MONKEE

he’s got such an underrated catalog of music! too many people only think of him as an ex monkee

Then Peter, Then Davey, Then Mickey. Fight me IRL.

but he was always my fav (him and peter)

"The Smart One"

@Kayla, I agree!

Michael Nesmith a real lady killer

🐒🤎🐒🤎🐒🤎🐒🤎

"Rio Dee-Jennero"

Thx Mike 《《《》》》》》》》☆☆☆

What a long, strange trip tonight's Freefotm Pathogen has been...

Let’s fight because we agree on the cool order of the Monkees!!!!

Good stuff tonight pleasure hanging with you all . Have a peaceful night

Cheers Dears!!

DJ MikeLupica, stay AWESOME!! Many thanks and kind regards!

See ya, goodnight Mike!

I've always been a fan of Dolenz's shameless mugging. Showing up on Difficult People just cemented it. But yeah Nesmith FTW.

Later Pit Cruiser's!

See y'all! Thanks for hanging out!

WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

The Freeform Pathogen

Dress to Digress

Welcome back, Wednesday night pitcrew! Refresh this page to see the most recently played songs, and please say hey to your people in the chat.This week's "Letter to a Fanzine" will be coming up in hour #2.

Welcome back, Wednesday night pitcrew!

Refresh this page to see the most recently
played songs, and please say hey to your
people in the chat.

This week's "Letter to a Fanzine" will be
coming up in hour #2.