WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Uneasy Listening

May 29, 2021 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

With Commie Francis

Fun!!

60b2d3d0ca606.jpg

It's Memorial Day weekend, it's FREEZING, have FUN!!!! With songs about fun and some about not having fun.

Refresh the page to update the playlist!

e-mail list
facebook group
mixcloud

Uneasy Listening
8:01 PM
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Bay City Rollers Saturday Night
Rollin' 1974
8:04 PM
The Archies - Catchin' Up On Fun
The Archies Catchin' Up On Fun
The Archies Calendar Records 1968
8:06 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Klezmorim - Lebedik und Freylekh

8:08 PM
The Breeders - Saints
The Breeders Saints R
Head to Toe EP 4AD 1994
requested by Matt from Philly
8:11 PM
IXNA - Fun Fun Fun
IXNA Fun Fun Fun
Knotpop Concentric Circles 2019
orig 1981
8:15 PM
999 - Fun Thing
999 Fun Thing
The Biggest Prize In Sport Polydor 1980
8:18 PM
The Stupids - So Much Fun
The Stupids So Much Fun
Peruvian Vacation Children of the Revolution 1985
8:20 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Miles Davis - Big Fun

8:24 PM
Sifl and Olly - Seasons in the Sun
Sifl and Olly Seasons in the Sun
8:26 PM
The Pop Rivets - Fun In the UK
The Pop Rivets Fun In the UK
Chatham's Burning
8:28 PM
The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
The Housemartins Five Get Over Excited
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death Go! Discs 1987
8:30 PM
Al Green - It Ain't No Fun to Me
Al Green It Ain't No Fun to Me
Let's Stay Together Fat Possum 1972
8:34 PM
Britney Spears - (I've Just Begun) Having My Fun
Britney Spears (I've Just Begun) Having My Fun
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Jive 2004
8:37 PM
Radio Birdman - More Fun
Radio Birdman More Fun
Living Eyes Citadel Records 1981
8:40 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Tony Mottola - Kites are Fun

8:43 PM
Unknown Artist - I'm Gonna Have My Fun
Unknown Artist I'm Gonna Have My Fun
Purple Heart Surgery Volume 2 V/A Modern Records 1996
orig 60s
8:45 PM
Parliament - Funkin' For Fun
Parliament Funkin' For Fun
Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein Mercury Records 1976
8:51 PM
Teen Idles - No Fun
Teen Idles No Fun
Flex Your Head V/A Dischord 1982
requested by Jimbo and Rob
8:54 PM
The Bears - Fun Fun Fun
The Bears Fun Fun Fun
Farewell to the Roxy V/A Lightning Records 1978
8:56 PM
The Homosexuals - My Night Out
The Homosexuals My Night Out
The Homosexuals' Record Recommended Records 1984
8:57 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Motorhead - Fun on the Farm

9:00 PM
Dean and Jean - Hey Dean, Hey Jean
Dean and Jean Hey Dean, Hey Jean
Hey Dean, Hey Jean Les Disques Vogues 1964
9:02 PM
The Mob - I Wish
The Mob I Wish R
Let the Tribe Increase All the Madmen Records 1983
requested by Ted in Pittsburgh
9:06 PM
Hüsker Dü - Some Kind of Fun
Hüsker Dü Some Kind of Fun
Spot's Arcade Not on label 2010
Outtake from Zen Arcade, 1984
9:08 PM
Deep Wound - Sick of Fun
Deep Wound Sick of Fun
Deep Wound Radiobeat Records 1983
9:09 PM
Dick Ross & The Royal Counts - Funhouse
Dick Ross & The Royal Counts Funhouse
Funhouse/Toddle Stroll Planet Records 1962
9:11 PM
Soft Cell - Factory Fun
Soft Cell Factory Fun
Science Fiction Stories A Big Frock Record 1987
9:14 PM
Sin 34 - Not No Fun
Sin 34 Not No Fun
Charred Remains V/A Noise Records 1982
9:16 PM
Van & Schenck - Ain't We Got Fun
Van & Schenck Ain't We Got Fun R
Ain't We Got Fun Columbia 1921
happy birthday to MY DAD
9:19 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Klezmorim - Lebedik und Freylekh

9:22 PM
The Free Design - Kites Are Fun
The Free Design Kites Are Fun
Kites Are Fun Project 3 Total Sound 1967
9:24 PM
The Only Ones - City of Fun
The Only Ones City of Fun
The Only Ones CBS 1978
9:27 PM
Gang Green - Have Fun
Gang Green Have Fun
Another Wasted Night Taang 1986
9:28 PM
The Outlaws - Fun, Fame and Fortune
The Outlaws Fun, Fame and Fortune
Worlds Apart/Fun Fame and Fortune IN Records 1966
9:31 PM
Shonen Knife - Las Vegas
Shonen Knife Las Vegas R
Fun! Fun! Fun! P-Vine Records 2007
Requested by John in Pittsburgh
9:33 PM
The Exciters - Having My Fun
The Exciters Having My Fun
Tell Him Capitol Records 1963
9:35 PM
Con Funk Shun - FFUN
Con Funk Shun FFUN
Let Me Put Love On Your Mind
9:39 PM
Sportchestra! - Games Were Fun
Sportchestra! Games Were Fun
101 Songs About Sport Agit Prop 1988
9:40 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Miles Davis - Big Fun

9:43 PM
Betty Davis - Gettin Kicked Off, Havin Fun
Betty Davis Gettin Kicked Off, Havin Fun
Nasty Gal Island Records 1975
9:46 PM
The Coathangers - Merry Go Round
The Coathangers Merry Go Round R
Suck My Shirt Suicide Squeeze Records 2014
requested by Matt in Boston
9:49 PM
The Monochrome Set - Fun for All the Family
The Monochrome Set Fun for All the Family
Eligible Bachelors Cherry Red Records 1982
9:53 PM
Freeze - Nazi Fun
Freeze Nazi Fun
Land Of The Lost Modern Method 1983
9:54 PM
The Blood - Such Fun
The Blood Such Fun R
False Gestures for a Devious Public Anagram Records 1983
requested by Ted in Pittsburgh
9:56 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over Tony Mottola - Kites are Fun

9:59 PM
Big Boys - Fun Fun Fun
Big Boys Fun Fun Fun
Fun Fun Fun Moment Productions 1982
10:02 PM
Chumbawamba - Invasion
Chumbawamba Invasion
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Agit Prop 1986
Happy 100th show Transistor Sister!
10:07 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (demo)

10:10 PM
Chumbawamba - On eBay
Chumbawamba On eBay
Un Mutt Records 2004
10:13 PM
Chumbawamba - Lord Bateman's Motorbike
Chumbawamba Lord Bateman's Motorbike
The Boy Bands Have Won No Masters 2008
10:17 PM
Chumbawamba - You Can't Trust Anyone Nowadays
Chumbawamba You Can't Trust Anyone Nowadays
Shhh Agit Prop 1992
10:21 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (demo)

10:24 PM
Chumbawamba - No More War
Chumbawamba No More War
Be Happy...Despite It All Sky & Trees 1983
10:25 PM
Chumbawamba - Timebomb
Chumbawamba Timebomb
Anarchy One Little Indian 1994
10:28 PM
Chumbawamba - Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire
Chumbawamba Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 PM Press 2003
re-recorded version
10:31 PM
Chumbawamba - Come On Baby
Chumbawamba Come On Baby
Never Mind the Ballots Agit Prop 1986
10:32 PM
Chumbawamba - Amnesia
Chumbawamba Amnesia
Tubthumper 1997
single version
10:36 PM
Chumbawamba - Give the Anarchist a Cigarette
Chumbawamba Give the Anarchist a Cigarette
Anarchy One Little Indian 1994
10:39 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (demo)

10:44 PM
Chumbawamba - Misbehave (Brittle Mix)
Chumbawamba Misbehave (Brittle Mix)
(Someone's Always Telling You How to) Behave Agit Prop 1992
10:47 PM
Sportchestra! - Karl Marx Never Made the Squad
Sportchestra! Karl Marx Never Made the Squad
101 Songs About Sport Agit Prop 1988
10:48 PM
Chumbawamba - Smashing of the Van
Chumbawamba Smashing of the Van
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 PM Press 1998
10:51 PM
Chumbawamba - ...and in a Nutshell
Chumbawamba ...and in a Nutshell
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Agit Prop 1986
10:51 PM
Chumbawamba - Drip Drip Drip
Chumbawamba Drip Drip Drip
Tubthumper EMI 1997
10:56 PM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (demo)

10:59 PM
Chumbawamba - The Day the Nazi Died
Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died
Showbusiness One Little Indian Ltd. 1994
Chat is archived.
Commie Francis (host) 8:02:02 PM
Hello uneasy listeners!
Bo 8:03:37 PM
Hi Commie!
Bo 8:04:12 PM
Guess you don't need AC tonight ;)
Commie Francis (host) 8:04:12 PM
Hi Bo, are you ready for FUN?
Commie Francis (host) 8:04:20 PM
no i need a space heater
Bo 8:04:58 PM
Weather's on it's head!
Bo 8:05:18 PM
No Fun
Commie Francis (host) 8:05:40 PM
no fun, my babe, no fun
Commie Francis (host) 8:05:51 PM
i do have some songs about No Fun
Commie Francis (host) 8:05:55 PM
it was inevitable
Bo 8:06:13 PM
Mind reader :)
Bo 8:06:49 PM
Does that include 'funny'?
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:07:44 PM
Hello uneasy listeners
Bo 8:08:56 PM
Not summer till June 21st (Summer Solstice).
Commie Francis (host) 8:09:00 PM
Hi Rob, glad to see the cicadas have released your corporeal being at last
Commie Francis (host) 8:09:08 PM
whatever i go by long weekends
Commie Francis (host) 8:09:22 PM
"summer starts on may 21" totally went through my head though derg
pethie-ish 8:11:05 PM
Summer is ready but I am not
Commie Francis (host) 8:11:47 PM
i'm happier in sweater weather
Commie Francis (host) 8:11:58 PM
i'm still drinking a giant icy drink
jimbeaux 8:12:01 PM
Summer is a construct.
pethie-ish 8:13:24 PM
Me tooooooo
Mark 8:18:11 PM
hi commie, prb chatters, & “ prb listener pethie “ :)
Bo 8:18:30 PM
999, Jam label mates
Commie Francis (host) 8:19:35 PM
i feel like 999 does not get their due
Bo 8:19:45 PM
And emergency telephone number, in UK
Commie Francis (host) 8:19:53 PM
i mean i'm pretty sure they got their $$$ due when they were around
Commie Francis (host) 8:20:08 PM
ha i know this from girlschool/motorhead
jimbeaux 8:21:53 PM
Howzabout Fun Fun Fun by BIG BOYS?
Bo 8:21:57 PM
@Commie, no, they were kind of smothered I believe to an extent but I don't think they measured up to The Jam.
Bo 8:23:02 PM
Transitional transistor
pethie-ish 8:24:14 PM
I LOVE CHESTER
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:24:22 PM
@Commie, the cicadas are totally chilling in this weekend's cold blast, so they released my corporeal being
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:24:43 PM
Transnational transistor
pethie-ish 8:25:15 PM
I forgot all about Sifl and Olly!
Commie Francis (host) 8:25:56 PM
the first time i saw it i thought it was the public access channel and i was FLOORED
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:26:03 PM
@jimbeaux, I second Fun Fun Fun by Big Boys!
Commie Francis (host) 8:26:11 PM
i still liked it a lot when i realized it was actually mtv though
Commie Francis (host) 8:26:17 PM
oh fun fun fun will be played
Bo 8:27:31 PM
A young William Love day, SOOO GREAT!
Bo 8:27:47 PM
*Lovday
Bo 8:29:59 PM
@Commie, got Madness in the crate?
Commie Francis (host) 8:30:20 PM
it was on the shortlist but it didn't make it in
Bo 8:30:46 PM
8-0
Commie Francis (host) 8:31:34 PM
there will be a no fun this evening
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:31:39 PM
Iggy Pop & The Stooges "No Fun"?
Commie Francis (host) 8:32:15 PM
it may not be the stooges version
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:34:02 PM
That would be good
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:36:06 PM
Is Cindy Lauper on the shortlist?
Mark 8:36:27 PM
Sex Pistols version?
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:37:25 PM
@Mark I had forgotten that that was a cover *embarrassed*
jimbeaux 8:38:04 PM
It will be a bluegrass version of No Fun with death metal vocals.
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:38:08 PM
Not that I'd mind if Cindy Lauper didn't make the shortlist
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:38:25 PM
@jimbeaux if only that was a real version
Commie Francis (host) 8:38:30 PM
cyndi is on the love her but too obvious list
Mark 8:38:45 PM
hahaha tho im very curious what does het played rob
Commie Francis (host) 8:38:48 PM
i'm aware i just played britney but i cannot help being me
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:38:53 PM
I'm glad for that, Commie
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:39:16 PM
*about Cyndi
Mark 8:39:59 PM
britney is my guilty pleasure listen:)
jimbeaux 8:41:13 PM
@rob someone has to cover it like that!
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:42:16 PM
@jimbeaux, if only I could cover it like that. Or even play instruments & sing
Commie Francis (host) 8:46:08 PM
i'll play no fun soon so no one expires from the suspense
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:47:17 PM
Kites are fun too
Commie Francis (host) 8:47:53 PM
i will play that and not just that tony mottola one!
Mark 8:48:03 PM
I like the suspense - string it out :)
Commie Francis (host) 8:51:32 PM
too late!
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:51:48 PM
Darn, I was looking forward to the suspense
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 8:52:24 PM
Teen Idles!
Commie Francis (host) 8:53:18 PM
i was thinking about playing the stalin version but well this was shorter
Mark 8:54:59 PM
ha was hoping for sex pistols- it was the last song they ever played- ever feel u been cheated
AMDG 8:55:59 PM
Let's make it a Constructive Summer.
Scooter France 9:01:17 PM
If there
Scooter France 9:01:41 PM
whoops, I meant, if there is time can I request "Fun" by the Thought Criminals.
Commie Francis (host) 9:04:55 PM
amen amdg
Matthew Budd 9:08:54 PM
"I don't want to be at the beach, no fun" by d ad milkmen please
AMDG 9:12:24 PM
Funhouse seems to scream out for Wildwood Days.
Commie Francis (host) 9:22:49 PM
we like each other more than anything
Commie Francis (host) 9:23:02 PM
matthew i will see if i have time!
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 9:42:28 PM
This has been a fun show
Commie Francis (host) 9:43:18 PM
i should hope so! :)
Commie Francis (host) 9:45:17 PM
for serious, thanks!
pethie-ish 9:46:08 PM
Betty Davis knows how to have fun
Commie Francis (host) 9:46:40 PM
she sure does!
jimbeaux 9:47:23 PM
Betty is nasty good!
pethie-ish 9:51:09 PM
Indeed!
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 9:53:57 PM
So much early hardcore punk!
Commie Francis (host) 9:54:46 PM
yeah go figure there are a lot of hardcore songs about fun!
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 9:58:31 PM
You should get Coathanger records! I have all 4 Suicide Squeeze records and they are good; the two latest ones are superb
jimbeaux 10:01:41 PM
Yea big boyyyyyys...thank you!
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 10:02:21 PM
Big Boys rock! Thanks commie!
Commie Francis (host) 10:03:49 PM
you're very welcome!
Bo 10:15:45 PM
Congrats on your 100th T.S.!
Commie Francis (host) 10:16:05 PM
thank you!
Bo 10:16:22 PM
I'm sensing a theme
Rob from Maryland & Brood X Cicadaland 10:16:24 PM
I'm heading out, sad to miss the final 45 minutes. Congrats on #100 Transistor Sister!
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:17:01 PM
Did you hear that BJ Thomas passed away?
Commie Francis (host) 10:17:13 PM
i did just hear that :(
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:17:26 PM
How sad
Commie Francis (host) 10:18:12 PM
he sang one of my favorite teen death songs, billy and sue
Bo 10:20:02 PM
@Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz, yes, just a few minutes ago, strange I was discussing with friends just last night about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:20:42 PM
Yes Great Movie.
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:21:10 PM
Yes Billy & Sue. I remember that one.
Bo 10:21:11 PM
Absolutely!
Bo 10:23:55 PM
MORE CHUMBAWUMBA PLEASE! ;))
Scooter France 10:23:57 PM
I like Jesus H. Christ, but I think Shhh! turned out to be a much better record.
Commie Francis (host) 10:24:27 PM
yeah i agree! i don't listen to my jesus h christ boot that much
Commie Francis (host) 10:24:34 PM
i listen to shhh a LOT
Commie Francis (host) 10:25:09 PM
Bo I will grant your request
Bo 10:25:41 PM
Such a push over ;-))
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:27:07 PM
Buffalo Springfield reference
Commie Francis (host) 10:27:36 PM
yep!
Commie Francis (host) 10:27:52 PM
to me it will always be a muppets reference cause i heard it first there ;)
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:29:37 PM
I've heard this before
Commie Francis (host) 10:29:46 PM
it's an old folk song!
Commie Francis (host) 10:30:17 PM
in 1988 they did an a cappella album of "english rebel songs" from the 14th century to the 20th
Vaughn Skywatcher Heintz 10:30:40 PM
Nice, yes I've heard it a few times before.
Bo 10:35:54 PM
@Commie, Smashing The Van ?
Commie Francis (host) 10:36:23 PM
deal!
Commie Francis (host) 10:36:44 PM
i need to swap in a shorter song and that will be perfect
Bo 10:39:07 PM
OH THANK YOU! 8-))
Commie Francis (host) 10:39:22 PM
I WONDER WHY YOU PICKED THAT ONE
Bo 10:41:33 PM
I, I, I have no idea! ;-!
jimbeaux 10:43:50 PM
Thanks Commie...happy one hundred! 💯
Commie Francis (host) 10:44:15 PM
thanks!
Commie Francis (host) 10:46:38 PM
i think there is an electric drill in this
Bo 10:50:35 PM
@Commie, many thanks for this :-)
Commie Francis (host) 10:50:51 PM
next week johnny we hardly knew ye <3
Bo 10:51:23 PM
Heheheh!
Scooter France 10:53:34 PM
I've never actually listened to all of the Tubthumping record, but both songs you've played tonight are totally bangers, so I will listen to it all soon
Commie Francis (host) 10:54:14 PM
i had it in my car cd player for MONTHS (it was a 3 cd one)
Commie Francis (host) 10:55:19 PM
it's just as good as any of their pre-major dancey records
Bo 10:58:43 PM
That was a great 100th celebration, very enjoyable, thank you very much, peace!
Commie Francis (host) 10:59:50 PM
thanks for sticking through all the chumbawambas!
Bo 11:00:08 PM
No sweat ;-)