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The Freeform Pathogen

Jun 23, 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.

Stories from the Week When Everything Broke

8:07 PM		The Goon Sax In the Stone N Mirror II Matador 2021
8:11 PM		Fat White Family Rock Fishes Serfs Up! Domino Recording Co 2019
8:14 PM		Sparks Dick Around Hello Young Lovers In the Red 2006
8:21 PM		Leaf Hound Freelance Fiend Growers of Mushrooms Decca 1971
8:24 PM		Mavis Staples I Like the Things About Me One True Vine Anti/Epitaph 2013
8:28 PM		Liars Big Appetite N The Apple Drop Mute 2021
8:33 PM		The Seeds Pushin' Too Hard Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the first Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 Sire 1976
8:36 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:42 PM		Jason Forrest My 36 Favorite Punk Songs Shamelessly Exciting Sonig
8:44 PM		Death Valley Girls No Reason Street Venom Suicide Squeeze Records 2014
8:46 PM		José González Head On N Local Valley City Slang 2021
8:49 PM		Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band Mestirawi Debdabe Tezeta Awesome Tapes from Africa 2021
8:54 PM		Miho Hatori Tokyo Story N Between Isekai and Slice of Life Virgin 2021
8:58 PM		Sleaford Mods Nudge It (feat. Amy Taylor) N Spare Ribs Rough Trade 2021
9:02 PM		Squid Paddling N Bright Green Field Warp Records 2021
9:08 PM		Swell Maps Collision With a Frogman Jane from Occupied Europe Rough Trade 1980
9:16 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:24 PM		Simply Saucer Electro Rock Cyborgs Revisited Fist Puppet 1989 Since re-issued by In The Red
9:28 PM		Spiritual Mafia Bath Boy N Al Fresco Ever/Never Records LLC 2021
9:38 PM		Sylvia Private Performance Sweet Stuff Vibration 1975
9:40 PM		EXUM Portabella Mushroom N Xardinal Coffee ücke 2021
9:43 PM		Alan Vega Nike Soldier N Mutator Sacred Bones Records 2021
9:48 PM		Frank & the Hurricanes Devil's Looking Glass N Love Ya Love Ya SHRYMPANATI RECORDS 2020
9:51 PM		Rose City Band Silver Roses N Earth Trip Thrill Jockey Records 2021
9:55 PM		Joni Mitchell This Flight Tonight Blue Reprise 1971 50th Anniversary
10:00 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:08 PM		Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Vibrating Globe of Frogs
10:10 PM		Flamin' Groovies Slow Death N Jon Savage's 1972-1976 V/A Ace 2021
10:14 PM		Hanoi Rocks Don't You Ever Leave Me Two Steps From the Move Hanoi Rocks 1984
10:18 PM		Endless Boogie Coming Down the Stairs Focus Level No Quarter 2008
10:24 PM		Kid Congo Powers I Made You a Clown You Didn't Think We Could Take It: A Tribute to the Subsonics V/A 2021
10:26 PM		Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get Dunhill 1973
10:31 PM		Frankie & The Witch Fingers Reaper Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters LP Greenway 2020
10:35 PM		Shilpa Ray Johnny Thunders Fantasy Space Camp Last Year's Savage Northern Spy 2015
10:37 PM		Fucked Up Queeen of Hearts David Comes to Life
10:42 PM		Princess Demeny New York Grief '86 N New York Grief - Single Séance Centre, Montréal 2021
10:45 PM		Sylvie Simmons The Man Who Painted the Sea Blue N Blue On Blue Compass Records 2021
10:48 PM		Zachary Cale Shine False Spring All Hands Electric 2020
10:51 PM		Spiritual Mafia Bath Boy R Al Fresco Ever/Never Records LLC 2021 By popular demand

Chat is archived.

I'm here to pick up the theremin.

Greetings and Salutations!

I'm there to pick up the heremin

Hello, DJ MikeLupica!

Hello fellow pitsters (?)

I'm here to pick up the heretics

Hello MrM

RIP Horace I.

At least it wasn't a cicada

i got south philly taco truck tacos and i’m sitting in my car in a CVS parking lot listening to the freeform pathogen! #bliss

RIP Technical rodent.

Oh no a full glass of wine?!?!

@Dana K that sounds like heaven

DJ JonSolomon! I enjoyed everything I heard today on your fine show! Unable to chat, darn it! I hope you get back to good health very quickly! Cheers and kind regards to you, Sir!

Alcohol sounds weirdly redundant.

Yes, Jon, I hope you feel better soon!

MikeLupica has scary horror stories! Did you break yo azz too!?! Be careful, MikeLupica!

Hey everybody! Azz remains intact as of this moment, thank god.

Hey thank you, Mr. M! Good to see you (and a bunch of other fine individuals) here tonight.

Truly, a Series of Unfortunate Events.

this is everything i want from an aussie indie band with a fine pedigree

I thank Jon Solomon for tipping me off about this band.

@Dana K, that DOES sound like bliss. Enjoy!

I owe him 30 bucks, as I recall.

This song is a perfect The Sun Is Setting tune.

i didn’t know they had new stuff out! very exciting

New record on Matador later this year!

I honestly luv to eat tacos especially those ones with potatoes!

Hey Mike, I named one of the (only) three cicadas I heard in the park this afternoon Mike

I had potato and soy chorizo tacos for dinner, MrM.

Rob, thank you for your ongoing commitment to personal excellence.

i’ve got three bistec and three trompo/pastor. but i have to deliver at least a few of these to my boyfriend’s porch

The Wegmans soy chorizo and potato frozen burrito was one of the best things around, so of course they discontinued it. Used to buy them by the case.

Vegetarians UNITE!!

i do love trader joe’s soy chorizo

Theremin? Muscle memory without the tactile reinforcement."Spooky action at a distance." But cool.

Mike, of course! Your namesake was broadcasting loud and clear, no interruptions. I named the other two Jon and PRB

ok, must drive home! looking forward to listening on my way back - cheers everyone!

@ROFFLESTOMP, are you equating the theremin with quantum entanglement?

Drive safely and cheers, DJ Dana K!

@Christine LOL, but of course.

@ROFFLESTOMP, nice.

“All I Do Now Is Dick Around”

@Christine I just wonder, what would Albert would say? That's all I got without the maths.

Awesome.

MAVIS STAPLES❣️

Yep. I think someone from Wilco is on this record, too.

That said, I will always show up for Mavis.

sooooo good

Everything sounds great, DJ MikeLupica! Nice selections!

There is a Low cover on this record?!

💜 This is so impressive. Wisdom here!

The Sparks movie is showing twice daily at the AMC Neshaminy 24, which isn't so far away...

Twice daily? Twins indeed.

@Jon, thanks for the info. That theater isn't too far away.

ON. MY. LIST.

Busy. That. Day.

🤪🥸🥳

For whatever technical reasons I have been unable to log in forever. I got it working just to argue that Sparks is very possibly the best rock band ever.

Vintasonic, I don't know too many people who would argue with you on that point!

24mi from University City in Philly. Doable.

@vintasonic, I bet no one here would take the opposing side of that argument✨

But if anyone wants to, I will lay down the gauntlet :-

The Ritz 5 in Philly has it, was looking for closest to Central NJ.

"Sparks? Yeah, they're OK, I guess. Better than Foghat, anyway." -Nobody, ever.

Sweet, thanks Jon.

Hailu Hath Summoned Me

We know your poison, Jimbeaux.

SPARKS as *very possibly the best rock band ever”!?! [Comments Redacted] Art is subjective, though. So keep on, keeping on. And Cheers, vintasonic! -MrMalcontent

I know that's a grand statement but still and all...Maybe I am a bit prejudiced because "Dick Around" may be my personal theme sont

song

Ahaha! We FUN!

Strong recommendation to watch the video for Dick Around. Quite memorable. And the dude from Redd Kross on bass!

One of the MacDonald brothers. I still get 'em mixed up.

A couple minutes before 9:00 pm, and the moon is rising. 🌕 Check it out if you can!

Seriously, the moon is gorgeous.

Everyone running outside to see the moon while the Sleaford Mods plays in the background sounds like a lost episode of David Tennant-era Doctor Who!

Gonna crack open a strawberry kefir and go check it out.

Hi Mike!

@Mike, that's a lost episode that I would tune in for.

Today's episode of Loki was like a lost episode of David Tennant-era Doctor Who!

I’m liking all these new musicks! 🎶🎵

ALL the new jamz, MrM!

Swell, just swell.

Moon marveling made me mosquito meat.

@Jimbeaux, I feel your pain, literally!

Thank god the Starlite Lounge is screened.

please use bug repellent or get the zika

I’m dead 💀

@MrM. Too late, I've taken an axe to my left arm!

Oh no! @BO!

Its less painful, trust me.

Rub fabric softener dryer sheets all over as bug repellent. Shower it off later.

I am very judicious with DEET, but do use other herby-natural ones.

Damn blood-suckers.

@MrM, thank you, I hadn't heard of that!

@Christine, yes!

Not in order tho 1 Sex Bomb Flipper

And Hi everybody!

Works for me!

2 Rudi Can't Fail Clash

Hi, Bo!

New Rose by The Damned 3

Hi Bo

Had to walk down the street because they built an overly tall building across the street. Ah that gentrification does not stop.

Rob is going to do it!! He will list his 36 favorite punk songs! 📝

what's going on in here?

No bugs though

4 Amerikan in Me Avengers

how are the jams tonight?

I could not locate the moon when I went outside. Yes, I checked the sky.

Blind dogs Rudimentary Peni is in top ten.

5 Second To None Avengers

yeah lets hear some mooney suzuki

Jams are going well SC.

@ jon it was out there i saw it -

I’m terrible at understanding genres. My idea of a punk song might include N*E*R*D* “Rockstar”. So I didn’t play this game. I want to make this list though. And see others picks too!

this is pretty gritty good jam

@Jon, have you tried turning the sky off & turning it on again?

Decided to look up the Fist Puppet discography since they put this out originally. 32 releases, the last of which was by a band called Cher U.K.!

I zapped the sky's PRAM.

I'll stop with 5

Definitely look east, just sayin'. Worked for me at least.

Band names should be CAPITALIZED and song titles should be in “quotation marks” or I get all kinds of flummoxed.

I can't see the moon either

I didn't have shoes on so the tree line / other houses did play a factor.

6 COCA COLA by "The Clash" :-P

Thanks ROB FROM “Maryland”!!!

Welcome, YOU'RE, Sr. Malcontento

7 Class War by DOA

You got this Rob...90 minutes.

8 Helter Skelter by Siouxsie & Banshees

Didn't somebody mention Flipper's "Sex Bomb" a minute ago? This Spiritual Mafia song's repetitive bass should do you right nicely.

🛀

Mike, yes, I did. It was numbered 1, but, it is not literally my most favorite punk song

is this guy bath boy?

9 Soul Kitchen by X

oh he is i see

i will be shower man

He is. He's your bath boy.

@ christine welp it gonna be awkward in the tub tonight but he is " bath boy"

Or below the Jersey-Dixon line, I believe that's called a "Shower Caddy"

Mike, this repetitive bass does remind me of Flipper, yeah

waht happened to the lupica /factorial talk show that was to happen over the summer - well p I gues that not haeeping - oh well- heavy sigh

at least we still have " bath boy"

It really sounds like something other than "bath boy"

SC, Factorial is presently arrayed far from the Starlite Lounge, but I will make this happen sometime before summer's end

SWEET!

Always a sucker for a hypnotic, repetitive bass jam. Can I get an amen for "Now I Wanna be Yr Dog" or "Revolution"?

Or Rolling Scabs, for that matter.

i think everything after " bath boy" would be a let down

This song still has 75 minutes to go.

Amen brother!

at least he doesnt leave it to question he's pretty sure about it

I think you should play bath boy again

Here are a few but not in ranked order: Minor Threat "Cashing Out" and "Good Guys Don't Wear White" (which is a cover); "Noia" by CCCP (Italian '80s post hardcore); "At Home He's A Tourist" by G

(Kidding)

AMEN to anything MikeLupica types

sweet a whole show of bath boy !

and SelectaJerry!

Bath Boy shattering my living room

Ooh, Rolling Scabs, amen. Love the name

Jerry, I expect an acapella version on this weekend's SOTC.

oh lets hear the rolling scabs i been wanting to hear what they sound like

Bath Boy In Dub!

well after a seriously consideedr review and discussion of " bath boy"

how can he be filthy if he is bath boy ? Iknowi know "bath boy:" contains multitudes

Ooohhh. Yeeeaahh. I’m ready.

10 "In The Summer" by the FASTBACKS

..ang of 4; "Ring My Bell" by Union Carbide Productions; "Everything Falls Apart" by Hüsker

but um wait this song isnt " bath boy"

SC, needed to clear the air with something more wholesome.

very freaky in the starlight lounge this evening

😳

Teresa, I love "New Day Rising" by Hüsker Dü

fine - i don't want to get overly obsessed with " bath boy" anyway -

Teresa Peacock KNOWS

Bath boy ate a portabella mushroom

If the rest of this song's narrative play out, than I would say that Bath Boy is seriously tripping balls right about now.

bath salts boy

well i mean what could be better them a lsd influenced " bath boy"

@Space Cowboy, too late. We are all obsessed with Bath Boy. All of us.

yeah hes gonna have to play that song again

tonight

several times

Y'all should be proud for keeping me on my toes like this. I did NOT expect "Bath Boy" to become an instant classic.

Hahaha

Can we hear "Bath Boy" again?

Give the people what they want! Bath Boy!

um honey it me your husband mike - um my name isn't mike anymore its um "bath boy' please refer to me by this name going forward - and um here is my ner theme song

Yo Mike!! I've been listening from the start and I feel like I want to save every single song

Are there any covers of “Bath Boy”???

@ abbie how about the one about the enthusiastic bath taker ? you like?

MR M LOLZ

L0LZ

I think they got the genus of the Fungi kingdom a bit askew.

@ rob i second

I predict Spiritual Mafia's 'Bath Boy' will by to this summer what 'Drug Lake' by Sonny and the Sunsets was to the summer of 2019. Or?

This set is perfect. Now with some Suicide....

Abbie! Welcome, stranger!

ok i dont want to be a jerk - but can we just stop this in mid song and put bath boy on again

MrM it looks like "Bath Boy" was released just this year, so probably not any cover versions yet

We do not stop an Alan Vega song.

ok fine

correct, Christine! :)

I was not liking "Bath Boy" much at first but after time it became like a relaxing mantra. I feel like one with the universe. I could go for hearing it again

If Nike Soldier pushes 10 minutes could rival Bath Boy

@Space Cowboy heck yeah

@ vintasonic - again i second it

@Space Cowboy My thoughts on Bath Boy? Bath Boy was hilarious. Then it was long to the point of becoming painful. Then it was long to the point of revealing enlightenment.

But agree with Christine, no one may interrupt Vega

DO NOT TEMPT ME, WILL TOTALLY PLAY BATH BOY AGAIN IF PUSHED.

Perfection abbie

@abbie - as was " bath boys" intent

cmaon mike do it we want bath boy

it's all good, clean fun

Maybe Bath Boy can be the "Oh SH*T!" music the next time the station goes out

enthusatic chant rises from cahnt room - bath boy bath boy bath boy

*Pushes Mike Lupica*

Hi Selecta Jerry!!

Bath Boy, Bath Boy

HI Abbie!

bath boy bath boy bath boy

and mike has to sing along to the chourus

What are the lyrics to “Bath Boy”???

im not sure other then the individual dedalrein himself " bath boy over and ovewr

MrM, stick around and you'll find out :-)

If everyone is good, and you help clean up, and you are nice to one another, and if you say your prayers and clean your rooms and finish your vegetables, I WILL PLAY BATH BOY AGAIN AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

MrM, I think we all have memorized the Bath Boy lyrics by now...

yeah that is appropriate - bath boy as the close

OK DAD I can wait til the end of the show

*although I normally shuffle off before 10:30 like I will tonight

That’s awesome, DJ MikeLupica! Good on ya!

To be quite honest, I can't remember hearing a song twice in a show on WPRB unless as a background during set breaks.

@Mike, this is really soothing, thank you!

Right on, Bo. I am a sucker for slide guitar.

another great selection indeed

@Mike, same here!

And I'm a sucker for drop tuning. All is well.

oh this is good one

50 years ago yesterday blue came out

Nazareth did a great version of this song in 1973, I have the 45, and I have heard that version far far more than the original

I read somewhere that towards the end of her touring Joni Mitchell had something like 70 different tunings on various guitars

Marathon set!

all hail, Queen of freaque folque!

ha so true

@vintasonic Awesome! It's sounds like My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields. Has a differently tuned guitar for every song. lol

just play the whole Meat Puppets "In A Car" single....puhllllleeeeeeez

yeah bath boy encore !

Bath Boy: A new classic for all time

Sam Roberts was a Hockey player in Canada. The sports guys are muscling in!

ok im going to bed but my small bedroom radio will be on for ,,,, un you jknow

G'nite SC.

Goodnight, space cowboy

Dyson Sphere.

Goodnight Space Cowboy! I'll be heading out soon too

I'm going to take a bath while Bath Boy is on. That would be a meta bath I think

💜 Robyn

Are the loudest people about Bath Boy going to sleeeeeep?!?

no sleep here mr. M

NO SLEEP TIL BATH BOY

LOL Christine

we were fun about Bath Boy @SelectaJerry!

And @Christine!

if you are not having fun Mr. M .....

…you’re not taking a BATH???

BOYYYEEEEE

only on Mondays

D’oh!

Hiya! It’s been a minute but I’m here

Hey Aliagrace! Welcome back!

Everyone ready your can of AquaNet for the next song...

aqua net makes great flame thrower

Dunno if she's still here, but the next jam goes out to Abbie from Mars.

I have to get used to streaming because I’m out of the Jersey airwaves now. But you can take the girl out of jersey but you can’t take the Jersey out of the girl.

#truth

Ooh ooh! Am here!

Jersey Blood

Dollar stores sell Aqua Net. Apparently, it's still being manufucatured.

Am READY!!

@Selecta Jerry That is definitely my childhood memory os Aqua Net.

AquaNet always in mah Fanny Pack yo

Lighters + Aqua Net = 🔥🔥🔥

Rofflestomp those were the good old days

YESSSSSSSS

HANOI ROCKS YEEAA

@Selecta Jerry Good times man, good times.

polish cannon or a potato gun ring any memories?

@ chat, Mike introduced me to this group maybe 2 years ago? And it turned out I loved them. I think Mike's proudest accomplishment is getting me into Hanoi Rocks

@Abbie, that's so fun!

he's like a "Pusher"

As I think I said to you at the time: "Here's what doesn't get to happen. You don't get to show up in my office 10 years from now penniless, broken, and alone, and blame me for screwing up your life by getting you into Hanoi Rocks."

"May All Your Boogies Be Endless" - Jimbeaux, a few months ago

I remember it well HAHA

Not the Jimbeaux quote, that's new to me. But it's a good one!

Potato cannons and Aqua Net flame throwers, the FBI is gonna be monitoring this chat from now on....lol

hahaha

@jimbeaux, that was a perfect quote.

yeah boogie-ing!

went for a quick bike ride...why did you play good songs?

I hate it when I do that!

Kid Congo...severely under-appreciated! Cramps, Gun Club, Bad Seeds, etc.

Knoxville Girls, too!

@jimbeaux Who can argue with Eyballs for dials on a TV set?

Final Twenty Eight Mins!?! Outrageous!

First Frank & the Hurricanes...now Frankie & the Witch Fingers. 💯

Life is way too short. "Buy that ticket, take that ride.

Someone list their 36 favorite Francis-related bands...

Ha!

There's probably an exhaustive list at Dirty Frank's in Philly.

great train wreck transition

Jerry, my whole life is a train wreck, let's leave the transitions some dignity.

More coal then. I say.

T-Minus Six Minutes Until BATH BOY.

ha that's probably why you choose the music you do! Top Notch

I'd pay for radio like this

oh wait I do ;)

take my money

Not sure if this is covered by Carnegie Endowments these days.

I HOPE THE TENSION IS KILLING YOU.

Gonna be a hella transition indeed.

bath boy in the shadows

WE R ALL BATH BOY

and it feels so good

This is lovely

This is why we give WPRB all our dollars...

oh Yeah!

Searching for Aqua Net and lighter....

haha Roffle!

💸💸💸💸💸💸

now the dj is gonna talk over the tune!

THIS is loverly

wildly inappropriate song choices is why i tune in

BATH BOYEEEE

I consider myself........................ Bath Boy

Bath Boy Bath Boy Bath Boy Bath Boy

1988

Resilience. Thank you, DJ Mike & Pit Crew!

I am

Have the wonderful night folks.

this Bath Boy likes so many bubbles for bath time

bath boy

Thanks DJ BathBoy!!

What if you can only take showers?

Everyone hold hands. Bath boy. Repeat after me. You are from the future. Bath boy.

Vertical BB

SHOWERS ARE FORBIDDEN.

you are still bath boy at heart

LOL Rofflestomp

I actually am

Y'know, y'all were right. This song is pretty awesome.

Just sit down in the shower! You’re Bath Boy!

Now I know what all the hype has been about. I. Am. Bath. Boy.

Biggest CHEERS to DJ MikeLupica!!

peace y'all

Cheers Dears!!

Ciao. Until next week

Yes thanks! I listen to Mike’s mid breaks to become a better DJ and a better person

This tune has definitely grown on me. Quite worthy.

*mic

thanxxxxxxx mike!

salute DJ Mike

Great stuff tonight Mike.

Night all.

Peas out, y'all! See ya next Wednesday!

I'm listening to it again, even tho the show is over.

Fun!

🖤💀