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The Sonic Bloom

Nov 25, 2021 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Esoterica

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we are exploring Los Angeles where we will listen to jazz, punk, and pop. CHAT will be open for one hour!;) Enjoy the holiday!

12:00 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin 1972 Parlophone UK 2001
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12:05 PM		Black Flag TV Party Black Flag Damaged SST Records 1981
12:11 PM		Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies Frontier 1983
12:14 PM		45 Grave Evil 45 Grave Only the Good Die Young Ryko/Rhino 1989 originally from 1983! During 1979-1990 in Los Angeles, the band was born in the chaos of the Punk movement and churned out their own brand of Ghoul Rock that later was labeled the Deathrock / Gothic genre. In the beginning, the original lineup consisted of Dinah Cancer - vocals Paul Cutler - guitar
12:17 PM		Fishbone Party At Ground Zero Fishbone Fishbone - EP Columbia 1985 Started in 1979, featuring the Fisher brothers, and Angelo Moore on vocals and sax!
12:23 PM		Psi Com & Perry Farrell Xiola N Xiola - Single Last Man Music 2020
12:29 PM		Redd Kross Standing in Front of Poseur Redd Kross N Red Cross Merge Records 2020
12:31 PM		The Seeds Intro : March of the Flower Children The Seeds Future - [Disc 1] GNP Crescendo Records 2013 Originally released in 1967.
12:32 PM		Davie Allan & The Arrows The Devil's Rumble Davie Allan & The Arrows Devil's Rumble: Anthology '64 - 68 Curb Records 2017
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12:37 PM		The Electric Prunes Get Me to the World On Time The Electric Prunes Electric Prunes Rhino/Warner Records 1967
12:40 PM		Oingo Boingo Only a Lad Oingo Boingo Only A Lad A&M 1981
12:44 PM		The Bangles If She Knew What She Wants The Bangles Different Light Columbia 1985 Inspired by The Ramones and other punk bands, Hoffs founded the Bangs with Debbi and Vicki Peterson. After recording their first album, the night before it was pressed they learned of a legal claim by an East Coast boy band, called "The Bangs," requiring a sudden change of name, so the "Bangs" morphed into the "Bangles."
12:47 PM		The Beach Boys You Still Believe In Me The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (40th Anniversary) Capitol Records 2006 Originally released in 1966!
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12:53 PM		Art Pepper Patricia (Live) Art Pepper N Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 11: Atlanta Widow's Taste 2021 Born in Gardena, Califronia, he began playing clarinet at nine, switched to alto sax at 13 and immediately began jamming at Central Avenue in L.A.
1:08 PM		Eric Dolphy Something Sweet, Something Tender Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch Blue Note Records 2012
1:13 PM		Curtis Counce How Deep is the Ocean Curtis Counce The Very Best Of Master Classics Records 2010 Released by Counce in 1957. "How Deep Is the Ocean " is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1932. The song was developed from an earlier Berlin song "To My Mammy" which was sung by Al Jolson in his film Mammy (1930). In the earlier song, the lyrics include the questions "How deep is the ocean? / How high is the sky?" and this was the genesis of "How Deep Is the Ocean?
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1:20 PM		Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown You Go To My Head The Poll Winners Fantasy Records 1957 Sheldon Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984), professionally known as Shelly Manne, was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz and fusion, as well as contributing to the musical background of hundreds of Hollywood films and television programs. John Frederick Coots was an American songwriter. He composed over 700 popular songs and over a dozen Broadway shows. In 1934, Coots wrote the melody with his then chief collaborator, lyricist Haven Gillespie, for the biggest hit of either man's career, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town."
1:28 PM		Harry Nilsson One Harry Nilsson Aerial Ballet RCA/Legacy 1968
1:30 PM		Agent Orange Miserlou Agent Orange Living In Darkness (40th Anniversary Edition) Posh Boy Records 2018
1:31 PM		Zolar X Space Age Love Zolar X Timeless Alternative Tentacles 2004 Legendary band with space alien langauge who played at Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco in the 70s.
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1:41 PM		The Monkees Daydream Believer The Monkees The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees Rhino 1968
1:44 PM		The Flesheaters Twisted Road (Pt. 2) The Flesheaters No Questions Asked The Flesh Eaters are an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1977. They are the most prominent of the bands which have showcased the compositions and singing of their founder, punk poet Chris Desjardins, best known as Chris D. While Desjardins is the group's only continual member, the Flesh Eaters' lineup has drawn from some of the most famous bands of the L.A. punk scene, such as the Plugz, X, the Blasters, and Los Lobos.
1:46 PM		Saccharine Trust I Am Right Saccharine Trust Paganicons SST Records 1981
1:48 PM		Tanganyika Tanganyika Tanganyika Johnny Otis Presents Tanganyika (feat. Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Hall, Curtis Counce, John Anderson & Gerald Wiggins) Johnny Otis World LLC 2009 Tanganyika (subtitled Modern Afro-American Jazz) is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette recorded at sessions in late 1956 and released on Johnny Otis' short-lived Dig label.
1:52 PM		Stan Getz East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Stan Getz West Coast Jazz Verve 1999 Stan Getz recorded it in 1955, and it was featured as the first track on his seminal double album West Coast Jazz. One of the most popular recordings was by Louis Armstrong, featured in his 1958 album Louis Under the Stars.
1:58 PM		Art Pepper Straight Life Art Pepper 'Round Midnight Nerja Productions 2014 Straight Life is a 1979 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Billy Higgins and Kenneth Nash.
2:03 PM		Art Pepper & Chet Baker Younger than Springtime The Route Capitol Records 1989 "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard.
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2:13 PM		The Plimsouls A Million Miles Away (Live) The Plimsouls Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal (October 31, 1981 Whisky A Go Go) Alive Naturalsound 2010
2:17 PM		Black Flag Black Coffee Black Flag Slip It In SST Records 1984
2:20 PM		T.S.O.L. Silent Scream T.S.O.L. Dance With Me Nitro Records (Concord) 2007 Released in 1981! T.S.O.L. is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathrock, art punk, horror punk and other varieties of punk music.
2:23 PM		Celebrity Skin Celebrity Celebrity Skin Good Clean Fun Triple X Records 1991 Born of the ashes of Darby Crash's death, Don Bolles helped start this post-punk, glam outfit. Jason Shapiro of Redd Kross was the guitarist of Celebrity Skin (check out my interview with Jason on @mixcloud)
2:27 PM		Rage Against the Machine The Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine R Renegades Epic 2000 Going out to Mr. M! Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk.
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2:38 PM		The Runaways Queens of Noise The Runaways Queens of Noise Island Def Jam 2010
2:41 PM		Paul Williams An Old Fashioned Love Song Paul Williams I'm Going Back There Someday AIX Records 2006 Now living in Huntington Beach, one of our songwriting heroes! He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", David Bowie's "Fill Your Heart" and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays".
2:44 PM		Ritchie Valens Donna Ritchie Valens Best of Ritchie Valens Astorg Records 2011 Released December 1958. RIP one of our Angeleno heroes, Ritchie Valens.
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2:47 PM		Clora Bryant This Can't Be Love Clora Bryant ...Gal With a Horn VSOP Records 1985 Originally from 1957! Although one of the band's lead soloists, Bryant nevertheless transferred to UCLA in late 1945 after her father landed a job in Los Angeles; there she first encountered the fledgling bebop sound, and began jamming with a series of small groups in the Central Avenue area. In the summer of 1946 Bryant joined the all-female Sweethearts of Rhythm, earning her union card and quitting school soon after. Around this time she befriended Gillespie, who not only offered her opportunities to perform with his band but also served as Bryant's mentor for the remainder of his life. When the Queens of Swing lost their drummer, Bryant rented a drum kit and won the job, touring with the group until 1951, at which time she returned to L.A. and to the trumpet, backing Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker during their respective performances at the Club Alabam.
2:53 PM		Big Jay McNeely Big Jay Shuffle Big Jay McNeely Nervous Big Jay McNeely Masters 2009 King of the Honers (tenor sax) Went to Jefferson High School. Big Jay McNeely performed for the famed fifth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on July 10, 1949. It was at this concert that McNeely and Lionel Hampton got into a showdown that resulted in pillows being thrown along with other items. His recording of "Blow Big Jay Blow" catapulted him into National prominence. McNeely and his Orchestra would come back to Los Angeles, to perform at the eleventh Cavalcade of Jazz on July 24, 1955 along with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra.
2:56 PM		The Penguins Earth Angel The Penguins Earth Angel - 1954-1960 Jasmine Records 2011 The Penguins The original members of The Penguins were Cleveland Duncan (July 23, 1935 – November 7, 2012), Curtis Williams (December 11, 1934 – August 10, 1979), Dexter Tisby (March 10, 1935 – May 2019) and Bruce Tate (January 27, 1937 – June 20, 1973).[2] Duncan and Williams were former classmates at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, California,[4] and Williams had become a member of The Hollywood Flames.
2:58 PM		Vernon Green & The Medallions Buick '59 Vernon Green & The Medallions Speedin' Ace Records 2013

Chat is archived.

happy thanksgiving!

i am here for one hour to chat!

DJ Esoterica!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

TV PARTAYYYY!!!!

I am here for all three hours! Better change yer plans!

JEFFERSONS!! THAT's INCREDIBLE!!!

happy thanksgiving, bri and mr. m!

Happy Thanksgiving, Brian D!

haha ok, mr. m:) I wasn't even going to be here to chat but my kids are still sleepoing! haha teeneagers

*forgive my typos. i am the worst

Wake up! Mom is COOL!

Stevie P, are you at work?!? Liar!!

haha

Happy Days to all!

ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!

JUST ONE PEPSI!!!

hahaha

Wooooo!!

Great start to the show!!

Wore this record out back in the day.

me, too, dubnp!

I'm not on drugs, I'm just thinking.

love bthat

Buy a new one!! Don’t be CrAzY!

my best interest?

I went to your institutional learning facilities?!?

yeah so good

I am EVIL. She really sees me. Awwww

i see you, mr. m hahaha

Ha ha ha ha!

#fishbone!

Dang! Thanks for Part 2!

absolutely!

Wow! All these BANGERS! Not in Part 1! Amazing!

AGREED:)

CONCURRED 🤓

mr. intellectual here!

Silly. And, yes. Very pretentious!

me, too! great minds

Did you see that Reddit? About WPRB being pretentious?!? So funny.

oh no! must check out

i am the antithesis of pretense

hey mr. m, i am sorry didn't get abe vigoda going tof r today but dowalloaded them and they are great! thx for letting me know about them

jeez, i am the woooorrrssst typer in the chat. you get what I am saying tho

abe vigoda for next week

Better late than never! Happy Thanksgiving everybody

Swell! Thanks, YOU!

If it makes you feel better mr.m I did check out she vigoda myself after your suggestion

happy thanksgiving, dude!

Hi, the_dude! Happy Thanksgiving!

https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/qoamnq/the_best_shit_in_life_is_a_hilariously/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

I saw 45 Grave eleven years ago at the Brighton Bar. I looked out of place in that Goth crowd; with my white shirt, adjustable cap, dungarees and tool belt (I admit I planned it that way).

I loved that Fishbone EP when I bought it in 1985 (I discovered them on the Peter Zaremba-hosted program “IRS Presents The Cutting Edge”). Everything that followed from that group disappointed me though.

What did you think, the_dude?

hi, david, happy thanksgiving!

you have seen some cool shows, david! always great stories.

That was a fun track with PERRY FARRELL! Nifty!

and mr. m, that red scare person is WRONG! WPRB is the bEST!

BEEESSSSSTTTT. forever!

shy saxon!

SKY

Who sang that Redd Kross track? Twelve-year-old Steve?

Haha, you always seemed GOTH to me, David Shortell!!

i believe, david, it was 12 year old steve.

Want me to remove that link, DJ Esoterica? Not push his rude agenda??

Well I liked the track skeleton, maybe named after you? Lol

no that is fine. i am fascinated. i find it funny.

And wow is that really about prb? Great find mr.m

Who does the candlelight monologue???

Readie?

That was from DJ Dante and dj tom !!

I think it’s a male DJ??

The candlelight monologue bit

i promise not to put you asleep!

I mean I feel the love in the review

to sleep! grammar, eso, grammar

Haha

They still listen 🤷‍♂️

right, dude

Doesn’t say they are new member?!?

We all enjoy in our own way. Oh, are we still doing. LA or California more broadly?

L.A.!

Last week you played Dr. Demento right? Now do the Dr. Demento institutionalized cover lol

Yes, WestSiiidddeee Part 2!

Gotchya, I'll save my Cali picks for another show

give em to me. i taped today's show but I can use next week!

California! Part 3!

Well bjm just announced their tour and they kick it off in Philly, so I've been jonesin for some Jonestown massacre

And they're from San Francisco

Also, tequila and kombucha? Makes for a pretty good combo!

Oh yeah, LOST ANGELS for music from Los Angeles! 🖤💀

OINGO BOINGO❣️❣️

yes, mr. m. is this song about you;)

How rude! YES.

Brian Jonestown Massacre, yes!

Haha.

haha, jk, mr. m.

Good afternoon Esoterica!

good afternoon, Ambrose!

happy thanksgiving day!

Thanks, back atcha!

Red Cross were made to change their name to Redd Kross--just as Salvation Army had to change their name to Three O’Clock, and Captain America to Eugenius. Kraft Heinz made Green Jello respell their name as Green Jellÿ (Did Jello Biafra ever get sued by Kraft Heinz too?). Threats by the tissue manufacturer made the Swiss group Kleenex become Liliput (The spelling differed slightly from that in Jonathan Swift’s novel, maybe to avoid further lawsuits from the tiny denizens of that nation).

Hi MrMalcom, I mean Malcontent!

David Shortell with the funniest shiz

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! I have WPRB playing over the dog show, making some dishes. BJM talk, Warlocks are another great LA psych band from that era, and Dead Meadow and Entrance transplanted from DC and MD I believe? Also always loved HEALTH. LA pt 3, 4, 5......

Great back info, there, david! i forgot about salvation army (the band!)

happy thanksgiving, dsm!

Hi, Ambrose Hughes! Happy Tofurkey Day!

Playlist spoiler alert!

perf suggestions, dsm!

shit!

DSM! Happy Day to you!

I bought the very first Bangles 45.

THE BANGLES‼️ FUN‼️

aw that is sweet, ambrose.

crushing on susanna hoffs?

David Shortell that is excellent info, I also think Jennifer's version of Royal Trux had to change an album named Western Exterminator, remember that billboard, and Steven Malkmus had to change and album called LA Guns, too similar too the Gun Club if I remember correctly

it's ok, everyone did/does

Happy Day to you as well ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ!

Was instantly smitten with Susanna Hoffa.

Hoffa

did you know she went to UC Berkeley. smart girl!

*Hoffa Ha!

right, lol

THE BEACH BOYS 💟 NICE!!

Tried to correct that twice, damn spellcheck!😡

happens to me all the time!

Nope, wasn't aware she went there.

me neither until recently

coughing alert!

Poor Lady!!

aw thx for the sympathy:)

Slippery Elm will cure that tickle.

DJ Esoterica, do you talk before going on mic? I think I would so a squeak or weird noise wouldn’t happen on air.

i need to get some tea with that in it. thx so much!

like a real thespian, mr. m! go through some viocal scales

good idea!

Hahaha.

I was looking for DJ secrets

I like this nice selection tho!

This is soothing music, drink some of this!😏

This sounds like Thanksgiving if that makes sense

It makes sense to us dsm

From the Turkey high

I never saw the Bangles, but I did see their first bass player Annette Zilinskas in her group Blood on the Saddle when they played at Rutgers University’s Scott Hall in 1987. Several underground rock shows were presented at that humble lecture hall in the late Eighties, but I only recently learned that the Velvet Underground played Scott Hall in 1966!

MrM.💀, STILL?!👀😄😄😄

🤗

hey guys! i have to head out to get on the road to grandma's house! have a warm nd wonderful Thanksgiving. Thx for stopping by

hope you enjoy the rest of the show.

Thanks Esoterica, safe travels!

Have a great day, DJ Esoterica! Thanks for the awesome show! Kind regards to you, Lady!

thank you kindly, mr. m

you too!

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Jive Turkey Ears !!

Later everyone, have a great day, and thanks Esoterica!

thanks, ambrose, david, dsm, dude, bri, et al.

have fun and be safe!

I got to see Sky Saxon a few times, lastly at the 2005 Fuzz Ball at Asbury Lanes. Sky died on the same date as Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

Debbie Downer!!

wow, david.

Awww, FARRAH FAWCETT 💔❤️

LOST ANGEL

ha, mr. m! ok i am really going now! catch ya on the flip side, r more specifically next Thursday for a full chat!

see what I did there???

Cheers!!

aw she was one:)

🖤💀

CHheers!

bye bye