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Jon Solomon

Apr 27, 2022 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

With Jon Solomon

Every Wednesday night on 103.3 fm WPRB.

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2022 Membership Drive Show!

Back at it for one final Membership Drive show with Jen from Running Redlights as my quality co-host. We're under 150 pledges from WPRB's goal. Let’s get across the finish line with a mix of forever favorites, Habibi funkers, vintage hip hoppers, Sahel’s finest sounders and a handful of post post post post punk gems I ran out of time for last week! - Jon

http://pledge.wprb.com

5:00 PM		Jennifer O'Connor The Death Of Pop 2007 WPRB Membership Drive http://pledge.wprb.com
5:04 PM		Set Break
5:08 PM		The Breeders Huffer Title TK 4AD 2002
5:10 PM		Boogie Down Productions My Philosophy (Extended Version) By All Means Necessary (Expanded Edition) Jive/Legacy
5:16 PM		Volcano Suns White Elephant All Night Lotus Party Homestead
5:19 PM		Set Break
5:28 PM		Pardoner Totally Evil Powers Came Down Different Bar/None Records 2021
5:30 PM		Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah Aflana Habibi Funk 011: Al Hadaoui Habibi Funk Records 2019
5:34 PM		Home Counties Redevelopment Redevelopment EP Alcopop! 2020
5:36 PM		Set Break
5:45 PM		Superchunk Not Tomorrow Superchunk Matador
5:50 PM		Kool Moe Dee Let's Go Greatest Hits Jive
5:55 PM		Savages Husbands Savages Pop Noire 2012
5:58 PM		Set Break
6:07 PM		JamesTotally Hallogallo (turn left mix) World premiere of a piece made by a WPRB listener, based off an idea from a recent show. Incredible.
6:17 PM		Set Break
6:24 PM		Naked Raygun Home Raygun...Naked Raygun 1990
6:27 PM		Ata Kak Daa Nyinaa Obaa Sima Awesome Tapes From Africa 2014
6:33 PM		Cable Ties Not My Story Far Enough Poison City 2020
6:37 PM		Set Break
6:48 PM		Kiwi jr. Highlights Of 100 Cooler Returns Sub Pop 2021
6:50 PM		The Highlighters Band The Funky 16 Corners The Funky 16 Corners V/A Now Again Records 2001
6:56 PM		Electrelane Tram 21 No Shouts, No Calls Too Pure 2007
7:00 PM		Set Break
7:05 PM		The Ex Double Order .mp3 (Free website download version, different from album version.)
7:11 PM		Eric B. & Rakim I Know You Got Soul (The Richie Rich Mega Mix) Paid in Full (Deluxe Edition) Island Records
7:16 PM		BODEGA Shiny New Model Shiny New Model What's Your Rupture? 2019
7:19 PM		Set Break
7:23 PM		The Feelies Away Only Life A&M 1988
7:29 PM		Etran de L'AÏr Tarha Warghey Ichile Agadez V/A Sahel Sounds 2022
7:32 PM		Wet Leg Being in Love N Wet Leg Domino Recording Co 2022
7:34 PM		Set Break
7:39 PM		The Clean Tally Ho Anthology Flying Nun
7:42 PM		Latyrx Say That 12" Solesides
7:46 PM		Astute Palate Loose Wings Astute Palate Petty Bunco 2020
7:49 PM		Set Break
7:52 PM		75 Dollar Bill Black to Comm / 9 to 5 Social Music at Troost vol.3: (Other) People's Music MC5 -> Dolly Parton!
7:58 PM		Set Break

Chat is archived.

Go! Go! Go! Pledge! Pledge! Pledge!

pledge.wprb.com

let's do this

Jon, you are a human radio station

I've been called worse! Let's do this indeed.

!MAB

Chef! Hello! An hono(u)r as always.

baM!

this version came up a lot during the robo dj 24-7 era of March---> dj return in 2020

That shuffle was surprisingly good at times but it wasn't truly WPRB.

YES

Ready!

@jon right back atchus

Sorry guys wasn't quite ready. But now I AM READY

Hello all.

Just head that Klaus Schulze passed away, bummer!

Hello everyone! Andy! DSM! Brian! James! Chef! Jen! Me!

MY SONG

everyone's here!

TK is a copy editor shorthand for to come, that is too funny

MY OTHWR SONG

Ready to have some fun tonight. That is not a question. That's a statement.

i really just want to know if you have ID'd the owner of that car

Alas I have not. I should have gone into the restaurant I assume they were in.

yes volcano suns!!

I watched the documentary "Who Killed the KLF" over the weekend. That band seemed to live a charmed life

Love it when the stars align at WPRB.

DOUGH NATE

Good evening everyone

Pledge WPRB!

sounds like wprb is all in on crypto

i am so excited to learn HOW we will know the directions are incorrect

Jon & Jen...Wonder Twins ACTIVATE💥💥💥

139 donations to go! pledge.wprb.com

Love to all who have donated so far. Appreciation for the pledges to come.

KWEEEEEES is Mrs Lagasse!

💸 Sounding good, Jon & Jen!

Keep the party going, everyone.

man this took forever to find

https://twitter.com/commiefrancis/status/1408604208056709122?s=20&t=coLOPScRZvxImpc38hJo8A

PARTAY!

Commie: amazing

hi, Mrs Lagasse!!

I hope that car's driver and the NJ car's driver meet and FALL IN LOVE.

We are Habibi Funkin' now

Big shouts to Jon Solomon and Commie Francis for appreciating my silly potato radio experiment on Twitter, my you vastly exceed your goal for the Spring Drive

May, rather

Thank YOU Aaron.

I love that potato!!! Potadio

https://twitter.com/commiefrancis/status/1415863535540789248?t=uRSqP3xXF3N63Q2ya5-u1w&s=19

NP, WPRB is a community as much as a station.

It isn't xmas without hearing Screamerclauz

damn it tru tho, Christmas marathon was there for me this year while everyone else had food poisoning and were quarantined not knowing if it was the rona or whut. I sat back with marathon and enjoyed a massive 24" xmas pizza

Didn't share any, DSM? I want pizza.

137!!

TAndy everyone was vomiting so... would have gladly shared a slice with you tho!

howdy

let's do this!

Howdy Esoterica

Hey Esoterica!

hey dsm!

hi TAndy!

24" Christmas Pizza sounds like the best thing ever. pledge.wprb.com

fine folks in the chat

but not the xmas vomit-inducing variety, jon?

alright, where we at on pledges!

HOW MANY MUST WE CONJURE?

136 to go.

[cracks knuckles]

Superchunk is awesome, i first recall them via their tune slack motherf*cker from late-night WPRB i believe

LET'S GO.

Hi Eso, Julia Factorial, Commie, TAndy, DSM, pledgebeaux, Stitching Pink, Brian, James, Andy, Aaron, Patrick, Chef 🍳 and of course Jon & Jen!

the ghostface song that uses this hook is my HYPE SONG

Hello Christine!

helloooooo ! and yes, aaron, though that would have been some well-crafted editing!

jon are you doing this audio editing right now or is the stream acting up?

Uh.

hi c!

Anyone else having issues?

the stream seemed to keep skittering back and forth between current track and superchunk

i have the stream going as well and didn't hear anything... hi, factorial!

stream is clear for me

Hahaha I got secondhand nervous for you, jon

Sometimes I have issues and then I discover I have the stream going twice on my phone in separate windows.

Fm is good rn

Let's GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO

my stream is ok, but paranoid bc ahab had issues last night.

everyone tell ONE person they know!

getting 31ms pings from streamguys.com and no dropped packets

Hey Christine!

Yeah no probs on FM

ok, sorry for false alarm!

Evenin' Jon & Jen!

Apologies for any indiscretion

Did I miss the surprise reveal?? HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Let's Goooooooo!

Hopefully the note I added to my pledge reads as facetiously as it sounded in my head.

Jen & Jon, I want to ask: who created the ominous-looking and redrum-y art at the top of the page?

Dope Smoker!!!!

60 second Dopesmoker would be great

Philly kitty

James you crazy son a You Did It?!

I did. hahaha

the best

Awesome!

Neu remixes what. Yes.

📢 📢 📢

YEAH!

🚨🚨🚨

THANK YOU, JAMES.

WHERE CAN WE GET THIS!!!!

💥🚗 James, this is amazing!

@Christine, I didn't catch his name but he really seemed mad at Batman. Kept going on and on about Batman.

James, put this up on Soundcloud or some such please!

Had a gas station attendant appreciate my WPRB bumper sticker a few weeks ago, I was glad to know I live around other fans.

oh my god this is so good

@James, this is killing me. hilarious.

Same here - at Wawa

James, this is awesome.

I can share the google drive link, if that's ok?

@Christine, the art is courtesy of Jon's friend!

sad to see i missed pardoner! they are playing this weekend with mesh!

My friend The Riddler! Sorry, had to look up his name. His handwriting is terrible.

Randy Martins maybe we solicit the same Wawa?

Hallo Gallo! I am turning right

I am in a lake :(

I ran off the road because the Steller's Sea Eagle flew in front of my car near the lake where DSM is

This would be great with a little bit of Autobahn sampling

This is now the definitive version of this song. Neu’s vision has been completed

Carlos, that's the beauty of all of this. If someone creates that, I'll likely play that.

Ha, @Daniel.

hi @daniel!

James, this is awesome, and adds to the interesting circumstances under which I have heard this song

Traffic circle?! AAAAAAAA

Yo! Just donated!

Thank you, sir! On air thanks forthcoming.

lol the repeated "turn left"

we need a klaus schulze (RIP) turn left remix

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12bDOwesUlB05c8EEyAayDS78F-WqJ-8J/view?usp=sharing

That really hit close when you asked “is wprb the only station that plays your band”

👏👏👏

Thanks James Totally!

Two Wrongs don't make a Right, but three Lefts do

Pleasure to help!

That thump thump thump drum turnaround really makes it

And of course all the turn lefts...

hahaha

Roll the dice 💙💙💙💙

Hi guys. Just got off work

"WPRB - we play what 'XPN *wishes* they could --- if they even knew about it" Princeton > UPenn

Just want to make sure you saw the google drive link I posted below. Anyone have any issues with the download?

i will accept naked raygun

Thanks for the link, James. Seriously, add that to Soundcloud or wherever too and I'll share accordingly.

@james got it thx!!!!

This song gets me.

There's a sincerity to Naked Raygun that I hope to never shake.

First band I ever played on the radio.

That track just violated the NO SMOKING ordinance.

Ata Kak!

Oh yesssss

Just about halfway through tonight's show. Take a trip to pledge.wprb.com why don'tcha. Thanks!

did anyone get to see ata kak at philamoca earlier this month?

Alas it was sold out by the time I heard about it but those who went in NY had a fun fun fun time.

Missed it as well.

Probably was an excellent show. In other news to find out a bit late, Guerilla Toss is playing Johnny Brenda's tomorrow.

I have been getting more and more into G Toss due to hearing them on WPRB shows I listen to!

wprb classics are different for everyone and that's one of the beauties of wprb!

@commie - true! true!

James Totally thank you totally (turn left...)

@Jon. Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/james-totally/hallogallo-turn-left-mix

@Brian No problem! It was fun :D

@ jen

Please wear a helmet 100% of time

Pledge THEN drive. Then stop. Then pledge again. Lather etc

things happen so fast in 2022!

SEARCH AND DESTROY

I’m grateful to have wprb to uplift my soul. Go Sustain the station! Yeayuhhhh. I just had a veeery exciting recording adventure

Kiwi Jr: never would have heard them if not for WPRB! Your hosts tonight turned me onto them on their fine programs over the past 2 years

129 to go!

and this is one of the nicest records of last year :}

LOL, my husband burst out of our home office just as this song started, like it was his soundtrack. It was pretty great!

Is "turn left" a Political statement? Joe Strummer would approve

Mick Jones would approve of the samples

Yep that was 16 all right

Well, once you reach that bottom line, all there's left to do is climb

The Funky 16 Corners (Dennis' Theme)

He really was just finally finishing work for the day, but the timing worked out well.

We are 29 pledges away from 100 to go. Can we get there in an hour? Dare to dream? pledge.wprb.com

An icosahedron only has 12 corners :(

128!

@james so you know!!!

Funky 16 Corners throws down heavily

128 . An auspicious computer era number

Hey everyone!

This Electrelane song is giving me serious vibes from... whatever year it was that this record came out.

@Brian, I will ping you when we hit TI-994/A pledges to go.

Tram ,21 💙💙

And again when we get to TRS-80 pledges to go

a turkey burger under my belt, and I'm back!

Lol meanwhile flex is going for the fourth play of dopesmoker this quarter

@Mike like many, that TI was my first computer.

like, literally under my belt! ha

@Randy ok, goofy story... I was a big fan of Big Audio Dynamite, and dare I say it, but I liked them more than the Clash at the time. So anyway, the PA Renn Faire has a mockup of the Globe Theater, and I have yet to not get Globe stuck in my head as an earworm after watching the finale there

every time

@Same, Mary. #teamhuntthewumpus

i need more chef+pledge related wordplay! eg. DOUGH-NATE

@james - same thing has happened to me LOL

let me BAM a banger in your bucket

someone wake up Dana's dad!!

Chefs say that right

lol commie

my dad definitely fell asleep and woke up right after my show and donated on saturday.

pledge.wprb.com

and he went for the monthly for the first time!!

Both my parents are recurring donors. Time to work on my sister...

YESSSS this track!

one of my favorite songs ever

I’m really impressed with how natural and not delayed or anything the not-together-in-studio DJs sound.

James, I saw a friend was selling BAD II bootleg shirts if you are interested...

@Mary , it's the mind meld that does it

By this time tomorrow we could be at VIC-10.

Man, I need to know more Vulcans.

@tyler I do yes

i will drop here that i asked someone from the ex to do a station ID for wprb and they said yes and asked what the MAXIMUM length was

Wait? They're not ... WHAT??!!!!

OH NO I HAVE SAID TOO MUCH

@Commie WHAAAAAA

Saw BAD at the Troc

@Randy, it's the magic of radio. No one will EVER KNOW.

@Commie LOL you have no idea how excited @Dennis just got at the idea of a 10 minute promo.

TAKE A SWEET POTATO PLEDGE ... YOU TOO CAN PLEDGE...

This is my fav Ex song, thanks for the spin!😍

I'll basically take anything the Ex wants to give us. Station ID, I die.

This is a different version than the album version, I realized.

26 pledges to go!

bill just baked me and dana cookies

You two are amazing and I'll say again @Jen (to me) sounds like Kate Walsh #UmbrellaAcademy

Bill's a good man! Hi Commie!

26.2 Jon? ;)

@randy I was not allowed to go to that show. It was a weeknight, right?

A question for chat's consideration: what does it mean to be a WPRB fan? No wrong answers.

@jon thanks for offer, I'm good on shirts at the moment. haha

Wow, a Robin Hood sample??

25 away

I appreciate anything that samples Robin Hood.

24!

The R!

@Aaron, I love this question. What IS a WPRB fan?

@Aaron - listening to the radio station equivalent of talking to a hip weird stranger at a record shop and getting music recommendations you never would have discovered or listened to on purpose but loving every minute of what you hear

@Jen this may well be the answer I didn't know I was looking for.

💙

Always excited to hear Bodega! Their show at Boot&Saddle is a treasured memory.

@Chef Emeril Pagasse That's me, except i can't get out to prex as often as I'd lije

Lagasse, rather, if I could spell.

@aaron It's anything from having it as a pre-set on your car's radio, to having a bookmark in your browser. It's freeform, so expect to hear some new music that you end up liking can then research and discover even more music that you like. But yes, @Chef hit the nail on the head

@James Totally I have WPRB preset, I do love tuning in at odd hours and always hearing something worth listening to

No rats at Emril's Princeton™️!!

Or million dollar babies!!!

someone once called in and said he was writing down the songs i was playing and that's what *i* did with wnyu when i was 14 and it made me so happy!

Hello all!! I missed a lot dang it! I hope I don't run out of tabs when listening to WPRB :)

@aaron it's having a huge folder of notated screenshots of playlists in my phone

@aaron my radio is still preset even though I have lived in VT for 2 years!

feelies o'clock

Haledon's finest!

addie handy when you go to northampton cause that's valley free radio!

yes feelies o'clock

TWENTY PLEDGES TO GO. ALSO, HI ADDIE.

@commie good to know!

Apologies to all for spelling, i only have only one good thumb ATM due to a cooking accident

HI JON!

feelies also put out some records recently-ish that are just like.. picking up where they left off

They played a "new" song when I saw them that was stellar.

Not on any record yet.

Commie and Jon I can't get enough of of the feelies.

Still kicking myself for not seeing them recently.

sounds wrong I know but you know what I mean :)

So many generations of WPRB DJs have hopped up and down to this

@Chris this was def in WPRB top 10 when I started here!

Such a good show AGAIN!!!!

Richard, this is so much fun. I could keep it going all evening but I am excited to hear what Commie and Dana have in store for us all.

Oh YES! spinning, spinning, spinning!

@Jen That Feelies LP came out when I was a senior. And only 2 years after The Good Earth!

Hello the chat! Jon & Jen killin' it again!

@Jon Loved that last segue, btw!

19!

we have summoned Readie!

Indeed, Jen! Sahel Sounds 4-evah!

Thank you Jon. I am just as excited! Love "The Commie" and I always try to back the front when I think of it :)

May 1.5 dozen folks worldwide know the glory of WPRB.

@james yes, BAD *was* a weekday show --- I now remember going to work the next day, and I was still a mess

lol where is that pin?!

14 donations to go!! pledge.wprb.com

My sister says "TAKE THAT JEN'S DAD."

oh yeah, The Clean while I'm cleaning out my apartment!!

Tally Ho!

YAY!! FLYING NUN!

Tally ho tally ho, y'all!

hahahha Debra!

"Please read my response on the air."

Maybe the 3Ds?

Apropos of my prior question, what does it mean to be a HOST on WPRB, for those who can rightfully answer?

I had just finished taking out the recycling and collecting the mail when my wife yelled "they're playing The Clean!!"

Ha Ha Lauree

Aaron, to me it means everything. I do not take it likely and I'll keep doing it as long as it is fun. (These days it is really fun.)

@Aaron - likewise! And the privilege of getting to do this every week is STUNNING. We're so darn lucky.

YAY! Latyrx!

14 away!

it means feeling intimidated by other djs and constantly pressured to keep up on new to you music new and old and also immense satisfaction and basically LIFE

Can't beat Solesides!! Left coast tip.

It means having to constantly up your game because of Commie Francis, Dana K and a world of other DJs in our ranks.

13!

Do you guys still get the little yellow card from the FCC saying you are allowed to be in control of the broadcast?

12!

James, no longer needed but I keep mine in my wallet.

pledge.wprb.com

@Jon I still have mine too. hahaha

It's about the joy of discovering new things, be it on your own or from the other amazing DJs at WPRB. It's the wonder of somehow throwing a bunch of songs together and having a cool set come out as if by magic. It's the best

I still have my yellow FCC card from the early 90s!!

And everything Jon and Commie said

To partner with fellow DJs united in the WPRB cause is a joy and a privilege, a labor of love for sure, for the listeners who teach us and learn from us! And of course, the constant RADIO MAGIC....

haha CF and JS!!

I'll also say that I've DJed at other stations, and it's not the same as DJing at WPRB

100% agree with dan, i've been at 2 other stations and i love them but wprb is my home

i've also been at another station and it was nothing close to being like WPRB!

LLUUVVVALLLTHEPRRRRBdeejaaays!

MC5

YOU ROCK JS!

SINGLE DIGITS.

Time to make those 75 dollar bill pledges!!

It is gonna be close.

>:)

EIGHT

pledge.wprb.com

SEVEN

SIX

FIVE

ok, who was gonna do the sabbath cover?

I've been a listener since 2013 pledger for 2 years, I've regretted neither a moment more dollar, please donate if you haven't already!

Upper Wilds.

FOUR

This song makes washing the dishes a whole lot more fun I can tell you.

playing 75 dollar bill at buzzer is a bold move.

I don't even remember doing the silverware!

Turns out I just didn't do the silverware yet.

Ahoyyy

Thank you Jon and Jen!!

YES!

Thank you!