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• Post #4375449

  50 bucks says you're up early and could use some freeform radio to kick the day into motion. Meet me over here: https://playlists.wprb.com/WPRB/pl/22809897/Circuits?layout=1 from 7-10 AM, or at 103.3 FM if you're in the Philly/Central Jerz zone.

• Post #4250866

  I stopped at a local record shop while on my lunch break today, and while flipping through the bins, a guy in another aisle was speaking VERY LOUDLY into his cellphone. I tried tuning him out, but he had one of those voices that cuts through sheet metal, so I gave up after a few minutes and just started listening to him. This guy was a walking caricature of the Jim Morrison superfan famously lampooned by Bruce McCulloch in "Kids in the Hall". The conversation he was having was with s...

• Post #4223512

  Took The Teenager to see Finn Wolfhard at Union Transfer last night (her request.) Despite the immediate skepticism I have for any band with a TV celebrity at its core, the kid has chops and merges worthy beta male influences (Chris Bell, Paul Westerberg) with “Damn the Torpedoes”-era Tom Petty and a Faces-like smirk. (A point driven home by the on-point cover of “Ooh La La.”) The largely Gen-Z crowd was extremely earnest, which was to be expected, but I think my wife and I liked it more than t...

• Post #4223511

  Not-so-guilty-pleasure vinyl conquest: newly-pressed edition of Monster Magnet's "Superjudge" LP, which seriously fried my brain when it first dropped in 1993. If you believe that Mudhoney merged the chaos of Black Flag with Stooges and Blue Cheer influences, it's not much of a stretch to see how Monster Magnet paired Sabbathoid riffing with Hawkwind, Budgie, and Jersey hesher vibes. Singer/guitarist Dave Wyndorf was at his cosmic soothsaying best on this reco...

• Post #4223510

  HE IS RISEN. And by that, I mean I dragged my ass out of bed before the chickens were awake to spin up three hours of freeform radio on WPRB. Philly and the middle/southern bits of Jersey at 103.3 FM. Everywhere else at wprb.com 7 - 10 AM. Listen online or follow along and chat with other rarely-do-wells here: https://playlists.wprb.com/WPRB/pl/22739565/Circuits?layout=1 #wprb #freeformradio #communityradio

• Post #4223509

  Death Valley Girls really killed it tonight in Philly. Such a weird intersection of 60s girl group sounds, reverb-drenched surf rock, and horror punk organ. Totally on point — And my wife practically bought out the merch stand!🤘

• Post #4223508

  I don’t see anywhere near as much live music as I did when I was younger, but I was taken aback by how completely dreadful the between-band music was at last night‘s Death Valley Girls show. As in, 80s power ballads by Chicago and Heart. I’m old enough to remember when shows actually had a decent DJ spinning records between bands. In the 90s, that seemed to fade out in favor of whatever CDs the soundman had handy in the booth (soon to be replaced by iPods.) So is total dreck between bands the...

• Post #4223507

  I think of myself as a generally capable person in most social situations, but I'm sometimes reminded that my predilection for odd humor isn't always consistent with mainstream aesthetics. Example: I had to go to the bank yesterday to deposit a few checks, and while at the service counter, the teller asked where I'd gone to high school because my name and face were familiar to him. As it turned out, we hadn't gone to school together but had played on the same lit...

• Post #4223506

  Overheard an idiot in Home Depot this morning talking about nanobots the government puts into the water supply, how microwaves are mind control weapons, and how vaccines have killed more people than any disease. In better news, my tub faucet is still broken.

• Post #4223505

  Departing WPRB DJ just showed me this and I said “Looks more like Organ Disappointment.” I doubt I'm the first person to make that joke.

• Post #4169357

  My wife and I went out the other night, sat at the bar of a semi-bougie diner, had a couple of drinks, and split two appetizers. Nice, quick date night while our daughter was out with friends. Then this morning, I answer the phone and it’s some company the restaurant has hired to follow up with patrons and seek comment upon their “dining experience”. What bullshit. I should’ve said: “Mah dude, I had two IPAs, my wife had two Cosmos, and we shared a flatbread with a side of wings. Everything...

• Post #3775351

  Imagine if every job had the once-a year freedom afforded by the Simpsons’ “Treehouses of Horror”.

• Post #3058614

  Rolling up to a red light with the car windows down while **blasting** "I Know What Boys Like" by the Waitresses is the best way to meet new people in your neighborhood. #facts

• Post #2375855

  30ish years ago, I used to get my hair cut at a place in Hoboken. It was primarily staffed by gum-snapping Puerto Rican girls who seemed amused by me. Or at least, they were observant of the difference between me and the usual Hoboken yuppie-types. The girl who often cut my hair was named after a well known line of beauty products, had ornately painted fingernails, and frequently complained about her boyfriend to me. I had a small crush on her. On several occasions, a particular Hoboken cop...

• Post #2141984

  Heard a song by Joy Division this morning and was reminded of this 8 year old video. A+ internet humor. https://youtu.be/8-KvyKNSV7U

• Post #1584618

  Tell me an article is about Rutt's Hut without telling me the article is about Rutt's Hut. https://www.nj.com/food/2026/04/punk-legend-richie-ramone-dines-at-iconic-nj-hot-dog-joint-hes-a-regular.html #ramones

• Post #1584617

  I’m eating breakfast at a Jersey diner before going to work, and after ordering my omelette (egg whites, veggies, rye toast), the waitress said: “You got it, dude”. This feels like an unfortunate departure from the usual Jersey diner waitress reply: “Comin’ right up, hon”. #newjersey #NJOK

• Post #1584616

  I heard this song for the first time in eons last week, and this morning wanted to hear it again. Totally forgot what a cinematic triumph its accompanying video is. https://youtu.be/syg6XGbdUkM

• Post #1584614

  This is definitely not the record I anticipated finding on a random lunch break wander through my local Vinyl Hut. Jimmy Scott's "Falling in Love is Wonderful" (originally from 1962 and with Ray Charles on piano) is one of the most arresting vocal jazz records ever made. Out of print since forever ago, my immediate association with it is actually the 2001 CD reissue on Rhino, which was gifted to WFMU's Stork at the time of its release as part of a going-away car...

• Post #1584613

  Pollen apocalypse is definitely here because I’m pretty sure my powder-snot-green car was blue when I bought it.

• Post #1584612

  I just scrolled past a photo of someone’s Pop Tart and at first thought it was another Angine de Poitrine post.

• Post #1584611

  And they say journalism is dying!

• Post #1584609

  The eternal reflection of string lights on my TV screen.

• Post #1104323

  RE: https://toot.community/@openculture/116359857659133432 One of my favorite things to do at any screening of Un Chien Andalou is to look back at the audience during THE scene which that film is most famous for. There's just no better way to witness an entire room full of people recoil in total horror at the exact same moment.

• Post #1104322

  A trio of some favorite records from the last year picked up this week: Prolapse, Mark Stewart, and the New Eves. Anglophile? Who you callin' Anglophile??! https://prolapse2.bandcamp.com/album/i-wonder-when-they-re-going-to-destroy-your-face https://markstewartmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-fateful-symmetry https://theneweves.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-eve-is-rising #vinyl #postpunk

• Post #1104321

  Free advice for anyone else suffering from the soul-crushing burden of modern existence: Watch some Rick Steves travel videos. Seriously. I bet you haven't thought about that guy in a long time, but he's still out there doing his thing with his somewhat nerdy and entirely good natured mannerisms intact. Aspire to live a life as full as that guy's.

• Post #1104320

  Installing a new air conditioner with Expando-Foam at the WFMU transmitter. June, 2005. FM transmitters generate a LOT of heat, so these AC units run non-stop, year round. When one would die, a temperature alarm would generate a robo-call to the station manager, signaling it was time to drive out to West Orange, stop at Sears for a new unit, and swap it in for the dead one. #wfmu #radio #broadcasting #communityradio

• Post #1104319

  Finally listening to this wild record by Canadian experimental band New Age Doom, with guest vocals from the certifiably unhinged HR. It's pretty unsettling -- musically a bit like Oxbow at times, but driven in an even more headspinning direction with the erstwhile Bad Brains vocalist at the wheel. Orchestral dub elements and free jazz sax skronk fill in around the edges, but the core of the record is built around the utterly thundering rhythm section (complimented by members of Quicksan...

• Post #1104317

  I'm now fully convinced the New Eves are one of the best bands going. As tired as early 80s post-punk influences feel today, the New Eves clear admiration for the Raincoats doesn't stop them from sounding totally revelatory and perfect for our present moment. Crossing jagged rhythms with a rural English folk sensibility, this live studio session argues the point pretty efficiently. I hope they tour the States. (But wouldn't be at all shocked if they don't because...

• Post #1104316

  Whenever people ask me why I started working in community radio, I always say: "The money, drugs, and sex".