Our talented and creative DJs have done it once again. For this year’s Fall Silent Drive, expect specialty shows on topics ranging from emotions and feelings to specific regions and languages! And, in one case, a show about pointlessness (someone check in on DJs Senni Kat and Bohr). To get involved with our Fall Drive, go to pledge.wprb.com where you can make a tax-deductible donation, see this year’s exclusive “thank you” items, and learn how else you can assist New Jersey’s Only Radio Station. Find the specialty show schedule (updated daily) below:
Mon. 11/10 12 – 3 PM – The Music of Guitarist Mary Halvorson with Dan Buskirk.
We’ll take an extended look at the music of MacArthur “Fellow” guitarist Mary Halvorson. Over the last fifteen years, Halvorson has risen to become one of the most-acclaimed instrumentalists in modern creative music, with her elastic, phase-driven guitar sound giving her one of today’s most distinctive voices. Working with everyone from Anthony Braxton, John Zorn to Deerhoof’s John Dieterich, Halvorson stretches and expands her vision with many of today’s most daring musicians. We’ll take an extended look at her work on today’s show.
Mon. 11/10 8 – 11 PM – ✧˖°🏔️ cindering cassette hiss under chiming mountain streams 📼°˖✧ with Rosasolis Dream.
castoff tramways and beaten caravans have obscured the prominent mountain relief and finally led you to a blissful alcove, where under the counterglow of the stars you find sanctuary as dancing shadows forage old cassettes and strum mythic chords near the chiming rivulets…come hear flickering folk drift and hiss on this glorious night ♡
Tue. 11/11 5 – 8 PM – Noir-vember: Film Noir Music with DJ Esoterica.
We’ll listen to some moody songs from your favorite film noir cinematic gems!
Wed. 11/12 1 – 3 AM – Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call with Charles xcx.
The Times They Are A-Changin’, and so are the songs that politicians use during their campaigns. From candidates who have received cease-and-desist orders for playing certain tracks to musicians who wholeheartedly embrace political causes and campaigns, this week on “how i’m feeling now” we will dig into the funky history of campaign songs across the United States!
11/14 1 – 3 AM – Chronically Online with Yin.
A show featuring songs about the internet, technology, and the digital age!
Fri. 11/14 7 – 10 AM – Zappa – Reimagined with Dave the Obscure.
Tune in to hear genre-bending covers of Frank Zappa compositions.
11/14 3 – 5 PM – Like a Fish Needs a Bike with Jen.
Radio needs a bike like a fish needs to make a pledge…or does it? Join us on Running Redlights for many songs celebrating bicycles, in celebration of our fall fund drive. Like bikes? Like rock ‘n’ roll? pledge.wprb.com (http://pledge.wprb.com/)
Sun. 11/16 7 – 9 AM – Banjo Show with wishbone.
This show is about the history of the banjo as an instrument and how it found its way into American roots music + every song prominently features banjo. Also featuring”banjo jokes” between songs!
11/16 3 – 6 PM – “Pedal to the Metal” with rena.
Metal and rock songs about cars, driving, and the like. Hop in and enjoy the ride.
PAST SPECIALTY SHOWS:
10/27 – 7 – 10 AM ET – Red October with DJ Jagannath.
Inspired by the beautiful red fall foliage of October and the 108th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 (by the old calendar, at least), this show will explore the influence of revolution on music — spawning a new avant-garde classical scene and the foundations of modern industrial music, expressing hope and affirming progress while being fundamentally experimental in a way that later socialist realism could not, and continuing to inform music today through protest music and modernist electronic approaches.
Mon. 10/27 – 10 AM – 12 PM ET – conversation pit with jali.
exclusively songs with spoken speeches, ruminations, and interludes.
Mon. 10/27 – 8 – 11 PM ET – ♥ ✧˖° ໒꒰ྀི ♱ seraphic mirrorgazing & the forlorn voice of love profane ♱ ꒱ྀི১ °˖✧ ♥ with Rosasolis Dream.
flecks of empyrean light enwreathe a lonesome cloud in a beleaguered sky, where high above a seraphim lost and enchanted with catoptromancy catches glimpse of an enamored, forbidden double and plunges unabated into an infernal world desecrated by concupiscence, doomed to wear a second skin that tears with each transgression…join us in this devastating journey as the anchorites intervene for the beloved amid a maelstrom of soaring devotionals and prurient cacophony.
Tue. 10/28 – 3 – 5 PM ET – Food Fight! Live with K Train.
Tune in for a live set by Asbury Park band Food Fight!
Wed. 10/29 – 7 – 10 AM ET – Halloween Goodies and Other Surprises with Marvin Rosen!
Tune in for music for Halloween as well as Other Musical Treats.
Thu. 10/30 – 12 – 3 PM ET – Re-SCARE-ché – What Fresh Hell Is This? with Readie Righteous.
What is scarier than our daily newsfeed? Find out on 30 October at noon on Re-SCARE-ché – What Fresh Hell Is This? Auditory disturbance promised! Taphophobic listeners be advised!
Thu. 10/30 – 5 – 8 PM ET – THE 2025 DEVILPLUSGHOUL with KILLBOT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL on MISCHIEF NIGHT!
The days are getting darker, and so is the music! Tune in for some oddball, freakish and haunting sounds, culled from the recesses of an ancient, recently-excavated and then reanimated record collection by yours truly Lizbot, in full KILLBOT mode!We will hear darkwave, spooky synth, ghoulish zeuhl and creeping dread!
Fri. 10/31 – 7 – 10 AM ET – Dark Music for Dark Times with Dave the Obscure.
Tune in for the deepest darkest somber music for the dawn of Halloween.
Fri. 10/31 – 10 AM – 12 PM ET – Everything’s Pointless: A Show on Circles, Life, and Death with DJ Senni Kat and DJ Bohr.
Music that muses on life, death, and everything that comes in between. Subvert the spookiness of mortality and join us as we embrace the ephemerality that defines eternity. So it goes.
Fri. 10/31 – 12 – 3 PM ET – Halloween Jazz From Hell with Jerry Gordon.
Eerie and weird jazz appropriate for Halloween!
Fri. 10/31 – 3 – 5 PM ET – Running from Redlights with Jen.
It’s Halloween again — time to challenge our definition of spooky tunes. Garage? Yes. Goofballs? Always. Rockwell? Not even if he’s watching us.
Fri. 10/31 – 5 – 8 PM ET – Vibes and Vapors. with Jay Weaver and Dale Williams
John “Jay” F. Weaver Jr. and Dale Williams, hosts of WPRB’s Wednesday night 90s hip-hop radio show “Vibes and Vapors” will return to Princeton on Friday, October 31st. DJ Bohr and Chef Patti will be airing segments of Jay and Dale’s set on-air from 5:00 pm ET – 8:00 pm ET.
Sat. 11/01 8 – 11 PM – Dead Souls Day with Commie Francis.
Songs about souls, spirits, minds, and other essences for All Souls Day.
Sun. 11/02 – 12 – 3 PM ET – The Cat’s Meow with Robin!
Tune in for songs about cats!
Mon. 11/03 6 – 8 PM – 4AD Records: A Chronological Exploration w/ DJ Sheff.
From Pixies and Cocteau Twins to Grimes and Big Thief, the British label has been home to some of the most influential artists and records that helped shape the sound of independent music. Tune in to explore some of the label’s defining releases from its start in 1980 to today!
Mon. 11/03 7 – 10 AM – Folkfall Folie with DJ Jagannath.
Skeletons, plague doctors, and forests (some peaceful and some ominous) in sonic form. Atmospheric black metal inspired by folk music from around the world, the most late-autumn genre there is.
Mon. 11/03 12 – 3 PM – The Music of Vibraphonist Patricia Brennan with Dan Buskirk.
It’s been a decade since Patricia Brennan, a vibraphonist originally from Veracruz, Mexico, first moved to Brooklyn to begin her career in improvised music. After a handful of memorable appearances on records by artists including John Hollenbeck and Matt Mitchell, Brennan began leading her own releases, beginning with her dazzling 2021 solo disc MAQUISHTI. Brennan’s third release BREAKING STETCH recently won Downbeat Magazine’s “Record of the Year” and just this week her latest, the astronomically-focused OF THE NEAR & FAR has been released to great acclaim. We’ll take a look at her new work and take this time to take an extended look at the music Brennan has recorded in the last decade.
Mon. 11/03 8 – 11 PM – ⛅️ “₊˚⊹♡ synesthetic raptures at the stratocumulus house party ♡⊹˚₊” ⛅️ with Rosasolis Dream.
scintillating apparitions borne from neurasthenic dreaming burn loud as lascivious rhythms resound across lofty nebulous floats; our gracious mystical host, behind cosmic balustrades, beckons dancers, pelagic and littoral, towards the unforeseen riches hidden deep within her estate, each room redolent of artificial raptures untold… let the ambrosial zephyr guide you in this stratocumulus house party inspired by jungle, atmospheric drum & bass, and vapor ♡
Tue. 11/04 5 – 8 PM – Darkwave Stairs to the Stars with DJ Esoterica!
Join DJ Esoterica on a moody danse macabre that centers on a celebration of All Saints/All Souls days as well Los Días de lo Muertos.
Wed. 11/05 7 – 10 AM – An 80th birthday tribute to American composer, Arnold Rosner with Marvin Rosen.
Focusing on music by the gifted American composer, Arnold Rosner, whose music deserves to be much better known.
Thu. 11/06 5 – 8 PM – I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS with Lizbot.
Keep WPRB’s Fall Drive on track and pull into the station for a special Doubleplusgood with Lizbot all train songs show! Subway songs! Locomotive lullabies! Metro music! Bring your farecard and turn on the train tunes and help steer us towards our goal!
Fri. 11/07 5 – 7 AM – Sounds of Water with Ellie!
WPRBlublublub… Songs about, featuring, or mentioning water and the sound of it!
Fri. 11/07 – 5 – 8 PM ET – ¡demasiado ruidosa! with Agent Emi!
Tune in to hear emo and heavy music from the Spanish speaking world.
Sat. 11/08 7 – 9 AM – 25 Years Since I Left You with DJ Sharke.
Since I Left You came out almost exactly 25 years ago (November 27). Since it’s entirely composed of samples, we’ll pair the songs they pulled from with the songs they created!
Sat. 11/08 3 – 6 PM – Cover > Original with DJ LDP.
A bunch of covers from across genres that did it better, sound cooler, or are just more interesting takes on the original!
Sun. 11/09 1 – 3 AM – Derivatives of Anatolian Rock with turshu.
Throughout the show, we’ll move through eras of Turkish music, focusing specifically on psychedelic, folky, and beautifully raw sounds of Anatolian rock. We’ll explore how legends of Anatolian rock influenced the Turkish third wave rock scene and how Turkish pop, rock, metal and jazz evolved through time from their deep roots in Anatolia.