WPRB DJ and Comedy Minus One impressario Jon Solomon joins Protonic Reversal by phone to give a master class in conducting radio shows, preparation and building moods, digging deep on what you love and exactly how one conducts yearly 25 hour straight Christmas special. He also speaks about his current label Comedy Minus One (which is *NOT* a comedy label) and his old one My Pal God. And his formative influence: Wings – At The Speed of Sound. Brenna oversleeps so Conan tells dangerous BART multitasking to an empty room. All this, laughs and great tunes

Happy New Year! From Protonic reversal. Neutron and Brenna drag their bedraggled persons into the studio to talk to Mr. John Congleton. Legendary producer and the pAperchAse/Nighty Night Impressario. There is much talk of St. Vincent and Grammys, Explosions in the Sky, Swans, John Darnielle, production process, art by democracy, and such. As well as why there is no pt.2 to Someday This Will All Be Yours. Also a hilariously loopy first hour. Yoga dude yells at Brenna with cartoons smell waves of piousness, awake at the Wicking hour. "That's gross", Terry Malts mash pits, etc.

Come on! he's super interesting, we're hilariously out of it... it's a winner all around.

Stealing Weezer's sandwiches, rocking with one act plays, and "y'know..." Matt Gentling, the raucous bassplayer of the Archers of Loaf dishes it all. Listen in to him shoot the breeze about working the poles (not what you think!) and what it was like to reconvene Team Loaf after all of those years. "the Archers of Loaf-Cross". All of this and the greatest tunes of all time!

Conan speaks to Josh and Garth from South Bend, Indiana two piece the rutabega. The only band known to bring hardened noiserockers to tears over their beautiful haunting tunes. The heroes of Thundersnow talk process, filling up space, recording and the impending name change to Josh the Squash.

All this plus some bay area Storm-pocalypse news, and an old person birthday update.

Conan and Brenna get on the air, play some rock tunes and try their best to make sense of a world that just doesn’t seem to make much sense right now. They rock and roll and talk and troll. Facts vs. Frames and a world gone man. Consumerism and critical thinking, sensationalism and the fallacy or whatever of protest. Then, hour two gets more irreverent.

Author Jason Myers joins us in studio as we talk about Dark night of the soul /“nobody cares”, exit here media /“jason myers sex theatre, being the 8th page of google, expectations vs results. The inside baseball of being a big time writer and other such things. NOTE: first hour of the show is missing due to Skippy the internet screwing up the archival machine. Sorry! Anyway, get into it.

Indiana transplants Love Moon (3/4 of the band Male Bondage) come into the Radio Valencia studios to talk about relocating to the west coast, avocado apps and... potlucks? Additionally there is a lot of talk of Scatman John. Did you know that he overcame adversity? All this... great tunes, and great times.

Guess who we don't have on the show? The Blind Shake! There is an election roundup. Some reading rainbow sound board schtick. Laughs, talk and lots of music is played. there you go.

The Electrical Guitar Company is a world wide purveyor of hand made aluminum necked guitars. Inspired by Travis Bean. Hear us talk to Mr. Burkett about "Not famous or not famous, vs. dick or not a dick", why he considers EGC a machine shop that make guitars, the Melvins and Katy Perry And why If you want to get emotional and slam your sh**, he'll fix it, All this plus premiers by Survival Knife, The Gary and New Cowboy Builders.

Legendary drummer Rey Washam regales us with tales of playing with everybody from Helios Creed and Rapeman to Ministry and Phantom Planet. Come on an exciting tale of a drummer's life and hear the highs, the lows and the in betweens. Oh! Also there is a lot of talk of Spoonman by Soundgarden early in the show for some reason.

Colin Frangos of the band the Loyalists comes in and talks about his new documentary "Hey Hey What" about the legendary Michael Yonkers and his collaboration/recordings with the mighty band/force of nature The Blind Shake. Many PR exclusives and great tunes, and DJ Real Time Drop has an on air "dark night of the soul" about SF residency. http://www.heyheywhat.com

For Protonic Reversal's SILVER anniversary we observe it by, well... just playing a bunch of music really. Do you like music? Ok! you might like this episode then.

The mighty men of Minot come into the Radio Valencia studios to talk about their new record Equal/opposite, their upcoming European tour and... 311? All this, plus the general wiseacres and laughs you have come to expect from Protonic Reversal.

PREMIERES and RAIN! Later Conan talks with Elliot Turton of Waxeater/None of the Above Podcast. The dangers of multiple open mics, running the Howard Stern West Coast feed. The Waxeater Sports Radio appearance/interview, not being spoon fed rock music. Joining Waxeater… cassettes, etc. From Low Frequencies to None of the Above, The background on the None of the Above crew, a regular schedule, hand cues and keeping order in a broadcast/podcast. Beer radio. On dying on a stage on tour, no… literally dying from electrocution. Missing the "27 club". Baltimore record is a concept record about the Wire and lots more. Jam packed with good music... and a baffling on air tech support call from Conan's dad.

Evan and Jon from Lords of Sealand come into the studio to speak about Found Fiction their new ep/lp. Additionally Conan paraphrases the "mclusky" benefit rather ineptly, there is talk of viewmasters, flavored coffee, lyrics and profitsharing systems, the spotted dick and Bono sneaking music onto iphones. DJ ambitious wordplay suggests you give it a listen.

We speak with the one and only Steve Albini... it is pretty cool. Also a recap of the Drive Like Jehu reunion. Then PR speaks to Steve about: Radio stations and ambient noise, Hearing the character of the neighborhood in the show, being a punk rock guru and answering questions, John Grabski III and the story of Teeth: a man with cancer who made the record he always wanted to make. That just so happened to be about his fight with cancer, the second Teeth record, The self policing PRF (Electrical Audio Forum), service industry, Spotify/Sleepify, pay to stream models, instant availability and constant present tense, the democratization of distribution, the statistical unlikeliness of a good band from Florida, finding an audience post-mortem, "classic DATs", a typical Steve Albini day. work, sleep, wife and a few indulgences. longevity vs. productivity, DUDE INCREDIBLE, if the process is so slow, why not put out singles?, The people's microphone, the song and concept. Surveyors. working knowledge of the land. The End of Radio - explained, perspective and evolution, younger generations, retrospection, etc. Nina Nastasia, listener fatigue from engineering, Cigar Aficionado and Guitar Aficionado magazines, heated walkways, Don't quit.

At some point early on Conan talks about seeing Slint after the funeral of his dead friend. Otherwise this one is pretty much just music. Do you like music? Good! You will like this episode then.

Double whammy! Dave Urbano from Eastern Anchor in studio and Dixie Jacobs from Body Future on the phone. The Steve Albini 7" test, Genesis, ZZ Top, downward dog, crowdfundung, autoharps, spam e-mails and hilarious job posts. All this and more ding dang great music than you can shake a stick at! You try it, you try and shake that stick... YOU. WILL. FAIL.


00:00:00 Tilts - Ozark Bowtie (Opening Theme)

00:03:05 Intro, "Pass the ducky", Dave Urbano intro, "Grab a hoodie"



00:05:14 Drive Like Jehu - Bullet Train To Vegas

00:07:46 Eastern Anchors - Leading With Your Right



00:10:26 Dancing or boxing, DLJ talk, Reis/Friberg, Torrey Neutron recommends opium to Tony Ash, Mariachi Bands and Urbano West, Eastern Anchors history, Avis O'Hara, Bud Clamato, split 7", Screaming Females



00:32:19 Eastern Anchors - Above Your Station

00:35:20 Eastern Anchors - James the Viking




00:40:06 ZZ Top talk, old records, rock parents and music discovery. DJ Spork, speeding up records. The Steve Albuni test, Justin Bieber 800% Slooooooower (sounds like Enya), Slayer, Downward Dog, B. Hamilton cover revealed, crowdfunding, that potato sald thing, Brenna on the house hunt, pay it forward, superbowl half time payola.



01:04:10 Minutes - In Your Own Fuel

01:07:17 Turbo Lightning - Oh! Oh! Oblivion



01:09:57 we say goodbye to David Urbano and make him redo a station ID.



01:13:25 Body Futures - That's So Church

01:16:15 Dixie Jacobs of Body Futures on the phone.

Sound clips and the new BF record, Ifihadahifi, BF origin story, organ harvesting, "bouncy", autoharp and PJ Harvey, "Nice harpsichord", Shanana Clone Project Alpha story, epic spam reveal, hilarious coffee job application, Why it may be better to grow up without the internet, the walkman as the mysterious entity. WARNING: Record is NOT actually butterscotch, tour dates with the rutabega.



01:48:08 Body Futures - Shanana Clone Project Alpha



01:52:00 Shellac - End of Radio (closing theme)

00:00:00 Tilts - Ozark Bowtie (Opening Theme)

00:1:30 #inyoface, Howard Beale and more, Brenna introduces Ryan De La Hoz over six minutes of breaking glass!

00:07:00 The Gary - Valhalla
00:09:54 Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma

00:13:15 John Houlihan calls in about the world falling apart. How do you do a radio show when the world
a mystery buzz shows in

00:19:52 Body Futures - (That's A) Big Smile (For Someone About to Drown)
00:24:18 Risk/Reward - In the Sea
00:26:22 fugazi - Reclamation
00:29:42 Generalissimo - Chemtrails

00:32:39 More talk about Ferguson, somebody got shot because a white person got scared. Brenna talks about friends being unaware of racism, and the quiet racism in the south. "you can't be 'hey everybody! pizza party, when the eyes of the world are on you.". The "P" word. Yell "FIRE" not help.

Ryan "Of the sickle", being in Juxtapoz, how things have came together by just making stuff and sharing it. The heft of trusted sources. The yin and yang of being published, and what the different outlets are. Robin Williams story. Aaaaaand… back to politics.
Constitutional originalism, the Koch brothers, etc. Temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

01:08:30 Minutemen - Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
01:09:43 fugazi - ex-spectator

01:14:02 "I'm mad as hell…" now more than ever! The prescient nature of the movie network, corporate personhood, etc. Altered Beast and the origin of "Welcome to your doom.". Indigo dying… printed skulls over real skulls.

01:26:35 Reverb Bomb - Good As Gold
01:29:35 Federation X - Good as Gold

01:33:55 Pizza party board game, Crossfire board game and theme song, even more glass breaking, Anonymous and Scientology and Black Faxing, concept and t-shirt, Black Flag (featuring Greg Ginn) discussion… the one with the shoeless cut rate Harry Dean Stanton on drums, constant present tense… "Pixies, will you just go away?", Shark week falsification

01:52:00 Shellac - End of Radio (closing theme)

Bob Bucko Jr. is a prolific solo artist and a hilarious dude, listen in as heavy metal bellydancing, growing up on mix tapes being a tape trader vs. a tape TRAITOR, the city of Dubuque and lots more are discussed. All that plus some bonus Ryan Werner. Additionally Conan talks about the passing of his former best friend.

00:00:00 Tilts - Ozark Bowtie (Opening Theme)
00:04:39 Minutes - Get Off Your Ass
00:07:10 FoWlMouTh - (Baby I'm An) Old Motherfucker

00:10:40 Conan polishes the floor with his coffee, running late, Brenna is "over people", humans are terrible. "You're a big weirdo, but you're sweet."

00:16:04 United Nations - Meanwhile on Main Street
00:19:02 Motherfucker - Dot. Dot. Dot.

00:21:42 Instrumental bands, keep it succinct will ya?! Shannon Corr, What Hast Thou Wroth?! "Chooch Talkin'"

00:26:05 Minot - Allostatic Load

00:33:07 Bob Bucko Jr. (and Ryan Werner)
Genius and Cat poop… scattershot releases. Touring with Ryan Werner. 29 days of cover songs, BBJ by reputation, low budget tours and heavy metal bellydancing, HELMET, Battles and guest vocalists for each songs… My Machines video description. Extended John Stanier discussion. Growing up on mix tapes and releasing things on cassette. Tape Trader or Tape TRAITOR?!?, Illuminati and gold bars, Dubuque, IOWA… what makes it such a unique area.
Losing local cultural identity. Real time drop relates the hard sell on Des Moines.

01:10:32 Bob Bucko Jr. - LR72
01:14:43 Least Best Beast - Frail Common Animal

01:19:11 Tricky questions and dead friends, Silkworm documentary and Conan opens up about his former best friend Clay Wofford dying. Talking about perception from different times in your life. finding music that is "yours", dealing with loss and what a "best friend" means. Being the person that has to break bad news to people

01:33:52 Big Black - Steelworker
01:38:02 Battles - My Machines

01:41:54 More talk about Battles, junk science, Real Time Drop realizes the title of the show is a Ghostbusters reference, Cool Try designs, back patches, and creepy social networkers

01:52:00 Shellac - the End of Radio (Closing Theme)