Last October I did a reading in Philadelphia at L’etage as part of the Soundtrack Series, wherein people tell stories built around specific songs.

My piece focused on the Naked Raygun anthem “Home of the Brave.”

The PowerPoint Presentation-y nature of my story necessitated a series of images be matched up with my words and I’ve married the two above exactly as they were shown during my segment.

I’m really happy with how it all turned out.

If you want to download just the audio you can do so here.

Thanks again to Dana at Soundtrack Series for having me on!

During the 17th hour (or so) of the 2012 edition of the 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB, my daughter Maggie joined me on-mic for her annual appearance.

Photos by Robert Solomon.

Here you’ll find all the Christmas Stories recorded for the 2012 edition of the 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB. I’ve posted them in the order they originally aired during the marathon.

Please click on the links provided and support these musicians, artists and talented individuals who were so kind to tape original pieces for the show. Follow them on Twitter! Like them on Facebook! Buy their records and books! Support their events!

2011’s Christmas Stories can be enjoyed here.

Prowler – Bright Lights and Bellies

Philadelphia’s Prowler are no strangers to the WPRB studios, having visited the station thrice to play live on Jon Solomon’s weekly show. There are many different strains of their infectious, head-bobbin’ tunes for free download on their Bandcamp page.

Dana Rossi – Holiday Story

Dana Rossi is the host and creator of The Soundtrack Series, a monthly event where 5-6 different people tell stories related to specific songs (I did a piece last year about Naked Raygun’s “Home of the Brave”). She has also written for New York Press, Time Out New York and Slice.

David Hill – Christmas 1992 or 1993

David Hill is a writer/agitator. His work has appeared in/on Grantland, The Classical, The Awl, McSweeney’s and The New York Times. The great production on this recording is by a fellow member of The Charlies sketch group, Cameron Fleming.

Jonathan Bloom – Christmas Story

Author of “Hell Is Above Us” and friend to sharks, you might also know Jonathan Bloom from his recurring role playing “Jon from Maplewood” on WFMU’s “Best Show.”

The King Of Jingaling – Christmas 1985

I don’t know when I first discovered falalalala.com, but since 2004 it has become a crucial (virtual) meeting place for fellow Christmas music curiosity seekers – especially the site forums. The whole thing is created and managed by The King Of Jingaling, who shares a story from 25+ years gone by…

The Novenas – This Gift

Amy Morrissey not only makes great music far-too-sporadically with The Novenas, she is an excellent painter (I have a small piece of a bird she did on my bedroom door), a trapeze artist and co-owner of Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia. I don’t know how she does it all so well, but she does!

Chris Williams – A Christmas Story

Mr. Chris Williams runs Plastic Flame Press down in North Carolina and plays in the bands Maple Stave and Heather Loves Silkworm.

Matthew Callan – Eggbert

Somehow Matthew Callan finds a way to make the New York Mets interesting to me through his writing for scratchbomb.com. He’s penned pieces for The Classical, Low Times, Splitsider, Vice, and McSweeney’s and has also just launched a podcast called Replacement Players which I just remembered to subscribe to.

Lance Bangs & Marshall Tucker Bangs – Agent Icewrinkle & Agent Snowknuckle

Lance Bangs is a prolific and impossibly talented filmmaker and music video director who most recently brought you “The Greatest Event in Television History” on Adult Swim. He also has one of the better Instagram pages going.

He describes the above recording as “a six minute long conversation on Christmas Eve between Agent Icewrinkle and Agent Snowknuckle, two tactical ‘fixers’ who contract for black bag work with Santa Claus.”

Jennifer O’Connor & Amy Bezunartea – I Feel Christmas

I’m not sure what’s left to say about Jennifer O’Connor and Amy Bezunartea. Both are tremendous musicians who make their home on Kiam Records. They lift my spirits whenever I see’m, those two. Both have played live at WPRB on multiple occasions and I recommend you check out those sessions in the archives. First though, let them beatbox and harmonize their way into your holiday hearts.

Chris Brokaw – Let It Snow

Chris Brokaw has been a member of both Come and Codeine, not to mention a bountiful and beloved solo artist and collaborator. His proper rock album “Gambler’s Ecstasy” on 12XU will soon show up on my “Best of 2012” program. Here, he whistles a favorite lil’ holiday song.

Joel R.L. Phelps – The New Year 12:13 / We Three

One of my all-time favorite voices in music, Joel R.L. Phelps was a quarter of the first three Silkworm records before embarking on a remarkable solo career. There’s a Facebook group for fans of his work and Joel is frequently posting wonderful demos to his Soundcloud page. Hopefully he will have some new records out in 2013.

Mac McCaughan – It’s Cold Outside

The final arrival for this year’s batch of Christmas Stories showed up roughly 90 minutes before I went on the air. Mac McCaughan of Superchunk and Portastatic was able to complete a cover of a 1966 song by The Choir best known due to Stiv Bators’ later version of the same tune. I’ve considered Mac a hero in many regards for a long time now, so I was honored he could do this for the marathon.

That’s it! Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone. Thanks for your support during the show. You made my holidays very special and I’m honored that I could be the soundtrack to yours.

Warmly,

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB

Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show.

I promised many free, legal downloads and here they are!

A good portion of the Bomb discography, a new Night Marchers tune, a catchy Lame Drivers song, the full Black Tambourine “OneTwoThreeFour” EP, a full-lenth for Anchor 3, another release from the prolific Book-Burners and one side of the ace Ramma Lamma 45.

Best of 2012 kicks off next week!

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Head Of Skulls! – Ghost Of A Wreck – 12″
Altres – Panic – (Archives) – 1983. Scottish. – [N]
The Horse’s Ha – Map Of Stars – Of The Cathmawr Yards – Janet of Freakwater/Eleventh Dream Day with James from The Zincs.
Art Con – Chasms – S/T – [N]
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – Drop Dead Baby – Reverse Shark Attack
The Way We Live – King Dick II – Man Chest Hair – Musky & manly 1970s Manchester, England finds. – [N] – [C]
Embrace – End Of A Year – S/T – Goodbye 2012.

Traditional Fools – Kill Someone You Hate – S/T
Haley Bonar – Bad Reputation – 45
Bomb – Vagrant Vampires – Hits Of Acid
X-Ray Pop – Ding Dong – X-Mas Pop Cassette
The Night Marchers – All Hits – Allez Allez
Candy Claws – Five Hands Of The Ice Queen – The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten: Volume Three – [C]
The Lame Drivers – Frozen Egg – Flexidisc

UV Race – Unknown Pleasures – Racism
Lonnie Holley – Fifth Child Burning – Just Before Music
Air Mack – Big Sound – Mack Flag
The Foil Swans – Cover My Section – .mp3
Teaspoon Ndelu & His “T” Boys – Mr. Big Face – A Mavuthela Christmas – Part One – [C]
Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game – Onetwothreefour
Anchor 3 – Eraser – Whir

Useless Children – Mary – Post Ending Pre Completion – Australian. – [N]
Baris Manco & Les Mistigris – Il Arrivera – 26 Turkish Delights – 1966. – [C]
Victory At Sea – Old Plane – The Dark Is Just The Night
Toy Love – Sheep – Live At The Gluepot 1980 – [N]
Rayon Beach – Death Rides A Horse – Casual Victim Pile II – [R] – [C]
Vibri – Polaroid – Vib Ribbon
Ramma Lamma – Gang – 45 – [N]

Numbers – I Will Smile More – In My Mind All The Time
High Rise – Pop Sicle – Live
Mulatu Astake – Radcliffe – Mulatu Steps Ahead
The Book-Burners – Lazy Offers – American Celebrities
Alec Bathgate – Your Heavy Dream (Won’t Fly) – Gold Lame’ – Playing Toy Love made me pull this one.
Anastasia Screamed – Tide – 15 Seconds Or 5 Days
The Hospitals – Airplanes There – I’ve Visited The Island Of Jocks & Jazz

Guitar Wolf – Venus Drive – Rock’N’Roll Etiquitte
Hoover – TNT – S/T
Aggregation – A Child Is Born – Omnibus Vol. 1 – [N] – [C]
Icy Demons – Young One – Fight Back!

Noah Vail – Jon Solomon’s Christmas Eve Marathon – .mp3 – Here we go! Happy holidays!

The Sonics – Santa Claus – Merry Christmas – [C]
Aaron Roache – A Central Florida Christmas – A Familyre Christmas – Volume 5 – [C]
Air Mack – Think Christmas – Mack Flag
Arctic Splash – Don’t Kill Yourself This Christmas – The Key Studio Sessions
The Business – Step Into Christmas – Bollocks To Christmas
Cactus Jim & The Wranglers – Fum Fum Fum – Western Christmas
By Surprise – Who’s To Say This Year Will Be Any Different? – Arbor Christmas: Volume 13 – [C]

Ramma Lamma – Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme – 45
Likes – I Didn’t Get What I Wanted (But I Got You) – Xmas Single
Patrick Walsh – Dear Santa – Live From The Barrage Christmas – [C]
Sloan – Merry X’mas Everybody – Holiday Single 2012
Astronaut Frank Borman – Christmas Greeting From Space – .mp3
Mr. President – It’s Christmas Time – Favorite All Stars Vol. 3 – [C]
Thin White Rope – Christmas Skies – The Ruby Sea
The Dirty Shirleys – Johnny Thunders X-Mas – Cashing In On Christmas Volume 4 – [C]

Prowler – Bright Lights & Bellies – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://prowlerprowler.com
Scrawl – Do You Hear What I Hear – The Gift…To The Homeless, From Local Artists – [C]
Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship – Jesus & Mary Christmas – Christmas For Pine Ridge Volume II – [C]
sUPEREDS – Christmas – .mp3
Shelly Hirsch – X-Mas Edit – .mp3
Steve Schaer – Rudolph The Head Cocaine Dealer – The Steve Schaer Christmas Album
Tara Cross – Oriental Men – Christmas
The Ergs – We’re Going To Have A Devo Christmas – .mp3

Tom Angelripper – Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht – .mp3 – [R]
Ages – Holiday Jobligations (Party? Hardly.) – Arbor Records Christmas Collection Volume 11
All Tiny Creatures – Kites (Truman Capote Story) – .mp3 – [R]
Mindy Carson – (I Want A) Television Christmas (A World Of Magic All My Own) – .mp3 – [R]
Happy Christmas From The Stars – Happy Christmas From The Stars (Part One) – Smash Hits flexi
Chasia Segal – Latke Cooking Demonstation – A Taste Of Chanukah – [R] – [C]
Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Let’s Boogie To The Elf Dance! – .mp3 – [R]

The Janitors – My Stupid Girlfriend Hates Christmas – .mp3
Speedy Ortiz – Grinchin’ – Christmas Cumz Late
Run D.M.C. – Christmas In Hollis – .mp3 – [R]
Advance Base – Christmas In Oakland – A Shut-In’s Prayer – [R]
ScreamerClauz – 12 Days Of Ax-Mess – .mp3 – [R]
Silkworm – In The Bleak Midwinter – Split 7″ with Engine Kid – [R]
Angry Snowmans – Green & Red – S/T – Minor Threat song. You just wait

The Wailers – She’s Comin’ Home – Merry Christmas – [C]
Pimpdaddysupreme – Express The Halls With Bounce & Mojo – Santastic 7: It’s A Wonderful Mash – [C]
Dana Rossi – Holiday Story – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.soundtrackseries.com
The Three Sons – Jingle Bells – .mp3 – [R]
Blatz Beer & Dodge – Safety PSA – .mp3
Yo La Tengo – It’s Christmas Time – Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo – [R]
AC/DC – Mistress For Christmas – .mp3 – [R]

Bicentennial Bear – All I Want For Christmas (Is An Afghan Whigs Reunion) – Shut Down December Radio – [C]
Lord Buckley – Scrooge – .mp3 – [R]
Psychic T.V. – White Nights – Dreams So Sweet – [R]
The Pork Dudes – My Mother Gave Me A Gun For Christmas (Waltz Version) – Kum Kleen – [R]
The Book-Burners – I’ll Be Home For Xmas – Glory To The Newborn King
Bootsy Collins – Merry Christmas Baby – Christmas Is 4 Ever – [R]
Rage Against The Manger – Christmas In The Name – .mp3

Evil Weiner – All Around The World – .mp3 – [R]
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – The 12 Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas – .mp3
Augie Rios – Ol’ Fatso – .mp3 – [R]
Shonen Knife – Christmas Message – 45 – [R]
Low – Just Like Christmas – Christmas – [R]
Bobby Breaux – Jingle Bells – Jingle Bellies
Black Widow – Christmas Time For Demons – .mp3

T.W. Walsh – Silent Night – Cdr – Goodnight, Maggie.
Benjamin Shaw & Fighting Kites – This Christmas (I Just Want To Be Left Alone) – .mp3
Tracey Thorn – Snow In Sun – Tinsel & Lights – With Green Gartside of Scritti Politti. – [R]
Pledge Drive – Chrismas Rhapsody – .mp3 – [R]
Kitt The Amazing Car Of Tomorrow – Knight Rider’s Christmas – .mp3 – [R]
Stiff Little Fingers – White Christmas – Punk Rock Christmas – [R]
Danielson – Christmas Eve Nite – A Familyre Christmas (Vol. 1) – [R] – [C]

Nate Ruth – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) – Cdr – [R]
Beck – The Little Drum Machine Boy – Just Say Noel – [R] – [C]
Aimee Mann with Michael Penn – Christmastime – Just Say Noel – [R] – [C]
Sonic Youth – Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope – Just Say Noel – [R] – [C]
The Mountain Goats – Merry Christmas From The Family – .mp3 – [R]
Nazir Ali/Nahid Akhtar/Mehnaz – Happy Chrismis – Life Is Dance – [R] – [C]
Angry Snowmans – Joyeux Again – What We Do Is Festive – Black Flag tune. – [R]

The Wombles – Wombling Merry Christmas – .mp3
The Bitter Tears – Hanukkah – .mp3 – [R]
AKIM & The Teddy Vann Production Company – Santa Claus Is A Black Man – A John Waters Christmas – [R]
The Go Go’s – I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek – 45 – [R]
Sufjan Stevens – Lumberjack Christmas/No One Can Save You From Christmases Past – Gloria – Songs For Christmas Vol. 6 – [R]
Neko Case – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis – New Coat Of Paint – [R] – [C]
Hair Du – My Favorite Christmas Meal – Live From The Barrage Christmas – [R] – [C]

Fucked Up – David Christmas – Couple Tracks
David Hill (produced by Cameron Fleming) – Dave’s Story – 2012 Christmas Stories – Follow @davehill77 on Twitter!
King Mistletoe – Merry Christmas 103.3 – Cdr – [R]
T.Rex – Free Xmas Flexi – Flexi – [R]
Thriftshop XL & DJ BC – Rock The Jingle Bells – Santastic 7: It’s A Wonderful Mash – [C]
Cast of Futurama – Santa Claus Is Gunning You Down – .mp3 – [R]
Future Of The Left – The Real Meaning Of Christmas – Daytrotter Sessions

The Galaxies – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – Merry Christmas
The Crafty Ladies – I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas – A Crafty Ladies Christmas – [R]
James Brown – Let’s Make Christmas Mean Something This Year – .mp3 – [R]
Frank’s Enemy – Coventry Carol – A Brutal Christmas: The Season In Chaos – [C]
Ghostface Killah – Ghostface Xmas – Ghostdeni The Great
Redcore – Falalalala – Noel Dans La Rue
The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight) – Punk Rock Christmas – [R]

Octa#grape – As Long As I Forget – A Familyre Christmas – Volume 5 – [C]
Ergo Phizmiz – Last Christmas I Gave You – Turkey Party
John Zorn – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – A Dreamers Christmas
The Raindolls – Disco Santa Clause – 12″
Yellow Snow – Prog-sleeves Part 2 – ,mp3
KRS One? – Dunking On Reindeer – .mp3
The 5678s – Rock & Roll Santa – 45

The Mistreaters – Santa Stole My Baby – Surprise Package – [C]
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York – New Wave Xmas – [R]
Eric Haltmeier – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas – .mp3
The Abyss Collection – The 12 Days Of Christmas – The Bill Clinton Years
The Golden Harmonics – Whatcha Gonna Do For Christmas – WFMU’s War On Christmas – [C]
Magazzini Criminali – Honolulu 24 Dicembre 1990 – Chantons Noel
Aspiga – Don’t Hurry, Christmas – Arbor Christmas: Volume 13 – [C]

The Wailers – Christmas Spirit?? – Merry Christmas – [C]
William S. Burroughs – The Junky’s Christmas – Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales
Bob Purse – Visit Of Sacred Nicolas – .mp3
Jonti – Christmas Worm – .mp3
Hepsters – Rockin’ & Rollin’ With Santa Claus – A Million Dollars Worth Of Christmas Doo-Wop
Haipl Clemens/Christopher Just/Mel Merio/Gerald Votava – Santaclaustrophobic – Baumschmuck – Merry Christmas, Mr. Christkind
Half Man Half Biscuit – It’s Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas – .mp3 – [R]

Blessed Muthas – Blessed Christmas – Cashing In On Christmas Volume 4 – [C]
Martin Atkins & The Chicago Industrial League – Introduction – An Industrial Christmas Carol – [R]
Ethan Sandler – Tournament Of Kings – 2011 Christmas Stories
Stepping Tones Records – Jingle Bell Tap – Rob’s 2012 Christmas Cd – [C]
The Crew-Cuts – Dance, Mr. Snowman, Dance – Rob’s 2012 Christmas Cd – [C]
Glen Armstrong – Even Squeeky Fromme Loves Christmas – Yule Love It – [R]
The Guitars – Don’t Believe In Christmas – .mp3

Jukebox Zeros – Christmas In The City (Ain’t Too Pretty) – Cashing In On Christmas Volume 2 – [R] – [C]
Charles Rice Goff III – Lights – Lights
Arthur’s Landing – Dark Blue/Xmas Song – Buddhist Army Mix
Tom Recchion – Where Were You On Christmas? – Where Were You On Christmas?
Banjo Or Freakout – All I Want For Christmas – XA2010
Barbary Coasters – I Want A Monkey For Christmas – HARK
Rifle Sport – Little Drummer Boy – 45

Carter USM – Christmas Shoppers Paradise – Christmas As Fuck
Cigarbox Planetarium – 2007 Holiday Glee Discus – 2007 Holiday Glee Discus
Tuxedomoon – Weihnachtrap – Chantons Noel
Sam Ulano – The Story Of Santa Claus – Holiday Freakout!
Samba Mapangala & Orch Les Kinois – Christmas – Malako Disco Original
The Brown Christmas – ‘Tis The Season For Cocktails In My Mouth – A Craigslist Christmas (Dicks Picks Volume 2)
Severe – Lonely This Christmas – The Punk Rock Advent Calendar

Oswald 5-O – Christmas – Nothing To Prove – [R]
Jonathan Kane – The Little Drummer Boy – The Little Drummer Boy – [R]
Fishbone – Slick Nick, You Devil You – It’s A Wonderful Life (Gonna Have A Good Time) – [R]
The Rock-AFire Explosion – Disco Christmas – Disco Christmas
Dogbowl – The 1972 Christmas Bombing Of North Vietnam – .mp3 – [R]
Luckless – Christmas Morning – .mp3
Crucial Youth – X-mastime For The Skins – 45 – [R]

The Sonics – The Village Idiot – Merry Christmas – [C]
Cheech & Chong – Santa Claus & His Old Lady – .mp3 – [R]
DJ John – The Christmas Massacre Of Charlie Brown – Santastic: Holiday Boots For Your Stocking – [R] – [C]
Jonathan Bloom – Christmas Story – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.jonathanebloom.com
Herd Of The Ether Space – Silent Ether – .mp3
Jackie Mitto, Bagga, Pablove Black, etc. – After Christmas – 12″
The Hentchmen – Merry Xmas Baby – .mp3

Wildebeests – Rudolph’s Ruin – .mp3
HE5 – Jingle Bells / In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Merry Christmas Psychedelic Sound – RIP Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly.
Unknown – The Warner Raider Christmas Card – 45
Northern Telecom – I Want An OC192 For Christmas – Holiday Freakin
Nosferatu D2 – It’s Christmas Time (For God’s Sake) – We’re Gonna Walk Around This City…
Dizzy Dean & Dinah Shore – Dizzy Dean Promises Dinah Shore Some Christmas Snow – The Great American Baseball Box – [C]
Sloppy Seconds – Hooray For Santa Claus – Lonely Christmas – [R]

Trio Of Madness – Jingle Bells – L’N’L’s Happy Freakin Holidays Vol. 4 – [R] – [C]
Irwin Chusid – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Stay Free – [R] – [C]
P.S. Tail, Esq. – Jingle Rock Bell – .mp3 – [R]
Liquor Store Dad – Combs For Mrs. Young – The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten: Volume Three – [C]
Miguel Ramos – Es Navidad – Rob’s 2012 Christmas Cd – [R] – [C]
Ernie Kovacs (as Percy Dovetonsils) – The Night Before Christmas On New York’s Fashionable East Side – Rob’s 2012 Christmas Cd – [R] – [C]
Cleaners From Venus – Christmas In Suburbia – Hyper Christmas Compilation, Vol. 2 – [C]

Glam Chops – Countdown To Christmas – .mp3
Wayne Butane – A Very Special Christmas – .mp3 – [R]
The King Of Jingaling – Christmas 1985 – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.falalalala.com
Weehawkwind – Christmas Heat – WFMU’s War On Christmas – [C]
Gentleman Jesse & His Men – Christmas Hangover – Split 7″ with Fever B
Alan Sherman – The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas – Dr. Demento Christmas – [R] – [C]
El Gordo’s Revenge – Run Run Rudolph – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume 2 – [C]

Deer Tick – Christmas All Summer Long – Holy Shit, It’s Christmas!
Misc. “S” – Merry Christmas For Godzilla – .mp3 – [R]
Fay McKay – 12 Daze Of Christmas – .mp3 – [R]
Rob Kennedy – Bob’s Christmas Mash-up – .mp3 – Thanks, Rob!
Viv Albertine – Home Sweet Home (At Christmas) – .mp3
Evaporators – Who Are You – .mp3
The Risk – There Ain’t No Sanity Claus – Powerchords, Harmonies & Mistletoe

Essential Logic – Do You Believe In Christmas? – Fanfare In The Garden – [R]
Nate Wize – The Christmas B Boy Breakdown – Santa Claus Conquers The Beastie Boys
Platypus – Silver Bells – The Gift…To The Homeless, From Local Artists – [C]
Selloutica – Enter Snowman – .mp3 – [R]
The Novenas – This Gift – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.thenovenas.com
Nadja – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Numbness
Angry Snowmans – Hanukkah / Lights On – S/T – The Adolescents and Angry Samoans respectively!

The Galaxies – Please Come Home For Christmas – Merry Christmas – [C]
Mojochronic – I Wanna Be Dentated – Blitzen’s Bop – Santastic 7: It’s A Wonderful Mash – [C]
New Order – Ode To Joy / Rocking Carol – Flexi
The Bigger Lovers – For Christ’s Sake – This Affair Never Happened… – [R]
The Jaynetts – Snowman, Snowman Sweet Potato Nose – .mp3
David Bazan – Just Like Christmas – A/V Club Xmas 2011 – Low cover. – [R]
King Diamond – No Presents – 12″ – [R]

The Snaildartha 6 – Snaildartha: The Story Of Jerry The Christmas Snail – S/T

Mach Bell & His Elves – C’mon Santa! – Xmas Snertz – [C]
Chewbacca – Silent Night – .mp3 – [R]
Happy Christmas From The Stars – Happy Christmas From The Stars (Part Two) – Smash Hits flexi
H-Town – Knockin’ Boots For Christmas – Christmas At Luke’s House – [R] – [C]
Chris Williams – Christmas Story – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.plasticflame.com
Dump – Another Lonely Christmas – That Skinny Motherfucker With The High Voice? – Prince song. – [R]
Dead Moon – Christmas Rush – It’s Finally Christmas – [R] – [C]

Lindstrom – Little Drummer Boy – Little Drummer Boy

The Sonics – Dont Believe In Christmas – Merry Christmas – [C]
Big Star – Jesus Christ (Alternate Mix) – WFMU’s War On Christmas – [R] – [C]
Matthew Callan – Eggbert – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.scratchbomb.com
King Mistletoe – The SEPTA Santa – Cdr – [R]
The Sisterhood – Ole Year Christmas – The American Song-Poem Christmas – [R] – [C]
Spinal Tap – Christmas With The Devil – 45 – [R]
Killdozer – Oh Little Town Of Deathlehem – Hardcore Holiday – [C]

The Fall – Happy Holiday – Behind The Counter
The Fall – No Xmas For John Quays – The Complete Peel Sessions
The Fall – Chistmastide – Levitate
The Fall – Jingle Bell Rock – The Complete Peel Sessions
The Fall – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – The Complete Peel Sessions
The Fall – Blue Christmas – Live 2011
The Fall – (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas – (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas
The Fall – Xmas With Simon – High Tension Line
The Fall – No Xmas For John Quays – The Fall Box Set 1976-2007
The Fall – Happy Holiday (promo mix) – Middle Class Revolt

Spectrum – Santa Claus / Christmas Message – 45 – [R]
Galaxy 500 – Listen, The Slow Is Falling – This Is Our Music – [R]
Henry Rollins – Twas The Night Before Christmas – A Lump Of Coal – [R] – [C]
Lance Bangs & Marshall Tucker Bangs – Agent Icewrinkle & Agent Snowknuckle – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.lancebangs.com
Xmas Pigs – Xmas Pigs – .mp3 – [R]
Tom Lehrer – A Christmas Carol – An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer – [R]
The Creamers – Bob Kringle – Happy Birthday Baby Jesus – [C]

The Chrisfits – Christmas Eve – .mp3
Angry Snowmans – Last Christmas – S/T
The Christfits – Astro Tidings – .mp3
Angry Snowmans – Horror Christmas – What We Do Is Festive
Great Whyte Lyin’ Snake – I Killed Santa Today – .mp3
Angry Snowmans – 20 Lights – What We Do Is Festive
The Chrisfits – Yuletide Business – .mp3

The Book-Burners – All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – Glory To The Newborn King
Tom Scharpling & Philly Boy Roy – Philly Boy Roy’s Twas The Night Before Christmas – The Best Of The Best Of The Best Show On WFMU – [R]
Jennifer O’Connor & Amy Bezunartea – I Feel Christmas – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.kiamrecords.com
Jesu – Christmas – Christmas
George Korein & The Spleen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – .mp3
National Lampoon – Kung-Fu Christmas – Holiday Freakout! – [R]
The Lazy Cowgirls – Sock It To Me Santa – .mp3 – [R]

The Wailers – Maybe This Year – Merry Christmas – [C]
Okkervil River – Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas – Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See – [R]
Engine Kid – Little Drummer Boy – Hardcore Holiday – [R] – [C]
Chris Brokaw – Let It Snow – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.chrisbrokaw.com
Wonderful World Of Joey – What Sweet Child O’ Mine Is This? – What Sweet Child O’ Mine Is This? – [R]
Joseph Spence – Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town – Living On The Hallelujah Side
Didjits – Under The Christmas Fish – Hey Judester

The Descendents – Christmas Vacation – I Don’t Want To Grow Up – [R]
Emperor Penguin – Erotic Xmas (Home For The Holograms) – The My Pal God Holiday Record 2 – [C]
Hybrid Kids – We Three Kings – Claws
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here (vocal) – A Charlie Brown Christmas – [R]
Damien Jurado & Kyle Zantos – Kalla Hus – .mp3
Dump – Christmas Card – 7″
Slade – Merry Christmas, Everybody – .mp3 – [R]

The Galaxies – Christmas Eve – Merry Christmas – [C]
Atom & His Package – What WE Do On Christmas – The My Pal God Holiday Record – [C]
The Humpers – Run, Run Rudoplh – Happy Birthday Baby Jesus – [R] – [C]
Joel R.L. Phelps – The New Year 12:13 / We Three – 2012 Christmas Stories – https://soundcloud.com/joel-r-l-phelps
Reuben – Christmas Is Awesome – .mp3
The Little Places – This Year We’re Having Christmas On Your Birthday – .mp3
The Shitbirds – Christmas Is A Comin’ (May God Bless You) – .mp3

Scrawl – 11:59 It’s January – Split 45 with Versus
Mac McCaughan – It’s Cold Outside – 2012 Christmas Stories – http://www.superchunk.com
Superchunk – Night Of The Chill Blue – Split 45 with Caterpillar
Faroff – A Message To You, Santa Claus – Santastic Four – [C]
Rebecca Gates – 12.31 – The My Pal God Holiday Record 2 – [R]

The Law – What Did Santa Claus Bring You For Christmas – The My Pal God Holiday Record – [C]
Silkworm – Merry Christmas – The My Pal God Holiday Record – [C]

The Wailers – The Christmas Song – Merry Christmas – [C]

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Four Twenty / 100 Rounds / Zoom / Ahead Of The Pack

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Pinhead Gunpowder – Future Daydream – Jump Salty – RIP Sarah Kirsch.
Everyday People – (Loose Booty) Is A Real Thing – Eccentric Soul: Omnibus Vol. 1 – [N] – [C]
Ed Hall – Candy House – Albert
Eternal Tapestry – When I Was In Your Mind – A World Out Of Time – [N]
Public Enemy – Bring The Noise (No Noise Instrumental) – 12″
Native Cats – Ten Years Transportation – Split single with UV Race – [N]
Membranes – Wounded Bull In Victorian England – Human Music – [C]

Obits – Refund – 45 – Spanish import.
Art Con – Night Regulations – Claptrap – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Giant Giant Sand – Undiscovered Country (John Parish remix) – Tucson (expanded edition)
Stratotanker – Boston Spotlight – Stratovarious – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
The Pointer Sisters – Pinball Number Count (DJ Food re-edit) – Solid Steel Presents Sesame Street – 12!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – We No Who U R – Push The Sky Away
Cruddy – Morass – Food For Flies (demo)

Prowler – Live on WPRB – 11:19 – http://prowlerprowler.com

Fuel – Incomplete – Take Effect – RIP Sarah Kirsch.
Mahotella Queens – Wozani Mahipi – Next Stop…Sowetto Vol. 2 – 1974. – [C]
Pink Reason – Ache For You – 45 – The Sleds cover. – [N]
Barbara Manning – Stain On The Sun – 1212 – 12!
The Charles Gayle Trio – In The Name Of The Father – Look Up – Recorded 9-19-94. – [N]
The Jinx Clambake Explosion – Esmerelda – Smash Hits – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Usaisamonster – Bunk Fun – Spockmorgue – Unreleased.

Ex-Cult – Future Victims – S/T – Great debut. – [N]
Tussle – Windmill – Don’t Stop
Peoples Temple – Looters Game – More For The Masses – [N]
Frank Lowe – The Loweski Pt. 2 – The Loweski – 1973.
The Fresh & Onlys – Euphoria – Long Slow Dance – [N]
Run On – Copper Kettle – Scoot
Twelve Hour Turn – Sleep Comes Early For You – Perfect Progress, Perfect Destruction – 12!

The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet – Peel Sessions – Recorded 5/4/78. – [R]
The Soft Pack – Haven’t Got The Means – 45 – [N]

Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show.

RIP Kid Joe “Fashion” Fiorentino of Artanker Convoy/Stratotanker/Daughter/The Jinx Clambake Explosion. My condolences to his friends and family.

Please join the Facebook group Joe Fiorentino Forever and consider making a donation to the Fiorentino Friedrichs Family Fund.

The live session Artanker Convoy recorded at WPRB can be streamed here.

A second passing worth noting is that of Jon Ashline from The Screamin’ Mee-Mees.