Jon Solomon’s 2018 Holiday Radio Show. 30 years, 30 hours.


Jon Solomon’s 2018 Holiday Radio Show.

30 years, 30 hours.

The 2018 edition of my Holiday Radio Show on WPRB will be a special 30 hour marathon celebrating 30 years of Christmas programs.

Here’s the three part plan:

-From 3-5 pm ET on Christmas Eve, a unique mix will debut on 103.3 fm.

-That shall lead into the traditional live 25-hour broadcast beginning at 5:00 pm ET.

-When I do my scheduled sign-off at 6:00 pm ET on Christmas, a second festive “postgame show” mix will air – this lasting until 9:00 pm ET – though the option exists to scrap that and keep going if I’m up for it.

This is the best solution I could come up with to properly honor an important broadcasting anniversary and also stay alive.

I don’t plan on doing a >25-hour marathon again.

Image by the incomparable Kate R. of Seltzer Flavors.

Additional promotional show art / graphics / keys to cities welcomed.

Press folks, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Now, let’s talk Christmas Stories!

Each of the last seven years I have asked a number of friends, musicians, comedians and others that I admired to record their definition of an original “Christmas story” to be interspersed throughout my marathon, alongside Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail, The all-Misfits-inspired sets, Ramones-o-Clock, Lindstrom’s “Little Drummer Boy,” The all-Fall Christmas set, Joel Phelps’ myriad pieces and other annual favorites.

This addition has brought a new level of excitement to the program and made the tradition all the more special.

For year 30, I’m counting on everyone to top themselves. If you’ve always meant to record something in the past, this is the year to come through!

In 2011-2017, Mac McCaughan (Superchunk), wrestler/author Mick Foley, Glenn Mercer (The Feelies), Tom Scharpling (“The Best Show”), director Lance Bangs, Screaming Females, Pete & Alex from Star Wars Minute, Danny Tamberelli (The Adventure of Pete & Pete), Chris Brokaw, Jennifer O’Connor, Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma/Volcano Suns/Minibeast), Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day), David Hill (“Snap Judgement”, “This American Life”), Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz), comedian Jon Daly, Nick Thorburn (Islands), Doug Gillard, Rebecca Clay Cole (Wild Flag), Bill Goffrier (The Embarrassment/Big Dipper), Joel R.L. Phelps (Silkworm/The Downer Trio), Mark Robinson (Unrest/Flin Flon/Air Miami), Brett Davis (“The Special Without”), Seth Herzog (“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”), Boston Red Sox organist Josh Kantor, actor Ethan Sandler, Matthew Reid-Schwartz (Kinski), Pat Byrne (“Prove It All Night”), Edith Frost, comedian Chip Chantry, The Rutabega, SAVAK, Amanda X, The Gotobeds, “Financial Guru” Gregg Gethard, David Nagler, Fond Han, Jeff Lyons (Used Wigs), Franklin Bruno and many other remarkable people have recorded pieces for the marathon.

The deadline for 2018 is December 21st.

What is a Christmas Story?

Well, it can be a reading of a favorite Xmas tale, a cover of a holiday song you love or an original piece.

I leave that in your capable hands.

I’d love to get so many recordings that I can once again debut one of these an hour throughout the marathon.

Submissions can be sent to this email address.

My lone request is that you do not post your piece elsewhere before it airs during the show! Afterwards knock yourself out, just mention the show when you do share on Bandcamp/Soundcloud/Et cetera.

Please spread the word and have a happy holiday season.

Can’t wait for year 30!

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB

Ps. Songs inspired by The Fall, The Ramones and/or The Misfits get priority status!



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Live performance #250 – Borzoi.


Engineered 10/16/2018.

Borzoi web site

The South Is Risen / Prayer For War / Lizard Men Of The Third Reich / The Tonsure Twist / Warheads / Big Pink / Schlock / Beneath The Boardwalk



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10/24/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Super Thief – Dementia 5 – Super Thief
Theron & Darrell – It’s Your Love – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – 1970. – [C]
Minibeast – Mr Carnage – Subterranean Series Vol. 5
Native Tongues – Speaking In Captions – S/T – 1981.
Earthworm – A Very Important Discovery – Split 45 with Human Adult Band
Traden – Det Finns Blatt (There Is Blue) – S/T
Wax Chattels – In My Mouth – S/T – [N]

The Corin Tucker Band – Doubt – 1,000 Years
PBK / Spybey / Butcher / Johnson – Heat On Earth – Heat On Earth
Lonnie Holley – I’m A Suspect – MITH
Spent – Beard Without A Face – Never Kept A Diary – [C]
I Think Like Midnight – Kompromat – Kompromat EP – Local.
Wume – Walled Garden – Towards The Shadow – Coming in November.
Shogun & The Sheets – Hold On Kid – 7″ – Former Royal Headache fronter’s new act.

Borzoi – Live On WPRB – 25:01 – https://borzoi12xu.bandcamp.com

The Goon Sax – Get Out – We’re Not Talking
Los Microwaves – Silent Screamers – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – 1982. – [C]
Mammatus – Sparkling Waters Parts 1 & 2 – Sparkling Waters



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10/17/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Exit Group – Cruel Group – Adverse Habitat – Ex-Useless Eaters.
Run The Jewels – Let’s Go (The Royal We) – Venom OST – [C]
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In – Bottle It In
Standard Of Living – N.F.A. – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – 1982. – [C]
Sleep – Leagues Beneath – Adult Swim Singles 2017
Silkworm – Slow Hands – Firewater
The Shifters – Work/Life, Gym Etc – Have A Cunning Plan

Hurry Up – Just You Wait – Dismal Nitch – Forthcoming.
Fred Williams & The Jewels Band – The Dance Got Old – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – 1969. – [C]
Roger Doyle – Why Is Kilkenny So Good? – Oizzo No – Reissue of a 1975 album.
BC Camplight – Fire In England – Deportation Blues
The Girls – Any Other Way It Would Be Different – Punk-Dada Pulchritude
The Moles – No Overdubs – Code Word – Out Friday.
Cherubs – Hakkeboffer – Short Of Popular

Power Trip – Hornet’s Nest – Adult Swim Singles 2018
The Silence Kit – Supermarket – Fall Protection – Local.
Sunwatchers & Eugene Chadborne – Uncle Sam Do / The Anchor – 3 Characters – Covers of Henry Flynt & The Minutemen.
Didi – Haru – Like Memory Foam – Coming in November.
Jim Davis – DALGALATH – The Spirit Of Nature – aka Diamond Jim Koeswoyo.
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake! (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) – Wide Awake Remixes
Mudhoney – Oh Yeah – Digital Garbage – [N]

Borzoi – The Tonsure Twist – A Prayer For War – Live on next week’s show!



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10/10/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Comet Gain – My Defiance – Realistes
Amadou Kienou – Kelemagni – Sya
FACS – Skylarking – Negative Houses – [N]
Courtney Love – Stripmine – 45
Mars Hill – Breathe Under Water – Mattawan 2017 – Live.
Leben Und Arbeiten – Amanita – Kreaturen Der Nacht – [C]
Upper Wilds – Ex-Frontiers – Mars

The Records – Starry Eyes – DIY Starry Eyes – UK Pop II (1978-79) – RIP John Wicks. – [C]
Kikagaku Moyo – Gatherings – Masana Temples
Honeybunch – Remember You Always – 45
L.T. & The Soulful Dynamics – Everybody Needs Somebody – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – 1969. – [C]
The Rutabega – Entrapment – PRF Monthly Tribute Series – September 2015 – Naked Raygun cover. – [C]
Major Stars – Turning For Home – Decibels Of Gratitude – On tour now!
First Responders – Short Term Memory Loss – YOU RANG?

Obnox – Wake & Quake – Bang Messiah
Mary Lattimore – By This River – Aquarium Drunkard: Lagniappe Sessions – Brian Eno song.
Voice Farm – Voyeur – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – 1982. – [C]
Mdou Moctar – Sousoume Tamachek – Sousoume Tamachek
Low – Dancing & Fire / Poor Sucker – Double Negative
Deerhoof – Midnight, The Stars And You – Plays The Music Of The Shining
Swearin’ – Grow Into A Ghost – Fall Into The Sun

Sonic Youth – Incinerate – Rather Ripped
Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane – Oyiwane – Elementary school group from Niger.
The Cure – Primary – Faith
Pete The Retailer – Yoda’s Theme (slowed way down) – .mp3
Loren Mazzacane Connors – Long Nights III – Long Nights – Mixed with the above.
Sixteen Jackies – VHS #2 (Masks) – Movie Was Bad / Mascula
The Stammer – Over & Over – Over & Over – Local.



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Live performance #249 – Mike Pace.


Engineered 9/14/2018.

Mike Pace web site

Troubleshooting / Blaster / Young & Beautiful / Never Find A Girl (Steve Hiett song) / McKinley / Disconnected Heart / Summer Lawns



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10/3/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

J. Robbins – Someday You’ll Be King – Swing Left EP – MX-80 Sound cover.
De La Soul – Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix) – 12″
Kinski – A Nap Is A Slice Of The World – Accustomed To Your Face – Out next Friday!
Look Blue Go Purple – I Don’t Want You Anyway – Still Bewitched
Unholy Two – Zero Tolerance – The Pleasure To End All Pleasures
Prince – Cold Coffee & Cocaine – Piano & A Microphone 1983 – [R]
The Crabs – Riptide – 45

Sweet Spirit – Touch – Touch
Charlie Copeland – 135 Degrees – Holiday Hula Hoop
The Bevis Frond – You’re On Your Own – We’re Your Friends, Man
Lasry-Baschet – Bolide – Les Nouvelles Structures Sonores – Originally released in 1957.
Mudhoney – Night & Fog – Digital Garbge
Theron & Darrell – I Was Made To Love Her – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – 1970. – [C]
Greyhouse – Stuff – 7″

Mike Pace – Live on WPRB – 32:20 – https://thechildactors.bandcamp.com

The Ramones – S.L.U.G. – Road To Ruin (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) – Recently completed recording of a 1978 song.
Distant Thunder – Tin Soldiers – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – 1988. Unreleased demo. – [C]
Honcho Overload – On The In – 7″
Pharoah Sanders – The Creator Has A Master Plan (Pt. 1) – Karma
Exmaid – Surface – Fair Sex – Local.
Labradford – Everlast – 7″
SEMINARS – Listen To The Sirens – .mp3 – Tubeway Army cover.



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9/26/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Crime – Murder By Guitar – Murder By Guitar – RIP Johnny Strike.
Jane Weaver – Don’t Take My Soul – The Silver Globe
Tim Jacob – Mercy Baby – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – 1969. – [C]
Double Grave – Teenage Dream – New Year’s Daydream – [N]
Photo-Curio – Ozones – 10″
Wasp Women – Kill Me – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – Unreleased 1980 demo. – [C]
The Cats – Can Eat More / Six Packs Slow – At Polanka Park – Local. – [N]

Missing Pages – Long Way Down – 7″ – Stephen Svacina of Sweet Talk / Mind Spiders.
Beak> – Alle Sauvage – >>>
SOLD – Lies – Feels Unreal – Local.
Brandon Seabrook Trio – Groping At A Breakthrough – Convulsionaries
Escape-ism – The Lost Record – The Lost Record
48 Chairs – Snap It Around – 70% Paranoid – 1979. Lol Coxhill + Gerry & The Holograms.
The Intelligence – Dating Cops – Live In San Francisco

Unnatural Helpers – Dirty, Drunk & Comical – 45
Lake Ruth – One Of Your Own – Birds Of America
The Brown Christmas – Every Slice / The Last White Rhino – Some Kind Of Birthday Party
X – Because I Do – Under The Big Black Sun
Goshen Electric Co. – The Grey Tower – 7″
Orb – Stonefruit – The Space Between
Idles – I’m Scum – Joy As An Act Of Resistance

CROM – Burnt Fur – The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989
Nun – Pick Up The Phone – Pick Up The Phone
The Karl Hendricks Trio – Nogales By Tuesday (Live at WPTS) – Never Kept A Diary – [C]
Richard Youngs – Angel Petrina Bell – Festival
Danielson – Snap Outtavit – Snap Outtavit
Czarface & MF Doom – Captain Crunch – Czarface Meets Metalface – [N]
Marnie Stern – For Ash – S/T

Mike Pace & The Child Actors – Escape The Noise – Smooth Sailing – Live on next week’s show!
Iswani Ismail – Nelayan – Folk & Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 2 – [C]
Heatmap – Tower – Pulses – Local.
Die Form – Leders Klub – Zoo – Collection of 1980-1982 recordings.
Sexual Christians – Spiritual Headlock – Horrendous New Wave – [C]



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9/12/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Crime – Hot Wire My Heart – 45 – RIP Johnny Strike.
Kenneth Carr with John Smart’s Band – Don’t Hate Let’s Communicate – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – 1969. – [C]
E – Delicate Fingers – S/T
The Chills – In Harmony – Snow Bound – Out Friday!
Human Adult Band – Easton Ave. Laundromat – Sonic Enlightenment – [N]
Necropolis Of Love – Talk – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – 1982. – [C]
Shellac – Steady As She Goes – Excellent Italian Greyhound

Deaf Wish – Lithium Zion / Deep Blue Cheated – Lithium Zion – [N]
Charles Bradley – I Feel A Change – Black Velvet – To be released posthumously this November.
BODEGA – Truth Is Not Punishment – Endless Scroll
PJ Harvey & Harry Escott – An Acre Of Land – Dark River OST – [C]
Robbie Lee & Mary Halvorson – Seed Triangular – Seed Triangular – [N]
Prince – 17 Days (Radio Edit) – Piano & A Microphone 1983
Flat Worms – Melt The Arms – 45 – Coming in October.

Upper Wilds – Mars – Mars
Josephine Foster – Benevolent Spring – Faithful Fairy Harmony
SAVAK – This Dying Lake – 45
Earth Girl Helen Brown – Oh! What A War – Four Satellites Vol. 1
Cerberus Shoal – Untitled (bonus track) – S/T – Previously unreleased.
Superchunk – What A Time To Be Alive (acoustic) – 45 – Record Store Day 2018 release.
Crime – Frustration – San Francisco’s Doomed – RIP Johnny Strike.

Full Bush – Hey Boy – S/T – Local.
Kurt Vile – Bassackwards – Bottle It In – Forthcoming.



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9/5/18 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


 

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Long Hots – Nickle & Dime – Monday Night Raw – Local.
Batang Frisco – Power – BART – Bay Area Retrograde Volume 1 – 1986. – [C]
Come – Sharon Vs Karen – Eleven : Eleven – Live at Vermonstress, 1992.
Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts – Mount Napoleon – MILANO
Kinski – Kinski 101 – Accustomed To Your Face – Coming in October.
Joel R.L. Phelps & The Downer Trio – Rev Robert Irving – 3 – Rev. Robert I. Phelps 1934-2018.
Mala Leche – Me Choca / Esta Jolla – 45

The Proletariat – Push Back – 45 – First new music in 33 years. – [N]
Photo-Curio – Maybe Next Summer – S/T 10″
The Normals – Demented Breakdown – 45 – 1978. – [N]
The Kadane Brothers / Bottomless Pit – Beheaded / Leave The Light On – Live at The Middle East, July 2008
Orchestra Of Spheres – Koudede – Mirror – To be released November 2nd.
Contra-Band – See You Tonight – Buttons: From Champaign To Chicago – 1982. – [C]
The Wad – I’m So Terminal – 45

Wounded Lion – Silver People / Omar Walk – S/T
The Both – The Inevitable Shove – S/T
Mesmeric Haze – Mesmerican Dream Number 4 – The Spacement Tapes: Volume 1 – Local.
Phantom Works – No Brave – Ohms
Mogwai – Guns Down – KIN – Motion picture soundtrack.
James Chance & The Contortions – Jaded – No New York – Playing this weekend in Princeton! – [C]
Borzoi – The South Is Risen – A Prayer For War – Their best yet!

Sediment Club – BMP.MAP.SCUM – Stucco Thieves – Playing this weekend in Princeton! – [N]
23 Skidoo – The Gospel Comes To New Guinea – Seven Songs – Originally on a 1981 12″.
Oblivious Newton Jon – 18″08′ – 18″08′ EP
Ty Segall & White Fence – Body Behavior – Joy
Primitive Calculators – Do The Icepick – S/T – Recorded live in 1979.



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