“Best of 2009!”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Home Blitz – Nightime Feel – Out Of Phase – N
Tafo feat. Nahid Akhtar – Karye Pyar – The Sound Of Wonder – C
The Bats – Countersign – The Guilty Office
The Poison Arrows – Fire Up The Happiness Center – First Class, And Forever
Watery Love – All Night Long – Debut 45
The Emperors – Karate – Karate
Red Eyed Legends – Monsters – Wake Up, Legend

Obits – Two-Headed Coin – I Blame You
Gods Gift – Amaesthetic – Pathology 1979-1984
Kurt Vile & The Violators – The Hunchback – The Hunchback Ep
The Units – Cannibals – History Of The Units – The Early Years: 1977-83
Maserati – No More Sages – Passages
Liechtenstein – Roses In The Park – Survival Strategies In A Modern World
The Marked Men – All In Your Head – Ghosts

Reigning Sound – If I Can’t Come Back – Love & Curses
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Money I$ King – My World
Volcano Suns – Time Off – All Night Lotus Party
Felix – Death To Everyone But Us – You Are The One I Pick – N
Double Dagger – Two-Way Mirror – More
Death – Politicians In My Eyes – For The Whole World To See
Screaming Females – Bell – Power Move

Bassholes – Little Boy Blues – …And Without A Name – N
Omega – Felbeszakadt Koncert – Well Hung Vol. 1 – C
Yo La Tengo – More Stars Then There Are In Heaven – Popular Songs
Occult Chemistry – Occult Chemistry – Messthetics #107 – C
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Close Chorus – Ashes Grammar
Jean Mpia – Tika Koseka – The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo 1954-55 – C
Pissed Jeans – Human Upskirt – King Of Jeans

The Spits – Rip Up The Streets – S/T
Har-You Percussion Group – Feed Me Good – Sounds Of The Ghetto Youth
King Kong Ding Dong – Jample – Youth Culture Index – N
Bobby Ubangi – Spaceshit – Inside The Mind Of… – N
Enumclaw – Third Prime – Opening Of The Dawn – N
Minx – Something We Got – The Philly Sound You Never Heard Vol. 2 – C
Mud Hutters – Water Torture – Messthetics #106 – C

Jay Reatard – Wounded – Watch Me Fall

This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

Please send help to Haiti. The American Red Cross has a very simple arrangement where you can contribute a $10 donation for relief efforts by texting the word ‘HAITI’ to the number 90999. It takes less than a minute and the donation will automatically be added to your cell phone bill.

I’m still shocked. RIP Jay Reatard.

Gerard Cosloy remembers Reatard on the Matador Records web site.

Above is a short documentary about Reatard called “Waiting For Something.”

The Village Voice has collected several remembrances.

You can pick up the new My Dad Is Dead record here.

Roland S. Howard passed away on December 30th after a lengthy battle with liver cancer.

Above he is performing his song “Shivers,” a tune he wrote at the age of 16. Below you’ll find him experimenting on guitar sounds for “Jennifer’s Veil.”

The LA Weekly has a memorial with some great descriptions of Howard’s guitar playing.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Jay Reatard – An Ugly Death – Matador Singles ’08 – RIP.
Pink Skull – Chicken Dream Inside Egg – Endless Bummer – N
Crime & The City Solution – Trouble Come This Morning – Just South Of Heaven – RIP Roland S. Howard.
My Dad Is Dead – Carolina Blue – A New Clear Route – N
??? – Carrefour De Fort – Caribbean Revels: Haitian Rara – Please donate $10 at redcross.org.
Roland S. Howard & Nikki Sudden – Sob Story – Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc – RIP Roland S. Howard.
Screaming Females – I Do – Singles – N – Win tickets to see them at Bowery Ballroom on February 6th!

Reatards – Break Down – Not Fucked Enough – RIP Jay Reatard.
These Immortal Souls – Hide – Get Lost (Don’t Lie) – RIP Roland S. Howard.
Golden Boys – Dish Towel – Thee Electric Wolfman – N
Bade – Rara Machine – Rhythms Of Rapture: Sacred Musics Of Haitian Vodou – Please donate $10 at redcross.org.
The Birthday Party – Zoo-Music Girl – Prayers On Fire – RIP Roland S. Howard.
Purple Ivy Shadows – Susie Q – Mexican Party – CCR cover.
JEFF The Brotherhood – Heavy Days – Bone Jam – Win tickets to see them at Bowery Ballroom on February 6th!

Jay Reatard – Don’t Let Him Come Back – 7″ – R – RIP. Go Betweens cover.
Volcano Suns – Offsprings – Bumper Crop – Returning the favor, ML.
These Immortal Souls – “Blood & Sand” She Said (Early Version) – 12″ – RIP Roland S. Howard.
Pantha Du Prince – Water Falls – The Splendour – N
Lydia Lunch & Roland S. Howard – Some Velvet Morning – 12″ – RIP Roland S. Howard. Lee Hazlewood song.
Beautiful Supermachines – The Stadium Moves – Shut Up – N
Lost Sounds – I’m Not A Machine – Black-Wave – RIP Jay Reatard.

The Birthday Party – Waving My Arms – Hee-Haw – RIP Roland S. Howard.
Ti Band L’avenir – Haiti Cherie – Meringue: Buckle-Rubbing Street Music From Haiti – Please donate $10 at redcross.org.
Destruction Unit – In The End – S/T – RIP Jay Reatard.
June of 44 – Of Information & Belief – Four Great Points
The Glass Bees – Duet For Cello & Cowbell – mp3
Lightning Bolt – Sound Guardians – Earthly Delights – N – R
Superchunk – Skip Steps 1 & 3 – No Pocky For Kitty

Jay Reatard – My Shadow – Blood Visions – R – RIP.
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache – Darkest Light
The Birthday Party – The Dim Locator – Live 81-82 – RIP Roland S. Howard.
The Shot Heard ‘Round The World – Lentin – Ten Songs For Town & Country
The Shivvers – No Substitute – Lost Hits From Milwaukee’s First Family Of Powerpop: 1979-82
George Clinton – Tweakin’ – The Cinderella Theory – With Chuck D & Flavor Flav.
Final Solutions – I Am The Now – Songs By Solutions – RIP Jay Reatard.

December 25, 2009 – 7:04 pm ET. Post-show, pre-sleep.

Noah Vail – Jon Solomon’s Christmas Eve Marathon – mp3

The Sonics – Santa Claus – Merry Christmas – C
Blood Feathers – Christmas Will Help You Feel OK – mp3
Jimmy Reed – Christmas Present Blues – In The Christmas Groove – C
Can – Silent Night – mp3
Mr. Blobby – Christmas In Blobbyland – mp3
Dave Damm – Christmas Gameboy, 1990 – Arbor Records 9 – C
The Hentchmen – Merry Christmas Baby – 45

Nosferatu D2 – It’s Christmas Time (For God’s Sake) – mp3
Dizzy Dean & Dinah Shore – Some Christmas Snow – The Great American Baseball Box – C
The Rosebuds – Oh Its Christmas – Have A Holly Raleigh Christmas – C
??? – The Warner Raider Christmas Card – mp3
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Ain’t No Chimneys – 45
Wildebeasts – Rudolph’s Ruin – mp3
The Bomb – Not Christmas Night – Speed Is Everything

Tom Angelripper – Stille Nacht, Heilge Nacht – mp3 – R
Joseph Spence – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Mas – R
Servotron – CHristmas Day Of The Robot – 45 – R
Waffle House – The Waffle House 12 Days Of Christmas – mp3 – R
Trydy Pitts – Christmas Time Is Here – 2009 Holiday Jawn – R – C
James Brown – Go Power At Christmas Time – Funky Christmas – R
Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Let’s Boogie To The Christmas Elf – Christmas – R

The Vandals – Oi To The World – Oi To The World – R
Chasia Segal – Latke Cooking Demonstration – A Taste Of Channukah – R – C
Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis – Christmas Rapping – R – C
Belle & Sebasitan – Are You Coming Over For Christmas? – Are You Coming Over For Christmas – R
Shonen Knife – Christmas Message ’91 – 45 – R
Daniel Johnston – Some People Don’t Even Know Its Christmastime – mp3 – R
Low – Just Like Christmas – Christmas – R

Austrian Death Machine – Jingle Bells – mp3
Guy Caballero – Merry Christmas Canada – mp3
Inpatient Music Therapy Program – Jingle Bell Rock – mp3
The Hot Buttered Elves – Cosmic Santa Time – 2012: Planet X-Mas – R
Rob Martinez – Beatles Christmas Fan Club Message Montage – Rob’s 2009 Christmas CD – R
Fucked Up – Do They Know It’s Christmas Time? – 45
Koncak – X-Mas Time – Only When The Right Side Glows

The Dickies – Silent Night – Punk Rock Christmas – R – C
Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls – Merry Christmas (Please Don’t Die) – mp3
Chris Stamey & The Dbs – Christmas Time – Christmas Time – R – C
Silkworm – In The Bleak Midwinter – Split 7″ with Engine Kid – R
Augie Rios – Ol’ Fatso – 45 – R
The Guide Dog Glee Club – Carol Of The Bells – mp3 – R
The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) – mp3 – R

The Dirtys – Cocaine Christmas – Surprise Package – C
The Ventures – Sleigh Bells – mp3 – R
The Sky Drops – Christmas Feels Like Halloween – mp3
Luna – Egg Nog – 45 – R
Jack Pleasants – I’m Learning A Song For Christmas – mp3
Barry Gordon – I Like Christmas I Like It I Like It – mp3 – R
The Wailers – She’s Comin’ Home – Merry Christmas – C

The Chrisfits – Astro Tidings / Christmas Eve / Yuletide Business – S/T
Albert Brooks – Daddy’s Christmas – 45
The Elves – Whte/Hot Christmas – Rhythm & Blues Christmas – R – C
The Spinto Band – Don’t Tell Me That It’s Wintertime – mp3
Carla Bley – Jingle Bells – Carla’s Christmas Carols
The Crafty Ladies – I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas – 45 – R
Billy Childish – Christmas Lights – Christmas 1979

Atom & His Package – What WE Do on Christmas – The My Pal God Holiday Record – R – C
Martin & Johnson – Breaking Up Christmas – Have A Holly Raleigh Christmas Volume II – C
Selloutica – Enter Snowman – mp3 – R
ScreamerClauz – 12 Days Of Ax-mess – mp3 – R
Rough Shop – Just Because It Was Christmas – Just Because It Was Christmas
The Lucys – There’s A Dog In That Snowman – Happy Holidays From Miner Street, 1996 – R
The Bigger Lovers – For Christ’s Sake – This Affair Never Happened… – R

Mach Bell & His Elves – C’mon Santa! – Xmas Snertz – C
Neutrino – Island Of Misfit Toys / Little Drummer Boy – The My Pal God Holiday Record 2 – C – R
Yo La Tengo – It’s Christmas Time – Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo – R
Fay McRae – 12 Daze Of Christmas – mp3 – R
Pledge Drive – Christmas Rhapsody – mp3 – R
Matt Besser – Billy Braggart Sings People’s History Version Of Xmas Gospel – Comedy Death-Ray Xmas – C
Half Man Half Biscuit – It’s Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas – mp3

The Replacements – Bundle Up – PTMM 86 demo
Centro-Matic – Fuselage (It’s Starting To Look Like Christmas Once Again) – Electric Ornaments – R – C
T-Rex – Xmas Riff – T. Rex Wax & Co. – R
Tammy Fakye Bakker – Jingle Bells – mp3
Okkervil River – Listening To Otis Redding During Christmas – Golden Opportunities
Turkish Information Office – The Story Of Santa Claus – Merry Christmas From Turkey
The Ergs – We’re Going To Have A Devo Christmas – mp3 – R

Roy Wood & Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – mp3
Sonic Youth – Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope – Just Say Noel – C – R
Beck – Little Drum Machine Boy – Just Say Noel – C – R
Nate Ruth – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) – Cdr – R
The Fleshtones – Hooray For Santa Claus – Stocking Stuffer – R
The Residents – Santa Dog ’78 – mp3 – R
The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause – Punk Rock Christmas – R – C

Slade – Merry Christmas Everybody – mp3
Halford – Christmas For Everyone – Winter Songs
Lord Beginner – Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning – Where Will You Be Christmas Day? – C
The Swinging Neckbreakers – Under The Christmas Tree – 45
James Chance – Christmas With Satan – mp3 – R
Chewbacca – Silent Night – mp3 – R
The Galaxies – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – Merry Christmas

Dead Moon – Christmas Rush – It’s FINALLY Christmas – R
Miss Masive Snowflake – Christmas 1957 – White Silber – R – C
Osaka Popstar – The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t – Jingle This 2006 – R – C
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York – New Wave Christmas – R – C
Kids Of Widney High – Santa’s In A Wheelchair – Kevin & Bean’s Last Christmas – R – C
Electric Jungle – Funky Funky Christmas – In The Christmas Groove – C
Evil Weiner – All Around The World – mp3 – R

Czar Caviar – Now I Am Your Santa Claus – mp3 – R
Air Mack – Dance Of The Sugarplum Faeries – Town Squires – R
Fat Daddy – Fat Daddy – A John Waters Christmas – R – C
Tracy Thornton – Jingle Bells – Have A Holly Raleigh Christmas Volume III – C
Henry Rollins – Twas The Night Before Christmas – A Lump Of Coal – R – C
Eltro – The Color Of Snow – Happy Holidays From Miner Street, 1996 – R – C
Kekal – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – A Brutal Christmas – C

Reigning Sound – If Christmas Can’t Bring You Home – mp3
Charlie Brown & Lucy – Snowflakes & Stars – Good Grief Charlie Brown – R
Jackie & The Cedrics – Silent Night Rumble – mp3
Jad Fair & Noafumi Ishimaru – Santa’s Knee – Half Monster
William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain – A Junkie’s Christmas – The Priest They Called Him – R
Quality Zoom Slide – Frosty The Snowman – Yule Log
Great Whyte Lyin’ Snake – I Killed Santa Today – mp3 – R

Mike Fornatale – It’s Reindeer Time – mp3
J. Hines & The Boys – A Funky Xmas To You – mp3
The Goblins – Ha Ha Hanukkah – The My Pal God Holiday Album – C – R
DJ Flack – O Chanukah Dubstep Bassline Remix – Menorah Mashups – C
Chuck McCann, Bill Minkin, Chet Dowling, Dick Williams Singers – The Christmas Night Show – Christmas With Bobby
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Santa Claus – Repentence
Happy Flowers – All I Got Were Clothes For Christmas – God’s Favorite Dog – C

The Wailers – Christmas Spirit??? – Merry Christmas – C
Cheech & Chong – Santa Claus & His Old Lady – mp3 – R
Martin Atkins & The Chicago Industrial League – The Spirit Of Christmas – S/T – R
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins & The Fuzztones – Its That Time Again – 12″ – R
Liberace – Twas The Night Before Christmas – mp3
AKIM & The Teddy Vann Production Company – Santa Claus Is A Black Man – A John Waters Christmas – R – C
Lost Boy Scout – Bring Me The Head Of The Man Dressed In Red – Christmas Blues

Punks On Eggnog – Must Be Santa – mp3
TW Walsh – Silent Night – mp3 – R
Mabel Mafuqa – Happy Xmas, Happy New Year – Merry Xmas From Eddie G. 16 – C
The Loud Family – It Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas – Cd5
Little Cindy – Happy Birthday Jesus – Cruddy Christmas – R
Sandpipers – Cracker Jack Christmas – mp3
Jingle Punx – Marshmallow World – Coal

Prisonshake – Skating/Seasoned Greetings – Gimme Some Santa – C
Ergo Phizmiz – Last Christmas I Gave You / Jungle Bells – Turkey Party
Faith & Disease – Silver & Gold – Excelsis Vol. 2 – R – C
S.C.U.M – Silent Night, Alien Night – mp3
Toots & The Maytals – Christmas Feeling Ska – mp3
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – Jingle Bells – Jingle All The Way
Spectrum – Santa Claus – 45 – R

P.S. Tail, Esq – Jingle Rock Bell – mp3 – R
Mark Mothersbaugh – Happy Woodchopper – Joyeux Mutato
The Mountain Goats – Merry Christmas From The Family – mp3 – R
Mario Eggplant – Little Drummer Koala – Happy Holidays From Spleen Coffin – C
Chocolate Snow – Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy – Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace – C
Slumber – I’ll Never Know Another Christmas Day – 45
The Dwarves – Drinking Up Christmas – Greedy Boot

The Korps – The Blizzard Of ’78 – Xmas Snertz – C
Yogi Yorgesson – I Was Santa Claus At The School House (For The P.T.A.) – Yingle Bells
Zelda Pinwheel – Little Drummer Boy – Oh Come All Ye EarSnake – C
Granville Williams Orchestra – Santa Claus Is Ska-ing To Town – Trojan Christmas Box Set – R – C
The Feud – Hannukah – Cdr
The Atomic Rhythm All-Stars – Our Friend The Ginger Bread Man – Have A Holly Raleigh KIDSmas – C
The Sonics – The Village Idiot – Merry Christmas – C

Engine Kid – Little Drummer Boy – Split 7″ with Silkworm – R
Stephen Colbert – December 24th – I Am America (And So Can You)
Swearing At Motorists – Silver Bells – mp3
Soul Saints Orchestra – Santa’s Got A Bag Of Soul – In The Christmas Groove – C
Lord Buckley – Scrooge – Merry Christmas & Other Heartfelt Sentiments – R
People Like Us – Santa Claus – Christian Marclay’s Sounds Of Christmas
MHz – Secret Santa – Surprise Package – C

Bad Gods – Nine Inch Noels (Sanitized) – mp3
Gang – Little Drummer Boy – Cdr
Charles M. Schultz – A Charlie Brown Christmas – A Charlie Brown Book & Record
Blues Control – Snow Day – Snow Day
Carter USM – Christmas Shopper’s Paradise – 7″
The Singing Saw – We Wish You A Merry Christmas – The Singing Saw At Christmastime
The Classic Brown – Comin’ On Christmas – Arbor Christmas 8 – C

Sloppy Seconds – Hooray For Santa Claus – Lonely Christmas – R
New Order – Ode To Joy / Rocking Carol – Flexi – R
Jonathan Kane – Little Drummer Boy – Little Drummer Boy
Culturcide – Santa Claus Was My Lover – 45 – R
Morecambe & Wise – The Twelve Days Of Christmas – mp3
Nicole & Nina – Carol Medley – mp3
The Monday Morning Quarterback – The Game Plan To Beat Miami – mp3
Stiff Little Fingers – White Christmas – Punk Rock Christmas – R

The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) – 45
DJ BC – You Shook Me All Noel – Santastic III in 3-D – C
The Nic Nacs – Gonna Have A Merry Christmas – Rhythm & Blues Christmas – C
Future Shock – Santa Left Us Microchips For Christmas – mp3
Galaxy 500 – Listen The Snow Is Falling – This Is Our Music – R
All Tiny Creatures – Kites (Truman Capote) – Hometapes Holiday 2009 – C
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Christmastime In The Mountains – mp3 – R

The Grape Escape – What Would Christmas Be (Without Jon Solomon) – mp3
Lindstrom – Little Drummer Boy – mp3
Jennifer O’Connor – Deck The Halls – Peace On Earth II – C
Bob & Doug McKenzie – Twelve Days Of Christmas – The Big 80s: Christmas – C – R
The Mountain Goats – Hanukkah – mp3 – R
The Sonics – Don’t Believe In Christmas – Merry Christmas – C

Fishbone – Slick Nick, You Devil You – 12″ – R
Ted Lyons – The Only Law That Santa Understood – Christmas Time – R – C
The Gorman Sisters – Jesus Is My Santa Claus – A Christmas Yuleblog Sampler 2009 – R – C
Crucial Youth – X-Mastime For The Skins / Santa Claus Is Coming (And You’re On His List) – 45 – R
Elliott, Walter & Bennett – The Twelve Days Of A Pittsburgh Steelers Christmas – 45
Count Floyd – Merry Christmas Canada 1985 – mp3
DJ Flack – Dredl-Bells – Menorah Mashups – R – C
King Diamond – No Presents – mp3 – R

Countryside Unitarian Fellowship – Hey Jesus Christ Welcome To This World – OST – R

Reuben – Christmas Is Awesome – mp3
The Go Go’s – I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek – mp3
Doctor Who – Christmas – mp3
DJ John – The Christmas Massacre Of Charlie Brown – Santastic – C
The Hot Buttered Elves – Secret Robotic Gorilla Christmas – A Very Lofi Christmas – R
Quasi – Merry X-Mas – When The Going Gets Dark – R
Wedding Present – No Christmas – Hit Parade II – R

The Lazy Cowgirls – Sock It To Me Santa – mp3 – R
Rock Hudson – Christmas Message – mp3
REMC – A Wise Elf Saves Christmas – REMC Christmas Record
Little Bobby Rey & His Band – Rocking “J” Bells – mp3
Wooden Shjips – O Tannenbaum – mp3
Neko Case – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis – mp3 – R
The Galaxies – Please Come Home For Christmas – Merry Christmas – C

The 5678s – Rock & Roll Santa – 45
Tom Lehrer – A Christmas Carol – An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer – R
Big Star – Jesus Christ – Christmas Time – R – C
Tom Scharpling & Philly Boy Roy – Twas The Night Before Christmas Philly Style – TBSOWFMU – R
Venom – Black Christmas – mp3
Wonderful World Of Joey – What Sweet Child O’ Mine Is This? – Cd5 – R
The Humpers – Run, Run Rudolph – Happy Birthday Baby Jesus

The Snaildartha 6 – The Story Of Jerry The Christmas Snail – OST – R

The Descendents – Christmas Vacation – I Don’t Want To Grow Up – R
Prince – Another Lonely Christmas – 12″ – R
Pointed Sticks – Power Pop Santa – mp3
John Fahey – Christmas Fantasy – Part II – Christmas With John Fahey Vol. II – R
The Jingleberries – A Holly Jolly Christmas – mp3 – R
Whorl – Christmas – 45
The Wailers – Maybe This Year – Merry Christmas – C

Emperor Penguin – Erotic Christmas (Home For The Holograms) – The My Pal God Holiday Record 2 – C
Kelly Pace, Aaron Brown, Joe Green, Paul Hayes & Matthew Johnson – Holy Babe – Where Will You Be Christmas Day? – C
Count Floyd – Reggae Christmas Eve In Transylvania – mp3 – R
Lenola – Yule Log – Happy Holidays From Miner Street, 1996 – R – C
Red Skelton – The Little Christmas Tree – First Christmas Record For Children – R – C
Johnny & The High-Keys – The Christmas Game – Absolutely Allentown – C
Shitbirds – Christmas Is A Comin’ (May God Bless You) – Happy Birthday Baby Jesus – C

The Fall – No Xmas For John Quays – The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
The Fall – Jingle Bell Rock – The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
The Fall – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
The Fall – (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas – (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas
The Fall – Xmas With Simon – Shift-Work

Oswald 5-0 – Christmas – Nothing To Prove – R
Popeye – Santa Popeye – S/T – R
Pop-Pop/Julia/Jenny/Amy – Christmas Songs – mp3
Dogbowl – The 1972 Christmas Bombing Of North Vietnam – mp3 – R
Wayne Butane – A Very Special Christmas – mp3
The Galaxies – Christmas Eve – Merry Christmas – C

The Didjits – Under The Christmas Fish – Hey Judester – R
Hybrid Kids – We Three Kings – Claws
Soul Saints Orchestra – Santa’s Got A Bag Of Soul – In The Christmas Groove – C
Eyeball Hurt & The Medicine – Santa Lion – mp3
Matt Besser – Neil Young Sings Frosty The Snowman – Comedy Death Ray Xmas Cd – C
Paleface – Jingle Jingle Number One Christmas Single – Cd5
Sunspring – Christmas Morning – 7″

Killdozer – Oh Little Town Deathlehem – Hardcore Holiday – C
The Cast of Twin Peaks – The Twelve Days Of Christmas – mp3 – R
American Analog Set – All I Want For Christmas – 45
Suzannah – Mom & Daddy Please Don’t Steal For Me This Christmas – Merry Christmas From Eddie G 16 – C
The Debonaires – Christmas Time – Rhythm & Blues Christmas – C
Faroff – A Message To You, Santa Claus – Santastic Four – C
Rebecca Gates – 12.31 – The My Pal God Holiday Record 2 – C

Superchunk – Night Of The Chill Blue – Working Holiday
Sun Ra – It’s Christmas Time – The Singles
Louis C.K. – Christmas Caroling – Live In Houston
The Treacherous Three – Santa’s Rap – Beat Street Volume 2 – C
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Lead Belly – Christmas Is A-Coming – Where Will You Be Christmas Day? – C
Scrawl – 11:59 It’s January – Working Holiday

Ole Pal Irwin – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Stay Free!
The Little Places – This Year We’re Having Christmas On Your Birthday – mp3
Dump – Christmas Card – 7″

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

The Wailers – The Christmas Song – Merry Christmas – C

My 22nd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com kicks off this Christmas Eve at 6:00 pm ET and runs until Christmas day at 6:00 pm ET.

Since the WPRB web site has been fairly wonky this week, I wanted to make sure to post the following direct links in case of the unlikely event it is not back on-line during my show:

MP3 Stream

Real Player

Windows Media Player

Facebook fan page

Chat and WebCam

Happy Holidays!

Jon Solomon
jon@wprb.com

I was a guest on WNYC’s national morning program The Takeaway earlier today, talking “great great” and “terrible great” Christmas music in advance of this coming Thursday’s 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show. You can listen to my appearance here.

I’m delighted with how it all went.

This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

RIP Jack Rose.

Writer Byron Coley remembers his friend on the Arthur Magazine web site.

Also passing away recently, Bruce C. Allen of The Suburbs.

Jawbox reunited to play “Savory” on Wednesday’s episode of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” Watch two additional web-only live peformances (“68” and “FF=66”) here.

Download “Paranoia” from the forthcoming Pierced Arrows album on Vice.

Pierced Arrows

Grab a live Pelt track from 2003 off the VHF Records web site.

Pelt

DJ BC has made the holiday collection “Menorah Mashups” free for all.

The Go Betweens had a bridge named after them in their home town of Brisbane, Australia.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Test Patterns – Back To You – Blackout – N
Mlimani Park Orchestra – Visa Vimenichosha – Zanzibara 5 – C
George Washington Brown – End Of The… – Searching For The Now 6 – N – C – Split single with The School.
Jack Rose – Kensington Blues – Kensington Blues – RIP Jack Rose.
El-G – Al-Kado – Tout Ploie – N
The Suburbs – Mommy – Credit In Heaven – RIP Bruce C. Allen.
Jawbox – Savory – For Your Own Special Sweetheart

Pierced Arrows – Paranoia – Descending Shadows – Forthcoming.
Otis Skillings – Love Can Work A Miracle – A Young World Musical – 1971.
Unearthly Trance – Phoenix Undead – Eleven Are The Voices – N
Pelt – Shackleton: Incinerator Wheel – Burning / Filament / Rockets – R – RIP Jack Rose.
King Kong Ding Dong – (You’re The) Drone Machine – Youth Culture Index – N
The Suburbs – Hobnobbin With The Executives – In Combo – RIP Bruce C. Allen.
El Jesus De Magico – Paha Sapa – 45 – N

Bassholes – Little Boy Blues – …And Without A Game – N
Faroff – House Of Klezmer – Menorah Mashups
The Go Betweens – The Ghost & The Black Hat – Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express – Visit the Go Betweens Bridge in Brisbane.
Jack Rose – Yarman Blues – Opium Musick – RIP Jack Rose.
Penthouse – Night Jar – 45
Dragon Turtle – Spill Out The Night – Split 12″ with Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air – N – C
The Hated – Anonymous Descriptions & Uncontrolable Urges – Every Song – R – Finally!

Detention – NJOK – Expelled – They reunited, played last month in New Brunswick and no one told this guy. Bah!
Pelt – Road To Catawba – Baltimore, March 2003 – RIP Jack Rose.
Fistula – The Master – For A Better Tomorrow
Jack Rose – Untitled (Part I) – 7″ – RIP Jack Rose.
9DW – Black Coffee – 45
Developer – Los Drivos – Meet The Widget
Pistol Whip – Whatchamacallit – Terminal – N

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Jangletties – Happy All The Time – Messthetics #107 – N – C
Dar International Orchestre – Baba Anna – Zanzibara 5 – C
The Vulvettes – Frogs Mice Ants – This Is The Science We Believe In
Bram Rigg Set – You Don’t Love Me – Don’t Press Your Luck: Garage & Psych Howlers From The Vaults Of Trod Nossel Studios ’66-’68 – C
The Gaslamp Killer – Gunese Don Cicegim/Un Soir Chez Norris – All Killer – N – C – Finders Keepers releases remixed.
The Memories Attack – The Pattern – S/T
Converge – When Forever Comes Crashing – When Forever Comes Crashing

Chisel – Listen – 7″ – R
Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou – The Last Tears Of A Deceased – Ethiopiques 21
Meg Baird – Wave Crashed On Rocks – KRAAK Belguim Presents – N – C
Eddie Finley & The Cincinatti Show Band – Clean Up Man – Texas Funk: Hard Texas Funk 1968-1975 – C
Jackonuts – Cold Doggin’ (Eskimo Pie) – S/T
Negativland – A Unique Cultural Simulcast – Over The Edge Vol 7: Time Zones Exchange Project
The Convocation Of… – Eternal Dreamtime – Pyramid Technology

Jawbreaker – Boxcar – Etc. – R
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – My Man Is A Mean Man (DJ Spinna Remix) – Daptone Records Remixed – C
Tropa Macaca – Canos Serrados – Sensacao Do Principio – N
Dead Moon – Dead Moon Night – Echoes Of The Past – R
Coptic Light – Eat It High School – S/T
Ovens – Fired From The Vogue Pt. 1 & 2 – S/T
The Faintest Ideas – You’re Gonna Wake Up One Morning & Know What Side Of The Bed You’ve Been Lying On – Searching For The Now 5 – C – Swedish.

The Mantles – What We Do Matters – S/T – N
Raymond Scott – The Playful Drummer – Soothing Sounds For Baby Vol. 3
Tic War 1 – Il Ritorno – The Science Of Crisis – C
Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One – The Phantom – The Funky 16 Corners – C
Rein Sanction – Every Color – Mariposa

Hello everyone!

I wanted to give ample warning that I will be doing my 22nd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com starting this Christmas Eve at 6:00 pm ET until Christmas day at 6:00 pm ET.

If you would like to submit music for airplay or make some requests, by all means get in touch.

To “RSVP,” check out the show’s Facebook event page.

Back to lugging boxes and boxes of cds down from the attic…

Thanks.

Happy Holidays (eventually)!

Jon Solomon
jon@wprb.com