Full 2012 Xmas playlist!


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]

Thank you.



Live in the WPRB studios…


Watch Jon Solomon slowly fall apart in real time during his 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show between 6:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve and 6:00 pm ET on Chirstmas day using the above webcam.

Festive requests? Call 609.258.1033 or email requests@wprb.com!

Listen at 103.3 fm WPRB or by clicking here.

The 2012 Xmas Playlist will be updated throughout the program at wprb.com.

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Don’t forget to use the hashtag #wprbxmas!

Live listener chat below these words:



Live performance #219 – Prowler.


Engineered 11/27/12.

Prowler web site

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



12/12/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


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]



Supplemental Reading.


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.



12/5/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Nerves – Get Me High – New Animal
Artanker Convoy – Alaska – Mature Fantasy – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Shebele’s Band – Kenoru Lebetchahe – Ethiopiques 22 – [C]
Stratotanker – Cowboy X – Trifecta – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
The For Carnation – Grace Beneath The Pines – Promised Works
The Jinx Clambake Explosion – To The East – Smash Hits – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
J.R. Ewing – Laughing With Daggers – Ride Paranoia – For Larry Hagman, I guess.

Metz – Wet Blanket – S/T – [N]
Stratotanker – Our Game Our Way – Gambit – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
.22 – The Acts Of Love – Pity
Artanker Convoy – Declasse – Brazil Compositions – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Bastro – I Come From A Long Line Of Shipbuilders – Peel Sessions – 1990.
Daughter – Do I Dare – Skin – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Parquet Courts – Borrowed Time – Light Up Gold

Artanker Convoy – 35:29 – Live on WPRB – RIP Joe Fiorentino.

Games – Listen – S/T – [N]
Art Con – Smokescreen – S/T – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Pavement – 5 – 4 = Unity – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – For Dave Brubeck.
Rites Of Spring – Remainder – 10″ – Demo tape, previously unreleased.
Stratotanker – Straitaway – The Miracle Of Flight – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Big Daddy Kane – Ooh, Aah, Nah-Nah-Nah (Master Mix) – 12″
Sonic Youth – Kill Yr Idols – Smart Bar – Chicago 1985 – Live recording. – [N]

Former Utopia – Schism – Ep – Forthcoming.
Artanker Convoy – Ejector – Cozy Endings – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Melotone Sisters with Amaqola Band – I Sivenoe – Next Stop…Soweto – [C]
The Jinx Clambake Explosion – Pretty White Girl – Smash Hits – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Codeine – Pea – When I See The Sun – [N]
Screamin’ Mee-Mees – Hot Sody – Live From The Basement 1975-1997 – RIP Jon Ashline.
Daughter – Hit Me – Skin – RIP Joe Fiorentino.

Stratotanker – Dream Her Back Better! – Out Of The Hanger! – RIP Joe Fiorentino.
Artanker Convoy – Winter Rain – Out Of State – RIP Joe Fiorentino.



24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB, 2012 edition.


Hello December!

I wanted to give several weeks’ warning that I will be doing my 25th 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.

Please also read the the public call for Christmas stories I posted a few weeks ago.

You can RSVP for the show on Facebook.

The studio webcam and live listener chat will go live here come the afternoon of December 24th.

Thanks.

Happy Holidays (eventually)!

Jon Solomon
jon@wprb.com



A public call for 2012 Christmas Stories!


Thumbs up for Christmas!

In early December of last year I had the idea to ask a number of friends, musicians, comedians and others that I admired to record their definition of an original “Christmas story” which would then be interspersed throughout my annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB.

I was floored with what I received in such a short period of time, including pieces by Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day), Bill Goffrier (The Embarrassment/Big Dipper), Joel R.L. Phelps (Silkworm/The Downer Trio), Tom Scharpling (“The Best Show on WFMU”), Daniel Ralston (The Low Times Podcast), Aaron Herzog and Gregg Gethard (The Holding Court Podcast), Seth Herzog (“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”) and Ethan Sandler (“Crossing Jordan”).

You can listen to almost all of those archived recordings here.

It is now mid-November 2012 and the time has come to build on last year’s success! I’m not only going to be reaching out to more folks personally to record works for the marathon’s 24th installment but I also wanted to extend the offer TO YOU.

Record something between now and December 19th and there’s a chance it will make it into the show. It can be a reading of a favorite Xmas story, a cover of a holiday song you love or an original piece. I leave that in your hands.

It would be great if these did not exceed five minutes but if you run long…I am likely going to allow it.

For those of you I talked to who didn’t reach last year’s deadline, consider this a second chance!

Submissions can be sent to this email address. Please spread the word and have a happy holiday season.

Warmly,

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB



11/14/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Evens – Wanted Criminals – The Odds
The Enemies – Capitol Idea – This Is It!: Greater Buffalo’s Greatest 1977-1984 – [C]
Sic Alps – Moviehead – S/R – [N]
Mr. Magic & Pookey Blow – Earth Break – The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop 1979-1983 – [C]
And The Swede – The First Song On This Record – S/T
Todd Barry – Germaphobe – Super Crazy – [N]
The Drags – Who’s Got The Electricity – Stop Rock And Roll!

Tyvek – Midwest Basements – On Triple Beams – Forthcoming.
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed – American Supernatural Warfare – The Tower
Ted Leo – The Lies Of Handsome Men – .mp3 – Francesca Blumenthal song.
Tara Cross – Oriental Men – Christmas – [C]
Clinic – Miss You (Peaking Lights remix) – Miss You
Sondra Sun-Odeon – Golden Bird – Aetherea
Titus Andronicus – Ecce Homo – Local Business – [N]

White Wards – Waste My Time – 45
Ahleuchatistas – Heads Full Of Poison – Heads Full Of Poison – [N]
The Karl Hendricks Trio – The Men’s Room At The Airport – Live on WFMU – Recorded 11/10/12.
U.S. Girls – Work From Home – GEM – [N]
Times New Viking – Try Harder – Merge Records 2012 Sampler – [C]
??? – Endiaw Mela Mela – Sleeping In The Market – Ethiopian Music & Sounds From Amhara
Nude Beach – Cathedral Echoes – II – [N]

Walls – Cheap Equipment – The Future Is Wide Open – [N]
Buzzcocks – Pulse Beat – The Peel Sessions – Recorded 7/9/77. – [R]
Steve Moore – Ancient Shorelines II – Light Echoes – He of Zombi. – [N]
Antiteater – Trauer (La Mandragola) – Cloud Cuckooland – [C]
Matthew Friedberger – Dying On The Sixth Side – Matricidal Sons Of Bitches – [N]



11/7/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Motorhead – Bomber – No Remorse – Hooray!
Bitch Magnet – Americruiser – Umber
Ty Segall – You’re The Doctor – Twins – [N]
Iron Lung – Nails – Split Cd with Lana Dagales – :48 long.
The Mountain Goats – Harlem Roulette – Transcendental Youth – [N]
Moss Icon – Guatemala – It Disappears
Scrawl – Major/Minor – He’s Drunk – Thank you, Ohio.

New Bomb Turks – Ejection – Pissing Out The Poison: Singles & Other Swill ’90-’94 – Hawkwind cover.
Joel R.L. Phelps – 474 – 474 – In favor of Washington’s Proposition 74.
Spaceship Aloha – Galaxy – Universe Mahalo: Volume 1 – Chris of Man Man.
Califone – Bathwater – Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People – Reissue of the band’s first two Eps.
Holly Herndon – Fade – Movement
Prowler – Zoom – Y’all Don’t Know – Local.
Snapper – Hold On – 12″

Protomartyr – The Milk Drinkers – Colpi Proibiti – [N]
Fuzzbox – Love Is The Slug – We’ve Got A Fuzzbox…And We’re Gonna Use It – RIP Jo Dunne.
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet – Spiral Mercury – Stellar Pulsations – [N]
Population – Nightfall – Demo
3:33 – In The Middle Of Infinity Pt. 8 – In The Middle Of Infinity – [N]
Drew O’Doherty – Philadelphia Song – Starts
No Coast – Down But Not Yet Out – A Midwestern Tribute To “Forever Breathes The Lonely Word” – Felt cover. – [C]

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments – My Mysterious Death (Turn It Up) – Bait & Switch
Positive Catastrophe – Cafe Negro Sin Azucar – Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo… – [N]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Ramada Inn – Psychedelic Pill – This might be my favorite song of 2012.
Evan Caminiti – Becoming Pure Light – Dreamless Sleep – Half of Barn Owl. – [N]
Jennifer O’Connor – Gloria – mp3 – Laura Branigan cover.
C.S. Yeh – Something Forever – Transitions – [N]
Diat – Pick A Line – 45

Big Crux – Big Funk – …Is A Big Funk
Walter/Halvorson/Evans – Interface – Mechanical Malfunction – [N]
Speedy Ortiz – Necronomicon – Cop Kicker
Demons Of Negativity – Resurrection – Beyond The Calico Wall – [R] – [C]