Jon Solomon’s 2021 Holiday Radio Show.


Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail! The all-Misfits-inspired sets! Ramones-o-Clock! The new VU/Lou Reed mix! Lindstrom’s “Little Drummer Boy!” The all-Fall set! Joel RL Phelps’ myriad pieces! The all-Sabbath set! The Sonics! The Wailers! The Galaxies!

All your favorites all back for year 33 of THE MARATHON!

Because…

The 2021 edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB will start on Christmas Eve at 5:00 pm ET and run until Christmas Day at 6:00 pm ET. 

This year’s marathon will again happen LIVE FROM HOME, broadcast from my dining room table in place of the studios. 

Header image by the unmatched Artjerk.

You can find this design on a shirt with or without text here.

Press folks, feel free to get in touch.

Now, let’s talk a decade of Christmas Stories!

For each of the last 10 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 hourly throughout my marathon, alongside 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 XXXIII, I’m again counting on YOU!

I’m not going to list all the amazing people who have recorded pieces in the past this time out. You know the score and can listen to past favorites here.

The deadline for 2021 is Monday, December 20th.

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 hands.

I’d love to receive 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! Please! Afterwards go nuts, just mention the show when you do share on Bandcamp / Soundcloud / Quibi / etc.

Please spread the word and have a safe holiday season.

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB



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11/17/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Three hours of Grauzone’s 1981 classic “Eisbär” deconstructed, reconstructed and reimagined. Minimal talking, maximum ice bears. 

Bed music = “Eisbär [karaoke]”

Grauzone – Eisbär – S/T
Nouvelle Vague – Eisbear – Rarities
Pol Pot – Eisbar – WHOLE MYSTERY
Dub Spencer & Trance Hill – Eisbär – Riding Strange Horses
Melenas – Osa Polar – Osa Polar
Polar Pop feat. MC Grzimek – Eisbär (WWF-Mix) – 12″
THE HATEPINKS – Eisbär – Live at Stork Club

Prisonshake – Eisbär – 2 Sisters
NOIR / ADOLESCENT – Eisbär – COVERS
Rodolphe Burger & Olivier Cadiot – Eisbär (avec Stephan Eicher) – Psychopharmaka
Oomph! – Eisbär – Wahrheit oder Pflicht
Deathline International – Eisbär [BhamBhamHara Mix] – Eisbär Single
bardhart – eisbär – Sammelsurium
Mind Spiders – Ice Bear – Furies

Giddy Motors – Eisbär – Magmanic
Burt Reynolds Mashup – Tricky Eisbaer (Run Dmc vs Grauzone) – Mash To The 80’s
Priscilla Devesa – Urso Polar – It’s All About Love – 33 Demo Songs
GrooveZone – Eisbaer (Extended Mix) – 12″
Blind Butcher – Eisbär – Eisbär
Madeleine – Eisbär – COVERS
duelectrum – Eisbär – She Doesn’t Feel The Sun

Ooga Boogas – Eisbaer – Booga Box
Jesús Vögel – Eisbar (Jesus Vogel Remix) – “Scheisse Remixes”
Juliette and the Licks – Inside The Cage – Four On The Floor – That bass line sure sounds familiar…
Leaether Strip – Eisbär – ÆPPRECIATION III – DEUTSCHE WÆLLE
RAVM – Eisbär – .mp3
Bear Run – Eisbär – .mp3
Cadaverous Condition – Eisbär 90210 – Eisbär 90210 MiniCD

Das Kaltes Eis – Eisbär – Eisbär – Recorded by our own Pethie and Commie Francis exclusively for tonight’s show!
Simøne – Eisbaer (Simøne Remix) – .mp3
mr. Willi you might see him smile if you wonna see him smile firehorse froed broed – Tribute to Eisbär – .mp3
datassette – Minus Fourteen – S/T – Samples “Eisbär.”
Téléphone Maison – Eisbär – Freaks & Geeks EP
SIMI NAH – Eisbaer feat. Danny Mommens – Be My Guest
NeoKaoss – Eisbaer – Noche de Lobos

LOS MORDIDOS – oso polar – oso polar
Grauzone – Eisbär – New Deutsch – Finishing as we started, with 36 other ice bears in-between…



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11/10/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Sweeping Promises – Falling Forward – Hunger For A Way Out – I’m a proud member of the Sweeping Promises Were My First Indoor Show Since Early 2020 club!
Girma Bèyènè – Yebeqagnal – Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis 1969-1974 – [C]
Jawbox – The Robbery – Live at Metro Chicago 2019 – Drew O’Doherty song.
75 Dollar Bill – XIXIXIXIXIXIX – Social Music at Troost vol​.​2
Arrested Development – Vibe (ft. Big Daddy Kane, Cleveland P Jones & Tasha LaRae) – For The FKN Love
Lewsberg – All Things – In Your Hands – [N]
Airplanes Are Better – You Look Left – Power

Rider/Horse – Codelicker – Select Trials – Corey from Spray Paint.
Jennifer O’Connor – Born At The Disco – Born At The Disco
Mary Lattimore – Be My Four Eyes – Collected Pieces II
Purple Ivy Shadows – Dancefloor’s Shiny Under Junky – Live At Lounge Ax Chicago 10​-​31​-​97
Moonlit – And We Stood Still Until We Became, Invisible – So Bless Us Now…
Squid – America! – America! – Bill Callahan cover.
TRVSS – Instant Drugs – Instant Drugs

Tender Trap – 16:14 – Live on WPRB – http://tendertrapband.bandcamp.com

SAVAK – Set Apart – “Dealers” b​/​w “Set Apart”
Makoto Kubota – Bang Bang Bang Yuyake Blues – Sunset Gang – 1973 album, reissued.
TEKE::TEKE – Corpse Pose – Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars) – [C] – Unwound cover.



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11/3/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


🎶 I represent Queens, she was raised out in Brooklyn. 🎶

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Power Supply – Infinity – In the Time Of The Sabre​-​Toothed Tiger – Basically the (exceptionally welcome) return Australia’s Ooga Boogas under a new name.
Majid Soula – Netseweth Sifassan Nagh – Habibi Funk 017: Chant Amazigh – Out next month.
Silver Jews – Advice To The Graduate – Starlite Walker – “On the last day of your life, don’t forget to die.”
NIAGARA – Amarelo – São João Baptista EP
Bobby Gillespie & Thurston Moore – Heroin – I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico – [C] – [N]
Syl Johnson – Gimme Some (I Want A Taste Of Fonk) – Foxy Brown – 1988 album, reissued.
Dummy – Punk Product Number 4 – Mandatory Enjoyment – [N]

Mini Skirt – DIY Nightmare – Split 7″ with C.O.F.F.I.N.
Artefacto – Mundo Sin Viento – Back Up (Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-89) – [C] – [N]
Come – Adult Books – Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (Expanded Edition) – X cover, previously unreleased.
Arthur Russell – 24 to 24 Music Live at the Kitchen – 24 to 24 Music Live at the Kitchen – Recorded April 28, 1979.
L’Orange – Durbin Was A Trap House – The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better
Swansea Sound – Rock N Roll Void – Live At The Rum Puncheon – Hue Williams of The Pooh Sticks plus Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey of Heavenly / Talulah Gosh / Catenary Wires!

The Poison Arrows – 31:07 – Live on WPRB – http://thepoisonarrows.com

Corridor – Et Hop – Et Hop



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10/27/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


For the WPRB Fall Silent Drive I talked with ethnomusicologist Evan Rapport about his book Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk (University Press of Mississippi).

Our in-depth discussion was interspersed all evening with myriad sonic examples of the bands, musical models, forms and styles we examined.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Black Flag – Damaged II – Damaged

Black Flag – Thirsty & Miserable – Damaged

The Stooges – No Fun (Full Version) – S/T
The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion (Original 1969 mix) – The Velvet Underground – 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Disc 4: 1969 sessions

Bo Diddley – Pills – The Bo Diddley Collection 1955-62, Vol. 1
New York Dolls – Pills – S/T

Ramones – Bad Brain – Road To Ruin

Germs – Forming – Soul Jazz Records Presents PUNK 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils – Hollywood From X to Zero & Hardcore on the Beaches: Punk in Los Angeles 1977-81 – [C]

Circle Jerks – Red Tape – Group Sex
The Plugz – Mindless Contentment – Move 7″

Bad Brains – Pay To Cum – Black Dots

The Stooges – 1970 – Fun House
The Damned – I Feel Alright – Damned Damned Damned

The Damned – Neat Neat Neat – Damned Damned Damned
The Weirdos – We’ve Got The Neutron Bomb – Weird World – Volume One 1977-1981

Black Flag – Damaged I – Damaged

Minor Threat – Minor Threat – First Demo Tape
Wire – Three Girl Rhumba – Pink Flag
Germs – Lexicon Devil – GI
Death – Politicians In My Eyes – …For The Whole World To See
Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown – The First Four Years
Downtown Boys – A Wall (radio edit) – Cost Of Living



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Talking Musicality and Race in Early American Punk with Evan Rapport on Wednesday night.


It is the WPRB Fall Silent Drive and to mark the occasion I’ve got a special broadcast for you this Wednesday, October 27th from 5-8 pm ET.

I’ll be airing an extended conversation with professor Evan Rapport about Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk, the first book-length account of American punk as a musical style with an emphasis on how punk developed in relation to changing ideas of race in American society from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.

Our in-depth discussion will be interspersed all evening with myriad sonic examples of the bands, musical models, forms and styles we’re examining.



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10/20/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Rodan – The Everyday World of Bodies – Hat Factory ’93 – Jason Noble should have been 50 last week.
Marley Marl – The Symphony – In Control, Volume 1 – With Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Craig G and Big Daddy Kane.
ONETWOTHREE – Adventure – S/T – [N] – Includes Klaudia Schifferle of Kleenex / LiLiPUT.
Red Star Sky – Meal Plan – On New Ghosts
Omar Khorshid – Leilet Hob – Giant + Guitar – Originally released in 1974.
Shape – Scenes from South Mountain Reservation, at Night – Ten​-​Thousand Tiny Bleeding Cuts
Nolan Potter – Stubborn Bubble – Music Is Dead

Fugazi – Epic Problem – The Argument – This album turned 20 a few days prior!
Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy (Extended Version) – By All Means Necessary (Expanded Edition) – Did you watch the Big Daddy Kane vs. KRS-One Verzuz?!
Marissa Paternoster – White Dove – Peace Meter – Out December 3rd.
Gerycz / Powers / Rolin – Jars Of Glasss – Lamplighter
COS – Amafam – COSMIX
Ayalèw Mèsfin – Hasabe – Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis 1969-1974
EXWHITE – Presents – Stalker

Tre Orsi – 23:10 – Live on WPRB – http://treorsi.bandcamp.com

TV Priest – Lifesize – 45 – Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 6.
The Challengers – I Wanna Hold You – Spare Parts: The Night Owl Label – [C]
Emily Robb – Live At Friendship Speedwell – How To Moonwalk – Coming later this year. Local. Solo debut for this Storks / Astute Palate member.
Les Filles de Illighadad – Inssegh Inssegh – At Pioneer Works – [N]
Corolla – It’s OK – I Can’t Place You



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10/13/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Meat Wave – Tugboat – Volcano Park
Sal Davis – Sultan Qaboos Song – Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2 – [C] – [N]
Aeon Station – Queens – Observatory – Kevin from The Wrens.
Motrik – Outer Reaches – Artificial Head
Prince Rakeem, Treach, Tony D & LA Law – Thursday Night Live – Live On WPRB (June 27, 1991)
jaimie branch – nuevo roquero estéreo – FLY or DIE LIVE – [N]
Blind Butcher – 1983 – Eisbär

Bush Tetras – Too Many Creeps – 45 – RIP Dee Pop.
Baba ould Hembara & Badi ould Hembara – Ayni ‘ana (Seyni Karr) – Wallahi Le Zein!! – Wezin, Jakwar And Guitar Boogie From The Islamic Republic Of Mauritania – [C]
Sleaford Mods – Nudge It (feat. Amy Taylor) – Spare Ribs
Loren Rush – Dans le Sable – Dans le Sable – First new album in over 40 years.
Tropical Fuck Storm – Reporting of a Failed Campaign – Deep States
Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – Umkhumbi kaMa – UMDALI – Debut solo record by a member of South Africa’s SPAZA.
Primitons – All My Friends – Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 – [C] – Originally from 1985.

Pink Skull – 38:01 – Live on WPRB – http://pinkskull.bandcamp.com

Game Theory – Bad Year At UCLA – Distortion of Glory



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10/6/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Amyl & The Sniffers – Hertz – Comfort To Me – [N]
Alèmayèhu Eshèté – Eskegizew Bertchi – Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis 1969-1974 – [C] – RIP to “the Abyssinian Elvis.”
Mekons – Hello Cruel World – The Edge of the World
75 Dollar Bill featuring Barry Weisblat – Point Turned – Social Music at Troost vol​.​1
Jane Weaver – Solarised (Extended Mix) – Sunset Dreams EP
Czarface & MF Doom – The King and Eye (Clean) – Super What? – Featuring DMC. Made my own clean edit.
KEG – Presidential Walk – Assembly – [N] – Brighton-based seven-piece’s debut.

The Dead Space – Sick & Humble – Chlorine Sleep – [N]
Etran de L’Aïr – Toubouk Ine Chihoussay – Toubouk Ine Chihoussay
Iggy Pop, Matt Sweeney – European Son – I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico – [C] – [N]
Vanishing Twin – Zuum – Ookii Gekkou – Repeatedly references a traditional Israeli folk song.
Saint Karloff – Interstellar Voodoo – Interstellar Voodoo
Vandana – Cambios En El Tiempo – Back Up (Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-89) – [C] – [N]
Antietam featuring Rick Rizzo – Shadowplay – HIs Majesty’s Request: A Wink O’Bannon Select – [C] – Joy Division cover with Rick from Eleventh Dream Day on vocals.

Amy Bezunartea – 20:08 – Live on WPRB – http://amybezunartea.bandcamp.com

The Jazz Butcher – Southern Mark Smith – 45 – RIP Pat Fish. Awful news.
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band – Zengadyw Dereku – Tezeta



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9/29/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Pays P. – Vassili voir – Ça v aller – [N] – “pay-ee-pay.”
Space Afrika – B£E ft. Blackhaine – Honest Labour
Joy On Fire – Another Adventure in Red – Another Adventure in Red – Local! Very Local!
Mac McCaughan – The Sound Of Yourself – The Sound Of Yourself – [N] – Playing at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia tonight with 75 Dollar Bill.
Habibi – Try – Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars) – Delta 5 cover. RIP Julz Sale.
Zohra – Badala Zamana – Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2 – [C] – [N]
Man…Or Astro-Man? – Tenth Planet – Space 1991

The Verlaines – For The Love Of Ash Grey – Live At Windsor Castle 1986 
Circuit des Yeux – Dogma – “-io” – Out in October.
Øresund Space Collective – Ascent / Summit – Four Riders Take Space Mountain
Avant Garde – Pesadillas – Back Up (Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-89) – [C] – [N]
The Knolls – SB Plays Itself – SB Plays Itself
Outer World – Flower Gunpowder – Chapter 2 – Tracy & Kenny from Positive No’s new project.
ISS – Workshopping – Alles 3rd Gut

Che Arthur – 26:44 – Live on WPRB – http://chearthur.com

Ty Segall – The Loner – Fudge Sandwich – Neil Young cover.
Joshua Wayne Hensley – MonikaNinaTonyDominiqueRiah – PRF/BLM – [C]
Lightning Bolt – The Faire Folk – Ride The Skies
Tidiane Thiam – Djatasoun – Siftorde
Maurice Louca – El-Fazza’ah (The Slip and Slide) – Saet El Haz (The Luck Hour) – [N]



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