Pegboy – Not What I Want – Strong Reaction Prince – Don’t Let Him Fool Ya – 1999 Super Deluxe Edition – 1982 recording. MONO – Com(?) – Before The Past * Live From Electrical Audio The Cars – Think It Over – Shake It Up – RIP Ric Ocasek. Scissor Girls – No Darling Pets – Phy, Diablo! Pan-American – Memphis Helena – A Son Bantam Rooster – Miss Luxury – 45
The Kyle Sowashes – I’m Busy – I Don’t Know What To Tell You Rachel Grimes – End Of Dominion – The Way Forth Crayon – Secret Goldfish – Moominland EP John Parish (Featuring PJ Harvey) – Sorry For Your Loss – Bird Dog Dante FACS – Another Country – IN FOCUS: 2019 In Review – [C] Hazy Sour Cherry – Like A Radio – Tour De Tokyo Ahem – Wishing Well – Try Again
Jon Solomon’s Holiday Radio Show returns for a 31st year.
The 2019 edition of my Holiday Radio Show on WPRB will officially begin on Christmas Eve at 5:00 pm ET and run until Christmas day at 6:00 pm ET, with a pre-marathon warm-up mix starting two hours prior to kickoff on 12/24.
Each of the last eight 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.
In year 31, I’m counting on YOU!
Across 2011-2018, 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), Connor Ratliff & Mikey Erg, 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, Perry Shall, The Rutabega, SAVAK, AmandaX, The Gotobeds, “Financial Guru” Gregg Gethard, David Nagler, Fond Han, Jeff Lyons (Used Wigs), Franklin Bruno, SWIVS, Glazer and many other remarkable people have recorded pieces for the marathon.
The deadline for 2019 is 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 capable hands.
I’d love to get so many recordings that I can once again debut one of these an hour throughout the marathon.
My lone request is that you do not post your piece elsewhere before it airs during the show! Please! 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.
Jon Solomon 103.3 fm WPRB
Ps. Songs inspired by The Fall, The Ramones and/or The Misfits will always get priority status!
Biting Tongues – Libreville – Live It – 1981. David Boring – Machine #3 – Shaking Through – Volume 10 – From Hong Kong. – [C] Superchunk – In A Stage Whisper – Acoustic Foolish The Cars – Gimme Some Slack – Panorama – RIP Ric Ocasek. Lorelei – The Bitter Air – 7″ OOIOO – Kawasemi Ah – Nijimusi – Out in January! Devo – Space Junk – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! – Jean Smart.
Plaid Retina – Sugarfit – 45 Cate Le Bon – Mother’s Mother’s Magazine – Reward – [N] Cigarhead – Everytime The Last Time – Split 45 with Honeyburn Graeme Miller – The Observatory (Short) – The Moomins – Composed for a 1985 television programme. Garcia Peoples – One Step Behind – One Step Behind Peter Laughner – Rain On The City – Pledging My Time 1973-1977 Fishbug – Slidey – Wild Rumpus 2019 – [C]
Possible Humans – The Thumps – IN FOCUS: 2019 In Review – [C] Peter Broderick – Losing My Taste For The Nightlife – Peter Broderick & Friends Play Arthur Russell Nervous Curtains – Blood Beat – Blood Beat (Silent Version Soundtrack) Cochemea – Mitote – All My Relations – He of Antibalas / Budos Band. Drahla – Godstar – .mp3 – Psychic TV cover. Lightning Bolt – Van Halen 2049 – Sonic Citadel – [N]
The Homesick – I Celebrate My Fantasy – The Big Exercise – Brand new Sub Pop signee from The Netherlands. William Hooker – Magnets – Cycle Of Restoration – [N] Amputee – Convulsions – 45
Uranium Club – Geodesic Son / Interview with The Cosmo Cleaners – The Cosmo Cleaners – [N] Sefi Zisling – Flip Mode – Expanse Green – Youth In Asia – Elaine McKenzie Vanishing Twin – Cryonic Suspension May Save Your Life (Extended Life Version) – Cryonic Suspension May Save Your Life Peter Laughner – Cinderella Backstreet – Pledging My Time 1973-1977 Zonal – Catalyst – Wrecked – Feat. Moor Mother. – [N] Polvo – The Drill – S/T
Omni – Present Tense – Networker Sunn O))) – Frost (C) – Pyroclasts Big Thief – Shoulders – Two Hands Rocket 808 – Goin’ Down That Road – S/T Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Green Is Blue – Colorado KERR – Eye To Eye – 45 – [N] Otoboke Beaver – Don’t Call Me MOJO – 5″
Woolen Men – Mexico City Blues – Human To Human – Out next month. Francois Tusques – Le Fumet Du Jubjub – Alors Nosferatu Combina Un Plan Ingenieux – 1967. Say Sue Me – Your Book – 7″ The Silence Kit – Feeling Gravity’s Pull – Welcome to the Occupation – REM cover. – [C] Earth Girl Helen Brown – Set The Woods On Fire – Four Satellites Vol. 1 Mikal Cronin – Shelter – Seeker – [N] Chavez – Relaxed Fit – Gone Glimmering
Rainbow Crimes – I Told You My Name Is Starchild, Wizard – We Disappear – [N] Ayllu Sulcaa – Carnavales Ayacuchanaos – Music Of The Incas Mark Lanegan – Radio Science – Somebody’s Knocking Don Cherry – Chenrezig – Brown Rice – Originally released in 1975. – [N] Dry Cleaning – Sit Down Meal – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP
Screaming Females – Skeleton – Singles Too Tarika Sammy – Voromby (Oiseau De Fer) – Madagasikara 2: Current Popular Music Of Madagascar – [C] Dan Melchior Group – Dirty Deal Blues – Ruins – [N] Prince – I Feel For You – Acoustic Demo Paul Newman – Clear Baby – 45 The Cars – Nightspots – Candy-O Lame Drivers – Fade – .mp3
Wire – Cactused – Mind Hive Orchestra Baobab – Ledi Ndieme M’Bodj – Pirate’s Choice Hiperson – Strawberries – .mp3 – From Chengdu, China. Engine No. 9 – Sleep – 45 Big Stick – Hoochie Koo Time – LP – [N] Low Skies – The Sumo – Cdr Black Flag – Fix Me – Nervous Breakdown
Black Helicopter – Dead Wrong – 45 Grrrl Gang – Dream Grrrl (mofi version) – .mp3 – From Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Joshua Abrams & The Natural Information Society – Finite – Mandatory Reality Timco – A Pill – Friction Tape Gong Gong Gong – Sound Of Love – Phantom Rhythm – [N] ISS – Shoko Ones Pt. 1 – Alles 3rd Gut
Woolworm – Hold The Bow – Awe Mamadou Kelly – La Vie Ce N’est Que Deux Jours – Politiki Roger Doyle – Solar Eyes – Thalia – Repress of a 1978 album. Lustre King – Christmas In My Pussy – Shoot The Messenger
Mudhoney – Judgement, Rage, Retribution & Thyme – Here Comes Sickness – 1995 Evening Session. Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou – Ifitalane – Anou Malane – Also originally from 1995. – [N] The Cars – Stranger Eyes – Heartbeat City – RIP Ric Ocasek. Mecca Normal – Drive At / Peach-a-Vanilla – Brave New Waves – 1996 live broadcast. – [N] Patrick Cowley – Lumberjacks In Heat – Mechanical Fantasy Box – Previously unreleased. S T I L L – The Story Of An Artist – .mp3 – Daniel Johnston cover. Ex Hex – The Beast – Rips
The Early Stages – Str8 2 Video – Terrible Business – [N] Les Smockers – Sarotra – Madagasikara 2: Current Popular Music Of Madagascar – [C] The New Pornographers – Need Some Giants – In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights – [N] Pissed Jeans – Don’t Need Smoke To Make Me Disappear – 45 1 Mile North – The Manual – Minor Shadows Solids – Silly Love – .mp3 – Daniel Johnston cover. Alexander Noice – Fly Inside The Wall – NOICE – [N]
CFM – Sequence – Soundtrack To An Empty Room clipping. – La Mala Ordina – There Existed An Addiction To Blood The Tubs – Silver Moon – .mp3 – Ex-Joanna Gruesome. Jamie Branch – Bird Dogs Of Paradise / Nuevo Roquero Estereo – Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise Bodega – Truth Is Not Punishment – Shiny New Model EP Bill Orcutt – A Writhing Jar – Odds Against Tomorrow The Hecks – Zipper – My Star
Heavy Metal – SONNENSCHEIN UBERMENSCH – LP4 – Double record! Angelo De Augustine – You Needed Love, I Needed You – Tomb Oceans Of The Moon – Hope Will Pass – S/T Pom Pom Squad – Ow (intro) – Ow Boris – EVOL – Love & Evol Arthur Russell – You Did It Yourself – Iowa Dream – Previously unreleased.
Lightning Bolt – Bouncy House – Sonic Citadel Scout Niblett – Just What I Needed – 45 – RIP Ric Ocasek. The Bismarck – A Knife In Every Burner / Spray Paint Headache – We Will Never Be Young Again Parsnip – Lullaby – When The Tree Bears Fruit – [N] Jean Guerin – Triptik 2 – Strain Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List Volume One -[C] Lucy Dacus – Dancing In The Dark – 2019 – Happy belated 70th birthday, Bruce Springsteen. Circle Jerks – Stars & Stripes – Wild In The Streets
Torche – What Was – Admission Omni – Skeleton Key – Networker – Out next month. Wet Tuna – Roam – Water Weird The New Pornographers – The Surprise Knock – In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights Spain – [Night Crawling] – .mp3 – Recorded live in Los Angeles earlier this year. The Cars – Don’t Cha Stop – S/T – RIP Ric Ocasek. Screaming Females – Pretty Okay – Singles Too
The Early Stages – Best Seat In The House – Terrible Business Mope Grooves – Bicycle Dancers – Desire Peter Laughner – White Light White Heat / Call The Ambulances – One Of The Boys (1973-1974) – [N] A Giant Dog – (Antichrist Television Blues) – Neon Bible – AGD cover the entire Arcade Fire album, track-by-track. Ryan Werner – The Rats of Love (Pt I: Sentimental Chemistry, Pt II: The Easy Loneliness of Travelers, Pt III: Rats) – The Rats Of Love Mt. Pleasant – Masques – S/T The Defoliants – Quinn Martin – Grrr – RIP Rob Warmowski.
The Moving Targets – Run – Wires Kim Gordon – Air Bnb – No Home Record Ben Lee – Divine Hammer – Quarter Century Classix – Breeders cover. Human Adult Band – After Midnight – Weird Mirror The Muffs – Funny Face – Blonder & Blonder – RIP Kim Shattuck. – [R] LIFE – Niceties – A Picture Of Good Health
Bad Brains – Coptic Times – Rock For Light – Produced by Ric Ocasek. Los Wembler’s De Iquitos – Vision Del Ayahuasca – Vision Del Ayahuasca The Crust Brothers – Double Life / Good Times Roll – Live at Crocodile Cafe 12/31/00 – RIP Ric Ocasek. Sea Slug – Some Things Last A Long Time – .mp3 – RIP Daniel Johnston. Tron & DVD – Raps To Listen To At Night – Manhunt Modern Nature – Nature – How To Live – Ex-Ultimate Painting. Mudhoney – Ensam I Natt – How To Live EP – Leather Nun cover.
Monolord – The Bastard Son – No Comfort Mahjun – Les Enfants – Strain Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List Volume One – [C] The Cars – You’re All I’ve Got Tonight (Demo) – Mass. Ave. – The Boston Scene (1975-83) – [C] – RIP Ric Ocasek. The Pawners’ Society – Silly Love – Leftovers – RIP Daniel Johnston. Suicide – Fast Money Music – Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev – Produced by Ric Ocasek. Bad Banana – Stand Next To Me / Big Thought – 45 – Katie & Allison Crutchfield, back in 2010. The Kyle Sowashes – Sympathetic Guys – Bowling Ball
Sludgehammer – Just What I Needed – Baxter – Unreleased. RIP Ric Ocasek. Mary Lattimore – Quintana – .mp3 Most Efficient Women – Layered Whispers – Cdr – Members of Hoaries, Drug Mountain & Sunn O))). Spectrum – True Love Will Find You In The End (Radio Mix) – 12″ – RIP Daniel Johnston. Squid – Match Bet – Town Centre EP Red House Painters – All Mixed Up – Songs For A Blue Guitar – RIP Ric Ocasek. Luggage – Shift – Shift – Out in November.
The Melvins – Candy-O – Ozma – RIP Ric Ocasek. Say Sue Me – We Just – D’Museaum Oh Sees – The Daily Heavy – Face Stabber Jon Irabagon – Vignette For Sopranino Saxophone & String Quartet – Invisible Horizon Sandro Perri – Time (You Got Me) – Soft Landing Guided By Voices – Teenage FBI – Do The Collapse – Produced by Ric Ocasek.
Daniel Johnston & Yo La Tengo – Speeding Motorcycle – Here Comes My Baby – RIP. Live on WFMU.
Big Quiet – Pull The Thread – Interesting Times – [N] Manu Dibango – Mouvement Ewondo – Seventie’s Magic Words – Loaded For Bear – Junk Train – Lisa from Wussy. YPY – Guilty Pants – Be A Little More Selfish – Koshiro Hino of Goat. – [N] The Celibate Rifles – The More Things Change (Alternative Version) – 12″ – RIP Damien Lovelock. Bananagun – Do Yeah – 7″ So Cow – Now That I Am 36 – Do Re Mi Fa So Cow
SAPIN – You – RADIO HITS Inert – All The Way Down – Cdr – Mark from Wussy. The Mentally Ill – Padded Cell – Gacy’s Place – 1979 recording. Mirah – Counting – Understanding Redd Kross – Linda Blair ’84 – Teen Babes From Monsanto Version Especial Etron Fou Leloublan – Le Desastreux Voyage Du Piteux Python – Strain Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List Volume One – [C] Ex Hex – What Kind Of Monster Are You? – 45 – Slant 6 cover.
Buzzmuscle – Quickly – Stayeth – RIP Rob Warmowski. The Necks – Sex – Sex Gatecreeper – War Has Begun – Split LP with Iron Reagan
Bob Mould – I Don’t Mind – .mp3 – Buzzcocks cover. Aldous Harding – The Barrel – Designer Unholy Two – Woodstock 99 – The Pleasure To End All Pleasures Peter Laughner – These Days – Fat City Jive (1972) – Jackson Browne tune. – [N] Megaweapon – 4 – Dropsouts
Jon Solomon can be heard every Wednesday evening across the Delaware Valley from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB.
A veteran, award-winning DJ with over three decades of experience, Solomon is also available to DJ parties, weddings or private events. Just ask him nicely.
