{"id":2675,"date":"2015-09-24T22:18:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T02:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2015-09-24T22:18:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T02:18:29","slug":"2014-christmas-stories-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=2675","title":{"rendered":"2014 Christmas Stories, part one."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/xDEvOWm9LY\/\" target=\"_top\">Thanks for listening! #WPRBXmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2014-12-25T23:24:27+00:00\">Dec 25, 2014 at 3:24pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With three months to go until this year&#8217;s marathon, here&#8217;s the first half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2014 edition of my <a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=2479\" target=\"_new\">25-Hour Holiday Radio Show<\/a> on 103.3 fm WPRB.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve posted them in the order they originally aired during the program.<\/p>\n<p>Part two will\u00a0appear in October. <\/p>\n<p>Please click on the links provided and support these musicians, artists and talented individuals who were so kind to tape remarkable original pieces for the show. Follow them on Twitter! Like them on Facebook! Buy their records and books! Support their events!<\/p>\n<p>May these works inspire you to record something for this December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Pace &#8211; \u201cChristmas Story\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/pace14.mp3\">Christmas Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Pace fronted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subpop.com\/artists\/oxford_collapse\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford Collapse<\/a> and co-hosted the <a href=\"http:\/\/worstgigeverpodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Worst Gig Ever<\/a> podcast. He returned in January of this year with <a href=\"http:\/\/thechildactors.bandcamp.com\/album\/best-boy\" target=\"_blank\">Best Boy<\/a>, the debut album by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikepaceandthechildactors.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pace and the Child Actors<\/a>. In 1995 his grandmother gave him the greatest Christmas gift of all: a CD of Slayer&#8217;s sixth album, <em>Divine Intervention<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lettuce Prey &#8211; &#8220;Yom Yule Jam\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/yomjulejam.mp3\">Yom Jule Jam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lettuce Prey, aka\u00a0Mike Lenert from the band\u00a0Caterpillar, hails\u00a0from Philadelphia. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/lettuceprey.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Sowash &#8211; &#8220;Losing Mine (Swearing at Motorists cover)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/sowash.mp3\">Losing Mine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kyle Sowash leads Columbus, Ohio&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anyway-records.com\/site\/the-kyle-sowashes\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Kyle Sowashes<\/a>. Their fifth album &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thekylesowashes.bandcamp.com\/album\/everybody\" target=\"_blank\">Everybody<\/a>&#8221; was released on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anyway-records.com\/site\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anyway Records<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ike Turner &#8211; \u201cXmas 83\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/ike83.mp3\">Xmas 83<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ike Turner is a teacher, parent, and rock bro from Kalamazoo, MI. His band, <a href=\"https:\/\/minutes.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Minutes<\/a>, is currently working on their historically troubled third album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memorial Gore &#8211; \u201cHoliday Road\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3987637759\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memorialgore.bandcamp.com\/track\/holiday-road\">Holiday Road by Memorial Gore<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/memorialgore.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Memorial Gore<\/a> sound like William F Buckley, Jr debating Gore Vidal on the Pulaski Bridge; the murky waters of Newtown Creek swiftly rise up and swallow them whole. Look for a 7\u201d from them soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Williams &#8211; \u201cChristmas Story\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/williams14.mp3\">Christmas Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Williams lives in Durham, North Carolina, is father to Seamus, runs <a href=\"http:\/\/plasticflame.com\" target=\"_blank\">Plastic Flame Press<\/a>, is graphic designer at Indy Week, and a guitarist in <a href=\"http:\/\/maplestave.com\" target=\"_blank\">Maple Stave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Positive No &#8211; \u201cA Child\u2019s Christmas in Wales\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/positivenowales.mp3\">A Child\u2019s Christmas in Wales<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenny wrote \/ played all the music and Tracy did the reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/positiveno.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Positive No<\/a>\u2019s debut album \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/positiveno.bandcamp.com\/album\/glossa\" target=\"_blank\">Glossa<\/a>\u201d is out now.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I picked &#8220;A Child&#8217;s Christmas in Wales&#8221; by Dylan Thomas because it is the only family tradition I carry on to this day. My mom read it to my brother and I every Christmas Eve until she passed away a decade ago. I now either read or listen to the LP of the author reading this story every year in her memory and because it is such a gorgeous piece of writing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doug Gillard &#8211; &#8220;Swingin&#8217; In A Manger\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/gillard14.mp3\">Swingin&#8217; In A Manger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.douggillard.com\" target=\"_new\">Doug Gillard<\/a> is a songwriter\/guitarist\/solo artist\/mutli-instrumentalist who is\/has been a member of&#8230;Guided By Voices, Nada Surf, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deathofsamantha.com\" target=\"_new\">Death Of Samantha<\/a>, Bambi Kino, Lifeguards and Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard. He&#8217;s a sometime Mascott collaborator, a sometime Sally Crewe collaborator, and we haven&#8217;t yet mentioned Cobra Verde, Children&#8217;s Crusade, My Dad Is Dead, Gem and The Oranges Band. That doesn&#8217;t even include his work as an occasional music producer, occasional soundtrack recorder and as an ex-college radio DJ. Phew.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mick Foley &#8211; \u201cChristmas Story\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/mickfoley.mp3\">Christmas Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realmickfoley.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mick Foley<\/a> is a legendary professional wrestler, turned multi-time best-selling author , turned stand-up comic\/spoken word performer. Thank you to Jared from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flannelgraphrecords.com\" target=\"_blank\">Flannelgraph Records<\/a> for recording this!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minibeast &#8211; \u201cComfort Of Joy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/minibeastcomfort.mp3\">Comfort Of Joy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minibeast.net\" target=\"_new\">Minibeast<\/a> is the musical creation of Peter Prescott (<a href=\"http:\/\/missionofburma.com\" target=\"_new\">Mission Of Burma<\/a>, Volcano Suns, Kustomized, Peer Group). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/minibeaste\" target=\"_new\">Minibeast<\/a> combines surf, psych, punk, easy listening, 60&#8217;s children&#8217;s music, and soundtrack influences to create instrumental soundscapes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stomatopod &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Vacation (Mavis Staples)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/stomatopodmavis.mp3\">Christmas Vacation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stomatopod is from Chicago. They are Elliot Dicks (drums) Liz Bustamante (bass, vocals) and John Huston (vocals, guitar). &#8220;Christmas Vacation Theme&#8221; was recorded and mixed in December 2014 in John&#8217;s basement specifically for the Jon Solomon 25-Hour Holiday Show. The timing was perfect in that we already had the mics set up because we were in the middle of recording an album, which will be released in\u00a0October. Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stomatopodchi\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and our <a href=\"https:\/\/stomatopod.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp page<\/a>\u00a0for updates and information on upcoming shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Box Jellys &#8211; \u201cThree Chord Christmas\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/boxjellys.mp3\">Three Chord Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theboxjellys.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Box Jellys<\/a> are a Toronto-based trio that has been together since 2006. They are currently working on their 2nd album, a follow-up to &#8220;Stings Like a Sea Wasp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bela Koe-Krompecher &#8211; \u201cChristmas 1991\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/bela1991.mp3\">Christmas 1991<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bela Koe-Krompecher has been running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anyway-records.com\/site\/\" target=\"_new\">Anyway Records<\/a> from Columbus since 1992, he also writes about his life with <a href=\"https:\/\/belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">his blog<\/a>. Bela also writes sporadically for various music websites and last year saw the publication of a comic book based on a story about the Ramones adapted from his blog (&#8220;Do You Remember Rock &amp; Roll Record Stores?, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nixcomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nix Comics<\/a>). He works as a social worker and addictions counselor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Doughman &#8211; &#8220;Oscar Goldman &amp; His Exploding Briefcase\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/oscargoldman.mp3\">Oscar Goldman &amp; His Exploding Briefcase<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davedoughman\" target=\"_new\">Dave Doughman<\/a> is half of the prolific <a href=\"https:\/\/swearingatmotorists.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Swearing At Motorists<\/a>. Their latest album is &#8220;While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth.&#8221; He lives in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zA6wa_tM7LI?rel=0\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Susan Elizabeth Shepard &#8211; \u201cChristmas Story\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/seschristmas.mp3\">Christmas Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/susanshepard.com\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Elizabeth Shepard<\/a> is a writer and stripper who was raised in Texas and lives in Portland, OR. She likes cookies. Follow here on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susanelizabeth\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Bloom &#8211; \u201cJesus In America\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/bloomjesus.mp3\">Jesus In America<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Hell-Is-Above-Us\/215595721834701\" target=\"_new\">Hell Is Above Us<\/a>,&#8221; you might also know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanebloom.com\" target=\"_new\">Jonathan Bloom<\/a> from his recurring role playing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonFrmMaplewood\" target=\"_new\">Jon from Maplewood<\/a>&#8221; on <a href=\"http:\/\/thebestshow.net\" target=\"_new\">The Best Show<\/a>. Guitar on his\u00a0song was performed\u00a0by Pete Cenedella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Thanks for listening! #WPRBXmas A photo posted by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) on Dec 25, 2014 at 3:24pm PST With three months to go until this year&#8217;s marathon, here&#8217;s the first half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2014 edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB. 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