{"id":3039,"date":"2016-12-06T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2016-12-06T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T17:22:56","slug":"2015-christmas-stories-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=3039","title":{"rendered":"2015 Christmas Stories, part two."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" 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:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\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%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_tk-XfG9Df\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-25T10:53:46+00:00\">Dec 25, 2015 at 2:53am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As promised, here&#8217;s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2015 edition of my <a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=2819\" 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 one can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=3017\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/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 year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua and Emily Hensley of The Rutabega with Michael Harold Doty of Ceiling Star and Secret Souvenir &#8211; \u201cFeliz Navidad\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/joshemilyfeliz.mp3\">Feliz Navidad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is indeed Josh and Emily from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theseknottylines.blogspot.com\" target=\"_new\">The Rutabega<\/a> with Michael of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretsouvenir.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Secret Souvenir<\/a> calling Emily&#8217;s mom on the phone to sing her a song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Williams &#8211; &#8220;Where Christmas Dreams Come True\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/239088130&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Williams is half of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/glassbees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glass Bees<\/a>. The source of the original tape he built his piece around was recorded in a Kmart several decades ago. It can be heard <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/KmartDecember1990\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Policymaker &#8211; &#8220;Honda&#8217;s Last Christmas\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/hondaslastxmas.mp3\">Honda&#8217;s Last Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaeltfournier.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Michael T. Fournier<\/a> is Policymaker.  Mike is also the drummer\/songwriter of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadtrend.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dead Trend<\/a>, and the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/bloomsbury.com\/us\/the-minutemens-double-nickels-on-the-dime-9780826427878\/\" target=\"_blank\">Double Nickels on the Dime<\/a> (33.3\/Bloomsbury) and, most recently, Swing State (Three Rooms Press). He lives in Western Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bret Saunders&#8217; Swingin&#8217; Holiday Synths &#8211; \u201cSaunders&#8217; Swingin&#8217; Yuletide Synths\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/saunderssynths.mp3\">Saunders&#8217; Swingin&#8217; Yuletide Synths<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bretontheradio\" target=\"_blank\">Bret Saunders<\/a> is from Denver, Colorado where he hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/kbco.iheart.com\/onair\/the-bco-morning-show-49696\/\" target=\"_blank\">KBCO Morning Show<\/a>. He recorded this short version of a holiday classic using a Microbrute synth and a couple of electronic noise gadgets. The melody hangs in there pretty much to the end. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat Byrne &#8211; \u201cChristmas Story 2015\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/byrne2015.mp3\">Christmas Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1800PATBYRNE\" target=\"_new\">Pat Byrne<\/a> hosts the live variety show &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProveItAllNightShow\" target=\"_new\">Prove It All Night<\/a>&#8221; once a month at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfmu.org\" target=\"_new\">WFMU<\/a> and helps produce <a href=\"http:\/\/thebestshow.net\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Show<\/a> every Tuesday evening. He&#8217;s a good dude.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neal Markowski &#8211; \u201cWonderful Christmastime\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/239149682&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Live. One take. No overdubs or anything else &#8211; just composer\/musician\/noise maker <a href=\"https:\/\/nealmarkowski.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Neal Markowski<\/a> in a room with the instruments. The ending is actually shorter than it should be, but as Markowski recorded this on his cassette 4-track, the tape kept bunching up for some reason towards the end, hence the &#8220;jarring&#8221; cuts in the solo drums.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pete &#038; Alex from Star Wars Minute &#8211; \u201cWhat Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/swm2015.mp3\">Our Secret Santa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favorite podcast is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwarsminute.com\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars Minute<\/a>, a show that analyzes, scrutinizes and celebrates each Star Wars film one minute at a time. Hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/petetheretailer.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pete The Retailer<\/a> and cartoonist <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookalex.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Robinson<\/a>, SWM is currently on it&#8217;s fifth season, slogging their way through &#8220;Attack of the Clones.&#8221; On this &#8220;bonus episode,&#8221; a song from &#8220;Christmas in the Stars&#8221; is examined. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqpMr8Nwhi4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Gentle &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Alone\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/johngentle.mp3\">Christmas Alone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brettdavis.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brett Davis<\/a> is a comedian, wig-owner and not host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIjt2NHR34nH3J_525Dmk_g\" target=\"_blank\">The Special Without Brett Davis<\/a>, which airs every Wednesday night on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prowler &#8211; \u201cBuyers Beware\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3771610937\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/track=21846208\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/prowlerprowler.bandcamp.com\/album\/trash-bag\">Trash Bag by Prowler<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/prowlerprowler.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_new\">Prowler<\/a> are no strangers to the WPRB studios, having visited the station thrice to play live on Jon Solomon&#8217;s weekly show. There are many different strains of their infectious, head-bobbin&#8217; tunes for free download on their <a href=\"http:\/\/prowlerprowler.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_new\">Bandcamp page<\/a>. &#8220;Buyers Beware&#8221; is also found on their record &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/prowlerprowler.bandcamp.com\/album\/trash-bag\" target=\"_blank\">Trash Bag<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edith Frost &#8211; \u201cCoventry Carol (arranged by James Dering)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/239051446&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Edith Frost can be found on her <a href=\"http:\/\/edithfrost.com\/\" target=\"_new\">website<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edithfrost\" target=\"_new\">Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>James Dering hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/betterpiano.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Better Piano<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>This is their third contribution to the marathon in as many years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These Estates &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Creep&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2548061683\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/theseestates.bandcamp.com\/track\/christmas-creep\">Christmas Creep by These Estates<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bourbon-driven young Canadian trio <a href=\"https:\/\/theseestates.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">These Estates<\/a> broke from their hiatus to record a holiday song for you. Their two albums &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theseestates.bandcamp.com\/album\/triumph-reign\" target=\"_blank\">Triumph, Reign<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theseestates.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-dignity-of-man\" target=\"_blank\">The Dignity of Man<\/a>&#8221; are both well worth your time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gotobeds &#8211; \u201cFEEL THE WRATH OF MY X-MAS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/wrath.mp3\">FEEL THE WRATH OF MY X-MAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Pittsburgh #clowns <a href=\"https:\/\/thegotobeds.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Gotobeds<\/a> released their second album (and first for Sub Pop) &#8220;Blood \/\/ Sugar \/\/ Secs \/\/ Traffic.&#8221; Boy is it terrific. If you like &#8220;smart-dude avant punk,&#8221; have I got a band for you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAVAK &#8211; \u201cChristmas In Park Slope\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2804107284\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/savak.bandcamp.com\/track\/christmas-in-park-slope\">Christmas in Park Slope by SAVAK<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savakband.com\" target=\"_blank\">SAVAK<\/a> was formed just last year by members of The Obits, Holy Fuck, Nation of Ulysses, and The Cops. Their acclaimed debut album &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/savak.bandcamp.com\/album\/best-of-luck-in-future-endeavors\" target=\"_blank\">Best of Luck in Future Endeavors<\/a>&#8221; is out now!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joel R.L. Phelps &#8211; &#8220;Gone Home For Christmas\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/phelps2015.mp3\">Gone Home For Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/joelrlphelps.net\" target=\"_new\">Joel Phelps<\/a> is a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/joelrlphelps.net\" target=\"_new\">The Downer Trio<\/a> and has also recently played with the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DamaLibra\" target=\"_new\">Dama\/Libra<\/a>. Joel is the only artist to record a &#8220;Christmas Story&#8221; for the show each of the last five years. Many demos and new recordings of his have been posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joel-r-l-phelps\" target=\"_new\">Soundcloud<\/a>, with the lion&#8217;s share of his studio output now available through <a href=\"https:\/\/thedownertrio.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_new\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A photo posted by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) on Dec 25, 2015 at 2:53am PST As promised, here&#8217;s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2015 edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB. I&#8217;ve posted them in the order they originally aired during the program. Part one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,114,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-jon-solomon","category-wprb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3039"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3053,"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions\/3053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}