{"id":4195,"date":"2020-12-17T11:34:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T17:20:36","slug":"2019-christmas-stories-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4195","title":{"rendered":"2019 Christmas Stories, part two."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<br \/><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6f6kUTD9a9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" 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:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6f6kUTD9a9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><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\/B6f6kUTD9a9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" 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\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>One week until this year\u2019s 32nd-annual marathon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As promised, here\u2019s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2019 edition of my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4134\">Holiday Radio Show<\/a>\u00a0on 103.3 fm WPRB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part one can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4160\">here<\/a>!<br \/><br \/>Remember, the deadline for this year\u2019s submissions is December 21st!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seth Herzog &#8211; &#8220;Trying To Get Merry At Christmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/sethherzog2019.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thezog\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Herzog<\/a> is a comedian and actor, who is currently a regular sketch performer and the resident comedian for NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,&#8221; and formerly of &#8220;Late Night.&#8221; <br \/><br \/>He is the producer and host of the much-beloved, long-running downtown NYC comedy showcase &#8220;Sweet.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ike Turner<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; &#8220;Xmas Eve Mending&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/ike2019.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/outkzoo.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">OUT<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/minutes.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Minutes<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wowzainkalamazoo.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">WOWZA<\/a> and a slew of other bands that escape me right now, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/straphangerike\" target=\"_blank\">Ike Turner<\/a> lives and teaches in lovely Kalamazoo, Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bill Chamberlain &amp; Rachel Courtney &#8211; &#8220;Wild Mutation Christmas Eve story&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/wildmutation.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Mutation was a record store in Philadelphia that closed at the end of 2019, owned and run by Bill and Rachel. This recording sets the scene for one Christmas Eve leaving the shop&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeep Ward &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Story&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/jeep2019.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A DJ\/Turntablist for 20+ years, you can learn more about Jeep a\/k\/a DJ Halo <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/halodoesntsuck.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nick Millevoi &#8211; &#8220;Happy Holidays&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/nickmillevoi2019.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>South Jersey&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/nickmillevoi.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Millevoi<\/a> is a guitarist and composer whose music searches for the sonic cracks between jazz, rock and roll, noise, and modern composition. His latest project is &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nickmillevoi.bandcamp.com\/album\/streets-of-philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\">Streets of Philadelphia<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tobias Carroll &#8211; &#8220;Ghosts &amp; Donuts&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/tobias2019.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tobiascarroll.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tobias Carroll<\/a> is the author of three books: one novel, one story collection, and one work of nonfiction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His newest book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/political-sign-9781501358111\/\">Political Sign<\/a><\/em>, was published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/\">Bloomsbury<\/a>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/objectsobjectsobjects.com\/\">Object Lessons<\/a> series.<br \/><br \/>You can read his 2019 Xmas marathon piece <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@tobiascarroll\/christmas-ghosts-christmas-doughnuts-1306e7fca974\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kris and Mike Kennedy &#8211; &#8220;I Won&#8217;t Disappoint You&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/krisandmike2019.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris and Mike Kennedy are the rhythm section for <a href=\"https:\/\/leftysdeceiver.bandcamp.com\">Lefty&#8217;s Deceiver<\/a>. Additionally, Kris is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kristinekennedy.tv\" target=\"_blank\">filmmaker<\/a> and Mike is a member of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staticshapes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Static Shapes<\/a>. They reside in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edith Frost<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;S.A.D.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/733978327&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/edithfrost\" title=\"Edith Frost\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Edith Frost<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/edithfrost\/sad\" title=\"S.A.D.\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">S.A.D.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith Frost has recorded a piece for each of the past eight marathons! &#8220;S.A.D.&#8221; is the latest and greatest. Edith Frost can be found on her\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edithfrost.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edithfrost\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Rutabega<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; &#8220;Christmas Schimizzi&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/734168701&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/theseknottylines\" title=\"the rutabega\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">the rutabega<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/theseknottylines\/christmas-schimizzi\" title=\"christmas schimizzi\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">christmas schimizzi<\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n\n\n<p>South Bend, Indiana\u2018s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/theseknottylines.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Rutabega<\/a> &#8211; singer-songwriter-guitarist Josh Hensley and drummer Garth Mason &#8211; make some of the fullest, brightest sounds ever generated by just two people, weaving punchy, short pop songs and sweeping, ten-minute epics together seamlessly.\u00a0This is either their fourth, fifth or sixth contribution to the marathon depending on who is counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAVAK &#8211; &#8220;Merry Merry (First Time Caller)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3910980090\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/savak.bandcamp.com\/track\/merry-merry-first-time-caller\">Merry Merry (First Time Caller) by SAVAK<\/a><\/iframe><br \/><br \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sayeth SAVAK:<br \/><br \/>This is the 5th year in a row that we&#8217;ve hunkered down in our super fun, Superfund practice space in Gowanus, Brooklyn for an evening of mulled wine and cheap rhymes in honor of the finest DJ to emerge from Mercer County: Mister Jon Solomon!!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, this music sounds nothing like what our band normally does, but really, our band would not normally play a holiday song, so why not jump off the deep end in a hand-quilted Santa outfit?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by Del the Funky Pete Shelley and a need to work in low-level references to all things random &#8217;80s hardcore, let&#8217;s take away any focus on how cut-rate and off-time the &#8220;rapping&#8221; is and admire Michael &#8220;Jaws&#8221; Jaworski&#8217;s sweet falsetto, West Coast keyboard runs, and both funky and shredding guitar work. All that had to be done was to dare him to 1. Sing like Curtis Mayfield, 2. Slither some G-funk ivory tinkling, 3. Grease up some &#8220;Catfish&#8221; Collins gitter, 4. Skrizzle-dizzle a Burbank session player &#8220;Peg&#8221; solo. Dang if he didn&#8217;t nail them all. Surgically. An embarrassment of&nbsp;stitches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of which, this made us laugh a lot. Hopefully you will, too. The holidays are weird. It&#8217;s good to keep things light, if you can. Call a friend, text a stranger, hug a neighbor, leave a big tip for the person who makes your egg &amp; cheese, give the benefit of the doubt to the person most likely to annoy you, wink at your pet, tickle yourself with the absurdity of the human condition, treat yourself to a nap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, at the very least, distract yourself for 5 minutes with a bit of our goofiness&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merry, merry&nbsp;<br \/>Peter, Pauler&nbsp;<br \/>Long time listener&nbsp;<br \/>First time caller&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merry, merry&nbsp;<br \/>Queen of Scott\u2019s&nbsp;<br \/>To DeSimon\u2019s, McCloud\u2019s&nbsp;<br \/>Joyeux No\u00ebl and bon mots&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to holiday crime time tv&nbsp;<br \/>Where there\u2019s a city solution&nbsp;<br \/>For every country teaser&nbsp;<br \/>And every geezer\u2019s a butler&nbsp;<br \/>Every Richard\u2019s a dick&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A prick, a coffin, b-r-e-a-k&nbsp;<br \/>Beat steak medium rare essence&nbsp;<br \/>If you find it you grind it, man&nbsp;<br \/>We mean it, demean it&nbsp;<br \/>If you know your anger&nbsp;<br \/>Like Kenneth, Gwyneth&nbsp;<br \/>Paltry scorpios rising like lucifer&nbsp;<br \/>Sam I am&nbsp;<br \/>Son of a Mustang Sanford&nbsp;<br \/>Boredom is a reason&nbsp;<br \/>For teenagers to commit treason&nbsp;<br \/>Toxic reasons, season&nbsp;<br \/>Of the risk&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamchatka Chaka Khan&nbsp;<br \/>Funk Shun Fiction The Faction&nbsp;<br \/>Steve Caballero&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yayo got the chi Cheech&nbsp;<br \/>And Chong&nbsp;<br \/>Gravity Bong Load&nbsp;<br \/>To the Rhodes of Randy&nbsp;<br \/>Randall with the plastic sandals&nbsp;<br \/>Hope springs eternal&nbsp;<br \/>Unlock the demons&nbsp;<br \/>Damon Che Guevara&nbsp;<br \/>Guadalajara can\u2019t dance&nbsp;<br \/>Dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio&nbsp;<br \/>Birdman&nbsp;<br \/>La Cage aux faux hawk&nbsp;<br \/>Ethan mini thin&nbsp;<br \/>Think tank&nbsp;<br \/>Cheap prank&nbsp;<br \/>Every trickster in Chicago&nbsp;<br \/>Knows ka-Rikki-Tikki-Tavi&nbsp;<br \/>45 Grave-y&nbsp;<br \/>Like Mr. Clean Steve Garvey&nbsp;<br \/>Riboflavin Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You ever seen C.H.U.D.?&nbsp;<br \/>More out than HUD&nbsp;<br \/>Talking Carson Ben not Johnny&nbsp;<br \/>Dipping in the Ben E.\u2019s&nbsp;<br \/>King, QUEEN, Prince&nbsp;<br \/>Tone police violation&nbsp;<br \/>Tastemaker desecration&nbsp;<br \/>Boulevard of dream a little dream&nbsp;<br \/>-cicle, cycle, psycho&nbsp;<br \/>Suicidal saw your mommy&nbsp;<br \/>Kissing Santa Claus von B\u00fclow&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new low, end theory&nbsp;<br \/>For the end times&nbsp;<br \/>Where\u2019s Morris Day?&nbsp;<br \/>Morris the cat?&nbsp;<br \/>Boris the spider?&nbsp;<br \/>Soldier, Folgers, coffee achievers&nbsp;<br \/>Tomb of the unknown believers&nbsp;<br \/>Not true blue F.U.\u2019s&nbsp;<br \/>With the Peer Police, Brutality&nbsp;<br \/>A conquest for a breath&nbsp;<br \/>Of fresh air&nbsp;<br \/>I need some&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Records, Duane Rossignol&nbsp;<br \/>With the NYHC vinyl collection&nbsp;<br \/>Solution, pollution, Rosicrucian&nbsp;<br \/>Christian death dealing meth&nbsp;<br \/>Amphetamines to reptiles&nbsp;<br \/>In houses, huts&nbsp;<br \/>Jabba like Jeru&nbsp;<br \/>My driver is damaged&nbsp;<br \/>But he flies his flag&nbsp;<br \/>Out of convenience&nbsp;<br \/>Store front agnostic, acrostic&nbsp;<br \/>Poetry is the pits&nbsp;<br \/>Circles all the jerks into fits&nbsp;<br \/>Of depression, rejection&nbsp;<br \/>Anxiety, high as a kite, right?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring is around the corner&nbsp;<br \/>Don\u2019t be a loner&nbsp;<br \/>Tis the season of the phone calls&nbsp;<br \/>To family and friends&nbsp;<br \/>To wish a giant jolly&nbsp;<br \/>Green rancher, on prancer and dancer&nbsp;<br \/>Even the necromancers and the freelancers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lotta links to a lotta love&nbsp;<br \/>Lattes chai and dry&nbsp;<br \/>Above the mantles, like Mickey&nbsp;<br \/>Don\u2019t let the creatures stir&nbsp;<br \/>Or the Siouxsie\u2019s brrrr&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With warmth and good will\u00a0<br \/>SAVAK says, \u201cGive yourself a moment to chill.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>Smell ya next year, punx&#8230;\u00a0<br \/>Chest bumps to Solomon Jon\u00a0<br \/>Who knows his yins from his jawns\u00a0<br \/>And always love his moms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon &amp; Maggie mic break!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/779035486&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/comedyminusone\" title=\"comedyminusone\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">comedyminusone<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/comedyminusone\/jon-maggie-on-wprb-2019\" title=\"Jon &amp; Maggie on WPRB (2019).\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon &amp; Maggie on WPRB (2019).<\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, during the 2019 edition of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB, my daughter Maggie joined me on-mic for her annual appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) One week until this year\u2019s 32nd-annual marathon! As promised, here\u2019s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2019 edition of my\u00a0Holiday Radio Show\u00a0on 103.3 fm WPRB. Part one can be found\u00a0here! 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