{"id":4654,"date":"2021-12-17T09:34:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:34:59","slug":"2020-christmas-stories-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4654","title":{"rendered":"2020 Christmas Stories, part two."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJOkocbjz-D\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" 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\/CJOkocbjz-D\/?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\/CJOkocbjz-D\/?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>Just one week until this year\u2019s 33rd-annual marathon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2020 edition of my&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holiday Radio Show<\/a>&nbsp;on 103.3 fm WPRB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part one can be enjoyed&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br \/><br \/>Remember, the deadline for this year\u2019s submissions is December 21st!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ski Patrol \u2013 \u201cLighting Up a Dark Season\u201d<\/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\/954096526&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;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\/skipatrolmusic\" title=\"Ski Patrol\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Ski Patrol<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skipatrolmusic\/ski-patrol-lighting-up-a-dark-season\" title=\"Ski Patrol - Lighting Up A Dark Season\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Ski Patrol &#8211; Lighting Up A Dark Season<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skipatrolmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ski Patrol<\/a> are a band from London, Canada including Imogen Wasse (vocals), Kerry Kijewski (lyrics), Alex Rolston (Percussion) and Brian Kijewski: (acoustic + electric guitar, bass and synth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>George Korein and the Spleen &#8211; &#8220;Upsot Bells&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/koreinbells.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/georgekorein.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">George Korein<\/a>&nbsp;was born in a Wawa in Philadelphia and still lives in Philadelphia in a Wawa. He makes songs that mostly have singing and \u201cand the Spleen\u201d rhymes with Korein. A lot of the music is made almost alone but some is made with awesome musicians he won\u2019t list here because that would be name dropping. People ask \u201cWhat kind of music do you make?\u201d and he still hasn\u2019t worked up the pomp to say \u201cArt Pop.\u201d This was his second of two 2020 marathon pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seth Herzog &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Story&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/herzog2020.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thezog\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Herzog<\/a>&nbsp;is a comedian and actor, who is currently a regular sketch performer and the resident comedian for NBC\u2019s \u201cTonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,\u201d and formerly of \u201cLate Night.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the producer and host of the much-beloved, long-running downtown NYC comedy showcase \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thesethherzog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sweet<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The New Birds Of America &#8211; &#8220;Balthazar&#8217;s Song&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3342338088\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewbirdsofamerica.bandcamp.com\/track\/balthazars-song\">Balthazar&#39;s Song by The New Birds of America<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewbirdsofamerica.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Birds of America<\/a>&nbsp;is a musical project by Toronto poet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blaisemoritz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blaise Moritz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Policymaker &#8211; &#8220;Straightedge Santa&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/policymaker2020.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/michaeltfournier.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Michael T. Fournier<\/a>&nbsp;is Policymaker. Mike is also the drummer\/songwriter of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/deadtrend.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dead Trend<\/a>, and the author of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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. Get in the van!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deth Elf &#8211; &#8220;Xmas 2020&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3123948797\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/dethelf.bandcamp.com\/track\/xmas-2020\">XMAS 2020 by Deth Elf<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dethelf.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Deth Elf<\/a>&nbsp;continue to be&nbsp;the pride of Lansdale, Pennsylvania. This was their second of two 2020 pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sebastian Petsu &#8211; &#8220;Long Strands of Light&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2647518398\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/track=1367101785\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianpetsu.bandcamp.com\/album\/three-christmas-waves-ep\">Three Christmas Waves EP by Sebastian Petsu<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>A third piece in as many years by Philadelphia\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sebastian-darkly\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Petsu<\/a>. The trio of recordings are on his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sebastianpetsu.bandcamp.com\/album\/three-christmas-waves-ep\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a> page as the &#8220;Three Christmas Waves EP.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edith Frost &#8211; &#8220;Forget About Christmas&#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\/953754910&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;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\/forget-about-christmas\" title=\"Forget About Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Forget About Christmas<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith Frost has recorded a piece for each of the past nine marathons! Wow! Go find her on her\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edithfrost.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>,\u00a0her <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edithfrost.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a> and\/or her\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edithfrost\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B. Musikoff &#8211; &#8220;Isolated, Capsulated, Christmas in Space&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3257638659\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/bmusikoff.bandcamp.com\/track\/isolated-capsulated-christmas-in-space\">Isolated, Capsulated, Christmas in Space by B. Musikoff<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>A bassist, cartoonist, friendist and tinnitust, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bmusikoff.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">B. Muskioff<\/a> resides in the Pacific Northwest and hosts \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radionope.com\/podcasts\/MusicOn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MusicOn with Musikoff<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxi Vision &#8211; &#8220;Christmas on the PATH Train&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=1915744429\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/taxivision.bandcamp.com\/track\/xmas-on-the-path-train\">Xmas on the PATH Train by Taxi Vision<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/taxivision.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Taxi Vision<\/a> started as Matteo Battistini&#8217;s project, playing around Brooklyn combining punk rock songform with rhythms&nbsp;drawing on highlife and disco. &#8220;Xmas on the PATH Train&#8221; is a tribute to a commute to and from Newark, New Jersey written by Chester Dubov and Matteo Battistini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANDEMIC &#8211; &#8220;Posi Xmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/andemic2020.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weareandemic.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ANDEMIC<\/a> is the solo work of Andy Williams, guitarist and vocalist of the band Lefty&#8217;s Deceiver and a&nbsp;number of other Philadelphia-based collaborations. He currently resides in Los Angeles and makes music in his attic when the mood strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joel RL Phelps &#8211; &#8220;Underneath The Tree&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/jrlp2020.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada&#8217;s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/joelrlphelps.net\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Phelps<\/a>&nbsp;is a member of&nbsp;The Downer Trio. Joel is the only artist to record a \u201cChristmas Story\u201d every year since this tradition began. Demos and new recordings of his have been posted on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joel-r-l-phelps\">Soundcloud<\/a>, with the majority of his studio output available through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thedownertrio.bandcamp.com\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Rutabega &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Fell To Pieces&#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\/954153976&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;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-fell-to-pieces\" title=\"christmas fell to pieces\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">christmas fell to pieces<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>South Bend, Indiana\u2018s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/theseknottylines.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Rutabega<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 singer-songwriter-guitarist Josh Hensley and drummer Garth Mason \u2013 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 sixth or seventh contribution to the marathon depending on who is counting. Why are you counting? Stop counting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jon &amp; Maggie mic break!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, during the 2020 edition of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB, my daughter Maggie joined me on-mic for her annual appearance. You can hear us <a href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_7409-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4258\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) Just one week until this year\u2019s 33rd-annual marathon! Here\u2019s the second half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2020 edition of my&nbsp;Holiday Radio Show&nbsp;on 103.3 fm WPRB. Part one can be enjoyed&nbsp;here! 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