{"id":5017,"date":"2022-12-10T13:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2022-12-10T13:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:34:44","slug":"2021-christmas-stories-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=5017","title":{"rendered":"2021 Christmas Stories, part one."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CX7LPsEJ_sU\/?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\/CX7LPsEJ_sU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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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\/CX7LPsEJ_sU\/?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>Can you believe there are but two weeks until&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1313428582754441\" target=\"_blank\">this year\u2019s Xmas marathon<\/a>?! Here are the first half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2021 edition of my&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?p=4972\" target=\"_blank\">25-Hour&nbsp;Holiday Radio Show<\/a>&nbsp;on 103.3 fm&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/wprb.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPRB<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part two will&nbsp;appear on December 17th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please follow the links provided to support these musicians, artists and talented individuals who were kind to recorded original pieces for the show. Follow them! Like them! Buy their records and books!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May these works encourage&nbsp;<em>you<\/em>&nbsp;to record something for this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can explore the complete archive of stories recorded from 2011-2021&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/?cat=127\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<br \/><br \/><strong>The Brixton Riot &#8211; &#8220;These Winter Days&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=1611650709\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/thebrixtonriot.bandcamp.com\/track\/these-winter-days\">These Winter Days by The Brixton Riot<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the eighth contribution to the marathon by New Jersey\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thebrixtonriot.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Brixton Riot<\/a>, who fuse elements of 70\u2019s power-pop and punk, 80\u2019s jangle-rock and 90\u2019s indie rock into a sound that is both familiar and distinct. <br \/><br \/><strong>The West Philly Players &#8211; &#8220;Our First Christmas Out of Lockdown&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1792141637\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/westphillyplayers.bandcamp.com\/album\/our-first-christmas-out-of-lockdown\">Our First Christmas Out of Lockdown by West Philly Players<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year some configuration of the same group of friends in Philadelphia get together to record some songs to stave off the horror of winter. They are known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/westphillyplayers.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Philly Players<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rick Rizzo &#8211; &#8220;Santa Claus is Coming to Eisbar&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/santaeisbar.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elmoodio\/\">Rick Rizzo<\/a>&nbsp;is a founding member of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/42866749426\/\">Eleventh Dream Day<\/a>, one of America\u2019s finest, most consistent rock institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deth Elf &#8211; &#8220;Vampire Christmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=858356861\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/dethelf.bandcamp.com\/track\/vampire-christmas\">Vampire Christmas 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 first of two 2021 contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>George Korein &#8211; &#8220;Chestnut Street Fighter 2 (a Christmas Story)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 522px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=279659514\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/georgekorein.bandcamp.com\/album\/chestnut-street-fighter-2-a-christmas-story\">Chestnut Street Fighter 2 (a Christmas Story) by George Korein and the Spleen<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>A story by Philadelphia musician <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/georgekorein.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">George Korein<\/a> plus a bonus tale courtesy his daughter Hattie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The New Birds of America &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Is&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=561694739\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewbirdsofamerica.bandcamp.com\/track\/christmas-is\">Christmas Is by The New Birds of America<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thenewbirdsofamerica.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">The New Birds of America<\/a>&nbsp;is a musical project by Toronto poet&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blaisemoritz.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blaise Moritz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Das Kaltes Eis &#8211; &#8220;Let&#8217;s Have a War on Christmas&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3353701044\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/daskalteseis.bandcamp.com\/track\/lets-have-a-war-on-christmas\">Let&#39;s Have a War on Christmas by Das Kaltes Eis<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Pethie &amp; Commie Francis of WPRB and Bill of a bunch of bands make songs!&nbsp;NO APOLOGIES TO FEAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iced Shank &#8211; &#8220;Yule Log&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2955436563\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/icedshank.bandcamp.com\/track\/yule-log\">Yule Log by Iced Shank<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>A genius re-working of one of last year&#8217;s most-enjoyed songs recorded in Allston Rock City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edith Frost &#8211; &#8220;Another Year&#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\/1184596123&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\/another-year\" title=\"Another Year\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Another Year<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith Frost has recorded a piece a year for each of the past nine marathons! Go find her on her&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edithfrost.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>,&nbsp;her&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edithfrost.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>&nbsp;and\/or her&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/edithfrost\/sets\/wprbxmas\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tobias Carroll &#8211; &#8220;Undermall&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/undermall.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Author&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tobiascarroll.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tobias Carroll<\/a>\u2018s&nbsp;second novel,&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/political-sign-9781501358111\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-Members<\/a><\/em>, was published by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrophilpress.com\/\">Astrophil Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read his 2021 Xmas marathon piece in full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tobiascarroll.medium.com\/undermall-955c0209d6c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DJ Spin-da-Wheela &#8211; &#8220;Butcher in the Stars: Anthony Daniels vs Bon Jovi vs Happy Flowers&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/butcherinthestars.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much is known about the enigmatic DJ S-d-W, but it is theorized he has some connection to the podcast <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wheel-of-randy-a-randy-newman-podcast\/id1520864125\" target=\"_blank\">Wheel of Randy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grass Jaw &#8211; &#8220;Pretty Paper&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/prettypaper.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grassjaw.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Grass Jaw<\/a> is Brendan Kuntz. He lives in Ithaca, NY, after a long residency in New Jersey. He&#8217;s been writing about about getting older, taking comfort in the familiar, the things we do to keep going, and excuses we make when we don&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sebastian Petsu &#8211; &#8220;I Am Wrapping In A Room ( Merry Christmas, Alvin Lucier)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Am Wrapping In A Room ( Merry Christmas, Alvin Lucier) by sebastian, darkly\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1177726546&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=675&#038;maxwidth=450\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fourth piece in as many years by Philadelphia\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sebastian-darkly\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Petsu<\/a>. There&#8217;s a trio of prior recordings on his\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sebastianpetsu.bandcamp.com\/album\/three-christmas-waves-ep\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0page. Takes Mars Williams\u2019 sax hook from the Waitresses&#8217; &#8220;Christmas Wrapping&#8221; and loops it, but each time it comes around another copy of it is added, slightly out of sync, on top. It keeps going round and around for 3.5 minutes until Petsu lets it collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bret Saunders &#8211; &#8220;Black Ice, Nebraska-Wyoming Border, December 24, 1987&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/blackice.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Evokes the time <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bretsaunders.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bret Saunders<\/a> hit a patch of black ice in 1987 near the Wyoming-Nebraska border on Christmas Eve (his birthday!). Saunders is from Denver, Colorado where he can be heard every morning on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kbco.iheart.com\/featured\/bret-saunders\/\">KBCO<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pots and Powercells &#8211; &#8220;Xmas Van Medley&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/xmasvan.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Any sound can be music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inferior Jams &#8211; &#8220;Christmas Medley&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/keepingscoreathome.com\/audio\/inferiorjams.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inferior Jams is a Cape Cod-based blorp jazz collective.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon Solomon (@jonsolomon) Can you believe there are but two weeks until&nbsp;this year\u2019s Xmas marathon?! Here are the first half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2021 edition of my&nbsp;25-Hour&nbsp;Holiday Radio Show&nbsp;on 103.3 fm&nbsp;WPRB. Part two will&nbsp;appear on December 17th! 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