Everything you need for the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show.


Watch Jon Solomon slowly fall apart in real time during his 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show between 5:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve and 6:00 pm ET on Chirstmas day using the above webcam.

Festive requests? Call 609.258.1033 or email requests@wprb.com!

Listen at 103.3 fm WPRB or by clicking here.

Real Player and Windows Media Player options can be found on the right side here.

If you’re in the terrestrial broadcast radius, tuning in via an actual radio is preferable so as to not keep those far away from accessing the web stream.

The 2015 Xmas Playlist will be updated throughout the program at wprb.com.

Expect a new “Christmas Story” each hour, with older stories interjected frequently.

You can follow Jon on Facebook and/or Twitter.

Advance notice for each story should occur in both of those social locations and on the invite for the marathon.

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #wprbxmas!

Live listener chat below these words:

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!



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12/16/15 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Fugazi – Target – Red Medicine
New Order – Temptation – 1981-1982 – First song I remember hearing on WPRB. Happy 75th!
Fuzz – II – II – [N]
Busta Rhymes – WOO-HAH!! Got You All In Check – 12″ – Instrumental.
Slum Of Legs – Half Day Closing – Doll Like
Lord High Fixers – Take Me Home – 45 – What are you doing to participate?!
Hurl – All Lines Have Been Erased – Not A Memory – Happy birthday, Matt!

Pitchfork – Thin Ice – Saturn Outhouse
Esmerine – A River Runs Through This City – Lost Voices – [N]
Thee Oh Sees – Fortress – 7″ – Forthcoming.
Anton Garcia Abril / Edda Dell’Orso – 4…3…2…1…Morte – Chicas! Spanish Female Singers Vol. 2 1963-1978 – [N] – [C]
Soccer Team – Nose to Chin – Real Lessons In Cynicism (Demos) – Need to hear this proper record, stat.
Jennifer O’Connor – Blessed The Hand – S/T
Vitapup – Disbelief – 7″

Gaunt – Solution – 45
Honey Radar – Jackknifing Umpire – Office Supplies Series #3
Cherry Lane Express – Rebels Hornpipe – The Year Of Jubilo – [N] – [C]
Lord Dying – Darkness Remains – Relapse Sampler 2015 – [C]
Dead Milkmen – Two Feet Off The Ground – Eat Your Paisley
Ty Segall – The Motivator – Ty-Rex – Cover of a song on “Electric Warrior.” – [N]
Magnolia Electric Co. – Such Pretty Eyes For A Snake – Trials & Errors – Live in Brussels.

Great Plains – Cave-In – 7″ – Came with issue #8 of said magazine. – [C]
The Units – I Night – Live at the Deaf Club 1979
Fucked Up with Tanya Tagaq – Our Own Blood – .mp3 – For careful contemplation.
TW Walsh – Young Rebels – Fruitless Research – Coming February 2016.
Grandmixer D.St – Crazy Cuts (Long Version) – Change The Beat – The Celluloid Records Story 1979-1987 – [C]
Mac McCaughan – Staring At Your Hologram – Staring At Your Hologram – Instrumental deconstruction of the Non-Believers Lp.



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12/9/15 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


Third-annual ALL-HANUKKAH SHOW!

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Angry Snowmans – Hanukkah – S/T – Re-working an Adolescents song.
Dubb Nubb – Hanukkah At Home – A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume 9 – [C]
DJ Flack – O Chanukah Dubstep Bassline Remix – Menorah Mashups – [C]
Chasia Segal – Latke Cooking Demonstation – Taste of Chanukah – [C]
Willie Bernstein – Dreidel Song – .mp3
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 8 Days Of Hannukah – It’s A Holiday Soul Party – [N]
Jingle Punx – Chanukah – It’s What I Got In My Sack

The Goblins – Ha-Ha Hannukah – The My Pal God Holiday Record – [C]
Electric Menorah – Oh Chanuqa Bush – Chanucore
DJ Flack – Dreidl-Bells – .mp3
Sufjan Stevens – Maoz Tzur (Rock Of Ages) – Silver & Gold
Perry Shall – The Hanukkah Song By Adam Sandlers – .mp3 – He of Hound!
Herman Dune – Hannukah In Florida – .mp3
Calamity Jane – Hannukah Song – It’s Finally Christmas – [C]
The Mountain Goats – Give Your Mom Some Pie for Hanukkah – The Ha Ha Hanukah Comedy/Variety Special – [C]

The Manischefits – Hanukkah – .mp3 – Inspired by The Misfits.
Kyle Rapps vs. Kosha Dillz – Hannukah vs. Christmas (Hannukah Wins) – .mp3
Woody Guthrie – Hanukkah Dance (Alternate Take) – Hard Travelin’
LeeVees – How Do You Spell Channukkahh? – Hanukkah Rocks
Patients – Dreidle Dreidle Dreidle – Light Bulb Issue 3 Christmas Cassette – 1977. – [C]
N E One – Happy Hannukah – .mp3
Gumdrop Alley – It’s All Hanukkah From Here On In – I Made It Out Of Clay – [C]

Franklin – Hanukkah, Oh Chanukkah – Gift Wrapped, Vol. II: Snowed In – [C]
David Nagler – Hanukkah In Cambodia – .mp3 – Recorded live at The Oracle Show #7 (Places). In the style of The Dead Kennedys.
Beck – Little Drum Machine Boy – Just Say Noel – [C]
The Feud – Hannukah – .mp3
Tom Lehrer – Hannukah In Santa Monica – The Remains of Tom Lehrer – [R]
Pudie Tadow – Get Your Dreidel On – Kevin & Bean: Swallow My Eggnog – [C]
The Mommyheads – Christmas Song (Catskills Version) – The Tarquin Records All Star Holiday Extravaganza – [C]
Yidcore – Maoz Tzur / The Dreidel Song – S/T

Gods Of Fire – Hanukkah Gone Metal – Hanukkah Gone Metal
Ella Jenkins – Harmonica For Hanukkah – Holiday Times
BLAMMOS – Chanukah With A C – It’s Christmas Everywhere (Except In My Heart)
Gypsyphonic Disco – Gypsyphonic Dreidel Song – .mp3 – Featuring Katey Red.
Ray Brenner & Barry E. Blitzer – Shut Up, Irving – Have A Jewish Christmas?
Lothars – Jingle Bells, Dreidel Song – .mp3
Hxlly’s Wxrld – Explanation Of What Chanukah Is – Chanukomp 2012 – [C]
Huffamoose – Hannukah & Christmas Hand In Hand – .mp3

Emotional – I Wanna Be Your Dradle – Gnartivity Scene – Ramones “cover.” – [C]
The Fun Sluts – A Holiday For The Jews – Fun Sluts Christmas
Amanda Duncan – Light Those Candles Bright – .mp3
Meshugga Beach Party – Shalom Alechem – Twenty Songs Of The Chosen Surfer
Black Tape For A Blue Girl – Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah – Excelsis Vol. 1: A Dark Noel – [C]
Mothguts – Hava Negila / Dradle – Xmas
Velouria – Till Next Hanukkah – .mp3

The Bitter Tears – Hanukkah – .mp3 – Happy Hanukkah, everybody! – [R]
Fountains Of Wayne – Chanukah Under The Stars – Out-Of-State Plates
H83R & Kent Rockafeller – Ma’oz Tzur – Intelligent Christmas Music – [C]



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12/2/15 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Thee Spivs – Men Don’t Cry – The World’s Lousy With Ideas Vol. 9 – [C]
Liechtenstein – All At Once – Survival Strategies In A Modern World
Tang Soleil – Some Other Train – Outboard Sensory Meridian Response – [N]
King Champion Sounds – Here We Go Again – Different Drummer
OutKast – B.O.B. (Instrumental) – 12″
Girl Band – Paul – Holding Hands With Jamie – [N]
Silkworm – Slave Wages – Lifestyle – Quite a nice gift, this was.

Manatees – Under The Gun – Croc N My Pocket – [N]
Ludacris – What’s Your Fantasy? (Instrumental) – 12″
Egg Hunt – We All Fall Down – 45
Midnight Reruns – There’s An Animal Upstairs – Force Of Nurture – [N]
Home & Garden – Marco Polo: The Voyage – History & Geography – 1982.
S.K. Kakraba – Banyere Yo – Songs Of Paapieye – [N]
Edsel – Perched Like A Parasite – 45

Lame Drivers – Headhunting – Chosen Era – CD bonus track. – [N]
The Aerialist – Naiad – Moon Patrol
The Cell Phones – Put Me In The Dark – Chicago Singles Club
Norman Westberg – Bunny Bill – 13 – He of Swans.
Pinkish Black – Everything Must Go – Relapse Sampler 2015 – [C]
Asa Martin & James Roberts – Darling Nellie Grey – The Year Of Jubilo – 78 rpm recordings of songs from the Civil War. – [N]
Destruction Unit – Salvation – Negative Feedback Resistor

Beach Slang – Throwaways – The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us
Guru’s Jazzmatazz – Lift Your Fist (Instrumental) – 12″ – Featuring The Roots.
Laddio Bolocko – 43 Minutes Of… (Excerpt) – Live & Unreleased 1997-2000 – Earliest recording. – [N]
Terry – Talk About Terry – 7″ – Members of UV Race, Dick Diver & Total Control.
Baroness – Shock Me – Shock Me – [R]
Minibeast – High Sea – Free Will – Forthcoming. Peter Prescott from Mission of Burma / Volcano Suns.
X___X – The Social Whirlpool – Albert Ayler’s Ghosts Live At The Yellow Ghetto – [N]

The Sword – Lament For The Aurochs – Age Of Winters – [R]



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25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on WPRB!


Hello December!

I wanted to give several weeks’ warning that I will be celebrating the 27th annual edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com starting this Christmas Eve at 5:00 pm ET until Christmas day at 6:00 pm ET.

If you would like to submit music for airplay or make some requests, by all means get in touch.

Please also read the the public call for Christmas stories I posted a few weeks ago.

You can RSVP for the show on Facebook.

The studio webcam and live listener chat will go live here come the afternoon of December 24th.

Thanks.

Happy Holidays (eventually)!

Jon Solomon
jon@wprb.com



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11/18/15 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Burnout – Lounge – 45
Dan Melchior’s Broke Revue – Jaki – Lords Of The Manor – [N]
Pavement – Unfair – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Can’t shake this song recently.
Black Wing – If I Let Him In – Is Doomed – [N]
Stiff Little Fingers – Two Guitars Clash – £1.10 Or Less
Pailhead – Man Should Surrender – Trait
Useless Eaters – The Moves – Live In San Francisco – [N]

Home Blitz – AC S.S. – 45
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Recognizing Patterns – Planning Weed Like It’s Acid / Life Is Loss: Pop Songs 2015 – [N]
Killdozer – Nasty – 45 – Janet Jackson cover.
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra – Reflects Motion Pt. 2 – Secrets Of The Sun – 1962 recording. – [N]
Les Thugs – Biking – As Happy As Possible – Good request. – [R]
Battles – Megatouch – La Di Da Di – [N]
Vitapup – Staple In The Sun – 7″

The Beverleys – Promises – Brutal
W-X – Moment – W-X – Tim Presley of White Fence.
Graves At Sea – Betting On Black – Relapse Sampler 2015 – [C]
The Chills – I Can’t Help You – Silver Bullets
Eric Feremans – Beat – The Antwerp Killer – Soundtrack.
Shitty Ortiz – The Last Page – Daikayeah
The Ex with Ken Vandermark – I Can Foresee – Live at WFMU

Sludgeworth – Anytime – 45
Kohoutek – Curious Aroma Part 2 – Curious Aroma – [N]
Geraldo Pino – Heavy Heavy Heavy – Afro-Rock Vol. 1 – [C]
Tom Kolor – Marimba Variations – American Masterpieces For Solo Percussion Volume II – [N] – [C]
Los 3 Sudamericanos – Yeh Yeh – Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974 – [C]
The Wyrms – I Only Date Wizards – At Wizard Island – [N]



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11/11/15 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Ex – Maybe I Was The Pilot – Catch My Shoe
GZA – Rough Cut – Legend Of The Liquid Sword – Feat. Armel, Prodigal Sunn & 12 O’Clock.
Glenn Mercer – Cheyenne – Incidental Hum – He of The Feelies. – [N]
Silkworm – Penalty Box – It’ll Be Cool – First time on LP.
Deafheaven – Luna – New Bermuda – [N]
Freakwater – The Asp And The Albatross – Scheherazade – Forthcoming.
Soulside – New Fast Fucky – Soon Come Happy

Hierophants – Hail Stones – Parallax Error – [N]
Winter Hours – Incendiary – Wait Till The Morning – RIP Michael Carlucci.
Drew O’Doherty – I Spent It All – .mp3 – Drone track using the final note that Fugazi played onstage.
Pram – Silver Nitrate – Music For Your Movies
Naked Raygun – Broken Things – .mp3 – Will be on a new record.
Raekwon – Friday (edited/clean) – Immobilarity
MDC – I Remember – Millions Of Dead Cops

Manatees – Buoyant Life – Croc N My Pocket – Out next week.
String Noise – Gimme Gimme Gimme – Book Of Strange Positions – Black Flag for violin.
Hooded Menace – Elysium Of Dripping Death – Relapse Sampler 2015 – [C]
Cloud – Mantra One – Zen Summer
Elikeh – The Conversation – Kondona
Masahiko Sato – Take It Easy – Belladonna – Soundtrack.
SWIVS – The Screwjob of Montreal – Office Supplies

Leatherface – I Don’t Want To Be The One To Say It – Mush – RIP Dickie Hammond.
Soft Shoulder – Stair (YOBS) – 45 – [N]
Mac McCaughan – When The Evening Comes – .mp3 – The Undead cover.
Shellac – The Guy Who Invented Fire – The Rude Gesture A Pictorial History
Jeff Zeigler – No Dana, Only Zuul – .mp3
Marginal Man – Gentry – S/T
The Moving Parts – Manic Incarnation – Wrong Conclusion – Pre-Mission Of Burma/Birdsongs of the Mesozoic foursome.

Shopping – Wind Up – Why Choose – [N]
Rozwell Kid – Simple Man – 333: The Half Mark Of The Beast – Graham Nash cover. – [C]
Patrick Cowley – Timelink – Muscle Up – [N]
Lee, Jae Won – The Gift That Keeps On Giving – S/T



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The public call for 2015 Christmas Stories!


Each of the last four years I have asked a number of friends, musicians, comedians and others that I admired to record their definition of an original “Christmas story” to be interspersed throughout my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB.

Come December 24, 2015 – the 27th annual edition of this marathon program will begin.

In 2011-2014, Mac McCaughan (Superchunk), wrestler/author Mick Foley, Glenn Mercer (The Feelies), Tom Scharpling (“The Best Show”), director Lance Bangs, Screaming Females, Chris Brokaw, Jennifer O’Connor, Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma/Volcano Suns/Minibeast), Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day), David Hill (“Snap Judgement”, “This American Life”), Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz), Jon Daly (“Kroll Show”), Nick Thorburn (Islands), Doug Gillard, Rebecca Clay Cole (Wild Flag), Bill Goffrier (The Embarrassment/Big Dipper), Joel R.L. Phelps (Silkworm/The Downer Trio), Seth Herzog (“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”), Boston Red Sox organist Josh Kantor, actor Ethan Sandler (“Crossing Jordan”), Matthew Reid-Schwartz (Kinski), The Rutabega and many other remarkable folks have recorded pieces for the marathon.

2014’s stories have recently been posted here (part one) and here (part two).

2013’s recordings can be heard here. 2012 stories can be streamed here and 2011 contributions reside here.

The time has come to build on this success with ample advance warning!

I’m not only going to be reaching out to more folks personally to join the ranks with works for the marathon’s 2015 installment but I also wanted to extend the offer TO YOU.

Record something between now and December 21st and there’s a solid chance it will make it into the show. It can be a reading of a favorite Xmas story, a cover of a holiday song you love or an original piece. I leave that in your hands.

Listen to some of the past works as inspiration if you’ve been stumped when I’ve called on you in prior years.

It would be great if these contributions did not exceed seven minutes but if you run long…I am likely going to allow it.

I’d love to get so many recordings that I can yet again debut one of these an hour throughout the marathon.

Submissions can be sent to this email address.

My lone request is that you do not post your piece elsewhere before it airs during the show! Afterwards knock yourself out, just mention the show when you do share. OK?

Please spread the word and have a happy holiday season once that whole deal begins in ernest. This feels weird to say with four Halloween pumpkins still on my front porch, but the sentiment is real.

Warmly,

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB

Ps. Songs inspired by The Fall, The Ramones and/or The Misfits will get priority status!



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Live performance #239 – Positive No.


Engineered 10/4/2015.

Positive No web site

Weird Hugs / You Shoot, I Ladder / Pedal Through / Pingvellir / Georgia Purchase Agreement



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10/28/15 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Radio Birdman – Do The Pop – The Essential Radio Birdman
Dan Friel – Rattler – Life – [N]
Motel Beds – Too Long – Mind Glitter
Exhaustion – Colleague – Phased Out – [N]
The San Andreas Fault – Encantada – Encantada
Sun Ra & His Outer Space Orchestra – Blue Intensity – Celestial Love – 1982. – [N]
The Ex – That’s Not A Virus – 45

Casual Sect – World War 2 (part 2) – demotape
Maserati – No Cave – Rehumanizer – Out Friday!
Boogarins – Tempo – Manual
Rocket From The Tombs – Welcome To The Dark Ages – Black Record
Severed Heads – Umbrella – Clifford Darling Please Don’t Live In The Past – 1979-1983 retrospective.
Ken Camden – Time Bend – Dream Memory
Timmy’s Organism – Wounded White Dove – Heartless Heathen

Positive No – Live on WPRB – 21:25 – https://positiveno.bandcamp.com

Lonely Moans – Lots ‘O Life – Dope Guns & Fucking In The Streets Volume 1-3 – [C]
James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg – Reel Around The Fountain – Ambsace – Smiths cover. – [N]
Wolf Eyes – T.O.D.D. – I Am A Problem: Mind In Pieces
Alemayehu Eshete – Tedesteshal Wey? – Ethiopiques 9 – 1974. – [C]
The Rutabega – Shiny Destination – 45
Green Milk From The Planet Orange – Demagog – City Calls Revolution – [R]
Sweet Talk – Lights Go Out – Double Perfect – [N]

Federation X – Nightmare Nation – Rally Day
World Saxophone Quartet featuring African Drums – Dou Dou N’Daiye Rose – Four Now
Ought – Beautiful Blue Sky – Sun’s Coming Down – [N]
Sean Bonnette – London Dungeon – 333: The Half Mark Of The Beast – He of Andrew Jackson Jihad. Misfits song. – [C]
Black Panties – Prophet Of Hate – 7″
Mix-o-Rap – All Party People – District Maryland Virginia: Compilation Of The Rarest Synth Funk Go-Go Boogie 1983-1985 – [C]
Nots – White Noise – We Are Nots – [N]

The Nubs – I Don’t Need You – 45 – 1979.



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