Let’s Wrestle – Bad Mammaries – Nursing Home
Rose Windows – Native Dreams – The Silver Ticket – [C]
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love – More than Ever – Dandelion Radio Session – Bedhead cover.
Joy Division – These Days – 45
Creepoid – Calamine – Cemetery Highrise Slum – [N]
Wooden Waves – Dong Of Time – Wilder Dreams
Snooty Garbagemen – My Keys – S/T – [N]
Stiff Little Fingers – At The Edge – 45
Eel Bros – Hanging On The Telephone – 333: The Half Mark Of The Beast – Nerves cover. – [C]
The Early Stages – 1992 – 7″
Eleventh Dream Day – Two Smart Cookies – Eighth
Lee Fields – Two Timer – .mp3 – Little Carl Carlton song.
Gary Numan – We Are Glass – 45
Wild Rice – Never Wonder – Sourlands – Local! – [N]
Wand – Lower Order – 1000 Days
Liquid G. – Selfdestruction – Liquidation – Belgian cassette collection.
Jared Leibowich – Another New Day – Welcome Late Bloomers – He of The Zoltars.
OST – Killing Car – Plastic Dance Volume One – [C]
The Stammer – Kids – Days Inbetween – Local!
HeCTA – Prettyghetto – The Diet
VIDEO – The Entertainers – The Entertainers
Universe People – For Tonight Only – Go To The Sun
Shoc Corridor – Khartoum – Experiments In Incest – 1983.
The Rutabega – Entrapment – PRF Monthly Tribute Series – Naked Raygun cover.
Mikronesia – Philadelphia Papal Visit Sound Collage – .mp3
N-Tyce – Black To The Point (Vocal) – 12″
The Silence Kit – Everything You Feel Good About – .mp3
The Jam – Going Underground – 45
Steve Treatment – Hooked On A Trend – 25 “A” Sides – RIP.
Tijuana Panthers – Monitor – Poster – [N]
The Clean – Point That Thing Somewhere Else – Anthology
Alan Watts – Metamatic Ritual – This Is It – 1962. – [N]
Fela Kuti – Who’re You – Shakara/London Scene – [R]
The Blind Shake – Garbage On Glue – Live In San Francisco – [N]
With three months to go until this year’s marathon, here’s the first half of the Christmas Stories recorded exclusively for the 2014 edition of my 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB.
I’ve posted them in the order they originally aired during the program.
Part two will appear in October.
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!
May these works inspire you to record something for this December.
Mike Pace fronted Oxford Collapse and co-hosted the Worst Gig Ever podcast. He returned in January of this year with Best Boy, the debut album by Mike Pace and the Child Actors. In 1995 his grandmother gave him the greatest Christmas gift of all: a CD of Slayer’s sixth album, Divine Intervention.
Ike Turner is a teacher, parent, and rock bro from Kalamazoo, MI. His band, Minutes, is currently working on their historically troubled third album.
Memorial Gore – “Holiday Road”
Brooklyn’s Memorial Gore sound like William F Buckley, Jr debating Gore Vidal on the Pulaski Bridge; the murky waters of Newtown Creek swiftly rise up and swallow them whole. Look for a 7” from them soon!
Chris Williams lives in Durham, North Carolina, is father to Seamus, runs Plastic Flame Press, is graphic designer at Indy Week, and a guitarist in Maple Stave.
Kenny wrote / played all the music and Tracy did the reading. Positive No’s debut album “Glossa” is out now.
“I picked “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas because it is the only family tradition I carry on to this day. My mom read it to my brother and I every Christmas Eve until she passed away a decade ago. I now either read or listen to the LP of the author reading this story every year in her memory and because it is such a gorgeous piece of writing.”
Doug Gillard is a songwriter/guitarist/solo artist/mutli-instrumentalist who is/has been a member of…Guided By Voices, Nada Surf, Death Of Samantha, Bambi Kino, Lifeguards and Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard. He’s a sometime Mascott collaborator, a sometime Sally Crewe collaborator, and we haven’t yet mentioned Cobra Verde, Children’s Crusade, My Dad Is Dead, Gem and The Oranges Band. That doesn’t even include his work as an occasional music producer, occasional soundtrack recorder and as an ex-college radio DJ. Phew.
Mick Foley is a legendary professional wrestler, turned multi-time best-selling author , turned stand-up comic/spoken word performer. Thank you to Jared from Flannelgraph Records for recording this!
Minibeast is the musical creation of Peter Prescott (Mission Of Burma, Volcano Suns, Kustomized, Peer Group). Minibeast combines surf, psych, punk, easy listening, 60’s children’s music, and soundtrack influences to create instrumental soundscapes.
Stomatopod is from Chicago. They are Elliot Dicks (drums) Liz Bustamante (bass, vocals) and John Huston (vocals, guitar). “Christmas Vacation Theme” was recorded and mixed in December 2014 in John’s basement specifically for the Jon Solomon 25-Hour Holiday Show. The timing was perfect in that we already had the mics set up because we were in the middle of recording an album, which will be released in October. Visit our Facebook page and our Bandcamp page for updates and information on upcoming shows.
The Box Jellys are a Toronto-based trio that has been together since 2006. They are currently working on their 2nd album, a follow-up to “Stings Like a Sea Wasp.”
Bela Koe-Krompecher has been running Anyway Records from Columbus since 1992, he also writes about his life with his blog. Bela also writes sporadically for various music websites and last year saw the publication of a comic book based on a story about the Ramones adapted from his blog (“Do You Remember Rock & Roll Record Stores?, via Nix Comics). He works as a social worker and addictions counselor.
Dave Doughman – “Oscar Goldman & His Exploding Briefcase”
The Embarrassment – Sex Drive – 45
Von Sudenfed – Fledermaus Can’t Get It – Tromatic Reflexxions
Helen – Pass Me By – The Original Faces – [N]
Junket – Everclear – 7″
Algiers – Black Eunuch – S/T – [N]
Caps – The Red Headed Flea – Mad Mike Monsters Vol. 2 – [C]
The Exploding White Mice – Ain’t It Sad – 45
Thee Oh Sees – Withered Hand – Mutilator Defeated At Last
Yo La Tengo – Before We Stopped To Think – Stuff Like That There – Great Plains cover. – [N]
The Aerialist – Triton – .mp3 – https://soundcloud.com/aerialist
Gary Numan – This Wreckage – 45
Harem Scarem – Figure Head Part 1 – Au-Go-Go
Octant – Pong – Shock-No-Par
Mikal Cronin – Ready – MCIII – [N]
Stomatopod – Air By the Ton – Air By the Ton – http://stomatopod.bandcamp.com
Treach, Tony D & Prince Rakeem – Freestyle – Thursday Night Live – Recorded off WPRB in 1991.
Exhaustion – Phased Out – Phased Out
Eleventh Dream Day – Go Tell It – Live on WFMU’s Three Chord Monte
Cybotron – Sweet 16/9th Floor – Plastic Dance Volume One – [C]
Dave N. – Aluminum – PRF Monthly Tribute Series August 2015: Mark E. Robinson – [C]
Rubber Mate – Kissing Booth – Hell Bent For Rubber
Don Howland – Gonna Shake It (Until It Dies) – Life Is A Nightmare – Forthcoming.
Telekinesis – Courtesy Phone – Ad Infinitum
Blackalicious – Paragraph President – Blazing Arrow
Creeping Pink – Come Into My World – Mirror Woods – [N]
Treasure State – A Variation On Ambition – Live Split E.P. Aug. 13-20, 2003
Lamartine – Sceicchi a Congresso – Reportage
Gay Name – S You D – Popping Out: Live at PRF BBQ 2015 – Mudhoney cover.
Kicking Giant – Make You Come – Kill Rock Stars – [C]
The Jesus & Mary Chain – Some Candy Talking – 45
Kindling – Hate The Police – Kindling vs. The Police – Dicks cover.
The Screamers – I Wanna Hurt – In A Better World – Live at The Whiskey, 1978.
Reindeer – Young Wild Birds – Just Be Cool
Tenpole Tudor – Tenpole 45 – 45
Survival Knife – Name That Tune – The Silver Ticket – [C]
The Consumers – Punk Church – All My Friends Are Dead
Pissed Jeans – Boring Girls – Shallow – First album, reissued.
Felt – My Face Is On Fire – Pillows & Prayers – [C]
Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra – We Travel The Spaceways – We Travel The Spaceways – 1956-61 recordings. – [N]
Telekinesis – Souvenir – .mp3 – OMD cover.
Verbal Assault – On – On
The Go-Betweens – Apology Accepted – Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express
Dyscontrol – Problem Solution – Ep
Sweet Talk – Tightrope – Double Perfect – Forthcoming.
Joel R.L. Phelps & The Downer Trio – My Friend X – Blackbird – Bonus track.
Paris – Break The Grip Of Shame (The Final Call) – 12″
Sarah Kirkland Snider – The Witch – Unremembered
Biting Tongues – You Can Choke Like That – Plastic Dance Volume One – [C]
Etch – Isabel – PRF Monthly Tribute Series August 2015: Mark E. Robinson – Unrest cover. – [C]
あきまへんか – おとぼけビ～バ～ – あきまへんか
Teargas Rock – As Thousands Cheer – 12″
Talking Heads – Seen But Not Seen – Once In A Lifetime 45
Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra – Make Way To The City / The Arc Of Slavery #72 (Part One) – Galactic Parables: Volume 1 – [N]
Speedy Ortiz – Hanging Around – .mp3 – Cardigans cover.
Gary Numan – I Die: You Die – 45
Deaf Wish – The Whip / Dead Air – Pain
The Banned – C.P.G.J.’s – 45 – 1977.
Pere Ubu – Heart Of Darkness – Elitism For The People 1975-1978 – Box set.
Special Ed – Think About It (Groove Mix) – 12″
Dave Tyack – Luxury Apartments 2 – Luxury Apartments – Recorded shortly before his death.
Low – Landslide – Ones & Sixes
Last night I had the pleasure of guest-hosting “No More Music By The Suckers” on Radio Nope a second time, playing an hour of classic 80s/90s hip hop straight outta Ice Station Solomon.
You can stream the show below and check out the full playlist after the jump.
Worriers – Plans – Imaginary Life – [N]
The Monochrome Set – Eine Symphonie Des Grauens – Pillows & Prayers – [C]
Sonny & The Sunsets – Cheap Extensions – Talent Night At The Ashram – [N]
Maserati – Rehumanizer II – Rehumanizer – Forthcoming.
Big Black – L Dopa – Songs About Fucking – RIP Oliver Sacks.
Bow Wow Wow – Go Wild In The Country – 45
Reatards – I’m Gonna Break Down – Grown Up, Fucked Up – Reissue. – [N]
Mike Krol – Left Out (ATTN: SoCal Garage Rockers) – Turkey – [N]
Robert Forster – Let Me Imagine You – Songs To Play
Killdozer – Funk #49 – For Ladies Only – James Gang cover.
Strider 88 – Listen To The Band – Plastic Dance Volume One – [C]
KRS-One – Introducing – The BDP Album
Second Layer – Germany – World Of Rubber – Complete recorded output.
Slayer – Cast The First Stone – 2015 Adult Swim Singles Program
The Splinters – Splintered Bridges – Kick
Gary Numan – Bombers (Live Version) – 45
Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – By The Time I Get To Phoenix – Still On The Line: A Tribute To Jimmy Webb – [N] – [C]
Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp – Long Beach Idyll – The Island – Out in October.
Year Of Glad – Turn – S/T – [N]
Great Plains – Before We Stop To Think – Length Of Growth – As recently covered by Yo La Tengo.
Charge – Destroy The Youth – Destroy The Youth
Potty Mouth – Truman Show – S/T
Ami Shavit – Alpha 2 – In Alpha Mood
Eleventh Dream Day – Orange Moon – Live at Mercury Lounge
Nervous Curtains – Progress – CON – Forthcoming.
Amy Bezunartea – Wild Thing – New Villain
White Out with Nels Cline – Raggest Mist Of Stalled Horizon – Accidental Sky
Titus Andronicus – No Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant – The Most Lamentable Tragedy – [N]
OBN IIIs – Trash Heap – Worth A Lot Of Money – [N]
The Snowy Owls – Me & Mia – .mp3 – Ted Leo & The Pharmacists cover.
The Piranhas – Getting Beat Up – Play KWELA!
Atlantic Thrills – Bed Bugs – 45 – [N]
PiL – This Is Not A Love Song – 45
The Traits – Nobody Loves The Hulk – 45 – 1969.
The Hussy – Turning On You – Galore – [N]
MotörheadGirlschool – Emergency – St. Valentines Day Massacre
The New Year – Folios – S/T – For Neil and Iben.
The Fall – Pretty Thief Lout – Couldn’t Get Ahead
Eleventh Dream Day – Taking Too Long – Works For Tomorrow (bonus track) – Wipers cover.
Mo-Dettes – Bitta Truth – 45
Latryx – Say That (original) – 12″
Charged G.B.H. – No Survivors – 45
Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – 45
Del Rey – The Nine Of Swords – TBD – From a forthcoming, untitled full-length.
The Stents – Nobody Loves The Hulk – Split 45 with The Improbables – [N]
Janelle Monáe with Deep Cotton, St. Beauty, Jidenna, Roman GianArthur & George 2.0 – Hell You Talmbout – .mp3
Northern Liberties & Towers – One By One By One – Dead Hell In A Bucket – [N] – [C]
Mallhombre – Fini – 45 – Featuring Melissa Auf Der Maur.
Tubeway Army – That’s Too Bad – 45
The Bismarck – This Train Runs On Two Rails – Bombs Of Patriots
Wish Key – Orient Express (Instrumental) – Orient Express/Last Summer – 1983.
The Gizmos – Black To Comm – Gizmos World Tour 2014 – MC5 cover live on WFMU.
Shabazz Palaces – The Mystery Of Lonnie The Den – 2015 Adult Swim Singles Program
Capt. Lovelace – Banana Hammock – Banana Hammock
Twist Noir – Enemies – Science Fiction Park Bundesrepublik: German Home Recording Tape Music Of The 1980s – [C]
Royal Headache – Another World – High
The Jags – Back Of My Hand – 45
Sandrider – Glaive – Split 12″ with Kinski
Jessica Pratt – Strange Melody – On Your Own Love Again – [N]
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Roller Coaster By The Sea – 45
The Improbables – Giving You A Key – 45 – [N]
The News – Audio Video – 45
Superchunk – Mower – 45
Stiff Little Fingers – Just Fade Away – 45
Amanda X – Juniper – Hundreds & Thousands – Forthcoming.
Deafheaven – Brought To The Water – New Bermuda
Goodnight Lights – Say What You Want – Say What You Want – [N]
Mudhoney – No One Has – Superfuzz Bigmuff
Marvin Gaye – “T” Plays It Cool – Trouble Man
Eleventh Dream Day – Works For Tomorrow – Works For Tomorrow
Goddess – Leave Here – Paradise – [N]
Kinski – Beyond In Touch With My Feminine Side – Sandrider + Kinski
The Mountain Goats – Werewolf Gimmick – Beat The Champ – [N]
Verbal Assault – Learn – Learn
CHONDRIA – Blood Trail – DEMO
GZA x Sweet Valley – Planetary Energy – CONS EP VOL. 3
Dr. Janet – Starry Eyes – 7″ – The Records cover.
Lea Bertucci & Leila Bordreuil – Thunder Rolling Down The Mountain – L’Onde Souterraine
These Estates – Death Rattle – How The Midwest Was Won
Miss Kittin & The Hacker – Leather Forever – Lost Tracks Vol. 1
Protomartyr – Why Does It Shake – The Agent Intellect – Out in October!
Marginal Man – Shades Of Reason – Double Image
Amy Bezunartea – New Villain – New Villain – Out in September!
Curtis Mayfield – Ain’t Got Time – Sweet Exorcist
Dreamboys – Bela Lugosi’s Birthday – 45 – Members include a young Peter Capaldi and Craig Ferguson!
Kaleidoscope Death – Head Injury – Dead Hell In A Bucket – [C]
KATIEE – Atlantic City – 7″ – Forthcoming. Ex-Young People.
Constantines – Arizona – S/T
OBN III’s – I’m Done – Worth A Lot Of Money
Chung Antique – Bison Light – Tour EP – Happy birthday, Charlie!
Bezier – Centrifuge – Telomeres
The Blind Shake – Go Go – Live In San Francisco
Sinn Sisamouth – Dance A Go Go – Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll – [N] – [C]
Solomon Grundy – Spirit Of Radio – 7″ – Rush cover.
Woolen Men – Clean Dreams – Temporary Monument
WOMPS – Live A Little Less – 7″ – Scottish.
Yonatan Gat – North To South – Director
Chad VanGaalen – Clinically Dead – Infinitiheart – [R]
Smersh – Spook House – Super Heavy Solid Waste – Collection of 1983-1993 tape recordings.
Silkworm – Cotton Girl – Libertine – Re-air of a July 20, 2005 radio show. For Michael, John and Doug.
Silkworm – A Cockfight Of Feelings – Italian Platinum
Silkworm – Slow Burn – L’ajre
Silkworm – Dremate – In The West
Silkworm – The Lure Of Beauty – Firewater
Silkworm – “Don’t Look Back” – It’ll Be Cool
Silkworm – Never Met A Man I Didn’t Like (Clean Edit) – New School / Old School
Silkworm – Grotto Of Miracles (Alternate Take) – Couldn’t You Wait?
Silkworm – I Must Pianner / I Must Prepare – 7″
Silkworm & Seam – I Found That Essence Rare – .mp3 – Gang Of Four cover.
Silkworm – Slave Wages – Lifestyle
Silkworm – Scrawl – L’ajre
Silkworm – Scruffy Tumor – Marco Collins Sessions
Silkworm – Into The Woods – 7″
Silkworm – Cotton Girl – Libertine
Silkworm – Ice Station Zebra – Developer
Silkworm – That’s All There Is – You Are Dignified – Nina Nastasia song.
Silkworm – Tarnished Angel – Firewater
Silkworm – Merry Christmas – The My Pal God Holiday Record – [C]
Silkworm – Empty Elevator Shaft – Blueblood – [R]
Silkworm – Pearl Harbor – His Absence Is A Blessing
Silkworm – Couldn’t You Wait? – Libertine – [R]
The Crust Brothers – Bitch – Marquee Mark – Rolling Stones cover. Live.
Silkworm – That’s Entertainment – Lifestyle
Silkworm – Slipstream – 7″
Silkworm – On The Road, One More Time – 45
Silkworm – (I Hope U) Don’t Survive – Italian Platinum
Silkworm – Garden City Blues – In The West – [R]
Silkworm – Quicksand – Firewater – [R]
Silkworm – Yen + Janet Forever – Libertine – [R]
Silkworm – Something Hyper – It’ll Be Cool – [R]
Silkworm – Dead Animals – Pet Sounds Volume One – A Benefit For Alter – [R] – [C]
Silkworm – Sheep Wait For Wolf – Developer – [R]
Silkworm – The Grand Tour – New School / Old School – George Jones song.
Silkworm – St. Patrick’s Day – L’ajre
Silkworm – Treat The New Guy Right – Lifestyle
Silkworm – Raised By Tigers – In The West
Silkworm – Insider – You Got Lucky – Tom Petty cover. – [C]
Silkworm – Severance Pay – Firewater
Silkworm – Give Me Some Skin – Developer
Silkworm – Dirty Air – Italian Platinum
Silkworm – There Is A Party In Warsaw Tonight – Libertine
Eleventh Dream Day – The People’s History – Works For Tomorrow – Out soon!
Ros Serey Sothea – Old Pot Still Cooks Good Rice – Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll – [N] – [C]
Blue Russell – I Wanna Fly Away (Instrumental) – 12″ – 1985.
Pere Ubu – 30 Seconds Over Tokyo – Elitism For The People 1975-1978 – Live at Max’s Kansas City, 1977.
The Terminal Orchestra – Fivers Plan – .mp3
Taxidermists – Big Enough For The Truth – Honesty Box
Dick Diver – Bondi 98 – Callendar Days
Stalins Of Sound – Truth To Power – Tank Tracks
Lazy Salon – Dam – LZY-SLN 1-3 – [N]
Jurassic 5 – Break – Power In Numbers
The Midgetmen – Titus Mollard – Hobbytown!
Asmari Tessema Eshete – Aya Wechebaye – Ethiopiques 27
Thee Speaking Canaries – Hall Of Force – Platter Base Must Be Constructed Of Moon-Rock
The Writhing Squares – Streetlight Nightmare – 7″ – Local. – [N]
Mikal Cronin – Green & Blue – S/T
Goat – It’s Time For Fun – 7″ – Out in September.
Nice & Smooth – Hip Hop Junkies – Old School Party Jams Vol. 9 – [C]
Stereolab – Contact – Switched On
The Karl Hendricks Trio – Valentine Melody – 45 – Tim Buckley song.
Orchestra Of Spheres – Smash Hit #1 – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music
The Cats – Six Packs / Lying In State – Grave Desecrator + 4 – The latter is a Verlaines cover. – [N]
Tenement – Under The Storm Clouds – Predatory Headlights – [N]
Thangs – Inside Outlook – Wrap Up My Mouth – Local.
Charly Bliss – Strings – Soft Serve
Clay Pedrini – New Dream (Vocal) – 12″ – 1984.
A.P. Mike – Michael Perry – .mp3
Jeff Zeigler & Gareth Brett – Love Dance of the Saroos – .mp3 – Joe Meek song.
Andy Human & The Reptoids – Blood On The Wall – S/T – [N]
Downtown Boys – Desede Arriba – Full Communism – [N]
Soki Nambi / Chola Piana – Bonne Annee – African Acoustic – Guitar Songs From Tanzania, Zambia & Zaire – [C]
Lydia Lunch Retrovirus – Frankie Teardrop – Urge To Kill – Suicide cover. – [N]
Bantam Rooster – In The Manner To Which I’m Accustomed – Deal Me In
John Carpenter – Obsidian – Lost Themes
Ocrilim – Anoint 5 – Anoint
Jon Solomon can be heard every Wednesday evening across the Delaware Valley from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB.
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