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Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.



Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.

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Favoriting December 21, 2023: A Very (Protein) Christmas...

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
Joey Ramone  Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) / Excerpt / Var. speeds   Favoriting ...Ya Know?  BMG  2012  From the deluxe version of the album, at long last I drop the needle & play (well, sort of) this one song 1-sided green translucent vinyl 5" [housed in a sleeve intended to be hung from a Christmas tree as an ornament]... This, of course, was originally a Ramones Song which Joey Ramone re-interpreted in his post-Ramones solo guise.    0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
James Last 

Kling Gloeckchen Klingelingelling Medley   Favoriting

Christmas Dancing 

Universal 

1966 

It's not Christmas without this. 

 

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Mary Schneider  Yodelling With Jingle Bells   Favoriting Yodelling the Big Bands  Mary Schneider  2017  Mary Schneider AM, (born 25 October 1932) is an Australian singer, songwriter and performer, a country performer, who is a master at the classic Swiss Alpine style. She is best known for yodelling the works of various standards by many a classic composer. Her repertoire has covered everything from yodelling of classical music pieces to marches and European folk music tunes and big band. I have...a lot of thoughts about this whole scenario.    0:04:35 (Pop-up)
Chang Loo  Donde Esta Santa Claus   Favoriting An Evening With Chang Loo  Universal Music  2015  She was born Zhang Xiuying (张秀英) in Suzhou in 1932. Her family moved to Shanghai when she was a young child.[ Zhang was discovered in the mid-1940s by her neighbor, a broadcaster, who recommended her to sing at a local radio station. She started out singing covers of popular Zhou Xuan songs. By the late 1940s, she had signed with EMI. She released a series of hits songs, becoming popular in both Shanghai and Hong Kong. "给我一个吻" ("Give Me a Kiss"), a Mandarin cover of "Seven Lonely Days," became one of her best-known songs.Other hits included "小小羊儿要回家," "不许他回家," and "迎春花" ("Little Lamb is Going Home," "Don't Let Him Go Home," and "Winter Jasmine," respectively). She was considered a pioneer of Chinese pop music in this period, singing in both Chinese and English and incorporating jazz styles. Zhang also worked as an actress, including in the films Prisoner of Love in 1951 and The Lark in 1965. In 1952, she moved to Hong Kong. She married the Filipino musician Ollie Delfino, whom she had met while performing in Singapore, in the late 1950s. The couple had two sons, Orlando and Alex To. Zhang retired in 1975 and moved to Canada in the following decade. She returned to Hong Kong when her son Alex became a successful performer, and she occasionally returned to the public eye to perform with him    0:07:17 (Pop-up)
Pinball  Cranberry Sauce   Favoriting Yardwork  Dynamo & Frey Records  2023  The duo can be described in two words: Pinball, the Space Funk group, most known for their overpopularized hit "Nask" was formed in Seattle Washington in 1994 by brothers, Phil Jackson and Phil Jones. The group was majorly influenced by The B-52s, Kenny G, drugs, 53rd & 3rd and their Uncle Phil.    0:10:13 (Pop-up)
WITCH  Mashed Potatoe   Favoriting In The Past  Zambia Music Parlour  1974  Witch (often stylized as WITCH or W.I.T.C.H.) are a Zamrock band formed in the 1970s. Widely seen as the most popular Zambian band of the 1970s, WITCH (a backronym for "We Intend To Cause Havoc"), was headed by lead vocalist Emanuel "Jagari" Chanda. The band formed during Zambia's post-independence golden days, but by the late 1970s, economic collapse and increasing government authoritarianism saw WITCH, like most Zamrock bands, fading away. The band was revived in 2012 after reissues of their records became popular abroad.    0:11:18 (Pop-up)
Japanther  The Gravy   Favoriting Yer Living Grave  Menlo Park Recordings  2005  Japanther was an American punk band established by Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek, then students at Pratt Institute. Japanther was featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial and the 2011 Venice Biennale. The band made its name with unique performance situations, appearing alongside synchronized swimmers, atop the Williamsburg Bridge, with giant puppets, marionettes and shadow puppets, in the back of a moving truck in Soho, and at shows with giant dinosaurs and BMXers flying off the walls...Japanther has always been a band apart, running the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again.    0:15:23 (Pop-up)
Turkey  Turkey   Favoriting Turkey  Self Released  2022  Fascinating and not exactly surgical or seamlessly produced electro sleaze pastiches. But very fun nonetheless. Sampley, frenetic, DN'B sometimes, trancey sometimes. I liked the train sample in this song. Three thumbs up. Actually wait no an enthusiastic 6 thumbs up because I just caught a Phantom of the Paradise sample in one of their other tracks...in fact the more you listen the more you like....    0:17:23 (Pop-up)
The Superions  Fruitcake   Favoriting Destination...Christmas!  Fred Schneider  2010  Well you can pretty much take down the tree and skip the dinner because baby CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR FOR ME. Goddamn it the world absolutely needs a Fred Schneider Xmas album and apparently we got one 13 years ago. This is being reissued on vinyl, and well it should. Cue Babs gushing on about how Fred Schneider is a treasure that this world barely deserves. FRUITCAKE!    0:19:23 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Mr. Murray 

Green Beans   Favoriting

The Pain Of A Rapper 

Self Released 

2021 

Wow. I have no words. Is there a video for this song? OF COURSE THERE IS. "Green bean casserole tastes like Christmas at Auntie Di's. It tastes like being on the living room carpet after dinner, with a full belly, playing with the Matchbox cars she kept in a reed basket next to the TV console. Green bean casserole tastes like memories." 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Johnny & The Hurricanes 

Green Beans   Favoriting

The Big Sound of Johnny & The Hurricanes 

Johnny & The Hurricanes Inc. 

1961 

Johnny and the Hurricanes were an American instrumental rock band from Toledo, Ohio, United States. They specialized in adapting popular traditional melodies into the rock idiom, using organ and saxophone as their featured instruments on their hits, and guitar lead on the B sides. 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Booker T & The MG's 

My Sweet Potato   Favoriting

And Now! 

Warner Bros 

1966 

Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an American instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, and Al Jackson Jr. 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Ramsey Lewis Trio 

Egg Nog   Favoriting

More Sounds of Christmas 

UMG Recordings, Inc 

1964 

Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album The In Crowd earned Lewis critical praise and the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. His best known singles include "The 'In' Crowd", "Wade in the Water", and "Sun Goddess". 

 

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Slow Club  Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)   Favoriting Christmas, Thanks For Nothing EP  Moshi Moshi Records  2020  "Slow Club were an English duo formed in Sheffield in 2006. The band consisted of multi-instrumentalists Charles Watson and Rebecca Lucy Taylor, with Watson contributing piano, Taylor contributing drums, and both performing guitar and vocals. " //// "Although hailed as "the next White Stripes" upon the release of their debut album, Slow Club folded elements of folk, twee, and '60s pop into their music, creating a sound that was far brighter and less raucous than the Stripes' garage rock. Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor formed the duo in 2006, following the dissolution of the Sheffield-based band Lonely Hearts... Slow Club began playing regional venues alongside groups like Tiny Dancers. They also opened for Tilly and the Wall, which brought them to the attention of that band's European label, Moshi Moshi. Slow Club eventually signed with the label and issued their debut album, Yeah So, in 2009. An American release followed in early 2010. " "The band split in 2017 following an extensive tour to support their last album, with both members moving on to solo projects." //// "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a pop song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 seasonal compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. The song was written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector. Upon release, the song did not find commercial success but in later years, it has gone on to become a Christmas standard."    0:31:54 (Pop-up)
Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls  Merry Xmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)   Favoriting Merry Xmas, Baby (Please Don't Die) [Single]  Hell, Yes! Records  2011  Released as a casette single & limited single-sided 7". Crocodiles are a two-piece from San Diego, USA formed in 2008 playing lo-fi new wave, featuring former members of The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower. / Dum Dum Girls was an American rock band, formed in 2008. It began as the bedroom recording project of singer and songwriter Dee Dee (née Kristin Gundred). She is currently based in Los Angeles. The name is a double homage to the Vaselines' album Dum Dum and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys".    0:34:41 (Pop-up)
Half Man Half Biscuit  All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit (Live)   Favoriting ACD  Probe Plus  1989  (Live at The Leadmill in Sheffield) Half Man Half Biscuit are a UK indie band from Birkenhead in the North West, active since 1983, known for their satirical and sometimes surrealistic songs. The band are huge fans of Tranmere Rovers FC, and once turned down the chance to appear on the Channel 4 80`s rock show The Tube, as Tranmere were playing that night. //// The musical styles often parody simple popular genres, while the lyrics are dense with cultural allusions, usually (but not exclusively) UK popular culture. For instance, the interpretation of the title of the band's first album, Back in the DHSS (1985), requires three items of background information: that the Beatles wrote a song called "Back in the USSR"; that the DHSS was the UK state welfare agency, and that at that time unemployment stood at high levels. //// The humour of HMHB draws on 1970s and early 1980s popular culture, and in particular children's programmes. Hence, HMHB 'borrowed' wholesale from Trumpton and turned a song about being the driver of a train into an ode to hard and soft drug use. //// Members:Neil Crossley (Bass, Vocals) 1984-Present / Nigel Blackwell (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals) 1984-Present / Karl Benson (Lead Guitar) 2017-Present / Carl Henry (Drums) 1996-Present //// Former Members: Paul Wright (Drums) 1984-1993 / David Lloyd (Keyboards) 1984-1993 / Simon Blackwell (Lead Guitar) 1984-1994 / Ian Jackson (Lead Guitar) 1994-1996 / Carl Alty (Drums) 1993-1996 / Ken Hancock (Lead Guitar) 1996-2017    0:37:54 (Pop-up)
The Fall  (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas   Favoriting (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas  Action Records  2003  According to the annotatedfall.doomby.com site: "This single is a rewrite of "Proteinprotection." Drummer and co-writer Dave Milner has expressed a preference for this over the latter, and so has, believe it or not, Jeff Wheeler." [Jeff Wheeler is a bestselling author of epic fantasy novels, such as the Muirwood and Kingfountain series.] //// This was originally released as a single around the "Country On The Click" era (2003) of The Fall. For those unfamiliar, you are in luck, Jan. 26, 2024 will see the expanded release of "The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)" as a 5CD Box Set Edition [including the original unreleased (officially) mix of the album & various b-sides, + a live set.] There will also be a one disc Vinyl Album. You can find the pre-order info on Cherry Red's site.    0:41:07 (Pop-up)
Chicago Now  (Christmas In) Iceland   Favoriting Hex​-​mas Enduction Hour  Self-Released (Bandcamp)  2021  By Neal Markowski Chicago, Illinois. "A seasonal reimagining of The Fall's "Hex Enduction Hour..." [--- This one is "Iceland" on Hex, except I like how the Line/Outline edition of the record entitles it "Iceland / Island" on the inner label] "...Lyrically appropriate for all ages, a new hex-mas tradition for you and yours. Who fills the stocking? You mind telling me? //// All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood. //// Originally debuted as part of Jon Solomon's 33rd annual 25-hour holiday marathon on 103.3FM WPRB on 12/25/21. Learn more here! - marathon.christmas //// credits released December 25, 2021 //// All instruments/recording/mixing by Neal Markowski." //// "Neal Markowski is a composer/musician in Chicago. //// He's performed/realized pieces of 20th/21st century electronic music through the US, in addition to playing in a dozen-or-so bands over the years" Hex​-​mas Enduction Hour by Chicago Now (Bandcamp)    0:44:33 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Joseph Trapanese 

8-Bit Christmas (Main Title Theme)   Favoriting

8-Bit Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Warner Bros 

2021 

"8-Bit Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, from a screenplay by Kevin Jakubowski based upon his novel of the same name. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn. The film was released on November 24, 2021, on HBO Max" //// "Joseph Trapanese is a composer, arranger, and producer. He works in the production of music for films, television, theater and concerts. He currently lives in Los Angeles." 

 

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Music behind DJ:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (8-Bit Verfsion) 

8-Bit Universe   Favoriting

8-Bit Christmas Music 

8-Bit Universe Records 

2014 

"Chiptune (also known as chip music, 8-bit music, or 16-bit music) is a style of synthesized electronic music made using the programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips or synthesizers in vintage arcade machines, computers and video game consoles. The term is commonly used to refer to tracker format music using extremely basic and small samples that an old computer or console could produce (this is the original meaning of the term), as well as music that combines PSG sounds with modern musical styles. It has been described as "an interpretation of many genres" since any existing song can be arranged in a chiptune style defined more by choice of instrument and timbre than specific style elements." 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey) (8-Bit Version) 

8-Bit Universe   Favoriting

8-Bit Christmas Music 

8-Bit Universe Records 

2014 

"A waveform generator is a fundamental module in a sound synthesis system. A waveform generator usually produces a basic geometrical waveform with a fixed or variable timbre and variable pitch. Common waveform generator configurations usually included two or three simple waveforms and often a single pseudo-random-noise generator (PRNG). Available waveforms often included pulse wave (whose timbre can be varied by modifying the duty cycle), square wave (a symmetrical pulse wave producing only odd overtones), triangle wave (which has a fixed timbre containing only odd harmonics but is softer than a square wave), and sawtooth wave (which has a bright raspy timbre and contains odd and even harmonics). Two notable examples of systems employing this technology were the Nintendo Game Boy portable game console and the Commodore 64 personal computer. The Game Boy uses two pulse channels (switchable between 12.5%, 25%, 50% and 75% wave duty cycle), a channel for 4-bit pulse-code modulation (PCM) playback, and a pseudo-random-noise generator. The Commodore 64 however used the MOS Technology SID chip which offered 3 channels, each switchable between pulse, saw-tooth, triangle, and noise. Unlike the Game Boy, the pulse channels on the Commodore 64 allowed full control over wave duty cycles. The SID was a very technically advanced chip, offering many other features including ring modulation and adjustable resonance filters." 

 

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Music behind DJ:
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (8-Bit Verfsion) 

8-Bit Universe   Favoriting

8-Bit Christmas Music 

8-Bit Universe Records 

2014 

"Due to the limited number of voices in early sound chips, one of the main challenges is to produce rich polyphonic music with them. The usual method to emulate it is via quick arpeggios, which is one of the most relevant features of chiptune music (along with its electronic timbres). //// Some older systems featured a simple beeper as their only sound output, as the original ZX Spectrum and IBM PC; despite this, many skilled programmers were able to produce unexpectedly rich music with this bare hardware, where the sound is fully generated by the system's CPU by direct control of the beeper." 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) (8-Bit Verfsion) 

8-Bit Universe   Favoriting

8-Bit Christmas Music 

8-Bit Universe Records 

2014 

"1951–1979: Precursors - The earliest precursors to chip music can be found in the early history of computer music. In 1951, the computers CSIRAC and Ferranti Mark 1 were used to perform real-time synthesized digital music in public. //// One of the earliest commercial computer music albums came from the First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival, held August 25, 1978, as part of the Personal Computing '78 show. The First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival recordings were published by Creative Computing in 1979.[13] The Global TV program Science International (1976–1979) credited a PDP-11/10 for the music." 

 

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Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire  Christmas 1979   Favoriting Christmas 1979  Damaged Goods  2007  William Charlie Hamper, aka Billy Childish, has recorded over 125 LPs during his 37 year career. He is an internationally recognised painter, who was a great influence on the YBAs. He has also published 5 novels & 40 plus collections of poetry. Billy Childish was born in 1959 in Chatham, Kent; Childish left secondary education at 16, an undiagnosed dyslexic. Being denied entry to his local art-school, he began work as an apprentice stonemason at Chatham Naval Dockyard. Never veering far from the path of homemade punk rock, blues and rock ‘n’ roll, Childish is the epitome of the homemade ethic, never signing to a label or using a producer. Childish’s bands have been championed by a succession of fashionable artists: Kurt Cobain, Beck, Jack White (who appeared on TOTP with Billy’s name scrawled on his forearm in homage), and even Kylie Minogue who named an LP after one of Billy’s poetry collections.    1:03:54 (Pop-up)
Stompin' Tom Connors  Down On Christmas   Favoriting Merry Christmas Everybody  Dominion  1970  Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, was born February 9, 1936, and became a nationally famous Canadian country and folk singer. In February 1971 he founded Boot Records Limited with his manager Jury Krytiuk and Mark Altman. He died March 6th, 2013, at the age of seventy seven.    1:07:14 (Pop-up)
Super Hi-Fi  Please Santa Bring Me an Echoplex   Favoriting Yule Analog, Volume II  Super Hi-Fi  2015  I don't usually go for third wave ska and certainly not jokey third wave ska but hey, it's christmas. And this joke is funny. For you non guitar nerds out there, when Coxsone Dodd, the STUDIO 1 owner, came back from a trip to England in 1968, he brought some gadgets with him, among them an electronic device called an ECHOPLEX, a delay box. And this very kind of box changed music forever - especially from today's point of view. It changed the way music is produced, the way it is perceived and along the way defined a very important thing: it set a completely new aim for what music can achieve. This new dimension, which later would emerge as DUB, would not have been possible without REGGAE - and the Echoplex of course....    1:09:26 (Pop-up)
The Fuzztones  Santa Claus   Favoriting Encore  Cleopatra Records  2022  One of the first and most popular of the garage rock revival bands of the 1980s, the Fuzztones made music that sounded like it came from a time machine, brought back from a moment in the mid-'60s when guitars either buzzed or jangled, Farfisa organs cried out in sympathy, and wailing vocalists were wrapped in paisley shirts and Nehru jackets. Led by singer and guitarist Rudi Protrudi, the Fuzztones were sticklers for sonic authenticity, playing rare period-appropriate covers and like-minded original compositions using vintage gear, and they launched a musical movement that hundreds of bands would follow. This of course is a cover of the song originally performed by the Sonics....    1:12:21 (Pop-up)
R. Stevie Moore  Joy To The World   Favoriting Lids & Blankets: A Covers Collection  Spunky Monkey Music  2016  Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who pioneered lo-fi (or "DIY") music. Since 1968, he has self-released approximately 400 albums, while about three dozen "official" albums (largely compilations) have been issued on various labels. From 1978 until 2010, Moore lived and recorded in his apartment studios in northern New Jersey. He was also a WFMU staff member for a number of years.    1:15:09 (Pop-up)
The Cleaners From Mars  A Glammy Little Christmas   Favoriting Rose Of The Lanes  Mr. Mule  2015  Martin Newell (born 4 March 1953) is an English singer–songwriter, poet, columnist and author who leads The Cleaners from Venus, a guitar pop band with jangly, upbeat arrangements. He is also regarded as a significant figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY music. He has played in Plodd, Gypp, The Stray Trolleys, By the end of 1980, he was collaborating with Lawrence "Lol" Elliot as the Cleaners from Venus, a band that mostly released their work on cassettes outside the traditional music distribution channels. By 1983, the Cleaners from Venus had evolved into a band with a floating line-up that featured Newell as its only constant member. The band still primarily issued material on cassette, got signed to the West German independent label Modell Records for one vinyl album (Under Wartime Conditions) and ultimately to the German subsidiary of RCA Records, which released two albums (Going to England, Town and Country). After many twists and turns, authoring books and performing light Jazz, since 2010, Newell has returned to making lo-fi, self-released music under the Cleaners from Venus moniker. In 2022, he formed the Light Music Company with former Dolly Mixture member Rachel Love.    1:17:08 (Pop-up)
The GoBEAUlins  Candy Your Cane   Favoriting The My Pal God Holiday Record 2  My Pal God Records  2000  A one off band likely for this compilation only...no other record exists...    1:19:27 (Pop-up)
The Limananas  Christmas   Favoriting i've got trouble in mind: 7" and rare stuff 2009/2014  Trouble In Mind  2014  With a rumbling combination of fuzzy organ, twanging guitar, half-spoken/half-sung vocals, and vintage analog production, French duo the Limiñanas capture the cool sound of classic French pop of the '60s, then send it shooting off in new directions informed by Italian soundtrack music, psychedelia, Suicide, and country blues. While the core of the group is drummer and sometime vocalist Marie Limiñana and bassist, organist, and jack-of-all-trades Lionel Limiñana, the duo welcome a host of guest vocalists and other contributors to their records, combining fuzzy organ, twanging guitar, half-spoken/half-sung vocals, and vintage analog production.    1:21:41 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Brave Combo 

Oh Holy Night Cha Cha Cha   Favoriting

Musical Varieties 

Rounder Records 

1988 

Brave Combo is a polka fusion band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for more than thirty-five years. Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of dance styles, mostly polka, but also some Latin American and Caribbean styles like norteño, salsa, rumba, cha-cha-cha, choro, samba, two-step, cumbia, charanga, merengue, ska, etc, all performed with a rock/worldbeat energy. 

 

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Sleaford Mods  West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys Remix)   Favoriting West End Girls (EP)  Rough Trade Records Ltd.  2023  An endeavour that continues to surprise Sleaford Mods in the way that it took off. First, they approached Pet Shop Boys to see if they could receive their blessing for the cover version, and they ended up not only receiving their seal of approval, but also a remix! Next, they decided that "Profits generated by the single are being donated by Sleaford Mods to the charity Shelter", which has gone very well. Lastly, here's their most recent email: "Christmas Number 1. WTF! //// No one in the SM camp had this on the 2023 bingo card, but apparently our cover of West End Girls is a contender for the coveted Christmas number 1 spot! //// We're a bit taken aback. A Christmas number 1 is up there with a number 1 album, but even more amazing because the release is supporting Shelter. //// How do you help us get there? Keep streaming, downloading, pick up the record at your local indie store, watch the video and just enjoy it. It's for such a great cause... //// GET WEST END GIRLS [NB.: Sleaford Mods Bandcamp Link] You're the best. Take care. //// SM XX  *   1:41:02 (Pop-up)
LCD Soundsystem  Oh You (Christmas Blues)   Favoriting This Is Happening (Deluxe Edition) / Greenberg - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  Parlophone Records  2010  "Though the soundtrack for Noah Baumbach's 2010 film Greenberg was produced by James Murphy and features 11 songs by him, “Oh You (Christmas Blues)” is the only one credited to LCD Soundsystem. While the soundtrack is Murphy's least accessible work by some distance, there's no doubt that he captures the bummed-out, existential woes of the film's titular character. //// In an interview with Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal last year, Murphy said it wasn't a stretch putting himself in Greenberg's shoes. “I was going to be a comedy writer when I was young and then I was in a band that sucked and broke up. I was just a failed musician that gave up going to college to be in a band that sold no records and was designed to fail, then I wasn't doing anything. So it wasn't that hard to get my head wrapped around being misplaced in L.A. as a New York grump,” he said. The song itself, a sad piano stomper that recalls both Harry Nilsson and John Lennon, is one of the noisiest in the LCD catalogue, with scrawling guitar, distortion left on the bass, and Murphy's high-pitched croon turning to a scream by song's end. Thematically it's pure heartbreak and disillusionment: “I can't forget what you put me through, sometimes I can't believe it's true,” goes the refrain. “Oh You (Christmas Blues)” was recorded in Los Angeles during the This Is Happening sessions at Murphy's rented home/studio, the Manshun."    1:42:20 (Pop-up)
Joey Ramone  Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)   Favoriting ...Ya Know?  BMG  2012  Originally a Ramones Song, Joey Ramone re-interprets the Christmas classic in his post-Ramones solo phase. "...Ya Know? is the second and final solo album by Joey Ramone. It was released posthumously on May 22, 2012. The album features producers Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, Daniel Rey (all of whom worked with the Ramones), Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and Joe Blaney. Musicians include Joan Jett, Steven Van Zandt, Richie Ramone, Holly Beth Vincent, Genya Ravan, members of Cheap Trick and the Dictators and Mickey Leigh."    1:46:18 (Pop-up)
Joey Ramone  Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) / Excerpt / Var. speeds   Favoriting ...Ya Know?  BMG  2012  From the deluxe version of the album, at long last I drop the needle & play (well, sort of) this one song 1-sided green translucent vinyl 5" [housed in a sleeve intended to be hung from a Christmas tree as an ornament]... This, of course, was originally a Ramones Song which Joey Ramone re-interpreted in his post-Ramones solo guise.    1:50:31 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Chiptune Punks 

Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) [8-Bit Computer Game Cover Version of Ramones]``   Favoriting

Britpop Hits, Vol. 12 

Chiptune Punks 

202w0 

Why this track would be on a "Britpop Hits" compilation defies logic, but I guess an 8-bit world doesn't see the world quite in the same way. This Ramones classic isn't the only song on this compilation that is of questionable "Britpop" authenticity. 

 

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Shane MacGowan and the Popes  Christmas Lullaby Edit   Favoriting The Rare Oul' Stuff  ZZT  1996 / 2001  (The "Edit" in the title is not in brackets, but it should be.) Another Xmas song written by Shane MacGowan.... Originally from an EP entitled "Shane MacGowan And The Popes – Christmas Party E.P. '96 (Featuring Christmas Lullaby And Danny Boy)", released in 1996. 10 pence of every record sold was donated to a non-sectarian Childrens Charity. / The song was later edited & included on a collection of various tracks and rarities called "The Rare Oul' Stuff".    1:55:59 (Pop-up)


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DJ Babs:

Hello Beachy Friends and HAPPY HOLIDAYS! It's the TFEB XMAS PRTY...
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ultradamno:

Babs! Derek! Beach Bums!
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Scott_Oz:

G'day Babs, Derek & Beach Worthy!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🌻
  8:01pm
Robm:

merr christmas babs and fellow beach goers
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Tome:

Thank God for this Station and this show with Derek and Babs really takes me to another place ,, love the holidays ( at that same time can't wait 'till they're all over ) but bless you all for bringing such great sounds and atomospheres to my ears !<>!
  8:03pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:01
tome it has gotten to the point where i can’t stand christmas songs, wham last christmas most if all
howdy scott
  8:03pm
v-dawg:

Solstice started with a bang.
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Scott_Oz:

Fucken said fuck-it a fuck load of years ago!
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Alli B:

Hi!
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DJ Blush:

Heelllooooo!
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Robm @8:03
G'day Robm! 🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Tome:

↳ Robm @8:03
too many ie .. "specials" on tv but honestly I watched Dean and Frank's one from 1967 at least there was S davis and talent
  8:04pm
Robm:

evening ali b and dj blush
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Dan S:

Brackets? Like March madness?
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Tome:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:04
"agrees wholeheartedly "
  8:06pm
v-dawg:

@DJ Babs
Did you say "drinking jesus"?
  8:06pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:04
i am so glad peanuts christmas special is not on regular tv anymore
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Scott_Oz:

Stop givin so many fucks Derek!
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Alli B:

I’m so excited for the yodelling
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Dan S @8:05
Almost exactly like that, except not so much.
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Tome:

↳ Robm @8:06
been looking for it on "regular tv" it's not on anymore only sanity there is anymore honestly )
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Alli B:

JUST ABOUT DROPPED MY DRINK WHEN THE YODELING STARTED
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DJ Blush:

Yes
I needed some yodelling in my life
  8:07pm
v-dawg:

FYI, Christmas musis stops playing on the radio at 12:01AM December 26th.
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DJ Babs:

UD! Scott! Ropb! Tome! Rob! V-Dawg, ALLIII Bluuuuuuuuuuush! Dan! So happy to have you with us!
  8:07pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:07
it’s on apple tv
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Tome @8:05
Cheers Tome! Only way to stay alive in the mad fucken World our Species has made.
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Tome:

↳ Alli B @8:07
< hold on tight it's gonna be a great 2hours - 7 minutes !<>!
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Dan S:

Almost everything I know about yodeling I learned from "The Sound of Music."
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DJ Babs:

Oh this delivers on ALL The yodelling Alli!
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Derek Westerholm:

Hello Ultra, Scott, Robm, Tome, V-Dawg, AlliB, DJBlush, DanS, hello hello hello & so lovely to be here w/ you all!
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DJ Blush:

Dan S was just thinking the same thing
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Alli B:

It’s incredible
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DJ Blush:

This is insanely good
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Tome:

same here Derek & Babs too lovin' it ()
  8:09pm
Robm:

@babs and derek if you have the barking version of jingle bells
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Tome:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:07
we're still here and **** the rest lolz !<>!
  8:10pm
Robm:

↳ Robm @8:09
could you play it i meant to say
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DJ Blush:

Jingle Cats
  8:11pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:09
amen to that tome
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Tome:

↳ Robm @8:11
all that matters and this great place of music expression and great people too !<>!
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Alli B:

The ridges
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DJ Babs:

There's something about those ridges that freak me out. I admit to making my own cranberry these days. I add a LOT of booze to it lol
  8:13pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:12
i agree the rest of the world could be going to hell and as long as this station is around, things will be okay
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ultradamno:

The best x-mas special is the episode of Chucky where he buys a chainsaw (pulling out a credit card that just says 'Chucky' on it) and says "I deserve it"....
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DJ Blush:

This song is fab
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Tome:

// agrees with the above wholeheartedly !<>!
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Alli B:

Homemade cranberry sauce is so easy and tasty
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DJ Babs:

WITCH always deliver. That break is amazing!!!
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DJ Babs:

I'm making my sauce tomorrow! Tomorrow is sauce and potato day!
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DJ Blush:

I know nothing about this band and I'm alraedy obsessed
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DJ Blush:

Im seriously craving mashed potatoes
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ultradamno:

I like the scalloped for the season
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Tome:

I just cut 'em in 1/4 and put em in the over but then again they come out good ,, most of the time !<>!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
Dan S:

↳ DJ Blush @8:16
With "The Gravy" on top?
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Tome:

is it gravy or sauce !<>! discuss among yourselves !<>!
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Alli B:

I’m going to eat so many potatoes. Mashed, can’t even remember the last time I had it. Roasties because obviously. Drooool
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DJ Babs:

Gotta have have the gravy! I love the sage/drippings
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Dan S:

↳ Tome @8:18
Mashed potatoes and sauce just doesn't sound right.
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ ultradamno @8:17
Fan of all potatoes, but agreed that scalloped potatoes are a rare treat
  8:20pm
v-dawg:

¡Papas Bravas!
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DJ Babs:

Mmm yeah the scalloped babies are very tasty too. It all comes back to butter.
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Tome:

↳ Dan S @8:19
just "high and dry " out of the oven or fried ? yes sauce / gravy optional ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
DJ Babs:

This is my gift to you all lol
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Tome:

Fruit the x-mas gift that is not wanted lolz ()
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ultradamno:

Fred and John Waters should have started a variety show or something together
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Alli B:

I can’t even explain how into this song I am rn
  8:22pm
v-dawg:

If your family does not want it, give to a neighbor...who will sent it on fire on your porch.
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DJ Babs:

DUDE THERE IS AN ENTIRE RECORD
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DJ Blush:

So, I have a new favorite song
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @8:22
I omitted his last name because that Duke of Hazzard (who I saw live once decades ago) is actively tainting that name.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Tome @8:20
I have never had the deep fried turkey. We're roasters here.
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Tome:

the "beats" here now are so nice on my mimimal audiophile system now but I'm home thank GoD after months of well ,, stress .. love al ov ya !<>!
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DJ Babs:

↳ DJ Blush @8:23
RIGHT?!
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Tome @8:09
Not quite that brutally indifferent. But not taking all the World's worries with you in your mind. I was an acute Empathy person. Til I burned out.
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Dan S:

↳ Tome @8:20
OK, my point was that "mashed potatoes and gravy" sounds right in a way that "mashed potatoes and sauce" doesn't, even though they're the same thing.
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Tome:

↳ DJ Babs @8:23
deep fry a turkey is a thing here and dangerous lolz )
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ultradamno:

Muses: B-52’s Singer Fred Schneider on Kurt Schwitters, Nonsense Poetry, and Rauschenberg’s Slap-Happy Hand www.artnews.com...
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "Fruitcake" by "The Superions"
I never knew the musical world needed a great song about fruitcake...Until just now!
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Tome:

↳ Dan S @8:23
yea but some people are sooo "bent":when it comes to gravy ? sauce ? I'm like "what is your thing"? I all that matters I 'll try it
  8:25pm
Feldy:

Hi guys!!
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DJ Blush:

We always rock the cauliflower with cheese sauce at a side at my fam XMAS
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Feldy @8:25
Hi Feldy!!!
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laurapanic:

I'm on the riad but listening ....hi!
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Alli B:

When I was younger, my caregiver fed me canned green beans with every meal. My parents had no idea until I cried when I saw my Mom opening a can of green beans 😂
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Dan S:

Amen to all those wishes, DJ Babs.
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ DJ Blush @8:26
Cauliflower with cheese sauce was a classic in our household, to be sure! Didn't Kraft make some sort of Cheese Sauce in a soup can? I think that's what we used in our fam, back in the day.
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DJ Blush:

Well said B
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Tome:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:23
I'm just glad this station is still here and that's a big blessing alone )
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Scott_Oz:

↳ laurapanic @8:26
Drive safe on crazy POETS Day mate!🌻
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DJ Blush:

Derek, sounds familiar!!
I'm pretty sure Grandma just heated up a jar of Cheez Whiz!
  8:29pm
Robm:

↳ Alli B @8:26
alli b to this day i refuse to eat chicken pot pie, can’t stand the stuff
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ultradamno:

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie, literally my favorite food
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Tome:

↳ Robm @8:29
.. is it really chichen even
  8:30pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:28
tome if it was not for this station during covid i would have gone insane
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Alli B:

Chickens go in; pies come out!
  8:30pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:29
who knows but i hated it
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Tome:

it was insane here too Robm I avoided all the crap by most of all ? you have to be in charge of your own health bottom line )
  8:31pm
Robm:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:28
what is crazy poets day?
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Tome @8:28
Totally! But unlike 'blessings' people work hard to keep it going. Including the listeners.
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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ultradamno:

Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie.

Eat crow.
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Scott_Oz:

Fuck nooo!
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ultradamno:

Now I want chicken pot pie
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Tome:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:31
they Do VERY hard if this went away one day I'm be like "lost"
  8:33pm
Robm:

↳ ultradamno @8:32
ultradamno eat all of chicken pot pie you want
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Tome @8:32
We won't let it go away mate!
  8:33pm
Robm:

↳ Tome @8:32
tome same here
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ultradamno:

↳ Robm @8:31
I actually looked at the national days calendar, but nothing was listed. I thought posting the thing about Schwitters might have been quite a coincidence.
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Tome:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:33
folks like you and robm we'll keep it alive sorry for my crazy random interraction )
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ultradamno:

↳ Robm @8:33
I may well...with a tenderloin sandwich.
  8:34pm
Androu B.:

Hi Babs! Hi Derek!
Sending out best wishes for you and everyone here on the board this Christmas (as much as you can possibly get...or stand, for that matter)!

Honestly, all this time I thought that novelty song was intended to be a B-52's parody! How could I have guessed it was the REAL Fred Schneider?!
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laurapanic:

Yodelling isn't a thing so mich, but Ms Schneider is an INSTITUTION. She is much loved. Her daughter Melinda continues her work and is a big country star here.
  8:35pm
Robm:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:33
scott i remember everyone pitching in trying to keep up NGH spirits
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Androu B. @8:34
Hello hello Androu B, best wishes right back at you!
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DJ Babs:

Hi Androu! And hello to Feldy and Laura way up there!
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DJ Babs:

↳ laurapanic @8:35
Thank you Laura! I needed that back info!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Song: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by "Slow Club"
I don't know if it's the digital version or all versions of this that sound so crunched and dirty, but I actually kind of like it!
  8:36pm
Robm:

↳ laurapanic @8:35
laura i keep forgetting how big country is in australia
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DJ Babs:

There’s another Oz Beacher we gotta shout out to…Scott Oz’s show on Rock and Soul last Saturday was so fun! It’s in the archives!
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ultradamno:

↳ Song: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by "Slow Club"
This is making me want to hear the Rachel Sweet covers of Brenda Lee x-mas songs...those should be put out on vinyl, if she wasn't apparently uninterested in her recording career at all now.
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Robm @8:35
We're all Family mate. That's why trolls don't stand a chance in here
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ laurapanic @8:26
Hello Laura, btw!
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Tome:

loving the show most important !<>! !<>!cheers!<>!
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DJ Blush:

Doing some Xmas crafts with the fireplace channel on and the show and I'm actually feeling festive for once already!!
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DJ Babs:

↳ Alli B @8:26
Just back on the canned green beans my grandparents loved them!
  8:38pm
Robm:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:37
trolls really don’t go on the internet streams too much
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Tome:

loving all of you and wishing you the best !<>!
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "Merry Xmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)" by "Crocodil...
I like this title and the sentiment it expresses.
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DJ Babs:

Yeah Tome! It’s a party 🎉 🎉🎉🎉
  8:39pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:37
hell yeah babs really heavy metal that show
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DJ Babs:

We are always so happy and grateful to get to hang with this awesome group every week.
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Tome:

Lovin' it BaBs thank you so much too !<>!
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Alli B:

Britt, I love that! I was just thinking I’d like to go inside and have a festive workout and then craft! LET’S DO THIS HOLIDAY SHITE! 🤠💚❤️🎄😂
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DJ Babs:

❤️❤️❤️
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Alli B:

Great show, you guys! ❤️💚❤️💚
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DJ Babs:

I gotta wrap a few things but the bows have to go on last minute because keep Moop ears them
  8:41pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:39
babs you and derek are pretty awesome people
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Alli B @8:40
Aww, thanks Alli B!
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Tome:

↳ Alli B @8:40
agrees wholeheartedly
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DJ Babs:

↳ Robm @8:41
We are very lucky…to have each other and to be surrounded by very wonderful people both bear and far.
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DJ Babs:

*near
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Alli B:

Nora (dog), has taken interest in the Xmas stuff this year. I came home the other day and she’d been playing with a pine cone 😂 She also found her stocking and brought it out haha
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Tome:

we are BaBs to be here in this great space be loved too !<>!
  8:43pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:42
ohh yeah the accu is where listminds have great discussions and give each other tips
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DJ Babs:

AWWW I love Nora she’s the best! Pets totally know it’s Christmas
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Tome:

you're show is awsome _
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Song: "(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas" by "The Fall"
Listening still Laura!?
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Alli B:

I got her some toys and a new bed!
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DJ Babs:

Oh I have a feeling meep Moop is getting the most gifts this year
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Dan S:

↳ DJ Babs @8:42
Though there may be some bear-people in this group, or even stranger beings, LOL.
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DJ Babs:

YES LAURA MERRY FALL-MAS
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laurapanic:

Only MES would wish me a protein Christmas
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Derek Westerholm:

Aww thanks Robm, Tome, thank you all for your excellent chatting & thank-you all for your kind words and excellent repartee and thoughtful comments... We've really got quite the community here at WFMU & Babs & I are eternally grateful!
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DJ Babs:

↳ Tome @8:43
Thank you! We are thrilled to connect with others who share our love of…whatever this music is lol
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ultradamno:

↳ Song: "(Christmas In) Iceland" by "Chicago Now"
mastodon.social...
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Tome:

love you all wish you where here
  8:47pm
Robm:

↳ ultradamno @8:46
yikes is all i have to say
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ultradamno:

Naples may be next geographical.co.uk...
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DJ Babs:

I am just gazing upon the tree here and it’s quite nice!
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Tom P:

Hi guys - can't chat much tonight but enjoying the show!
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DJ Babs:

Heya Tom! Great to see ya! No worries have fun listening and hope all is well with ya.
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Tom P @8:49
Thanks TomP... Lovely that you dropped in to say hi, that is very sweet considering it sounds like you're multitasking!
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Tom P:

All is well - thank you both!
  8:51pm
Robm:

↳ ultradamno @8:49
thanks going to be listening to BBCWS a lot more
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DJ Babs:

↳ ultradamno @8:49
Derek’s nephew flew into Iceland this week but skirted any eruption issues
  8:52pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:51
it must have been freaky there
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DJ Babs:

The video from the eruption was pretty fantastic…but I’d hate to see Naples go.
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Alli B:

I’ve been watching so much footage from Iceland.
  8:53pm
Robm:

↳ Alli B @8:52
seen it and scares the hell out of me
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Alli B:

Makes you realize how small we really are. If the earth says no, she says no.
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laurapanic:

I heard the Fall!! Only Mark would wish me some shit about protein for Christmas and I love him for it.
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Dan S:

Volcanoes are awesome. They also make me think of the Jimmy Buffett song by that title. One of my favorites.
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Alli B:

Whoaaaaaa 🐎
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ultradamno:

↳ DJ Babs @8:52
I know, it's like the whole peninsula split down the middle and spurting in a line.

Nova had a special about the Naples volcanos repeat last week which is worth looking at...this one, Campi Flegrei, is on the other side from Vesuvius, the Pompeii killer, is less visually conspicuous, but may be even more destructive.
  8:57pm
Robm:

↳ Alli B @8:54
ohh yeah i so agree
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DJ Babs:

↳ ultradamno @8:56
Oh I’m such a huuuge NOVA fan. Saw a good one last week about the water gates they built to protect Venice from storm surge flooding
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DJ Babs:

Sigh…volcanoes, floods, forest fires…we’re doomed last have a toast!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi DJ Babs, Derek, and all!!!
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DJ Babs:

Hello hello Will! You’ve arrived at the fun part of the chat! LOL
  9:01pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away K...
Just when I thought the only holiday they recognized was "International Shite Day"...
  9:02pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:58
parts of australia near perth are burning
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Alli B:

I don’t wanna brag, but for the first time in my life I have remembered to take the butter out of the fridge for tomorrow’s baking. I feel like I just leveled up on the adulting scale!
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DJ Babs:

↳ Androu B. @9:01
We were happy to find the other!
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DJ Babs:

↳ Alli B @9:02
They had butter alternative on sale at the store and we picked some up and I gotta say it's comparable!
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Alli B:

Which one?
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laurapanic:

Here listening at home now. Warming up for Bob Barth's Christmas Spectacular on next. I love that show a whole big darn bunch.
  9:04pm
Androu B.:

↳ DJ Babs @9:02
Station Manager Ken sometimes plays it on his Wednesday morning show.
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Robm @9:02
Not for the first time this year mate.
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Bob Barth:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS D & B!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Androu B. @9:04
Ahhh, that's awesome
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Bob Barth @9:05
And to you, Bob! What's up next on your "One Night Stand" in Sheena's...?
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laurapanic:

↳ Scott_Oz @9:05
and not the last. My dad worked for the old Forestry Commission (govt forest management dept) and I remember being a kid and getting fire updates from dad. It's our land. It's what it does, and humans just build their homes inthe way.
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laurapanic:

and not the last. My dad worked for the old Forestry Commission (govt forest management dept) and I remember being a kid and getting fire updates from dad. It's our land. It's what it does, and humans just build their homes inthe way.
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @8:58
Hello Will Thee... Excellent to see you!
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DJ Babs:

↳ Alli B @9:03
President's Choice butter alternative. It's in the butter section at the ol' No Frills. On sale for 4.19$
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Scott_Oz:

I was on Pub Leave! Hah!!
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Androu B.:

↳ Scott_Oz @9:05
G'day Scottso!😎👊🌏🍻
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Androu B. @9:01
Hahahaha
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laurapanic:

↳ Song: "Christmas 1979" by "Wild Billy Childish and the M...
recommend this book to the music nerds: goner-records.com...
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Androu B. @9:07
G'day Androu!🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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ultradamno:

All? Even grandma?
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Robm:

↳ Scott_Oz @9:05
heard that, hope that the sydney area is not going to be like that
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ultradamno:

Well, she never...
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DJ Babs:

↳ laurapanic @9:08
OHOOOOOHHHHH
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Robm @9:08
All areas in Australia are potentially like that most of the warmer months mate.
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Bob Barth:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:06
Jen is joining me for our Christmas Spectacular! Which will include a peek into the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE show at The Forum! plus more!
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Robm:

↳ laurapanic @9:07
it’s like all the condos built almost to the beach in florida, and people wonder why insurance is so sky high
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Robm:

↳ Scott_Oz @9:10
well be safe anyway
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Alli B:

Ohhhhh
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DJ Babs:

This one is for the ska/guitar nerds out there!!
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ultradamno:

↳ laurapanic @9:08
Planning getting the Kleenex/Liliput english translation (done by Sauna Youth's Jen Calleja!) and Niagara's art book... www.niagaradetroit.com...
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northguineahills:

happy hollandaise to my favorite hoserito/as!
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DJ Babs:

↳ Alli B @9:11
I was thinkin bout you Alli! ;-)
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DJ Babs:

↳ northguineahills @9:12
Heyooo NGH! Great to see ya!!!
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Robm:

↳ northguineahills @9:12
NGH getting excited about the big move
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @9:12
wait, the competition for said title is tight! 😜
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Robm @9:11
Cheers mate! Also I'm nowhere near Sydney mate! That's Aitch. I'm a Victorian, in one of the worst fire risk regions.
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Alli B:

Just dancing up a storm! Yay! Cheers!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Please Santa Bring Me an Echoplex" by "Super Hi-Fi"
i'm not a music guitar nerd, but definitely a dub producer nerd, and know the story...
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DJ Blush:

Great show so far! Jesse and I are smoking weed and highly enjoying
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Alli B:

HIGHLY ENJOYING
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northguineahills:

↳ Robm @9:12
once i can buy my ticket, i can relax (short of funds)
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Alli B:

🔈🔈🔈
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Robm:

↳ northguineahills @9:15
ouch hope you can
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Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Please Santa Bring Me an Echoplex" by "Super Hi-Fi"
I presume the Echoplex was the same effect heard throughout "Bela Lugosi's Dead"?
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northguineahills:

↳ Robm @9:15
once i can get up there, i'm good. I get paid jan 19th, and i'm golden...
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DJ Babs:

↳ Androu B. @9:15
Yes it is! And a lot of Portishead records!
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DJ Babs:

↳ DJ Blush @9:14
THAT IS WHAT THIS SHOW WAS BUILT FOR! Yeah!!!
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Robm:

↳ northguineahills @9:16
yay
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DJ Babs:

I gotta say it's been a fucking rough go these last few weeks but thanks to you all and the power of music I'm in a very much better place!
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northguineahills:

↳ Androu B. @9:15
not to be confused w/ a korg stage tape echo delay... (some <redacted> mine during a show...
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Bob Barth @9:10
Bob, sounds like a show not to be missed, just a small bunch of multiple minutes away...
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Alli B:

Same same and thank YOU! Music and friendship, ain’t nothing else quite like it ❤️
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DJ Babs:

YAY BEACH XMAS PRTY!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Joy To The World" by "R. Stevie Moore"
babs & derek, you've played, r stevie moore, you're now official wfmu djs... :0
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ northguineahills @9:12
Haha northguinea... happy condiment season right back atcha'
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @9:20
err, an official wfmu dj...

/english, not even once!
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DJ Babs:

HAHA!
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ultradamno:

Fairuza Balk has been posting some insane x-mas cards www.instagram.com...
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Alli B:

Oh happy solstice! Sun a come!
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DJ Babs:

lol me and derek with the duelling Christmasessss...
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DJ Babs:

good thing I do love this song so!
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Alli B:

It’s a fantastic song
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Candy Your Cane" by "The GoBEAUlins"
found other releases under 'goblins' and 'godlins' from '98-'00. (data analysis is literally my job).
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laurapanic:

↳ ultradamno @9:22
FROGS and lobsters instantly says CHRISTMAS to me
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DJ Babs:

thank youuu I love the TFEB Brain Trust....
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Alli B:

I’m listening
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northguineahills:

please embarrass yourselves, i'll follow suit.
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Androu B.:

↳ laurapanic @9:25
Apparently, it also did to some folks during the late-19th century.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Christmas" by "The Limananas"
huge limananas fan!
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Alli B:

I’m gonna candy your cane 🔥
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ultradamno:

Hearing you say it out loud makes me think there should be Garbolins, who vant to be alone....
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Bob Barth:

Oh its jokey but I have a soft spot in my heart for "William Shatner" by The Scofflaws
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Tome:

↳ DJ Babs @9:25
lovin' it Babs for give my love your show with Derek !<>!
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Tome:

great stuff Derek and Babs love you both !<>!
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laurapanic:

↳ Bob Barth @9:34
HI Bob, today I will confusingly for many, on several fronts (seasons, time zone) be listening from the beach when I get there in about 30mins. (I only live 10min drive to beach, but not leaving yet)
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laurapanic:

and should have been at the beach to listen to the beach
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DJ Babs:

I was at the beach listening to the beach when I was in Mexico it was surreal!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ laurapanic @9:38
All locales are encouraged.
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DJ Babs:

Derek never fails to surprise me lol
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
"How much do you need???"
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DJ Babs:

Normally this remix would make me so mad but I’ve had enough wine to make it work
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
i need to hit mexico again, since i'll have the means soon. i need to reclaim the nation i love from my past.
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DJ Babs:

I am keen to explore other parts of Mexico that are not tourist traps!
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Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Oh You (Christmas Blues)" by "LCD Soundsystem"
Very Pink Floyd-esque!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ DJ Babs @9:43
Oh, I don't love the remix... But it *is* Pet Shop Boys remixing Sleaford Mods covering Pet Shop Boys... So, y'know... Kinda huge in the "didn't see that one coming" side of things.
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DJ Babs:

It is right!? Very “have a cigar”
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Androu B. @9:46
Totally!
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DJ Blush:

totally!
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Bob Barth:

↳ laurapanic @9:38
then I shall think of you... on the beach!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Androu B. @9:46
Yes, many reviewers pointed that out. Mr. James Murphy is a master homage-ist. Not so much an originator. But he loves his references & arch copy-catting.
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DJ Babs:

James Murphy is very good at stealing things and making them interesting-er
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Babs @9:44
since i know people in mexico, i've never been around touristy area (brother's wedding notwithstanding, but that wasn't my choice)
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Bob Barth:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
had you been listening to The Beaches on Echo Beach on the beach... it would have been next level.
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DJ Babs:

I should like to visit Europe again soon. And Australia/NZ would be amazing!!!
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Feldy:

Every Christmas song puts me in the mood to be off work for the next week!
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DJ Babs:

Do you have to work Feldy?
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DJ Babs:

I’m pretty much on call/paperwork whatever but no meetings at least!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Oh You (Christmas Blues)" by "LCD Soundsystem"
never heard this one, thanks!
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Androu B.:

↳ Bob Barth @9:50
Unless you were listening to the Martha & The Muffins tune named after the show. Only THEN would it be truly next-level!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) /...
this! keep the speeds a churgling!
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ultradamno:

I thought that was Ronnie Spector for a second
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Bob Barth:

Folks lets keep the holiday ball rolling into the next hour! Join us, won't you: wfmu.org...
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Feldy:

↳ DJ Babs @9:51
After tomorrow I’m off until the new year
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northguineahills:

babs, derek! love y'allsers! enjoy the holdiays! (2 weeks before i'm north of the 40th parallel).
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northguineahills:

what babs said, we're all here for each other!
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Feldy:

Poignant final tune. Great show tonight. Thanks Derek and Babs!
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Alli B:

Thank you so much ❤️💚
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Androu B.:

Thanks & enjoy the holidays, Babs & Derek! Hope you get (and have gotten so far) great presents this year!
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Bob Barth:

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!! THE BEST IN THE BIZ!!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Christmas Lullaby Edit" by "Shane MacGowan and th...
rip shane magowan. still hurts!
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DJ Babs:

signing off dear friends! Please, take good care and have the holiday that you want and need! LOVE YOU ALL! ❤️
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Scott_Oz:

Thanks Babs & Derek, to you both &all Beach Bums a relaxed crazymas to you all.
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍷🍹🌻
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Derek Westerholm:

Thanks so much, one & all. Wishing you all the best now & always... Wonderful to share time with you, as always!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Christmas Lullaby Edit" by "Shane MacGowan and th...
i remember when the original comp came out, sadly never picked it up...
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ultradamno:

No X-Mas For John Quays got the year off?
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Androu B.:

I've been buying Guiness Stout this month in honor of Shane. Sláinte!
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SeanG:

merry Christmas ya bastards!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ ultradamno @9:59
Yup, not in the cards..
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Androu B. @10:00
Excellent!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ SeanG @10:01
Ha, thanks Sean!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ northguineahills @9:59
The one that got away...
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Bob Barth @9:57
See you soon Bob! On to the next in Sheena's Jungle Room!
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