WFMU: Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 23, 2014

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:00pm Sean in Bristol UK: Season greetings Irene, hello one and all
	9:01pm Parq: Spence! Oh man, this is so great.
	♥ 9:01pm Sean in Bristol UK: So looking forward to a plethora of non commercial Christmas themed ditties!
	9:03pm adrian in mpls: Happy Tuesday-ish evening-solstice-ish all! Lovely to be here!
	9:03pm redkayak: Happy holidays, everyone!
	♥ 9:04pm Sean in Bristol UK: Tree looks lovely, Irene.
	9:05pm adrian in mpls: I do have to say that during the last few days WFMU has somehow made me like holiday music again! An xmas miracle! (Although, of course, it's the wFMU-ness of these holiday songs I like)
	9:06pm V Priceless: Evening Irene!
	9:07pm redkayak: Dan Hicks!!!
	♥ 9:07pm Sean in Bristol UK: Talking of which, Adrian, I guess you have more commercial fare being played in stores, shopping malls etc your side of the pond?
	♥ 9:10pm Irene Trudel: Happy Merry Krimble everybody! Hoping to put you all in the holiday spirit. Sean, you'll be happy to note Mr. Met in a stocking cap near the bottom of the tree.
	♥ 9:13pm Sean in Bristol UK: Just spotted him, awesome Irene! Great article in yesterday's NY Times, our Metsies are the same odds as that mob in the Bronx for next season making the playoffs.
	9:17pm adrian in mpls: @Sean - yr right. you end up hearing the same song over and over again wherever you go. like, the same 10 songs everywhere. thankfully, i haven't been subjected to any of it this year - thanks to the combo of headphones and no money to do any shopping with!
	♥ 9:19pm Sean in Bristol UK: This yuletide music is a blessed relief from the usual offerings on the usual music stations over here which got me thinking. Anybody fancy listing the top three crimble tunes of a more commercial bent. The criteria is one, the choice of tunes makes you want to throw an imaginary brick at an imaginary radio and two the choices brings you out in a cold sweat, as in you will or have heard this fine tunage whilst shopping at the eleventh hour to get that bag of walnuts or jar of cranberry you forgot whilst battling the hordes at your local Target or Safeway!
	9:21pm Van in DC: I knew I was forgetting something. Dang it. I was watching a movie. Hi Irene and everyone!
	♥ 9:22pm Irene Trudel: Yeah, it's inundation of the same old Xmas tunes in every store. Maybe that's one of the reasons it was chaos in the grocery store I stopped in earlier tonight. I'm trying hard to at least play alternative versions of the usual Christmas fare.
	♥ 9:22pm Sean in Bristol UK: My three in no particular order is Wham "Last Christmas", Slade "Merry Christmas" and Chris Rea "Driving Home for Christmas". Chris, you have been driving home for Christmas for the last thirty years or so. Obviously you are lost, you need to invest in a satnav, pal!!
	♥ 9:23pm Sean in Bristol UK: VAAAAN! Merry Christmas.
	9:24pm Van in DC: Love the snap crackle pops! HI SEAN! Most Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours
	9:25pm redkayak: Good tunes to wrap gifts by :)
	9:26pm Van in DC: I was actually watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...looked to be a good film. I'll resume tomorrow :)
	9:26pm V Priceless: For some reason I always find myself revisiting Strawbs 'Benedictus' this time of year, though not a holiday tune per se.
	9:28pm Van in DC: Irene, the tree looks gorgeous! All of those VHS tapes,... wow! Love it!
	9:29pm adrian in mpls: Hmmmm.....good question on those songs, Sean. (And I must confess, I really like the Wham and Slade songs!) I think mine have to be: "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Jingle Bell Rock", and that absolutely horrible Chipmunks Christmas song -- that last one makes me stabby!
	♥ 9:30pm Sean in Bristol UK: I have an unlimited card with my local multiplex, as many films you can watch for $20 a month. I was scrapping the bottom of the barrel over the weekend, went to see "Annie", wasn't as grim as I thought it would be.
	♥ 9:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Adrian, 'stabby', love it! That's my phrase for this holiday season.
	9:31pm jon: hi irene and everybody here tonight. the keeptru tree is a class act just like the keeptrus
	9:32pm Van in DC: Movies: I suppose over the long weekend that at some point I will go see the final Peter Jackson Hobbit film. Just to close it out. And then I'll go see Interstellar in IMAX again :)
	♥ 9:32pm Sean in Bristol UK: Come on Van, what's your top three?
	9:33pm Van in DC: Sean - top three Xmas songs?
	♥ 9:33pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yes, my friend, scroll back to read the fun rules!!
	9:36pm Van in DC: Ah, so basically guilty pleasures of Xmas songs past? That sort of thing?
	♥ 9:37pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yes sir, I could add a plethora of hits to my list that makes me want to hibernate!
	9:38pm Robert: Are there other lyrics to this "Christmas Bells"? I recall it as somehow having nothing to do with Christmas. Or maybe I'm confusing it with a very similar song.
	9:38pm Van in DC: David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy is one
	9:38pm V Priceless: XTC 'Thanks for Christmas' is one you don't hear often enuff.
	9:39pm Van in DC: Do They Know It's Christmas I guess would be 2
	9:40pm blee: Dory Previn!
	9:40pm Van in DC: I can't think of another. Mostly because except for a certain KaTe song, I pretty much hate Christmas songs in general, and the whole holiday in particular.
	9:41pm Robert: Now I recognize the tune I have it mixed up with, I just can't recall the name or lyrics.
	♥ 9:42pm Sean in Bristol UK: Message to the powers that be of all the more commercialised stations, please listen to Irene's Christmas show and please don't put us through this torture each year, I thank you!
	9:42pm Van in DC: Ava Maria for #3
	9:44pm Robert: Darn, I need that app that Ken & Andy tested!
	9:45pm redkayak: Got any music out there to make wrapping up a pair of socks easier?
	9:46pm Van in DC: Well, Silent Night by Stevie Nicks always gets my attention as well.
	9:46pm JakeGould: Happy last day of Hanukkah, Happy Festivus, and happy day before Christmas Eve as well as 2 days before Boxing Day.
	♥ 9:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: Well, so much for the idea of listening to Tom Scharpling tonight!
	♥ 9:48pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Jake, yes, Happy Boxing Day, my favourite time of the holiday season, down the pub for a few drinky-poos!
	9:48pm Robert: Got it! It's the refrain from the one that starts, "You go way too fast/If you don't slow down, you're going to crash." "Christmas Bells" reminds me of its refrain.
	9:48pm Van in DC: Grrrr Sean I spend so much time trying to BLOCK OUT Christmas and its songs that you could not have asked me a harder question :)
	9:50pm Van in DC: But, by the way, lovely Christmas green with red letters on the playlist. Perfectly done.
	♥ 9:51pm Sean in Bristol UK: Maybe I could jog your memory, Mr Mccartney, Miss Carey, jonah Lewis just to shame some illustrious company
	9:54pm Van in DC: I would be more likely to remember something by Michael Oldfield, Japan, Toyah, Cocteau Twins, Pentangle, Sandy Denny, Tangerine Dream, or even Nina Hagen
	9:54pm JakeGould: Cheers Sean! I only drink nowadays to celebrate, so if I were in the U.K. I would share a pint with you!
	9:55pm Van in DC: JANE SIBERRY!!!! thank you!!!
	♥ 9:55pm Sean in Bristol UK: Now you get a song like this and you feel all warm, fuzzy and full of Christmas cheer. Come on Van, embrace this wonderful time of year, you know you want to!!
	9:55pm MrC in Hollywood: Let's Christmas Merry! Lovely tree...shelf looks a little worse for wear...
	9:56pm Toddophonic: Beautiful show tonight, Irene. Lots of songs I'm hearing for the first time.
	9:58pm Van in DC: I had never heard that nor knew of that by Jane. Wow. Thank you again Irene
	9:58pm Van in DC: KATE!!!
	♥ 9:58pm Sean in Bristol UK: KATE!!
	9:59pm Van in DC: Sorry neighbors, you get to listen with us
	9:59pm MrC in Hollywood: IRENE!
	♥ 10:00pm Irene Trudel: Wow, Van! Calling All Angels is one of Jane's "hits." I just got to see the last night of her run at Iridium in NYC. I think it was videotaped too. So lovely!
	♥ 10:00pm Irene Trudel: MrC!!!! Happy krimble to you!
	10:00pm bill d in Rock Tavern NY: I'm usually driving home from work and catch the last part of your show but tonight, Maggie and I are listening in the coziness of our own home. Still adjusting to this Tuesday night slot and curious about the switch. Great Xmas show! Going to listen to Coltrane My Favorite Things ans and old Gerald Trimble lp later.
	10:01pm MrC in Hollywood: Double up on that!
	♥ 10:01pm Irene Trudel: Yeah, those videos need Santa to send a them a new shelf. They're quite the leaning tower!
	♥ 10:02pm Sean in Bristol UK: This is a great choice from our royal kateness!
	10:02pm Van in DC: I had her No Borders Here & her Speckless Sky albums and that's it. I don't remember that song though
	♥ 10:02pm Irene Trudel: So nice to have you with us tonight Bill, and Maggie too!
	10:03pm bill d in Rock Tavern NY: I'd imagine some rare stuff on those videos
	10:04pm Van in DC: I would never not know a KaTe song though :) So many thanks.
	10:08pm Van in DC: Sih-berrie? Wow. I've been thinking her last name was SIGH-berry for like, three decades?
	10:10pm Van in DC: Irene, by the way, I didn't agree with a lot of Soundcheck's end of year rankings. did you have anything to do with that?
	♥ 10:11pm Sean in Bristol UK: I listen to the Soundcheck podcast, good show.
	10:11pm KP: Merry Merry from Va., Irene!
	10:11pm Van in DC: Ah, just saw that Siberry "hit" was from 1992. Way after I had albums from her. (84 85)
	10:13pm Van in DC: Marissa Nadler's album at 100? Grr. SVE's Are We There at only 26? GRRRRR.
	10:14pm JakeGould: Van, we’re not here to listen to NPR for a reason… Catfeeeshee?
	♥ 10:15pm Sean in Bristol UK: Just curious, aren't you guys all turkeyed out after last month's shindig?
	10:18pm Van in DC: Was that NPR? Maybe it was. I've been looking at a lot of different year end lists. Maybe it wasn't Soundcheck then.
	10:19pm Van in DC: @Sean - no. :)
	♥ 10:19pm Irene Trudel: Van, I had nothing to do with the choices for Soundcheck this year. It was all chosen by others on staff. And I definitely have nothing to do with NPR music-- a whole different entity. Hi KP! Hope you and The Missus enjoy your Christmas there.
	♥ 10:20pm Mike East: hey Irene. I see on your flikr you saw John Pizzarelli. He rehearses here a lot. Definitely our NICEST client. His dad was in the other day with him, too.
	♥ 10:22pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Jake, I will raise a tankard of Christmas themed mead to you, sir. there will probably be an ale with a snazzy name, Rudolf the Red Nose ale or something of that ilk!
	10:22pm Van in DC: I come here for the best anyway :)
	10:24pm KP: Irene, I'm not sure they know it's Christmas after all.
	♥ 10:24pm Irene Trudel: Hey Mike! Yes, Pizzarelli and his wife Jessica Molasky were a big part of the Jonathon Schwartz Xmas Show at Birdland, which I helped mix. They really are nice people and keep Mr. Schwartz from going off on too many talk tangents. And John organizes the band every year. I've actually grown quite fond of the event.
	10:26pm JakeGould: Van, my musical life has been tons better since I stopped paying attention to any music list… I think the last ones I read or paid attention to were in Tower Record’s “Pulse”… Those “desert island discs” lists.
	10:27pm Van in DC: Irene - there was a certain DVD I thought might be available for XMas, which I guess it is not. It remains my promise to you to get you a copy when it is out. I'm talking KaTe. @Jake - I don't really pay them any attention at all actually. I just go by what I find out from these people right here. At FMU.
	10:29pm Van in DC: regarding musical year end lists - it is only because I follow some accounts on twitter so as not to miss my treasured artists that I know of such year end lists.
	♥ 10:29pm Sean in Bristol UK: Haven't seen a release date for that yet, have you, Van?
	10:29pm Van in DC: I have not, Sean.
	10:32pm Van in DC: Sean - you need to sleep :) I need to sleep, and I'm like five hours behind you.
	10:33pm blee: Oh how I love LOW.
	10:34pm Van in DC: Every set just awesome tonight.
	♥ 10:34pm Sean in Bristol UK: You are right my friend but I can't miss this one, this is tradition for me to listen to Irene's Christmas show, it's there with the Queen's speech.
	♥ 10:36pm Mike East: sounds like fun, Irene. Reigning in Jonathan Schwartz must be a skill unto itself.
	10:38pm Van in DC: Well I applaud you Sean!
	♥ 10:41pm Sean in Bristol UK: I must admit I am struggling a bit, my last post tonight folks. Everyone, have an absolutely corking Yuletide and Happy New Year. Not long until Pitchers and Catchers report!
	♥ 10:42pm Tome: Happy Christmas Irene ... love the decorations ! ,, Happy Christmas everyone !
	♥ 10:42pm Mike East: good night, Sean. May all your holiday wishes come true.
	10:43pm Van in DC: Thank you for brightening this time of year for me Irene. Sean - go to sleep! I'm about to, will catch rest on archive tomorrow. Merry Christmas one and all. I wish everyone happyness and eggnog. And don't forget to finish the festivities with KaTe's "December Will Be Magic Again". The ultimate Christmas song.
	♥ 10:46pm Irene Trudel: Aw, Sean, I'm really flattered! But i won't think any lees of you or Van from dropping off to dreamland. Glad you were/are here for tonight's show (as I am with all of you dear listeners)!
	♥ 10:47pm Irene Trudel: Van, I don't have that one of KaTe's. It's not in our library here either. I'll have to see if Spotify has it.
	10:48pm KP: Wonderful wintry mix
	♥ 10:48pm Mike East: later Van
	10:51pm adrian in mpls: i love this lattimore/zeigler piece so much! also fighting the urge to sleep as well - but I'm winning! will keep listening, reading Pessoa, and awaiting a text from my sweetie. Night Sean! Night Van!
	♥ 10:57pm Irene Trudel: 'night adrian! you can sort of cheat sleep by keeping this on in the background, drifting away.
	11:05pm Bodhi Satta: Where B Bethany?
	11:10pm JakeGould: Look, last day of Hanukkah here… And Festivus for the rest of us!
	11:11pm adrian in mpls: after doing some grocery shopping the day before Thanksgiving this year (and seeing all of my fellow shoppers with the absolutely worst look on their collective faces!!), i decided to stock up on food early and steer clear of x-mas grocery madness.
	11:11pm redkayak: Thanks for the lovely music tonight - happy holidays everyone!
	11:13pm Cee Dub: Irene I feel blessed by your 'sermon.' I played your Xmas shows from 2002 & 2003 at work this week - thank you!!
	11:16pm KP: That Nico show was super!
	11:16pm Bodhi Satta: anicca dukkha anatta
	11:18pm KP: I'm too comfortable to get up until later, much later
	11:22pm KP: Is this the Dave Clark Seven?
	11:23pm Parq: That's it. It can't get better, so I'm going to watch "Jingle Bell Rocks" now.
	11:26pm KP: Getting better all the time
	11:27pm Side Splittin': Butties was awesome
	11:27pm KP: Christmas time is here again
	11:43pm fxo: heppy festivus. I really dug the Jane Siberry track, while driving home. Good call.
	11:44pm KP: Ah, found the charger just in time. Roughing it on road
	♥ 11:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: @KP - Are you a passenger? Not safe to type and drive!
	11:52pm ! I X Key !: HAPPY HOLIDAYS & MERRY XMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	♥ 11:55pm Irene Trudel: Merry Christmas to all-- and to all, A good night!
	11:56pm BEAVO: Richard Ruskin actually
	11:56pm KP: Merry Christmas, Irene
	11:58pm KP: Ken, the metaphorical road. Typing is OK. Have a good one
	♥ 1:49am Sean in Bristol UK: Caught up with the rest of the show, as ever 'tis a thing of beauty, thank you so much, Irene
	10:30am Van in DC: I gotta hear that Jane Siberry again :)
	10:35am Van in DC: Yep. Same result from the "Calling All Angels". Frisson. Chills. Gorgeous.
	10:39am Van in DC: By the way Irene - the back to back of the Siberry song with the KaTe song was genius. From calling all angels to being among them...nicely done. Merry Christmas

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 23, 2014

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December 23, 2014: Gather 'round the KeepTru Christmas tree for a little seasonal cheer.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Joseph Spence	Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town	Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album	Rounder	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Lord Nelson	A Party for Santa Claus	Transpacific Xmas 2006	(Rob Weisberg)	0:02:24 (Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3	Have a Holiday Baby			0:05:13 (Pop-up)
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Old Fashioned Christmas	Crazy for Christmas	Surf Dog Records	0:06:33 (Pop-up)
Phil Ochs	Canons of Christianity "Canons of Christianity" by "Phil Ochs"	Farewells and Fantasies	Rhino	0:09:45 (Pop-up)
Loudon Wainwright III	I'll Be Killing You (This Christmas)	Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)	429 Records	0:15:25 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Christmas In the Heart	Sony	0:19:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas, all of side 1	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	0:23:12 (Pop-up)
Camera Obscura	The Blizzard "The Blizzard" by "Camera Obscura"		4AD	0:30:41 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Christmas Bells "Christmas Bells" by "The Chills"	The BBC Sessions	Fire Records	0:34:48 (Pop-up)
Dory Previn	The Crooked Christmas Star	Dory Previn	Warner Bros.	0:37:43 (Pop-up)
Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull	We Five Kings	live on WAXQ November 24th, 2004		0:42:26 (Pop-up)
She & Him	Christmas Day "Christmas Day" by "She & Him"	A Very She & Him Christmas	Merge	0:46:35 (Pop-up)
Hannis Brown	Antfarm Grandfather Clock	Q2 Music 2014 Advent Calendar	(Hannis Brown)	0:50:33 (Pop-up)
Jane Siberry (w/k.d.lang)	Calling All Angels	Love is Everything:The Jane Siberry Collection	Warner Brothers	0:52:28 (Pop-up)
Kate Bush	Among Angels "Among Angels" by "Kate Bush"	50 Words for Snow	Anti-	0:57:37 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas, all of side 1	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	1:04:23 (Pop-up)
Alexander Overington	Behold "Behold" by "Alexander Overington"	Q2 Music 2014 Advent Calendar	(Alexander Overington)	1:15:30 (Pop-up)
Stone Breath	Mothwing Sacred Heart	The Night Birds Psalm	Hand/Eye	1:17:59 (Pop-up)
David Garland	I Wonder as I Wander		(David Garland)	1:27:22 (Pop-up)
Low	Long Way Around the Sea "Long Way Around the Sea" by "Low"	Christmas	Kranky	1:29:46 (Pop-up)
Nadia Sirota	Medieval Xmas / Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming / I'll Be Bach for Christmas	Q2 Music 2014 Advent Calendar	(Nadia Sirota)	1:33:55 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Once More It's Christmas, all of side 1	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	1:37:29 (Pop-up)
Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler	Welsh Corgis in the Snow	Slant of Light	Thrill Jockey	1:44:22 (Pop-up)
Bipolar Explorer	In the Bleak Midwinter	BPXmas	(Bandcamp download)	1:51:35 (Pop-up)
Graph Rabbit	Falling Snow "Falling Snow" by "Graph Rabbit"	Snowblind	Butterscotch Records	1:57:54 (Pop-up)
William Eaton	We Three Kings "We Three Kings" by "William Eaton"	Christmas Past: Holiday Harp Guitar Classics	Miner Music	2:01:15 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Winter Wonderland (& all of side Two)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	2:06:53 (Pop-up)
The Grip Weeds	For the Holidays (with George Cameron of The Left Banke)	Under the Influence of Christmas	Rainbow Quartz	2:14:33 (Pop-up)
The Butties	We Wish You a Merry Christmas / A Jolly Old St. Nicholas	12 Greatest Carols	The Butties / Parody Records	2:17:30 (Pop-up)
The Beatles	1966 Christmas Message	The Beatles Christmas Album	Apple	2:22:24 (Pop-up)
Simon and Garfunkel	7 O'Clock News/ Silent Night	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	Columbia	2:29:01 (Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Christmas Time Is Here	A Charlie Brown Christmas	Fantasy	2:30:59 (Pop-up)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle with J. V. Dow	Counting Stars	The McGarrigle Christmas Hour	Nonesuch	2:36:58 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Winter Wonderland (& all of side Two)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	2:40:22 (Pop-up)
John Fahey	Russian Christmas Overture (with Richard Rushkin)	The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album/Christmas With John Fahey, Vol.2	Fantasy	2:45:25 (Pop-up)
Benjamin Verdery	Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" by "Benjamin Verdery"	Branches	Mushkatweek Records	2:52:07 (Pop-up)
Elizabeth Mitchell	Mary Was the Queen of Galilee	The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook	Smithsonian Folkways	2:56:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Melachrino & Orchestra	Winter Wonderland (& all of side Two)	Christmas in High Fidelity	RCA Victor	2:58:40 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:00pm Sean in Bristol UK: Season greetings Irene, hello one and all
	9:01pm Parq: Spence! Oh man, this is so great.
	♥ 9:01pm Sean in Bristol UK: So looking forward to a plethora of non commercial Christmas themed ditties!
	9:03pm adrian in mpls: Happy Tuesday-ish evening-solstice-ish all! Lovely to be here!
	9:03pm redkayak: Happy holidays, everyone!
	♥ 9:04pm Sean in Bristol UK: Tree looks lovely, Irene.
	9:05pm adrian in mpls: I do have to say that during the last few days WFMU has somehow made me like holiday music again! An xmas miracle! (Although, of course, it's the wFMU-ness of these holiday songs I like)
	9:06pm V Priceless: Evening Irene!
	9:07pm redkayak: Dan Hicks!!!
	♥ 9:07pm Sean in Bristol UK: Talking of which, Adrian, I guess you have more commercial fare being played in stores, shopping malls etc your side of the pond?
	♥ 9:10pm Irene Trudel: Happy Merry Krimble everybody! Hoping to put you all in the holiday spirit. Sean, you'll be happy to note Mr. Met in a stocking cap near the bottom of the tree.
	♥ 9:13pm Sean in Bristol UK: Just spotted him, awesome Irene! Great article in yesterday's NY Times, our Metsies are the same odds as that mob in the Bronx for next season making the playoffs.
	9:17pm adrian in mpls: @Sean - yr right. you end up hearing the same song over and over again wherever you go. like, the same 10 songs everywhere. thankfully, i haven't been subjected to any of it this year - thanks to the combo of headphones and no money to do any shopping with!
	♥ 9:19pm Sean in Bristol UK: This yuletide music is a blessed relief from the usual offerings on the usual music stations over here which got me thinking. Anybody fancy listing the top three crimble tunes of a more commercial bent. The criteria is one, the choice of tunes makes you want to throw an imaginary brick at an imaginary radio and two the choices brings you out in a cold sweat, as in you will or have heard this fine tunage whilst shopping at the eleventh hour to get that bag of walnuts or jar of cranberry you forgot whilst battling the hordes at your local Target or Safeway!
	9:21pm Van in DC: I knew I was forgetting something. Dang it. I was watching a movie. Hi Irene and everyone!
	♥ 9:22pm Irene Trudel: Yeah, it's inundation of the same old Xmas tunes in every store. Maybe that's one of the reasons it was chaos in the grocery store I stopped in earlier tonight. I'm trying hard to at least play alternative versions of the usual Christmas fare.
	♥ 9:22pm Sean in Bristol UK: My three in no particular order is Wham "Last Christmas", Slade "Merry Christmas" and Chris Rea "Driving Home for Christmas". Chris, you have been driving home for Christmas for the last thirty years or so. Obviously you are lost, you need to invest in a satnav, pal!!
	♥ 9:23pm Sean in Bristol UK: VAAAAN! Merry Christmas.
	9:24pm Van in DC: Love the snap crackle pops! HI SEAN! Most Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours
	9:25pm redkayak: Good tunes to wrap gifts by :)
	9:26pm Van in DC: I was actually watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...looked to be a good film. I'll resume tomorrow :)
	9:26pm V Priceless: For some reason I always find myself revisiting Strawbs 'Benedictus' this time of year, though not a holiday tune per se.
	9:28pm Van in DC: Irene, the tree looks gorgeous! All of those VHS tapes,... wow! Love it!
	9:29pm adrian in mpls: Hmmmm.....good question on those songs, Sean. (And I must confess, I really like the Wham and Slade songs!) I think mine have to be: "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Jingle Bell Rock", and that absolutely horrible Chipmunks Christmas song -- that last one makes me stabby!
	♥ 9:30pm Sean in Bristol UK: I have an unlimited card with my local multiplex, as many films you can watch for $20 a month. I was scrapping the bottom of the barrel over the weekend, went to see "Annie", wasn't as grim as I thought it would be.
	♥ 9:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Adrian, 'stabby', love it! That's my phrase for this holiday season.
	9:31pm jon: hi irene and everybody here tonight. the keeptru tree is a class act just like the keeptrus
	9:32pm Van in DC: Movies: I suppose over the long weekend that at some point I will go see the final Peter Jackson Hobbit film. Just to close it out. And then I'll go see Interstellar in IMAX again :)
	♥ 9:32pm Sean in Bristol UK: Come on Van, what's your top three?
	9:33pm Van in DC: Sean - top three Xmas songs?
	♥ 9:33pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yes, my friend, scroll back to read the fun rules!!
	9:36pm Van in DC: Ah, so basically guilty pleasures of Xmas songs past? That sort of thing?
	♥ 9:37pm Sean in Bristol UK: Yes sir, I could add a plethora of hits to my list that makes me want to hibernate!
	9:38pm Robert: Are there other lyrics to this "Christmas Bells"? I recall it as somehow having nothing to do with Christmas. Or maybe I'm confusing it with a very similar song.
	9:38pm Van in DC: David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy is one
	9:38pm V Priceless: XTC 'Thanks for Christmas' is one you don't hear often enuff.
	9:39pm Van in DC: Do They Know It's Christmas I guess would be 2
	9:40pm blee: Dory Previn!
	9:40pm Van in DC: I can't think of another. Mostly because except for a certain KaTe song, I pretty much hate Christmas songs in general, and the whole holiday in particular.
	9:41pm Robert: Now I recognize the tune I have it mixed up with, I just can't recall the name or lyrics.
	♥ 9:42pm Sean in Bristol UK: Message to the powers that be of all the more commercialised stations, please listen to Irene's Christmas show and please don't put us through this torture each year, I thank you!
	9:42pm Van in DC: Ava Maria for #3
	9:44pm Robert: Darn, I need that app that Ken & Andy tested!
	9:45pm redkayak: Got any music out there to make wrapping up a pair of socks easier?
	9:46pm Van in DC: Well, Silent Night by Stevie Nicks always gets my attention as well.
	9:46pm JakeGould: Happy last day of Hanukkah, Happy Festivus, and happy day before Christmas Eve as well as 2 days before Boxing Day.
	♥ 9:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: Well, so much for the idea of listening to Tom Scharpling tonight!
	♥ 9:48pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Jake, yes, Happy Boxing Day, my favourite time of the holiday season, down the pub for a few drinky-poos!
	9:48pm Robert: Got it! It's the refrain from the one that starts, "You go way too fast/If you don't slow down, you're going to crash." "Christmas Bells" reminds me of its refrain.
	9:48pm Van in DC: Grrrr Sean I spend so much time trying to BLOCK OUT Christmas and its songs that you could not have asked me a harder question :)
	9:50pm Van in DC: But, by the way, lovely Christmas green with red letters on the playlist. Perfectly done.
	♥ 9:51pm Sean in Bristol UK: Maybe I could jog your memory, Mr Mccartney, Miss Carey, jonah Lewis just to shame some illustrious company
	9:54pm Van in DC: I would be more likely to remember something by Michael Oldfield, Japan, Toyah, Cocteau Twins, Pentangle, Sandy Denny, Tangerine Dream, or even Nina Hagen
	9:54pm JakeGould: Cheers Sean! I only drink nowadays to celebrate, so if I were in the U.K. I would share a pint with you!
	9:55pm Van in DC: JANE SIBERRY!!!! thank you!!!
	♥ 9:55pm Sean in Bristol UK: Now you get a song like this and you feel all warm, fuzzy and full of Christmas cheer. Come on Van, embrace this wonderful time of year, you know you want to!!
	9:55pm MrC in Hollywood: Let's Christmas Merry! Lovely tree...shelf looks a little worse for wear...
	9:56pm Toddophonic: Beautiful show tonight, Irene. Lots of songs I'm hearing for the first time.
	9:58pm Van in DC: I had never heard that nor knew of that by Jane. Wow. Thank you again Irene
	9:58pm Van in DC: KATE!!!
	♥ 9:58pm Sean in Bristol UK: KATE!!
	9:59pm Van in DC: Sorry neighbors, you get to listen with us
	9:59pm MrC in Hollywood: IRENE!
	♥ 10:00pm Irene Trudel: Wow, Van! Calling All Angels is one of Jane's "hits." I just got to see the last night of her run at Iridium in NYC. I think it was videotaped too. So lovely!
	♥ 10:00pm Irene Trudel: MrC!!!! Happy krimble to you!
	10:00pm bill d in Rock Tavern NY: I'm usually driving home from work and catch the last part of your show but tonight, Maggie and I are listening in the coziness of our own home. Still adjusting to this Tuesday night slot and curious about the switch. Great Xmas show! Going to listen to Coltrane My Favorite Things ans and old Gerald Trimble lp later.
	10:01pm MrC in Hollywood: Double up on that!
	♥ 10:01pm Irene Trudel: Yeah, those videos need Santa to send a them a new shelf. They're quite the leaning tower!
	♥ 10:02pm Sean in Bristol UK: This is a great choice from our royal kateness!
	10:02pm Van in DC: I had her No Borders Here & her Speckless Sky albums and that's it. I don't remember that song though
	♥ 10:02pm Irene Trudel: So nice to have you with us tonight Bill, and Maggie too!
	10:03pm bill d in Rock Tavern NY: I'd imagine some rare stuff on those videos
	10:04pm Van in DC: I would never not know a KaTe song though :) So many thanks.
	10:08pm Van in DC: Sih-berrie? Wow. I've been thinking her last name was SIGH-berry for like, three decades?
	10:10pm Van in DC: Irene, by the way, I didn't agree with a lot of Soundcheck's end of year rankings. did you have anything to do with that?
	♥ 10:11pm Sean in Bristol UK: I listen to the Soundcheck podcast, good show.
	10:11pm KP: Merry Merry from Va., Irene!
	10:11pm Van in DC: Ah, just saw that Siberry "hit" was from 1992. Way after I had albums from her. (84 85)
	10:13pm Van in DC: Marissa Nadler's album at 100? Grr. SVE's Are We There at only 26? GRRRRR.
	10:14pm JakeGould: Van, we’re not here to listen to NPR for a reason… Catfeeeshee?
	♥ 10:15pm Sean in Bristol UK: Just curious, aren't you guys all turkeyed out after last month's shindig?
	10:18pm Van in DC: Was that NPR? Maybe it was. I've been looking at a lot of different year end lists. Maybe it wasn't Soundcheck then.
	10:19pm Van in DC: @Sean - no. :)
	♥ 10:19pm Irene Trudel: Van, I had nothing to do with the choices for Soundcheck this year. It was all chosen by others on staff. And I definitely have nothing to do with NPR music-- a whole different entity. Hi KP! Hope you and The Missus enjoy your Christmas there.
	♥ 10:20pm Mike East: hey Irene. I see on your flikr you saw John Pizzarelli. He rehearses here a lot. Definitely our NICEST client. His dad was in the other day with him, too.
	♥ 10:22pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Jake, I will raise a tankard of Christmas themed mead to you, sir. there will probably be an ale with a snazzy name, Rudolf the Red Nose ale or something of that ilk!
	10:22pm Van in DC: I come here for the best anyway :)
	10:24pm KP: Irene, I'm not sure they know it's Christmas after all.
	♥ 10:24pm Irene Trudel: Hey Mike! Yes, Pizzarelli and his wife Jessica Molasky were a big part of the Jonathon Schwartz Xmas Show at Birdland, which I helped mix. They really are nice people and keep Mr. Schwartz from going off on too many talk tangents. And John organizes the band every year. I've actually grown quite fond of the event.
	10:26pm JakeGould: Van, my musical life has been tons better since I stopped paying attention to any music list… I think the last ones I read or paid attention to were in Tower Record’s “Pulse”… Those “desert island discs” lists.
	10:27pm Van in DC: Irene - there was a certain DVD I thought might be available for XMas, which I guess it is not. It remains my promise to you to get you a copy when it is out. I'm talking KaTe. @Jake - I don't really pay them any attention at all actually. I just go by what I find out from these people right here. At FMU.
	10:29pm Van in DC: regarding musical year end lists - it is only because I follow some accounts on twitter so as not to miss my treasured artists that I know of such year end lists.
	♥ 10:29pm Sean in Bristol UK: Haven't seen a release date for that yet, have you, Van?
	10:29pm Van in DC: I have not, Sean.
	10:32pm Van in DC: Sean - you need to sleep :) I need to sleep, and I'm like five hours behind you.
	10:33pm blee: Oh how I love LOW.
	10:34pm Van in DC: Every set just awesome tonight.
	♥ 10:34pm Sean in Bristol UK: You are right my friend but I can't miss this one, this is tradition for me to listen to Irene's Christmas show, it's there with the Queen's speech.
	♥ 10:36pm Mike East: sounds like fun, Irene. Reigning in Jonathan Schwartz must be a skill unto itself.
	10:38pm Van in DC: Well I applaud you Sean!
	♥ 10:41pm Sean in Bristol UK: I must admit I am struggling a bit, my last post tonight folks. Everyone, have an absolutely corking Yuletide and Happy New Year. Not long until Pitchers and Catchers report!
	♥ 10:42pm Tome: Happy Christmas Irene ... love the decorations ! ,, Happy Christmas everyone !
	♥ 10:42pm Mike East: good night, Sean. May all your holiday wishes come true.
	10:43pm Van in DC: Thank you for brightening this time of year for me Irene. Sean - go to sleep! I'm about to, will catch rest on archive tomorrow. Merry Christmas one and all. I wish everyone happyness and eggnog. And don't forget to finish the festivities with KaTe's "December Will Be Magic Again". The ultimate Christmas song.
	♥ 10:46pm Irene Trudel: Aw, Sean, I'm really flattered! But i won't think any lees of you or Van from dropping off to dreamland. Glad you were/are here for tonight's show (as I am with all of you dear listeners)!
	♥ 10:47pm Irene Trudel: Van, I don't have that one of KaTe's. It's not in our library here either. I'll have to see if Spotify has it.
	10:48pm KP: Wonderful wintry mix
	♥ 10:48pm Mike East: later Van
	10:51pm adrian in mpls: i love this lattimore/zeigler piece so much! also fighting the urge to sleep as well - but I'm winning! will keep listening, reading Pessoa, and awaiting a text from my sweetie. Night Sean! Night Van!
	♥ 10:57pm Irene Trudel: 'night adrian! you can sort of cheat sleep by keeping this on in the background, drifting away.
	11:05pm Bodhi Satta: Where B Bethany?
	11:10pm JakeGould: Look, last day of Hanukkah here… And Festivus for the rest of us!
	11:11pm adrian in mpls: after doing some grocery shopping the day before Thanksgiving this year (and seeing all of my fellow shoppers with the absolutely worst look on their collective faces!!), i decided to stock up on food early and steer clear of x-mas grocery madness.
	11:11pm redkayak: Thanks for the lovely music tonight - happy holidays everyone!
	11:13pm Cee Dub: Irene I feel blessed by your 'sermon.' I played your Xmas shows from 2002 & 2003 at work this week - thank you!!
	11:16pm KP: That Nico show was super!
	11:16pm Bodhi Satta: anicca dukkha anatta
	11:18pm KP: I'm too comfortable to get up until later, much later
	11:22pm KP: Is this the Dave Clark Seven?
	11:23pm Parq: That's it. It can't get better, so I'm going to watch "Jingle Bell Rocks" now.
	11:26pm KP: Getting better all the time
	11:27pm Side Splittin': Butties was awesome
	11:27pm KP: Christmas time is here again
	11:43pm fxo: heppy festivus. I really dug the Jane Siberry track, while driving home. Good call.
	11:44pm KP: Ah, found the charger just in time. Roughing it on road
	♥ 11:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: @KP - Are you a passenger? Not safe to type and drive!
	11:52pm ! I X Key !: HAPPY HOLIDAYS & MERRY XMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	♥ 11:55pm Irene Trudel: Merry Christmas to all-- and to all, A good night!
	11:56pm BEAVO: Richard Ruskin actually
	11:56pm KP: Merry Christmas, Irene
	11:58pm KP: Ken, the metaphorical road. Typing is OK. Have a good one
	♥ 1:49am Sean in Bristol UK: Caught up with the rest of the show, as ever 'tis a thing of beauty, thank you so much, Irene
	10:30am Van in DC: I gotta hear that Jane Siberry again :)
	10:35am Van in DC: Yep. Same result from the "Calling All Angels". Frisson. Chills. Gorgeous.
	10:39am Van in DC: By the way Irene - the back to back of the Siberry song with the KaTe song was genius. From calling all angels to being among them...nicely done. Merry Christmas

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 23, 2014

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