playlist for 12/19/09

I've been waiting 12 months for this...!


charo + pee wee herman - feliz navidad
celia cruz - soy feliz en la navidad - youtube
guster - mamacita, donde esta santa claus? - maybe this christmas 2

the ventures - santa claus is coming to town - the ventures' christmas
the boppers - merry twistmas
sufjan stevens - come on! let's boogey to the elf dance

datarock w/ a traditional norwegian tune - youtube
peter joback - guds frid i gode vise man - jag kommer hem igen til jul
martina sorbara - it's the most wonderful time of the year - maybe this christmas 2

the break-ups - breaking up for christmas - plastic snow
sufjan stevens - it's christmas! let's be glad! - songs for christmas
yo la tengo - it's christmas time - merry christmas from...

polyphonic spree - happy christmas (war is over) - maybe this christmas 3
i make this sound - holiday - plastic snow
the ventures - sleigh ride - the ventures' christmas album

dreaming ferns - christmas drill - plastic snow
the aislers set - "christmas song" - the last match
low - just like christmas - christmas

bright eyes - god rest ye merry gentlemen - a christmas album
magnetic fields - mr mistletoe - distortion
cocteau twins - frosty the snowman - lullabies to violaine

earlimart - i'll be home for christmas - plastic snow
eels - christmas is going to the dogs - useless trinkets
of montreal - christmas isn't safe for animals

jens lekman - maples leaves - when i said i wanted to be your dog
wild honey - angel's christmas - in the christmas groove
the harlem children's chorus - black christmas - in the christmas groove

the o'jays - christmas just ain't christmas - soul christmas
harvey averne band - let's get it together this christmas - in the christmas groove
charles brown - please come home for christmas

jim reeves - jingle bells - gentleman jim
meatwad (athf) - frosty the red-nosed snowman - have yourself a meaty little christmas
disco christmas party - winter wonderland

jimmy jules - the new year - in the christmas groove
eisely - the winter song - maybe this christmas 2
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal - fleet foxes

sleigh bells - ring ring - [independent release]
zebra - christmas morning -in the christmas groove
flaming lips - white christmas - maybe this christmas 2

I'm thankful for...

...the 1970s...when you could get away with lurid costumes and hokey dance moves, because everyone was overflowing with soul.

playlist for 10/31/09 - halloween edition!

oooOOoooOO! Halloween show, as promised!

rodrigo y gabriela - diablo rojo - s/t
django reinhardt - appel direct - swing from paris
thanksgiving - the ghost and the eyes - the ghost in the eyes with trees in the ground outside the window
the flamingos - i only have eyes for you - american graffiti vol. 1
grandaddy - e. knievel interlude (the perils of keeping it real) - the sophtware slump

man man - engwish bwudd - six demon bag
the aquabats - attacked by snakes - the fury of the aquabats!
mr. guy - letter from jeepers - pulp surfin'
john zacherley - coolest little monster - spook along with zacherley

sebadoh - violet execution - iii
tegan and sara - walking with the ghost - so jealous
of montreal - chrissie kiss the corpse - satanic panic in the attic
architecture in helsinki - the cemetery - in case we die

animal collective - cobwebs - water curses (ep)
bird names - treeless island peopled by birds - open relationship
the microphones - sleepy hollow - the glow pt. 2
dr. dog - fool's life - easy beat
eels - teenage witch - souljacker

robert johnson - cross road blues - robert johnson anthology
hasil adkins - i had a dream about you - moon over madison
howlin' wolf - i ain't superstitious - the london howlin' wolf sessions

blanche - superstition - if we can't trust the doctors
crystal stilts - graveyard orbit - alight of night
eden ahbez - full moon - eden's island
mt. eerie - between two mysteries - wind's poem

van dyke parks - palm desert - song cycle
brenton wood - the oogum boogum song - brenton wood's best
prince buster - at the dark end of the street - jamaica's prime
the ventures - slaughter on 10th ave - best of the ventures

france gall - laisse tombeur les filles - paris in april
the aquabats! - phantasma del mar - the fury of the aquabats!
the ventures - out of limits - best of the ventures
the cramps - goo goo muck - off the bone

astor piazzolla - concierto para quinteto - tango: zero hour

Playlist for 12-21-08

The Christmas Episode!

These were compiled from a mess of compilations. There are really only a few worth mentioning: Maybe This Christmas (and MTC "Too" and MTC "Tree"); 50,000,000 Elves Fans Can't Be Wrong; The O.C. Mix 3 (...yes, don't laugh); and Plastic Snow: 16 Swell Songs by Local Bands Benefiting Los Angeles' Midnight Mission. The last one is so significantly swell, and so well-used in this show, that I've asterisk'd every song from that album. You're welcome!

• * the breakups - breaking up for christmas
• the aislers set - "christmas song"
• sufjan stevens - it's christmas! let's be glad
• * i make this sound - holiday
• yo la tengo - it's christmas time
• bright eyes - god rest ye merry gentlemen
• * the hectors - the last december

• the arcade fire - a very arcade xmas
• the waistcoats - (i wish you could be more like) santa claus
• sufjan stevens - come on! let's boogey to the elf dance!
• the ravonettes - the christmas song
• the rory mcbrides - (we like) eggnog!

• the ventures - santa claus is coming to town
• the ventures - sleigh ride
• los straitjackets - god rest ye merry gentlemen
• los straitjackets - feliz navidad

• jens lekman - maple leaves - when i said i wanted to be your dog
• * the sweet hurt - christmas, california
• tom mcrae - wonderful christmas
• pedro the lion - i heard the bells on christmas day
• palace - christmastime in the mountains

• * princeton - where's my christmas morning?
• bright eyes - blue christmas
• sufjan stevens - only at christmas time
• pedro the lion - the first noel
• mark kozelek - white christmas
• martina sorbara - it's the most wonderful time of the year

• peter joback - gud frid i gode vise man
• ben kweller - rock of ages
• low - just like christmas
• * earlimart - i'll be home for christmas
• the flaming lips - a change at christmas (say it ain't so)
• low - silent night