It's the shortest day of the year, it's snowing, we've literally seen the sun one day in the last two weeks, we as a country are racially retarded and basically at war in our streets and neighborhoods, and Kim Jong Un is probably reading this. Actually, that's one of the bright spots in the the news lately, that the North Koreans are threatening terrible consequences if we don't allow them to help in the investigation into who "really" hacked Sony. We should promise them full cooperation in the investigation, with one condition: first, they have to help O.J. Simpson in his exhaustive search to find the "real" killer of his wife....
But it's Christmastime, when peace, brotherhood and goodwill fill the hearts of all people. (Bonus Questions: What is the tone of the previous sentence? How do you know?) I'm going to try, for the third year in a row, to do an xmas radio show. Two years ago, when my show fell on Dec. 25, I planned a 4-hour extravaganza. Unfortunately, Alice was in the hospital with pneumonia, so that went by the boards. Last year, I was too busy with work to do what would've been a Christmas Eve show. This year, though, goddammit, I'm going to do that show, now a Christmas Eve Day Eve Day show, come Hell or high water--the latter of which, ironically, we're supposed to be getting around then. It'll be a little abridged, and so end up at around 3 hours, and it'll of course be a little skewed, but at least it'll be.
I read in The New York Times last year around this time that many radio stations go to an all-Christmas-music format in the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and that doing so served as "rocket fuel for ratings;" stations see their listenership skyrocket when they provide a steady diet of holiday-cheerful songs. Personally, I'd jump off a bridge (holiday movie reference, there) if I had to listen to or play nothing but that stuff, but if it'll increase WOOL's listenership dramatically--which is pretty bloody likely, I think--why then I'll suck it up and do it for 3 hours. I hope yule join me on Tuesday from (NOTE SPECIAL STARTING TIME) 11 AM till 2 PM on WOOL FM, 91.5, or wool.fm on the webs.
The playlist is as follows, ahem, harrumph, harrumph:
Birthday The Fabs
Christmas Must Be Tonight The Band
Kung Fu Christmas Christopher Guest, et al.
Merry Christmas, Baby Lou Rawls
Friend Of Jesus John Stewart
Bach: Cantata #22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe" Yo-Yo Ma, et al.
Jesus Christ Arlo Guthrie
Christmas With Jesus Josh Rouse
Jesus Was A Capricorn Darrell Scott
Jesus Was A Crossmaker Judee Sill
Jesus Just Left Chicago ZZ Top
Jesus Is Just Alright Doobies
Christmas Time (Is Here Again) The Fabs
On Christmas Eve John Hartford
Christmas Time Blues John Lee Hooker
Christmas Time Is Here Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Christmas Time Ray Charles
Christmas Ain't Christmas The O'Jays
Father Christmas The Kinks
Getting Ready For Christmas Day Paul Simon
Variations On The Kanon By Pachelbel George Winston
The Rebel Jesus Jackson Browne
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Tom Waits
Christmas In Kyoto Michael Franks
Christmas In Prison John Prine
Christmas Morning Lyle Lovett
Christmas Morning Loudon Wainwright III
Christmas Wish NRBQ
Jesus, Etc. Wilco
Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Was Big Bill Broonzy
Jesus Wrote A Blank Check Cake
Come On Down Jesus John Kongos
River Joni Mitchell
Silent Eyes Paul Simon
Night Bruce Springsteen
You Got The Silver Rolling Stones
Ring Them Bells Dylan
Frosty Morn Doc & Merle Watson
Humidity Built The Snowman John Prine
I'm Walkin' Rick Nelson
Winter Rolling Stones
Wonderland Michael Franks
Little Big-Time Man Dirk Hamilton
Heavy Metal Drummer Wilco
Boy Darden Smith
We The Roches
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
You George Harrison
Merry Go Round The Replacements
Christmas The Who
Next week: the annual year-end-review of noteworthy--according to me--people from the musical realm who died this year.
Happy Xmas.
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