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Feb. 20

This week we remember Kurt Cobain, send our thoughts to the people of Sweden, and share what I believe is a first for Rochester radio: Rochester Institute of Technology President Bill Destler’s original song “Alternative Facts” which he first performed at concert last week.

  1. Nirvana – Lithium.mp3
  2. Prince – Raspberry Beret.mp3
  3. R.E.M. – Can’t Get There from Here.mp3
  4. Weird Al_ Yankovic – Polka Party.mp3
  5. Colin Hay – Overkill (Acoustic Version).mp3
  6. Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright.mp3
  7. Alejandro Escovedo – I Don’t Want To Play Guitar Anymore.mp3
  8. Lord Huron – Fool for Love.mp3
  9. Bill Destler – Alternative Facts.mp3
  10. The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So.mp3
  11. The Hellacopters – Hopeless Case Of A Kid In Denial.mp3
  12. The Cardigans – Lovefool.mp3
  13. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.mp3
  14. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times.mp3
  15. Ryan Adams – Breakdown.mp3
  16. Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever.mp3
  17. Old 97’s – Good With God (feat. Brandi Carlile).mp3
  18. Moose Blood – Glow.mp3
  19. Japandroids – No Known Drink Or Drug.mp3
  20. Frightened Rabbit – Break.mp3
  21. Car Seat Headrest – 1937 State Park.mp3
  22. Son Volt – Static.mp3
  23. Muddy Magnolias – Devil’s Teeth.mp3
  24. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – I Need Never Get Old.mp3
  25. Black 47 – Funky Céilí (Bridie’s Song).mp3
  26. Dropkick Murphys – Kicked to the Curb.mp3
  27. Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.mp3
  28. Janelle Monáe – We Were Rock & Roll.mp3
  29. Sarah McLachlan – Possession.mp3
  30. She & Him – Thieves.mp3
  31. The Stone Roses – Love Spreads.mp3
  32. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole.mp3
  33. Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated (Remastered Version).mp3
  34. Lake Street Dive – Hell Yeah.mp3
  35. The Replacements – Waitress In the Sky.mp3
  36. The Orwells – Vacation.mp3
  37. Spacetrucker – Pushing Time.mp3
  38. Titus Andronicus – Come On, Siobhán.mp3
  39. Steve Gadd Band – Them Changes (Live).mp3
  40. Vijay Iyer – Human Nature.mp3
  41. The Mountain Goats – Heel Turn 2.mp3
  42. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You.mp3

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Feb. 13: Non Valentine’s Music

No Valentine’s Day schmoopiness here:

American Land.mp3
The Pogues – Streams Of Whiskey.mp3
Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel.mp3
The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough.mp3
Son Volt – Drown.mp3
Jason Isbell – Flying over Water.mp3
Lucinda Williams – Joy.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – Ever South.mp3
Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom.mp3
Fred Eaglesmith – Time to Get a Gun.mp3
Ryan Adams – To Be Without You.mp3
Old 97’s – Good With God (feat. Brandi Carlile).mp3
Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus.mp3
Gary Clark Jr. – The Healing.mp3
Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign.mp3
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – The Sky Is Crying.mp3
Eric Johnson – S.R.V..mp3
Harmonica Lewinski – Double Down.mp3
Art Brut – Clever Clever Jazz.mp3
Frank Turner – The Next Storm.mp3
Japandroids – No Known Drink Or Drug.mp3
Anberlin – Breaking.mp3
Polar Bear Club – Chicago Spring.mp3
Big Ups – National Parks.mp3
Steve Gadd Band – Bye Bye Blackbird (Live).mp3
Pink Martini – Hey Eugene.mp3
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man_.mp3
Galactic – Immigrant Song.mp3
Dawes – A Little Bit Of Everything.mp3
Overmountain Men – Coney Island Express.mp3
Moxy Fruvous – I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You.mp3
Okkervil River – Mary On A Wave.mp3
U2 – Some Days Are Better Than Others.mp3
Huey Lewis & The News – Heart And Soul.mp3
The Doors – Peace Frog.mp3
World Party – Way Down Now.mp3
Wilco – Impossible Germany.mp3
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On).mp3
Son House – Death Letter.mp3
Dread Zeppelin- Brick House [Of The Holy!].mp3
The Gaslight Anthem – Red Violins.mp3

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Feb. 6: Smarter Than Your Average Playlist

Any night you get to play some Blind Lemon Jefferson, it’s a good night.
The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Howling At Nothing.mp3
Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night.mp3
Eilen Jewell – Shakin’ All Over.mp3
Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’.mp3
Japandroids – No Known Drink Or Drug.mp3
The Struts – The Ol’ Switcheroo.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – You Rub Me The Wrong Way.mp3
Barenaked Ladies – New Kid (On The Block).mp3
Janelle Monáe – We Were Rock & Roll.mp3
Galactic – Into The Deep (feat. Macy Gray).mp3
M83 – Go! (feat. Mai Lan).mp3
Bastille – Send Them Off!.mp3
Weird Al_ Yankovic – Word Crimes.mp3
Hoodo Gurus Ampology CD1\1-13 Heart Of Darkness.mp3
Matthew  Sweet – Superdeformed.mp3
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Twisted Road.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Janey Don’t You Lose Heart.mp3
The Clash  – Clampdown.mp3
Dave Matthews Band – Tripping Billies.mp3
Cat Stevens – Peace Train.mp3
Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.mp3
Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”.mp3
Pink Martini – Blue Moon (feat. Rufus Wainwright).mp3
Calypso – Casually Sad Mercedes.mp3
Ozomatli – Elysian Persuasion.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – One More Night.mp3
U2 – The Fly.mp3
Tame Impala – Elephant.mp3
Courtney Barnett – Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party.mp3
Holy Ghost! – Do It Again.mp3
Local Natives – Coins.mp3
Real Estate – Darling.mp3
The Shelters – Rebel Heart.mp3
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy.mp3
JIMMY CLIFF – 04 Trapped.mp3
Jackson 5 – 09. Abc.mp3
James Brown You’ve Got The Power.mp3
Van Morrison – Wild Night.mp3
The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You.mp3
The Cult – Revolution.mp3
Blind Lemon Jefferson Dry Southern Blues.mp3
The Bloody Hollies – You’re So Cold.mp3
The Wombats – Emoticons.mp3
Throw Me The Statue – Lolita.mp3

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Jan. 30: Thrown together in a hurry

Threw Monday’s set together in a hurry, but it seemed to work. Lots of local Rochester music tonight too.
  1. U2 – Until The End Of The World (1).mp3
  2. Black 47 – James Connolly.mp3
  3. Rusted Root – Ecstasy.mp3
  4. Mute Math – Chaos.mp3
  5. The Mountain Goats – This Year.mp3
  6. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.mp3
  7. Big Head Todd & The Monsters – We Won’t Go Back.mp3
  8. REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling.mp3
  9. Bruce Springsteen – All The Way Home.mp3
  10. Old 97’s – Good With God (feat. Brandi Carlile).mp3
  11. Hayes Carll – Love Don’t Let Me Down.mp3
  12. Alejandro Escovedo – Heartbeat Smile.mp3
  13. Dropkick Murphys – Rebels with a Cause.mp3
  14. Count Five – Psychotic Reaction.mp3
  15. Cloud Cult – Lucky Today.mp3
  16. Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me.mp3
  17. The Hold Steady – Your Little Hoodrat Friend.mp3
  18. Hindu Love Gods – Raspberry Beret.mp3
  19. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Karma Chameleon.mp3
  20. Polar Bear Club – For Show.mp3
  21. Caribou – Can’t Do Without You.mp3
  22. Roosevelt – Fever.mp3
  23. The 1975 – She’s American.mp3
  24. Kopps – Thermometer.mp3
  25. Soweto Gospel Choir – Pride (In The Name Of Love).mp3
  26. The Be Good Tanyas – When Doves Cry.mp3
  27. Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3
  28. Mike Doughty – 27 Jennifers (2007).mp3
  29. Belly – Feed the Tree.mp3
  30. Harmonica Lewinski – The Slug.mp3
  31. James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1.mp3
  32. Muse – Map Of The Problematique.mp3
  33. The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings.mp3
  34. Ryan Adams – To Be Without You.mp3
  35. The Crooked North – Happy Little Blackbird.mp3
  36. R.E.M. – World Leader Pretend (Remastered).mp3
  37. Sam Roberts Band – Kid Icarus.mp3
  38. Spin Doctors – Jimmy Olsen’s Blues.mp3
  39. The La’s – There She Goes.mp3
  40. Parquet Courts – Keep It Even.mp3
  41. The Who – Sister Disco.mp3
  42. Todd Snider – Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, Whi.mp3
  43. Tommy Brunett – Miles Away.mp3
  44. Xavier Rudd – Better People.mp3
  45. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker.mp3

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Jan. 23: Protest Songs

I spent three hours playing protest songs, looking at the power of music to influence and change minds and history. From Woody Guthrie to Patti Smith, Living Colour to Blood Orange. This was fun to put together. Hope you enjoyed.
  1. Living Colour – Cult Of Personality (1).mp3
  2. The Beatles – Revolution.mp3
  3. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday.mp3
  4. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio.mp3
  5. The Alarm – The Stand [Long Version].mp3
  6. Pearl Jam – Fortunate Son.mp3
  7. Wilco – War On War.mp3
  8. Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction.mp3
  9. Edwin Starr – War.mp3
  10. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up.mp3
  11. Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind.mp3
  12. Mahalia Jackson – We Shall Overcome.mp3
  13. Buffalo Springfield For What It’s Worth.mp3
  14. Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.mp3
  15. Country Joe And The Fish – I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag.mp3
  16. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
  17. Patti Smith – People Have the Power.mp3
  18. The New Pornographers – Marching Orders.mp3
  19. The Decemberists – This Is Why We Fight.mp3
  20. Odetta – Masters of War.mp3
  21. Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit.mp3
  22. Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land.mp3
  23. Little Steven – I Am A Patriot (And The River Opens For The Righteous).mp3
  24. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The River (Live).mp3
  25. Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution.mp3
  26. Drive-By Truckers – Guns Of Umpqua.mp3
  27. Blood Orange – Sandra’s Smile.mp3
  28. Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next.mp3
  29. Gang Of Four – Not Great Men.mp3
  30. Pussy Riot – Make America Great Again.mp3
  31. Common & John Legend – Glory (From the Motion Picture Selma).mp3
  32. ANOHNI – Drone Bomb Me.mp3
  33. Radiohead – Idioteque.mp3
  34. Rage Against The Machine – People of the Sun.mp3
  35. CAKE – War Pigs.mp3
  36. John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance.mp3
  37. Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come.mp3
  38. Bruce Hornsby & The Range – The Way It Is.mp3
  39. The Clash – Rock the Casbah.mp3
  40. Bright Eyes – When the President Talks to God.mp3
  41. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On.mp3

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Jan. 16: Cars

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It’s hard to think of something that’s more rock and roll than songs about cars. So that’s what I played for three hours on Monday.
Old 97’s – Won’t Be Home.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch.mp3
Led Zeppelin – Trampled Under Foot.mp3
Rush – Red Barchetta.mp3
The Beatles – Drive My Car.mp3
Alabama Shakes – Heavy Chevy (Bonus Track).mp3
The Clash – Brand New Cadillac.mp3
The Gaslight Anthem – Old White Lincoln.mp3
Fountains Of Wayne – 92 Subaru.mp3
Beck – Rental Car.mp3
The Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running.mp3
Depeche Mode – Route 66.mp3
Yo La Tengo – Little Honda.mp3
The Cars – Drive.mp3
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Rocket 88.mp3
Chuck Berry – Maybellene.mp3
Gene Vincent – Pink Thunderbird.mp3
Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally.mp3
The Wallflowers – One Headlight.mp3
Prince – Little Red Corvette.mp3
Gary Numan – Cars.mp3
Neil Young – Long May You Run.mp3
John Hiatt – Tennessee Plates.mp3
Wilco – Passenger Side.mp3
Elizabeth Cook – El Camino.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – Carl Perkins’ Cadillac.mp3
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen & His Lost Planet Airmen – Hot Rod Lincoln.mp3
Johnny Cash – One Piece at a Time.mp3
Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.mp3
Phish – Contact.mp3
Big Star – Back of a Car.mp3
RAC feat. Nate Henricks – Back of the Car.mp3
Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz.mp3
Ronny & The Daytonas – G.T.O..mp3
The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (Mono).mp3
John Mellencamp – Rumbleseat.mp3
Barenaked Ladies – In The Car.mp3
Bright Eyes – Classic Cars.mp3
Robyn Hitchcock – The Cars She Used To Drive.mp3
The Bottle Rockets – 1000 Dollar Car [Live].mp3
The Dead Milkmen – Bitchin’ Camaro.mp3
Cowboy Junkies – State Trooper.mp3
Marc Cohn – Silver Thunderbird.mp3
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car.mp3

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Jan. 9:

No real theme tonight, just  good tunes, and a few songs for my dear friend Adam, who we lost 10 years ago Monday, way, way too soon.

  1. John Hiatt – Cry Love.mp3
  2. Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight.mp3
  3. Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer.mp3
  4. Ra Ra Riot – Shadowcasting.mp3
  5. Guster – What You Wish For.mp3
  6. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues.mp3
  7. The Vaughan Brothers – Tick Tock.mp3
  8. School of Fish – 3 Strange Days.mp3
  9. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound- I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
  10. Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness.mp3
  11. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Brain Matter.mp3
  12. Dropkick Murphys – Blood.mp3
  13. Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket.mp3
  14. Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign.mp3
  15. 40 Rod Lightning – Tide of Whiskey.mp3
  16. Backyard Tire Fire – Time With You.mp3
  17. Harmonica Lewinski – Head Honcho.mp3
  18. Esmé Patterson – Feel Right.mp3
  19. G. Love & Special Sauce – Cold Beverage.mp3
  20. The Shins – New Slang (Iron Horse Bluegrass Cover).mp3
  21. Trampled By Turtles – Walt Whitman.mp3
  22. Hayseed Dixie – Strawberry Fields Forever.mp3
  23. Duran Duran – Thank You.mp3
  24. Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan.mp3
  25. Jens Lekman – The Opposite of Hallelujah.mp3
  26. Joseph Arthur – Honey And The Moon.mp3
  27. Joywave – Nice House.mp3
  28. Sia – The Girl You Lost To Cocaine.mp3
  29. Jai Wolf – Drive (feat. The Chain Gang of 1974).mp3
  30. Kate Nash – Kiss That Grrrl.mp3
  31. Phoenix – 1901.mp3
  32. Living Colour – Glamour Boys.mp3
  33. Deap Vally – Royal Jelly.mp3
  34. Pete Droge – If You Don_t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself).mp3
  35. Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked.mp3
  36. Van Morrison – Wild Night.mp3
  37. The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings.mp3
  38. U2 – Love And Peace Or Else.mp3
  39. Pete Yorn – Lost Weekend.mp3
  40. RAND – Brighter Side.mp3
  41. Ryan Adams – To Be Without You.mp3
  42. Jimi Hendrix\South Saturn Delta\02 Little Wing.mp3
  43. Dawes – A Little Bit Of Everything.mp3

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Jan 2.: Starting the New Year Off By Correcting Mistakes

Yeah, I totally forgot to plays some songs that I loved in 2016 during my Best of 2016 show last week. So I started the new year by trying to make amends. Hope you enjoyed.

Everything is a little out of order below, but it’s all there.

  1. The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man.mp3
  2. ANOHNI – Drone Bomb Me.mp3
  3. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.mp3
  4. Aretha Franklin – The Weight.mp3
  5. Band Of Horses – Casual Party.mp3
  6. Beirut – No No No.mp3
  7. Booker T Jones – The Hive.mp3
  8. Bruce Springsteen – Lucky Town.mp3
  9. Car Seat Headrest – Destroyed By Hippie Powers.mp3
  10. Cracker – Eurotrash Girl.mp3
  11. Craig Finn – Honolulu Blues.mp3
  12. Dave Matthews Band – Best of What’s Around.mp3
  13. Drive-By Truckers – Lookout Mountain.mp3
  14. Frightened Rabbit – Break.mp3
  15. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Greatest Of Days.mp3
  16. R.E.M. – I’m Gonna DJ.mp3
  17. Grace Potter – Delirious.mp3
  18. Ryan Adams – To Be Without You.mp3
  19. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me).mp3
  20. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – I’m Still Here.mp3
  21. The Parson Red Heads – Kids Hanging Out.mp3
  22. The 1975 – She’s American.mp3
  23. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times.mp3
  24. The Raveonettes – Recharge & Revolt.mp3
  25. Tokyo Police Club – Hot Tonight.mp3
  26. Vijay Iyer – A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke_ Labyrinths.mp3
  27. The Decemberists – July, July!.mp3
  28. The Police – Message In A Bottle.mp3
  29. The Mountain Goats – The Legend of Chavo Guerrero.mp3
  30. The Monkees – Last Train to Clarksville.mp3
  31. Pearl Jam – Life Wasted.mp3
  32. The Tragically Hip – In Sarnia.mp3
  33. Ray Charles – What’d I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Stereo Version).mp3
  34. James Brown & The Famous Flames – I Don’t Mind (with Intstrumental Bridge) [Live].mp3
  35. Kaleo – No Good.mp3
  36. Lake Street Dive – Hell Yeah.mp3
  37. Merle Haggard – Okie from Muskogee (Live).mp3
  38. Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945.mp3
  39. Parquet Courts – Berlin Got Blurry.mp3
  40. Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me.mp3
  41. Guided By Voices – Hold On Hope.mp3

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Dec 26: The Best of 2016

It was my last shift of 2016 and so it was time for one of the great traditions for music geeks everywhere: the year-end best of list. I picked a few songs that I found cool in the last year, and played them in no particular order. Hope you enjoyed. Did I miss any of your favorites? Let me know in the comments.

  1. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.
  2. Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out
  3. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times.mp3
  4. Moose Blood – Cheek.mp3
  5. Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me
  6. Frightened Rabbit – Break.mp3
  7. The War on Drugs – Touch of Grey.mp3
  8. Brian Fallon – Among Other Foolish Things.mp3
  9. Alejandro Escovedo – Heartbeat Smile.mp3
  10. The Record Company – Off The Ground.mp3
  11. David Bowie – I Can’t Give Everything Away.mp3
  12. Wilco – Nope.mp3
  13. Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3
  14. Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.mp3
  15. Frankie Cosmos – On the Lips.mp3
  16. ANOHNI – Drone Bomb Me.mp3
  17. Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
  18. The 1975 – She’s American.mp3
  19. Blood Orange – Best to You.mp3
  20. Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
  21. Paul Simon – Wristband.mp3
  22. Mitski – Your Best American Girl.mp3
  23. Communist Daughter – Roll a Stone.mp3
  24. Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.mp3
  25. Esperanza Spalding – One.mp3
  26. Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”.mp3
  27. Radiohead – Burn the Witch.mp3
  28. The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough.mp3
  29. Lucinda Williams – Dust.mp3
  30. Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little).mp3
  31. Hayes Carll – Drive.mp3
  32. Colleen Green – U Coulda Been An A.mp3
  33. Japanese Breakfast – In Heaven.mp3
  34. Modern Baseball – Just Another Face
  35. Parquet Courts – Berlin Got Blurry.mp3
  36. Father John Misty – Real Love Baby.mp3
  37. Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore.mp3
  38. Muddy Magnolias – Devil’s Teeth.mp3
  39. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – All I Ever Wonder.mp3
  40. Steel Mill – He’s Guilty (The Judge Song).mp3
  41. Warpaint – New Song.mp3

 


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The No Format Demented Christmas Spectacular– Dec. 19

A soon-to-be-holiday classic, playing songs you likely won’t here on holiday radio anywhere else. Christmas with the Devil? Santa Claus Doesn’t Cop out on Dope? Zombie Christmas? Yes I say. All this, and more.

Whatever you’re celebrating and wherever you may be traveling in the coming days, I’m wishing you peace, joy and happiness now and in the year to come.

Weird Al caroling while people wear gas masks.

 

  1. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Mr. Heatmiser
  2. Dr. Doofenshmirtz – I Really Don’t Hate Christmas.
  3. Guster – Carol of the Meows.
  4. Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – Zombie Christmas.
  5. Fountains of Wayne – I Want an Alien for Christmas
  6. Eurythmics – Winter Wonderland.
  7. Louis Armstrong – Zat You, Santa Claus.
  8. James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto.
  9. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects
  10. Otis Redding – Merry Christmas, Baby.
  11. Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa.
  12. Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa.
  13. Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick – 2600.
  14. Garfunkel and Oates – Present Face.
  15. Richard Cheese – Do They Know It’s Christmas.
  16. Barenaked Ladies – Deck The Stills
  17. Weird Al_ Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy.
  18. Twisted Sister – Deck the Halls.
  19. Spinal Tap – Christmas with the Devil.
  20. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin
  21. Weezer – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
  22. The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Angels We Have Heard On High.
  23. Phoenix – Alone on Christmas Day (feat. Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzmann, Buster Poindexter & Paul Shaffer).
  24. Asylum Street Spankers – You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.
  25. El Vez – Santa Claus is Sometimes Brown.
  26. Robert Goulet – Jingle Bells.
  27. Antsy McClain And The Trailer Park Troubadours – Christmas At the Trailer Park.
  28. Bob Rivers – Chipmunks Roasting On an Open Fire.
  29. Rufus Thomas – I’ll Be Your Santa.
  30. Run-D.M.C. – Christmas in Hollis.
  31. Was (Not Was) – Christmas Time In Motor City.
  32. Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)
  33. Boss Martians – 3 Ghosts (A Modern Christmas Carol).
  34. The Chevelles – Come All Ye Faithful Surfer Girls.
  35. The Reverend Horton Heat – Santa On the Roof.
  36. The Chesterfield Kings – Hey Santa Clause.
  37. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.
  38. U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  39. The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping.
  40. The Kinks – Father Christmas.
  41. The Wombats – Is This Christmas_ (Radio Edit).
  42. Sufjan Stevens – Get Behind Me, Santa!
  43. John Prine – Christmas in Prison [Live].
  44. Old 97’s – Here It Is Christmas Time.
  45. Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family.
  46. Tom Waits – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis.
  47. The Pogues – Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl).
  48. The Decemberists – Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)
  49. Stephen Colbert and John Legend – Nutmeg.
  50. Red Red Meat – There’s A Star Above The Manger Tonight.
  51. Sonic Youth – Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope.
  52. Sting – Gabriel’s Message.
  53. Straight No Chaser – The 12 Days of Christmas.
  54. The Therapy Sisters – Codependent Christmas

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