Thursday, December 26, 2013

Christmas Must Be Tonight - Xmas Night

The Christmas Eve mix continues with Part 4.









  1. Booker T. & The MGs - Winter Wonderland
  2. The Band - Christmas Must Be Tonight
  3. Tracy Chapman - O Holy Night
  4. T-Bone Burnette - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  5. Patti Smith - We Three Kings
  6. Shirley Horn - Winter Wonderland (Christian Prommer Remix)
  7. Billie Holiday - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Yesking Remix)
  8. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
  9. The Beach Boys - (I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
  10. Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
  11. Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
  12. She & Him - Little Saint Nick
  13. The Ventures - Sleigh Ride
  14. Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
  15. James Brown - Soulful Christmas
  16. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
  17. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
  18. The Carpenters - Sleigh Ride
  19. The Temptations - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  20. The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  21. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
  22. Willie Nile - We Wish You A Merry Christmas


Christmas Time This Year - Xmas Night

Christmas Time This Year - More of that long night of Christmas music.








  1. John Lennon - Happy Xmas
  2. She & Him - Christmas Day
  3. John Prine - Christmas In Prison
  4. Shawn Colvin - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  5. Rosanne Cash - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
  6. Over The Rhine - Darlin' (Christmas Is Coming)
  7. Anton Barbeau - Xmas Song
  8. Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year
  9. Hayes Carll - Grateful For Christmas
  10. Sufjan Stevens - O Holy Night
  11. Bob Dylan - The First Noel
  12. Judy Collins - Angels In The Snow
  13. Nina Simone - I Am Blessed
  14. The Walkabouts - Christmas Valley
  15. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
  16. The Dirtbombs - My Last Christmas
  17. Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
  18. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy
  19. Miles Davis - Blue Xmas
  20. Jimmy Smith - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  21. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Chilly Winds Don't Blow (Fink Remix)


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Christmas Time Is Here - Xmas Night

The third hour of Christmas Eve. Probably dinner time. There are a lot of new favorites on this set and a couple of old ones from the 80's too.









  1. Au Revoir Simone - Christmas Time Is Here
  2. Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
  3. The Polyphonic Spree - Do You Hear What I Hear?
  4. The Civil Wars - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
  5. Bosque Brown - Silent Night
  6. Low - Little Drummer Boy
  7. The Raveonettes - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  8. Parenthetical Girls - Festive Friends (Forever)
  9. My Morning Jacket - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
  10. Los Lonely Boys - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  11. Fiona Apple - Frosty The Snowman
  12. The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling
  13. Aretha Franklin - O Christmas Tree
  14. Tift Merritt - I'll Be Home For Christmas
  15. Johnny Cash - Blue Christmas
  16. Rufus Wainwright & Sharon Van Etten - Baby, It's Cold Outside
  17. Pretenders - 2000 Miles
  18. The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
  19. Punch Brothers - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  20. Andrew Bird - Auld Lang Syne



 

Friday, December 20, 2013

All I Want For Christmas - Xmas Night

All I Want For Christmas - Xmas Mix 2

The Christmas Eve party continues with lots of favorites, new and old. The Sufjan Stevens two Christmas albums are outstanding and last year I played them both during Christmas day.




  1. Vince Guaraldi Trio - The Christmas Song
  2. Aretha Franklin - Winter Wonderland
  3. The Crystals - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  4. The Beach Boys - The Man With All The Toys
  5. Rufus Thomas - I'll Be You Santa Baby
  6. Ella Fitzgerald - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  7. Laura Nyro - Let It Be Me/The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Empty Fire)
  8. Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
  9. The Cathedral Brass - Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix)
  10. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
  11. Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
  12. Harry Simone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
  13. Sufjan Stevens - Joy To The World
  14. Bob Dylan - Do You Hear What I Hear?
  15. Art Garfunkel - O Come All Ye Faithful
  16. Bing Crosby - Silent Night
  17. Isaac Hayes - The Mistletoe and Me
  18. The Miracles - White Christmas
  19. CeeLo Green - Please Come Home For Christmas
  20. Elvis Presley - I'll Be Home For Christmas
  21. Willie Nelson - Blue Christmas
  22. Joss Stone - All I Want For Christmas






Merry Christmas Baby - Xmas Night

Merry Christmas Baby - Christmas Mix Pt. 1

This is the first hour of the soundtrack to Christmas Eve in our house. A collection of holiday tunes that are soulful, traditional, quirky, swinging, rockin', solemn and fun that plays for hours.




  1. Booker T. & The MGs - Jingle Bells
  2. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
  3. Sufjan Stevens - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmastime Is Here
  5. Mel Torme - The Christmas Song (Sonny J Remix)
  6. CeeLo Green - All I Want For Christmas
  7. James Brown - Merry Christmas, I Love You
  8. Elvis Presley - White Christmas
  9. Dean Martin - Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)
  10. Nat "King" Cole - Holy Night
  11. Judy Collins - I'll Be Home For Christmas
  12. The Funk Brothers - Winter Wonderland
  13. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
  14. She & Him - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
  15. The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
  16. Bob Dylan - Here Comes Santa Claus
  17. Johnny Cash - The Little Drummer Boy
  18. The Thorns - Silent Night
  19. Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby
  20. Eleanor Friedberger - Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
  21. Hall & Oates - Jingle Bell Rock
  22. The Mavericks - Blue Christmas
  23. The Carpenters - Do You Hear What I Hear
  24. The Ventures - Jingle Bells



  

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Watching TV 1965

Here is a page from a television guide printed in 1965. I was 14 in 1965 and watching a lot of these shows.


It was hard to watch the shows you wanted with a big family. My parents, six kids and two great-grandparents. I think they were probably out of the house and in the nursing home around that time but in the previous years certainly had an impact as to what was on TV like watching Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan.

It was also around this time we got our first color TV and also a second television set in my parents room. That was a big improvement. So the shows I watched?

  • Saturday - Flipper, I Dream of Jeanie, Get Smart and Gunsmoke if I didn't like what was on Saturday Night at the Movies.
  • Sunday - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The FBI and Bonanza
  • Monday - not a big night for me. Maybe 12 O'Clock High
  • Tuesday - Combat, McHale's Navy, The Fugitive
  • Wednesday - Lost in Space, Beverly Hillbillies, Dick Van Dyke, I Spy
  • Thursday - The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, My Three Sons, Bewitched
  • Friday - Wild Wild West, Addams Family, Gomer Pyle, Smothers Brothers, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
That would be ideal if i was around but there was always negotiations with other in the family. For instance Betsy always wanted to watch doctor shows. In a couple of years I would hardly watch any television for many years afterwards.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Let The Day Begin - Songs 2013

Let The Day Begin - Songs 2013 Pt. 7. The series continues with a set of rockers that include some more old friends.










Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Let The Day Begin (Specter At The Feast)
The Strokes - All The Time (Comedown Machine)
Superchunk - Overflows (I Hate Music)
Pearl Jam - Getaway (Lightening Bolt)
Wire - Magic Bullet (Change Becomes Us)
Primal Scream - Elimination Blues (More Light)
Iggy & The Stooges - Dying Breed (Ready To Die)
David Bowie - The Next Day (The Next Day)
Of Montreal - Hegira Emigre (Lousy With Sylvianbriar)
Paul McCartney - Save Us (New)
Jonathan Wilson - Future Vision (Fanfare)
Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It (AM)
Splashh - So Young (Comfort)
Beach Fossils - Generational Synthetic (Clash The Truth)
Mikal Cronin - Weight (MCII)
Arcade Fire - Joan of Arc (Reflektor)
Robyn Hitchcock - Strawberries Dress (Love From London)
The Flaming Lips - Peace Sword [Open Your Heart] (Peace Sword)




Monday, December 2, 2013

One More Time - Songs 2013

The spacey freak folk electonica shoegazing psychedelic jams for a cold winter evening from a previous mix in the series continues one more time. Lots of old friends back for this one; Yo La Tengo, Thurston Moore, Thom Yorke, Low, David Lynch, Johnny Marr and Robyn Hitchcock. I'm especially happy to have a new Mazzy Star album around.


All albums released in 2013

Psychic Ills - One More Time (One Track Mind)
Suuns - Edie's Dream (Images du Futur)
Mazzy Star - In The Kingdom (Seasons Of Your Day)
Califone - Frosted Tips (Stiches)
Deerhunter - T.H.M (Monomania)
Yo La Tengo - Ohm (Fade)
Atoms For Peace - Before Your Very Eyes (Amok)
David Lynch - Star Dream Girl (The Big Dream)
Daughn Gibson - Phantom Rider (Me Moan)
Chelsea Light Moving - Groovy & Linda (Chelsea Light Moving)
Low - Just Make It Stop (The Invisible Way)
The National - Don't Swallow The Cap (Trouble Will Find Me)
Johnny Marr - Upstarts (The Messenger)
Robyn Hitchcock - End of Time (Love From London)