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Freak Power Ticket
Dec 21, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Eclectic
With Ted C.
A “wondrous boatride” exploring rock’n’roll & other music, cinema, counterculture, pop culture, oddities, etc. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
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Another Fine Xmas Mess: A Virtual SantaCon 2020
The week before Christmas, while at UC Davis for their world-class veterinary care, I passed the time with a haul of vinyl records from Armadillo Music in that sleepy college community (a town that’s especially slowed down during this time of COVID-19).
Among these eclectic LPs was a 1984 record called A Midnight Christmas Mess, one of the first full-length compilations of Yuletide music from a host of punk and garage-rock artists – which happened to include the late-great Shock Rockin’ R&B legend Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
That binge of support for a mom-and-pop business during rough financial times preceded a deep-dive (with surgical precision) down the proverbial “rabbit hole” of the World Wide Web. Two impressive sites – hipchristmas.com and christmasunderground.com – helped me locate other kindred holiday spirits, curated (or performed) by the likes of Rodney "On the Rock" Bingenheimer (aka "Rodney on the ROQ"), Modern Jazz Quartet, a host of indie artists on Bandcamp.com, and more.
The playlist airs first on Monday morning, December 21st, via KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara between 11am and High Noon, with a live stream at www.kcsb.org.
A selection of some seasonal tunes like no other. These ain’t your usual (tired) Xmas standards!
“The Freak Power Ticket” airs on Mondays from 11am-12pm PST through the remaining calendar year on KCSB-FM and kcsb.org – with a two-week archival stream to follow via that same website.
| 11:01 AM |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins & The Fuzztones It's That Time Again (Live) Live Cleopatra Records 2015 MP3
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| 11:06 AM |
| The Underground Psychedelic Visions Psychedelic Visions Mercury Ring 1967 MP3 Music bed for voiceover commentary / show intro. Basically, an instrumental cover of "Greensleeves." |
| 11:08 AM |
| The Ramonas Santa's Got a GTO Rodney on the Rock Presents Santa's Got a GTO, Vol. 2 V/A Gearhead Records 2017 MP3
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| 11:10 AM |
| Patsy Raye & The Beatniks Beatnik's Wish Merry Christmas from Stateside Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 1960 MP3
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| 11:13 AM |
| Wednesday Week Christmastime Here (Could Never Be Like That) A Midnight Christmas Mess Midnight Records 1984 MP3
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| 11:17 AM |
| The Modern Jazz Quartet England's Carol Plastic Dreams Rhino Atlantic 2004 MP3 Partially, a backing track for voiceover commentary. Originally released in 1971. Strangely enough, this LP, which some called TMJQ's "most commercial release ever," featured 2 Xmas songs, even though it wasn't a holiday-themed record. |
| 11:22 AM |
| Stephan Nervous Passenger and Johnny Rat Hammer Too Broke for Presents Too Broke for Presents by Stephan and Johnny The Flowershop 2016 MP3 Radio edit. Remastered in 2020. Stephan Jurgovan is from a Chicago punk band called Nervous Passenger, Johnny Wilson is from Rat Hammer, also from the Windy City.
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| 11:24 AM |
| Randolph's Leap Stay Away This Christmas Christmas Album Randolph's Leap 2013 MP3 From Glasgow, Scotland. Their Bandcamp page says it was from 2013, but the song talks about infecting someone at Xmas, so it seems ripped from today's headlines.
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| 11:27 AM |
| Samantha Crain Christmas for Cowboys Fowler VW Presents: A Blackwatch Christmas, Vol. 9 (Christmas in Color) Fowler VW & Blackwatch Studios 2019 MP3 Fowler VW & Blackwatch Studios. A free vinyl copy is available at Fowler Volkswagen in Norman or Guestroom Records (Norman & OKC locations). |
| 11:29 AM |
| The Yellow Melodies Navidad Interestelar N A Very Cherry Christmas E.P. 2020 V/A Cherryade Records 2020 MP3 From cherryaderecords.bandcamp.com, which is based in Manchester, in the UK. Partial music bed for voiceover commentary / back announcement. The Yellow Melodies are an indiepop band from Murcia, Spain. |
| 11:32 AM |
| Wondermints Ski Party Santa's Got A GTO Rodney On The Roq's Fav X-Mas Songs Dionysus Records 1996 MP3 Darian Sahanaja of L.A.'s Wonderments went on to work closely (and tour) with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and he has also toured with The Zombies, among other bands. |
| 11:34 AM |
| Yid Kids Santa Doesn't Come To Little Jewish Children's Houses Santa's Got A GTO Rodney On The Roq's Fav X-Mas Songs V/A Dionysus Records 1996 MP3
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| 11:37 AM |
| The Portrait Elf Riot! N A Very Cherry Christmas E.P. 2020 V/A Cherryade Records 2020 MP3 All proceeds from A Very Cherry Christmas E.P. 2020 will go to the Music Venue Trust, to help struggling grass roots live music venues. |
| 11:40 AM |
| The BV's i hope there's no snow N i hope there's no snow The BV's 2020 MP3 A Yuletide song in the style of Joy Division. The BV's are from Falmouth,, Cornwall ad Augsburg, Germany. |
| 11:44 AM |
| Crocodiles Christmas In Hell N Christmas In Hell - Single 2608044 Records DK 2020 MP3 From San Diego, CA. Music bed for voiceover commentary. |
| 11:49 AM |
| Charley Pride They Stood In Silent Prayer Christmas In My Hometown (Expanded Edition) Legacy Recordings 1970 MP3 Charley Frank Pride (1934-2020): Rest In Peace. |
| 11:53 AM |
| Phoebe Bridgers If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard N If We Make It Through December - EP Dead Oceans 2020 MP3
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| 11:55 AM |
| The Sensational Alex Harvey Band There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight Shout: The Essential Alex Harvey UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2018 MP3 Outro music bed.
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