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Jon Solomon

Dec 25, 2020 5:00 AM – 6:00 PM

With Jon Solomon

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

25-Hour Holiday Radio Show! (Hours 13-25)

#WPRBXmas

http://marathon.christmas

5:00 AM		Dead Artist Syndrome Christmas Dead Artist Syndrome
5:04 AM		Warm Digits Good Enough For You This Christmas Lost Christmas V/A Memphis Industries 2020
5:08 AM		Orange Monster The Night Before Christmas Snow On The Beach and Sand In The Pines [Bonus Songs]
5:11 AM		Team Tomato Sledge Ride (Nutcracker) A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Six V/A
5:15 AM		Dom Mariani's Orange Christmasonic Rockin' Bethlehem (The Second Coming) V/A
5:18 AM		Malcolm Tent Under The Mall
5:21 AM		The Long Blondes Christmas Is Cancelled Demos Vol. 1 & 2
5:25 AM		Set Break
5:30 AM		Silent Winter Holy Land of Fire and Snow Holy Land of Fire and Snow 2020
5:36 AM		"Morrissey" Tears Under The Mistletoe "Commercial"
5:37 AM		murderedman Christmas in Little Armenia PRF Week 14: It's Christmas! V/A
5:40 AM		Sara Noelle Christmas At Sea Christmas At Sea
5:44 AM		Dubrovniks Bah Humbugger Rockin' Bethlehem V/A
5:48 AM		Nancy and Mark Last Year's Tree Last Year's Tree
5:51 AM		BLOOD RED OSCARS Santa Is Dead SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #8
5:53 AM		Set Break
5:57 AM		Merkel & The Merkelettes Merkel's Waiting for the Man A Sack Full Of Music
6:01 AM		Lou Reed Christmas In February Cool Christmas
6:04 AM		Taylor Mac All Tomorrow's Parties / Little Drummer Boy Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce Favorite Fruit 2020
6:08 AM		Michael Lynch Donde Esta Santa Claus Michael Lynch Xmas Songs: 2009-11
6:11 AM		Tom Dyer & His Queen’s Pajamas No Lou This Xmas Christmas Boogie Woogie: Ten Years of Green Monkey Christmas 2019
6:16 AM		Arty Need "The Velvet Underground and Nico Christmas Album"
6:18 AM		Dub Proof Fly My Way Season's Greetings 2019
6:22 AM		DJ Tenderloin Walk on the Wild Silent Night
6:26 AM		Bruce Cockburn & Lou Reed Cry Of A Tiny Babe
6:33 AM		mojochronic Lou Christmas (Without You) (The Velvet Underground vs Straight No Chaser v Staples Singers vs Salzburg Children's Choir) Santastic 8 V/A
6:38 AM		Set Break
6:43 AM		Ski Patrol Lighting Up A Dark Season 2020 Christmas Stories
6:49 AM		Set Break
6:50 AM		The Sonics The Village Idiot Merry Christmas
6:53 AM		Bonnie "Prince" Billy Christmas Time in the Mountains R Hello Sorrow / Hello Joy
6:54 AM		Mikal Cronin The Worst Christmas Album The Worst Christmas Album
7:21 AM		Jim Becker Christmas Must Be Tonight Whiskey Unplugged - Open Mic at PBC
7:25 AM		Albert Brooks Daddy's Christmas 45
7:28 AM		Half Man Half Biscuit It's Clichéd to Be Cynical At Christmas Trouble Over Bridgewater 2005
7:32 AM		Run On Xmas Trip Start Packing Matador
7:33 AM		Set Break
7:38 AM		George Korein & The Spleen Upsot Bells 2020 Christmas Stories http://georgekorein.bandcamp.com
7:40 AM		Set Break
7:43 AM		Tom Ryan & Friends Coming Home Arbor Christmas: Volume 21 V/A
7:46 AM		The Mountain Goats Merry Christmas From The Family Live At Cat's Cradle, Dec. 18, 2006
7:50 AM		Hefner The Little Baby Hefner's Xmas Song for Holland Catfight Belka 2006
7:54 AM		Mars Williams The Hanukkah-Xmas March of Truth For 12 Days of Jingling Bells With Spirits In Chicago Mars Williams Presents An Ayler Xmas Vol 4: Chicago vs. NYC Astral Spirits 2020
8:18 AM		Reigning Sound If Christmas Can't Bring You Home A Christmas Gift To You From Norton Records, Vol. 1 V/A
8:21 AM		The Ornaments A Coca-Cola Classic Christmas A Coca-Cola Classic Christmas
8:24 AM		AC/DC Mistress For Christmas The Razor's Edge
8:27 AM		Set Break
8:33 AM		Seth Herzog Christmas Story 2020 Christmas Stories https://twitter.com/Thezog
8:40 AM		Set Break
8:42 AM		Couch Flambeau Santa Claus Skips Cudahy I Did A Power Slide In The Taco Stand
8:43 AM		Galaxie 500 Listen, The Snow Is Falling This Is Our Music
8:51 AM		Stan Kenton What Is A Santa Claus? Merry Swacmas 2004
8:54 AM		Bob Chapman What We All Want For Christmas Gang of Four vs. The Waitresses
8:59 AM		Last Chance Jingle Bells Explosive Sound Christmas
9:15 AM		Jim Backus & Daws Butler I Was A Teenage Reindeer
9:17 AM		Randolph's Leap Christmas Burn It All (Featuring The Olive Grove All-Stars) Christmas, Burn It All
9:22 AM		Set Break
9:28 AM		The New Birds Of America Balthazar's Song 2020 Christmas Stories https://thenewbirdsofamerica.bandcamp.com
9:32 AM		Set Break
9:33 AM		Killdozer Oh Little Town Of Deathlehem Hardcore Holiday
9:36 AM		Fishbone Slick Nick, You Devil You It's A Wonderful Life (Gonna Have A Good Time)
9:41 AM		Beck The Little Drum Machine Boy The Little Drum Machine Boy Geffen 1996
9:48 AM		Nate Ruth Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) Cdr
9:51 AM		Sonic Youth Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope Just Say Noel V/A
9:54 AM		The Galaxies Please Come Home for Christmas Merry Christmas
9:57 AM		Bitter Grin Xmas Day 45
10:00 AM		Set Break
10:05 AM		Policymaker Straightedge Santa 2020 Christmas Stories
10:07 AM		Set Break
10:09 AM		The Snaildartha 6 Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail 🐌
10:55 AM		Set Break
10:59 AM		Deth Elf Xmas 2020 2020 Christmas Stories http://dethelf.bandcamp.com
11:02 AM		Set Break
11:04 AM		Lindstrom Little Drummer Boy Little Drummer Boy
11:47 AM		Set Break
11:51 AM		Sebastian Petsu Long Strands Of Light 2020 Christmas Stories http://sebastianpetsu.bandcamp.com
11:54 AM		Set Break
11:59 AM		Ozzy Osbourne Christmas Greeting #3 Holiday Greetings From The Epic, Portrait And CBS Associated Families
11:59 AM		Santa Sabbath Santanaut
12:03 PM		Xmas Pigs Xmas Pigs Cd single
12:11 PM		SANTA WEARS BOOTS Santa Wears Boots SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #11 V/A
12:17 PM		Ozzy Osbourne Christmas Greetings #2 Holiday Greetings From The Epic, Portrait And CBS Associated Families
12:18 PM		Santa Sabbath Frosty the Snowman Children of the Sleigh Santa Sabbath 2015
12:20 PM		DCTV Sabbath Santa Noel interdit
12:24 PM		Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio I Am Santa Claus Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - Twisted Christmas Boxed Set 1993
12:27 PM		Ozzy Osbourne Season's Greetings Holiday Greetings From The Epic, Portrait And CBS Associated Family
12:27 PM		Santa Sabbath Nativity in Red and White Christmas Bloody Christmas
12:33 PM		SANTA WEARS BOOTS Figgy Pudding Sluggishas Xmastravaganza 9 V/A
12:38 PM		Santa Sabbath Sweet Tree
12:43 PM		Ozzy Osbourne Season's Greetings Holiday Greetings From The Epic, Portrait And CBS Associated Family
12:43 PM		I See Hawks in L.A. God Rest Ye Merry War Pigs Something Shocking from the Stocking
12:45 PM		Set Break
12:53 PM		Edith Frost & The Snowflakes Forget About Christmas 2020 Chrismas Stories https://soundcloud.com/edithfrost
12:56 PM		Set Break
12:59 PM		The Sonics Don't Believe In Christmas Merry Christmas
1:01 PM		David Hill (produced by Cameron Flemming) Gift Of The Magician 2013 Christmas Stories
1:14 PM		The Bigger Lovers For Christ's Sake This Affair Never Happened... Yep Roc Records 2004
1:19 PM		Ghostface Killah Ghostface X-mas GhostDeini the Great RAL 2008
1:22 PM		Say Sue Me Out Of Bed Christmas, It's No Biggie
1:26 PM		P.S. Tail, Esq. Jingle Rock Bell I'm Taking You With Me...For Xmas!
1:29 PM		Sloan December 25 Kids Come Back Again at Christmas Murderecords 2016
1:32 PM		Set Break
1:34 PM		B. Musikoff Isolated, Capsulated, Christmas In Space 2020 Christmas Stories https://bmusikoff.bandcamp.com
1:37 PM		Set Break
1:38 PM		Misfitsmas Christmas Eve 11 Hits From Heaven
1:41 PM		Two Inch Winky Last Christmas Legacy of Nativity
1:43 PM		Angry Snowmans Horror Christmas What We Do Is Festive
1:45 PM		Two Inch Winky Christmas Tree Legacy of Nativity
1:47 PM		Misfitsmas Eat Pie! 11 Hits From Heaven
1:48 PM		The Misfit Toys Figgy Pudding 2018 Christmas Stories
1:51 PM		The Manischefits Hanukkah
1:53 PM		Two Inch Winky Presents Legacy of Nativity
1:55 PM		AERIALIST Santa 2017 Christmas Stories
1:56 PM		Angry Snowmans 20 Lights What We Do Is Festive
1:58 PM		Great Whyte Lyin' Snake I Killed Santa Today
1:59 PM		Two Inch Winky Santa Legacy of Nativity
2:01 PM		Misfitsmas Astro Santa 11 Hits From Heaven
2:03 PM		Two Inch Winky I Turned Into Santa Claus Legacy of Nativity
2:05 PM		Misfitsmas Merry Christmisfits! 11 Hits From Heaven
2:07 PM		Two Inch Winky Christmas Eve Legacy of Nativity
2:09 PM		Set Break
2:13 PM		Taxi Vision Christmas On The PATH Train 2020 Christmas Stories
2:15 PM		Set Break
2:18 PM		Joel RL Phelps O Come Emmanuel 2016 Christmas Stories
2:21 PM		Joel RL Phelps When In Come The Newborn Kings 2016 Christmas Stories
2:26 PM		Joel RL Phelps We Three 2012 Christmas Stories
2:31 PM		Joel RL Phelps The New Year 12-13 2012 Christmas Stories
2:32 PM		Joel RL Phelps Someday Soon 2016 Christmas Stories
2:36 PM		Joel RL Phelps The Most Highly Favored 2019 Christmas Stories
2:40 PM		Joel RL Phelps Gone Home For Christmas 2016 Christmas Stories
2:49 PM		Joel RL Phelps The Devil Wins 2016 Christmas Stories
2:54 PM		Joel RL Phelps The Secret Strain 2017 Christmas Stories
3:00 PM		Joel RL Phelps The First Christmas 2019 Christmas Stories
3:01 PM		Joel RL Phelps Heard On High 2019 Christmas Stories
3:10 PM		Joel RL Phelps Underneath The Tree 2020 Christmas Stories https://joelrlphelps.net
3:12 PM		Joel RL Phelps EXMasPrez 2020 Christmas Stories
3:19 PM		Set Break
3:35 PM		ANDEMIC Posi Xmas 2020 Christmas Stories https://weareandemic.bandcamp.com
3:38 PM		Set Break
3:42 PM		The Fall Happy Holiday Behind The Counter
3:45 PM		The Fall No Xmas For John Quays The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
3:50 PM		The Fall Christmastide Levitate Cherry Red Records 2018
3:54 PM		King Mistletoe Jr Hark, Oh Brother Tannenbaum 2016 Christmas Stories
3:57 PM		The Fall Jingle Bell Rock The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
3:58 PM		The Fall Hark! The Herald Angels Sing The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
4:01 PM		Theme Weavers LLC No Xmas For John Quays Live
4:04 PM		John Peel Introduces The Fall
4:06 PM		The Fall Blue Christmas Live 2011
4:09 PM		The Fall (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas N (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas
4:13 PM		After the Fall Totally Tired (Of Xmas) 2017 Christmas Stories
4:17 PM		The Fall Xmas With Simon High Tension Line
4:19 PM		The Fall No Xmas For John Quays The Fall Box Set 1976 - 2007
4:24 PM		The Fall Happy Holiday (Promo Mix) Middle Class Revolt Cherry Red Records 2015
4:27 PM		Set Break
4:30 PM		The Rutabega Christmas Fell To Pieces 2020 Christmas Stories http://theseknottylines.blogspot.com
4:33 PM		Set Break
4:35 PM		King Diamond No Presents for Christmas The Dark Sides 1988
4:39 PM		The Wailers Maybe This Year Merry Christmas Etiquette Records
4:42 PM		ScreamerClauz 12 Days of Ax-Mess Northpole Hellhole
4:45 PM		Cookin Soul MF Grinch DOOM XMAS
4:49 PM		Ol' Pal Irwin Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Stay Free Xmas 2004
4:52 PM		Prince Another Lonely Christmas (Extended Version) 12"
4:58 PM		Mac McCaughan Happy New Year (Prince Can't Die Again) 2016 Christmas Stories
5:02 PM		Set Break
5:08 PM		Humpers Run, Run Rudolph Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus, Vol. 1 & 2 Sympathy for the Record Industry 2011
5:11 PM		Hybrid Kids We Three Kings / O Come All Ye Faithful / Deck The Halls Claws
5:28 PM		The Little Places This Year We're Having Christmas On Your Birthday December V/A
5:34 PM		Jake McKelvie & the Countertops Rock n Roll Saint Nicholas 2017 Christmas Stories
5:37 PM		DJ Tenderloin Christmas Is A Magic Number
5:40 PM		The Galaxies Christmas Eve Merry Christmas
5:44 PM		Low Just Like Christmas Christmas Kranky 2000
5:46 PM		Set Break
5:49 PM		The Law What Did Santa Claus Bring You For Christmas Cart
5:52 PM		Silkworm Merry Christmas The My Pal God Holiday Album V/A
5:54 PM		Set Break
5:57 PM		The Wailers The Christmas Song Merry Christmas Thank you.

Chat is archived.

Are we back, chat?

I think we are back!

yep

Phew. Thank you. There's a FALSE PLAYLIST in the mix but I am glad this is basically sorted.

Congrats 🎉 on making it to the new playlist !!

It still isn't assigned properly to my shows but it is better than nothing. Working on it!

Hmmmm seems fine to me ...

It is a different header. Will manage but I fixed it before...

Should show up here, but doesn't! - https://spinitron.com/WPRB/show/206059/Jon-Solomon

Ok I did notice that ... hmmm call spin tech support sure there’s someone there right now :)

100%.

SUCCESS!

Yes !! All is good in the Playlist world / nice work figuring that out in hour 12 :)

It was not intuitive, but now I can focus on, uh, radio again!

Hahaha ... great show I’m surprised the European listeners aren’t here now

I have heard from a few, just not in the chat.

I knew there had to be a contingent !

Europe, Asia, South America all checking in.

Fantastic leaves only Africa India and Australia that still have to contact:)

THIS IS THE CHAT. HELLO.

I will say that the amount of fireworks that went off around Asuncion at midnight was second place only to the amount that went off in the New Orleans metropolitan area when the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV.

Wow!

Good morning sir - what I miss? :) Keep on keepin' on Jon you're doing great!

Ç'EST LE CHAT. MEOW.

A whole lot of weather is what you missed (but I bet you didn't)!

Scotland checking in, a little late

HEY!

how have i missed morrissey xmas before?

thought "jingle bells, what the hell" rings, ahem, a bell

Because I haven't played it before!

thumbs up i legit loled

Still going strong on new material outside of Misfits / Ramones sets, shockingly.

Hope this isn't too much new for you all. It has proven to make my stress level far lower, actually. I am not running around like a loon though I miss a ton of old favorites already I know I won't have time for...

it's been all quality!

new favorites

Yeah, pretty happy with my 2020 finds. There are a lot of 'em but they fit my conception of the show still.

We still on track for vu set at 6 am ?

Around then, yes.

With additions!

Thoroughly enjoying the new tooonz. 2020 ain't all bad.

Chandler! Hello!

Great hope there’s some post ‘70 since it would have some Yule ! :)

Why can’t I see the entire playlist. Wanna see what was going on when I was catching some zzzz

I can help!

First 12 hours are here:

https://spinitron.com/WPRB/pl/12263578/Jon-Solomon

I hope that's a good +!

couldn't stay away for too long. 3am PST!

Hahaha this is fantastic/ i hope the sunrise isn’t too startling next hour

I really can't wait for the sun. A lifetime of basement DJ-ing and now it is going to be like the end of Blade......2?

Any other San Diego County folks on? If so, glad to be listening with you....

I am still reeling over the new addition by the Kyle Sowashes.

That is a gem indeed. Last minute addition!

Jon I expect that one to be heavily requested in future years :)

Or they'll just go and top it!

Good point. With their talent that is definitely a possibility

WE ARE IN VULCAN MIND MELD! thx brother! much love -

Loving the show, Jon

Thank you!

Baking bread and listening to WPRBXmas! Thanks for playing that Merkelettes song.

My pleasure. Wish the new one had come out sooner so I could preview! 2021!

good morning!

Thanks for playing my request, “Santa take me off that list”. Of course I was sleeping on couch and missed it

It's always that way! haha #merkelettes

But I did bookmark moments ago for later listening.

They show up in other spots however.

had no idea Bob Weir and the Rob Wasserman played together. Where is this track from? is is a ROIO as they say?

notr bob weir i meant lou reed

i KNEW Wasserman was weir's long time bassist in his solo band, cuz i'm a deadhead and all...but had no idea about this collaboration

completely unaware that bruce cockburn and lou reed recorded anything together. very cool.

of Reed/Cockburn/Wasserman

I am still not 100% satisfied with this VU / Lou set but I think it is close to what I want it to be and this song sounds especially good at 6:30 am!

Love that Lou ID

I wish I did more with all the band Xmas IDs I have. If you want some...

love this mash-up!

WHAT?! what a cool mash up!

surprised there aren't more sleighbells though. "Waitin For the Man"'s rhythm is perfect for heavy bells tacked on

now wait a minute

of course - mojochronic - thought it seemed familiar. his zeppelin xmas mash is life changing

as well as his? hers? theirs? beatles and motown mashes too. way outta my league

thanks again Jon for the shout out - for anyone lookin' for even more - complete album released this year! Happy happy joy joy er'body - https://soundcloud.com/djtenderloin/sets/the-inevitable-dj-tenderloin-holiday-record

glad you played my "Morrissey" find a little over an hour ago!

Thank you again for that. I admit I was not 100% sure who sent it my way but I suspected...

sad i missed "Sleigher Snowing Blood" but intrigued to search it out!

and i only had it cuz a friend passed a "Moz odds and sods" tape on to me....the marathon takes a village, really!

True true.

Thanks for the shoutout to Merkel and the Merkelettes, who are all certainly still sleeping.

I wonder if the Misfits parody band the Misfats have written any Holiday tunes

Germany is wide awake.

Good day, Germany!

dave that's awesome. Merry Christmas

Guten tag!

love you Jon, thanks for soundtracking another traumatic, i mean joyous Christmas!

Guten Tag, or as we say in Hamburg: Moin Moin!

Get ready for a ride!

thanks for the link DJ Tenderloin!

This Mikal Cronin is epic

Yeah, it is an odyssey but so ridiculous I am charmed.

Ride the ride!

My pleasure Sebastian Petsu - and yes this is mesmerizing in a horrible way - and scarily this is just the tip of the iceberg for 8 bit christmas music.

The transitions are what get me.

haha this song is great. 27+ minutes?!

All I'll say is your ride is more than 50% complete.

this is what it sounds like when santa gets into the crystal meth

I am both energized and demoralized by this. Neither is a bad thing.

I can't believe my family is still asleep. Expected a kick line out of the bedroom while this was on.

Pleased with my decision to transition to better headphones about a half hour ago - really getting the full suffer^h^h^h^h^h^heffect.

I support this. I believe in you!

santa's pupils look big and glassy and he just threw up christmas cookies all over blitzen...

ALMOST THERE. STAY ON TARGET.

my wife is actually loving this.

I think it is actually very enjoyable. Maddening, but enjoyable.

I CAN'T SEE HIM. HE'S TOO CLOSE.

THE FIRST TRANSPORT IS AWAY!

[audible cheering]

i love this albert brooks thing - a classic.

RIP Jek Porkins

There we go.

It's early ha

Jon how's it feel doing the show from home and not in the studio?

To this point and no point further I like most of it an exceptional amount.

Just a couple minor things I would change. Like this chair I am in isn't as good on my back as a WPRB chair, weirdly.

But still better than our regular dining room table chairs.

No load in! No load out!

It will be nice to turn the house back into a house eventually.

"It's Cliched to Be Cynical..." is now in my top 5 Christmas songs. And I probably would've never have heard it if it weren't for this marathon years ago

Aw. That's so great.

but i'm not gonna lie, i started crying over here. it's tough this year

Wishing you a great Holiday Season and awesome 2021 Sebastian

aw, thanks Dan! you too!

so happy I got to hear half man again, my fav from last year!

hey man i don't know you but amen to that brother - tough year all around. 2020 can kiss a pig's ass! Hang in there man - maybe just maybe that light at the end of the tunnel isn't an oncoming train! Sending you the good thoughts...

nice deep Bridgewater NJ reference there in the mic break! A "Commons" problem! I was crying, now i'm laughing! so much of my misspent youth was at that mall. ahh the emotional rollercoaster of the marathon!

hi y’all! merry christmas

Happy first sunrise in 32 years !

I can see the outside with my own eyes!

DJ Tenderloin amen brotha

And thanks for the positive wishes DJ Tenderloin!

This show brings people together :)

on a completely different and perhaps happier note - please tell me I have not missed JINGLE ROCK BELL

I don't think so

thanks Jon - i think we all need a little JINGLE ROCK BELL this year for sure

Merry Christmas Maura!

Merry Xmas!

How did I, of all people, not know there was a RUN ON holiday song?

I forgot and I own the record! Their drummer posted the video day before last and I said "Aha!"

The wurster kid looking up at a Christmas tree

Lovely to see you all back in the chat this AM.

, Mountain Goats' "This Year" was just in my head and we get this. Jon, I think you got my request telepathically

Mountain Goats shows are one of the things I missed most this year

Since 2006, I've called Jon Solomon every Christmas morning to say hello. It's a holiday tradition that I look forward to each year. Except the phone kept ringing and ringing at the WPRB studios.... Jon's at home!

Merry Christmas Jon - glad to see you're still on the air!

Great comp this year, Rob. One of your best - and that is saying something!

With all the USPS troubles, I'm glad it arrived

Oh, I am still working off the download I must admit! But I believe I played 2-3 things from it.

Thanks Jon! REQUEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5gUNUPsLmc

Emailing you the file now - off to open presents with the family

what was that Mountain Goats track just before Hefner? it looks like it wasn't added to the playlist

It was a Robert Earl Keen song called Merry Christmas From The Family

(covered by your Mountain Goats)

thanks, Carlin

Weird. It didn't get posted? Let me fix that!

It is in now.

great

gotta request Space Christmas

the Robert Earl Keen "bluegrass" version is really great - maybe Jon sticks it in somewhere? boy that didn't come out right...

Morning! Can't think of a better thing to start the day with than an Ayler Xmas!

I don't have a full library accessible b/c of my "from home" status for this marathon.

Perfect way to start the day!

I'm also here to tell you all that for reasons unknown, MF DOOM is trending on twitter right now. Has he ever done a Christmas song?

There's a mash up to be had. I'll make a note!

Thank you for being our man in the field (if Twitter was a field).

Merry Christmas Jon !

Hello! Good morning, Andrew!

CHRISTMAS

FOR

MISTRESS

haha, did you request this?

"I'm gonna tell my kids that was AC/DC." =(

Happy Holidays, Jon. Thanks again for doing the marathon. You are the best!

HAPPY MIGGLEMUS, JON!

I DID NOT REQUEST THIS

THANKS, OBAMA

Who would retire "mistress for christmas," what kind of monster are they

Maybe they finally got a mistress?

@dan LOL

Ginsu II (?)

Waking up to discover my wife had put the show on our sound system in time for me to fix breakfast to Mars Williams is truly the spirit of Christmas in action.

*yawns* merry xmas from the west coast

Merry Christmas, everyone! Does Eric Clapton have a Xmas song? Failing that, please play SHAZAM!

Jon I remember your old Commerce Bank Santa hat

It’s like 1010 WINS but with sleigh bells

Traffic AND weather together!

Good morning from the fog bog!

Oh wait that's News Radio 88. I apologize!

ooooh perfect to wake up to g500

On the eights!

merry xmas @mhr!

Nina Levinson is our writer, Bernie Wagonblast behind the editors desk, I’m Jon Solomon and here’s what’s happening...

Good job, Jon! Hang in there!

Can't wait to hear where Anthony Dias Blue has been dining with Jeffrey Lyons!

boardwalk empire intro guitar tone

GALAXIE 500 HELL YEAH

I just want to remind everyone that Edible Worm Parka is an anagram for Boardwalk Empire

Carlin always drops the knowledge

Good morning all back after a power failure sent me to bed a little earlier than usual. Glad to wake up with electric and the marathon⚡️⚡️📻🎶🎄

I just started reading Dean Wareham's book yesterday and I keep hearing and seeing references to Galaxie 500 now!

Good morning & Merry Christmas to you all

Santa Claus is childless. Jesus too. It strikes me odd! Thanks.

The power has held here so far, thankfully.

Your sounding strong Jon great job!

Ooh which Malcom tent did you play a song by back 4 hours ago after I fell asleep again?

He walked on the water, and he swam on the land.

Under The Mall.

The one who was in bunnybrains or the other one?

KENTRON.

YESSSSSSSS

Ah i googled it myself, it's the other one

OH MY GOD

@maria t and to you + seb p + monty

[i swear i can write in something other than uppercase]

I wonder if this is the Christmas Wrapping that listener was thinking of?

it's warranted

Commie Francis love your show!

Good morning and merry Christmas everyone!

Thanks! I remember you from the chat! Good ol chat.

Aye

Merry Christmas! I got up in the middle of the night to watch my niece open presents in London, rewarding but exhausting!

For everyone involved. She went from squealing with joy over individually wrapped plastic dinos to demanding to open everyone else's presents too (she is 3)

U are the Transistor Sister and Jon our host is the Human Radio Station

Haa! She sounds like a kid. We'll let her into the club

this is gettin' down music! give the bass player some!

@Commie: So did she get to open everyone else's presents??

OK - it was driving me nuts for a minute there - that earlier quoted bit was from "Get Ready" by Rare Earth

This does indeed rock the low end of Christmas

Yes Carlin!

really digging this one Jon - do you know Molto Groovy Christmas?

Carlo Poddighe

I don't believe I do!

oh man you'll love . send you an mp3 via email now.

@dan she did not, she did rip the wrapping paper on one present for my brother and then sheepishly fold it back.

It can wait until after the marathon!

Power stay on overnight Jon

with this drum solo i'm now chuckling at thoughts of the great Setting Up Drums LDB parody from yesterday. my fav new find so far of the marathon

So far!

How good was that one, Sebastian?!

soooo goood.

This is killing me dad.

Is this a Personal & the Pizzas holiday song

feels like it

Good stuff, Merry Christmas Jon.

wow this hits even more than last year. shouldn't be surprised but it just gets me on my knees

Alex Kennedy has requested 12 Days If Ax-Mess

This is mike Kennedy btw

Snailstrom

Marry Christmas

IT'S BABBALUCI TIME

[almost]

Next years goal is to get a snail ornament

Also, who's taking a Lindstrom walk/run today?

Jon that was it! I just woke up and missed it playing, but I found it on soundcloud. Thanks!

@dan lindstrom group workout

Oh wow! What luck, Ross!

Sweatin' To The Lindstrom.

Do y'all think we can get Gritty to tweet about Jon's show?

I don't know if Gritty's handlers will allow.

we can dream

@dan same. don't know why I don't already

parts of this This New Birds of America song sounds to me like David Bowie and Bruce's Dancin Ithe Dark making out together at a party.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Hah, you're telling me Jon! I tuned in just in time to hear you talking about the set

YESSSSSS

Apparently God does hear the pleas of the innocent.

Killdozer just came down my chimney.

Merry Xmas. Here for Snaildartha and looking back at what I missed out on

It's funny feeling warm nostalgia listening to killdozer

They're our classic rock!

Jon i hope you will play Christmas fish by the didjits this year.

I might only have that one at WPRB!!

Oh no!!

Need to double-check but this dawned on me late in the game.

That is my favorite "edgy" Christmas song of all time

Oh man, this Fishbone song destroys me everytime

It is a true gem.

I can't believe there's only 8 hours and 20 minutes left

God, we are at that timetime where Killdozer/Minutemen are like about the same amount of time in the past as Zep, Stones, Beatles, Doors, etc. was back in the 90s (90s teen here)

Every time I hear the "you devil you" part I think they're about to sing WPRB's callsign, which of course would be a GREAT station ID to have

More like Elvis and Chuck Berry in the 90s.

I'm looking at the track list for Hardcore Holidays and whoooooa

Snaildartha determines our whole morning schedule.

Loving this Fishbone song

@maria yesss

@maria now that's all I hear

@mhr @dan YOU'LL NEVER UNHEAR IT MUAHAHA

does fishbone have a cameo? how can we make this happen

There IS a Fishbone song with WPRB's call sign in it! #trivia

i wonder jon if there’s enough christmas music content to do a tribute to the q101 jamboree we attended. we’ve already got beck

This one makes both Hannukah show and the Marathon

OMG you're right, but now we need THIS version

@eliza one of my best prb memories was having that realization with some summer djs whose first record purchase was nirvana. mine was pretenders

Season’s Greetings and Peaceful Salutations!!

@jon I do recall that!

@eliza @mhr hey wait, that's kindasorta my generation

I can make the station ID or better pax can do it but yeah we should really get angelo moore to do it

Also what is the song with wprb's call sign in it??

@maria yep

It might only be the video and I'd have to look it up.

@francis please be advised that i am ready to sing any and all WPRB spots, it is literally my favorite thing to do: https://soundcloud.com/thisismariat/8-16-2010-wprb-concert-promo

https://www.cameo.com/drmadvibe?qid=1608907636

$100!

Maria DO IT PLEASE

That's a good deal

For the same price you can hang with Mike Nesmith on zoom for half an hour but that's an insane deal. If anyone was looking for a last minute present for me.

re fishbone it's that "these are the voices..." song, isn't it?

Yes!!

it's sounding like an fsa xmas but that can't be true because I can hear the lyrics

This is a trio of songs a musician's mom requests EVERY YEAR and I am so glad she came back for 2020. Usually it is Xmas Eve.

didn't nate ruth do a theme song for the show, or am i making this up?

Close. Noah Vail!

AHHH OK

@MHR I started listening to PRB when I was 13 bored out of my mind visiting my grandparents and dicking around with the radio dials. That was when Nirvana was huge

Yes!

COME UP CLOSER

Maria- great minds think alike? I kept thinking "Devil you..." was gonna be "Double-U...PRB"!!!

@eliza that's the way it should happen

merry christmas david geffen lololo

Who was original on the Sonic Tooth piece? Martin Mull?

Such a perfect song!

Has the latke lady been requested yet? Also Christmas in Hollis please

mooorning jonnnnn im baaaaaack

just in time for snaaaiiillllll

Martin Mull, yes.

I'm so excited, I've never heard snaildartha before

snail time snail time snail time

I think I'm going to make latkes during Snaildartha

@eliza i was 13 the year punk broke as well!

@commie I'm so excited for you!!

Yay! Great song last night Pax!

Welcome to the journey.

@Commie I was actually 11, so discovering PRB was the IN Utero year

IT IS TIME

Yes i gave that to you jon

I found it in Portland in January

Thank you! I dug it!

My wife or her friend? called straight edge folk kleenexes

I listened to it once and wasn't impressed but i liked it a lot more now!

Wait since when do sxe people say oi

Cuz they were clean and had an X on the hand

omg commie you'll never be the same

What if Santa brings you alcohol? Can you drink it or is it a test for Christmas 2021? Straight edge Santa?

I cannot wait

Alright dragging my bluetooth to the kitchen for latke making (boxed not scratch)

Blaise, pivot... use it as a cleaning product around the house. There's that clean word again

From my extensive experience with high school sxe dudes it doesn't count if you nip some schnapps from your parents' liquor cabinet so i think santa booze is also ok

SNAAAIILLLL TIIIIIME

Yay!

Beginning microsecond horn note reminds me of Butthole Surfers. Just a microsecond

Yay! 🐌🐌🐌

This band he has just swings mightily

Jerry is special when compared to other snails

Spines are overrated

Merry Christmas.... one hundred and three point three people.

selecta jerry the christmas snail

Hi Mike!

penchant 🤣

Brian, good morning

I thought this was Howie Mandel narrating first time I heard it a decade or so ago

Haha "taking up the mantle,"! The mantle is their cavity that has all the stuff in it! Gills! Gonopores!

snail facts!!!!

Thank you for that compliment of the highest regard pax

Golden ratio spiral shell

All the love for Bob the Arbor Day Snail Who Is Also A Close Personal Friend of Jerry the Christmas Snail

Marching exercise music when they kick in

pax the take your child to work day snail

copyrighting this currently

Listening downstairs on the radio while I prepare the pasta al forno! Sebastian has taken the dog for a walk, hopefully to return for his contribution

Mmmm.... pasta al forno...

Sad I missed the tail end of the previous set—I had my Annual Family Group Holiday Call from Abroad Ambush

how many cups of coffee jon?

Zero!

Coffee returns to my life tomorrow.

impressive!

I still don't understand how that is possible

still. after all these years

No Coffee? amazing. Peruvian marching powder? :)

Tea. Green and black (not at the same time). Some chai. Really helps keep the highs and lows less extreme.

Some carrot / ginger juice for a different jolt.

Yes good idea! The vitamin jolt of carrot or other juices is great

Beet is good too but careful not to OD on IRON! Metal!

How many seltzers so far?

Sometimes the live feed turns into "scary pixellated hallucination Jon"

NOT TO MENTION THAT BEAUTIFUL SLIME

Good morning everyone!! Merry Christmas!!! 🐌🐌🐌🐌

"The theory of Christmas, not the application."

4-5 seltzers? Not pounding them list year for whatever reason.

Jerry is such a mench

Snaildartha is causing quite a self introspection this year. 🐌🤔

@pax iridescent Christmas slime

IM SCREAMING I've never heard this before

Super deep.

It is wonderfully written.

It's a footprints in the sand moment.

Comment from Toby. a first time Snaildartha listener: “his father became a dalek snail”

I agree, Mike

That is...fair!

Cactus Prop!

So happy but so sad

he never knew his real father

Every year I hear something new. Every year that ending comes and I love hearing the end but a little sad that it is over.

It sounds different to me every year. I know there are a couple versions but...yeah.

If my long lost father justified his absence by becoming A Santa, I guess that would be weird but okay

it's like having a step ladder, but never knowing your real ladder

Really dug the musical breaks this time! Felt like they paced in with the story so well!

I cannot let this hour go by without acknowledging last year's masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhRvmqU9Io

Caught the ending after opening presents. Beautiful

If I discovered my real father was an elf Bob Newhart I would be weirded out and then request he recite some of his "button-down" stand up bits.

jerry 🐌🎅🎄🛣️

How many years out if the 32 has snaildartha been featured?

Brian D.... Newhart! Stop it!

Now I take a pause from the audio and I do NOT get a seizure as I drive to mom's

omg carl thank you

Brian D I expect to hear that story this time next year on wprb! That sounds great’

Snaildartha is strangely comforting. 🐌 🎅🏼

Snaildartha / Lindstrom ~ the Christmas climax in this house

Playlist stops at 5:00am, so I cannot tell if I slept through my request

Can anyone tell me if Jon already played Low’s Blue Christmas?

Liz Bot Merry Christmas!

lllllliiiiinnnnndddddssssstttttrrrrroooommmm

jannon I don't think so but there was a low cover st night

of course I did sleep through 6 hours of the show so...

Lindstrom!! I literally wait all year just for this!!

Upon the final note of Lindstrom I fall to the floor like a giant inflatable Santa that someone has just pulled the plug on.

@Janon, you can actually review the playlist up to 5am here: https://spinitron.com/WPRB/pl/12263578/Jon-Solomon

Here we go.....

Jon, I loved the little dance with yoda and a catcus[?] you and maggie just did to Lindstrom

I'm glad someone saw that and that the someone was you!

Woke up to the great news that I didn’t miss Jingle Rock Bell

Or Philly Boy Roy.

They're on my list!

What Sweet Child of Mine Is This. Another fine moment

Jon, Aw, yay! I snapped a screenshot of it it was so cute! i heard you hint earlier this morning that it was coming up but any further idea when you might be playing my new piece?

Glad you asked! You're next!

aw hey thanks. good to know!

I wanted to snap a screenshot of hallucination pixellation fractalization Jon but missed the chance

Getting hard to follow the script with presents being opened under me but...

hi marlin! merry christmas!

Definitely listening to this in the background

and if things go asunder no sweat. i'm here for the whole thing except an inescapable family zoom at 1pm. PS are you multitasking and opening any presents WHILE DJing?

Lindstrom = xmas.

this is ecstasy. on ecstasy. so loving this right now

I don't suppose any of you fine people are secretly JavaScript geniuses?

the part where it goes beep boop beep boop is my favorite

I will open my presents after the show I guess?

Julia!! Merry Christmas!! Much holiday love to you!!!!!!!

Waking up again just in time for Lindstrøm = my Christmas

Also thanks Larry!

Best part of Christmas!!! I know I'm VERY late to the request party but wil No Doubts Xmas jam "Oi! To the World" be playing 😁

And Merry Christmas to everyone listening!!!

This is perfect.

No problemo Jannon! I love Low's Christmas album. I don't even mind that "Little Drummer Boy" was in a GAP commercial.

Omg is this the little drummer boy 40 minute slow burn???

Also ♥️🎄♥️ to everyone

yes happy holidays to Jannon! MHR (matt robb i'm assuming?) SKM and katkin!

calling out WPRBers like the 8 tiny reindeer

yes julia!

Haven't heard Christmas w/ Satan in a while.

First time I heard Little Drummer Boy like this was on Gross Santa's Yuletide Favorites out of Boston. https://www.discogs.com/Various-Sound-Museum-Presents-Gross-Santas-Yuletide-Favorites/release/8717414

if you'll excuse me, i have to go destroy the smell of this house by frying up some xmas kielbasa

did anyone make it to the ldbc challenge this year? I lost right away, the sunday after thanksgiving

Wow this sounds like something that would close out Pat’s Clamour Club / gonna be hard to top this

i just had a weird glitch when i refreshed the player where little clicks from earlier songs were cutting into drummer boy

and it took me longer than i want to admit to realize that it wasn't a new exclusive remix

Monty dog seems serenely transfixed by Lindstrom this year. usually we're kneedeep in family chaos on Xmas and he can't truly appreciate the majesty

It’s minute 30 when it really starts to take you to nirvana which I take it is DJ Jon’s intentional deep linking to Snaildartha

Wife's blurb for Lindstrøm: "Quite tolerable."

I'm peaking!!!

Jerry!

Merry Christmas everyone

Had to take it into Wawa and stream at full volume in there ! :)

God it’s so good

Mark please tell me you got video.

And everyone at the wawa stopped their shopping and danced!

@wveryone there were looks of appreciation !

a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

Oh yeah, now my jaw is beginning to hurt, I remember this....

That track really captures the true relentlessness of Christmas.

truth

Lindstrom is such a cleanse!

I wasn't awake for the Waitresses track but I listened just now and I'll count it for the annual streak :)

what time did you wake up yesterday, Jon?

@. “The True Relentlessness of Christmas” is awesome!

My lindstrom hike was 2.4 miles!

Full Lindstrom coma : )

I took advantage of the lag between the laptop to bluetooth boombox speaker setup vs my phone's speaker and got a killer warbly hazy effect. Kathy woke up and came downstairs, unimpressed.

I stupidly fell asleep around 3:15am-6:45! Did I miss the 12 Days of Axe-mas!? argghhh

lol wild palms

Mr' Moneybags over here with his sunlight and electricity

j/k

So i did a little experiment. Brought up Lindstrom on youtube about 4 minutes in and played both over the Bluetooth on the recever.....mind blown.

Merry Christmas Jon

merry christmas everyone

WAAAAALT

Well done, Dan Ruccia.

Anyone else getting Casiotone for the Painfully Alone vibes from this Petsu tune?

Mike Constantine - yeah!

Jerry and Lindstrom. Christmas officiale! (My personal 12 year anniversary.)

Sebastian!!

Yay :)

Orange Mascot :D

that was dynamite

That’s

Tag urself I'm orange sauce

nicely done sebastian!

Hi Maura!

aw thanks, all! bandcamp link is all live!

That was cool Sebastian! Could be cool to build it up to Snaildartha or Lindstro

Proportions!

double-sebastian!

Totes great Sebastian!

I didn’t meet another Sebastian until an exchange student my senior year of high school, now it’s a popular kids name and I constantly think parents are inquiring as to my whereabouts.

and Larry, my little Casio PT-82 WAS employed in that recording and I do like Casiotone/Advanced Base so yes, there probably was some influence!

Excellent Sebastian! I loved it. A WPRBXmas submission worthy of your influences!

Yay Sebastian

This riff.....!

Sabbathmas!!

ooooooohhhhh yyyyyyyeeeaaaahhhh

It makes me tingle!

Great minds Carlin....

Where does emphasis go in sabbathmas? gotta get the pronunciation right

this warms my heart

I feel like I saw something on twitter not too long ago mixing like jingle bells and war pigs. Wasn't a full song or I would have sent it to Jon

sab BATH mas

Dan I saw that too and it was cool but TOO SHORT. But...it planted the seed!

Gazoo solo.

Xmas Pigs is fantastic!

we love xmas pigs don’t we

What would an Xmas take on Sweet Leaf be called?

YESSS

The sleigh bells are crushing it here

Sweet Wreath

!!!sabBATHmas!!!

Awesome.

...and the bells over that riff. Perfect.

This set is heavier than Red Skelton telling the baby Christmas tree he has to die to defeat Communism

Ha!

Definitely inspired to finally plug the stream into my stereo for some real bass

I wish we could send pics of our wprbxmas home setups

That would be cool. Nick

I was sent a photo of a inflatable pizza slice being used as a Christmas tree so all bets are off!

hahhahaha

So why wasn’t there always Sleigh Bells in War Pigs?! Huge misstep for Sabbath there

@patrick seriously

This reminds me, it's probably time to put in my annual-ish request for "No Presents for Christmas" if it's not too late.

The pepperoni was hung with care

🤣🤣🤣

Oh! Santa! Ho ho ho

ahaha

This is instantly a new favorite

@Nick Boston If you e-mail elves@marathon.christmas I would be happy to post pics of listeners home setups in the archives!

cool! thanks for letting me know!

NOW BRING US THE FIGGY PUDDING

'CAUSE SMOKN' AND TRIPPIN' AND SHAKIN' LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY IS ALL THAT YOU DOOOOO...

figgy pudding or firggin pony

bacon pudding

word

I owe you a good cat pic next time I get one

Now we need Sabbath Arbor Day songs all about tree planting...

...and Arbor Day snails.

Bob needs his own Arbor Day journey jazz odyessy

I played a song overnight called Snail Christmas that might be a big hit with the Snaildartha lovers.

Wish I could have saved it but sometimes the marathon is difficult to steer.

So much Whametal.

hearing james greer on a christmas track is making me realize that a tobin sprout christmas album would be incredible

Whametal is a curious thing, no? Perhaps there's an easy instrumental to work with?

If I were in NY now, now would be the time we start driving to Queens and being subjected to whatever Q104 is playing rn

Ronnie James Dio does a ridiculous - ly great - version of Rest Ye' Merry.... that would fit in nicely - note maybe for next time?

The prior one wasn’t a total set fit, but I totally totally loved it

Sabbath Santa by DTCV? There's a deep cut through line I believe!

There is! But it’s less obvious anyway gosh that was beautiful

Glad you enjoyed!

Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio ... I Am Santa Claus ... That is just too flippin' hilarious! Thanks, Jon, for yet another astounding edition of your X-Mas Music Marathon. :-))

Thanks for tuning in, Richard.

This vocalist should give a Queensryche holiday song a whirl next.

If they haven't already!

These Ozzy PSA IDs bring the room together, as it were.

Operation: Yulecrime!

I am laughing, but I am not happy about it!

lol Maura

this current one makes me think of Keith Morris fronting Sabbath!

I'd pay to see that.

Jon, I know you’re a seltzer guy. What do you think of Poland cranberry lime? Having one now to fend off the coffee jitters.

Polar**

Quality can.

I'd drink one if I had one.

IT'S CALLED SWEET TREE

If you see your mom this weekend, be sure and tell her CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS.

Poland & Polar are just a few letters apart, but what a difference those few letters make (with respect to seltzer)

Jon, Are there any Van Halen Parodies? I have Ho Ho Ho, Santa's Flyin' ready to be re-writ to Jamie's Cryin

I’ll send your comments to Polar. Don’t think you can get a much better endorsement.

Sweat Elf

(I am excited we finally got some Coconut Limeade out here)

Coconut Limeade is the only one I have yet to try.

Pineapple Ade was pretty good but also a lot like regular pineapple Polar offerings!

That Pineapple Ade must be the other one we have not gotten around here yet (that I know of)

hi wprb

Hello...Space Cowboy.

hi jon solomon - i never knew there were so many black sabbath /santa songs - seems like an unlikely combination -

Polar Raspberry Lime accompanied dinner last night and lunch just now. Red & green fruit are seasonally appropriate, right?

The unlikely combo makes it perfect

I agree but I guess I have been collecting them for just this moment. There are more I am not playing this time out!

thats great - yeah i was driving listening to the set -

next year the mega sabbath - santa set

there it is

jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle

Be sure and tell her SANTA! SANTA! SANTA!

Do the craisin dance: put dried cranberry in champagne glass. Be amazed. Or any tiny bubbly drink maybe

I survived the Great Sabbath Set of 2020....BARELY

I live Giving Yourself A Gift (in the style of Killing Yourself To Live)

oh i just found the video feed - that shirt is wacktaucular

what if santa creeps up slowly behind solomon on the video

The Who request... 1921. 'Got a feeling 21 is going to be a good year..." rings so true

The PowerPoint explanation has to have at least a dozen slides with nothing but bullet points.

i guess jons paretnst parents were like - sure the virus is a disaster wrecking lives- but on the upside falling asleep in our bed this year instead of a sofa

Brian D! I played that last week on my wife's suggestion!

This song is begging to be expanded into a 30-minute ABC holiday special.

@ carl yeah

Jon, the dog & hiked in Hunterdon County in he RAIN while listening to Snaildartha & Little Drummer Boy. TOTALLY WORTH IT.

Nice Steven!

@Jeff nice!

thats funny

That Sabbath set/hour was really delightful.

yeah thast no biggie

family silliness and crazy on christmas/holiday is expected and justifed

sonics!

I saw the Sonics live in 2014 and they brought the house down. I kept thinking THESE GUYS ARE AS OLD AS MY PARENTS.

@ jeff as old guys they were still good?

Jeff, did you hear that a band I recently became pals with has a member who is the son of a member of The Galaxies?!

oh cool a story!

Oh dear. Here's the WPRBXmas story that always makes me teary-eyed. No idea why. But this song gives me all the Christmas feels.

Story, I meant story.

i was just thinking i haven't heard any good stories yet this year

Unexpectedly, more songs than stories submitted as Stories this year and I haven't pulled from the past as much as I have in years gone by. Each show takes a life of its own.

The sound editing on this story is ON POINT.

its all fluid -

I don't know if anyone has chat-posted this yet, but ... Ya just GOTTA check out the music video for Bob Rivers' "I Am Santa Claus"! And don't snack on Santa's cookies -- unless you're ready to REALLY go on tour ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMA-D9LLiuk

@Space Cowboy, the Sonics were loud and raucous...if I was alive in 1965 I guess that's what they sounded like

@jeff sweet- nothing better than a rambunctious garage rockband

@Jon that is impressive. Does the son have any of his old man's records? Master tapes?

They didn't have a spare copy of Merry Christmas for me! I asked!

Jon, Vicky says hello but when she asks Alexa to play WPRB it plays some Asian radio station. Unless you have an entire set in Mandarin, I don't think that's the station's stream.

I think that's the HD2 stream, not HD1.

eds gonna kick ass

But I have heard about this. Can you email me about it tomorrow (or after)?

nice!

I'm just realizing that petty larceny is a recurring theme across WPRBXmas stories...

First time I heard that one, I gasped.

The writing is as precise as a Rolex.

I need to get his book.

Well said, Carl!

Raising my banana Nutriment to GFK Xmas song.

Jon, is there enough material for a future Wu-Tang set?

I wish!

There's gotta be tributes to the birth of Big Baby Jesus out there.

yessssss

Did I miss Philly Boy Roy or still to come (understandable if not)?

Yaaaaaaay

love JRB

The fate of PBR is to be determined by time!

This was ny old fave from the pre-Lindstrøm era 🥰🥰🥰🥰

4.5 hours with 3x thematic sets minimum yet to come = it is gonna be close!

bell rock bell bell

I've already slept twice.

I was in slow wave dreaming when Snaildartha came on. It was glorious.

ok so my wife just literally came and pulled me out of the shower for JINGLE ROCK BELL! god bless you jon solomon

You got this Jon. You're the only DJ that's made the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.

I had held out just fine for the overnight portion (as I regularly stay up until 5am like a dummy, anyhow), but now it's 12:30pm CST and papa needs a caffeine device.

(Since I am nowhere near as disciplined/prepared as our host)

oh god it’s already 1:38...how?!

Made it past one last night...then up at 5

@jon & @jeff: 103.3 HD2 is Radio Mirchi...Indo-Pop. Like Sat AM Sangeet show 24/7!

1:38.

I finally disabled enough extensions to be able to use chat! Happy Holiday Radio Show to all!

On this, the one year anniversary of my now-husband proposing along to the sweet sounds of the marathon, I’d like to thank Jon Solomon (and mushrooms) for inspiring this whole marriage plot to begin with. 11/10, would marry again and again, all 365 days of the year. WE LOVE YOU JON SOLOMON.

Liz! Do you know what extensions had ya wrecked? P.S. (((HHHUUUGGGSSS)))

Frances, that is great!

Carlin, I don't. Because after trying one after the other and different combinations of them, I finally just opened an incognito window. I did want to marvel at how the lead singer of Say Sue Me sounds like Karen Carpenter!!!

Wow. Woah. OK. Thank you!

That Say Sue Me song also gave me Cowboy Junkies vibes

This is the Garden State content I tuned in for.

Yay Frances! And henceforth, all thanks to Jon in future for whatever reason must also include "(and mushrooms)"

This is my first year in chat b/c I am in Chicago with my laptop and not using my phone for 'net stuff because I fly light

My dinner stew had onion, potato (and mushrooms) in it.

Eliza! Enjoy your midwestern holiday!

It's different. We're dropping off presents to John's fam in a bit...

NYC got up to 60 degrees overnight in the storm. My mom reports snow sticking in Michigan, so Midwestern weather is more in the season's spirit this year.

The park across the street from us is a BOG.

As is all of central North Carolina...

All that snow, gone. Boo.

It's like 20 degrees and sunny

was nearly 60 on Wed, IIRC

I know it's ridiculous to have a favorite Misfits Xmas tune, but this might be it for me.

I do love We Are 12/25!

saw the misfits oct. 22 1982 at wilson center in DC. incredible. i'm old

It rained all day in Asheville, so bad my back yard flooded, then, cold front andwe got 4" of snow! It's supposed to be 11 degrees tonight.

I do not know how we did not lose power overnight.

I remember Xmas Eve being like 75 five years ago in the NYC area

I walked on Riverfront Green park in Peekskill for a bit

Delayed Hannukah miracle. We had lights flickering around midnight.

I always sing this song on Christmas Eve in my my off-key dad voice

@Jimbeaux. Radio Mirchi on HD2 is NOT anything like Sangeet on Saturday mornings. Both feature Indian music, but there the similarity ends.

hahaha :pause: Angelhug

Merry Christmas! Enjoy the festivities!

This is fantastic!!

I'm surprised this song about the PATH couldn't work in the phrase "ho ho Hoboken"

talk about dropping the ball....

Crap, we tuned out for a bit and missed Jingle Rock Bell! Can you play it like 5 more times?

JRLPXMAS

Wow what strum & thrum version of "O Come Emmanuel" I dig it

Catholic Choir FTW

going strong!! yay jon!

Yup!

I just opened my fam Secret Santa gift and got Fetch the Bolt Cutters and the super special edition version of Then Play On

This is my favorite part of the marathon.

vinyls, of course

I love the goth elements that come through in Joel's xmas songs

Yeah, it is a lot for me to listen to (in a good, overwhelming way).

how are you holding up, Boss?

Pretty good. The sun is going away but boy it is amazing to see light while broadcasting.

Some aspects of the marathon = much easier from home. A few things I still need to adapt. But this has been cool so far, minus the harrowing 10 hour storm.

it's been so nice for Emily and I to spend the day with you <3

Same!

Just curious,,,how many times do you brush your teeth during the show?

"Someday Soon" is quite a song for this year.

How many websites do you have, Jon? I just googled a track and your site was the first hit

If I'm at WPRB, once. I do a "freshen up" midway through. But at home, not as much!

For the show there's keepingscoreathome.com and now for the Xmas show there's marathon.christmas.

Jon I'm trying to find a track with Santa Baby and a sitar track in the background. I'm listened to it for years and googling comes up empty. Does that ring a bell with you?

also marathon.christmas A++

Yeah, Larry did a great job. By 2021 I think it will do everything we want it to do. You should see the domains we didn't opt for!

Sorry I was out with the dog! Thanks for the kind words! John & Jon! They mean a lot!

I actually have a list of all the possible domains I ran by Jon if anyone's interested. I can post them!

Sure!

This is funny I searched my PC for "Jon Solomon" and the first thing that came up was a recipe for a Spicy Peanut Butter Sandwich.

I mean you need to post that recipe now, too

Really? I made that once! Was tasty!

I think you're right, John. Strangely, I have a vivid memory of hearing Jon share that recipe on his show and thinking "I need to eat that."

Since these songs usually come later in the show when I’m typically busy, I miss a lot of them. Man, these are beautiful.

Alternate domain names for the marathon website. 5 groups. Group 1: MUSIC / RADIO. mixtape.christmas remixed.christmas sound.christmas soundslike.christmas suchsounds.christmas sweetsounds.christmas tunes.christmas

i always love this set but man this is hitting extra hard this year

I'll wait a bit to share the next group. Don't want to spam the chat.

This is an emotional B12 shot in a malnourished year.

strong list, Larry!

@larry no jonsolomon.christmas

my hard drive search for "sitar" is still running...

Excellent ceist, Maria. There were several iterations of Jon's name in GROUP 3: JON STUFF!

Including one of my favs: seltzer.christmas.

Also, the recipe for Jon's Spicy Peanut Butter Sandwich is on the site now: http://marathon.christmas/misc/jon_solomons_spicy_peanut_butter_sandwich.pdf.

thanks larry!@

"ITERATIVE IMPROVEMENT NOTES" niiice

I'll assume Larry is a programmer or engineer of some stripe

TFR John. No problem. And yes, it is a bit embarrassing to admit but the recipe template I ginned up has a section for "iterative improvements". I am both very efficient and very, very lonely.

May need to crowdsource lyrics for 2021 track seltzer.christmas.

It's a long story but I transitioned to front-end development work two years ago. Prior to that I was an academic, which is just a very impressive way of saying "well read" and "poor."

congrats! React?

@Carl. Yes. This needs to happen.

Lol! My JS skills are limping along. I try to stick to vanilla JS (for performance reasons) as much as possible but I've also been digesting Vue.js in small, easy-to-manage bites.

What about *my* JS Skills?

I'm enjoying these websites a lot, guys

Jon, your JS skills are doing just fine

also I found the sirta Santa Baby track!

vue is great, especially if you don't have the luxury of being able to start from scratch and/or don't need to use redux actions

One ,ast

Jon's JS skills are scary, scary good.

I just thought of one: youcallthis.christmas/

One last personal question, how long are you awake for when you do the marathon?

@liz that's GOOD

What time will you hit the sack this evening

Thanks, @Maria! I laughed.

glad i tuned in for much of the JRLP. just stunning as usual.\

Thank you for seconding Vue, Daniel. I had "reasons" for starting there but, if I'm being honest, it was also partly a "gut" choice. Always good to have your judgement calls seconded by someone more knowledgeable than yourself.

I would expect I'll be asleep by 8 pm ET or so. But I don't have to load out and I'm supposed to join my standing Friday night Zoom so who knows!

I'll likely fall asleep on the couch, as is tradition (and better than the bath tub).

What time did you wake up on Thursday am ?

@Carl, you listen to Knowledge Fight? John's a wonk and they were doing seltzer rankings but they fizzled out, if you will..

I only need a normal night of sleep really so like 8 pm to 8 am or so and I'm good. Sweatpants and thai takeout tomorrow.

Ha, no. But I should!

I cannot imagine being up more than 24 hours AND THEN GETTING ON ZOOM.

Thanks,,,it is appreciated by all

thai takeout tomorrow sounds delicious

Since we can't go out for our annual post-marathon nice dinner, we'll pick up something nice.

Added your domain to the list btw @Liz Bustamante!

Damn, this JRLP set is killing me in the best way.

circling back - whazzabout

Since we're reaching home stretch, any PRF crew going join the Fuzzbox Twitch?

sothisis.christmas

Someone page Neal Markowski wonderful.christmastime

what a swerve!

Oh, Joel.

Got me

Damn, Jon. From sadness to gladness in one long pause.

GOTCHA! BOOM! ZING!

Eliza - maybe? (re: twitch) - but some of us are watching Coming To America from 10pm to ?? (if it don't get zucc'd)

for no particular reason I guess

nice

Ah nice. BTW, Wizard's set was fun

What time did he get these tracks in, Jon?

dangit - How Can I Be In Two Places At Once...

One yesterday, one today. HE BEAT THE RUTABEGA TO THE FINISH LINE I'LL TELL YOU.

gonna just go ahead and melt into the floor

Outstanding

...When I'm Not Anywhere At Alllllll!

had me in the first half, not gonna lie...

Hi Carlin! Hi Jorsh! Hi Eliza! Hi Brad! Wow... virtual Christmas with far-flung friends

John is OBSESSED with Angry Snowmans. @Jon, you've created a monster

hi friends!

Hola Bob

Love this, cosign the sentimen

Did he just quote the Guess Who?

Heya Bob!

W00t Bob. Liz has been here too...

Wow this song COMPLETELY slaps

Ha never expected one with PiL beats in it

wow that new jrlp song really gets this year, and this feeling.

Somebody already said it but I loves me those goth flourishes on JRLP's stuff.

EXMasPrez bookends The Devil Wins nicely.

My parents are sadists and wake me up at 6:30 AM for Xmas

That past hour of Joel RL Phelps was amazing 🔥🎄

BUT NOT THIS YEAR

Put my friday afternoon in quite a mood

Hi, Maggie!

Maggie!

Howdy, Ms. M!

MAGGIE MAGGIE MAGGIE

or they can make additional Mando socks

Unitards are very easy to make, 10/10 would recommend

Mandalorian season 2 was so good. Up next, cobra kai season 3!

Maggie is in 7th grade, gah

I used to be skilled in sewing at 13 and I didn't keep it up...

Did I hear sewing machine?!

I was hoping to get back into it during pandemic but...

She is almost old enough for her own gig on prb

Maggie!!

You sure did Marisa. Was I the only one that flashed to Curb btw?

Hi marisa

Hi Jerry!

Yes, us sewing enthusiasts want to know

Virtual sewing classes

Hope you and yours are having a great holiday

And to you!

Loving this interview. 💖

"what do you think of the Electoral College, and can I remind you that you are on the radio so keep your language mild"

just amazing this show is my tradition and after listening and viewing for all of the 32 years Jon has not aged at all but does grow the traditional 25 hour beard

yum baguettes.

I came for the music. I'm staying for the cheese.

manchego, aged cheddar, gruyere

CHEESE CHAT

Humboldt fog!

terrific interview here

Oh! Surprise 2nd choice!

i beg to differ maggie

tacos.... mmmmmm

i can def put away cheddar all by itself

Sweet Dreams are made of CHEESE. Who am I to dis a BRIE?!

that a good sharp cheddar is great on its own?

brie, pecorino sardo, cheddar are mine

Am I the only one in the chat that stress eats cheese? Is that statistically possible?

No, Larry, you are not the only one at all.

love the in depth interview. making me hungry again. cheese talk excellent.

This is cute. I'm wondering if she's at my mom's Jr. High

@larry YOU ARE NOT ALONEEE

Mr malcontent 🤣🎶

She's not wrong.

Larry you are not then only one!

you tell him, maggie!

Hi Maggie!

Hi Maggie! Great to see you!

Sewing School 2: Electric Boogaloo

I don’t discriminate with my cheeses

@factorial 💯💯💯💯

@maria t i thought you would have gotten there before me

i raced to the keyboard to type it

@factorial you know i cherish any and all "breakin' 2" references

but what about hangman the handsome cowboy

but it's xmas, consider it my gift to you @factorial

xmas song on the piano?

Hahaha! Factorial. I had 2 books I bought for Frances (one we never used) so I took them over!

@tiffany! Nice!!

I have so much cheese in my house right now. The next few days will be glorious.

Humboldt Fog is also popular in our home.

This is fabulous

MARATHON RESCUE is definitely a reality show I would watch, however

i had hoped for some insight into how your family felt about having you do this in the house this year.

Where was MARATHON RESCUE when I started getting sleepy during the "103 of 2008" marathon

🔔 💖🔔💖🔔

Great cameo appearance and take on Rudolf ! :)

That response could go either way...

"the gourds been cut for time"

YAY! What a treat!

Big CHEERS to you, DJ Selecta Jerry! #EURYTHMICS 🎶🎵

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

My thoughts exactly Factorial.

Cheers Mr. Mal!

SEWING MACHINE ER. Calling the band name.

I hug my machine every day!

The huggable sewing machine, from Husqvarna.

Interesting fact: At the beginning of the pandemic I fixed Marvin Rosen’s wife’s machine.

I think we'll be leaving in a bit....we'll finish out listening in the car

Nicole and I text every year to get the half price humboldt fog from whole foods during the 12 days of cheese each December.

Jon what is the last name of this Andy if that's ok to disclose?

I def agreed with a bunch of Maggie’s takes ✊❤️🎄

WPRBXmas car listening is the best, Eliza. I have very fond memories of barrelling down I-95 on Christmas afternoon.

Andy Williams, also of Lefty's Deceiver.

@Larry I"m subject to my dad's car stuck on Q104

Re: Star wars/mandalorian talk...anyone play Jedi fallen order? Brother got it for me for Christmas

When we go to my aunt's

Ok bill was wondering if it was andy wheeler from RAMBO haha

Making cookies and listening in, coming here to say that I’ve thought the same thing about Rudolph!!!!! Dam it was really days something about Santa’s character if he only accepts rudolph once he becomes valuable 🙄

nice track!

I can recommend a very simple hack, Eliza!

I dont know #Wprbxmas listening from my couch is pretty sweet listening experience

Haha! Thanks Maggie and Jon

We're going out and leaving the chat. Maybe next year I'll have a tablet to bring to NY. Merry Xmas!

Mark E. Smith...psyched!

And now, the only time of the year I actually enjoy listening to the Fall

marathon.christmas is slick

Thank you so much Kiswick!

the fall the mighty fall the fall the fall

Gotta head out to deliver gifts. Happy holidays, pals!

Bye Liz!

Happy Fallidays!

YESSSSSS

Maria, same...The Fall don’t do it for me (outside of this show)

Bye Liz! Merry Merry!

Sorry I missed ya!

I love when this comes on at my parent's house during a holiday meal and it makes them so mad

I was convinced it was "No Christmas for donkeys" until I checked the playlist. A little disappointed

Just wanted to formally check into this year's chat in case the marathon's server logs are ever donated to the Smithsonian or the Broadcasting Hall of Fame or something. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Jen always hears that song as No Christmas for John Cage and I want that to be a thing.

@beth I will record that for next year's marathon

@carl I'll do that one as well

actually, everyone: give me your favorite misheard version of "no xmas for john quays" and i'll use for my version

Jon my mother just said "He looks good. He doesn't look tired at all." This is high praise coming form an Irish woman.

*from

It is No Xmas For Junkies, right?

Thank you Maria!

NO XMAS FOR JAWN KEYS.

no xmas for chomsky

No Christmas for Joe Keyes

@Ryan HAHAHA

no xmas for zombie

Josh, you are assigned the Chomsky version.

Yeah the name John Quays didn't just come outta nowhere.

Christmas is 100% for donkeys

haha

If not for donkeys then for whom

HUMPTY

(Done in the style of Digital Underground)

@Maria You are a true hero!

Forgot to say...we were doing presents during Lindstrom and I had it coming from the iPad for a good ten minutes before my mom asked if she could put on a CD comp of christmas songs that Kohl's (yeah, the store) put out in 2000

love the dancing

"Sorry, Mom - you know the rules - driver picks the tunes." "But we're not driv-" "DON'T MAKE ME PULL OVER."

That was a beautiful yawn just now, Jon

Thank you both. I dance AND I yawn!

This song and the Peel aircheck comp are my favorite parts of this set.

Yup

Thank you for The Fall set, Jon! As always

"No praises for yawn, please!" - M.E.S.

Yawn Jawn

@carlin it's got a weird children's choir version of feliz navidad she really likes. yeah, didn't get my music tastes from my parents

The Fall is my favorite band. These are not my favorite Fall songs. But the Peel loop is brilliant!

I keep hoping others will answer the Fall Call in future marathons but I love what we've got.

All in the family!!!! Join in!

HARK

Also hi Kiswick and Mr. Mike

Count down let's go!!!!!

jon, challenge "maybe" accepted for next year. i'm good friends with one of the dudes in the manischefits

we were gonna do a song for the marathon this year (not The Fall, but still) before covid threw a wrench in that

Belatedly the Sabbath set was a wonder to behold.

Carlin wins for best comment

Thumbs up on the best comment!

Although Ryan’s burn gets fingersnaps

Yesssssss

RIP John Peel. Teenage dreams so hard to beat...

The best!

Find someone who looks at you the way John Peel looked at The Fall.

We like to do "The Fall, The Fall, The Mighty Fall..." at home for fun.

Especially when summer ends.

hola Mode!

The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall

“C’mon that’s The Fall”

THIS IS THE SHORT VERSION.

The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall

10 HOUR SUPER CUT

I used to record "The All Fall Decline and Fall" which was a yearly Fall Marathon on WPRB

Mode, and somehow this is best block of music played all year.

"Benighted souls who don't like The Fall" 😂

Russ, I used to do that show!

Russ is officially a wprb hero

Is there a YouTube video of John peel saying “the fall” for 10 hours on loop?

Related, I highly recommend the John Peel bot on twitter: @johnpeelbandbot

Pls donate for digitization

I love how last night the chat was stacked with current / younger WPRB DJs and now it's an excellent mix of vets.

I was lurking last night, Jon. This chat stuff is newfangled!

@Kevin M If there isn't a YT vie of JP saying "The Fall" for 10 hours on a loop I will make sure Jon Solobot creates one.

Fall me once, shame on you...

Fall me twice, won't stop til I get enough.

A big part of the Fall's appeal to me is how they sound on something like Blue Christmas. It's like a pure musicality than transcends the underlying "songs"

DJ Carlos said to go see the Fall on his radio show around 1980 or so and I ended up seeing them about 20 times over the years.

Do the Shields Brothers (Detention) still ever drop in? Well, pre-covid. They used to crash our staff holiday party

The closest I came was having tickets to a show in Brooklyn just before he died. Sorry, everybody.

Kudos, Dj Carlos

Kevin Shields calls my show regularly! Every couple of Wednesday I will hear from him. Well, not since March obviously...

Cool to hear, Jon

Switching the times of the jrlp and Fall sets makes this song particularly well-timed.

He's a character, enjoy our conversations. He knows when to let the DJ go!

Mark E. Smith used to wear a watch that did not run that was set for the the time the show started. Sometimes he had a second watch on that ran and had the current time.

They played Revival in Philly and did not start the show until 4:30 AM

That sounds about right, Russ

Went to Shields Brothers gymnastics back in Hillsborough on 206. That's where I first heard about PRB, when Paul was saying they got played on that station.

There are some YouTube videos of the Shiledses skateboarding at the gym

The first time I subbed for jon kevin shields called in IMMEDIATELY to poke fun at jon. And I was a little confused because he has the same name as the mbv guy.

Was so sad when I saw it boarded up and long since used....only to google Shields Gymnastics and saw they had an even more amazing building in Flemington with parkour and all that.

Correction: "Shieldses" in case the chat logs go to the Smithsonian

I saw Fugazi at Maxwell's with the Shields Brothers.

We may have taken a panel van.

And you lived to tell the tale Mr. Mike

an hour and a half! there are still so many songs!

This being 2020 and RIP Eddie V, they had us do "Eddie V's" when we jumped like Eddie V with both legs curled up to the side on the trampoline.

"Dead Christmas carolers, they were out of controllers, played the marathon game but they couldn't maintain!"

It was also the place I first heard the Beastie Boys, and we all made bets on if Quiet Riot would beat Journey in that Friday Night Video Fight thing that was on MTV at the time.

Tell me about it, Factorial! Scour old playlists for some favorites! Because I am!

Jason, I'm so glad they were WPRB evangelists.

no more xmas for john quays!

So has anyone stayed up the whole marathon besides Jon?

sadly i am off my game this year

Carlin may have.

Sebastian made a valiant effort but alas

I didn't have to go be anywhere this year - I admittedly laid flat during Snaildartha / Lindstrom and closed eyes on and off - other than that I'm making it this year!

my only remaining request is luna- egg nog, but no matter if you can't get to it as it's on youtube and i will listen later as i drink a bourbon egg nog

Yesss home stretch jon and carlin

the playing of my benji hughes reuqest directly before The Tradition at midnight made my month!

The other night in the Dean & Britta stream someone asked who wrote Egg Nog and Britta said it was Justin Harwood (which I did not know)

Oh Luna ... I've lost count of the number of times I've embarrassed myself in front of Dean Wareham.

#TRIVIA

egg nog is a special song...can't put my finger on it, but it really is

The fall set! So great!

yeah i passed out around the Dead C inspired tunes a little after 2 and woke up at 6. so i'm gonna log around 21 hours conscious listening to the marathon

Admirable effort!

No mixer on the radio as far as I can tell. Just the jingle jingle jingle jingle

Lemme guess, Jorsh - you didn't FEEL tardy.

ihas Jon played Fay McKay'

s 12 Dayze of Xmas yet?

i FALL to pieces

Thanks for playing "Wenceslas Rap" last night! Since I hadn't put it up yet, here it is: https://georgekorein.bandcamp.com/album/upsot-bells?fbclid=IwAR2Ro0GqcjaeZYwLj_z8aC315pGjSgljJ_cfCLRP2Erk3uLvr9_VJsDOkW4

Aren't the Rutabaga peeps from South Bend?

Have we been properly Philly Boy Roy'ed yet?

sorry - "I don't FALL tardy."

Thanks for playing "Wenceslas Rap" last night!

hey George, Merry Xmas! i heard both your tunes!

Philly Boy Roy!

I'll repeat the request I sent to the bot here: Low's Blue Christmas (in honor of good friend who was a DJ at KZSU and loved them and who passed last week)

Nope, I don't think Faye McKaye has been aired yet.

Would love to hear the Jake McKelvie & the Counter Tops tune Rock and roll saint nicholas!

Thanks for playing "Wenceslas Rap" and "Upsot Bells"! Since I hadn't put them up yet, here it is: https://georgekorein.bandcamp.com/album/upsot-bells?fbclid=IwAR2Ro0GqcjaeZYwLj_z8aC315pGjSgljJ_cfCLRP2Erk3uLvr9_VJsDOkW4

Let me try and queueueue them all.

Also gonna maybe King Diamond and/or Caetano Veloso?

*Strike gonna

Oh and "Upsot Bells", which I see I missed this morning!

Josh, excellent.

LOVELY

awww. sad to hear, Jannon! Yeah def that cover by Low should be played!

YESSSSS

no presents?!?!

NO PRESENTS!

WOO

NO PRESENTS FOR KING D's

PRESENTS

@george I heard both / was listening on the overnight- early morning shift

thanks, missing her really hurts

i had a solid month long king diamond/mercyful fate phase this summer

Hard to keep my santa hat on during this head banger \m/

I always wear my King Diamond t-shirt on Xmas cuz of this song! often it's hidden beneath a nice dress shirt but since we're home this year it's up top. loud and proud \m/ \m/ Hail Santa!

Some day I'm going to track down this version of the 12": https://www.popsike.com/pix/20171030/332431397751.jpg

ah man, this one is a tear-jerker

PERFECT SONG IS PERFECT

how has your brain not melted yet Jon?

It melted a bit when it was dark out but the sun cured me.

I hate to break it to you but it's getting dark again

WHY SUN GO.

I like your door(s) btw

Thank you! They unintentionally look like a Tardis on the inside.

oh no ...

OMFG

AXEMESS

AXMESS

YESSSS

ZOMBIE FLESHEATERS

ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS

AXMESS!! Alexs favorite Christmas song 😳

@factorial JINX

really that's the only redeemable section

apples XD

"apples with razorblades innem"

@factorial we go around the house repeating that part quite often

'bodies in a crawlspace' ..good one

other than the dude with the apples with razorblades in em

being killed

Wasn't there also a Twin Peaks-y one of these? Or am I conflating things?

abblez wirayser blazenem

OH DAMN yes i think there was!

definitely, @DanRuccia

Dan yes - a body, dead, wrapped in plastic

Dan. Yes. there's the similar "Twin Peaks 12 Days of Christmas"

i feel like in earlier marathons we heard a lot more "12 days of..." versions

"a body dead wrapped in plastic" is my fav line from that one too!

Yeah, that's the line I remember, too

People didn't make as many 12 Days this year for whatever reason...

this sounds like a banger already

it's already been perfected

I have been calling "ScreamerClauz" "SlaugherMaus"

every year i get the name wrong

For the late crowd: MF Doom was mysteriously trending on twitter for a minute this morning.

That's Enos' EDM alter ego.

My favorite line in that 12 days song is “fiveee zombieflesheaters”

oh thank you, this is one of my faves

Love this song!!

me too Factorial! so glad it's getting aired

Always one of the best.

"return merchandise that you damaged yourself"

"Santa knows if you've been sleeping so you better go to sleep." I feel like I've said something like that at some point trying to implore my 5 year old daughter to go to bed....

this is a blast

i like

Kids LOVE Zombie Flesheaters! Like, little kids!

Better not say nasty things about POTUS.

I think this might supplant Joseph Spence as the definitive version of this song

Gotta be kidding..Trumpster Fire

santa pmrclaus

@maura HAHAHA

PRINCE

💜💜💜

PRINCE

how to make those lil purple hearts, bless you maura

Merry Princemas everyone

@factorial prince makes me think of u

they’re in the emoji menu

and will this be followed by Mac's "Happy New Year- Prince Can't Die Again?"

GET OUT OF MY HEAD, PETSU.

You've been incepted by Petsu. You've been ... Petcepted.

...and into your car, Jon?

just posted the rutabega song here:

Haha. great minds, Jon...

https://soundcloud.com/theseknottylines/christmas-fell-to-pieces

in the spirit of christmas i will refrain from advocating for either Sign O' Christmas Times nor Purple Eggnog. Another great show winding down Jon - thanks again as always for the spins and kind words!

A reminder to please follow me on Twitter and Facebook as I'll be sharing Marathon pieces from 2020 there daily starting tomorrow until I run out!

I can't believe there is just 1 hour left of this

I'm going to aim to wrap up by 5:50 even so I don't miss the cut-off.

This is not an easier listen this year.

Prince is making me 😭😭😭

This song really hits HARD in 2020

Seriously

We all cried at once clearly

oof

Dammit.

well this is a punch to the gut

Well it's a good thing you played "11:59 (It's January)" earlier because if you followed with that, this chat would be totally ethered

I have Scrawl on my list! For better or worse!

it's amazing that it got worse after this. 😥😭

yeah this song tears me up, but it's beautiful

We are all going to drown between torrential rains and salty tears

Who injected raw onion extract directly into my eyeballs?

Prince Rogers Nelson, ya ripped my heart out. AGAIN.

good point, time to top up the whiskey

it is so effin sandy in here

Guess we can't blame these tears on the dust in the WPRB stacks this year

Love you, Jon. :')

could have been worse, could have played the styrenes

What fizz you drinkin Jon?

yes that's it we're all just doing seltzer spit takes

I was FINE until you told me I was crying... and suddenly I was!

Gonna get my thanks in early / been listening since the overnight and early morning - really lived up to the advance hype - appreciate all the effort:)

Tbf, this marathon was a great distraction in an intensely heavy year...until that song

SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE A LOOP OF JON DOING "ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS"

nice zombie accent.

"NORTH POLE HELL HOLE" just made me legit LOL

that just cheered me up

srsly make that a station ID

Whoever is recording it, send me the clip. I'll make it happen

It=the show

https://jacobcmckelvie.bandcamp.com/track/rock-n-roll-saint-nicholas

McKelvie on deck!

That Mac track was heavy

needed it frankly

How can we hear that again?

Will there be a stream available for re-listening to the whole show? I've missed so much of it this year!

https://g.co/kgs/dfMQxC

Also: https://macmccaughan.bandcamp.com/track/happy-new-year-prince-cant-die-again

thanks to JS as ever - for providing a space for some collective grief in addition to joy and frivolity

Won't the YouTube stream just turn into a video you can watch anytime afterward? (re: Ross' question)

agreed, MHR

If you don't have time for "Night Before Xmas Philly Style" on this year's show, then I will play it on Trash Flow Radio tomorrow.

Is this fearghal sharkey?

HI KK!

Alas, there is no audio on the stream Jason Hawkins.

Thanks MHR

The Law is still part of closing out the show, right?

and thanks Dan R

Ah balls. Apologies / Thx Larry

HI SKM

No worries, Jason. At some point there will be as much of a 2020 playlist as I can reconstruct on marathon.christmas. It's by no means a perfect recreation of the marathon, but it might help scratch that itch?

I'm happy you found the Hybrid Kids CD!

Did the playlist stop updating for other folks? Or is it just me

Whatever this is is nicely demented

dan, it's the hybrid kids

I just missed the "submit" button so it was hanging. Sorry!

This is giving me flashbacks to "It's Christmas Day 2Day" by Kevin Shea

Step it up Solomon

Thank you Jon!

My sanity has been saved by queueueeueueing a ton of tracks in advance and then submitting them when they play.

*spandau ballet voice* queue, queue, que-u-uuuuuueee

Thanks, Jann! Super cool

I'm surprised I never made you play the vinyl back in the day, the cover of Rod Stewart is :chefs_kiss:

Ken - the part of Philly Boy Roy about "St. Rizzo" might not play so well any more...

It's possible you did. There's lot of stuff from old radio shows that has escaped my brain over the years...

Thomas from PREX / ex-WPRB gifted a Hybrid Kids Xmas LP to me after following me for so many years. SO nice.

@Sean They just did an updated version on the Best Show this week

@maria t oh goodness. need to check it out

@maria !

I won't spoil it, but they swapped out Rizzo for someone else

No to get dorky but queueing tracks is the best thing about the new playlist system

I found a paper playlist when I alphabetized my 7-inch collection this past week

Going into the final 30 minutes feels like launching down a luge course too fast to make out the finish line.

You could queue on paper!

given that I was too lazy to migrate my old playlists from theis to spinitron, I'm glad that I have the pre-2003 ones on paper still

I queueueueued 150 tracks before the marathon started!

whoa

(roughly)

HE THINK HE QUEUED

:golf_clap:

Basically from 5 pm to Ramones-o-Clock with some changes / exceptions / adjustments along the way.

Did you have the order all planned out or if not how did you find things, ctrl f?

Ah you answered my question

I had sets roughly laid out as I wanted them to happen. Actually ended up with an extra 10-14 songs from the "new for 2020" sets I never got to. Will move to "new for 2021" tomorrow...

You're really testing the limits of spinitron, which is much appreciated!

i used to get so frantic during the marathon that I've come up with as many ways to stay calm as possible.

Spinitron got WAY SLOW before the first playlist (hours 1-12) ended. Typing took a while.

Probably for that reason. Still had 20-30 songs queueueueued.

I got inspired to do something that i can do entirely by myself so I might get that to you in like, the next couple of days.

I'm around!

This is one of my favorites...does anyone know anything about this band? The small places?

Putting boxes back, returning gear.

I do! Amy Annelle and Kyle from Little Wings.

This song is on Bandcamp: https://amyannelle.bandcamp.com/album/this-year-were-having-christmas-on-your-birthday

She said I single-handedly kept this song alive because she forgot they made it but I kept playing it on Xmas and folks kept asking about it. She has it on Ban...Maria beat me to it.

Annelle had COVID and is recovering. Sounds like she recovered and then had a bad spell recently.

it's gorgeous

IMAGINE FORGETTING YOU MADE THIS.

HOW

BEEN WAITING ALL SEASON FOR A MCKELVIE SERENADE

YOU JON SOLOMON ARE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!! you are the best sir!

While I prefer Dorough's original to this remix, I'd never really thought of it as a Christmas song, which in a weird way it is, and I appreciate this remix tying it to the holiday.

Of course! This is a gem.

We’re a late Christmas daze, and this song is fitting soundtrack

This is really great.

yr gonna have to play your 3 closing songs all at the same time

I think I've got it.

I just wondered ... did the Books ever put out a Christmas album?

the public demands another hour of the marathon!

This song, one more. Mic break. Law / SKWM. Mic break. Thank people. Wailers. Bells until 6.

I got kicked out of the living room for the last time and am finally in front of a computer that's on. delighted to bring schoolhouse rock into this

🎄🎄🥳🥳🎅🎅❄️❄️🎅🎅🥳🥳🎄🎄

big weepy love for all y'all

thanks!! for more - https://soundcloud.com/djtenderloin/sets/the-inevitable-dj-tenderloin-holiday-record

Thank you for doing what you do! Perfect marathon!

I like this bells until cutoff plan

I recorded a song, can you play it?

Commie Francis. Classic.

it's like the return of the king, we need 15 endings

The Galaxies are killing it this year!

The marathon we all needed and didn't realize it

Dan Wade had a great joke I need to find for you CF.

I can't imagine anywhere I'd have rather been the last 25 hours. This has been amazing, friends!

Seriously this was beautifuler even than normal thank you Jon and thank all of yinz for being part of it.

normally this is the part of the party where we stand in the doorway and then someone puts on a new pot of coffee

https://twitter.com/15Deloreans/status/1342214744720236544

His responses to the show being an hour away.

happy holidays to everyone in the chat! this has been one of liveliest ones in recent memory!!!! <3

Merry Christmas everyone!

YES

Thank you Jon, this year was beautiful.

The marathon is the true meaning of Christmas

damnit it's all sandy again

Funny coincidence just now: 1) Some acts I only know their names from this marathon. 2) Sometimes people throw odd old unrelated stickers & flyers in with mailorder records, etc.... So anyway just now I went to move a stack of stuff, and I uncovered an old flyer for a "Two Inch Winky Record Release Show" that I had no idea such a thing would be in my house. Ha.

thank you, Jon

Another WPRBXmas Miracle Carlin!

The drum breaks in this song!

Despite the storms, I was kicked off the feed exactly once this year. A new record! Thanks for all the work that went into the show during this (I hope) unique year.

I love that this has become a holiday classic enough that people cover it

You've got 13 minutes for two mic breaks, Law, SKWM, and Wailers. I'm nervous about it all fitting!

PEACE ALL, THX JON SOLOMON 🌲🌲🌲❤❤❤

advantage to homebound xmas is hearing so much of jon's show this year and chatting with/"seeing" so many DJ PRB folks here. happy new years to all. and thank you jon for never letting PRB down!

Cute song. Happy birthday big J.C.

🥰🥰🥰

Thank you, Jon, for another wonderful WPRBXmas. It was a delightful way to punctuate an otherwise awful year. Merry WPRBXmas everybody! It was so great spending it with all of you.

thanks so much Jon!

🖤💀

full of holiday vibes here on an otherwise pretty solitary day. thanks to all of you and to jon and to nicole and maggie for giving up their dining room table for a while. xoxo

thanks everyone for hanging out with me here in the chat during this tough time and thanks to everyone who submitted material and/or helped out on a technical end and of course THANK YOU THANK YOU Jon!

listening throughout the day probably kept me from getting too weepy. thanks jon.

Please don't stop! Do another 25 hours!

Thank you again, Jon! (and Thank You, Larry!)

Thank you so much. I'm alone up in the woods this year and that made the marathon even more special this time around. "Just Like Christmas" crushes me every year...I first heard it right here 15 years ago. XOXOXO

And thank you, Jon, for the great radio programming and this beautiful community you've built around it.

I'll be visiting this site very soon

Thanks so much Jon. This show *makes* Christmas for me and so many.

Thank you Jon. I love you and this show so much. Here's to 2021!

http://wprb.com/donate

Gonna be tight but here we go!

Maybe readie can start off with the wailers if you run out of time!

I just want to make sure I thank a bunch of people on my list!

Thank you for another great 25 hours, Jon!!! I appreciate all that you do and congrats to 32 years!

real big storm, indeed

Thanks Jon!

Have listened for years, but this was my girlfriend's first year, and she is SMITTEN.

Every year the best year yet

godDAMNit js

THANKS JON!!

Thanks Jon!

Jon this was so good, especially this year. Thank you so much and thanks to Nicole and Maggie and your parents too. 💕💕

ALMOST THERE.

I always know NYE is around the corner when I hear The Law. Thank you for another wonderful marathon!

This was great! Thanks, Jon!

I hope you have your loved ones and then some.

Silkworm is gonna make me cry again

Thanks for another great show, Jon.

thanks to all at wprb who make this possible

THANK YOU JON!

now we're all crying

😭😭🥳🥳😭😭🎄🎄

this year you can just go into the next room and pass out in your own bed!

32!

I can't believe it's over already....

Tina has been listening for 15+ years. This is my first time. We caught 15 hours and LOVED IT.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you Jon for this amazing Show an

Thanks Jon! Really made this XMAS special

Goodbye everyone! Thanks Jon!

It flies by faster each year :(

<3 <3 <3 <3

I wasn't able to listen today but I have checked the chat. And am bummed by missing all those Fall songs. Thanks for doing this Jon!! I'll try to listen next year

Thank you so much, Jon. Can’t wait until next year’s return to the studio.

thank you Jon! abrazos to all and to all a good night

Awesome, Jon- thanks! see ya next year!

BRAVO MAESTRO

more tears...so much a part of the holiday

*chef's kiss*

BRAVO MAESTRO

Close enough lol

WE DID IT. I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE A WRECK BUT HERE WE ARE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

Thank you, Jon! Especially this year. And thank you to your family for allowing us to steal you for 25 hours. YOU. ARE. THE. BEST.

Thank you Jon and goodnight and Merry Christmas!

Merry Yule one and all!

Night Jon, get some sleep!

Thank you Jon, rest up for next year ;-)

and anybody who isn't completely burned out on online festivities, 9 Central: https://www.twitch.tv/fuzzboxchicago