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Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.



Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.

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Music behind DJ:
Sounds Of The Ocean 

Beach Sounds   Favoriting

Ocean Sounds 

Sounds Of The Ocean 

2016 

 

 

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The Specials  Life and Times of a Man called Depression   Favoriting Encore  Universal Music Operations Limited  2019  R.I.P. Terry Hall, (19 March 1959 – 19 December 2022) "Life and Times of a Man called Depression is almost a prequel to Breaking Point. A Terry song, spoken word, rather autobiographical. "One thing I wanted to address was the ups and downs of my head, really," says Hall. "It's me looking back to when I first got properly diagnosed [with bipolar] 11 years ago, looking at that person and seeing how I've changed and how it's now mostly under control, whereas all those years ago it wasn't. It's important, if you've got a voice and people may listen to this, maybe they will understand it a bit more, how you feel – how it all feels, really." The album ends with the glorious We Sell Hope. In recent years the live show encore was All the Time in the World, dedicated to drummer John Bradbury. This is similar and is bittersweet both musically and lyrically. "Looked all around the world, it'd be a beautiful place to live in." "If you look at what the lyrics are saying," says Terry. "It's to be good to each other, because on a basic level, that's all you can do. Treat other people with respect and kindness." The music is exquisite."    0:00:07 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Specials 

Holiday Fortnight   Favoriting

More Specials 

Chrysalis Records 

1980 

Because the Holidays... 

 

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Essential Logic  Do You Believe In Christmas?   Favoriting Fanfare In The Garden  Hiss And Shake Records  2003  Prior to the recording of X Ray Spex's debut album, Lora Logic abruptly left the band to follow her own quirky songwriting muse and formed the wonderfully named Essential Logic. Eschewing fast and loud guitars for off-kilter rhythms, "bluesy" sax playing, and forays into dissonance and atonality, Essential Logic created some of the most liberating, exciting music of the early post-punk era. Along with her primitive, exhilarating sax playing, Logic displayed a wildly imaginative vocal style that conflated the subtle eroticism of Patti Smith with the epiglottal spasms of Yoko Ono. Singing, braying, and screeching her implicitly (at times explicitly) feminist lyrics while her backing band crashed and bashed in the background, this was almost a punk version of that most despised of genres, art rock. And while the subjects of most of her songs were serious (alienation, sexism, poverty, urban isolation), there was a bratty tongue-wagging raffishness to Logic (and band) that placed them a cut above the rest."    0:09:52 (Pop-up)
The Pheromoans  A Freak's Xmas   Favoriting Does This Guy Stack Up?  Upset The Rhythm  2012  THE PHEROMOANS are a six-piece experimental rock band from the South East of England who deal in a deadpan DIY music. Married to the mundane yet surreal reportage of our lives, their music manages to address the truly restless boredom and absurdity of everyday life. The Pheromoans write songs for the end of the queue, songs that prowl the periphery, songs that stand up on the bus and stare out through the window, blasted through with brilliant sprawling sunshine.    0:13:16 (Pop-up)
Barnes & Barnes  I Had Sex With Santa   Favoriting SICKS  Rhino  1986  Robert Haimer and Bill Mumy were childhood friends who occasionally performed together on their musical instruments. Following the ending of Mumy's role on the TV series Lost in Space, they shot short films with a Super 8 motion picture camera, dubbed "Art Films". The two began calling each other "Art" in joking reference to these films. They formed the band Barnes & Barnes in 1970. They started when they were about 16 with a two track recorder, making goofy tracks, never meant to be shared. Their surname Barnes was taken from a Bill Cosby comedy routine called "Revenge", in which a character called Junior Barnes throws a slushball at Cosby as a child. They first received airplay on The Dr. Demento Show in 1978. Haimer was a fan of the show and convinced Mumy to "pick a couple of songs and do them right" to send in, the results being their songs "Boogie Woogie Amputee" and "Fish Heads" which they re-did on a Teac four track machine. The latter recording was released as a single on their own Lumania Records in 1979 and remains their best-known song, as well as the most requested song in the history of The Dr. Demento Show.    0:15:31 (Pop-up)
The Residents  Fire (Santa Dog)   Favoriting 80 Aching Orphans: 45 years of the Residents  Ralph Records  1972  The Residents are an American art collective and art rock band best known for their avant-garde music and multimedia works. Since their first official release, Meet the Residents (1974), they have released over 60 albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects, and ten DVDs. The group also formed Ralph Records at this time, as a small, independent label to release and promote their own work. In 1972, to inaugurate the new business, the group recorded and pressed the Santa Dog EP, their first recorded output to be released to the public. Designed to resemble a Christmas card from an insurance company, the EP consisted of two 7" singles, one song on each side.    0:16:58 (Pop-up)
The Goodies  Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me   Favoriting Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me 7"  Bradley's Records  1974  Brooke-Taylor, Garden and Oddie were cast members of the 1960s BBC radio comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, which also featured John Cleese, David Hatch and Jo Kendall, and lasted until 1973. I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again resulted from the 1963 Cambridge University Footlights Club revue A Clump of Plinths. After having its title changed to Cambridge Circus, the revue went on to play in the West End in London, England, followed by a tour of New Zealand, then on Broadway in New York City (including an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show). They also took part in various TV shows with other people, including Brooke-Taylor in At Last the 1948 Show (with Cleese, Chapman and Marty Feldman). Brooke-Taylor also took part in Marty (with Marty Feldman, John Junkin and Roland MacLeod). In 1968 Brooke-Taylor appeared with Cleese, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman in How to Irritate People. Garden and Oddie took part in Twice a Fortnight (with Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Jonathan Lynn), before Brooke-Taylor, Garden, and Oddie worked on the late-1960s TV show Broaden Your Mind (of which only about ten minutes survives).    0:18:38 (Pop-up)
Goldstein  Kick The Balls Of Patriarchy   Favoriting Hyrrs - Festive Hymns Made Feminist  Goldstein  2017  Goldstein Music Group is a full-service music production agency in London with unrivalled expertise in all aspects of music composition, music supervision and licensing and sound branding, sound design and mixing. Hyrrs – Festive Hymns Made Feminist was written and produced to raise money for Refuge. Their incredible work provides life-saving support to thousands of women and children across the country. You can listen to the album via Spotify, and most importantly, purchase your copy through iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.    0:21:53 (Pop-up)
Manginah (Brandeis University)  Hannukah Hey Ya   Favoriting L'Dor Vador  Manginah Brandeis  2022  Manginah (pronounced mahn-ghee-NAH) is Brandeis University's premier Jewish a cappella group. In Hebrew, the word Manginah is Hebrew for “melody”. Founded in 1994, and partnered with Hillel, Manginah sings a mixture of Jewish, Israeli pop, and English songs. Our mission is to share our love of Jewish music with Jewish communities across the greater Boston area. This song makes me very, very happy.    0:23:15 (Pop-up)
DJ Formaldehyde  Merry Christmas - The Bombshelter Brigade   Favoriting Christmas At The Bombshelter  Bombshelter  1986  Originally recorded for the Christmas at the Bombshelter compilation, Andreas Gregor and David Rout (!Bang Elektroniks) got together and took some liberties with Daniel Miller's classic Warm Leatherette! Because it was a novelty track, they decided to use the name The Bombshelter Brigade, as that was what a local record store employee called them, whenever they were putting up posters for their label.    0:26:14 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Kiboomers 

Hannukah Oh Hannukah   Favoriting

Hannukah Songs For Preschool and Kindergarten 

Kiboomu Kids Songs 

2016 

 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 

The Hannukah Waltz   Favoriting

Jingle All The Way 

Rounder Records 

2008 

 

 

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Nouvelle Vague feat. Phoebe Killdeer  Sex Beat   Favoriting Curiosities  Kwaidan Records  2019  Cover of the Gun Club Song. Covered in a Nouvelle Vague way, as Nouvelle Vague do. Keyboards – Marc Collin // Performer [Performed By] – Phoebe Killdeer (Real name: Phoebe Tolmer // Written-By – Jefferey Lee Pierce --- Extra fun fact... This song mentions fucking by a Christmas Tree, as it should.    0:38:57 (Pop-up)
Snapped Ankles  Delivery Van   Favoriting Stunning Luxury  The Leaf Label Ltd.  2019  Released March 1, 2019 "Snapped Ankles have taken on the guise of the very agents of their community’s demise – the property developers and brokers who heat the market on the promise of Stunning Luxury. With their adopted warehouse habitat under constant threat, the woodwose have taken this sharp-suited incarnation in order to infiltrate. The resistance starts here."    0:42:21 (Pop-up)
Quintron & Miss Pussycat  Silent Night   Favoriting Psych-Out Christmas  Cleopatra Records  2013  "Quintron (real name Robert Rolston; born c. 1967 in Germany[1]) is an American musician and leader of the eponymous one-man-band, "Quintron". He is a nightclub organist and inventor, who has patented a number of his own inventions and often performs at his own private club, the Spellcaster Lodge in New Orleans. He frequently performs with his wife, musician and puppeteer Panacea Pussycat (also known as Miss Pussycat), co-founder of the 9th Ward's defunct Pussycat Caverns."    0:46:41 (Pop-up)
Katjonband  Do You?   Favoriting Katjonband  Carrot Top Records  2008  :Love The Ex & love the Mekons... What could be better? Crossover between the two projects! Katherine Bournfeld of The Ex & Jon Langford of Mekons (et. al.) Recorded By [With], Mixed By [With] – Ryan Neuschafer // Recorded By, Mixed By – Jon, Kat // Vocals, Drums – Kat Ex // Vocals, Guitar – Jon Langford // Written-By – Langford/ Bornefeld. Lyrics include "Happy Holidays"    0:49:17 (Pop-up)
The Fall  Jingle Bell Rock   Favoriting The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004  Castle / Sanctuary Records  1994 / 2005  Written by: Joe Beal, Jim Boothe // "First recording and first release by Bobby Helms (October 29, 1957 / November 1957)" - "The eighteenth session from December 1994 found the group in full, festive mood; and marked the return of two old Fall stalwarts; Karl Burns (last heard on session 9 in 1985) and, remarkably, Brix E Smith (last heard in session 12 in 1988). However, it was to be Craig Scanlon's last [Peel session] appearance with the group."    0:54:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Opium Jukebox 

Jingle Bells   Favoriting

Opium Christmas 

Invisible Records 

2007 

Strangely, this album is not on Discogs, despite the fact it seems to have existed for 15 years. This is the laid-back bangra-inspired project of Martin Atkins. Martin Atkins is currently in the hospital, recovering from major surgery that he had yesterday. Any support sent to support any of his work & endeavours during this time are doubly appreciated. His original message: "Hi Friends, please don't be alarmed by the following... After pain, numbness, an ER visit, and an emergency MRI last week, I have been scheduled for urgent surgery on Wednesday, December 21st to try and fix some problems with the nerves in my spine and begin re-fixing problems with my back. It seems that after years of crazy drumming and touring, my body needs a breather. I’ve had back pain for several years now, and in the last month it’s caught up with me and become critical... Keep Martin the F*ck IN Bed! As I hunker down for surgery prep, I know that I’ll be inclined to rush my recovery to get back to action, so we’ve come up with some ways you can support me, the museum, and keep me the f*ck in bed!... //////////////////// A monthly subscription donation to the Museum - You can choose any amount you'd like, and can change or cancel your subscription at any time. Check out the Subscriptions Here //////////////////// Consider buying some things that are ready to ship from the store - the Museum catalogs are gorgeous & awesome, the RX album, the new FOOK shirt, the new museum coffee, or become a founder of the museum itself (and be included in the next catalog's founders list)! For those of you struggling, yourselves, the 30% discount code is still active - use DISC30. Online Store Here //////////////////// Or purchase a Martin United Tour Pass - they’re all exactly the same, but give you the chance to support in $10, $50, or $100 increments, and the same with a Martin Voodoo Doll - $50, $150, or $250 increments. Keep Martin the F*ck IN Bed Category Here His latest communication to his mailing list, from earlier today: "My health update: A longer than expected first surgery, but a wonderful team is looking after me here, too. Thank you. Home tomorrow, everything else will take a little longer. So much love to everyone! -MA" 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Opium Jukebox 

Hark The Herald Angels Sing   Favoriting

Opium Christmas 

Invisible Records 

2007 

Martin Atkins' original message: "...As I hunker down for surgery prep, I know that I’ll be inclined to rush my recovery to get back to action, so we’ve come up with some ways you can support me, the museum, and keep me the f*ck in bed!... //////////////////// A monthly subscription donation to the Museum - You can choose any amount you'd like, and can change or cancel your subscription at any time. Check out the Subscriptions Here //////////////////// Consider buying some things that are ready to ship from the store - the Museum catalogs are gorgeous & awesome, the RX album, the new FOOK shirt, the new museum coffee, or become a founder of the museum itself (and be included in the next catalog's founders list)! For those of you struggling, yourselves, the 30% discount code is still active - use DISC30. Online Store Here //////////////////// Or purchase a Martin United Tour Pass - they’re all exactly the same, but give you the chance to support in $10, $50, or $100 increments, and the same with a Martin Voodoo Doll - $50, $150, or $250 increments. Keep Martin the F*ck IN Bed Category Here His latest communication to his mailing list, from earlier today: "My health update: A longer than expected first surgery, but a wonderful team is looking after me here, too. Thank you. Home tomorrow, everything else will take a little longer. So much love to everyone! -MA" 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Opium Jukebox 

Little Drummer Boy   Favoriting

Opium Christmas 

Invisible Records 

2007 

If you are looking for the interview Martin Atkins graciously did with us, you can find it here... November 3, 2022: An Evening With Martin Atkins... (w/ Interview!!!) 

 

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Stompin Tom Connors  Merry Christmas Everybody   Favoriting Merry Christmas Everybody  Ole  2017  Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies. He had a tumultuous relationship with the Canadian music industry and CBC. He was a heavy drinker and smoker, and grew up in the poorest part of St. John, New Brunswick. He put his country first and foremost, and wrote songs about the national identity from the everyman's viewpoint. Though of another time, he remains a national treasure...    1:06:03 (Pop-up)
Anne Murray  Snowbird   Favoriting This Way Is My Way  Capitol  1969  Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird". She is often cited as one of the female Canadian artists who paved the way for other international Canadian success stories such as k.d. lang, Céline Dion, and Shania Twain. As with Stompin' Tom...she is a Canadian treasure.    1:08:18 (Pop-up)
John Denver  Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas   Favoriting Rocky Mountain Christmas  RCA  1975  Farewell Andromeda is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in June 1973. It's distressingly upbeat, one major chord bounding into the next, Denver yodelling a little halfway through the chorus in what seems like a desperate attempt to add a little levity. It's so breezy that nobody has been able to tap into the agony ever since. Given his ain't-life-somethin' reputation, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Denver didn't write "Please, Daddy…" himself. But the original songwriters weren't known for their pitch-black social realism either. The song is credited to Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, the then-married couple best known for fronting The Starland Vocal Band and penning the group's massive, nitrous-happy ode to daytime sex, "Afternoon Delight."    1:10:30 (Pop-up)
Larry Costa  Six Cups Of Eggnog   Favoriting Christmas Crooner  Self-Released  2016  An average of 135 million lbs (61 million kg) of eggnog is consumed every year in America alone. It is derived from a medieval beverage called "Posset". Robert Mitchum has one of the best recipes for this boozy, viscous treat. George Washington has been known to have been a lover of eggnog and would regularly serve it to guests. “One quart cream, one quart milk, one dozen tablespoons sugar, one pint brandy, 1/2 pint rye whiskey, 1/2 pint Jamaica rum, and 1/4 pint sherry.” The Eggnog Riot, a.k.a. The Grog Mutiny, was a Christmas soiree gone very wrong at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1826.    1:13:16 (Pop-up)
Jacob MIller & Inner Circle  All I Want For Ismas   Favoriting Natty Christmas  Dubshot Records  2015  Jacob Miller was a Jamaican reggae artist and Rastafari from Mandeville, Jamaica. His first recording session was with the famous Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd in the late 1960s. While pursuing a prolific solo career, he became the lead singer for the reggae group Inner Circle. In March 1980, Jacob Miller went with Bob Marley and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell to Brazil, to celebrate Island opening new offices in South America. Not long after returning to Jamaica Sunday, 23 March 1980, Miller and one of his sons died in a car accident on Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica. Jacob Miller was the cousin of British reggae artist Maxi Priest. Every year his Christmas Album goes on heavy rotation during the holiday season in Jamaica, and is enjoyed amongst Jamaicans abroad as well.    1:15:39 (Pop-up)
Toots & the Maytals  Christmas Feeling Ska   Favoriting Christmas Greetings From Studio One  Studio One  2002  The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music.Frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020,[was considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley.His soulful vocal style was compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Singers. Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay" was the first song to use the word "reggae", coining the name of the genre and introducing it to a global audience.The Oxford English Dictionary credits Toots and the Maytals in the etymology of the word "Reggae".According to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw and dynamic."    1:18:37 (Pop-up)
Patrice  Last Christmas   Favoriting Patrice Presents Rocksteady Christmas  Supow Music  2021  Upon its initial release in 1984, "Last Christmas" spent five consecutive weeks at number two in the UK Singles Chart—it was held off the top spot at Christmas by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (on which Michael also performed). After many chart runs in subsequent years, which included three more weeks at number two, and which saw the recording become part of RCA Records' catalogue, the song finally reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on New Year's Day 2021. This song is much maligned but it is one of the best holiday tunes ever written. I will die on that hill. Also, if you're playing Whamageedon this year...you are not disqualified because this is a COVER, not the original! ;-)    1:21:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Brute Force Steel Band 

Jingle Bells   Favoriting

Brute Force Steel Bands of Antigua 

Cook Records 

1955 

 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Doug Walker, Steel Drum Artist 

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer   Favoriting

The Ultimate Reggae, Caribbean Christmas 

Panman Productions 

2011 

 

 

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Music behind DJ:
The Gladiators 

Jingle Bells   Favoriting

Unusual Reggae - Revolution Records 1960-70 

Circle Records 

2019 

 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Bert Kämpfert 

Snowbird   Favoriting

Orange Coloured Sky 

Universal Music 

1971 

 

 

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Gurr (feat. Eddie Argos)  Christmas One and Only   Favoriting Christmas Business  Duchess Box Records  2018  Second Single from the EP "Christmas Business" by Gurr & Eddie Argos (Art Brut) - Recorded by Andrea Wright in Anton Newcombe's Studio, Berlin mastered by Philipp Welsing [Video shot by Gurr & edited by Guido Giorgi] Gurr feat. Eddie Argos - Christmas One and Only (Official Video)    1:35:20 (Pop-up)
Dolly Mixture  Everything And More   Favoriting Remember This: The Singles Collection 1980-1984  For Us Records  1982 / 2011  Dolly Mixture was a British post-punk band formed in 1978 by bassist and vocalist Debsey Wykes, guitarist Rachel Bor, and drummer Hester Smith. They started out as complete amateurs (popular rumour had it that they first got involved into the music business as the then girlfriends of The Damned members, though it was only Rachel Bor and Captain Sensible who were a couple). Although they had their taste of Top 40 success as the backing vocals for the Captain Sensible's hit "Wot", as a band they remained neglected by the media and the general public alike. In 1984, near the end of their run, the group self-released a double album of demo tracks, which was re-released in 1995. Debsey and Hester went on to form the band Coming Up Roses, Rachel played with the band Fruit Machine until 1999, and Debsey later collaborated with Saint Etienne and formed the band Birdie.    1:38:00 (Pop-up)
Alice Bag  No Gifts For Nazis   Favoriting No Gifts For Nazis (Single)  Get Better Records  2019  "Exploring the intersections of punk, queer pop and alternative rock, Chicana punk legend Alice Bag has been active in music since 1977, when she was the lead singer and co-founder of the Bags, one of the first bands to form during the initial wave of punk rock. The Alice Bag Band was featured in the 1981 music doc, The Decline of Western Civilization." -- "Bag is best known for being a member of the Bags, one of the first bands on the L.A. punk scene. The Bags were notable for having two female lead musicians (Patricia Morrison co-founded the group with her school friend, Bag) and for pioneering an aggressive sound and style which has been cited as an early influence on what would become the hardcore punk sound. The aggressive sound that the band had was later noted to have a Mexican/Chicano influence that Bag unintentionally brought along from her childhood"    1:40:53 (Pop-up)
Sufjan Stevens  Christmas In July   Favoriting Songs For Christmas [Boxset: Disc 5: Peace (2006) Vol. V)  Asthmatic Kitty Records  2006  Cello – Maria Bella Jeffers // Drums – James McAlister // Trombone – Ben Lanz // Trumpet – C. J. Camerieri // Violin – Naho Tsutsui, Rob Moose // Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond], Guitar [Electric], Bass, Tambourine, Bells [Sleigh], Shaker, Other [Chestnuts Roasting On Open Fire] – Sufjan Stevens // Vocals, Viola – Marla Hansen // Words By, Music By – Sufjan Stevens    1:42:56 (Pop-up)
Gurr (feat. Eddie Argos)  Christmas Holiday   Favoriting Christmas Business  Duchess Box Records  2018  First Single from the EP "Christmas Business" by Gurr & Eddie Argos (Art Brut) - Recorded by Andrea Wright in Anton Newcombe's Studio, Berlin mastered by Philipp Welsing [Video shot by Gurr & edited by Guido Giorgi] Gurr feat. Eddie Argos - Christmas Holiday (Official Video)    1:46:12 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Legendary Pink Dots 

Warm Bank   Favoriting

The Legendary Pink Dots' Christmas Special 2022 

Self Released (Bandcamp) 

2022 

The night of my (D) 50th birthday we went to see Legendary Pink Dots in our city of Toronto and met & talked to Edward Ka Spel after the show. He was wonderful, taking the time to talk to each & every person who was hoping to get a word in. We hope to interview him soon. Legendary Pink Dots (Bandcamp) 

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Music behind DJ:
Thibörg 

Hymn to the Mall, The Xmas Mall   Favoriting

Snow Day at the Mall, No​ë​l 2022. 

Self Released (Bandcamp) 

2022 

From Montréal, released December 16, 2022. One of my favourite things... "Hymn to the Mall, The Xmas Mall" can be downloaded for free; the entire EP can be downloaded for $1, or the entire discography (3 releases, 2 Xmas themed, 1 Hallowe'en themed) can be purchased for $0.65 CAD or more (35% OFF). I love it when pricing strategies make no sense like that. I also love what this project brings to the Xmas season. The real sounds of Xmas. Thibörg (Bandcamp) 

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The Sha La Das  Sha La Da La La (Christmas Time)   Favoriting Love In The Wind  Daptone  2018  The Sha La Das story begins with William Schalda, Sr., who hailed from Brooklyn, New York and grew up with a love of music. Schalda was a gifted singer and developed a passion for vocal harmonies, and in the early '60s, teenaged Schalda was a member of the Montereys, a popular local doo wop group. At the center of The Sha La Das are the four Schaldas: three talented brothers and the father who taught his boys group harmonies on the stoop of their Staten Island home growing up. The band features a number of the players that have helped define the Daptone Sound including members of The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley, and Menahan Street Band.    1:57:45 (Pop-up)
U.S. Girls  Santa Stay Home   Favoriting Santa Stay Home Single  Royal Mountain Records  2020  U.S. Girls is a Toronto-based experimental pop project formed in 2007, consisting solely of American musician and record producer Meghan Remy. In this song, Remy recommends that Santa stay home this year because of climate change, the environmental impact of Christmas trees, and the consumerism-driven gift giving. Check it out below. In a statement, Meg Remy explained, “When one stops to really think about it, Santa is creepy and Christmas makes no damn sense.    2:01:01 (Pop-up)
The Raveonettes  Snowstorm   Favoriting Snowstorm Single  Beat Dies Records  2020  The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner on guitar, instruments and vocals, and Sharin Foo on bass, guitar and vocals. Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise.Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of 1950s and 1960s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content (e.g., crime, drugs, murder, suicide, love, lust, and betrayal), similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground. This is a perfect Blue Christmas song....    2:04:59 (Pop-up)
Cristina  Things Fall Apart   Favoriting Sleep It Off  Island Records  1981  We included this on last years show and we will include it on every subsequent holiday show because IT IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER WRITTEN. Post punk, no wave, new wave, it is the perfect tune to shed a tear and smear your black holiday eyeliner to. You know how the woman in the Waitresses' Christmas Wrapping forgets the cranberries, so she goes back to the shop and meets the guy and brings her Christmas to a very happy ending? Well this is what her unhappy little sister is doing across town on Christmas Eve...Cristina sadly passed away of Covid-19 in April of 2020.    2:07:40 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
James Last 

Kling Gloeckchen Klingelingelling Medley   Favoriting

Christmas Dancing 

Polydor 

1974 

It's not Christmas if I don't play this song. 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Mirror Image 

We Three Kings   Favoriting

Yuletide Disco 

Pickwick 

1979 

 

 

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William Shatner, Iggy Pop  Silent Night - 2022 Mix   Favoriting Silent Night (2022 Mix)  Cleopatra Records  2022  So, I guess, somehow, this happened this year... Huh.  *   2:22:19 (Pop-up)
The Specials  Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)   Favoriting More Specials  Chrysalis Records  1980  ""Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" is a popular song published in 1949, with music written by Carl Sigman and lyrics by Herb Magidson." R.I.P. Terry Hall. In this song he proclaimed "My name is Terry, and I'm going to enjoy myself first"... We truly hope so.    2:25:30 (Pop-up)
The Specials  Enjoy Yourself (Reprise)   Favoriting More Specials  Chrysalis Records  1980  The Specials' second album started w/ "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" and ends w/ "Enjoy Yourself (Reprise)", so, it seems doubly important. Once again, we will miss Terry Hall.    2:29:09 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
DJ Babs:

Hello and welcome beachers, grab a hot toddy and gather round the bonfire it's time for a Yuletide/Kwanzaa/Hannukah celebration!!!
  8:01pm
Kristine:

Hiiii!!! How are you both?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Scott67:

G'day Babs, Derek & Beach Bums!
🌏☀️🍻😎🤙💨🍺🌻
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Kristine! Hi Scott! Happy Holidays!!!!!!! Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten!!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
ultradamno:

Babs! Derek! Beach Bums!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
DJ Babs:

Hi there UD! Hello hello
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello, Kristine!!! Hello! We are both doing well! How about you?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hey there Scott, Ultra, hello hello all!!! Happy festiveness!
  8:05pm
Kristine:

I am doing good! finished up xmas food shopping today so i dont have to go anywhere tomorrow.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Derek Westerholm:

It's a good idea not to go anywhere tomorrow in our neck of the woods
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
DJ Babs:

Same! I finished a harrowing last day of work and all I gotta do tomorrow is make potato salad! LOL
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Derek Westerholm:

Unfortunately I have to travel back & forth half the city to work tomorrow... Rain, Ice, Snow, 100km/hr winds... What could go wrong?
  8:07pm
Kristine:

yeah, Wes must do the same. i travel to ottawa on sat to see fam. hopefully it wont be as bad then..?? eek.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
DJ Babs:

well in the meantime I hope you're all feeling festive!!!!
  8:07pm
Kristine:

really digging this tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
DJ Babs:

we are taking the train to montreal on Monday...
  8:08pm
Kristine:

train, very smart.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Derek Westerholm:

Yeah, it's quite the awesome song!
Avatar 🏝 8:09pm
Alli B:

Hi guys
Avatar 🏝 8:09pm
Alli B:

The Specials and Terry Hall ❤️
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Derek Westerholm:

Yes, R.I.P. Terry Hall.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
ultradamno:

A couple more carols to add to last week's list

MX-80 Sound - Christmas With The Devil
James Chance & The Contortions - Christmas With Satan
  8:13pm
Kristine:

yes, essential logic!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
DJ Babs:

Alli hi hi hi!!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello Alli, too, btw!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
Derek Westerholm:

Yes, new Essential Logic album in 2023! First in decades and decades!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
DJ Babs:

I hope to have a few fun surprises for you UD!
  8:14pm
Kristine:

i was lucky enough to see James Chance play in 2007. He did NOT disappoint
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
Derek Westerholm:

Ultra, such a good list!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:15pm
Derek Westerholm:

James Chance signed the back of my credit card. I had three different people of note sign the back of three different credit cards. I wanted to do more, but only got around to three...
  8:16pm
Kristine:

Derek what?!?
  8:17pm
Kristine:

this band has a very Flying Nuns edge to it. I love it
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
Derek Westerholm:

Kristine, I used to leave the back of my credit cards blank and get other people to sign them instead. James Chance was up for it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
DJ Babs:

Pheromoans are great Kristine!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
ultradamno:

This adds to my general concerns about this fat bastard visiting every house globally during a pandemic
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
ultradamno:

RESIS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
DJ Babs:

Also did you know there is a gamelan version of this!!!
  8:21pm
Kristine:

@babs-face drop. WHAT?? I am obsessed with gamelan
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
ultradamno:

Yes! I was about to mention that! So many versions of this
Avatar 8:22pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "I Had Sex With Santa" by "Barnes & Barnes"
Hey beachers!

Haha, I remember this song was originally called "I Had Sex With E.T." It was really great ("his skin is green, his breath is alien-like/I had sex with ET, when we were on his bike," but they got some kind of cease-and-desist and had to change the lyrics.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
ultradamno:

↳ Kristine @8:21
It's on the Dot Com album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
DJ Babs:

haha Santa not as litigeous as the ET people at Dreamworks LOL
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Mr Fab @8:22
Hello Fab!!!! Ah... Yes, so it goes around, haha.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
Derek Westerholm:

Nice chat reply functionality! Is it new? I'm sure I've missed a bulletin or two...
Avatar 8:26pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Derek Westerholm @8:25
Yep, just rolled out last Tuesday. Kenzo posted a notice.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Kat in Chicago:

It is new, Derek!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Kat in Chicago:

I haven't even used it yet myself
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
DJ Babs:

HEY KAT! Also I have been laughihng my ass off at this song for days now. DAYS
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kat in Chicago @8:26
I like it!!!! Hi Kat!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:27pm
Kat in Chicago:

Hello Babs and Derek and all yall
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Mr Fab @8:26
I also enjoy the arrows that take you up to the parent comment or forward to the reply. It's fun!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
ultradamno:

Reminding of how Outkast kept insisting they weren't going to break up and then put out a feature film in which the two of them shared almost no scenes whatsoever...and then broke up.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ ultradamno @8:28
HAHA
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Kat in Chicago:

WFMU is the only place I listen to Christmas music On Purpose
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Scott67:

↳ Song: "Merry Christmas - The Bombshelter Brigade" by "DJ...
A crime against one of my favourite songs. About my least favourite time of year.
  8:32pm
Dave:

Hey all !
Hope every one is doing well !
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Kat in Chicago:

↳ DJ Babs @8:07
Montreal is warmer than Chicago right now
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kat in Chicago @8:29
Kat, that sounds like a wise way to go about it, haha.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Dave @8:32
Hello Dave! Yes, indeed! And you?
Avatar 8:33pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Kat in Chicago @8:29
cuz no one plays Mariah or Wham!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
ultradamno:

Does the second picture looks like Oksana Baiul is putting out an indie rock album...Oksana & The Jerks maybe? www.instagram.com...
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Derek Westerholm:

Babs would play the Xmas Wham! (I would definitely not.)
  8:34pm
Dave:

Thanks for playing that and all the kind words Babs *blushes*
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:36pm
Derek Westerholm:

Dave, thanks so much for that!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
ultradamno:

I saw Ari Melber doing his usual schtick of quoting Jay Z on MSNBC earlier and I really wished someone had the nerve to say "you mean close personal friend of Kanye West, Jay Z? Do tell what he has to say..."
  8:41pm
DJ Nico:

Mopping my floors to your show!
  8:41pm
Jim:

We do not have Swiss Chalet here - That's all yours!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Jim!! Swiss Chalet is a roast chicken place up here that's kinda legend. Every year they do a 1/4 chicken dinner with a Toblerone bar and it's their "festive special" It's all about the Swiss Chalet sauce and soggy greasy fries tho!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Jim @8:41
Jim, hello! And thanks for the confirmation!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
DJ Babs:

And Dave thank you SO much for sharing that tune!!! It's so great!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:43
I always found the sauce gross.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
Kat in Chicago:

What's the sauce like?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello Nico!!! Hope the music is mop friendly!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kat in Chicago @8:44
Tangy dishwater?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
DJ Babs:

Also yes Nico so so lovely to see you!!!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Kat in Chicago:

↳ Derek Westerholm @8:44
Can you get it sans sauce?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
DJ Babs:

Yes the sauce is always on the side....for dipping!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
DJ Babs:

It's kiiinda spicy...kinda sweet. There's nothing that really tastes like it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
Zipperhead7:

Hi Babs and Derek! Just jumped into what sounds like a slammin' set
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Hello Zipperhead! You did miss the Hannukah version of Hey Ya but more fun to come lol
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hi Zipperhead, yay! Happy to hear you think so! Great to see you! How are "things"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
Zipperhead7:

A friend was giving a zoom talk to a library this evening and got zoom bombed. It was awful. Jeezits. Hacker kept assuming other people’s names so he couldn’t be identified. Librarian had to shut the whole thing down
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
DJ Babs:

Well, I'm drinking tonight. OH MY GOD. I give a lot of webinars for my work and that's a nightmare lol
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:51pm
coelacanth∅:

Greetings Babs + Derek
and others
Avatar 🏝 8:51pm
Alli B:

Webinar Queen!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:51pm
DJ Babs:

hello hello Coelacanth!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
ultradamno:

In the vein of Sex Beat, a few movies that I like to recommend with x-mas themes people tend to forget do: Deep Red, Morvern Callar and The Children
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
DJ Babs:

Lol NO more webinars until 2023..
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
ultradamno:

Katjon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:53pm
DJ Babs:

ah you know this UD! Very cool!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:53pm
DJ Babs:

I am pleased to say this is a pretty low consumption spending Xmas this year.
I'm just not buying into it! Literally!
  8:54pm
Kristine:

@babs same. No money, ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
DJ Babs:

exactly lol. I'd rather spend my money on good wine! LOLZ
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
ultradamno:

Yep, one of my favorite one-off albums ever
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
DJ Babs:

I am looking forward to derek telling us about it!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Scott67:

Beer for Xmas please!🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Zipperhead7:

↳ DJ Babs @8:53
Yeah we're getting some toys for Zipperdawg and that's it for Santa. He'll have them all gutted within an hour. I was gonna cook a goose for xmas but they cost $135!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
DJ Babs:

U know it! Derek surprised me with two bottles of my very favourite wine!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Scott67:

Predicted to be 34 Celsius Xmas Day here.
🌏☀️🍻😎🤙💨🍺🌻
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
DJ Babs:

honestly I got a turkey on sale and I'm so happy! We got meepmoop toys too! He stole the catnip one from me as I was wrapping it and he was freaking out all night LOL
  8:57pm
Kristine:

aww HERE IT COMES! Thanks derek
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
DJ Babs:

what's zipperdawg getting from Santa?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Kat in Chicago:

Not sure I need a drink after the work happy hour I went to last night. Considering it is 1 degree F out, maybe I"ll see if I have ingredients for a hot toddy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
DJ Babs:

hahah Kristine!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Kat in Chicago:

of course we get a Fall Xmas song! yay
Avatar 8:58pm
Mr Fab:

oooh man, now i gotta hear "No Xmas For John Keys"...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Zipperhead7:

↳ DJ Babs @8:57
I gotta pick 'em out tomorrow. That's the first version of that song I could stand. Good ol' Mark E!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Kat in Chicago:

oh no!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
ultradamno:

At least MES didn't slag Santa off too badly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
DJ Babs:

lol can't see why he wouldn't he does love to slag...but I think I remember reading an interview with a friend of his who said that he actually really loved Christmas...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Zipperhead7:

I was thinking it would be really neat if all the FMU premium CDs over the years and their tracks would be listed on the website. I treasure all the ones I have. Gary played some great Chinese punk on Bodega Pop last night. It was from a premium he did several years ago
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
coelacanth∅:

if you're going to get locked in something it might as well be a groove
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
ultradamno:

Maybe not that big a surprise, he was an x-tian who disapproved of porn on the grounds 'it's bad for the soul' or words to that effect.
Avatar 9:07pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Zipperhead7 @9:03
there are some:
www.discogs.com...
  9:07pm
DJ Nico:

Floors are clean. Tummy full. The rain has started outside. Thanks for the tunes so far!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
coelacanth∅:

Zipper i'm pretty sure i have more bodega pop cds than for any other show, and they're all excellent.
Avatar 9:08pm
VinylVillainSean:

Stompin' Thomas!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Scott67:

I will drink quite a lot of beer, but will remain sober.
🍻😎🤙💨🍺🌻
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
coelacanth∅:

hmm, yes maybe cocktail hour is upon me
Avatar 9:09pm
VinylVillainSean:

Hope you're all having your fair share of egg nog
  9:10pm
Kristine:

trying to reduce my booze intake, can't handle more than a glass or so. drinking lots of good teas, want to try making mocktails one day... but there will ALWAYS be eggnog
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Scott67:

Cheers coel! 🍻😎🤙💨🍸🍹
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Kat in Chicago:

Not an eggnog fan myself, it might be drinky time though
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Sean!!! Welcome welcome!!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
coelacanth∅:

my father's incredible eggnog may have ruined eggnog for me. i've never tasted any other eggnog that i even want a whole cup of.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
DJ Babs:

I love eggnog and will jhave one later!!!
Avatar 9:11pm
Mr Fab:

Anchor Steam brewery released their utterly fantastic xmas brew. Every year it's a dif recipe. I'm not a big beer drinker anymore, but was lucky to score a couple six packs. They go fast.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
ultradamno:

All of you quitting, I will perform the service of taking custody of your alcohol. No questions asked, you are welcome in advance.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Scott67:

I've never had eggnog!
  9:11pm
Kristine:

i only have eggnog right on christmas eve.
  9:12pm
Kristine:

thanks ultradamno, jealous of all those that can hold their liquor!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
DJ Babs:

Goddamn snowbird I love this song so much. I'm on my 3rd carton of nog this season LOL. Sean and i shared some coconut nog last week and it's an excellent dairy free alternative!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
ultradamno:

It's actually pretty good. Steak n Shake does a nice eggnog shake.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
DJ Babs:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Zipperhead7:

↳ Mr Fab @9:07
I have the Sheena 2002, Fab! Great stuff. Will peruse the others
  9:13pm
Kristine:

third carton? wowza. do you know if its similar to eierlikor?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello Sean! Hello Coelacanth∅!
Avatar 9:13pm
Mr Fab:

well, gotta say...never thought I'd near Anne Murray on this channel, haha.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
coelacanth∅:

i haven't heard this song since i was little
Avatar 9:14pm
VinylVillainSean:

Hey Babs and Derek! Hope you guys are all having a warm and dry blizzard eve
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
DJ Babs:

yes! Indeed. Glad the blizzard is letting us do our radio show and not knocking out power!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
ultradamno:

I have seen John Denver live. My sister was OBSESSED...to the point we vacationed in Aspen once, and we do not ski.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
DJ Babs:

I LOVE ANNE MURRAY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Zipperhead7:

It's a happy holiday when no chairs are thrown or tables overturned
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
DJ Babs:

and kristine I'd imagine it's quite close yes!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Kat in Chicago:

I never thought I'd hear John Denver on this show! I AM going to the kitchen for drinky time...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
DJ Babs:

lol this is a dark humour choice for me because my dad got drunk EVERY christmas lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
DJ Babs:

THanks to Sean Vinyl Villain I got this tune from him!!!
Avatar 9:17pm
VinylVillainSean:

This 6 cups of eggnog song? That was all you lol
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
ultradamno:

Didn't he chainsaw a bed in two at some point in his marriage? It's always the quiet ones...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Zipperhead7:

That John Denver annotation is brilliant
  9:17pm
Kristine:

is he putting rum in the eggnog??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
DJ Babs:

wait it was?!!?!? I have lost count lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
DJ Babs:

hahah Zipperhead truth is stranger than fiction....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
DJ Babs:

Bella this one is for you!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
DJ Babs:

I like a good spiced rum in my nog...but brandy is also good. what's best is Brandy AND Rum
Avatar 🏝 9:19pm
Alli B:

Love this song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
DJ Babs:

Thought ya might!! ;-)
Avatar 9:20pm
Mr Fab:

↳ DJ Babs @9:19
Cognac, if you feel like being a big-spender.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Zipperhead7:

↳ DJ Babs @9:18
Did you write that, Babs? "Nitrous-happy" is such a wonderful description. It is etched onto my cerebral cortex
Avatar 🏝 9:20pm
Alli B:

I’ve listened to it daily for like a month now 🤣 Never gets tiresome. Makes me move
Avatar 9:22pm
VinylVillainSean:

I haven't heard this toots track before! So good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
DJ Babs:

lol Zipperhead I sadly did NOT write that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
DJ Babs:

I think it was Dangerous Minds blog.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
DJ Babs:

Christmas Ska is the best!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
DJ Babs:

I also make no apologies for this because I love ska and I love last christmas and this is perfect LOL. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ DJ Babs @9:24
Ugh!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Derek Westerholm:

Ugh.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Derek Westerholm:

Ugh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
DJ Babs:

Don't be ughing at me Westerholm LOL
  9:25pm
Kristine:

yes Last Christmas! I was in love with Wham since about forever
Avatar 9:25pm
VinylVillainSean:

lol I love Last Christmas too! It's the best
  9:26pm
Kristine:

DON'T APOLOGIZE!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
ultradamno:

Did Desmond Dekker do an Israelites Christmas you could play?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
ultradamno:

....he did have a Christmas Day song www.discogs.com...
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
Kat in Chicago:

Just returned from the kitchen. Hot chocolate with a shot of The Kraken and three Dandies marshmallows on top
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Zipperhead7:

↳ DJ Babs @9:24
I agree! I gave upon being hip decades ago. I do draw the line at McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas," though
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Kat in Chicago:

↳ Zipperhead7 @9:28
Don-O already subjected us to that one last week
Avatar 9:29pm
VinylVillainSean:

↳ Zipperhead7 @9:28
lol it's so bad it's so good though!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Derek Westerholm:

Everything is fair play... I just can't stand the song, that's all, haha.
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
ultradamno:

OK...fine...but comparisons to OTIS makes me arch my back.
Avatar 9:32pm
VinylVillainSean:

The nog made me pass out last Fri
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
Zipperhead7:

Someone gave me some almond-flavored Bailey's last week and it tasted like Kaopectate
Avatar 🏝 9:35pm
Alli B:

Dandies rule
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
coelacanth∅:

baily's needs whiskey, not almonds (nor chocolate)
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Kat in Chicago:

↳ Alli B @9:35
One case where I vastly prefer a vegan thing to the usual thing!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Scott67:

What happened??
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
coelacanth∅:

vegenaisse grapeseed oil mayonnaise is the best in my opinion. (and i grew up with hellman's)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Zipperhead7:

coelacanth∅! Has coelamouse returned?
  9:40pm
Tyler:

Good evining beacheroni's!
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Kat in Chicago:

Hey, I knit socks. They're a lot of work. Don't set them on fire
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Derek Westerholm:

Hello Tyler!!!
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coelacanth∅:

my hot chocolate is organic pure cocoa, oat milk (preferably oatley), maple syrup and jameson whiskey.
  9:41pm
Tyler:

Hi Derek!
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Kat in Chicago:

↳ coelacanth∅ @9:40
that sounds really good!
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DJ Babs:

lol Sean you passed out HARD!
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DJ Babs:

Hi Tyler! Welcome welcome! Glad you made it!
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Scott67:

I reckon The Thing should be a Xmas Movie.
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kat in Chicago @9:40
Yeah, burning the socks seemed uncalled for.
  9:41pm
Tyler:

Sean is the ghost of Christmas past out :)
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DJ Babs:

Also coelacanth YES to whiskey with a shot of maple syrup. That is so so good!
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DJ Babs:

I also second the vegannaise. We've made the switch from Hellmans here. Tho on christmas I make my own home made mayo!
  9:42pm
Tyler:

Hi Babs. Me too! Just got back from last minute fool's errands.
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DJ Babs:

Kat we wil not allow your socks to be singed! LOL
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ultradamno:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:41
Also, more effort than you might think. Most socks won't go right up, so you really have to want it.
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DJ Babs:

I did my last minute errands this aft. I accidentally got a little to stoned and had to go buy pickled herring for Derek.
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ultradamno:

This song reminded me of this Onion piece www.theonion.com...
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Kat in Chicago:

↳ Song: "No Gifts For Nazis" by "Alice Bag"
ooh this is a good one
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DJ Babs:

I support all anti fascist Christmas songs even if they are terrible, lol.
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coelacanth∅:

haha Zipper if coelamouse tries to make it back - 20 miles and the hudson river away - he/she's bound to find food and warmth before getting here...
maybe in my sister's house!
  9:45pm
Tyler:

Pretty much done all my holiday hoo-haw except travelling to my parents tomorrow. It better shape than most years.
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DJ Babs:

Although Bless Alice Bag!
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DJ Babs:

Kat i love Alice Bag but that's not one of my more favourite musical versions of her. But the message I am ALL about!
  9:47pm
Tyler:

Sufjan is sounding pretty New Pornographers on this one...
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Kat in Chicago:

↳ Tyler @9:47
I hear that
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DJ Babs:

Yes this is a very good song. I don't get into Sufjan as much as I should...
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Zipperhead7:

↳ coelacanth∅ @9:45
My stepson had a groundhog living in his back yard, and he trapped it and drove it way out into the country. Damned if that groundhog didn't make it back to Dumont New Jersey within two weeks! So they adopted it as a pet.
  9:50pm
Tyler:

↳ Zipperhead7 @9:49
Dumontaxpony Pete :)
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Zipperhead7 @9:49
Seemed destined to be!
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coelacanth∅:

i didn't quite catch all that eggnog recipe of -was it george washington's? ... but my father's called for something like 1.75 quarts of whiskey, a pint of rum and a quart of brandy. this making a little over 2 gallons...made 3 weeks prior to desired consumption time. it needs to mellow.
i made it once, many years ago, probably still have the recipe but. . .
it ain't happening.
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DJ Babs:

omg I would love to have a pet groundhog they are so so sweet!
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coelacanth∅:

we've got groundhogs here. in the winter they get into the basement and chew away at what holds up my bedroom.
  9:53pm
Tyler:

↳ coelacanth∅ @9:52
I think those are beavers :)
  9:53pm
Kristine:

awwww wish i could have been at the legendary dots show! jelly
  9:54pm
Tyler:

↳ Kristine @9:53
Did they play recently?
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ultradamno:

The way to celebrate twitter.com...
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coelacanth∅:

Tyler i think they took a class taught by beavers.
  9:55pm
Tyler:

Awww... crap! Didn't hear about that show...
  9:56pm
Tyler:

↳ coelacanth∅ @9:55
Rascals :)
  9:57pm
Kristine:

↳ Tyler @9:55
yeah, about a month ago. I had COVID so couldnt go.
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Kat in Chicago:

Soof-yan i think?
  9:58pm
Tyler:

↳ Kristine @9:57
Drag. Sorry you couldn't go :(
  9:58pm
Kristine:

yeah, that's life! oh well.
  10:00pm
Kristine:

don't gooooooooooo
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VinylVillainSean:

This track reminds me of the Mothers
  10:01pm
Tyler:

Things got pretty weird after the archive cut-off :)
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DJ Babs:

we arent done yet !!!
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VinylVillainSean:

↳ Tyler @10:01
Tyler! lol
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Zipperhead7:

I have enjoyed this show beyond measure and will play it again Saturday night. Wish I could be here more often on Thursday nights. Babs and Derek are the best! Enjoy your holiday tipple!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kristine @10:00
Yes, bonus content... We're not quite going yet, Kristine, haha!
  10:02pm
Tyler:

Sha-la-da-la-la...
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DJ Babs:

Thanks for joining us Zipperhead!!! Merry Christmas to ya!!!
  10:03pm
Tyler:

↳ VinylVillainSean @10:02
Hi Sean!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ coelacanth∅ @9:52
coelacanth∅: "we've got groundhogs here. in the winter they get into the basement and chew away at what holds up my bedroom." --- lol!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Zipperhead7 @10:02
Enjoy your holiday, too, Zipperhead!!!
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coelacanth∅:

glad you're not finished yet
  10:06pm
Kristine:

nice track!
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coelacanth∅:

...not drinking though. went to the kitchen for a glass but realised i hadn't eaten dinner yet so doing that instead, or first
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DJ Babs:

yes more prudent to get something in yer belly first Coelacanth!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

coelacanth∅, we're so happy to be with you, with all of you... It's hard to say goodbye!
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coelacanth∅:

so what was that song saying, santa's on the brink of exhaustion?
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DJ Babs:

Santa should stay home because the world is in flames and global warming is a thing...
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DJ Babs:

Because this song has to be played every year because it is the best christmas song....
  10:11pm
Kristine:

ooh are you on until 11?
Great name:)
  10:12pm
Tyler:

Santa's gotta save us from the Martians
  10:12pm
Tyler:

This song reminds me of The Flying Lizards
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VinylVillainSean:

Love this!
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Derek Westerholm:

It's a fantastic song, truly!
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DJ Babs:

Cristina was theee shiiiiiiitttttt.....
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coelacanth∅:

is martians code for politicians?
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coelacanth∅:

yes it's a bit lizardsish -around the same time too
  10:15pm
Tyler:

Love me some Lizards!
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ultradamno:

The FL singer became a psycho therapist...practice asking for money came in handy
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coelacanth∅:

i as well Tyler. it's a shame so many people never listened enough to think of it as anything more than a novelty
  10:17pm
Tyler:

From Sha-la-da-la-la... to Kling-a-ling-a-ling! Babs & Derek have all the frequencies covered!
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ultradamno:

Waitresses singer, on the other, died of cancer
  10:18pm
Tyler:

↳ ultradamno @10:17
It would be great if she played that song to her patients at the end of each session :)
  10:19pm
Tyler:

↳ ultradamno @10:18
Yeah, too young.
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VinylVillainSean:

LMAO
  10:20pm
Kristine:

that part is not good babs. the whole song is bad
  10:21pm
Tyler:

Santa's carbon foot-print must be pretty huge :)
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coelacanth∅:

haha i agree!
  10:22pm
Tyler:

I'm picturing Solid Gold Dancers :)
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coelacanth∅:

but all the plastic lawn decorations are fine!
  10:22pm
Tyler:

We are Egg-Nogging you on Derek & Babs!
  10:23pm
Tyler:

William Shatner's Rocket Man is pretty EPIC!
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ultradamno:

This song is about eating babies. Nothing else explains the adjectives 'tender' and 'mild'
  10:24pm
Kristine:

it was awesome! Merry Merry christmas to you all!!
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Scott67:

Thanks Babs & Derek! Have a happy & safe whatever it means for you both.
🌏☀️🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍹🍸🍷🥂🍾❤️
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coelacanth∅:

ultra we'll have to consult professor dum dum on that
  10:25pm
Tyler:

↳ ultradamno @10:24
Only way to stop Zombie Jeebus!
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ultradamno:

They should have thrown in 'savory' while they were at it...I mean it is the savior they're talking about feasting on...
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VinylVillainSean:

Happy Holidays all!
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DJ Babs:

Happy Happy Holiays everyone!!!
  10:25pm
Tyler:

Thanks Babs & Derek! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! Hope to see soon!
  10:25pm
Kristine:

hahahahahaha
  10:26pm
Tyler:

↳ VinylVillainSean @10:25
Hope you have a good time on the holidays! See you around the Swan...
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coelacanth∅:

William Shatner may just be the 2nd coming of our savory savior
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DJ Babs:

omg this song! THIS SONG.
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Derek Westerholm:

It really is "something"
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DJ Babs:

Ah the savory saviour. Every year when we do our family holiday cheese fondue I PRAISE CHEEZUS.
  10:27pm
Tyler:

I'm picturing Iggy smearing peanut butter all over his chest while singing this...
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DJ Babs:

lol! Honesty Iggy can do just about anything (except collab with blink 182 and RHCP) and I'll listen.
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coelacanth∅:

doesn't Martha & the muffins have a song called jesus and gum?!
  10:28pm
Kristine:

Tender and mild children tenders
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coelacanth∅:

hahaha!
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DJ Babs:

lol. I'm going to go and be sad about Terry Hall and eat a box of Toffeefay.
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DJ Babs:

Coelacanth earmarked for next years Xmas show!!!
  10:30pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @10:29
:( Toffeefay for the pain
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coelacanth∅:

i just sold my specials first album today. made me a bit sad.
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DJ Babs:

oh those happy little toffee cups. Awww coelacanth why!!!
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DJ Babs:

Gotta say Terry has been with me since I was 13. i will miss him.
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coelacanth∅:

selling all my records.
i have to.
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DJ Babs:

sigh. That's a hard goodbye Coelacanth!
  10:32pm
Tyler:

Terry Hall died much too young, but he had a great life. Don't be sad. Celebrate him!
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DJ Babs:

Team Beachers! Thank you all for joining tonight. You are all amazing. Wishing you all a wonderful wonderful holiday. We'll see you next week for the 2022 wrapup!!!! And yes..celebrations in order! :-)
  10:33pm
Tyler:

↳ coelacanth∅ @10:31
Sorry, coelacantho. Hope they find good homes.
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Derek! Thanks Babs!
'night y'all
  10:33pm
Tyler:

G'night, all!
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DJ Babs:

goodnight all!!!!! Stay safe and warm frens!!!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

Thank-you all, sending all the best, always, all ways. Enjoy, festive-ize, however-so you do...
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