WFMU: Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 23, 2013

Listener comments!
	12:17pm kat330: Hi, Irene! Pretty green!
	12:18pm Philo Gristle: Hello, Irene and gang. Rare chance to listen live!
	12:18pm Sean in Bristol, UK: Hi Irene, Merry Christmas to you and all the Trukeepers
	12:19pm kat330: G'afternoon, Sean! How's the weather in Bristol?
	12:21pm Philo Gristle: I guess Major Ben is a Bowie fan? Love the guitar.
	♥ 12:22pm Irene Trudel: Happy Krimble, Kat, Philo, Sean and everybody joining us today! Gonna give you all my take on Christmas seasonal music today. Hope it helps all of us keep our heads above the waves.
	♥ 12:22pm Ike: Hello! I'm not at work today, so I can enjoy this show for once. Hurrah.
	♥ 12:23pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Haden!!!!!!
	♥ 12:23pm Irene Trudel: Yay Ike! Glad you can join us.
	12:24pm kat330: Hope it isn't (all) the usual dark Christmas theme already overdone on the FMU family of streams. No longer becomes an antidote if that's all there is to swallow. ;)
	12:24pm shate shake: That is the way to cover a Bowie tune for sure, good afternoon, Irene et al.
	12:26pm Mystrmuzk: Wonderful start, Irene!
	♥ 12:27pm Ike: To clarify, I listen to a lot of FMU at work, but Mondays from 12 to 3 are often tricky for Irene-type sounds. But they're brilliant for a day off. Sounds fantastic so far!
	12:27pm Mystrmuzk: Kat - now does that sound like Irene?
	♥ 12:28pm Irene Trudel: @Kat, there may be a little darkness in here but light will creep in, I promise.
	12:29pm kat330: @Mystrmuzk: Nope, not at all! @Irene: Well, then, that's a nice balance. I say balance in all things at all times. :)
	12:29pm Sean in Bristol, UK: Hi Kat, sorry in the delay in replying but just cycled home from work with the rain hammering down, thank goodness for the WFMU app and Irene's wonderful music to keep me going. The weather today has been filthy!
	♥ 12:30pm Maggie B.: Merry Xmas Irene and everyone! Irene, i am loving this Haden/Metheny. so gorgeous.
	12:31pm kat330: @Sean: Oooh, so sorry! We had the pelting rain Friday night into Saturday. But the temps were near 70-degrees F. Were you on an acoustic or motor bike?
	12:34pm Jack: That Haden/Metheny was gorgeous! (so was the Allison). I am at work, wanted to just veg, have to dig that one up.
	♥ 12:34pm Rev. Turnip Druid: ...whereas here in DC it's a ghost town. Staying local during the holidays is most awesome.
	12:34pm kat330: Irene, the last part of "Stone Shoal" matched beautifully with a track the Jeff's were playing. Stone cool accidental mashup it was.
	12:34pm dave in a cave: feels good to be at work w/ Irene and no one else around. may peace rain on all eve's eve workers
	12:35pm KP: Irene, a reminder. Travel in the New York area is dreadful around the holidays.
	12:36pm kat330: @Jack: Your sentence parses interestingly, having to dig up a wanted vegetable. Tuber to be sure.
	♥ 12:37pm Irene Trudel: Really, @KP?? I hadn't noticed. :)
	♥ 12:37pm Maggie B.: oof, i avoided my already epic commute today - working from home.
	12:38pm kat330: Love these fan club bits. Our local WFPK always plays these on Christmas Day, usually while we're on rural roads going to 'Gootee to see my Uncle Charlie.
	♥ 12:41pm mariano: Wow, Irene: like I was commenting during Liz's show, I'm laid up with a head cold and sore throat, medicating and drinking hot toddies, and this Beatles thing is about as perfect a selection for the present circumstances. Thanks so much!
	12:42pm kat330: Ha! Hope this falls into the "light" category! Thanks, Irene! :)
	12:42pm Philo Gristle: That sounded familiar! :)
	12:43pm kat330: For you, Philo, I imagine OVER familiar. ;)
	12:43pm Sean in Bristol, UK: @Kat, on my bicycle, just drying out now, that Pat Metheny track was wonderful.
	♥ 12:47pm Sem Chumbo: In time for Mr. Armstrong, that is so good. Hiya, all.
	♥ 12:48pm Ike: Y'all seen good things on Netflix lately? I just set my dad up w/Netflix Instant, but don't know it that well myself. He's quite pleased to binge on British detective show "The Fall" so far. Somehow I don't think he's going to go for my Farscape recommendation.
	12:51pm Philo Gristle: @Ike On Hulu Plus we've enjoyed some Doctor Who, but I think that might fall in line with Farscape. Tongs of great Brit tv shows, not sure what would be available on Netflix tho.
	12:52pm kat330: Stick a salad fork in those "tongs" hunaja.
	12:52pm Philo Gristle: Tongs?! Well I did watch that one classy Hammer Horror flick, Terror of the Tongs, a wee while back....
	♥ 12:54pm mariano: @Philo: I've just discovered, probably years after the fact, that a lot of BBC stuff is on Youtube, a lot of it full-length and even HD. I stream directly to my TV. Such good shows there they don't play on BBC America.
	♥ 12:55pm Mike East: @Ike - Luther is a decent British detective show on Netflix. Also lots of Dr Who. We just finished season one of The Arrow which we liked. Lots of other good stuff. depends on what kind of stuff your dad's into and how much of it he's seen already.
	♥ 12:56pm Mike East: also really liked Orange is the new Black
	12:56pm Philo Gristle: @Mariano I think it happened fairly recently, when they allowed for longer uploads. I think they were limited to 10 minutes before google bought them. But yeah, too much to be able to watch in a lifetime!
	12:58pm Philo Gristle: @Mike Luther is the one with Idris Elba, right? Its on Hulu too. We've been watching Doctor Who, too, alongside Veep, Walking Dead and Burn Notice on dvd...
	♥ 1:00pm Mike East: Yes, except I just call him Stringer Bell. I got into Walking Dead on netflix, too. So many characters to hate on that show, so its nice to know that odds are good that they won't be there long. Except Rick. Why can't we get rid of Rick?
	♥ 1:02pm Whosondephone: One of my holiday WFMU Favorites!
	1:02pm kat330: @Mike: Haha! Yeah, his best moment was when he was have aural hallucinations with phone calls from beyond the walking dead.
	1:03pm kat330: Wow, strange sync up with Whosondephone.
	1:03pm Sean in Bristol, UK: Joseph Spence, awesome, could do a passable imitation after few glasses of port
	♥ 1:04pm mariano: @Sean: mmmm, port! A nice tawny port by the fire. Drinking cognac hot toddies right now, strictly for medicinal purposes, of course.
	1:04pm v k: "Truckin' Trees for Christmas" by Red Simpson - an honest, uplifting Christmas tune
	1:06pm Sean in Bristol, UK: I'll start the ball rolling, you played a wonderful version of "Silent Night" by Marcus Roberts, that would be fab if you could squeeze that one in
	1:08pm Philo Gristle: Thanks, Irene, for playing Kat's little ditty from me, too!
	♥ 1:09pm Ike: Mike East, as a cable addict, I'm caught up on Luther S3, the final season. Vs. the first 2, it's disappointing and not credible. It's not on Netflix yet anyway. Also I'm current on Arrow S2, which keeps improving impressively. Check out Nikita too. It's also surprisingly good. My dad won't go for Arrow or Nikita surely. We have OITNB queued up, sounds good.
	1:10pm kat330: @Sean: Did you yet watch your "Breaking Bad" specials?
	1:11pm Philo Gristle: @Mike Can't say Walking Dead is too Christmasy, or maybe all that great, but it IS addictive.
	1:12pm kat330: Wouldn't mind December in Brazil. A couple of weeks at least.
	♥ 1:12pm Mike East: @Ike - the same guy who recommended Arrow recommended Nikita (the guy at the parking garage). I definitely gotta check it out. Also, we just enjoyed the Michael Cera movie: Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus.
	♥ 1:15pm Ike: Irene, BBC America has been great w/the same-day premieres of Dr. Who for a few years now. It's strange how Brits get NEW episodes on Xmas. U.S. TV is a wasteland on major holidays. So much so that tiny BBC America beats virtually everything else in the ratings every Xmas lately!
	🥁 ♥ 1:17pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Kat, not yet, I am prolonging the anticipation. Really getting into "Fringe" which I think Ike recommended so thank you, sir. Just started "Walking Dead" which i not available on Netflix over here, had to fork out for a dvd set.
	♥ 1:18pm Irene Trudel: I know @Ike! Looking forward to the new Doctor Who episode. I'm gonna be home watching TV on Christmas, celebrating quietly.
	1:19pm kat330: Philo and I quite enjoyed "Fringe," up to the last season when it flagged more than a bit.
	1:19pm slush iron: Why does her voice (Hot Sardines) make me feel so dirty?
	1:20pm kat330: Beginning to wonder if J.J. Abrams, who has wonderful concepts and interesting story arcs, simply can't successfully end a series.
	🥁 ♥ 1:21pm Sean in Bristol UK: I was a huge Doctor Who fan when I was a lot younger, during the sixties but I seem to remember cowering behind the sofa most of the time!
	1:21pm Ted: The Pink Martini reminds me of Mary Margaret O'Hara. Hey didn't MMO do a Christmas album? Do you have that Irene?
	♥ 1:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: The warm, rainy weather over the weekend melted the snow here. It needs to turn cold again so the crocuses don't sprout up.
	♥ 1:22pm Ike: Sean, that can't be worth it. Walking Dead, sigh -- never seen such a stunning gulf between dismal quality of characters & dialogue vs. brilliant makeup and action direction.
	♥ 1:23pm Irene Trudel: @slush iron, I think that's the point, and maybe it's just the Edith Piaf rendition, but the Hot Sardines are a great throwback to an earlier time. Just saw them play live a few nights ago.
	1:24pm Hamper Diver: @Irene, I bet that Sardines show was fun, they sound like the 'fun' type.
	🥁 ♥ 1:25pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Ike, my problem has been that since the end of BB there has been nothing that get's close t the quality of that series. The bar has been raised really high with BB
	♥ 1:25pm Ike: Sean, also, I hear that Farscape is back on Netflix UK and USA, so hit that, if you haven't.
	1:25pm Philo Gristle: Kind of a shame all of Howe Gelb's proteges are finding success more than he ever did, with M. Ward and Calexico, even Friends of Dean Martinez...
	1:27pm kat330: @Philo: Probably something to do with integrity levels.
	🥁 ♥ 1:29pm Sean in Bristol UK: Ike, thanks for the recommendation, that series has been on my radar. Out of curiosity, what part of the States do you live?
	🥁 ♥ 1:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: Great set, Irene, especially the Beach Boys tune. The Christmas spirit is slowly starting to creep into this Bristolian Scrooge!
	♥ 1:32pm Ike: Sean, I live in NJ and work in NYC. Close enough to volunteer at FMU, but don't get many chances lately because of work.
	♥ 1:32pm Rev. Turnip Druid: nooo! Don't give up, keep fighting, Scroogie! We can BEAT this thing!
	1:33pm Philo Gristle: @Sean You have to lower your expectations after Walter White. It'll be a decade before it gets knocked down the throne, methinks.
	♥ 1:33pm Parq: This Allen Sherman track is an essential component of an old-fashioned Chez Parq Christmas.
	1:34pm kat330: Before the playlist revealed who it was and before the unmistakable harmonies kicked in, I thought that Beach Boys track was TMBG for a moment. Who was lead singer on that, Irene?
	1:39pm kat330: Re: TMBG, they shared a cool holiday song several days ago called "Celebration" (if time for any requests).
	🥁 ♥ 1:39pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Philo, you are right, there is the off-shoot series about Saul Goodman to look forward to
	♥ 1:42pm Ike: Looking fwd. to Dave Hill's FMU show. Liked him on 7 Sec. Delay last week.
	♥ 1:53pm mariano: Oh, Brother John! Completely forgot about this one!
	1:55pm ticklemoon: such a touching message of....Christmas....and....snow.
	🥁 ♥ 2:00pm Sean in Bristol UK: This is so beautiful, ok, I submit to this wonderful time of year
	2:01pm kat330: Nice fiddle indeed.
	2:02pm doca: is this james taylor thee james taylor?
	2:03pm Philo Gristle: Didn't David Johansen do a version of this with the Harry Smiths? I really dug that one...
	2:04pm kat330: @doca: Certainly must be. BTW, that dog in your avatar has the most eerily human-like expression.
	🥁 ♥ 2:07pm Sean in Bristol UK: Irene, just downloaded the Mark O'Connor track, worth getting the rest of the album? That track was a thing of beauty.
	2:07pm doca: @kat: that's why that's my avatar. I'm always amazed by animals doing human-like faces but this one always makes me laugh.
	♥ 2:08pm Parq: Yeah, I have that Fahey CD too. Annoying that they couldn't release the entirety of the two albums, and also the third one, "Popular Songs of Christmas". But hey, it's nice to have an hour of Fahey Christmas guitar to pop into the CD player.
	2:08pm kat330: I think the expression reflects the dog's feeling about that hat on his head.
	2:09pm Philo Gristle: Bikoff, wonder if the Guzzi is a Moto Guzzi motor-bike reference. Only Guzzi I know of...
	2:10pm doca: I've made a t-shirt of that "Guitar Soli" Christmas album by Fahey. @kat: He's happy for his birthday. The cool thing is that if you google his photo, you'll find this is the second time he makes the same face. Surely is a child on costume.
	2:11pm kat330: Nothing shouts Merry Christmas to me more than dinosaur erotica.
	♥ 2:11pm mariano: Widening gyre? Isn't that from Yeats' "The Second Coming?" Probably remembering wrong...
	2:16pm doca: @kat: sorry Kat, but I had to share that sentence of yours on facebook. Do you want me to give credits for it?
	2:17pm kat330: @doca: Please! I have a lot of "bon mots" on my own Tumblr. (no FB) :)
	2:17pm don: Saw Linda Draper perform last week; beautiful songs, even better live---thanks Irene for introducing her music to me/us listeners---
	2:18pm Philo Gristle: For just a second I thought this was Jeff Buckley....
	2:18pm kat330: Love Ms. Orton.
	2:20pm kat330: And this is such a fine arrangement, too, on "Candles."
	2:21pm doca: @kat: it is done, credits are given with a link to your tumblr (:
	2:22pm kat330: Well, thank you, doca, and I hope you get all the most wonderful dinosaur erotica for Christmas! :)
	2:24pm kat330: [I hear Emily Brontesaurus and T. Rex make a great pair.]
	2:29pm kat330: Ah, another of my fave vocalists. Great set, Irene.
	2:30pm Philo Gristle: One Nil for Finn.
	2:51pm Philo Gristle: Thanks again, Irene, for playing this. My personal fave of Kat's Christmas set.
	2:52pm Philo Gristle: And back-to-back with Tom Rapp!
	2:53pm kat330: Irene, whatever the female equivalent of mensch, that is you. Thank you for finding some things I create worthy of your air space, dear lady!
	♥ 2:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: WHOA, missed me some prime Tom Rapp...
	♥ 2:55pm Mike East: nicely done, kat
	2:56pm don: Grip Weeds cover Jethro Tull-now that's special
	🥁 ♥ 2:56pm Sean in Bristol UK: Thank you Irene and thank you for all the wonderful shows this year, the live guests, just fantastic,
	♥ 2:56pm Parq: Thanks for a great themed show, Miss Irene. And thanks for "Gaudete" -- never knew that was a Christmas carol.
	🥁 ♥ 2:57pm Brian in UK: Happy Christmas Irene and folks. John Fahey is getting a caning this year. Yipee.
	♥ 2:58pm Irene Trudel: Have a happy, safe holiday everybody!
	2:59pm KP: Thanks, Irene. All the best
	2:59pm Philo Gristle: Thanks for a wonderful show! Merry Christmas, Festivus, und so weiter.
	2:59pm kat330: @Mike: Thank you, Mike. Hope you'll play for Lucie that 30-second Christmas ditty for kiddies (w/familiar melody ;) @Irene: Thanks for a year's worth of joy! @everyone: The bestivest of festivities, however you celebrate, over the coming several days!
	2:59pm Fredericks: I recognized Kat's singing!
	3:00pm kat330: Hey, Fredericks! Happy New Year!
	8:29am van: Catching up, always a great thing, with this show. "Spiritual" is just great....
	12:05pm van: cool show, thanks

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 23, 2013

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December 23, 2013: Keeping your head above the Christmas tide.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Cheer	Stone Shoal "Stone Shoal" by "Cheer"	Future Overtones	Apolioiaan Recordings	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ben Allison	No Other Side "No Other Side" by "Ben Allison"	The Stars Look Very Different Today	Sonic Camera Records	0:00:32 (Pop-up)
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny	Spiritual	Beyond the Missouri Sky	Verve	0:06:32 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Irene Trudel	Waves and Bells "Waves and Bells" by "Irene Trudel"	You'll See Me In Your Dreams (Irene Trudel, WFMU Marathon Premium 2011)	WFMU Marathon Premium	0:14:28 (Pop-up)
The Beatles	Christmastime Is Here Again (Fan Club Greeting Dec. 1967)	The Beatles Christmas Album	Apple	0:18:48 (Pop-up)
Kathleen Martin	Celebration Song: Christmas	(MP3)	Kat 330	0:25:01 (Pop-up)
Brother John Rydgren	Christmas Montage	Silhouette Segments	The Omni Recording Corporation	0:25:29 (Pop-up)
Louis Armstrong	Christmas Night in Harlem	What a Wonderful Christmas	Hip-O Records	0:28:19 (Pop-up)
Les Paul & Mary Ford	Don't Cha Hear Them Bells	The New Sound	Capitol Records	0:30:41 (Pop-up)
Curtis Peagler	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Christmas Songs	Milestone	0:33:01 (Pop-up)
Bill Evans	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	(Vocal version from recording session)	Milestone	0:37:07 (Pop-up)
Bill Evans	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Christmas Songs	Milestone Records	0:39:10 (Pop-up)
Joseph Spence	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album	Rounder	0:43:29 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Irene Trudel	Waves and Bells "Waves and Bells" by "Irene Trudel"	You'll See Me In Your Dreams (Irene Trudel, WFMU Marathon Premium 2011)	WFMU Marathon Premium	0:52:07 (Pop-up)
Antonio Carlos Jobim	Looks Like December	Christmas for Lovers	Verve	0:54:34 (Pop-up)
The Hot Sardines	Le Nöel de la Rue	Lowdown Little Christmas Record	The Hot Sardines	0:58:17 (Pop-up)
Pink Martini	A Snowglobe Christmas	Joy to the World	Heinz Records	1:02:37 (Pop-up)
She & Him	Christmas Day "Christmas Day" by "She & Him"	A Very She & Him Christmas	Merge Records	1:06:07 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Christmas Wish "Christmas Wish" by "NRBQ"	Christmas Wish	Big Notes	1:09:28 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	Santa's Got an Airplane	The Beach Boys Ultimate Christmas	Capitol	1:12:08 (Pop-up)
Allan Sherman	The Twelve Gifts of Christmas	The Best of Allan Sherman	Rhino Records	1:15:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Irene Trudel	Waves and Bells "Waves and Bells" by "Irene Trudel"	You'll See Me In Your Dreams (Irene Trudel, WFMU Marathon Premium 2011)	WFMU Marathon Premium	1:18:52 (Pop-up)
Leo Kottke	In Christ There is No East or West	Instrumentals: Best Of The Capitol Years	Capitol Records	1:29:09 (Pop-up)
Don Bikoff	Guzzi on Hallowed Ground	On Hallowed Ground	Don Bikoff	1:31:19 (Pop-up)
Brother John Rydgren	A Christmas Reflection	Silhouette Segments	The Omni Recording Corporation	1:35:52 (Pop-up)
John Fahey	Medley: Jesus Won't you Come By Here / Go Tell It on the Mountain	Christmas Guitar, Vol. 1	Varrick/Rounder	1:37:40 (Pop-up)
Wall Matthews	The Holly and the ivy / The First N&oUml;el	Star of Wonder	Zen Gardens Music	1:41:02 (Pop-up)
Mark O'Connor (w/James Taylor)	Ol' Blue	An Appalachian Christmas	OMAC Records	1:43:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Irene Trudel	Waves and Bells "Waves and Bells" by "Irene Trudel"	You'll See Me In Your Dreams (Irene Trudel, WFMU Marathon Premium 2011)	WFMU Marathon Premium	1:47:29 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey	Wintertime "Wintertime" by "Chris Stamey"	Lovesick Blues	Yep Roc	1:57:00 (Pop-up)
Beth Orton	Candles "Candles" by "Beth Orton"	Sugaring Season	Anti-	2:01:25 (Pop-up)
Zachary Cale	Noise of Welcome "Noise of Welcome" by "Zachary Cale"	Blue Rider	All Hands Electric	2:04:38 (Pop-up)
Adrian Crowley & James Yorkston	True Love Will Find You In The End	My Yoke is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston	Adrian Crowley & James Yorkston	2:09:27 (Pop-up)
Neil Finn	Secret God "Secret God" by "Neil Finn"	One Nil	Nettwerk America	2:11:55 (Pop-up)
Jon Graboff	Christmas Shopping "Christmas Shopping" by "Jon Graboff"	For Christs Sake!	Confidential Recordings	2:17:04 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Irene Trudel	Waves and Bells "Waves and Bells" by "Irene Trudel"	You'll See Me In Your Dreams (Irene Trudel, WFMU Marathon Premium 2011)	WFMU Marathon Premium	2:20:11 (Pop-up)
Buffy Sainte-Marie	Waly, Waly "Waly, Waly" by "Buffy Sainte-Marie"	Little Wheel Spin and Spin	Vanguard	2:25:46 (Pop-up)
Steeleye Span	Gaudete "Gaudete" by "Steeleye Span"	Below the Salt	Chrysalis	2:30:01 (Pop-up)
Kathleen Martin	Veni, Emmanuel "Veni, Emmanuel" by "Kathleen Martin"	Nöel 2013	Kathleen Martin	2:32:14 (Pop-up)
Pearls Before Swine	There Was a Man	Balaklava	ESP-Disk'	2:35:14 (Pop-up)
The Grip Weeds	A Christmas Song "A Christmas Song" by "The Grip Weeds"	Under the Influence of Christmas	Rainbow Quartz	2:38:07 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Linda Cohen	Angel Alley "Angel Alley" by "Linda Cohen"	Angel Alley	Tomato	2:40:46 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:17pm kat330: Hi, Irene! Pretty green!
	12:18pm Philo Gristle: Hello, Irene and gang. Rare chance to listen live!
	12:18pm Sean in Bristol, UK: Hi Irene, Merry Christmas to you and all the Trukeepers
	12:19pm kat330: G'afternoon, Sean! How's the weather in Bristol?
	12:21pm Philo Gristle: I guess Major Ben is a Bowie fan? Love the guitar.
	♥ 12:22pm Irene Trudel: Happy Krimble, Kat, Philo, Sean and everybody joining us today! Gonna give you all my take on Christmas seasonal music today. Hope it helps all of us keep our heads above the waves.
	♥ 12:22pm Ike: Hello! I'm not at work today, so I can enjoy this show for once. Hurrah.
	♥ 12:23pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Haden!!!!!!
	♥ 12:23pm Irene Trudel: Yay Ike! Glad you can join us.
	12:24pm kat330: Hope it isn't (all) the usual dark Christmas theme already overdone on the FMU family of streams. No longer becomes an antidote if that's all there is to swallow. ;)
	12:24pm shate shake: That is the way to cover a Bowie tune for sure, good afternoon, Irene et al.
	12:26pm Mystrmuzk: Wonderful start, Irene!
	♥ 12:27pm Ike: To clarify, I listen to a lot of FMU at work, but Mondays from 12 to 3 are often tricky for Irene-type sounds. But they're brilliant for a day off. Sounds fantastic so far!
	12:27pm Mystrmuzk: Kat - now does that sound like Irene?
	♥ 12:28pm Irene Trudel: @Kat, there may be a little darkness in here but light will creep in, I promise.
	12:29pm kat330: @Mystrmuzk: Nope, not at all! @Irene: Well, then, that's a nice balance. I say balance in all things at all times. :)
	12:29pm Sean in Bristol, UK: Hi Kat, sorry in the delay in replying but just cycled home from work with the rain hammering down, thank goodness for the WFMU app and Irene's wonderful music to keep me going. The weather today has been filthy!
	♥ 12:30pm Maggie B.: Merry Xmas Irene and everyone! Irene, i am loving this Haden/Metheny. so gorgeous.
	12:31pm kat330: @Sean: Oooh, so sorry! We had the pelting rain Friday night into Saturday. But the temps were near 70-degrees F. Were you on an acoustic or motor bike?
	12:34pm Jack: That Haden/Metheny was gorgeous! (so was the Allison). I am at work, wanted to just veg, have to dig that one up.
	♥ 12:34pm Rev. Turnip Druid: ...whereas here in DC it's a ghost town. Staying local during the holidays is most awesome.
	12:34pm kat330: Irene, the last part of "Stone Shoal" matched beautifully with a track the Jeff's were playing. Stone cool accidental mashup it was.
	12:34pm dave in a cave: feels good to be at work w/ Irene and no one else around. may peace rain on all eve's eve workers
	12:35pm KP: Irene, a reminder. Travel in the New York area is dreadful around the holidays.
	12:36pm kat330: @Jack: Your sentence parses interestingly, having to dig up a wanted vegetable. Tuber to be sure.
	♥ 12:37pm Irene Trudel: Really, @KP?? I hadn't noticed. :)
	♥ 12:37pm Maggie B.: oof, i avoided my already epic commute today - working from home.
	12:38pm kat330: Love these fan club bits. Our local WFPK always plays these on Christmas Day, usually while we're on rural roads going to 'Gootee to see my Uncle Charlie.
	♥ 12:41pm mariano: Wow, Irene: like I was commenting during Liz's show, I'm laid up with a head cold and sore throat, medicating and drinking hot toddies, and this Beatles thing is about as perfect a selection for the present circumstances. Thanks so much!
	12:42pm kat330: Ha! Hope this falls into the "light" category! Thanks, Irene! :)
	12:42pm Philo Gristle: That sounded familiar! :)
	12:43pm kat330: For you, Philo, I imagine OVER familiar. ;)
	12:43pm Sean in Bristol, UK: @Kat, on my bicycle, just drying out now, that Pat Metheny track was wonderful.
	♥ 12:47pm Sem Chumbo: In time for Mr. Armstrong, that is so good. Hiya, all.
	♥ 12:48pm Ike: Y'all seen good things on Netflix lately? I just set my dad up w/Netflix Instant, but don't know it that well myself. He's quite pleased to binge on British detective show "The Fall" so far. Somehow I don't think he's going to go for my Farscape recommendation.
	12:51pm Philo Gristle: @Ike On Hulu Plus we've enjoyed some Doctor Who, but I think that might fall in line with Farscape. Tongs of great Brit tv shows, not sure what would be available on Netflix tho.
	12:52pm kat330: Stick a salad fork in those "tongs" hunaja.
	12:52pm Philo Gristle: Tongs?! Well I did watch that one classy Hammer Horror flick, Terror of the Tongs, a wee while back....
	♥ 12:54pm mariano: @Philo: I've just discovered, probably years after the fact, that a lot of BBC stuff is on Youtube, a lot of it full-length and even HD. I stream directly to my TV. Such good shows there they don't play on BBC America.
	♥ 12:55pm Mike East: @Ike - Luther is a decent British detective show on Netflix. Also lots of Dr Who. We just finished season one of The Arrow which we liked. Lots of other good stuff. depends on what kind of stuff your dad's into and how much of it he's seen already.
	♥ 12:56pm Mike East: also really liked Orange is the new Black
	12:56pm Philo Gristle: @Mariano I think it happened fairly recently, when they allowed for longer uploads. I think they were limited to 10 minutes before google bought them. But yeah, too much to be able to watch in a lifetime!
	12:58pm Philo Gristle: @Mike Luther is the one with Idris Elba, right? Its on Hulu too. We've been watching Doctor Who, too, alongside Veep, Walking Dead and Burn Notice on dvd...
	♥ 1:00pm Mike East: Yes, except I just call him Stringer Bell. I got into Walking Dead on netflix, too. So many characters to hate on that show, so its nice to know that odds are good that they won't be there long. Except Rick. Why can't we get rid of Rick?
	♥ 1:02pm Whosondephone: One of my holiday WFMU Favorites!
	1:02pm kat330: @Mike: Haha! Yeah, his best moment was when he was have aural hallucinations with phone calls from beyond the walking dead.
	1:03pm kat330: Wow, strange sync up with Whosondephone.
	1:03pm Sean in Bristol, UK: Joseph Spence, awesome, could do a passable imitation after few glasses of port
	♥ 1:04pm mariano: @Sean: mmmm, port! A nice tawny port by the fire. Drinking cognac hot toddies right now, strictly for medicinal purposes, of course.
	1:04pm v k: "Truckin' Trees for Christmas" by Red Simpson - an honest, uplifting Christmas tune
	1:06pm Sean in Bristol, UK: I'll start the ball rolling, you played a wonderful version of "Silent Night" by Marcus Roberts, that would be fab if you could squeeze that one in
	1:08pm Philo Gristle: Thanks, Irene, for playing Kat's little ditty from me, too!
	♥ 1:09pm Ike: Mike East, as a cable addict, I'm caught up on Luther S3, the final season. Vs. the first 2, it's disappointing and not credible. It's not on Netflix yet anyway. Also I'm current on Arrow S2, which keeps improving impressively. Check out Nikita too. It's also surprisingly good. My dad won't go for Arrow or Nikita surely. We have OITNB queued up, sounds good.
	1:10pm kat330: @Sean: Did you yet watch your "Breaking Bad" specials?
	1:11pm Philo Gristle: @Mike Can't say Walking Dead is too Christmasy, or maybe all that great, but it IS addictive.
	1:12pm kat330: Wouldn't mind December in Brazil. A couple of weeks at least.
	♥ 1:12pm Mike East: @Ike - the same guy who recommended Arrow recommended Nikita (the guy at the parking garage). I definitely gotta check it out. Also, we just enjoyed the Michael Cera movie: Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus.
	♥ 1:15pm Ike: Irene, BBC America has been great w/the same-day premieres of Dr. Who for a few years now. It's strange how Brits get NEW episodes on Xmas. U.S. TV is a wasteland on major holidays. So much so that tiny BBC America beats virtually everything else in the ratings every Xmas lately!
	🥁 ♥ 1:17pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Kat, not yet, I am prolonging the anticipation. Really getting into "Fringe" which I think Ike recommended so thank you, sir. Just started "Walking Dead" which i not available on Netflix over here, had to fork out for a dvd set.
	♥ 1:18pm Irene Trudel: I know @Ike! Looking forward to the new Doctor Who episode. I'm gonna be home watching TV on Christmas, celebrating quietly.
	1:19pm kat330: Philo and I quite enjoyed "Fringe," up to the last season when it flagged more than a bit.
	1:19pm slush iron: Why does her voice (Hot Sardines) make me feel so dirty?
	1:20pm kat330: Beginning to wonder if J.J. Abrams, who has wonderful concepts and interesting story arcs, simply can't successfully end a series.
	🥁 ♥ 1:21pm Sean in Bristol UK: I was a huge Doctor Who fan when I was a lot younger, during the sixties but I seem to remember cowering behind the sofa most of the time!
	1:21pm Ted: The Pink Martini reminds me of Mary Margaret O'Hara. Hey didn't MMO do a Christmas album? Do you have that Irene?
	♥ 1:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: The warm, rainy weather over the weekend melted the snow here. It needs to turn cold again so the crocuses don't sprout up.
	♥ 1:22pm Ike: Sean, that can't be worth it. Walking Dead, sigh -- never seen such a stunning gulf between dismal quality of characters & dialogue vs. brilliant makeup and action direction.
	♥ 1:23pm Irene Trudel: @slush iron, I think that's the point, and maybe it's just the Edith Piaf rendition, but the Hot Sardines are a great throwback to an earlier time. Just saw them play live a few nights ago.
	1:24pm Hamper Diver: @Irene, I bet that Sardines show was fun, they sound like the 'fun' type.
	🥁 ♥ 1:25pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Ike, my problem has been that since the end of BB there has been nothing that get's close t the quality of that series. The bar has been raised really high with BB
	♥ 1:25pm Ike: Sean, also, I hear that Farscape is back on Netflix UK and USA, so hit that, if you haven't.
	1:25pm Philo Gristle: Kind of a shame all of Howe Gelb's proteges are finding success more than he ever did, with M. Ward and Calexico, even Friends of Dean Martinez...
	1:27pm kat330: @Philo: Probably something to do with integrity levels.
	🥁 ♥ 1:29pm Sean in Bristol UK: Ike, thanks for the recommendation, that series has been on my radar. Out of curiosity, what part of the States do you live?
	🥁 ♥ 1:31pm Sean in Bristol UK: Great set, Irene, especially the Beach Boys tune. The Christmas spirit is slowly starting to creep into this Bristolian Scrooge!
	♥ 1:32pm Ike: Sean, I live in NJ and work in NYC. Close enough to volunteer at FMU, but don't get many chances lately because of work.
	♥ 1:32pm Rev. Turnip Druid: nooo! Don't give up, keep fighting, Scroogie! We can BEAT this thing!
	1:33pm Philo Gristle: @Sean You have to lower your expectations after Walter White. It'll be a decade before it gets knocked down the throne, methinks.
	♥ 1:33pm Parq: This Allen Sherman track is an essential component of an old-fashioned Chez Parq Christmas.
	1:34pm kat330: Before the playlist revealed who it was and before the unmistakable harmonies kicked in, I thought that Beach Boys track was TMBG for a moment. Who was lead singer on that, Irene?
	1:39pm kat330: Re: TMBG, they shared a cool holiday song several days ago called "Celebration" (if time for any requests).
	🥁 ♥ 1:39pm Sean in Bristol UK: @Philo, you are right, there is the off-shoot series about Saul Goodman to look forward to
	♥ 1:42pm Ike: Looking fwd. to Dave Hill's FMU show. Liked him on 7 Sec. Delay last week.
	♥ 1:53pm mariano: Oh, Brother John! Completely forgot about this one!
	1:55pm ticklemoon: such a touching message of....Christmas....and....snow.
	🥁 ♥ 2:00pm Sean in Bristol UK: This is so beautiful, ok, I submit to this wonderful time of year
	2:01pm kat330: Nice fiddle indeed.
	2:02pm doca: is this james taylor thee james taylor?
	2:03pm Philo Gristle: Didn't David Johansen do a version of this with the Harry Smiths? I really dug that one...
	2:04pm kat330: @doca: Certainly must be. BTW, that dog in your avatar has the most eerily human-like expression.
	🥁 ♥ 2:07pm Sean in Bristol UK: Irene, just downloaded the Mark O'Connor track, worth getting the rest of the album? That track was a thing of beauty.
	2:07pm doca: @kat: that's why that's my avatar. I'm always amazed by animals doing human-like faces but this one always makes me laugh.
	♥ 2:08pm Parq: Yeah, I have that Fahey CD too. Annoying that they couldn't release the entirety of the two albums, and also the third one, "Popular Songs of Christmas". But hey, it's nice to have an hour of Fahey Christmas guitar to pop into the CD player.
	2:08pm kat330: I think the expression reflects the dog's feeling about that hat on his head.
	2:09pm Philo Gristle: Bikoff, wonder if the Guzzi is a Moto Guzzi motor-bike reference. Only Guzzi I know of...
	2:10pm doca: I've made a t-shirt of that "Guitar Soli" Christmas album by Fahey. @kat: He's happy for his birthday. The cool thing is that if you google his photo, you'll find this is the second time he makes the same face. Surely is a child on costume.
	2:11pm kat330: Nothing shouts Merry Christmas to me more than dinosaur erotica.
	♥ 2:11pm mariano: Widening gyre? Isn't that from Yeats' "The Second Coming?" Probably remembering wrong...
	2:16pm doca: @kat: sorry Kat, but I had to share that sentence of yours on facebook. Do you want me to give credits for it?
	2:17pm kat330: @doca: Please! I have a lot of "bon mots" on my own Tumblr. (no FB) :)
	2:17pm don: Saw Linda Draper perform last week; beautiful songs, even better live---thanks Irene for introducing her music to me/us listeners---
	2:18pm Philo Gristle: For just a second I thought this was Jeff Buckley....
	2:18pm kat330: Love Ms. Orton.
	2:20pm kat330: And this is such a fine arrangement, too, on "Candles."
	2:21pm doca: @kat: it is done, credits are given with a link to your tumblr (:
	2:22pm kat330: Well, thank you, doca, and I hope you get all the most wonderful dinosaur erotica for Christmas! :)
	2:24pm kat330: [I hear Emily Brontesaurus and T. Rex make a great pair.]
	2:29pm kat330: Ah, another of my fave vocalists. Great set, Irene.
	2:30pm Philo Gristle: One Nil for Finn.
	2:51pm Philo Gristle: Thanks again, Irene, for playing this. My personal fave of Kat's Christmas set.
	2:52pm Philo Gristle: And back-to-back with Tom Rapp!
	2:53pm kat330: Irene, whatever the female equivalent of mensch, that is you. Thank you for finding some things I create worthy of your air space, dear lady!
	♥ 2:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: WHOA, missed me some prime Tom Rapp...
	♥ 2:55pm Mike East: nicely done, kat
	2:56pm don: Grip Weeds cover Jethro Tull-now that's special
	🥁 ♥ 2:56pm Sean in Bristol UK: Thank you Irene and thank you for all the wonderful shows this year, the live guests, just fantastic,
	♥ 2:56pm Parq: Thanks for a great themed show, Miss Irene. And thanks for "Gaudete" -- never knew that was a Christmas carol.
	🥁 ♥ 2:57pm Brian in UK: Happy Christmas Irene and folks. John Fahey is getting a caning this year. Yipee.
	♥ 2:58pm Irene Trudel: Have a happy, safe holiday everybody!
	2:59pm KP: Thanks, Irene. All the best
	2:59pm Philo Gristle: Thanks for a wonderful show! Merry Christmas, Festivus, und so weiter.
	2:59pm kat330: @Mike: Thank you, Mike. Hope you'll play for Lucie that 30-second Christmas ditty for kiddies (w/familiar melody ;) @Irene: Thanks for a year's worth of joy! @everyone: The bestivest of festivities, however you celebrate, over the coming several days!
	2:59pm Fredericks: I recognized Kat's singing!
	3:00pm kat330: Hey, Fredericks! Happy New Year!
	8:29am van: Catching up, always a great thing, with this show. "Spiritual" is just great....
	12:05pm van: cool show, thanks

Irene Trudel: Playlist from December 23, 2013

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