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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Groupe El Azhar Mazal Nesker Mazal (I'm Still Getting Drunk... Still) (VA) 1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground Sublime Frequencies A great great new comp
Ash Ra Tempel Darkness: Flowers Must Die Schwingungen Spalax Music Deutschland, 1972
Duke Ellington Jingle Bells (VA) Jingle Bell Jazz Columbia 1962
Lloyd Glenn Sleigh Ride Hollywood 78 rpm #1021 Hollywood gracias por esto, Robby Poore! ...circa 1951-2
Brave Combo Jingle Bells It's Christmas, Man! P-Vine/Rounder
The Cats & The Fiddle Hep Cat's Holiday (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document 1940. Comp is great but out-of-print. Can get at iTunes tho!
Dead Kennedys Chemical Warfare Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Alternative Tentacles '80
* Burial Hex River Of Los Initiations Aurora Borealis New from Wisconsin. Played the first several minutes of this 18-minute track...
* Arrington de Dionyso Pluto In Capricorn (I See Beyond The Black Sun) I See Beyond The Black Sun K new... fine stew of bass clarinet, ~Tuvan throat singing, tom toms pounding, semi-drone goodness
* The Dixons Please Don't Stop Loving Me Still Your Fool Cow Island New from Brooklyn NY, but sounds like Bakersfield...
Porter Wagoner The Rubber Room The Rubber Room Omni Collection of dark, sad Porter Wagoner songs.
* Mogwai Local Authority The Hawk Is Howling Matador new
LCD Soundsystem Get Innocuous! Sound Of Silver Capitol great CD from last year
* Brian Eno & David Byrne Strange Overtones Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Todomundo new
The Propositions Kool Twist from Live Garage Session Funky Disposition Luv N' Haight Detroit group, early 1970s
Al Green Feels Like Christmas Al Green Christmas EMI/Capitol 1983
Marah w/ Felicia Navidad Handsome Santa A Christmas Kind of Town Yep Roc
Jaymz Bee & The Royal Jelly Orchestra I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jaymz Bee & The Royal Jelly Orchestra present A Christmas Cocktail Milan/BMG
* Greg Humphreys Natural Child Trunk Songs Phrex new, local, very nice
Pentangle A Maid That's Deep In Love Cruel Sister Reprise 1971
* The Rovin' Kind Right On Time (VA) The Golden Road: The Electric Coffee House Vol. 2 Psychic Circle From Chicago. 1960s.
The Byrds Time Between Younger Than Yesterday Columbia 1967
Dragonfly Blue Monday Dragonfly Megaphone/Gear Fab 1970. From Colorado.
* King Charles & The Counts Salt 'N' Pepper (VA) I Gotta Be Me: 20 Garage Missiles from the USA Psychic Circle Apparently from the Seattle area
* San Antonio J'aime Ou J'emme... Wizzz! Vol. 2: Psychorama Francais 1966-1970 Born Bad
* Jon Kane Soulful Lady (VA) She's A Heartbreaker: 20 Blue Eyed Souul Stings Psychic Circle
Loretta Lynn To Heck With Ole Santa Claus Country Christmas MCA