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Favoriting December 20, 2023: The 17th Annual Holiday Music Funktacular!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
elton john  step into christmas   Favoriting 7"  mca  1973      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
blake xolton & the martians  merry christmas   Favoriting va-experiments in destiny  bomp  1980      0:04:26 (Pop-up)
memphis sounds orchestra  sleigh ride   Favoriting 12"  rso  1976      0:07:09 (Pop-up)
the linda lindas  groovy christmas   Favoriting single  epitaph  2022  bandcamp    0:12:30 (Pop-up)
beebe gallini & cindy lawson  you ain't getting nothin   Favoriting single  beebe gallini  2021  bandcamp    0:14:23 (Pop-up)
basement 5  last white christmas   Favoriting 1965-1980  antilles        0:16:55 (Pop-up)
 
whirling dervishes  you're a mean one mr. grinch   Favoriting grinch cd ep  continuum  1994      0:28:11 (Pop-up)
the smithereens  waking up on christmas morning   Favoriting christmas with the smithereens  sunset blvd./tollie  2022      0:30:08 (Pop-up)
the split squad  another lonely christmas   Favoriting va-a kool kat kristmas vol 2  kool kat  2014      0:33:39 (Pop-up)
plasticland  the gingerbread house   Favoriting wonder wonderful wonderland  enigma  1986      0:37:48 (Pop-up)
the reds, pinks and purples  we won't come home at christmas time   Favoriting they only wanted your soul  slumberland  2022  bandcamp    0:41:14 (Pop-up)
 
ladytron  all over by xmas   Favoriting single  cooking vinyl    bandcamp  *   0:49:46 (Pop-up)
confidence man  santa's comin' down the chimney   Favoriting single  heavenly  2018      0:52:35 (Pop-up)
whistle  santa is a b-boy   Favoriting 12"  select  1986      0:56:05 (Pop-up)
margo guryan  i don't intend to spend christmas without you   Favoriting take a picture  bell  1968      1:00:13 (Pop-up)
team 9  looks like rain, dear   Favoriting va-we wish you a merry christmash  half inch  2004      1:02:35 (Pop-up)
 
the guitars  don't believe in christmas   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009  bandcamp name your price download!    1:11:42 (Pop-up)
the guitars  a visit from santa's elves   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009      1:12:40 (Pop-up)
the guitars  sleigh ride   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009      1:13:55 (Pop-up)
the guitars  the north pole / rusty's lament   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009      1:16:58 (Pop-up)
the guitars  christmas (baby please come home)   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009      1:19:36 (Pop-up)
the guitars  a jovial thanks from the jolly one   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009      1:22:08 (Pop-up)
the guitars  run, rudolph, run   Favoriting a very guitars christmas  the guitars  2009      1:22:53 (Pop-up)
 
the waitresses  christmas wrapping   Favoriting va-a christmas record  ze  1981      1:28:26 (Pop-up)
pylon reenactment society  christmas daze   Favoriting single  strolling bones    bandcamp
Check this morning's Wake archive for a chat with Vanessa Briscoe-Hay!
 
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the corinthian columns  jingle jangle christmas   Favoriting single  the corinthian columns  2021  bandcamp    1:38:11 (Pop-up)
plastic palms  my treee   Favoriting single  plastic palms    bandcamp  *   1:42:06 (Pop-up)
future wife  i'm spending christmas alone   Favoriting single  future wife  2010      1:44:54 (Pop-up)
 
randy bachman  takin' care of christmas (featuring beverley mahood)   Favoriting takin' care of christmas  12 hit wonder  2014  thanks to Amanda!    1:54:45 (Pop-up)
pilot  it's christmas   Favoriting single  rhino  2017  thanks to Todd-o-Phonic Todd!    1:57:39 (Pop-up)
angel  the christmas song   Favoriting the casablanca years  mercury        2:00:53 (Pop-up)
donnie iris & the cruisers  introduction/angels we have heard on high   Favoriting ah! leluiah!  primary  2010      2:04:14 (Pop-up)
dwight twilley  christmas night   Favoriting have a twilley christmas  digital musicworks international  2005      2:11:24 (Pop-up)
 
hanson  everybody knows the claus   Favoriting snowed in          2:23:07 (Pop-up)
rockfield chorale  jingle, jangle   Favoriting va-destination bomp  bomp        2:27:39 (Pop-up)
trolley  holiday/christmas in the marketplace   Favoriting star of wonder  easter  1997      2:30:30 (Pop-up)
fascinations grand chorus  merry merry christmas   Favoriting merry merry christmas ep  fascinations grand chorus  2017  bandcamp    2:33:18 (Pop-up)
big star  jesus christ   Favoriting 7"  aura  1978      2:36:15 (Pop-up)
 
dion  santa claus is coming to town   Favoriting rock n' roll christmas  the right stuff  1993      2:42:37 (Pop-up)
keny laguna  home for christmas   Favoriting 7"  sire  1979      2:47:02 (Pop-up)
cute lepers  christmas is the time to say i love you   Favoriting va-blackheart christmas  blackheart  2009      2:50:38 (Pop-up)
swansea sound  santa bail me out   Favoriting santa bail me out ep  skep wax      *   2:53:14 (Pop-up)
the bongos  rock the christmas cheer!   Favoriting single  rca / legacy      *   2:55:56 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:56am
Handy Haversack:

Department holiday potluck! I will be with you as soon as I can.
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Figgsrock:

Oh the snow!
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Triple G:

Hey EFD and Holiday Funksters!
Let's party
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
prof.fuzz:

merry merry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
G:

50 years!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
mndave:

↳ Song: "step into christmas" by "elton john"
Hi EFD and everyone! This is my favorite seasonal tune and I highly recommend the video because Elton John is an absolute goof in it.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
B R M:

We want the funk... gotta have that funk (awww)...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
efd:

↳ G @12:01
oy!
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love2laf:

Merry 3 hours ahead with efd at the helm of the Holiday! Cheers everyone :)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
B R M:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:56
update on what dish you brought to pass, please (and Happy Holidays Handy Haversack!)
  12:03pm
?:

ok but really...not to be a Grinch but it seems WFMU is leaning hugely hard into Christmas songs this year way more than it ever has. 5 days ahead makes sense but its been all month. Am I the only one who feels like it's way more?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
tim:

Hey efd! efd annual shows are always top notch!

Hi everyone! prof- I got the fake snow machine used for ski slopes blasting inside the fuZZZmobile!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
SeanG:

now I'm in the Christmas spirit!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:03pm
nycmusicnerd:

Greetings fellow nerds...
  12:03pm
bradford:

Hi efd & everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
efd:

↳ @12:03
you are free to listen to one of the thousands of archived shows if you're not into it, anonymous commenter!
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UFOspecialist:

Love this! Hope there's some Donnie Iris xmas music out there!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:04pm
nycmusicnerd:

↳ tim @12:03
Fun fact: If you turn the FuZZZmobile upside down and shake it, the dust bunnies make it look like a snow globe!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
tim:

↳ @12:03
Hmmm! I can't recall hearing any xmas music until today. But my short term memory is extremely unreliable. What show's were you listening too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
efd:

↳ @12:03
also, "WFMU" as a programming entity doesn't exist. I do this every year on my show.
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northguineahills:

it's an efd wfmumas miracle!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:05pm
nycmusicnerd:

↳ tim @12:05
I was thinking the same thing. I've heard an occasional tune, but certainly not overkill.
  12:05pm
?:

Just asking if I'm imagining things/just had different timing in previous years. This year it seems almost every show has done so all month
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northguineahills:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:04
i believe we should follow up on the experiment. Prof Fuzz, you down?
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Rich in Washington:

Hi efd!
Hello everybody!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
tim:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:04
Hey nyc! Brillian idea! That's so much easier then trying to squeeze a snow machine in a van!
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HyperDose:

It's an efd miracle!
  12:06pm
clarke:

howdy from rural hill country mississippi ya'll!!
  12:06pm
Vanessa - Georgia:

Hi Evan
Happy Holidaze!
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HyperDose:

↳ northguineahills @12:05
Get out of my brain! haha
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ tim @12:03
good to know. i thought it was my dandruff acting up again!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Funktacular greetings!
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SeanG:

hey clarke!
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northguineahills:

↳ HyperDose @12:06
(jinxed ya! 🤪)
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Strandlund:

Happy Funky Holiday, EFD and everyone tuning in!!
  12:07pm
clarke:

↳ SeanG @12:06
how do?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:04
and this, kids, is why you always wear your seatbelt inside the FuZZZmobile!
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Glistener MW:

Merry Funkmas, all! I look forward to this holiday funktacular every year
  12:08pm
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@Tim Kens multiple times including during Hanukkah (which for Ken isn't entirely surprising until its multiple shows in a row), I think Fool's Paradise and Glen Jones, and at least 2 other shows but I don't remember which they were as they were either fills or shows that weren't on the schedule last year.
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northguineahills:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:07
*snertle!*
  12:08pm
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZZ your dandruff is actin' up
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Chris Hiatt:

Afternoon, y'all. I'm down for this!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ northguineahills @12:05
bucked in and ready to shake, jingle, and snow!
  12:09pm
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tbh as long as I'm not Whamageddoned I'm happy, just as a nonprofit fundraiser it strikes me as random and made me wonder if there was a funder who requested more Christmas or something
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SeanG:

@clarke doing good my man!
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medson:

Hola efd and all.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:09pm
nycmusicnerd:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:07
Also: Don't drink and park. Accidents cause people.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Hughie Considine:

It's one thing to play the familiar Xmas canon, quite another to find the outliers as only FMU djs can do. I mean, it's not like Blake Xolton & the Martians are getting a lot of repeat play in shopping malls.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:08
oh. damn. i thought it was a snow globe.
  12:10pm
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(again not complaining, especially not 5 days ahead when I need some hype to get me finishing presents, so big thanks EFD. Just musing)
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G:

↳ @12:09
How the Grinch Stole the Comment Board! new holiday special!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:09
sage advice to my younger self!
  12:10pm
clarke:

oh FuZZZZZZ
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "sleigh ride" by "memphis sounds orchestra"
Is it possible to hear wood paneling? 'Cause I think I hear the wood panellng in this. I mean that in the best way possible.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
efd:

↳ @12:09
this is honestly an absurd notion. Supporters have no say over programming (as some would bitterly verify).
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northguineahills:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:08
hey-yo ho ho!
  12:11pm
clarke:

? always comes up with the weirdest stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
love2laf:

↳ efd @12:10
Dashing my dreams of being a millionaire who can boss you darn Free Form DJs around. ;)
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northguineahills:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:09
i just snortled onto my hoodie (where's a kleenex) 🤣
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
Elena:

↳ efd @12:10
I am loving this discussion about funders' power over WFMU
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G:

? but no Msyterians
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
tim:

↳ @12:08
Well, as efd said. It's up to each DJ to decide what to play. So if it sounds like there's more xmas music this year, then that's probably the case. But the choices were made by inspiriation rather then duress. :)
  12:13pm
clarke:

i WILL say that with five (or so) days to go is actually WHEN i can hear xmas music and not cringe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Glistener MW:

After every song played by anyone on WFMU, I stand there proudly with my fists on my hips and proclaim "Just as I - a funder/supporter - have ordained." You're welcome! <3
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northguineahills:

the more we give, the less say the listeners have, and that's the way we like it!
  12:13pm
clarke:

↳ tim @12:12
perhaps we can call him ELFD for this show??
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northguineahills:

↳ clarke @12:13
let's dad joke this place up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
disco_nap_:

Hello all! I'm finally being productive after a sluggish morning and I think it must be the funky xXxmas tunes. Thanks, EFD/ELFD.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:14pm
nycmusicnerd:

Not that I'm a HUGE financial supporter (I give what I can when I can), but if my financial support had ANY sway over what gets played on this station, we'd be hearing a LOT more a cappella. And we ain't hearing a lot of that on this station, are we? :)
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UFOspecialist:

If you can't get enough xmas radio, be sure to check out the 25 hour xmas marathon on WPRB out of Princeton, NJ. Of course, I keep WFMU on in another room in the house...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
tim:

↳ clarke @12:13
Ooh, good plan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
disco_nap_:

↳ Elena @12:12
Or lack thereof lol
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "you ain't getting nothin" by "beebe gallini & cin...
dedicated to our friend, ? .
  12:16pm
clarke:

↳ tim @12:14
either that or Stevesie!!
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G:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:16
lump of coal
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
tim:

I hope it's not too chilly for some xmas Twilley, elfd.
  12:17pm
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lol Clarke I said like 5 times that today doesn't count and I like what EFDs got going on, I just noticed it started way earlier than usual and it seemed out of character. This is just the first day the whole month I've been at a computer when I'm thinking about it. The funder thing was more /s to emphasize how random it seemed. But clearly the idea it might be more than usual outside of the week prior to Christmas is offensive to Christmas lovers. And th
  12:17pm
clarke:

↳ tim @12:17
now yer talking tiny tim!!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
Jack McGuire:

Chip Butty!
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northguineahills:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:14
all that is required is moral support (which you provide in spades! 😀)

/I haven't been able to give in recent years, myself
  12:18pm
clarke:

and i get the blame here, why?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
tim:

↳ Song: "last white christmas" by "basement 5"
Now this is a Christmas song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
efd:

↳ @12:17
it's not offensive to Christmas lovers, it's offensive to freeform radio lovers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
mndave:

↳ tim @12:18
I have not heard this on KOOL 108
  12:19pm
P.Welles:

Love the Basement 5!
  12:19pm
clarke:

↳ northguineahills @12:18
hey, how goes the rat-race of getting settled, etc?? (i haven't been around the chat, much}
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
prof.fuzz:

for later: lux interior's christmas playlist: www.bossradio66.com...
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:20
for later? i barely even know her!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
tim:

↳ mndave @12:19
Well, the only thing cool about KOOL 108 is that the stationed stole their name from a tasty menthol cigarette brand!
  12:21pm
Borg9:

↳ Song: "last white christmas" by "basement 5"
This is a modern classic
Barking out Christmas songs!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ northguineahills @12:18
and a little immoral support goes a long way too
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
egould:

↳ Song: "last white christmas" by "basement 5"
I'm not opposed to some Christmas Oi!
  12:22pm
clarke:

Yule 108 ritecheer!!
  12:22pm
Ochre Ogre:

Hey Evan!
  12:23pm
clarke:

i see/hear what you did there!
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:20
Jeezus f**k!
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swivs:

Ha ha... ahem.. ho
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UFOspecialist:

WTF was that?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Chris Hiatt @12:23
it's christmas!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 12:24pm
slocker:

There's Santa
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love2laf:

Oh my goodness, that made me laugh way out loud, and startled the cat :)
  12:24pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

I’m here for some holiday cheer!
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northguineahills:

↳ clarke @12:19
i still have 13 days left in FL. I'm starting to relax a bit (then, the figuring out where to sleep and start a new job will create new anxieties).
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disco_nap_:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:20
Omg thank you what a treasure!!
  12:24pm
clarke:

EFD - your santa impression sounds JUST LIKE jon bernhard from WMBR in cambridge!! ha ha.
  12:24pm
Steve Del Sol:

I need a bit more weeping in that Santa dialogue if it is to continue......
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northguineahills:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:20
brilliant, thanks!
  12:25pm
morphe':

↳ prof.fuzz @12:07
"..always wear your seatbelt inside the FuZZZmobile!" Had a friend on tour with her friend's band SABOT and they had a terrible accient, but the serious injuries were caused by flying bottles and cans and so ... no bottles and cans in their van nor so in the FuzzMobile when travelling ...
  12:25pm
Philip:

real deal EFD. happy funk-tionality to youse
  12:25pm
clarke:

↳ morphe' @12:25
this is not an invitation to litter!!
  12:26pm
Philip:

love to hear 'purple snowflakes', if you can find it!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ morphe' @12:25
also very good advice. we dispose of our trash properly while on tour!
hope your friends are now OK!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ disco_nap_ @12:24
it's a fuzz family tradition. and we watch the first hellboy movie on christmas eve. good times.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
tim:

Does Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride count as a Christmas song? It should because it kicks ass!
  12:28pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:27
followed, oddly, by The Caddy
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ tim @12:27
i vote YES
  12:29pm
Ochre Ogre:

"Listen to the Falling Snow." Yoko Ono
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McGroovey:

Greetings all. I have a sore throat. I tested negative, but I promise not to breath in anyone's face anyway.
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G:

↳ Song: "you're a mean one mr. grinch" by "whirling dervis...
The original vocal on this, from the tv show, was done by the 50-year voice artist of Tony the Tiger ads.
  12:29pm
clarke:

hey ladyyyyy!!!
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Roberto:

HANSON NOW
  12:30pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:29
yike, there's all kinda stuff goin' round, but my last covid started likewise and i tested negative, too.
  12:31pm
clarke:

↳ G @12:29
geaux Tony!!!
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "waking up on christmas morning" by "the smithereens"
Yayy Dennis and friends!
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love2laf:

↳ McGroovey @12:29
Hope you feel better soon. And are you implying that all the other weeks you have been breathing in our faces?
  12:31pm
clarke:

some Diken on drooms - now we cookin' with gasss!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
G:

↳ clarke @12:31
See you next week or the week after, when you're back in New Orleans...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
prof.fuzz:

i wish the cramps would have recorded a christmas album...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
tim:

↳ Song: "waking up on christmas morning" by "the smithereens"
Now that's some great Christmas drumming right there!
  12:32pm
clarke:

↳ G @12:32
be back this weekend and lunch free all next week!
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G:

OK, we'll figure it out after next Monday...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:32
i hope to see you in new orleans in a couple of weeks too...
  12:33pm
clarke:

↳ tim @12:32
i remember you - you're nora desmond - you used to be BIG!!
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "waking up on christmas morning" by "the smithereens"
Sweet bckg vox! Nice...
  12:34pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:33
yes, it is now fast approaching!!
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David Shortell:

↳ G @12:29
Thurl Ravenscroft.
  12:34pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:33
i saved your flyer master - will try to get some hand-outs made.
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disco_nap_:

↳ Song: "waking up on christmas morning" by "the smithereens"
Whoa is this my new fav offbeat Xmas song? Maybe
  12:35pm
bobob plasticland:

Dennis Diken...yeah!!!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:34
i'm mailing some to siberia today.
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G:

↳ David Shortell @12:34
Ha, I was trying not to name drop lol
  12:35pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:35
cool! this area should be starved for something GOOD - there hain't been nuthin'.
  12:38pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:35
and i mean nola - not rural mississippi
  12:38pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ tim @12:27
Spector's Christmas album always 'sleighs' me especially The Ronettes.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "the gingerbread house" by "plasticland"
bobobobobobobobobobob, is that YOU???
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tim:

↳ Ochre Ogre @12:38
Ha! That's a good record!
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listener 126464:

Where's bobobob?
  12:40pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:39
don't think he is on that one.
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McGroovey:

↳ love2laf @12:31
Yes.
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northguineahills:

↳ listener 126464 @12:39
beat me to it!!!
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DjLorraine:

↳ McGroovey @12:29
Woot! Yippe!
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love2laf:

↳ McGroovey @12:40
I apologise for not always brushing my teeth before the show then.
  12:43pm
rich the greeb:

Lola Dee the singer of the original version of Dig That Crazy Santa Claus died today. I think she was 95!
  12:44pm
clarke:

have to say, EFD finds the off-the-beaten-path from the off-the-beaten-path tracks!
  12:44pm
rich the greeb:

My bad she died a week ago 🤦‍♂️
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SeanG:

digging the reds, pinks, and purples!
  12:45pm
clarke:

↳ SeanG @12:44
yah, this ist gut!!
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McGroovey:

Band rehearsal tonight: it d canceled last week because two guys tested positive. Now another guy and I have symptoms. And we're not catching it from each other, because we haven't been in the same room in two weeks.

We were supposed to record a Christmas song last week. Maybe we were going to be able to do it tonight, but now maybe not. Soon we'll have another year to get it done.
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McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @12:45
*was
  12:46pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:45
ladies and gennlemens: The Procrastinators!!
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∫ydniuß:

it’s a good thing they didn’t want my salmon
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northguineahills:

↳ McGroovey @12:45
get healthy. just get it recorded before eastern orthodox xmas, problem solved!
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drr:

↳ SeanG @12:44
I tuned in mid-song and knew who it was in a second. They (or is it "he"?) have a sound.
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McGroovey:

↳ clarke @12:46
But for COVID, the don't would have been done already!
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McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @12:47
*song
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McGroovey:

Autocorrect is a merciless tyrant.
  12:48pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:47
The Don't!! good band.
  12:49pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:48
in the words of The Saints - there's always next year.
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Mister Dobalina:

Favorite Hanson song? Did I hear that correctly?
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∫ydniuß:

the snow .gif is amazing efd
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ clarke @12:49
Who dat band?
  12:52pm
clarke:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:51
The Don't - featuring mcgroovey!!
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efd:

↳ Mister Dobalina @12:50
you did! And also favorite Christmas song!
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drr:

Here's my take on holiday-themed shows that no one asked for: they're not my favorite. But that's okay, I'm also here for the chat. Except for one thing: the moment "Monster Mash" rears its ugly head, I'm gone.
  12:54pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:53
bobby pickett has some xmas cuts!
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∫ydniuß:

↳ drr @12:53
St. Vitus day dirges are my favorite
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slocker:

Good jam
  12:54pm
maester gardeneers of Lansing Michigan:

Yasssssssssss
  12:54pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:53
hey, did that guy buy Goldie??
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xtrakrispy:

↳ Song: "santa's comin' down the chimney" by "confidence man"
Yeah girl!
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:54
eh, "Boris" can go mash himself.
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Mister Dobalina:

↳ efd @12:52
tinyurl.com...
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Triple G:

↳ Song: "santa's comin' down the chimney" by "confidence man"
This is fun and cheeky
  12:55pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:55
i dig it because hal blaine drums on most of pickett's stuff.
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tim:

Drop that beat, Santa!!!
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Mister Dobalina:

Sorry, bad linky.. here ya go : tinyurl.com...
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:54
Yes. I wanted to sell it to a poor boy who just needed a ride, any ride, and I found my guy. He and his buddy biked over an hour to get here. They drove off in the truck, so that was good. I discovered right after the sale somebody stole my spare by cutting the retaining cord that holds it up under the truck.
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disco_nap_:

↳ Song: "santa is a b-boy" by "whistle"
Lmaoooo
  12:58pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:57
doh!! well goodbye Goldie - good steed!!
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello fellow b-boys and girls!
  12:59pm
clarke:

jaaaack!!
  12:59pm
Philip:

oh hell yah
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∫ydniuß:

hell yeah Heat Miser
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:58
Paid $600 for Goldie, put 65,000 miles on it. Sold for $350. What a champion vehicle.
  1:00pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:59
they just don't make 'em like that anymore.
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tim:

↳ Song: "santa is a b-boy" by "whistle"
Why isn't this a hit? Triflin'!!!
  1:00pm
clarke:

triflin'!!
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DjLorraine:

I almost requested a song by beautiful chorus which is a capella for the listener request show on Hinky Dinky Time Jan 5th
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drr:

↳ clarke @1:00
It's almost against the law to make a truck that good and not deadly to little children and other pedestrians. Killing machines get a tax break, what a stupid country this is.

Merry Christmas!
  1:03pm
Frances:

this show is just making me happy! Yesterday I saw a "Gingerbread House" made entirely of frosted Pop Tarts!
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egould:

↳ Song: "i don't intend to spend christmas without you" by...
Almost sounds like maybe Pete Townshend wrote this.
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drr:

Margo Guryan makes me think about Gogurt.
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efd:

↳ egould @1:03
it was written by Margo! For Claudine Longet, I believe.
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egould:

↳ efd @1:04
Thank you for the info.
  1:04pm
clarke:

↳ efd @1:04
pre-spider
  1:05pm
clarke:

speaking of mash
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Destroit:

Heyo everyone. Enjoying pure unabashed efd xmas
  1:06pm
clarke:

well, will have to archive the rest of the show - gotta crack that whip. them drums ain't gonna play themselves (apparently)!!
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xtrakrispy:

↳ Song: "looks like rain, dear" by "team 9"
Of course I clicky-starred that one last year…
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tim:

efd - Could you give the greatest gift to us listeners and give us a little social media airho-ho-horn?
  1:07pm
Stuli:

EFD--when we gettin some El Vez??
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Roberto:

Santa Claus esta en tu culo jajaja
  1:07pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "looks like rain, dear" by "team 9"
Oh, deer reign.
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listener 126464:

Hi efd! Cheers everyone!
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slocker:

Augies's Gonna Getya!
  1:07pm
clarke:

↳ tim @1:07
if he does, i will have to hear it through the air and thru my headphones.
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tim:

Huh?
  1:09pm
clarke:

↳ tim @1:08
i have to track some drums and must exit stage left, even.
  1:10pm
clarke:

for those of you not going to be on the saturday chats, happy hollerdaze to ya's. c ya'll on sat.
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tim:

↳ clarke @1:09
Got it!
  1:10pm
clarke:

merry elfd-mas!!
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BillyLundun:

I caught confidence man this summer and they really won me over in a major way!
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Handy Haversack:

OK. I am back with you.

How can I be in the middle of Manhattan and yet it's impossible to find knish. What's HAPPENED to this city?
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radioronan:

Oh how I missed the snowflakes on the board..this is my kind of holiday party...
  1:11pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:11
hh - will talk to you soonlike~!
  1:11pm
Ochre Ogre:

Thanks efd, Merry Christmas!
Catch the rest in The Archives.
  1:12pm
clarke:

i'm tagging handy into the show and i'mmmmm outta here!!
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:11
Well if you're in the MIDDLE of Manhattan, that's the problem. You gotta hit the LES.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @1:12
L8r, clarke!
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efd:

↳ BillyLundun @1:10
dang it, I shoulda gone!
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McGroovey:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:11
Not even a disgusting one at a hot dog cart?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ nycmusicnerd @1:12
Come now. That's ridiculous. You used to be able to get knish at every damn deli in the city and half the hot dog carts.
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BillyLundun:

too much monkey christmas!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ McGroovey @1:13
See? McGroovey knows!
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BillyLundun:

↳ efd @1:13
You should have! They played Mighty Hoopla and really stole the show for me.
  1:15pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:11
Hey Handy, just about to cut out. Is Schimmel's on Houston gone?
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McGroovey:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:14
A dough-wrapped mashed potato hand pie is a good base for a few more drinks!

(Well,... When I was in my twenties)
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Ochre Ogre @1:15
Dunno, but it does me little good from W. 62nd St. when I forgot about the dept. potluck and showed up without potato pancakes from Greenpoint!
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∫ydniuß:

I loved my time at the Island of Lost Toys
  1:19pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:16
Sure you know Ess a Bagels on Lex. West side and no knish, WTH?
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Ochre Ogre @1:19
And even if they don't have knishes, I'd think bagels are a decent substitute.
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efd:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:16
what about Gourmet Garage on W. 66th? Is that still there?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Ochre Ogre @1:19
The good news: everybody likes pizza.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ efd @1:19
Looks like it is! Where were you an hour and a half ago?!
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:20
pine…apple?
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efd:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:20
right here!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ efd @1:21
Hmmm. Me too. This one's a thinker.
  1:23pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:16
Potato pancakes from Karczma?
  1:23pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ nycmusicnerd @1:19
Yes knish, and great bagels.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Ochre Ogre @1:23
Polka Dot. They do it all for carry-out. Excellent stuff.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:25
Brought a bunch to the station during Marathon 2021 for the Skeleton Crew.
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Mister Dobalina:

Everything flagel for me.
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Daybreak:

↳ Song: "don't believe in christmas" by "the guitars"
Thanks for the Bandcamp link EFD!
I was listening to last years show yesterday and tried to find "a very guitars christmas" on every streaming service and Youtube!
I forgot to check Bandcamp!!!
  1:28pm
Bob in DC:

What was that tiny snippet of Linus & Lucy? Also The guitars?
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rsj:

run dmc
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∫ydniuß:

gratz efd you’re my 1st rapping this year
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slocker:

This is a solid popular xmas choice, sometimes you want to hear the whole thing
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efd:

↳ Bob in DC @1:28
that was from a track by Ursula 1000 called "Linus & Lucy Ext."
  1:29pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:26
That's awesome, what treat for them! Polka Dot has delish selections, well done and fresh.
  1:30pm
Bob in DC:

Mars used to die a xmas every year in dc at Rhizome. rip
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No Big Thing:

Thanks for remembering, Mars. He stopped by my workplace a few weeks ago and you would have never known he was sick by his disposition and zeal for working on new projects. RIP to a great.
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efd:

↳ Bob in DC @1:28
not sure what your question is re The Guitars!
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "christmas wrapping" by "the waitresses"
Best Christmas horn line?
  1:31pm
Bob in DC:

Used to do a Xmas show*
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efd:

↳ Daybreak @1:26
they're not an easy band to search for!
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Daybreak:

↳ Song: "christmas wrapping" by "the waitresses"
I have managed to limit my intake of this song to when it appears on WFMU.
However it always remind me of my favorite song of theirs:
"It's my car and I'll do the Drivin'"
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Roberto:

↳ Song: "christmas wrapping" by "the waitresses"
OH SHIT I ALMOST MISSED THIS ONE THIS YEAR cuz I was on the phone with my mom
  1:32pm
Bob in DC:

https://archive.org/details/mars-williams-an-ayler-xmas-2021-12-03-senn441
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∫ydniuß:

what’s an A & P
  1:32pm
Bob in DC:

https://archive.org/details/mars-williams-ayler-xmas-2019-12-22
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efd:

↳ Bob in DC @1:31
right, every year in Cincinnati for a while!
  1:33pm
dave:

Hell yeah
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "christmas daze" by "pylon reenactment society"
Such a treat to hear Vanessa on Wake this morning!
  1:38pm
Vanessa - Georgia:

Evan—
Thanks for playing “Christmas Daze”
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alanSixº:

Great lyrics
  1:38pm
Christie L:

Have wanted to hear this again since hearing it on Wake this morning. Maybe I'm reading into it but somehow it actually reminds me of my college town of Athens during the winter.
  1:38pm
Ochre Ogre:

I'm out for reals. Thanks again efd
Cheers Handy
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Jeff formerly from Rahway:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:38
Thanks for recording a Christmas song!
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:38
what a great pleasure to hear you on Clay!
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BillyLundun:

↳ alanSixº @1:38
Hey Alan! Hope you're doing well!
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efd:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:38
oh hi! You're very welcome!
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alanSixº:

↳ BillyLundun @1:39
Hey billy I’m good hope you’re well too !
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love2laf:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:38
What a great song, thanks for being on Wake this morning :)
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Hoboken Jack:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:38
Hi Vanessa!!! ❤️❤️❤️
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Barney Grubbs:

Mars Williams' series of Ayler Xmas albums are pretty great too.
  1:40pm
Vanessa - Georgia:

↳ efd @1:39
❤️🎄❤️
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BillyLundun:

↳ alanSixº @1:39
Glad to hear it! I'm doing well thanks!
  1:40pm
Vanessa - Georgia:

↳ love2laf @1:39
Thank you so much ❤️
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Barney Grubbs:

↳ Barney Grubbs @1:40
is, even (added "series of" w/o changing the verb)
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:38
Such a thrill to hear you call in this morning, Vanessa!

If you see Kathryn R. around Athens, tell her Greenpoint, Brooklyn, says hello.
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Daybreak:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:35
Agreed!
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listener 126464:

↳ Song: "jingle jangle christmas" by "the corinthian columns"
efd, this reminds me - we getting The Rockfield Chorale this year?
  1:42pm
Vanessa - Georgia:

↳ Christie L @1:38
You can get the digital single on Bandcamp. https://lnk.to/Christmas-DazeAR
It does have an Athens vibe ❤️
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Daybreak:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:42
Thanks for the link and for hanging out!
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efd:

↳ listener 126464 @1:42
mmmmmmaybe???
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Karl:

↳ Song: "i'm spending christmas alone" by "future wife"
YES
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "i'm spending christmas alone" by "future wife"
Now that's my kind of Christmas!
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alanSixº:

↳ Song: "i'm spending christmas alone" by "future wife"
I just binge watch the sopranos all day on Christmas - alone
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Mister Dobalina:

This is a nice song. I might be doing the same.
  1:49pm
Christie L:

↳ Vanessa - Georgia @1:42
Will make my way there, Vanessa! Regret missing you all when you were in NJ a while back.
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love2laf:

↳ Song: "i'm spending christmas alone" by "future wife"
We're spending Christmas on our own this year, and I am so looking forward to it.
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HyperDose:

↳ alanSixº @1:48
Tico too young to watch it?
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alanSixº:

↳ HyperDose @1:49
Ok alone as in no humans 😜
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Jennica:

It's cold in here.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ alanSixº @1:48
We watch Alien and Aliens every New Years Day. Since I have been slowly watching Alien as part of a football pool I run (trust me), we might switch it up and watch Blade and Withnail and I this NYD!
  1:50pm
Rubella:

Noooooo, out of the Little Drummer Boy game! So close.....
  1:51pm
Bob in DC:

Loved that thought of Alone! New to me
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Jeff formerly from Rahway:

I spend Christmas with my dog and that's how I prefer it.
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alanSixº:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:50
Nice!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "christmas wrapping" by "the waitresses"
The issue I have with this otherwise flawless Xmas gem is that the story hinges on two people who've both forgotten cranberries for the holiday festivities. But cranberries are a Thanksgiving thing. For me this is problematic.
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Handy Haversack:

Christmas I don't even notice. It's just Monday as far as I'm concerned. A Monday without work.
  1:53pm
Bob in DC:

What’s the origin of Pylon band name?
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drr:

Hey, any Athens GA people here? My band is playing there New Year's Eve.
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Mister Dobalina:

Any idea if there will be a social medias horn today?
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johnk77:

rip mars:<
he was an important part
of the furs live shows in the 1980s
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slocker:

Oh I know what this is
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efd:

↳ Mister Dobalina @1:55
I just did one last week, so probably not
  1:56pm
Ciggy:

Such as 8675...
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Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "takin' care of christmas (featuring beverley maho...
The first play of this since the other two Bachman brothers in BTO passed...doesn't make this version any less ridiculous.
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Triple G:

Winter of Bachman!

Let's get it trending
  1:58pm
SecretSquirrel:

Here’s an example of a Christmas song done in the style of a band’s hit – their only one, in this case: Snoopy’s Christmas by The Royal Guardsmen.
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G:

Why did Led Zep never think of "Stairway to Christmas"?
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B R M:

↳ Song: "it's christmas" by "pilot"
IT'S MAGIC is also a very durable soccer fan chant...
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Daybreak:

↳ Song: "takin' care of christmas (featuring beverley maho...
Thanks, Amanda!
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Roberto:

↳ Song: "it's christmas" by "pilot"
This works for me.
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SecretSquirrel:

Tho it’s worth mentioning that “Snoopy’s Christmas” reached #1 in both Australia and New Zealand
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Daybreak:

↳ Song: "it's christmas" by "pilot"
Thanks, Todd-o-Phonic Todd!
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "it's christmas" by "pilot"
Who knew? I certainly didn't!
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Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "it's christmas" by "pilot"
EFD, did you see there was an ad that's kind of a Behind the Music about the song? www.instagram.com...
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efd:

↳ Figgsrock @2:02
I don't think I've seen that, will look later!
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Figgsrock:

↳ efd @2:04
It's, well, kind of insane because its an ad for that drug too. So bizarre.
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efd:

↳ Song: "introduction/angels we have heard on high" by "do...
the moment where the full band kicks in is one of my favorite things, despite the autotune
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WoodsOfMaine:

@efd: This show is reminding me of "Hark, The Rock & Rollers Sing" from WBCN...which I have somehow lost over the years.
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mrdonutsu:

↳ Song: "introduction/angels we have heard on high" by "do...
The phaser on the vocals really gives it that Xmas sparkle!
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Jeff formerly from Rahway:

↳ Song: "introduction/angels we have heard on high" by "do...
Are yinz guys digging this Donnie Iris song an'at?
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Vanessa - Georgia:

↳ Daybreak @1:44
It was fun. Loving this show.
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Roberto:

↳ Song: "introduction/angels we have heard on high" by "do...
What, no "Ah, Jesus, here we go again"?
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prof.fuzz:

woot! i survived a run to target (to buy envelopes) and the post office (to mail gig posters to louisiana), thanks to the funky christmas soundtrack blasting in the FuZZZmobile!
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "introduction/angels we have heard on high" by "do...
Angels we have heard on high, tell us to go out and BUY.
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efd:

↳ Roberto @2:10
I don't A&R 'em, I just play 'em!
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Mike Sin:

Enjoy this show each year! Blasting it live and loud!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "christmas night" by "dwight twilley"
When Dwight Twilley needed an extra syllable, he just made one. Legend!
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winston legthigh:

merry happy efd and the funky bunch.
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efd:

↳ Hughie Considine @2:13
like Mark E. Smith, but in the middle!
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Daybreak:

Playing this for my last block AP Lang class 16-18 year olds. They are the affected youth having their own fun!
11 min until the end of the day!
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Jennica:

↳ Daybreak @2:16
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!
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Roberto:

↳ efd @2:12
Bit of a missed opportunity there, don't you think?
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Daybreak @2:16
I’ll bring the peppermint schnapps for them
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DjLorraine:

Well played, Sir!
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Roberto:

↳ Roberto @2:17
Oh wait, he already covered it with the album title didn't he.
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UFOspecialist:

Ah Donnie! :) :) :)
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Daybreak:

↳ Jennica @2:17
I know right?!? I never get to play WFMU for my students.
Pep Rally day tomorrow. Half day on Friday!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ efd @2:15
i was thinking about MES while dwight was adding syllables... dwight's version reminds me of japanese transliterations of english words.
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "takin' care of christmas (featuring beverley maho...
Is that thanks to Amanda of the Bad Animals duo?
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DjLorraine:

Oops, i forgot to select EFD show as my 1 time teeny tiny donation.
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winston legthigh:

hope i did not miss the yuletide smah.
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Roberto:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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efd:

↳ Dan S @2:20
that's the one!
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Mister Dobalina:

Shucks, thought it was horn time. I guess, Hanson will do. Long live Hanson!
  2:24pm
Magenta:

The “Snowed In” time of year is my favorite time of year!
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∫ydniuß:

my fragile auricles
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slocker:

There it is.
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Patrick S.:

Legit loled at that Hanson intro.
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disco_nap_:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
The way I LOVED this album when I was 9
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efd:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
haha, lil playlist misfire there!
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Mister Dobalina:

Not so bad. Huh.
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rich the greeb:

Whoa
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disco_nap_:

↳ disco_nap_ @2:25
/anything by Hanson. I adored those lil blonde Mormon boys.
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medson:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
Here we goooo!!!
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Roberto:

↳ disco_nap_ @2:26
They've each got like, 12 kids now!
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The Oscar:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
My wife just stopped what she was doing, ran into the room, and yelled "WAIT, IS THIS HANSON??"
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slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "the christmas song" by "angel"
thank you so much, EFD 🌨️❄️
i love this song -- one of the few "holiday" songs that does not make nuts -- i am glad that i have held on to the 45, which i got when it was released (late 1977?)

Happy Holidays, everyone! wishing all a blessed Solstice, a Merry Christmas, a joyful Kwanzaa, and a splendid New Year ⛄🎉🕯️🦌🎄

and beware! The Yule Cat buahahaha 🐈‍⬛
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Mister Dobalina:

May Hanson be with ya'll during this festive season.
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Figgsrock:

Okay EFD, you literally made me spit out water on my desk with your vocal help on this track.
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B R M:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
an on-mic sing along? Oh my! ❤️
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slugluv1313:

↳ The Oscar @2:26
omg it IS Hanson!
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efd:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
how does this only have *EIGHT* clicky stars?! Have I entered it wrong before?
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
Hearing stuff by Tinted Windows that I'd totally missed out on rekindled my admiration for Hanson. Just one more reason FMU is the gift that keeps giving.
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efd:

↳ Figgsrock @2:27
"help"
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efd:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
haha, I just got a "loud environment" warning from my watch because I had this cranked up so loudly in the studio!
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rich the greeb:

For a second i thought this was the frogs
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Roberto:

↳ efd @2:27
Yeah, it wasn't pre-starred for me. Something's not right.
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Figgsrock:

↳ efd @2:27
As someone who was known to do stuff like that (or even harmonize on some songs) in my on air days, I approve of your "help."
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winston legthigh:

↳ Song: "everybody knows the claus" by "hanson"
eagerly awaiting xmas 2024.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ efd @2:29
i'm surprised the alarm isn't going off constantly during your show...
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Roberto:

↳ efd @2:29
CRANK THE 'SON, SON!
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efd:

↳ prof.fuzz @2:30
it would if I played nothing but "Everybody Knows The Claus" for three hours!

hmmm....
  2:37pm
Philip:

Yes, Big Star!!!!!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ efd @2:35
it's not three hours of soap carving, but it'll do!
  2:37pm
rich the greeb:

I’ve wanted the Big Star promo poster for this song for years
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Roberto:

↳ Song: "jesus christ" by "big star"
The OTHER best Christmas song of all time.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "jesus christ" by "big star"
I did a piece for the local alt-weekly where I played 10 random Xmas songs for a well known jazz singer and a music prof at UNC. This did not go down well.
  2:40pm
scott:

Jesus' birth was a joyeus revelation of promises to some, and the end of wealth and power to others.
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egould:

↳ Song: "jesus christ" by "big star"
Laying around Ardent Studios all fucking high on 'Luudes and red wine, singing about Jesus.
  2:41pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "jesus christ" by "big star"
a wee xmas card .. rated G
https://www.antarcticajournal.com/cartoon-putting-the-christ-back-in-christmas/
  2:42pm
Triple G:

Professor Dum Dum would have probably hit 'Next' on the Big Star track if able
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Triple G @2:42
abort the… oh you know
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Hughie Considine:

↳ egould @2:40
That was the original working title! But eentually Hummel and Stephens protested and Chilton responded, "Jesus Christ," and left the studio.
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Roberto:

↳ Triple G @2:42
Ugly Baby Jesus is born today!
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morphe':

Thanks efd ... hard to pull off a good xmas set .. let alone a 3hr show !!!!
Will folks go to the family ... go to the archives and say .. I have the music???
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Song: "santa claus is coming to town" by "dion"
crap I owe Santa money
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Mister Dobalina:

Mark Hudson produced that Hanson album. Interesting.
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Jeff formerly from Rahway:

↳ ∫ydniuß @2:45
Santa gonna send his elves "Michael 'Merry' Migliiore" and "Joseph 'Jolly' DeVito" to ensure your compliance.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @2:47
I like my knuckles the way they are!
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Kay:

Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you efd, driving but stopped at the moment... Jingle jangle!!! 🔔
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love2laf:

Thank you efd, this has been a holly jolly holiday spectacular. I appreciate all the work you put into 3 hours of DJing, every darn week. Hope you and yours have a fab and peaceful holiday. Cheers everyone, wishing you all the same.
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abbazabba:

Awesome Christmas show! Thanks EFD!!
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Daybreak:

If you need more funktacular keep in mind that we have a 16 year funktacular set of music, hopefully, all in the archives!
  2:52pm
morphe':

Just saw a Shane McGowan clip where he spoke about being # 2 to "...the Pet Shop Boys' synth-pop version of "Always on My Mind"... that xmas ...
"#@#$%^&(*&^#$^%&I... anyone but The Pet Shop Boys..."
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, efd! Looking very much forward to next week's recap, even though it always costs me money.
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radioronan:

Thanks, Evan! I am 66.6% in the holiday spirit..just need go back and listen to the 1st hour to find the other 33 ⅓ ..Cheers, y'all!
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∫ydniuß:

❄️❄️❄️ Thanks for the funktacular efd! 🎄
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Daybreak:

↳ Daybreak @2:51
That's 48 hours of Funktacular Fun! Cheers!
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egould:

Thank you, efd. I love you. Merry Christmas, everyone. I love you all.
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listener 126464:

Great show today! Thank you, efd.
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Kay:

Jingling all the way, baby!
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nycmusicnerd:

Thanks efd! Happy holidays, everybody!
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winston legthigh:

thanks efd, merry christmas everybody!
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disco_nap_:

Thank you, EFD! Happy Holidays to all! 💓
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love2laf:

↳ egould @2:54
Love to you as well, hope you have a wonderful holiday.
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Roberto:

Shit, did I miss a Billy Squier cover?
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Chris Hiatt:

Fun show. Thanks, efd! Happy Holidaze to all youse.
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disco_nap_:

↳ egould @2:54
💗
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DjLorraine:

Thanks for the Beat (or beets) left under the still planted and ALIVE tree. 🎄
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Song: "rock the christmas cheer!" by "the bongos"
THE BONGOS!!!!!
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egould:

↳ love2laf @2:55
Thanks, L2L. Happy Holidays and a merry Boxing Day to you!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ radioronan @2:53
That 33 ⅓ will have you spinning!
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efd:

thanks for listening, everyone! Happy holidays to one and all!
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Jennica:

↳ efd @2:58
Thanks, efd. Cheers to you as well.
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prof.fuzz:

merry merry happy happy everyone!
peace, love, and fuzz to all!
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Erin in TO:

This show has been a delight, thank you efd, and merry Christmas to you!
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HyperDose:

Thanks Evan!
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Dan S:

Thanks for this show, EFD! WFMU does about the only holiday music shows I'll even consider listening to.
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pollypinocle:

Fun fun show, Evan! Thanks!!
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winston legthigh:

psyche!
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Look fwd to catching the archives of this over the next week! Have a great holiday week, efd & friends.
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lpfnrobin:

Thanks Evan. Besties
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slugluv1313:

thanks so much, EFD!
  8:23pm
Kmbrly:

WOW! My tradition is to bake the cookies while listening to my most favoritest funktacular! Was this really three hours??? Flew by so fast! Thanks so much EFD and merry holidays to you all!!!!
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