WFMU: Transmissions from Echo Beach with Derek Westerholm and DJ Babs: Playlist from December 26, 2024

Transmissions from Echo Beach with Derek Westerholm and DJ Babs: Playlist from December 26, 2024

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

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

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December 26, 2024: Boxing Day!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ: Boxman	Thursday Box Day "Thursday Box Day" by "Boxman"	BoxMan Saga	BoxMan	2024	I feel it is inevitable that I can't find out anything about Boxman in my cursory searches, but it still makes me sad that I can't.		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nya Karolinska	Boxing Day "Boxing Day" by "Nya Karolinska"	Boxing Day	Steelfabriken	2024	It seems "The new Karolinska Solna is a hospital in Solna, Sweden" The band itself is from Stolkholm, Sweden	*	0:05:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Astrid Swan	Box Elder "Box Elder" by "Astrid Swan"	Hits (Pavement for Girls)	Soliti	2011	Astrid Swan is from Helsinki, Finland... "Astrid Joutseno is a scholar researching grief, cancer, life-writing and music." She is also "a stage IV cancer patient and a feminist in love with this planet." This icy version of early Pavement track Box Elder is from a 9-song tribute album Astrid released in 2011. https://astridswan.bandcamp.com/		0:08:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Richard Dawson	Boxing Day Sales "Boxing Day Sales" by "Richard Dawson"	End of the Middle	Domino Recording Co.	2024/2025	On Nov 25 Richard Dawson shared "the second song from the forthcoming record, “Boxing Day sales” – a beautifully wonky pop number that merges Dawson’s deft yet infectious melodies with a pleasing bolt of jagged clarinet from Faye MacCalman (who plays the role of “lightning” throughout the album).It’s also his hugely unorthodox bid for Christmas Number 1. //// “I wanted to make a pure pop song,” says Rich. “Almost like a total throwaway song – like a Christmas gift: A pair of novelty socks, some Lynx Africa, or a daft plastic puzzle you get on Christmas morning and then chuck in a drawer for the next 10 years. I wanted it to be the most throwaway and lightweight triviality of a thing.” But Dawson also found himself moved by the noble spirit of the character in his song, lifting it to a place that went beyond disposable gifts, pop hooks, and a critique of capitalism. “Even when there isn’t much room for a character to speak you still must go all the way with them”. //// The video – directed (once again) by James Hankins – features Rich posing in a series of shop windows and famous Central London spots as well as vignettes of eager shoppers going about their day. As Dawson’s final repeated lyrics “You owe it to yourself” ring out, we are left with a parting image of rubbish being collected." Richard Dawson - Boxing Day sales (Official Video)	*	0:11:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	TKO (Boxing Day)	Punch The Clock	F-Beat / Columbia	1983	"Punch the Clock is the eighth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his seventh with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation). It was released on 5 August 1983 through F-Beat Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. Produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the album was Costello's attempt at making a commercial record following years of dwindling commercial success. It was recorded at London's AIR Studios in early 1983 and features contributions from the TKO Horns and Afrodiziak. //// Featuring genres such as new wave, pop rock, R&B and soul, commentators have compared the album's sound to Costello's previous records Armed Forces (1979) and Get Happy!! (1980). The songs are filled with catchy choruses and lyrics covering relationships and political themes. The record contains Costello's version of "Shipbuilding", co-written with Langer and featuring a trumpet solo by Chet Baker. The album takes its title from a lyric in "The Greatest Thing" and the cover artwork was designed by Phil Smee. //// Extensively promoted through live performances, Punch the Clock yielded Costello's first US Top 40 hit, "Everyday I Write the Book". "Pills and Soap" was released as a single under a pseudonym and through Costello's own IMP label, which reached number 16 in the UK. The album was his best-selling since Get Happy!!, reaching number three in the UK and number 24 in the US, eventually certified gold in both countries. Despite its success, Costello later expressed disdain for the record, finding its sound dated."		0:15:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Fall	Boxoctosis Alarum "Boxoctosis Alarum" by "The Fall"	Interim	Hip Priest	2004	The Fall are one of those rare bands who hears an alarm going off during a rehearsal, keep playing, and even after playback thinks, sure, let's release that forth, unto public ears and supportive fans... "Interim is an album by English post-punk band The Fall, compiled from live and studio material and released in 2004 by record label Hip Priest. //// Interim features the first officially released versions of "Clasp Hands", "Blindness" and "What About Us?" – all of which were later included on the band's next studio album Fall Heads Roll (2005) – as well as the instrumental "I'm Ronnie the Oney". The remaining tracks are all new versions of previously released songs, mostly from studio rehearsal recordings. //// Interim was originally to be titled Cocked - the alternate title was given on a promotional CD for "Blindness", which also gave the track's title as "Blind Man"."		0:19:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Creepers	Chocolate Box "Chocolate Box" by "The Creepers"	Miserable Sinners	In-Tape	1986	Produced by Jon Langford of The Mekons! "The Creepers were an English rock music group, formed in Manchester in 1982, originally as Marc Riley and the Creepers. After being dismissed from The Fall by Mark E. Smith, Marc Riley formed his own record label (In-Tape) with Jim Khambatta, and his own band. The first single "Favourite Sister" (which featured his former bandmates Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon and Paul Hanley) was followed up with "Jumper Clown", which poked fun at his previous band's singer. A Peel Session was the source of the next release in 1984, with a compilation of these early releases, Cull, following the same year. First album proper, Gross Out, appeared in June 1984. 1985 saw the release of the second album Fancy Meeting God as well as a swansong live album Warts 'n' All towards the end of the year. //// Riley then recruited ex-Membranes Mark Tilton and Phil Roberts of Shrubs, and carried on as simply "The Creepers". With a more sophisticated sound, the first release under this name was a cover of Brian Eno's "Baby's on Fire", with the album Miserable Sinners following later the same year. After signing to Red Rhino, a further single, "Brute" and album Rock 'n' Roll Liquorice Flavour appeared in 1987 and 1988 respectively. Sleeper: A Retrospective followed in 1989. The band briefly became 'The Lost Soul Crusaders' before splitting up."		0:22:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Boxman	Friday Boxy Mood "Friday Boxy Mood" by "Boxman"	BoxMan Saga	BoxMan	2024	I feel it is inevitable that I can't find out anything about Boxman in my cursory searches, but it still makes me sad that I can't.		0:26:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Six Days After Christmas	What's So Wrong With Me	winter compositions	9th St/Hallywood	2024	Somewhat mystery slacker rock/shoegaze band. My new favourite gaze bad. The sixth day of Christmas is 6 geese a laying. The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day).		0:34:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Little Eva	Let's Turkey Trot "Let's Turkey Trot" by "Little Eva"	Let's Turkey Trot / Old Smokey Locomotion 7"	London Records	1963	The record features girl group The Cookies on background vocals, with the Cookies' lead Earl-Jean McCrea getting some solo lines. The song's title is a reference to the turkey trot dance step, a step that was only briefly popular fifty years before the song was released; the song is played at a tempo much slower than the one used for the dance in its heyday.		0:35:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mock Tudors	Hair of the Dog "Hair of the Dog" by "Mock Tudors"	Hair of the Dog Single	Mock Tudors	2024	‘South Yorkshire’s answer to Buzzcocks meet The Sweet’, Mock Tudors‘ frenetic glam infused garage-punk oozed from the basement of Delicious Clam in Sheffield in January of 2022. Since then the band have released a set of EP’s alongside a bootleg LP, headline toured extensively, supported the likes of The Bug Club and The Futureheads, and played live in session twice for BBC 6 Music. With songs about everything from domestic recycling politics (Bin Day), to a PTA meeting gone awry (Nutbush Coffee Morning), Mock Tudors write it, so you don’t have to. "For some context about the Tudors behind the costumes: we started this project in the basement of collective space Delicious Clam as a kind of therapy session/support group. We are each other’s best friends and initially had no intention of doing anything but playing 12-bar blues in a basement to counteract the stresses of freelance life and living like artists. This quickly grew into an all-out live show where we could share our love for music and provide some light relief for our wonderful fans. We love it." The band is currently on a mental health break...and we hope they return!		0:38:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Billiam	Boxing "Boxing" by "Billiam"	Corner Tactics	Under the Gun	2023	Self described as the first "autism-core" artist, Billiam is a frantic, off the walls, 21 year old from Naarm who's been yelling into mics since until his voice snaps since he was 16. His debut LP Corner Tactics (the first time he's released a record longer than 15 minutes in his life) is an uncompromising cacophony of riffs and spits blended into a stew poured into a bowl with a hole that's slowly leaking onto the table.		0:41:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnny Cash	Ringing the Bells for Jim	The Classic Christmas Album	Sony	2013	Music of any variety, Christmas or non, is inherently emotional. “Music is unique because it sparks activity in just about every circuit in the brain,” Nina Krauss, a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern University, told me. “This supercharge of activity integrates sensory networks, cognitive networks and emotional networks.” In other words, music is a direct bridge from our senses to our innermost feelings. The sadness of holiday music may, paradoxically, comfort us. Research conducted by graduate students at the University of Southern California last year found that songs that deal with emotions like grief and sorrow can purge bad feelings and actually have a healing effect on our brains. We find sad music pleasurable when it’s perceived as non-threatening and when it produces psychological benefits, the study found. The good news is...this particular song has a happy ending!		0:43:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Queens of the Stone Age	Broken Box	Lullabies to Paralyze	Interscope	2005	Boxing Day originated in the United Kingdom in the 1800s Traditionally, Boxing Day was a day off for the working class, and the wealthy would give gifts to the poor in boxes. Boxing Day is also known as Offering Day. Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 22, 2005.		0:46:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Silent - K	Goldberg Gravy "Goldberg Gravy" by "Silent - K"	Wonky Punk			Liverpool’s SILENT–K are a ferocious, somewhat unhinged four piece with unique and infectious melodies and electrifying hip-hop infused rock n roll. Originally co-founded by Taylor with Dave McCabe from critically acclaimed Liverpool band The Zutons. Chris Taylor says "We were just described on BBC 6 Music by Tom Robinson as a “sharp irresistible slice of retro futurist funk-pop, sounding like the unholy love child of Roxy Music and the pioneering early noughties outfit CLOR”. Personally, I think we’re more like Talking Heads and DEVO on Turkish toast."		0:49:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gee Tee	Couch Potato "Couch Potato" by "Gee Tee"	Prehistoric Chrome	Nailbitber Records	2024	Sounds from both the distant future and the nearly forgotten past of Sydney's cromagnon titans, freshly risen from their electromagnetic tombs and etched into discs of eternal obsidian, to forever be blasted across the gleaming chrome horizon. Based in Sydney, Australia and lead by the iconic Kel Mason, this band of maniacal rock n roll miscreants has been blowing drooly-punk minds for the past few years with a rash of out-of-print records and ridiculous videos that have bounced around the proper channels of the internet underbelly.		0:51:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: El Michaels Affair	Shadow Boxing "Shadow Boxing" by "El Michaels Affair"	Return to the 37th Chamber	Big Crown Records	2017			0:52:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett	Boxing Day Blues	Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit	Milk! Records / Marathon Artists / House Anxiety / Mom + Pop Music	2015	Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock musician Courtney Barnett, released on 20 March 2015. The album received wide acclaim and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by numerous publications. //// After playing with various bands in Melbourne, Barnett used money that she had borrowed from her grandmother to start her own Milk Records label and released her first EP, I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris (2012). Following that release, Barnett signed to Marathon Artists (via its House Anxiety imprint). In August 2013, Marathon Artists released The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, packaging the first EP with Barnett's second, How To Carve A Carrot into a Rose. The Double EP brought Barnett international critical acclaim, with the lead single, "Avant Gardener", named 'Best New Track' by Pitchfork in 2013. How To Carve A Carrot was released on a limited run by Milk! Records as a standalone EP in October 2013. In 2014, Marathon Artists partnered with Mom + Pop Music for the US release of The Double EP. //// Barnett had spent a year writing songs for her album but only showed them to her band a week before they were recorded in order to capture a "fresh" sound. The song "Pedestrian at Best" was written "at the last minute" and the recorded version was the first time that Barnett had sung the words out loud. The album was largely recorded over eight days in Melbourne in April 2014 but the release was delayed due to touring commitments. Some early promo copies were distributed in Europe in mid-December 2014, and Barnett unveiled the album at the 2015 South by Southwest music festival in March and then embarked on a world tour beginning in Paris. //// In the liner notes, Barnett reveals that the album's title was inspired by a poster that hung in her grandmother's bathroom. It is also used as part of the lyrics of the hidden/bonus song "Stair Androids & Valley Um..."		1:01:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Portishead	Glory Box "Glory Box" by "Portishead"	Roseland NYC Live	Universal	1998	"Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons formed the band after meeting during a coffee break at an Enterprise Allowance course in Bristol in February 1991. Taking their name from the nearby town of Portishead." //// "Roseland NYC Live is a live album by English electronic music band Portishead. It was released on 2 November 1998 by Go! Beat. A PAL format VHS video was released the same year, with a DVD version following four years later. Although the New York Philharmonic is credited as appearing in the video, none of the musicians are members of the Philharmonic, nor is the Philharmonic credited in the audio album."		1:04:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Fad Gadget	The Box "The Box" by "Fad Gadget"	The Fad Gadget Singles	Mute	1979 / 1986	The Fad Gadget Singles is the 1986 collection of singles by British musician Fad Gadget. The album versions of these songs are not only of differing lengths, they were also often alternative mixes. The songs span the career of Fad Gadget from "Back to Nature" / "The Box" (his first single, double A side) to "One Man's Meat", his final single before Fad Gadget reverted to his given name of Frank Tovey for the remainder of his recording career (he toured with Depeche Mode under the persona of Fad Gadget once again, only a few months before his death of a heart attack on 3 April 2002.) //// "Back to Nature" / "The Box" was the second single ever to be released on Mute Records in October 1979. One b-side, "4M" from the "Life on the Line" single, is included on the collection.		1:10:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boxing Day	Hookworms "Hookworms" by "Boxing Day"	Microshift	Domino Recording Co. LTD	2018	"Microshift is the third studio album, fourth long play record and final album by British rock band Hookworms. It was released on 2 February 2018 by Domino Recording Company. The album's namesake is an audio plug-in. The record is dedicated to "Archie", the band's former live sound engineer. //// The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die."		1:15:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Teenage Head	Little Boxes "Little Boxes" by "Teenage Head"	Teenage Head	Epic	1979	"Teenage Head is a Canadian punk rock group from Hamilton, Ontario, that has been popular in Canada since the early 1980s. /// The group was formed in Hamilton, Ontario in 1974 by Frankie Venom (Frank Kerr), Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon, and Nick Stipanitz. //// Venom died on October 15, 2008. Lewis died August 7, 2022. //// The band's name is a reference to The Flaming Groovies' 1971 album Teenage Head, which Gord Lewis had seen advertised in a music magazine but not heard, and decided that he, one day, would form a band with that name. //// Teenage Head was formed in 1975 when the band members were students at Westdale High School in Hamilton. The original lineup featured Gord Lewis on guitar, Steve Park on guitar, Frankie Venom on drums and Dave Desroches on vocals. Frankie Venom quickly became the new vocalist, and Lewis recruited old friends Steve Mahon to play bass and Nick Stipanitz to play drums. //// DesRoches moved on to form his own group, The Shakers. He rejoined Teenage Head as vocalist in the mid-1980s (for the album Electric Guitars), and yet again in 2016. Steve Park soon left and later joined another Hamilton band, Simply Saucer. //// Their first gig was on October 17, 1975, in the Westdale Secondary School cafeteria. The band's first professional gigs happened in February 1976 with a few shows at the Town Casino at Main and Walnut streets in Hamilton. //// By May 1978, they released their first single "Picture My Face" on Epic Records, and their self-titled debut, Teenage Head, followed a year later, which went gold. The band's performance at The Last Pogo concert on December 1, 1978, at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, ended in a riot and was shut down by the police. The concert was made into a short film by Colin Brunton, The Last Pogo. In 2006, Brunton began a feature-length documentary film about the concert, including additional interviews and footage of Teenage Head. It was released on DVD in 2008 as a tribute to the late Frankie Venom. //// Gold-selling Frantic City was released in 1980. It was the band's breakthrough album, making them stars across Canada with the hit singles "Let's Shake" and "Somethin' On My Mind". They toured to support that album, including opening the major Heatwave festival in August. In June 1980 their performance at Toronto's Ontario Place sparked a riot. The incident made headlines across the country, and led Ontario Place to ban rock concerts for several years."		1:17:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Boxman	Wicked Retro Wensday "Wicked Retro Wensday" by "Boxman"	BoxMan Saga	BoxMan	2024	Yup... It really does seem that Wednesday is spelled that way on this one... But who knows, in the digital world, what is intentional these days... I feel it is inevitable that I can't find out anything about Boxman in my cursory searches, but it still makes me sad that I can't.		1:21:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mika Miko	Turkey Sandwich "Turkey Sandwich" by "Mika Miko"	We Be XUXA	Post Present Medium	2009	Mika Miko was an American band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. In 2004, they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances. Featuring Victor Fandgore (Jennifer Clavin), Jet Blanca (Jenna Thornhill), Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin, and Jon Erik Edrosa, the original line up of the band made its first demo CD-R, its first 7" record, and toured the West Coast extensively before replacing their original drummer with Kate Hall and embarking on their first national tour in the summer of 2005. Despite a sizable discography, the band stated they are best appreciated live. As Jessica Clavin told ClashMusic.com: "I think we come off better live than we do recorded. It's better to have that impact as a live band, isn't it? If we had to choose to be better live or recorded, we'd go with live." They disbanded after this album to focus on higher education and other projects...		1:27:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nouvelle Vague	Too Drunk to Fuck "Too Drunk to Fuck" by "Nouvelle Vague"	Nouvelle Vague	Kwaidan Records	2004	Nouvelle Vague is a French cover band led by musicians Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their name means "new wave" in French, and refers simultaneously to the French New Wave cinema movement of the 1960s, to the new wave music movement of the 1970s and 1980s, which provides many of the songs that the band covers, and to bossa nova (Portuguese for "new wave"), a musical style that the band frequently uses in its arrangements. Libaux died in 2021 but the band continues to tour.		1:29:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Primus	Seas of Cheese "Seas of Cheese" by "Primus"	Sailing the Seas of Cheese	Interscope Records	1991	Can cheese give you a buzz? Cheese contains casein as well as the amino acid tyrosine, and both chemicals can cause an increase in dopamine in the brain. So the short answer is ``Yes.''		1:31:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gong	Wet Cheese Delirium "Wet Cheese Delirium" by "Gong"	Camembert Electrique	BYG	1971	Gong are a psychedelic rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Eating cheese late at night, the rumour goes, will give you strange dreams. As far back as 1964, a researcher noted that a patient stopped having nightmares when he dropped his habit of eating one or two ounces of cheddar cheese every evening. More recently, the now-defunct British Cheese Board, who funded a study in 2005 and concluded that eating blue cheese causes vivid dreams, while cheddar makes people dream about celebrities. The study wasn't exactly scientifically robust or published in a peer-reviewed journal, but the findings helped to perpetuate the belief that cheese can affect the content of our dreams. Whtat's your favourite wet cheese?		1:32:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Lunch Table	I Am Eating Cheese	I Am Eating Cheese	The Lunch Table	2020	Eating cheese can be upsetting if you have lactose intolerance, a dairy allergy, or an upset stomach: People with lactose intolerance are unable to fully digest the sugar (lactose) in milk. As a result, they have diarrhea, gas and bloating after eating or drinking dairy products. The condition, which is also called lactose malabsorption, is usually harmless, but its symptoms can be uncomfortable. New research argues that cheese is addictive in a way similar to drugs because of a chemical called casein, which is found in dairy products and can trigger the brain's opioid receptors.		1:32:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rosco Gordon	Cheese and Crackers "Cheese and Crackers" by "Rosco Gordon"	Just A Little Bit: The Singles Collection 1951-61	Acrobat	2021	Rosco N. Gordon III, sometimes billed as Roscoe Gordon, was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter. He is best known for his hit songs "Booted,", "No More Doggin'", and "Just a Little Bit". Gordon was a pioneer of the Memphis blues style.		1:35:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Coasters	Hongry "Hongry" by "The Coasters"	Lady Like / Hongry 7"	Atco	1965	There are many reasons why you might feel hungry after eating, including: Diet You might not be eating enough protein, fat, or complex carbohydrates, especially fiber-rich sources. Eating too many refined carbohydrates can cause blood sugar fluctuations that trigger your body to want more food. Blood sugar You might have a drop in blood sugar. This can happen if you skip meals, extend the time between meals or snacks, or eat ultra-processed foods. Hormones You might have hormone issues like leptin resistance. Lifestyle You might be distracted while eating, which can prevent you from recognizing your body's fullness signals. Thyroid You might have an overactive thyroid, which can speed up your metabolism and cause you to burn calories faster than normal.		1:38:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Millie Jackson	Leftovers "Leftovers" by "Millie Jackson"	Still Caught Up	Spring Records	1975	Still Caught Up is the fifth album by R&B musician Millie Jackson, issued by Spring Records in 1975. It includes the single, "Loving Arms" / "Leftovers." A sequel to Jackson's previous album, Caught Up, which told the story of a woman having an affair with a married man, Still Caught Up reprises its themes of adultery and recrimination. Where Side A of Caught Up featured Jackson singing from the mistress' point of view and Side B from the jilted wife's point of view, Still Caught Up begins with the wife on Side A and concludes with the mistress on Side B.		1:40:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cornell Campbell	Boxing Around "Boxing Around" by "Cornell Campbell"	Boxing Around	Joe Gibbs Music	1982	Cornel Campbell aka Don Cornel or Don Gorgon is a reggae singer, best known for his trademark falsetto voice, and his recordings at Studio One in the late 1960s and his later work with Bunny Lee in the 1970s. "Boxing around" in patois is a term that means to be uneducated or provincial.		1:45:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ron Quixote	Couch Potato "Couch Potato" by "Ron Quixote"	Couch Potato Single	Hosted By...	2024			1:49:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Meatraffle	Brave Face "Brave Face" by "Meatraffle"	Brave Face single	Blang Limited	2024	Brave Face is the Christmas song that highlights the contrast of personal conflict and depression with the external period of this festival of ‘ joy’ that is encompassing . its not a cynical jab at Christmas , all it is is a call to all the outsiders to wallow in their self pity to the point of martrydom and take solace in the winter melancholy with a kind of pride .	*	1:57:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	7:19pm ultradamno: Babs! Derek! Beach Bums!
	🏝 8:00pm Scott_Oz: G'day Babs, Derek & Boxing Day Beachers! It's the day after BD here, I will call it Beer Day! 🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🌊📦⛱️🌴
	8:01pm v-dawg: Hello today.
	8:01pm Tom in Brooklyn: Hi Babs Derek and all!
	8:01pm Aitch: Hey all.
	8:01pm Andres: Happy Boxing Day, ya Hosers!
	8:02pm DJ Babs: Hi Andrews Hi Vdawg Hey a Scott and UD! And Aitch! A pleasure to have yas with us tonite!
	8:03pm v-dawg: Yes, kwanzaa box.
	8:05pm Dan S: Hi. just tuning in. Is Boxing Day a thing in Canada?
	8:05pm DJ Babs: Hi Dan! No it originated in England!
	🏝 8:06pm Scott_Oz: Sloth is how I live!🍻🦥🛋️📺
	8:06pm DJ Babs: Hi Tom! hello Dan!
	🏝 8:07pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Dan S @8:05 Us Colonials still recognize it mate.
	8:07pm DJ Babs: I just pounded back some leftovers and I'm not proud.
	8:08pm Andres: ↳ Dan S @8:05 If by a thing you mean a statutory holiday, then yes.
	8:08pm Dan S: ↳ DJ Babs @8:05 Thanks. That's what I thought; I was just wondering because you were talking about it and playing music on that theme.
	8:08pm Alli B: Hiiiii!
	8:09pm Dan S: OK then, Happy Boxing Day, Scott_Oz and Andres!
	8:09pm Derek Westerholm: Hello Scott_Oz, v-dawg, TomInBrklyn, Aitch, Andres, DanS, AlliB, hello hello hello!
	8:10pm Dan S: ↳ Derek Westerholm @8:09 Hi, and Happy Boxing Day to you and Babs!
	8:10pm ultradamno: Happy Holidays, boxers and otherwise
	8:11pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Dan S @8:10 Thank-you, it's been lovely to have an extra day off... Spent it with family & now with you all... All live & in the moment & all! Hello!
	8:11pm Dan S: ↳ Alli B @8:08 Hi, and Happy Boxing Day, or whatever you celebrate.
	8:12pm Dan S: ↳ ultradamno @8:10 To you too!
	8:12pm v-dawg: @babs, derek, et al Any books or films that you would suggest on diefenbaker or pearson?
	8:12pm Andres: ↳ Dan S @8:09 If by a thing you mean that there is some ritual or tradition beyond sleeping-in or getting up early to go shopping for deals at the mall, then no. :)
	8:12pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ ultradamno @8:10 Hello Ultra, I somehow missed my hello to you!
	🏝 8:13pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Dan S @8:09 Cheers, but it's the day after here mate. A happy Friday Trash Cult beers fa me. 🍻🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	8:15pm ultradamno: ↳ Derek Westerholm @8:12 No sweat, I did sneak in early
	8:17pm DJ Babs: ↳ v-dawg @8:12 I do not. My most recent Canadian history book was the story of river exploration in Canada.
	8:19pm DJ Babs: ↳ Andres @8:12 I’m usually tired from cooking the day before. So I just like to veg out. I’m definitely not into going to any stores. I worked too many boxing days for that nonsense.
	8:20pm Dan S: ↳ Song: "TKO (Boxing Day)" by "Elvis Costello & The Attrac... When I first heard the phrase "Boxing Day" I thought it must have something to do with fist-fights with gloves on. That was many decades ago; I know better now. :-)
	8:21pm DJ Babs: Did anyone score anything particularly fun gift-wise? Derek’s nephew and girlfriend gifted us a velvet painting of our wedding portrait. She painted it herself. I love it!
	🏝 8:21pm Kat in the chat: Hello! Three boxy hours tonight?
	8:22pm DJ Babs: Good to see you Kat!!! Happy Boxing Day! We’ve got hours of box here!
	8:22pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ DJ Babs @8:21 I love it, too!
	🏝 8:22pm Scott_Oz: Fire alarm?
	8:22pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:21 Well, two boxy hours from us, for sure!
	8:23pm v-dawg: ↳ DJ Babs @8:17 Was anything in particular good?
	8:24pm Andres: ↳ DJ Babs @8:19 Before kids I would head to Sam the Record Man for deals. When kids were young it was great for all the stuff they were constantly growing out of. These days mostly spent napping and snacking.
	🏝 8:25pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Derek Westerholm @8:22 Two hours, I mean. Math is hard.
	8:26pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:25 No worries, I wasn't sure if there was other boxy programming on another side of us... Been a bit of a whirlwind here, so just spoke for ourselves! You're doing just fine... Really, time is a little wobbly anyway, as far as I've heard...
	🏝 8:27pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi DJ Babs, Derek, and all!!!
	🏝 8:28pm Will thee SG OCNY: Happy Boxing Day to you guys!!!
	8:28pm DJ Babs: ↳ v-dawg @8:23 Well, it’s definitely an exercise in learning about Colonialism at work. But it was interesting to read the accounts of just how hardcore it was to navigate the landscape…especially if you’re a soft European lol
	8:29pm avspuk: ↳ Song: "Boxoctosis Alarum" by "The Fall" It's argued by some (Inc me) that this is about opening a box of 'royal' brand fags as there's 25 fags instead of the usual 20. It's not a well supported opinion tho, the more popular theory is that it's about a box of 25 miniature war game figures
	8:33pm Lizzie: Dislike the fire alarm sounds in that last song. a bit jarring
	8:38pm DJ Babs: Hi Lizzie. It is quite off putting right!?
	8:38pm Dan S: ↳ Song: "Let's Turkey Trot" by "Little Eva" This is different. Catchy.
	8:39pm DJ Babs: ↳ avspuk @8:29 25 soldiers? I could see that!
	8:39pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Lizzie @8:33 Apologies, Lizzie, and anyone else likewise annoyed or alarmed... We'd played other versions, so we decided not to repeat ourselves and go with the irritating one...
	8:39pm DJ Babs: Little Eva had it going on!
	8:40pm DJ Babs: We played some serious family drinking games last night...I am surprised tho at how hangover free I am. I think I'm just used to being pickled now...
	8:40pm Alli B: 🔥🔥🔥
	8:40pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ avspuk @8:29 I always have pictured the latter, not so much the former... I have seen that argument, but can't wrap my head around the Royal brand interpretation as I am not familiar w/ the cigs.
	8:41pm DJ Babs: Hii Alli!! Happy Boxing Day!!!
	8:41pm Andres: There was no turkey this holiday. Hair of the dog, yes.
	8:42pm DJ Babs: ohhh the tryptophan from these leftovers is hitting HARD.
	8:42pm Alli B: Hiiiii!!!
	8:42pm DJ Babs: I gotta say, this is now my go to holiday turkey recipe and it NEVER FAILS. www.epicurious.com...
	🏝 8:45pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @8:42 Deconstructed Turkey sounds kinda punk rock
	8:46pm ultradamno: I love a good alarm in a song, The Effigies had a good one on Silent Burn...you should play that
	8:46pm shellioh: salut mes amis!!!
	8:46pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:45 Shelliiiii Hello hello intrepid one!!! How are ya!
	8:47pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:45 Deboning a 14 pound turkey is not for the faint of heart LOL
	8:47pm ultradamno: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:45 It's a good hammer on bell old timey firehouse alarm
	8:48pm ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @8:47 That was supposed to tag my previous post..
	8:49pm DJ Blush: HellloooO! sorry I'm late!
	🏝 8:49pm Kat in the chat: Babs' comment got mistagged too, my post took over the chat for a minute I guess!
	8:49pm DJ Babs: Hello Hello Blush! Lovely to see youuuuuu Happy Boxing Day!
	8:49pm ultradamno: Still, merry x-mas from Ernie Bushmiller mastodon.social... and Nancy with two radios mastodon.social...
	8:50pm Lizzie: ↳ DJ Babs @8:38 Good Evening! Yes!
	8:50pm DJ Blush: Hellooooo! Happy Boxing Day all! Coming to you from my couch in a robe with a hot tea and enough Ferrero chocolates to take down an elephant
	8:51pm DJ Babs: YEAH THAT IS WHAT IM TALKIHNG ABOUT
	8:51pm Andres: Oh man. A box of Ferreros I forgot about in the cupboard!
	🏝 8:51pm Kat in the chat: ↳ ultradamno @8:49 OMG that Nancy makes me think of all the people here who listen to two streams at the same time
	8:51pm DJ Blush: That shit is daaaaanger
	8:52pm Derek Westerholm: Hi Avspuk, WillTheeSGONYC, Kat, Lizzie, Blush, Shellioh, hello hello!
	🏝 8:52pm Kristine: hiiiii all!
	8:52pm DJ Babs: I am SO INTO THIS BAND
	8:52pm DJ Babs: Hi Kristine! Happy Boxing Day!!!
	🏝 8:54pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Song: "Couch Potato" by "Gee Tee" My theme song!🍻🥔🤙🛋️
	🏝 8:54pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @8:52 hey babs! happy day to you! I went TOBOGGANING with niece and nephews and had a great christmas day lunch (that we usually do on boxing day). toboganing-what a workout! and so so fun!
	8:54pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Couch Potato" by "Gee Tee" Saw them, good show. Hot in Sydney today
	🏝 8:55pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Kristine @8:54 I'm not even sure how tobogganing is done!
	8:55pm ultradamno: ↳ Song: "Shadow Boxing" by "El Michaels Affair" If this is on the menu, maybe The Angels/Angel City's Shadow Boxer?
	🏝 8:55pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @8:42 i loove recipes from epicurious!
	8:56pm ultradamno: A kid I went to school with died tobagganing straight into the street into oncoming traffic, in seventh grade.
	8:56pm ultradamno: ...or, sledding, if you prefer...to death
	🏝 8:57pm Kristine: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:55 oh! well. it starts with a few inches of snow on the ground. you must find a hill. you go on a plastic disc or so and go down it
	8:58pm ultradamno: Same year a girl died getting slammed in the head by another girl with a golf club (accidentally, it was determined)...this why I do not do sports.
	🏝 8:58pm Kristine: ↳ ultradamno @8:56 oh my, thats terrible. in toronto we have a list of toboggan approved places, where you land in a field or so.
	8:59pm coelacanth∅: greetings Babs and Derek and transmitters
	🏝 8:59pm Kristine: i was listening to Sparks Thank god its not christmas .. on christmas, and today! its good to listen to any day
	9:04pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kristine @8:59 Hello Kristine! Happy season! Yay TOBOGGANING!
	9:04pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ coelacanth∅ @8:59 Greetings coelacanth∅!
	🏝 9:07pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Song: "Glory Box" by "Portishead" Give us some Head!!
	9:08pm ultradamno: ...perhaps of the Teenage variety, for the Canada of it all
	9:09pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @8:55 Seriously DO TRY this. It actually makes Turkey enjoyable
	9:09pm DJ Babs: Hi coela!
	9:10pm Derek Westerholm: Oops!!!!
	🏝 9:10pm Kat in the chat: Remix by meepmoop?
	9:10pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @8:57 Crazy carpets are the best! They are so dangerous. I had one of those aluminum death toboggans as a kid too.
	9:11pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @8:58 Eeeech. Ya don’t think about golf as a death sport often
	9:12pm Derek Westerholm: Sorry everyone... Tried to add to the playlist on the fly... Not a good idea... No Teenage Head Little Boxes for us... Yikes... Sorry about that... The Portishead really is better unglitched...
	9:12pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:10 As much as I love blaming Meep Moop for all kinds of things... I'll own that mistake on my own!
	9:12pm coelacanth∅: sumpin funny goin on!
	9:12pm DJ Babs: ↳ DJ Babs @9:10 Pile 6 of your friends on one and go over a giant ramp at the bottom for extra air…ten year old bodies flying through the air! Some kid always got their teeth knocked out lol
	9:14pm DJ Babs: ↳ Derek Westerholm @9:12 This is why we tend to shy away from last minute set adds lol we aren’t smart enough to pull it off!
	🏝 9:15pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:12 terrifying stuff! glad we all came out ok. i was the overeager adult in snowpants going down the hill. super fun. you are never too old (until you are.)
	9:15pm ultradamno: Speaking of boxes, only my cheapness is keeping me from having these all over the house www.etsy.com...
	9:15pm DJ Babs: One Christmas gift I’m excited about…Derek is going to sponsor my rental of a saxophone for learning purposes!
	🏝 9:15pm Kristine: is this gary numan?
	9:15pm DJ Babs: I’m going to start my 2025 with skronk!
	🏝 9:16pm Kat in the chat: That's exciting, Babs!
	9:16pm ultradamno: ↳ Kristine @9:15 The late Frank Tovey
	🏝 9:16pm Kristine: thats super cool!!
	9:16pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ DJ Babs @9:10 We sledded, tobagganed & Crazy Carpetted down hills ending at drops into rivers all the time as a kid... Amazing we made our way through childhood unscathed. Rarely ever fell in.
	9:16pm coelacanth∅: ↳ DJ Babs @9:12 i did most of my damage taking bicycles off ramps
	9:17pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:16 I like the idea of sax cause it doesn’t have to be pretty. I just wanna skronks and honk
	🏝 9:17pm Kristine: ↳ ultradamno @9:16 oh right, that does sound like fad gadget !
	9:17pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:15 Is that a Hellraiser Kleenex dispenser?
	9:18pm ultradamno: ↳ DJ Babs @9:17 Yep
	9:18pm ultradamno: Your allergies will be legendary even in hell
	9:18pm DJ Babs: 😂😂😂
	9:19pm Andres: I’m placing my long shot bet on Closer Together by The Box.
	9:19pm ultradamno: Someone should start a jazz band called BDSM, Bassoons, Drums, Saxophones and Mellotron
	9:20pm DJ Babs: Hahaha!!! We did toy with it! I admit I do love their other song “affair de…whatever the rest of that songs name is”
	9:20pm ultradamno: ↳ Song: "Little Boxes" by "Teenage Head" There it is!
	9:21pm DJ Babs: I love Teemage Head!
	9:22pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:19 I may just do that. That would be great.
	9:26pm DJ Blush: Lol "TURKEY BRAIN"
	9:27pm Andres: That’s why Doug Ford wants to build that spa at Ontario Place. Trying to erase punk history!
	9:28pm Andres: But seriously, I hate Budweiser Stage.
	9:28pm ultradamno: To go with the turkey neck, from The Crusher? (were wrestlers obsessed, also thinking of Blassy's Pencil Necked Geek)
	9:30pm ultradamno: ↳ Andres @9:28 Never been, but even in pictures the chairs look terrible
	9:31pm DJ Babs: I have definitely seen some great shows there...the Cure playing as the sun was setting...was..magical
	9:31pm DJ Babs: Apologies to Kristine for this LOL
	9:32pm ultradamno: ↳ Song: "Turkey Sandwich" by "Mika Miko" A Wiggles reference, or maybe UXA?
	🏝 9:32pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:31 LOL, at least the vocals are funny.
	9:33pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ ultradamno @9:20 The rare request that gets programmed in on the fly! Hurrah for live radio!
	9:33pm Andres: I’m all for open air concert spaces but demolished a great publicly owned space and built an overpriced Live Nation controlled space. Ugh.
	9:33pm ultradamno: Only a French girl could pull this off....I can practically hear the turtleneck and beret
	9:34pm ultradamno: ↳ Derek Westerholm @9:33 ...and I thank you for it!
	🏝 9:34pm Kristine: je veux un camembert.... this makes me think of that news clip
	9:35pm ultradamno: OK...the way this is going, I am expecting Psycotic Pineapple's Headcheese
	9:35pm DJ Babs: I am like Gollum of the cheese
	9:36pm Andres: I’ve got Brie, Gouda and aged cheddar in reserve in the fridge.
	🏝 9:36pm Kristine: where there was public outroar that some politicians were receiving a meal reimbursement when their meal was already had inflight. "Do you expect me to eat cold cheese? I must have my camembert at room temperature"
	🏝 9:37pm Kat in the chat: Per doctors orders I have to cut back on things like cheese and I am less than delighted about that
	🏝 9:38pm Kristine: eating cheese is never upsetting to me. i have soo much cheese in the fridge. morbier, douanier, brie filled with truffle, blue cheese, saint whatever its called with the orange rind,
	9:38pm DJ Babs: Yeah my doctor told me that too and I told her that life is for living.
	9:39pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @9:38 mmmmmmorbier.......
	🏝 9:39pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:38 love this!
	🏝 9:39pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @9:38 It is, but at 64 I am having to live it a bit more carefully
	🏝 9:39pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:39 haha you just want to say more beer lol
	🏝 9:40pm Kristine: hey derek, are you going to see bile sister on saturday? i might try to go
	🏝 9:41pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @9:38 She did say "everything in moderation" though... I have Cheddar, goat and feta in the fridge currently
	9:42pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @9:40 I have to Dj at Juicebox saturday so no bile sister for me....
	9:42pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kristine @9:40 I saw that was going down, but think it might not work out this time out... Wolfcow's release show, too! Good bill!
	9:42pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:41 exactly. Plus if you eat red meat you can swap that out.
	🏝 9:42pm Kat in the chat: Millie Jackson!
	🏝 9:43pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @9:42 Yeah I eat less and less of that all the time
	🏝 9:43pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:42 yes i saw that! if i can i will swing by
	9:45pm DJ Babs: Yeah there is no fuckin around with Millie...
	9:45pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Leftovers" by "Millie Jackson" OH HELL YEAY!! Evening Babs & Derek. Ya'll are killing it per usual.
	9:46pm ultradamno: If only Dolly wrote one from Jolene's point of view (I'm imagining a title like "Who Are You Two?")
	9:48pm ultradamno: Oooh, I just recalled MX-80 Sound had "Man In A Box"
	9:48pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:46 We were just discussing this last night!
	9:48pm DJ Babs: ↳ Bob Barth @9:45 hello hello Bob! Whatcha got for us...I see something about the new nicole kidman movie which looks very SPICY
	9:49pm ultradamno: Apparently a group called The She Gulls have a Boxing Helena song (judging from the sleeve art, she was left to her own devices) www.discogs.com...
	9:49pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Bob Barth @9:45 Evening Bob Barth!!! Yer just 10mins away from serving us up some fine programming next here in Sheena's JR
	9:50pm Bob Barth: ↳ DJ Babs @9:48 and it is but also a lot more. Tonight we're going to check out Babygirl and a whole lot more!!
	9:50pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:49 That was up for consideration for this show...
	9:51pm ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @9:49 (The score to the actual movie was done by SPK's Graeme Revell)
	🏝 9:55pm Scott_Oz: Thanks for one outta the box Babs & Derek! & may we always worship cheeses my mates! 🌏🌞🧀🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍷🧀🫓
	🏝 9:57pm Kat in the chat: Oh yes so very very sad about Darryl! I listened to one of his Christmas shows yesterday.
	9:58pm v-dawg: ↳ Song: "Too Drunk to Fuck" by "Nouvelle Vague" Nouvelle Vague, they really do different kinds of covers, branching out from pop hits.
	🏝 9:58pm Kat in the chat: Thank you Babs and Derek!
	🏝 9:59pm Kristine: thanks b and d!
	9:59pm Bob Barth: Follow me this way gang: wfmu.org...
	9:59pm v-dawg: Thank you and good night.
	10:00pm Andres: Oh no. My condolences to the Sheena’s family. RIP Darryl Bullock
	10:01pm Derek Westerholm: Thank you all & all & all & all and yes, sadly, RIP Darryl.
	10:05pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Derek and Babs. rest in peace, Darryl. ...Jan did a sweet tribute to him yesterday, in case anyone's interested...played mainly just songs that Darryl had starred.
	10:06pm coelacanth∅: (wfmu.org...)

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Music behind DJ: Boxman	Thursday Box Day "Thursday Box Day" by "Boxman"	BoxMan Saga	BoxMan	2024	I feel it is inevitable that I can't find out anything about Boxman in my cursory searches, but it still makes me sad that I can't.		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nya Karolinska	Boxing Day "Boxing Day" by "Nya Karolinska"	Boxing Day	Steelfabriken	2024	It seems "The new Karolinska Solna is a hospital in Solna, Sweden" The band itself is from Stolkholm, Sweden	*	0:05:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Astrid Swan	Box Elder "Box Elder" by "Astrid Swan"	Hits (Pavement for Girls)	Soliti	2011	Astrid Swan is from Helsinki, Finland... "Astrid Joutseno is a scholar researching grief, cancer, life-writing and music." She is also "a stage IV cancer patient and a feminist in love with this planet." This icy version of early Pavement track Box Elder is from a 9-song tribute album Astrid released in 2011. https://astridswan.bandcamp.com/		0:08:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Richard Dawson	Boxing Day Sales "Boxing Day Sales" by "Richard Dawson"	End of the Middle	Domino Recording Co.	2024/2025	On Nov 25 Richard Dawson shared "the second song from the forthcoming record, “Boxing Day sales” – a beautifully wonky pop number that merges Dawson’s deft yet infectious melodies with a pleasing bolt of jagged clarinet from Faye MacCalman (who plays the role of “lightning” throughout the album).It’s also his hugely unorthodox bid for Christmas Number 1. //// “I wanted to make a pure pop song,” says Rich. “Almost like a total throwaway song – like a Christmas gift: A pair of novelty socks, some Lynx Africa, or a daft plastic puzzle you get on Christmas morning and then chuck in a drawer for the next 10 years. I wanted it to be the most throwaway and lightweight triviality of a thing.” But Dawson also found himself moved by the noble spirit of the character in his song, lifting it to a place that went beyond disposable gifts, pop hooks, and a critique of capitalism. “Even when there isn’t much room for a character to speak you still must go all the way with them”. //// The video – directed (once again) by James Hankins – features Rich posing in a series of shop windows and famous Central London spots as well as vignettes of eager shoppers going about their day. As Dawson’s final repeated lyrics “You owe it to yourself” ring out, we are left with a parting image of rubbish being collected." Richard Dawson - Boxing Day sales (Official Video)	*	0:11:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	TKO (Boxing Day)	Punch The Clock	F-Beat / Columbia	1983	"Punch the Clock is the eighth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his seventh with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation). It was released on 5 August 1983 through F-Beat Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. Produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the album was Costello's attempt at making a commercial record following years of dwindling commercial success. It was recorded at London's AIR Studios in early 1983 and features contributions from the TKO Horns and Afrodiziak. //// Featuring genres such as new wave, pop rock, R&B and soul, commentators have compared the album's sound to Costello's previous records Armed Forces (1979) and Get Happy!! (1980). The songs are filled with catchy choruses and lyrics covering relationships and political themes. The record contains Costello's version of "Shipbuilding", co-written with Langer and featuring a trumpet solo by Chet Baker. The album takes its title from a lyric in "The Greatest Thing" and the cover artwork was designed by Phil Smee. //// Extensively promoted through live performances, Punch the Clock yielded Costello's first US Top 40 hit, "Everyday I Write the Book". "Pills and Soap" was released as a single under a pseudonym and through Costello's own IMP label, which reached number 16 in the UK. The album was his best-selling since Get Happy!!, reaching number three in the UK and number 24 in the US, eventually certified gold in both countries. Despite its success, Costello later expressed disdain for the record, finding its sound dated."		0:15:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Fall	Boxoctosis Alarum "Boxoctosis Alarum" by "The Fall"	Interim	Hip Priest	2004	The Fall are one of those rare bands who hears an alarm going off during a rehearsal, keep playing, and even after playback thinks, sure, let's release that forth, unto public ears and supportive fans... "Interim is an album by English post-punk band The Fall, compiled from live and studio material and released in 2004 by record label Hip Priest. //// Interim features the first officially released versions of "Clasp Hands", "Blindness" and "What About Us?" – all of which were later included on the band's next studio album Fall Heads Roll (2005) – as well as the instrumental "I'm Ronnie the Oney". The remaining tracks are all new versions of previously released songs, mostly from studio rehearsal recordings. //// Interim was originally to be titled Cocked - the alternate title was given on a promotional CD for "Blindness", which also gave the track's title as "Blind Man"."		0:19:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Creepers	Chocolate Box "Chocolate Box" by "The Creepers"	Miserable Sinners	In-Tape	1986	Produced by Jon Langford of The Mekons! "The Creepers were an English rock music group, formed in Manchester in 1982, originally as Marc Riley and the Creepers. After being dismissed from The Fall by Mark E. Smith, Marc Riley formed his own record label (In-Tape) with Jim Khambatta, and his own band. The first single "Favourite Sister" (which featured his former bandmates Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon and Paul Hanley) was followed up with "Jumper Clown", which poked fun at his previous band's singer. A Peel Session was the source of the next release in 1984, with a compilation of these early releases, Cull, following the same year. First album proper, Gross Out, appeared in June 1984. 1985 saw the release of the second album Fancy Meeting God as well as a swansong live album Warts 'n' All towards the end of the year. //// Riley then recruited ex-Membranes Mark Tilton and Phil Roberts of Shrubs, and carried on as simply "The Creepers". With a more sophisticated sound, the first release under this name was a cover of Brian Eno's "Baby's on Fire", with the album Miserable Sinners following later the same year. After signing to Red Rhino, a further single, "Brute" and album Rock 'n' Roll Liquorice Flavour appeared in 1987 and 1988 respectively. Sleeper: A Retrospective followed in 1989. The band briefly became 'The Lost Soul Crusaders' before splitting up."		0:22:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Boxman	Friday Boxy Mood "Friday Boxy Mood" by "Boxman"	BoxMan Saga	BoxMan	2024	I feel it is inevitable that I can't find out anything about Boxman in my cursory searches, but it still makes me sad that I can't.		0:26:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Six Days After Christmas	What's So Wrong With Me	winter compositions	9th St/Hallywood	2024	Somewhat mystery slacker rock/shoegaze band. My new favourite gaze bad. The sixth day of Christmas is 6 geese a laying. The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day).		0:34:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Little Eva	Let's Turkey Trot "Let's Turkey Trot" by "Little Eva"	Let's Turkey Trot / Old Smokey Locomotion 7"	London Records	1963	The record features girl group The Cookies on background vocals, with the Cookies' lead Earl-Jean McCrea getting some solo lines. The song's title is a reference to the turkey trot dance step, a step that was only briefly popular fifty years before the song was released; the song is played at a tempo much slower than the one used for the dance in its heyday.		0:35:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mock Tudors	Hair of the Dog "Hair of the Dog" by "Mock Tudors"	Hair of the Dog Single	Mock Tudors	2024	‘South Yorkshire’s answer to Buzzcocks meet The Sweet’, Mock Tudors‘ frenetic glam infused garage-punk oozed from the basement of Delicious Clam in Sheffield in January of 2022. Since then the band have released a set of EP’s alongside a bootleg LP, headline toured extensively, supported the likes of The Bug Club and The Futureheads, and played live in session twice for BBC 6 Music. With songs about everything from domestic recycling politics (Bin Day), to a PTA meeting gone awry (Nutbush Coffee Morning), Mock Tudors write it, so you don’t have to. "For some context about the Tudors behind the costumes: we started this project in the basement of collective space Delicious Clam as a kind of therapy session/support group. We are each other’s best friends and initially had no intention of doing anything but playing 12-bar blues in a basement to counteract the stresses of freelance life and living like artists. This quickly grew into an all-out live show where we could share our love for music and provide some light relief for our wonderful fans. We love it." The band is currently on a mental health break...and we hope they return!		0:38:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Billiam	Boxing "Boxing" by "Billiam"	Corner Tactics	Under the Gun	2023	Self described as the first "autism-core" artist, Billiam is a frantic, off the walls, 21 year old from Naarm who's been yelling into mics since until his voice snaps since he was 16. His debut LP Corner Tactics (the first time he's released a record longer than 15 minutes in his life) is an uncompromising cacophony of riffs and spits blended into a stew poured into a bowl with a hole that's slowly leaking onto the table.		0:41:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnny Cash	Ringing the Bells for Jim	The Classic Christmas Album	Sony	2013	Music of any variety, Christmas or non, is inherently emotional. “Music is unique because it sparks activity in just about every circuit in the brain,” Nina Krauss, a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern University, told me. “This supercharge of activity integrates sensory networks, cognitive networks and emotional networks.” In other words, music is a direct bridge from our senses to our innermost feelings. The sadness of holiday music may, paradoxically, comfort us. Research conducted by graduate students at the University of Southern California last year found that songs that deal with emotions like grief and sorrow can purge bad feelings and actually have a healing effect on our brains. We find sad music pleasurable when it’s perceived as non-threatening and when it produces psychological benefits, the study found. The good news is...this particular song has a happy ending!		0:43:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Queens of the Stone Age	Broken Box	Lullabies to Paralyze	Interscope	2005	Boxing Day originated in the United Kingdom in the 1800s Traditionally, Boxing Day was a day off for the working class, and the wealthy would give gifts to the poor in boxes. Boxing Day is also known as Offering Day. Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 22, 2005.		0:46:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Silent - K	Goldberg Gravy "Goldberg Gravy" by "Silent - K"	Wonky Punk			Liverpool’s SILENT–K are a ferocious, somewhat unhinged four piece with unique and infectious melodies and electrifying hip-hop infused rock n roll. Originally co-founded by Taylor with Dave McCabe from critically acclaimed Liverpool band The Zutons. Chris Taylor says "We were just described on BBC 6 Music by Tom Robinson as a “sharp irresistible slice of retro futurist funk-pop, sounding like the unholy love child of Roxy Music and the pioneering early noughties outfit CLOR”. Personally, I think we’re more like Talking Heads and DEVO on Turkish toast."		0:49:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gee Tee	Couch Potato "Couch Potato" by "Gee Tee"	Prehistoric Chrome	Nailbitber Records	2024	Sounds from both the distant future and the nearly forgotten past of Sydney's cromagnon titans, freshly risen from their electromagnetic tombs and etched into discs of eternal obsidian, to forever be blasted across the gleaming chrome horizon. Based in Sydney, Australia and lead by the iconic Kel Mason, this band of maniacal rock n roll miscreants has been blowing drooly-punk minds for the past few years with a rash of out-of-print records and ridiculous videos that have bounced around the proper channels of the internet underbelly.		0:51:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: El Michaels Affair	Shadow Boxing "Shadow Boxing" by "El Michaels Affair"	Return to the 37th Chamber	Big Crown Records	2017			0:52:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett	Boxing Day Blues	Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit	Milk! Records / Marathon Artists / House Anxiety / Mom + Pop Music	2015	Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock musician Courtney Barnett, released on 20 March 2015. The album received wide acclaim and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by numerous publications. //// After playing with various bands in Melbourne, Barnett used money that she had borrowed from her grandmother to start her own Milk Records label and released her first EP, I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris (2012). Following that release, Barnett signed to Marathon Artists (via its House Anxiety imprint). In August 2013, Marathon Artists released The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, packaging the first EP with Barnett's second, How To Carve A Carrot into a Rose. The Double EP brought Barnett international critical acclaim, with the lead single, "Avant Gardener", named 'Best New Track' by Pitchfork in 2013. How To Carve A Carrot was released on a limited run by Milk! Records as a standalone EP in October 2013. In 2014, Marathon Artists partnered with Mom + Pop Music for the US release of The Double EP. //// Barnett had spent a year writing songs for her album but only showed them to her band a week before they were recorded in order to capture a "fresh" sound. The song "Pedestrian at Best" was written "at the last minute" and the recorded version was the first time that Barnett had sung the words out loud. The album was largely recorded over eight days in Melbourne in April 2014 but the release was delayed due to touring commitments. Some early promo copies were distributed in Europe in mid-December 2014, and Barnett unveiled the album at the 2015 South by Southwest music festival in March and then embarked on a world tour beginning in Paris. //// In the liner notes, Barnett reveals that the album's title was inspired by a poster that hung in her grandmother's bathroom. It is also used as part of the lyrics of the hidden/bonus song "Stair Androids & Valley Um..."		1:01:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Portishead	Glory Box "Glory Box" by "Portishead"	Roseland NYC Live	Universal	1998	"Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons formed the band after meeting during a coffee break at an Enterprise Allowance course in Bristol in February 1991. Taking their name from the nearby town of Portishead." //// "Roseland NYC Live is a live album by English electronic music band Portishead. It was released on 2 November 1998 by Go! Beat. A PAL format VHS video was released the same year, with a DVD version following four years later. Although the New York Philharmonic is credited as appearing in the video, none of the musicians are members of the Philharmonic, nor is the Philharmonic credited in the audio album."		1:04:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Fad Gadget	The Box "The Box" by "Fad Gadget"	The Fad Gadget Singles	Mute	1979 / 1986	The Fad Gadget Singles is the 1986 collection of singles by British musician Fad Gadget. The album versions of these songs are not only of differing lengths, they were also often alternative mixes. The songs span the career of Fad Gadget from "Back to Nature" / "The Box" (his first single, double A side) to "One Man's Meat", his final single before Fad Gadget reverted to his given name of Frank Tovey for the remainder of his recording career (he toured with Depeche Mode under the persona of Fad Gadget once again, only a few months before his death of a heart attack on 3 April 2002.) //// "Back to Nature" / "The Box" was the second single ever to be released on Mute Records in October 1979. One b-side, "4M" from the "Life on the Line" single, is included on the collection.		1:10:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Boxing Day	Hookworms "Hookworms" by "Boxing Day"	Microshift	Domino Recording Co. LTD	2018	"Microshift is the third studio album, fourth long play record and final album by British rock band Hookworms. It was released on 2 February 2018 by Domino Recording Company. The album's namesake is an audio plug-in. The record is dedicated to "Archie", the band's former live sound engineer. //// The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die."		1:15:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Teenage Head	Little Boxes "Little Boxes" by "Teenage Head"	Teenage Head	Epic	1979	"Teenage Head is a Canadian punk rock group from Hamilton, Ontario, that has been popular in Canada since the early 1980s. /// The group was formed in Hamilton, Ontario in 1974 by Frankie Venom (Frank Kerr), Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon, and Nick Stipanitz. //// Venom died on October 15, 2008. Lewis died August 7, 2022. //// The band's name is a reference to The Flaming Groovies' 1971 album Teenage Head, which Gord Lewis had seen advertised in a music magazine but not heard, and decided that he, one day, would form a band with that name. //// Teenage Head was formed in 1975 when the band members were students at Westdale High School in Hamilton. The original lineup featured Gord Lewis on guitar, Steve Park on guitar, Frankie Venom on drums and Dave Desroches on vocals. Frankie Venom quickly became the new vocalist, and Lewis recruited old friends Steve Mahon to play bass and Nick Stipanitz to play drums. //// DesRoches moved on to form his own group, The Shakers. He rejoined Teenage Head as vocalist in the mid-1980s (for the album Electric Guitars), and yet again in 2016. Steve Park soon left and later joined another Hamilton band, Simply Saucer. //// Their first gig was on October 17, 1975, in the Westdale Secondary School cafeteria. The band's first professional gigs happened in February 1976 with a few shows at the Town Casino at Main and Walnut streets in Hamilton. //// By May 1978, they released their first single "Picture My Face" on Epic Records, and their self-titled debut, Teenage Head, followed a year later, which went gold. The band's performance at The Last Pogo concert on December 1, 1978, at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, ended in a riot and was shut down by the police. The concert was made into a short film by Colin Brunton, The Last Pogo. In 2006, Brunton began a feature-length documentary film about the concert, including additional interviews and footage of Teenage Head. It was released on DVD in 2008 as a tribute to the late Frankie Venom. //// Gold-selling Frantic City was released in 1980. It was the band's breakthrough album, making them stars across Canada with the hit singles "Let's Shake" and "Somethin' On My Mind". They toured to support that album, including opening the major Heatwave festival in August. In June 1980 their performance at Toronto's Ontario Place sparked a riot. The incident made headlines across the country, and led Ontario Place to ban rock concerts for several years."		1:17:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Boxman	Wicked Retro Wensday "Wicked Retro Wensday" by "Boxman"	BoxMan Saga	BoxMan	2024	Yup... It really does seem that Wednesday is spelled that way on this one... But who knows, in the digital world, what is intentional these days... I feel it is inevitable that I can't find out anything about Boxman in my cursory searches, but it still makes me sad that I can't.		1:21:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mika Miko	Turkey Sandwich "Turkey Sandwich" by "Mika Miko"	We Be XUXA	Post Present Medium	2009	Mika Miko was an American band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. In 2004, they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances. Featuring Victor Fandgore (Jennifer Clavin), Jet Blanca (Jenna Thornhill), Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin, and Jon Erik Edrosa, the original line up of the band made its first demo CD-R, its first 7" record, and toured the West Coast extensively before replacing their original drummer with Kate Hall and embarking on their first national tour in the summer of 2005. Despite a sizable discography, the band stated they are best appreciated live. As Jessica Clavin told ClashMusic.com: "I think we come off better live than we do recorded. It's better to have that impact as a live band, isn't it? If we had to choose to be better live or recorded, we'd go with live." They disbanded after this album to focus on higher education and other projects...		1:27:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nouvelle Vague	Too Drunk to Fuck "Too Drunk to Fuck" by "Nouvelle Vague"	Nouvelle Vague	Kwaidan Records	2004	Nouvelle Vague is a French cover band led by musicians Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their name means "new wave" in French, and refers simultaneously to the French New Wave cinema movement of the 1960s, to the new wave music movement of the 1970s and 1980s, which provides many of the songs that the band covers, and to bossa nova (Portuguese for "new wave"), a musical style that the band frequently uses in its arrangements. Libaux died in 2021 but the band continues to tour.		1:29:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Primus	Seas of Cheese "Seas of Cheese" by "Primus"	Sailing the Seas of Cheese	Interscope Records	1991	Can cheese give you a buzz? Cheese contains casein as well as the amino acid tyrosine, and both chemicals can cause an increase in dopamine in the brain. So the short answer is ``Yes.''		1:31:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gong	Wet Cheese Delirium "Wet Cheese Delirium" by "Gong"	Camembert Electrique	BYG	1971	Gong are a psychedelic rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Eating cheese late at night, the rumour goes, will give you strange dreams. As far back as 1964, a researcher noted that a patient stopped having nightmares when he dropped his habit of eating one or two ounces of cheddar cheese every evening. More recently, the now-defunct British Cheese Board, who funded a study in 2005 and concluded that eating blue cheese causes vivid dreams, while cheddar makes people dream about celebrities. The study wasn't exactly scientifically robust or published in a peer-reviewed journal, but the findings helped to perpetuate the belief that cheese can affect the content of our dreams. Whtat's your favourite wet cheese?		1:32:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Lunch Table	I Am Eating Cheese	I Am Eating Cheese	The Lunch Table	2020	Eating cheese can be upsetting if you have lactose intolerance, a dairy allergy, or an upset stomach: People with lactose intolerance are unable to fully digest the sugar (lactose) in milk. As a result, they have diarrhea, gas and bloating after eating or drinking dairy products. The condition, which is also called lactose malabsorption, is usually harmless, but its symptoms can be uncomfortable. New research argues that cheese is addictive in a way similar to drugs because of a chemical called casein, which is found in dairy products and can trigger the brain's opioid receptors.		1:32:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rosco Gordon	Cheese and Crackers "Cheese and Crackers" by "Rosco Gordon"	Just A Little Bit: The Singles Collection 1951-61	Acrobat	2021	Rosco N. Gordon III, sometimes billed as Roscoe Gordon, was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter. He is best known for his hit songs "Booted,", "No More Doggin'", and "Just a Little Bit". Gordon was a pioneer of the Memphis blues style.		1:35:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Coasters	Hongry "Hongry" by "The Coasters"	Lady Like / Hongry 7"	Atco	1965	There are many reasons why you might feel hungry after eating, including: Diet You might not be eating enough protein, fat, or complex carbohydrates, especially fiber-rich sources. Eating too many refined carbohydrates can cause blood sugar fluctuations that trigger your body to want more food. Blood sugar You might have a drop in blood sugar. This can happen if you skip meals, extend the time between meals or snacks, or eat ultra-processed foods. Hormones You might have hormone issues like leptin resistance. Lifestyle You might be distracted while eating, which can prevent you from recognizing your body's fullness signals. Thyroid You might have an overactive thyroid, which can speed up your metabolism and cause you to burn calories faster than normal.		1:38:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Millie Jackson	Leftovers "Leftovers" by "Millie Jackson"	Still Caught Up	Spring Records	1975	Still Caught Up is the fifth album by R&B musician Millie Jackson, issued by Spring Records in 1975. It includes the single, "Loving Arms" / "Leftovers." A sequel to Jackson's previous album, Caught Up, which told the story of a woman having an affair with a married man, Still Caught Up reprises its themes of adultery and recrimination. Where Side A of Caught Up featured Jackson singing from the mistress' point of view and Side B from the jilted wife's point of view, Still Caught Up begins with the wife on Side A and concludes with the mistress on Side B.		1:40:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cornell Campbell	Boxing Around "Boxing Around" by "Cornell Campbell"	Boxing Around	Joe Gibbs Music	1982	Cornel Campbell aka Don Cornel or Don Gorgon is a reggae singer, best known for his trademark falsetto voice, and his recordings at Studio One in the late 1960s and his later work with Bunny Lee in the 1970s. "Boxing around" in patois is a term that means to be uneducated or provincial.		1:45:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ron Quixote	Couch Potato "Couch Potato" by "Ron Quixote"	Couch Potato Single	Hosted By...	2024			1:49:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Meatraffle	Brave Face "Brave Face" by "Meatraffle"	Brave Face single	Blang Limited	2024	Brave Face is the Christmas song that highlights the contrast of personal conflict and depression with the external period of this festival of ‘ joy’ that is encompassing . its not a cynical jab at Christmas , all it is is a call to all the outsiders to wallow in their self pity to the point of martrydom and take solace in the winter melancholy with a kind of pride .	*	1:57:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:19pm ultradamno: Babs! Derek! Beach Bums!
	🏝 8:00pm Scott_Oz: G'day Babs, Derek & Boxing Day Beachers! It's the day after BD here, I will call it Beer Day! 🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🌊📦⛱️🌴
	8:01pm v-dawg: Hello today.
	8:01pm Tom in Brooklyn: Hi Babs Derek and all!
	8:01pm Aitch: Hey all.
	8:01pm Andres: Happy Boxing Day, ya Hosers!
	8:02pm DJ Babs: Hi Andrews Hi Vdawg Hey a Scott and UD! And Aitch! A pleasure to have yas with us tonite!
	8:03pm v-dawg: Yes, kwanzaa box.
	8:05pm Dan S: Hi. just tuning in. Is Boxing Day a thing in Canada?
	8:05pm DJ Babs: Hi Dan! No it originated in England!
	🏝 8:06pm Scott_Oz: Sloth is how I live!🍻🦥🛋️📺
	8:06pm DJ Babs: Hi Tom! hello Dan!
	🏝 8:07pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Dan S @8:05 Us Colonials still recognize it mate.
	8:07pm DJ Babs: I just pounded back some leftovers and I'm not proud.
	8:08pm Andres: ↳ Dan S @8:05 If by a thing you mean a statutory holiday, then yes.
	8:08pm Dan S: ↳ DJ Babs @8:05 Thanks. That's what I thought; I was just wondering because you were talking about it and playing music on that theme.
	8:08pm Alli B: Hiiiii!
	8:09pm Dan S: OK then, Happy Boxing Day, Scott_Oz and Andres!
	8:09pm Derek Westerholm: Hello Scott_Oz, v-dawg, TomInBrklyn, Aitch, Andres, DanS, AlliB, hello hello hello!
	8:10pm Dan S: ↳ Derek Westerholm @8:09 Hi, and Happy Boxing Day to you and Babs!
	8:10pm ultradamno: Happy Holidays, boxers and otherwise
	8:11pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Dan S @8:10 Thank-you, it's been lovely to have an extra day off... Spent it with family & now with you all... All live & in the moment & all! Hello!
	8:11pm Dan S: ↳ Alli B @8:08 Hi, and Happy Boxing Day, or whatever you celebrate.
	8:12pm Dan S: ↳ ultradamno @8:10 To you too!
	8:12pm v-dawg: @babs, derek, et al Any books or films that you would suggest on diefenbaker or pearson?
	8:12pm Andres: ↳ Dan S @8:09 If by a thing you mean that there is some ritual or tradition beyond sleeping-in or getting up early to go shopping for deals at the mall, then no. :)
	8:12pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ ultradamno @8:10 Hello Ultra, I somehow missed my hello to you!
	🏝 8:13pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Dan S @8:09 Cheers, but it's the day after here mate. A happy Friday Trash Cult beers fa me. 🍻🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	8:15pm ultradamno: ↳ Derek Westerholm @8:12 No sweat, I did sneak in early
	8:17pm DJ Babs: ↳ v-dawg @8:12 I do not. My most recent Canadian history book was the story of river exploration in Canada.
	8:19pm DJ Babs: ↳ Andres @8:12 I’m usually tired from cooking the day before. So I just like to veg out. I’m definitely not into going to any stores. I worked too many boxing days for that nonsense.
	8:20pm Dan S: ↳ Song: "TKO (Boxing Day)" by "Elvis Costello & The Attrac... When I first heard the phrase "Boxing Day" I thought it must have something to do with fist-fights with gloves on. That was many decades ago; I know better now. :-)
	8:21pm DJ Babs: Did anyone score anything particularly fun gift-wise? Derek’s nephew and girlfriend gifted us a velvet painting of our wedding portrait. She painted it herself. I love it!
	🏝 8:21pm Kat in the chat: Hello! Three boxy hours tonight?
	8:22pm DJ Babs: Good to see you Kat!!! Happy Boxing Day! We’ve got hours of box here!
	8:22pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ DJ Babs @8:21 I love it, too!
	🏝 8:22pm Scott_Oz: Fire alarm?
	8:22pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:21 Well, two boxy hours from us, for sure!
	8:23pm v-dawg: ↳ DJ Babs @8:17 Was anything in particular good?
	8:24pm Andres: ↳ DJ Babs @8:19 Before kids I would head to Sam the Record Man for deals. When kids were young it was great for all the stuff they were constantly growing out of. These days mostly spent napping and snacking.
	🏝 8:25pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Derek Westerholm @8:22 Two hours, I mean. Math is hard.
	8:26pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:25 No worries, I wasn't sure if there was other boxy programming on another side of us... Been a bit of a whirlwind here, so just spoke for ourselves! You're doing just fine... Really, time is a little wobbly anyway, as far as I've heard...
	🏝 8:27pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi DJ Babs, Derek, and all!!!
	🏝 8:28pm Will thee SG OCNY: Happy Boxing Day to you guys!!!
	8:28pm DJ Babs: ↳ v-dawg @8:23 Well, it’s definitely an exercise in learning about Colonialism at work. But it was interesting to read the accounts of just how hardcore it was to navigate the landscape…especially if you’re a soft European lol
	8:29pm avspuk: ↳ Song: "Boxoctosis Alarum" by "The Fall" It's argued by some (Inc me) that this is about opening a box of 'royal' brand fags as there's 25 fags instead of the usual 20. It's not a well supported opinion tho, the more popular theory is that it's about a box of 25 miniature war game figures
	8:33pm Lizzie: Dislike the fire alarm sounds in that last song. a bit jarring
	8:38pm DJ Babs: Hi Lizzie. It is quite off putting right!?
	8:38pm Dan S: ↳ Song: "Let's Turkey Trot" by "Little Eva" This is different. Catchy.
	8:39pm DJ Babs: ↳ avspuk @8:29 25 soldiers? I could see that!
	8:39pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Lizzie @8:33 Apologies, Lizzie, and anyone else likewise annoyed or alarmed... We'd played other versions, so we decided not to repeat ourselves and go with the irritating one...
	8:39pm DJ Babs: Little Eva had it going on!
	8:40pm DJ Babs: We played some serious family drinking games last night...I am surprised tho at how hangover free I am. I think I'm just used to being pickled now...
	8:40pm Alli B: 🔥🔥🔥
	8:40pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ avspuk @8:29 I always have pictured the latter, not so much the former... I have seen that argument, but can't wrap my head around the Royal brand interpretation as I am not familiar w/ the cigs.
	8:41pm DJ Babs: Hii Alli!! Happy Boxing Day!!!
	8:41pm Andres: There was no turkey this holiday. Hair of the dog, yes.
	8:42pm DJ Babs: ohhh the tryptophan from these leftovers is hitting HARD.
	8:42pm Alli B: Hiiiii!!!
	8:42pm DJ Babs: I gotta say, this is now my go to holiday turkey recipe and it NEVER FAILS. www.epicurious.com...
	🏝 8:45pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @8:42 Deconstructed Turkey sounds kinda punk rock
	8:46pm ultradamno: I love a good alarm in a song, The Effigies had a good one on Silent Burn...you should play that
	8:46pm shellioh: salut mes amis!!!
	8:46pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:45 Shelliiiii Hello hello intrepid one!!! How are ya!
	8:47pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:45 Deboning a 14 pound turkey is not for the faint of heart LOL
	8:47pm ultradamno: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:45 It's a good hammer on bell old timey firehouse alarm
	8:48pm ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @8:47 That was supposed to tag my previous post..
	8:49pm DJ Blush: HellloooO! sorry I'm late!
	🏝 8:49pm Kat in the chat: Babs' comment got mistagged too, my post took over the chat for a minute I guess!
	8:49pm DJ Babs: Hello Hello Blush! Lovely to see youuuuuu Happy Boxing Day!
	8:49pm ultradamno: Still, merry x-mas from Ernie Bushmiller mastodon.social... and Nancy with two radios mastodon.social...
	8:50pm Lizzie: ↳ DJ Babs @8:38 Good Evening! Yes!
	8:50pm DJ Blush: Hellooooo! Happy Boxing Day all! Coming to you from my couch in a robe with a hot tea and enough Ferrero chocolates to take down an elephant
	8:51pm DJ Babs: YEAH THAT IS WHAT IM TALKIHNG ABOUT
	8:51pm Andres: Oh man. A box of Ferreros I forgot about in the cupboard!
	🏝 8:51pm Kat in the chat: ↳ ultradamno @8:49 OMG that Nancy makes me think of all the people here who listen to two streams at the same time
	8:51pm DJ Blush: That shit is daaaaanger
	8:52pm Derek Westerholm: Hi Avspuk, WillTheeSGONYC, Kat, Lizzie, Blush, Shellioh, hello hello!
	🏝 8:52pm Kristine: hiiiii all!
	8:52pm DJ Babs: I am SO INTO THIS BAND
	8:52pm DJ Babs: Hi Kristine! Happy Boxing Day!!!
	🏝 8:54pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Song: "Couch Potato" by "Gee Tee" My theme song!🍻🥔🤙🛋️
	🏝 8:54pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @8:52 hey babs! happy day to you! I went TOBOGGANING with niece and nephews and had a great christmas day lunch (that we usually do on boxing day). toboganing-what a workout! and so so fun!
	8:54pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Couch Potato" by "Gee Tee" Saw them, good show. Hot in Sydney today
	🏝 8:55pm Kat in the chat: ↳ Kristine @8:54 I'm not even sure how tobogganing is done!
	8:55pm ultradamno: ↳ Song: "Shadow Boxing" by "El Michaels Affair" If this is on the menu, maybe The Angels/Angel City's Shadow Boxer?
	🏝 8:55pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @8:42 i loove recipes from epicurious!
	8:56pm ultradamno: A kid I went to school with died tobagganing straight into the street into oncoming traffic, in seventh grade.
	8:56pm ultradamno: ...or, sledding, if you prefer...to death
	🏝 8:57pm Kristine: ↳ Kat in the chat @8:55 oh! well. it starts with a few inches of snow on the ground. you must find a hill. you go on a plastic disc or so and go down it
	8:58pm ultradamno: Same year a girl died getting slammed in the head by another girl with a golf club (accidentally, it was determined)...this why I do not do sports.
	🏝 8:58pm Kristine: ↳ ultradamno @8:56 oh my, thats terrible. in toronto we have a list of toboggan approved places, where you land in a field or so.
	8:59pm coelacanth∅: greetings Babs and Derek and transmitters
	🏝 8:59pm Kristine: i was listening to Sparks Thank god its not christmas .. on christmas, and today! its good to listen to any day
	9:04pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kristine @8:59 Hello Kristine! Happy season! Yay TOBOGGANING!
	9:04pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ coelacanth∅ @8:59 Greetings coelacanth∅!
	🏝 9:07pm Scott_Oz: ↳ Song: "Glory Box" by "Portishead" Give us some Head!!
	9:08pm ultradamno: ...perhaps of the Teenage variety, for the Canada of it all
	9:09pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @8:55 Seriously DO TRY this. It actually makes Turkey enjoyable
	9:09pm DJ Babs: Hi coela!
	9:10pm Derek Westerholm: Oops!!!!
	🏝 9:10pm Kat in the chat: Remix by meepmoop?
	9:10pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @8:57 Crazy carpets are the best! They are so dangerous. I had one of those aluminum death toboggans as a kid too.
	9:11pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @8:58 Eeeech. Ya don’t think about golf as a death sport often
	9:12pm Derek Westerholm: Sorry everyone... Tried to add to the playlist on the fly... Not a good idea... No Teenage Head Little Boxes for us... Yikes... Sorry about that... The Portishead really is better unglitched...
	9:12pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:10 As much as I love blaming Meep Moop for all kinds of things... I'll own that mistake on my own!
	9:12pm coelacanth∅: sumpin funny goin on!
	9:12pm DJ Babs: ↳ DJ Babs @9:10 Pile 6 of your friends on one and go over a giant ramp at the bottom for extra air…ten year old bodies flying through the air! Some kid always got their teeth knocked out lol
	9:14pm DJ Babs: ↳ Derek Westerholm @9:12 This is why we tend to shy away from last minute set adds lol we aren’t smart enough to pull it off!
	🏝 9:15pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:12 terrifying stuff! glad we all came out ok. i was the overeager adult in snowpants going down the hill. super fun. you are never too old (until you are.)
	9:15pm ultradamno: Speaking of boxes, only my cheapness is keeping me from having these all over the house www.etsy.com...
	9:15pm DJ Babs: One Christmas gift I’m excited about…Derek is going to sponsor my rental of a saxophone for learning purposes!
	🏝 9:15pm Kristine: is this gary numan?
	9:15pm DJ Babs: I’m going to start my 2025 with skronk!
	🏝 9:16pm Kat in the chat: That's exciting, Babs!
	9:16pm ultradamno: ↳ Kristine @9:15 The late Frank Tovey
	🏝 9:16pm Kristine: thats super cool!!
	9:16pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ DJ Babs @9:10 We sledded, tobagganed & Crazy Carpetted down hills ending at drops into rivers all the time as a kid... Amazing we made our way through childhood unscathed. Rarely ever fell in.
	9:16pm coelacanth∅: ↳ DJ Babs @9:12 i did most of my damage taking bicycles off ramps
	9:17pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:16 I like the idea of sax cause it doesn’t have to be pretty. I just wanna skronks and honk
	🏝 9:17pm Kristine: ↳ ultradamno @9:16 oh right, that does sound like fad gadget !
	9:17pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:15 Is that a Hellraiser Kleenex dispenser?
	9:18pm ultradamno: ↳ DJ Babs @9:17 Yep
	9:18pm ultradamno: Your allergies will be legendary even in hell
	9:18pm DJ Babs: 😂😂😂
	9:19pm Andres: I’m placing my long shot bet on Closer Together by The Box.
	9:19pm ultradamno: Someone should start a jazz band called BDSM, Bassoons, Drums, Saxophones and Mellotron
	9:20pm DJ Babs: Hahaha!!! We did toy with it! I admit I do love their other song “affair de…whatever the rest of that songs name is”
	9:20pm ultradamno: ↳ Song: "Little Boxes" by "Teenage Head" There it is!
	9:21pm DJ Babs: I love Teemage Head!
	9:22pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:19 I may just do that. That would be great.
	9:26pm DJ Blush: Lol "TURKEY BRAIN"
	9:27pm Andres: That’s why Doug Ford wants to build that spa at Ontario Place. Trying to erase punk history!
	9:28pm Andres: But seriously, I hate Budweiser Stage.
	9:28pm ultradamno: To go with the turkey neck, from The Crusher? (were wrestlers obsessed, also thinking of Blassy's Pencil Necked Geek)
	9:30pm ultradamno: ↳ Andres @9:28 Never been, but even in pictures the chairs look terrible
	9:31pm DJ Babs: I have definitely seen some great shows there...the Cure playing as the sun was setting...was..magical
	9:31pm DJ Babs: Apologies to Kristine for this LOL
	9:32pm ultradamno: ↳ Song: "Turkey Sandwich" by "Mika Miko" A Wiggles reference, or maybe UXA?
	🏝 9:32pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:31 LOL, at least the vocals are funny.
	9:33pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ ultradamno @9:20 The rare request that gets programmed in on the fly! Hurrah for live radio!
	9:33pm Andres: I’m all for open air concert spaces but demolished a great publicly owned space and built an overpriced Live Nation controlled space. Ugh.
	9:33pm ultradamno: Only a French girl could pull this off....I can practically hear the turtleneck and beret
	9:34pm ultradamno: ↳ Derek Westerholm @9:33 ...and I thank you for it!
	🏝 9:34pm Kristine: je veux un camembert.... this makes me think of that news clip
	9:35pm ultradamno: OK...the way this is going, I am expecting Psycotic Pineapple's Headcheese
	9:35pm DJ Babs: I am like Gollum of the cheese
	9:36pm Andres: I’ve got Brie, Gouda and aged cheddar in reserve in the fridge.
	🏝 9:36pm Kristine: where there was public outroar that some politicians were receiving a meal reimbursement when their meal was already had inflight. "Do you expect me to eat cold cheese? I must have my camembert at room temperature"
	🏝 9:37pm Kat in the chat: Per doctors orders I have to cut back on things like cheese and I am less than delighted about that
	🏝 9:38pm Kristine: eating cheese is never upsetting to me. i have soo much cheese in the fridge. morbier, douanier, brie filled with truffle, blue cheese, saint whatever its called with the orange rind,
	9:38pm DJ Babs: Yeah my doctor told me that too and I told her that life is for living.
	9:39pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @9:38 mmmmmmorbier.......
	🏝 9:39pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:38 love this!
	🏝 9:39pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @9:38 It is, but at 64 I am having to live it a bit more carefully
	🏝 9:39pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:39 haha you just want to say more beer lol
	🏝 9:40pm Kristine: hey derek, are you going to see bile sister on saturday? i might try to go
	🏝 9:41pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @9:38 She did say "everything in moderation" though... I have Cheddar, goat and feta in the fridge currently
	9:42pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kristine @9:40 I have to Dj at Juicebox saturday so no bile sister for me....
	9:42pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Kristine @9:40 I saw that was going down, but think it might not work out this time out... Wolfcow's release show, too! Good bill!
	9:42pm DJ Babs: ↳ Kat in the chat @9:41 exactly. Plus if you eat red meat you can swap that out.
	🏝 9:42pm Kat in the chat: Millie Jackson!
	🏝 9:43pm Kat in the chat: ↳ DJ Babs @9:42 Yeah I eat less and less of that all the time
	🏝 9:43pm Kristine: ↳ DJ Babs @9:42 yes i saw that! if i can i will swing by
	9:45pm DJ Babs: Yeah there is no fuckin around with Millie...
	9:45pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Leftovers" by "Millie Jackson" OH HELL YEAY!! Evening Babs & Derek. Ya'll are killing it per usual.
	9:46pm ultradamno: If only Dolly wrote one from Jolene's point of view (I'm imagining a title like "Who Are You Two?")
	9:48pm ultradamno: Oooh, I just recalled MX-80 Sound had "Man In A Box"
	9:48pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:46 We were just discussing this last night!
	9:48pm DJ Babs: ↳ Bob Barth @9:45 hello hello Bob! Whatcha got for us...I see something about the new nicole kidman movie which looks very SPICY
	9:49pm ultradamno: Apparently a group called The She Gulls have a Boxing Helena song (judging from the sleeve art, she was left to her own devices) www.discogs.com...
	9:49pm Derek Westerholm: ↳ Bob Barth @9:45 Evening Bob Barth!!! Yer just 10mins away from serving us up some fine programming next here in Sheena's JR
	9:50pm Bob Barth: ↳ DJ Babs @9:48 and it is but also a lot more. Tonight we're going to check out Babygirl and a whole lot more!!
	9:50pm DJ Babs: ↳ ultradamno @9:49 That was up for consideration for this show...
	9:51pm ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @9:49 (The score to the actual movie was done by SPK's Graeme Revell)
	🏝 9:55pm Scott_Oz: Thanks for one outta the box Babs & Derek! & may we always worship cheeses my mates! 🌏🌞🧀🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍷🧀🫓
	🏝 9:57pm Kat in the chat: Oh yes so very very sad about Darryl! I listened to one of his Christmas shows yesterday.
	9:58pm v-dawg: ↳ Song: "Too Drunk to Fuck" by "Nouvelle Vague" Nouvelle Vague, they really do different kinds of covers, branching out from pop hits.
	🏝 9:58pm Kat in the chat: Thank you Babs and Derek!
	🏝 9:59pm Kristine: thanks b and d!
	9:59pm Bob Barth: Follow me this way gang: wfmu.org...
	9:59pm v-dawg: Thank you and good night.
	10:00pm Andres: Oh no. My condolences to the Sheena’s family. RIP Darryl Bullock
	10:01pm Derek Westerholm: Thank you all & all & all & all and yes, sadly, RIP Darryl.
	10:05pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Derek and Babs. rest in peace, Darryl. ...Jan did a sweet tribute to him yesterday, in case anyone's interested...played mainly just songs that Darryl had starred.
	10:06pm coelacanth∅: (wfmu.org...)

Transmissions from Echo Beach with Derek Westerholm and DJ Babs: Playlist from December 26, 2024

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