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December 25, 2015 Favoriting
Happy War on Christmas!
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Artist Selection Album    (Label / Recording date)
Theme Music:
 Sarah Webster Fabio  		Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues   Favoriting Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues
(Folkways 1976)
ECD  Major Force: The Original Art-Form   Favoriting Major Force: The Original Art-Form
(Mo' Wax 1990)

Victoria Spivey  Christmas Morning   Favoriting b/w Garter Snake Blues
(Okeh 1927)
Bessie Smith  At the Christmas Ball   Favoriting b/w Telephone Blues
(Columbia 1925)
Roosevelt Sykes  Let Me Hang My Stocking in Your Christmas Tree   Favoriting b/w Love Lease Blues
(Decca 1937)
Lil' McClintock  Don't Think I'm Santa Claus   Favoriting b/w Furniture Man
(Columbia 1930)
Sylvester Cotton  Christmas Blues   Favoriting Andrew Dunham / Sylvester Cotton
Blues Sensation: Detroit Downhome Recordings 1948-49
(Ace 1948)
Lightnin' Hopkins  Christmas Blues   Favoriting
Sonny Boy Williamson  Santa Claus   Favoriting Bummer Road
(Chess )
Big Joe Williams  Christmas Blues   Favoriting Blues from the Mississippi Delta
(Blues on Blues 1971)
Doc Bagby's Orchestra w/J.B. Summers  Want a Present for Christmas   Favoriting

Talkover Music:
 The New All Stars  		Xmas Time   Favoriting

Guillermo Buitrago y Sus Muchachos  Regalito de Navidad   Favoriting Regalito de Navidad
(Discos Fuentes )
Román Palomar  En el Árbol de Navidad   Favoriting Navidad con Mariachi
(Peerless )
Mon Rivera  Una Plena en Navidad   Favoriting Que Gente Averiguá
(Alegre 1963)
Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros  Navidad Negra   Favoriting Navidad Negra
(Discos Fuentes 1969)
Tabu Ley Rochereau et l'African Fiesta National  Bonane na Noël   Favoriting Le Seigneur
(African 1969)
Jacques Dutronc  La Fille du Père Noël   Favoriting Et Moi et Moi Et Moi
(Disques Vogue 1966)

Talkover Music:
 The Jive Turkeys  		Get Down Santa   Favoriting b/w Funky Jesus
(Colemine 2010)

Little Betty Ashley & J.W. Thompson  The Christmas Dolly   Favoriting
(Fine 1955)
Troy Hess  Christmas on the Moon   Favoriting
Red Sovine  Is There Really a Santa Claus   Favoriting
Jimmy & Lisa Sara Martin  Daddy Will Santa Claus Ever Have to Die   Favoriting
Linda Cassady  Is Santa Claus a Hippy?   Favoriting b/w What Do You Do
(Nashville Country 1971)
George Jones & Tammy Wynette  Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus   Favoriting
Terry Fell & the Fellers  We Want to See Santa Do the Mambo   Favoriting b/w Let's Stay Together Till After Christmas
(X 1954)
Johnny Preston  (I Want A) Rock and Roll Guitar   Favoriting b/w New Baby for Christmas
(Mercury 1960)
David Peel & the Lower East Side  Santa Claus – Rooftop Junkie   Favoriting Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie
(Orange 1974)
Brother John Rydgren  Christmas Montage   Favoriting Silhouette Segments

Talkover Music:
 Vince Guaraldi  		Christmas Time Is Here   Favoriting A Charlie Brown Christmas
(Fantasy 1965)

Billie the Kid  Xmas Night Jump   Favoriting
Mabel Mafuya & The Starlight Serenaders  Happy Xmas - Happy New Year   Favoriting
Habel Kifoto  Siku Ya Christmas   Favoriting Siku Ya Christmas
(Polygram Kenya 1981)
Les Kilimambogo  Christmas Day (pts. 1 & 2)   Favoriting
(Les Kilimambogo early 1980s)
Mbaraka Mwinshehe& Super Volcano  Happy Christmas   Favoriting
Pee Pee Dynamite  Groovy Christmas & Happy New Year   Favoriting b/w Soul of Christmas
(Koby )

Talkover Music:
 Slide Hampton  		Sleigh Ride   Favoriting Drum Suite
(Epic 1962)

The Sinatra Family  The 12 Days of Christmas   Favoriting The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas
(Reprise 1969)
Lucky Luck (Robert Melvin Luck)  The Twelve Days of Christmas   Favoriting b/w Kanaka Christmas
(Mahalo 1962)
Beatbox Saboteurs  Twelve Days of XXXmas   Favoriting A Merry XXXmas
Winston Tong  The Twelve Days of Christmas   Favoriting Ghosts of Christmas Past
(Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1986)
Jacob Miller  On the Twelve Days of Ismas   Favoriting Natty Christmas
(Top Ranking 1978)

Talkover Music:
 Slam Stewart Quintet  		Jingle Bells   Favoriting
(Continental 1945)

Lee Rogers  You Won't Have to Wait 'Til Xmas   Favoriting b/w My One and Only
(D-Town 1965)
Soul-Saints Orchestra  Santa's Got a Bag of Soul   Favoriting b/w Working on the Line
(Hotpie and Candy 1994)
Johnny & Jon  Christmas in Viet Nam   Favoriting b/w Why Did You Leave Me
(Jewel 1965)
Rockie Charles  I Just Called to Wish You a Merry Christmas   Favoriting Born For You
(Orleans 1996)
The Emotions  What Do the Lonely Do on Christmas   Favoriting b/w What Do the Lonely Do on Christmas (inst.)
(Volt 1973)
Akim & the Teddy Vann Production Company  Santa Claus Is a Black Man   Favoriting Santa Claus Is a Black Man
(Simtone 1973)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects   Favoriting b/w Binky Griptite: Holiday Breakdown '09
(Daptone 2009)
Donny Hathaway  This Christmas   Favoriting b/w Be There
(Atco 1970)
Louis Armstrong & the Commanders  'Zat You, Santa Claus?   Favoriting b/w Cool Yule
(Decca 1953)

Closing Theme:
 John Lee Hooker  		Stand By   Favoriting I Feel Good
(Jewel 1971)

Listener comments!

Avatar 8:54am annie:

happy christmas doug et al..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54am Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, annie!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:55am listener james from westwood:

Season's streamings, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am Doug Schulkind:

Grab your sonic stocking, Listener James. It's crammed full of goodies!
Avatar 8:57am annie:

breakfast: steaming bowl of grits with 2 eggs and a handful of spinach tossed in.. stirred to perfection and topped with three sticks of butter...oops..pats of butter. garlic and salt to taste
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58am Doug Schulkind:

annie likes her grits stirred, not shaken!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59am Doug Schulkind:

I will be having fried eggs tucked in a croissant served to me during the first set. Crazy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am Uncle Michael:

SIZE of a REINDEER!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am Doug Schulkind:

Reindeer seizure, more like it.
Avatar 9:04am ndbob:

morning Doug and everyone!
Avatar 9:04am ndbob:

@Doug Thanks for the message:)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:04am listener james from westwood:

I had a smoothie with blueberries, raspberries, a banana, chocolate protein powder, and uncooked broccoli. I like everyone else's choices better.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am Uncle Michael:

Deanna's making something called "Impossible Pie." It looks like some sore of crustless quiche to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am Uncle Michael:

I'm roasting a small leg of lamb later. I'm serving it with mashed potatoes and roasted Brussel sprouts and beets with cumin.
Avatar 9:07am annie:

i'm having my dinner delivered ..later. a selection of goodies from an open-house type dinner. she's serving her neighborhood and any who pass by. bless her large large heart
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am Doug Schulkind:

So glad you're here, ndbob!

Uncle Michael, maybe I should play the theme from Mission Impiessible.
Avatar 9:08am annie:

leg o' lamb, UM?? i'm on my way!
Avatar 9:09am glenn:

maybe it's a canadian thing, but i've never liked grits.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am Doug Schulkind:

We're having lamb and butternut squash stew. A garlic-cheese tart and pecan pie. Very possible pecan pie!
Avatar 9:09am glenn:

then again, i don't think much of the tories either.
Avatar 9:10am annie:

i like them because i can use them as an excuse for inhaling garlic and salt
Avatar 9:10am glenn:

and merry xmas, evahbody.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:11am listener james from westwood:

One of the case studies in the economics book I'm proofing: Country Music and Suicide. Jeez Louise, what channel is this guy listening to?!
Avatar 9:11am annie:

i've always been partial to duck or goose.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am Doug Schulkind:

Teers in your beers aplenty, Listener James.

Oh happy day, glenn!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am Dave in Vermont:

morning; merry merry happy happy
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:14am Brian in UK:

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.
Avatar 9:15am glenn:

it's the least christmassy christmas ever, what with the tropical temperatures and all. people were out in shorts and t shirts yesterday.
Avatar 9:15am annie:

wait... that robotic reindeer has two nipples? hhmm.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am Doug Schulkind:

Hey hey hey, Dave in Vermont is here! And look, there rumbles Brian in the UK!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:18am Brian in UK:

Everyone singing along to 'Burning Down the House' in the kitchen, a family favourite.
Wet and miserable over here, as glenn writes unseasonably warm.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am Doug Schulkind:

Father Christmas deliver the goods in Bermuda shorts last night, methinks.
Avatar 9:30am Shaun:

on it like grommit (the cheeseboard) Bigup Doug , brian and all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:33am Brian in UK:

Hey Shaun, hopes the floods have stayed away from your door.
Got a Vacherin wanting attention.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am dave:

Hey, have a happy one everybody!
Avatar 9:35am Shaun:

DRy on the outside, cheers, Bri. All the best to you and yours.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am Doug Schulkind:

Hi, Shaun! Ho, dave!
Avatar 9:38am Shaun:

A septennial treat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am Doug Schulkind:

Great record cover here. OK, not THAT great. i.ytimg.com...
Avatar 9:40am ndbob:

nice opening set there Doug!
Avatar 9:41am Shaun:

'What some people are already calling Drummermas'.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am Doug Schulkind:

Thanks, ndbob!

@Shaun
I think that deserves a few more Ms. Drummmmermas!
Avatar 9:45am Shaun:

*is crowned Ms. Drummmermas* (cue tears)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:46am Brian in UK:

Liking this set, Doug. Am I surprised? Is David Bowie an alien?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am Doug Schulkind:

MY PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU...

Not using this as the GIF for today's playlist: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am Doug Schulkind:

Did you like your present?!
Avatar 9:54am ndbob:

Indeed Doug:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am Doug Schulkind:

I hope so, because I can't return it.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:54am listener james from westwood:

That's what I've always suspected about that guy.
Avatar 9:58am annie:

omg, you can't unsee that
Avatar 🥁 9:58am duke:

Merry Christmas radio folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am Doug Schulkind:

Yay, it's duke!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:01am Brian in UK:

Bit like policemen, never judge a man by his helmet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am Doug Schulkind:

Five years ago, I included a Bennie Hess collection in one of my Mining the Audio Motherlode blog posts. Well my description of Bennie seems to have been discovered by an all grown-up Little Troy Hess (he of the epic "Please Don't Go Topless Mother" recording)—and he is none too pleased.

Here is the offending blog post:
blog.wfmu.org...

And here, received just a few days after the post went up, is Troy Hess' extremely entertaining response:

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You know what, you fools who read a few things & then re-gurgitate it like a bird feeding it's young obviously have no care about the truth or what it represents! I highly resent your remarks, & I think you & ANYONE else who makes those remarks are completly assanine! So if you'd ever care to object to what Im saying, please bring yourself on down here to Texas! I'm not " Little" Troy Hess anymore!! At 6'3", 230 pounds, I think you who wrote the above crap would be hard pressed to face me,but the offer is open... Anytime you have the guts, or the ignorance to take me up on it!!! Why don't you use that little pea brain of yours & do some genuine fact verification before you make a false statement! It's EURO-Trash like you who give Europeans a bad name!!!

Most sincerely,
Troy Hess
Avatar 10:06am annie:

i love these sappy story-songs..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am Doug Schulkind:

Not many people can claim to have received a menacing email from Little Troy Hess!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am holland oats:

drumma! peoples! happy ho-ho-holidays!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:09am Brian in UK:

Time to grab some turkey, you Eurotrash, you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am Doug Schulkind:

ho ho ho lland oats!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am Doug Schulkind:

@Brian in UK
Not quite right. Pea-brained Eurotrash!
  10:12am Bill Domanico:

Hey Doug, thanks for being on the air this morning! Mag and I are just relaxing with you in the background after a week of disruption--had to have some emergency flooring put down. Love the earlier blues set and this country one.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:12am listener james from westwood:

What a scrotum. Texas suits him. Or rues him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am Doug Schulkind:

Hi Bill and (mama) Maggie! I read about your flooring and indoor-mushroom adventures!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:13am listener james from westwood:

Also: Can one get "assanine" in large quantities? Does one need a permit for chemical handling? Is it a meth precursor?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am Doug Schulkind:

The only thing more powerful, Listener James, is assaten.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am Doug Schulkind:

Hey dear listeners, please go round up the children so they can really laugh and giggle to our next number...
Avatar 10:17am ndbob:

no indeed Doug - and the son of Benny Hess of "Wild Hog Hop" fame I think?
  10:18am Bill Domanico:

Thanks for Christmas on the Moon and the blog!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am Doug Schulkind:

Yes, ndbob, son of Benny or Bennie Hess!
Avatar 10:19am annie:

i hate walking away from the radio... and i have to throw some things in a bag for a pet-sit- weekend. would you kindly play something awful so i won't miss anything good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am Doug Schulkind:

I think that David Peel qualified as "awful," annie. (Of course, awful used to me awesome!)
Avatar 10:23am annie:

..... i could not stop laughing.. it was a hoot
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am Doug Schulkind:

I think Rooftop Junkie Santa is the creator of today's playlist art.
Avatar 10:28am annie:

are you planning on any lord buckley pieces doug?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am Doug Schulkind:

Oh man, annie, I should've grabbed His Lordship. Major fail on my part.
Avatar 10:32am annie:

it's cool... and then there's this: just observed a jogger run down the small hill where we are, she had shorts, tank top and bare feet... happy winter, yo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am Doug Schulkind:

It's a toasty 55°F here, heading to the low 60s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am Doug Schulkind:

Record cover: s23.photobucket.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:46am listener james from westwood:

57 out in the Pascack Valley, more sunny than cloudy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am Doug Schulkind:

And if you were wondering, yes. This set is going to end with a little Pee Pee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am melinda:

Hello and merry xmas everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am Uncle Michael:

I got a ColorMunki!
Avatar 10:56am ndbob:

Hey there Melinda!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56am Doug Schulkind:

Merry Melinda!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am Doug Schulkind:

Can I pet your ColorMunki, Uncle Michael?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58am melinda:

ColorMunki sounds like a 70s toy, like a spirograph.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58am Uncle Michael:

How attached are you to your face?
Avatar 11:00am annie:

UM- i will be enroute to a pet-sit and setting up my "kit" so to speak. not sure when i'll tune in
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am Gary:

WAR IS ON! (if you want it)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am Uncle Michael:

Melinda, that's about right. ColorMunki is to 2015 me about as Spirograph was to 1970 me.

anne, we'll ave you soma wassail.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am Doug Schulkind:

If I were a real DJ, I would follow Pee Pee Dynamite with Dudu Pukwana.
Avatar 11:02am annie:

yay, UM, thanks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06am Gary:

That's gotta be Mr. Fab, yeah?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am Uncle Michael:

This really does suck!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am Jeff Golick:

Ho ho ho.
IS Santa a hippy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08am Doug Schulkind:

Probably, Gary. I forget! Hi, Hippy Jeffy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am Dominick:

Succinctly said UM!
Avatar 11:09am Shaun:

make it stop
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am Uncle Michael:

Sometimes 12 = ∞
Avatar 11:10am Shaun:

A caliphate wouldnt' be *all* bad
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am Uncle Michael:

srsly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am Doug Schulkind:

Hideous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am Doug Schulkind:

Wahoo, it's Dominick!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am Uncle Michael:

9 cans of Spam
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am Uncle Michael:

The music couldn't sound more Hawaiian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am Doug Schulkind:

Mmmm, dried squid!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14am Doug Schulkind:

This is Robert Melvin Luck, from New Jersey I think.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15am Uncle Michael:

Oy. I love you anyway, Doug.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15am Jeff Golick:

This is why there is a war on Christmas.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am Doug Schulkind:

Once more unto the breach, Drummersomers!
Avatar 11:17am Shaun:

This song is why the Jews killed Jesus
Avatar 11:18am Shaun:

and how right they were
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20am Doug Schulkind:

They did so on the 13th day.
Avatar 11:20am annie:

this is when i should have packed that bag.. :-P
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20am Jeff Golick:

I think we need to go back and get Mary and Joseph, too, just to be sure.
Avatar 11:21am Shaun:

Waste the whole stable. Let YHWH sort them out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am Doug Schulkind:

Record cover (with potted plants): 40.media.tumblr.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am Uncle Michael:

Thankfully that's the last one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am Uncle Michael:

AAAAARGH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24am Doug Schulkind:

Only seven more versions to go!
Avatar 11:24am annie:

!!!
Avatar 11:25am northguineahills:

Merry Xmas Doug, nice plants!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25am Dominick:

That would be 12 versions, 144 days in total.
Gross!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am Uncle Michael:

Join me for nog!

wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am Doug Schulkind:

Kawabunga, it's northguineahills!
Avatar 11:35am annie:

believe it or not, i'm able to get the doublecrostic done, despite the 144 days of christmas
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37am Doug Schulkind:

annie, you doublecrossin' doublecrosticer you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am Gary:

I don't know, I feel like Mr. Charles might have a hidden agenda for calling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40am Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Uncle Michael is next with The Hinky Dinky Lox & Bagel Hour! Tune in and get your nosh on!

Playlist with a shmear, here: wfmu.org...
Avatar 11:41am annie:

gotta get my word-fix, scrabble is down for the count and i'm hating cold turkey... and that nasty gravy??
Avatar 11:43am Shaun:

Bee-oot-i-full
Avatar 11:45am ndbob:

Ah I know this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46am Doug Schulkind:

The story behind the song: thequietus.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47am Uncle Michael:

Santa Claus is the milkman.
Avatar 11:47am ndbob:

excellent show Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am Jeff Golick:

Every city-dwelling parent has fielded this one: "We have no chimney - how does Santa get in?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am Jeff Golick:

A: "Fire escape."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am Parq:

Very sorry to have missed the show, D. My Christmas gift to myself was sleeping in. Will be digging Uncle Michael, and will catch up with this show on the 'chives. Enjoy your day and your weekend. All the best.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:51am Doug Schulkind:

@Parq
Never pass up the chance to sleep in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54am Uncle Michael:

See you revelers in the next room!

Thanks Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:56am Doug Schulkind:

That was bracing. See you in seven years!
Avatar 11:58am Shaun:

Great stuff. Cheers Doug.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:59am listener james from westwood:

Thanks, Santa Doug!
  11:59am Filip:

HAPPY and HEALTHY Holidays to you Doug and yours!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00pm Doug Schulkind:

FILIP!!! Great to see (read) you! Happy and healthy to you, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00pm Gary:

Have a good trip, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00pm melinda:

Darn, I missed Santa Claus is a Black Man. One of my favorite xmas songs.,
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm Jeff Golick:

Thanks, Doug! Safe travels...
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