It's a Christmas week episode - what a concept! I owe my friend Al Quagliari a huge thank for providing me with lots of wondrous and oft silly Christmas and New Year's songs and soundbites, and for turning me on to Bob Rivers, the Weird Al of Christmas music. It may have been a bit self-indulgent to play my own Christmas song at the end, but I'm working on a larger Bite the Wax Godhead project at the moment, so I'm hoping to give my and Cynthia's old band just a bit of additional visibilty in the next few months before we return to obscurity. And the song isn't half-bad. This was a fun show to prepare and pull off. Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas Baby – Otis Redding
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Bob Rivers
Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy – John Kirby and His Orchestra
Joy To the World – The Butties
I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You – Margo Guryan
Tchotchkes– Tchotchke & The Lemon Twigs
Decorations – Bob Rivers
(Yes It's) Christmas – War
Christmas In Suburbia – The Cleaners from Venus
Bellringers Are Hungover – Lorraine Bowen
The Christmas Song – Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva
Old Toy Trains – Roger Miller
Christmas At the Airport – Nick Lowe
How Do You Spell Channukkahh? – The Leevees
I Saw Hanukkah Harry Beat Up Santa Claus – Hal Singer
Sled Zeppelin – Bob Rivers
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town – John Davidson
What Christmas Means to Me – Stevie Wonder
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Carol of the Bells – Robert Glasper & Cynthia Erivo
Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal Version – studio chatter + Takes 6 & 7) – Vince Guaraldi & St. Paul's Episcopal Church Youth Choir
Santa Don't Go – Farrah
You Trashed My Christmas – The Primitives
Xmasploitation (Santa's Badass Revenge) – monochronic
All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) – Nat King Cole (MJ Cole Remix)
Father Christmas – The Kinks
Silver and Gold – Rosine (featuring Nancy Howell and Mark Lerner)
(I'll Be Glad When) Christmastime is Done – Bite the Wax Godhead