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Artist Track Album Label Year New Approx. start time
bill withers  the gift of giving   Favoriting         0:00:00 (Pop-up)
sly stone/little sister  you're the one parts 1 & 2   Favoriting I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70  light in the attic    *   0:02:36 (Pop-up)
electrik wurms  heart of the sunrise   Favoriting Musik, Die Schwer zu Twerk      *   0:07:53 (Pop-up)
balmorhea  in the rowans   Favoriting balmorhea  western vinyl    *   0:11:39 (Pop-up)
monade  ode to a keyring   Favoriting Socialisme ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings        0:15:05 (Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi Trio  the little drum   Favoriting a charlie brown christmas soundtrack        0:19:06 (Pop-up)
tape  Eagle Miaows   Favoriting casino  hapna    *   0:22:20 (Pop-up)
jimmy mcgriff  christmas with mcgriff   Favoriting         0:27:52 (Pop-up)
debbie dabney  i want to spend christmas with elvis ( heartbreak noel )   Favoriting         0:32:58 (Pop-up)
 
nina simone  do nothing till you hear from me   Favoriting nina simone sings ellington        0:42:07 (Pop-up)
the flaming lips  a change at christmas (say it isnt so)   Favoriting         0:44:56 (Pop-up)
tahouline  mdou moctar   Favoriting music from saharan cellphones        0:50:43 (Pop-up)
dog latin  on christmas   Favoriting         0:54:06 (Pop-up)
ralph marterie & his orchestra  dig that crazy santa claus   Favoriting         0:57:52 (Pop-up)
melody's echo chamber  you won't be missing that part of me   Favoriting Melody's Echo Chamber        1:00:01 (Pop-up)
 
john klein  theme from finlandia   Favoriting the bells of liberty        1:09:03 (Pop-up)
klaus nomi  silent night   Favoriting WFMU's War on Christmas (V/A)  wfmu      1:11:56 (Pop-up)
reuben anderson  christmas time again   Favoriting trojan christmas box set v/a        1:13:35 (Pop-up)
flying lotus  coronus the terminator   Favoriting You're Dead!  warp    *   1:17:52 (Pop-up)
marvin gaye  purple snowflakes   Favoriting         1:19:27 (Pop-up)
zilla mayes  calypso blues   Favoriting jukebox mambo vol 2  jazzman record co    *   1:22:33 (Pop-up)
bernard szajner  Shaï Hulud   Favoriting visions of dune  infine    *   1:25:28 (Pop-up)
paul williams  do you really have a heart   Favoriting someday man        1:31:55 (Pop-up)
Tete Mbambisa  trane ride   Favoriting spiritual jazz vol 5  jazzman record co    *   1:46:19 (Pop-up)
kevin morby  the jester, the tramp & the acrobat   Favoriting Still Life with Rejects from the Land of Misfitoys  woodsist    *   1:47:04 (Pop-up)
binky griptite  stone soul christmas   Favoriting         1:50:15 (Pop-up)
cotton top mountain sanctified singers  christ was born on christmas morn   Favoriting Where Will You Be Christmas Day? 24 recordings from 1917-1959  Dust-to-Digital      1:54:10 (Pop-up)
"jimpson" henry wallace  1/1 murder's home   Favoriting Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings , 1947-1959  dust-to-digital    *   1:56:54 (Pop-up)
 
angel olsen  hi-five   Favoriting burn your fire for no witness        2:08:12 (Pop-up)
East River Pipe  astrofarm   Favoriting The Gasoline Age (LP reissue)  merge  1999  *   2:11:16 (Pop-up)
big star  jesus christ was born today ( alternate mix)   Favoriting WFMU's War on Christmas (V/A)        2:15:36 (Pop-up)
harvey averne band  let's get it together this christmas   Favoriting in the christmas groove v/a        2:18:10 (Pop-up)
james pants  this christmas girl   Favoriting peanut butter wolf presents badd santa v/a        2:20:55 (Pop-up)
the outlaws  swingin low   Favoriting its hard to believe it: the amazing world of joe meek        2:22:27 (Pop-up)
red simpson  truckin trees for christmas   Favoriting         2:24:29 (Pop-up)
petty booka            2:26:19 (Pop-up)
johnny largo  I'll Be Home For Christmas   Favoriting johnny largo at the optigon        2:27:54 (Pop-up)
big jack reynolds  Made It Up in Your Mind   Favoriting Escape From The Shadows Of Motown: Mr. Fine Wine's 2014 WFMU Marathon Premium        2:29:41 (Pop-up)
leonard nimoy  theme from star trek   Favoriting greatest hits from outer space v/a        2:31:55 (Pop-up)
the ronettes  i saw mommy kissing santa claus   Favoriting         2:34:18 (Pop-up)
the kinks  skin and bone   Favoriting muswell hillbillies        2:36:45 (Pop-up)
Dinah Washington  no love, no nothin   Favoriting original queen of soul  fantastic voyage    *   2:40:02 (Pop-up)
 
dylan thomas  a child's christmas in wales excerpt   Favoriting         2:48:25 (Pop-up)
jose gonzalez  This is How We Walk on the Moon   Favoriting red hot + arthur russell v/a      *   2:53:17 (Pop-up)
nicolas michaux  a la vie, a la mort   Favoriting Le Pop 8: Les Chansons de la Nouvelle Scène Française  groove attack    *   2:57:35 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Trouble:

good jule! almost. good tuesday, actually!
Avatar 9:04am
v k:

morning, Trouble - your holiday program is a thing to behold
  9:04am
posicornia:

A restful day before the day before.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

What a lovely suprise to see Too-Ticky! My favourite character from the Moomins! Was this image from "Moominland Midwinter", Trouble? That's Tove J's masterpiece, in my opinion.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

"surprise", sorry (you're an English teacher, i can't let that stand).
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Trouble:

canterbury: i found this image on line, it's from an advent calendar using an image by Tove Jansen. i do adore moomin midwinter, it is so unusual. i was just looking at it two nights ago, thinking i should re read it. no worries about grammar or punctuation here: i teach art!!
Avatar 9:10am
sphere:

happy morning, ms. T & co.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
dale:

ethereal yes cover. i heard someone give this type of treatment to rod stewart's 'young hearts' and really liked it.
Avatar 9:13am
adrian in mpls:

morning everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

@trouble I just noticed the advent calendar numbers and perforations. Yeah, MM has quite an otherworldly atmosphere (particularly the mysterious episode that resembles a kind of pagan solstice ritual), striking images (Too-ticky fishing beneath the green ice) and a refreshingly gentle pace. Highly recommended to anyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Sem Chumbo:

Good morning, Trouble, and all the, I hope, untroubled this day.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Trouble:

i think this is a working link for the charlie brown christmas special: if you NEED to see it!
www.hulu.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
SeanG:

Happy Holidays Everyone.
  9:27am
blee:

Good morning everyone!
I have the Charlie Brown Christmas on vinyl, it's not the soundtrack, but the actual audio from the show. I love it very much, even though they say "stupid" a LOT.
Avatar 9:32am
V Priceless:

Hey Trouble and all! C. Brown Xmas album is just the greatest! Thanx for playing an excerpt!
Avatar 9:35am
sugarwolf:

<3<3 moomins <3<3
Avatar 9:39am
Joe McG:

Hey, Trouble! It's Debbie Dabney: "I Want To Spend Christmas With Elvis (Heartbreak Noel)"
Avatar 9:41am
OTB:

Hey Joe, if she married Ornette Coleman, she'd be Debbie Dabney-Coleman!
Avatar 9:42am
Joe McG:

@OTB: Ha!
Avatar 9:43am
sphere:

ooh did not know about this album. yum!
Avatar 9:43am
v k:

is there a finer Christmas tune than Red Simpson's "Truckin' Trees for Christmas"?

first heard it on Trouble's program ~4 years ago. puts me in the Christmas spirit like none other
Avatar 9:45am
SHAGALOV:

HELLO everyone ! morning for America and evening for Russia! and special morning for @Trouble! ☆☆☆
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Trouble:

yes v k that is an excellent christmas song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
SeanG:

I wish I was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
MD:

PEACE AND LOVE AND A JOYOUS SOLSTICE TO ALL!!!
Avatar 9:49am
adrian in mpls:

Wow, a Red Simpson xmas song! Gotta check that out!
  9:52am
testingwithfire:

I'm on a wavelength far from home
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Guido from Cologne:

Guten TZAG everyone !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Polyus:

Listening from the comfort of home for once.
Avatar 10:07am
Roberto:

NYC pub schools in session today as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
doctorjazz:

Heard that NPR bit as well, he did a fabulous late period Billie Holiday, amazing/funny.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:09am
βrian:

I agree re the Billie Holiday routine. Excellent.
Avatar 10:11am
DJ Stashu:

Pretty bells :) makes me feel like I am in church with my Mom during Christmas when I was a tiny person
  10:13am
testingwithfire:

uh oh klaus nomi coming up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
SeanG:

I plan on listening to this war on christmas comp on Thursday
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

Hey Stashu!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Agree. Those bells were the bellsiest.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Polyus:

He came from outer space to save Christmas!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
SeanG:

sail away sail away sail away
  10:14am
Peanut:

Man I can not wait for the holidays to be over so I don't have to hear this garbage.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

@Peanut Check out thee archives, 1000s of hours of xmas-free music available all year round...
  10:17am
Pat:

https://m.soundcloud.com/raftispatnoecker/silent-night-1

me and my mom doin silent night!

merry xmas!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Scott Williams:

Hey Pat, good to see you here! Lovely version - the family that sings together...
  10:28am
dennis diken:

digging the show Trouble! Merry Christmas!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Trouble:

good morning dennis! merry merry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Sem Chumbo:

Lurking, baking and listening, and having a good time with all three. Lovin' the show so far, Ms. T..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
dale:

man, paul williams is great. planet of the apes notwithstanding
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Trouble:

thanks sem chumbo!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:34am
βrian:

@Sem: what's on your menu? We're working on a lemon-almond cake with meyer lemon glaze. Very dense and zesty.
Avatar 10:36am
doca:

Hey, people, hello, Trouble! Trouble, your show was one of my musical discoveries of the last year, thanks for being amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Sem Chumbo:

@ βrian: I am now just baking bialys, in fact I am just now running to the kitchen to move the bottom baking sheet to the top and vice versa. Back momentarily.
  10:41am
testingwithfire:

@Sem and @Brian: yum. More baking reports, please. I made Florentine shortbread this year, so good. http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-dipped-florentine-shortbreads
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Sem Chumbo:

@ βrian: man, I'd commit some kind of mayhem for a slice of that right now!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Trouble:

hey dale!
brian that lemon cake sounds great! i made an almond orange cake a few weeks ago where you cook the oranges in water for an hour then puree them, it would probably work with lemon, i should try it.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Trouble:

thank you Doca that is so nice to hear!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

Digging this modal jazz vibe, Trouble, but you're keeping us playlist-watchers in suspense...who is it?
Avatar 10:44am
adrian in mpls:

@ βrian: that cake sounds amazing!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Sem Chumbo:

@twf: I have also for the holidays made a challah/babka hybrid: using sweet challah bread dough, I rolled out the three braids, covered them with finely chopped unsweetened chocolate, coinnamon and brown sugar, rolled them up, braided them and baked. Oh, so, goooooooood.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Trouble:

just made this yesterday: outstanding! orangette.blogspot.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Faye:

awesome show Trouble I love it! great Moomin advent too ;)
Avatar 10:45am
robyn:

finally checking in and how delighted i am to see the moomins!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

Factoid for Moomin fans: the character Too-ticky (seen here with Moomintroll) was based on author Tove Jannson's lover Tuulikki Pietilä.
Avatar 10:47am
adrian in mpls:

@Sem - that challah/babka hybrid sounds soooo good! i think i'm ready to make a wfmu listener baked goods tour!
  10:48am
testingwithfire:

@Sem: omg. I have to up my baking game when it comes to breads. That might be my only new year's resolution!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Sem Chumbo:

@twf: don't do it. My mistakes made the successes so much sweeter. Been baking a long time and just in the past few years is it all coming together.
You never lack for friends when you can bake:-D
Or something to eat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Sem Chumbo:

@AiM: haHAA!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Stevel:

Hanging fire here to see if the flu will prevent a trip to the in-laws/grandparents over Xmas. I'm OK with it either way ( Full disclosure: I'd just as soon stay home, although they are all very nice) but I need to practice my Zen re. letting things fall into place. Oommmmmmmm.
  10:52am
Mark:

Whoever the f*** "Binky Griptite" is. That name sounds made up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Stevel:

Also, if I stay home, baking will become an option for me as well. Schedule me in for a stop on the tour, please!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Sem Chumbo:

@twf: misunderstood. I read ."..have to GIVE UP..."
Yes, by all means, up your game, wonderful way to spend time and make friends.
  10:54am
Mark:

Nothing more than I enjoy more than flu-infected baked goods.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:54am
βrian:

FWIW, I don't have the recipe on hand, but it's from this book:
www.worldcat.org...
The key is to cut the sugar in half for the glaze and by a quarter for the cake itself. (Sugar can be a muffling hammer, don't you know.)
Avatar 10:55am
doca:

Hey, guys, I'm advertising just because it may interest you, but I'm updating the Brazilian translated lyrics blog and I'm trying to finish Jorge Ben's "A Tábua de Esmeralda" today, before I do a Christmas special tomorrow. If you want to take a look at it, go here brazil70translationproject.wordpress.com
  10:56am
Mark:

I thought I was done buying Christmas comps, but this one might be a must-buy!
Avatar 10:56am
robyn:

@doca this is my first time seeing this project.. it looks fantastic. i have googled for english translations of jorge ben lyrics in the past and never found anything good. thank you!
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adrian in mpls:

@ βrian: thanks for posting that link. the ex was a baker, so i've hopelessly fallen out of practice with baking. excited to start doing it again. and i'm with you on sugar-cutting in recipes. and also, as a former library person, i'm totally overjoyed that you posted that link via Worldcat! I'm glad I'm not the only one that does that!
Avatar 10:58am
doca:

@robyn: Thanks! I have two more to go on this album and I plan to translate Gal Costa's first album later, but it's been so much fun going back to the blog this week
  10:59am
Mark:

Parchman Farm is a place you really want to try to avoid at all costs.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:59am
βrian:

2nd generation librarian, yo ...
  11:00am
testingwithfire:

@Brian and @DJTrouble: thks for the links!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Adrian in London:

Hi Trouble and Trouble-ettes. Hope everyone has a good Christmas. Love the Moomins advent calendar!
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robyn:

@doca that's wonderful! some kind souls did a similar favor for english speakers on brassens songs that i really appreciated. i have bookmarked the blog to dig into later!
  11:03am
testingwithfire:

@doca: much appreciated. I got a very rough translation of O Filosofo from Google years back and always wished there were a better source.
Avatar 11:07am
Jesse K:

Hi Trouble! I've been to that church in Kansas and heard that carillon! It's pretty epic!
  11:08am
monicafanya:

MOOMIN! <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
MD:

"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD ....AND WE BLEW IT!"
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I plan to do some rudimentary baking later in the week when the kids are home from school.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Brian in UK:

Hello Trouble. Love this East River Pipe album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am
SeanG:

ALEX
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doca:

@testingwithfire: yeah I don't know if I'm a better translator than Google, but certainly I write more commentaries.
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Shagalov:

JESUS! CHRIST!
Avatar 11:25am
v k:

wooohooo
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adrian in mpls:

HURRAH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27am
MD:

a real mofo trucker!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27am
Greg from Bloomfield:

GAHWAHHUH?! I'm not gonna lie to you guys– I just woke up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am
MD:

Good Morning Greg!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 11:30am
βrian:

Good morning, Greg. There's almond lemon cake on the table.
  11:31am
Mark:

Playing a lot of really down-home music this morning, Trouble--I love it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am
MD:

Have a Star Trek XMASS!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
MD:

I had a piece of that Lemon Cake...IT'S DELISH!!!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo ! I wonder if you would enjoy the Personalized (alphanumeric) Snowflake Generator ?!:
snowflake.thebookofeveryone.com...
Avatar 11:41am
adrian in mpls:

@ Rev Rabbit - thanks for sharing that! was hoping for snow here for some xmas sledding - but no luck. i'll content myself with making digital snowflakes instead!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41am
SeanG:

thanks REV
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Cheers! Know 'no love, no nothin'' from an Ella Mae Morse CD (which is fun & interesting stuff for transition from Swing to R&B to Rock'n'Roll)...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Parq:

This Thomas recording is a must-have part of my Christmas, too. Just listening to his magnificent voice enunciating these gorgeous poetic phrases is giving me chills.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am
Sem Chumbo:

Hello, Brian in UK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

It's a shame Dylan Thomas felt the need to drop his Welsh accent when reading his work, but I do love this piece too.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Brian in UK:

Hello Sem, just seen you on another comments board.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Guido from Cologne:

Great show today!
Thanks Trouble!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Sem Chumbo:

Thanks so very much, Trouble. Decidely un-Christmas like here in Nova Scotia. Looks like 63 F and rain for Christmas Day, but your show helping plenty to get me in the Christmas mood. See you next time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Sem Chumbo:

Yes, noticed that then tracked you down here. Glad you are healing up and actively thinking about elbow-bending.
  11:57am
testingwithfire:

thank you Trouble for a great show and merry holidays everyone!
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adrian in mpls:

thanks Trouble!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Brian in UK:

Will be making cakes for work folks next week, to follow on from baking talk earlier.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Trouble:

ciao meow les kitties! merry happy! see you next week!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 11:58am
βrian:

Chomping on hazelnuts yet, BUK?
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OTB:

Thanks for a great show and Merry Christmas Trouble and all!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:59am
Brian in UK:

All good things, Trouble. Thanks for all your hard work this year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am
Stevel:

Great show, as always. Best to you.
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Greg from Bloomfield:

Happy Holidays, gang!
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