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Music for the revolution in my head: choogling punks; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils. Plus, live bands.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New
Suicide Commandos  Burn It Down   Favoriting            
T Rex  Christmas Bop   Favoriting            
Brett Smiley  Va Va Voom   Favoriting            
Kevin Ayers  The Joy of a Toy   Favoriting Joy of a Toy  Harvest         
Buffalo  Till My Death   Favoriting Volcanic Rock           
Carousel  Long Time   Favoriting Jeweller's Daughter  Tee Pee Records  2013  CD    *  
Queen  Son And Daughter   Favoriting            
Stiff Little Fingers  White Christmas   Favoriting            
The Poor Bastards  Buy Me a Beer for Christmas   Favoriting No Two Flakes The Same           
Jook  Aggravation Place   Favoriting Jook Rule        Second best reissue of the year!   
Chris Stamey Group  Christmas Time   Favoriting Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas (V/A)           
Flaming Groovies  River Deep Mountain High   Favoriting            
The Crystals  Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers   Favoriting A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector           
Bibi Farber with the Michael Lynch Orchestra  Gonna Ask Santa Claus   Favoriting            
 
Juice Crew  Cold Chillin' Christmas   Favoriting            
Clarence Carter  Backdoor Santa   Favoriting            
Eldridge Holmes  The Book   Favoriting New Orleans Funk Volume 3           
Tommy Ridgley  Fly in My Pie   Favoriting Legendary Labels of Louisiana: The Best of International City           
Black Lips  Christmas in Baghdad   Favoriting   Norton    7"     
True Believers  Accept It!   Favoriting   HoZac Records      O.G. 1980   
Nudge Squidfish  Drinking for Christmas   Favoriting            
Ego Summit  Wife Blues   Favoriting The Room Isn't Big Enough  540 Records      Another fantastic 2013 reissue.   
Styrenes  Cold Christmas Eve   Favoriting And Every Year, Christmas           
Margo Guryan  I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You   Favoriting            
Vashti Bunyan  The Coldest Night of the Year   Favoriting Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind: Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967           
Daniel Johnston  Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer   Favoriting            
Galaxie 500  Listen the Snow Is Falling   Favoriting This is Our Music           
Art Ensemble of Chicago  Ja   Favoriting Nice Guys           
Alton Ellis  Praise Jah, It's Christmas   Favoriting            
Jacob Miller  Deck the Halls   Favoriting Natty Christmas           
 
Spectrum  Santa Claus   Favoriting   Sympathy For The Record Industry    7"     
Billy Childish and the Musicians of the british Empire  Pete Townshend's Christmas   Favoriting            
Brats  Be A Man   Favoriting            
Dead Moon  Christmas Rush   Favoriting Happy Birthday Baby Jesus           
Buck Owens  Home on Christmas Day   Favoriting Christmas Shopping           
Lorretta Lynn  To Heck With Ole Santa Claus   Favoriting            
Reigning Sound  If Christmas Can't Bring You Home   Favoriting   Norton    7"     
Thee Midniters  Everybody Needs Somebody To Love   Favoriting            
Solomon Burke  Presents for Christmas   Favoriting            
Swamp Dogg  Do You Believe   Favoriting Rat On!  Alive Natural Sound         
James Brown  Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto   Favoriting            
The Qualities w/Sun Ra  It's Christmas   Favoriting The Singles  Evidence    CD box set     
The Sonics  Don't Believe In Christmas   Favoriting            
South Filthy  Sandra Lynn's Blues   Favoriting            
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
common:

hey nate. happy happy! are the drunk people lingering?
Avatar 3:10pm
northguineahills:

Nice Kevin Ayers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Nate K:

Sadly. the drunk people have left. I will do my best to fill their shoes.
Avatar 3:14pm
MenfussMike:

YES!!! PETE FUCKIN WELLS!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
Johnny_A:

Keep bringing it Nate! Joe who?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yule Youz.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:22pm
Sem Chumbo:

Fine, fine , fine. By all means, burn it down, post haste.
  Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
phat:

I've just discovered one of my cats does not like Queen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Nate K:

Your cat drives a hard bargain.
  Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
phat:

I was a little surprised. Maybe he just can't get into the spirit of the season.
  Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
phat:

he wasn't complaining about the Carousel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...you know you hate a song not even StiffLittleFingers can make you like it...
  Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
phat:

actually, I suspect the cat needs food and it's nothing to do with Queen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

(- liking everything else.) Groovies !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
Mike Sin:

Happy Xmas to Nate.

re: Jook reissue on Sing Sing as 2nd best reissue of 2013.

Was the Coloured Balls "Ball Power" rereleased by that label in 2013 as well? That one takes it -- very hard to find previous to that. Jook saw a CD reissue about five years ago or so.
  3:43pm
Toddophonic:

Hey Nate- Digging the tunes. I think in our drunken haze we left our wine opener behind...if so, please put in the "A" mailbox. Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
Mike East:

I just set up a shitload of gear in a studio. If anyone wants to come jam on January 1, I could particularly use a drummer or bass player, but anything'll do, and we have it all here. 55th st. nyc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Nate K:

Hey Todd, I see it. No problem.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- Phil Spector Xmas album just gets the balance right for me somehow...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- wish I could be there in the City Mike E ! : )
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
common:

wish i could come play some drums, mike.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Mike East:

road trip, Rabbit!
  3:51pm
tom:

The Crystals song made me puke in my mouth. Yuck. I'm all for sappy stuff this time of year...but ...yuck!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Mike East:

You can, common! Their all set up - you don't even have to bring sticks! I got 'em mic'd up, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...yeah...a day before another payday MikeE...
...Just be glad it's not Xmas w/ Phil Spector *this* year tom !...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Mike East:

*They're*
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
Jeff from Rahway:

Nata, didja see this? www.phillymag.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
Nate K:

GoldSTAR Studios! Sorry folks.
  4:00pm
hendrix wolfbat:

your set is dope...merry merry
Avatar 4:02pm
glenn:

road safety with dairy. news.nationalpost.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- I think I heard about that on 'Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me' glenn (...it's very informative)...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
Sem Chumbo:

@glenn: down east, we use salt herring to similar effect.
Avatar 4:09pm
glenn:

well, nobody's gonna eat them, so......
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Nate K:

Stick with me folks...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Sem Chumbo:

No worries, Nate. Ideal office party BG music here at the salt herring salination plant. We're with you...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Kristina Koffee:

Got your show on while I bake brownies I'm gonna give away ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

..& just scraping some of that road cheese onto a bagel here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
Nate K:

Thanks, folks. "Wife Blues," great song, just not right for Christmas Eve, had to fade it.
Avatar 4:29pm
! I X Key !:

!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
Mike East:

pretty lame that I'm still at work. On top of it, its seems like the internet has the day off...I keep having to restart the pop up player.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
dale:

monica lewinski - SHE went down in history
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...but Bill had the red nose...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& then Newt Gingrinch Stole Christmas...
Avatar 4:33pm
The Internet:

Hah! I NEVER get a day off. Do I get thanked for it? No. Does anybody offer me milk and cookies like that fat fraud Santa Claus? No. I can't even take 15 minutes to hit the rub and tug without getting aggro over it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
Sem Chumbo:

The Rub and Tug? An English-style pub?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
Mike East:

Sorry, Internet. I love you. Thanks for all the information. Merry Christmas.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I told Monica to hit the rug & tug - & then I sang the Wife Blues (in its' entirety)...
Avatar 4:38pm
The Internet:

Yeah yeah. Would a gift certificate from Dean & DeLucca be too much to ask for?
Avatar 4:38pm
BigLankyGeordie:

Saw Galaxie 500 once in Newcastle and on the way home it really did start snowing - those guys are pros
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Sem Chumbo:

Inspired political commentary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Mike East:

yes it would. back to work, internet!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
Kristina Koffee:

The Internet gives us so much yet asks for nothing but our undying attention forever in return
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Mike East:

catch the rest in the car. Merry xmas to all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Sem Chumbo:

@KK:how are those brownies coming along?
Avatar 4:53pm
fleep:

77 degrees F here, grilling burgers and corn for Santa
Avatar 4:54pm
The Internet:

Or I could use a new pair of slippers.
Avatar 4:56pm
BigLankyGeordie:

It's bloody cold here in Northern england, but far from wonderful as I've got the flu! Not even drinking!!!!! Boooh
Avatar 4:56pm
fleep:

The Internet gave us Justin Bieber. You owe us.
Avatar 5:00pm
The Internet:

Fuck that! He slipped in one night when I wasn't looking. Like a silverfish, and you know how hard they ate to get rid of.
Avatar 5:02pm
mauri:

No snow in southeast Finland and earlier I poured myself a glass of aberlour whisky and after one sip managed to drop it on the floor. I gave up the whole idea of drinking.
  5:02pm
Eric:

Checking in from Columbus, Ohio, big fan of Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Avatar 5:03pm
BigLankyGeordie:

@Mauri You are just not drinking enough man ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
dale:

biglanky - you should be drinking, something drambuie-ish. that always helps me. that and a good hot and sour soup from a chinese restaurant
Avatar 5:05pm
BigLankyGeordie:

@Dale sounds like good advice, I might have a brandy later
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
dale:

worst xmas gifts from coworkers? i got a hustler and oui from a boss at my first real job. that was probably a best, not a worst.
Avatar 5:07pm
BigLankyGeordie:

Been looking over to try and lay my hands on some Yusef Lateef material but can't anywhere. Have others had any luck? I'm ashamed to say I had never heard of his great music until it was played in tribute on WFMU after he died this week
  5:08pm
bobo:

no way you're lying no no no!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'drambuie'? (...websearch websearch...) - yes that should cure the common cold...
  5:09pm
KP:

Sobbing
Avatar 5:10pm
glenn:

geordie - www.google.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
dale:

i should try making my own. i just bought a bottle and it was $55. whiskey, honey, spices, how hard can it be?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:15pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wh♂ dat?
  5:15pm
KP:

WHO is this !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:15pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ta.
  5:15pm
KP:

Wonderful story Nate
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- it *is* a good story - but it's all in the delivery: you should polish it up!...
Avatar 5:18pm
BigLankyGeordie:

Thankyou glenn, right under my nose! ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
Kristina Koffee:

@semchumbo ended up eating some of the pre baked choco slurry...my fave o___o
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:20pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- just the Lateef I heard on Trouble's this A.M. was righteous; I knew he was pals w/ Coltrane - which was enuff for me already...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
Sem Chumbo:

Choco slurry! For gods-sakes, I must have the recipe, stat!
Avatar 5:28pm
glenn:

www.youtube.com...
  5:31pm
Carmichael:

My next band will be called Choco Slurry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

CatShark !!
Avatar 5:34pm
BigLankyGeordie:

That was a masterpiece Glenn - proof, if it were needed, that western civilization is a damn fine thing, and we've undoubtedly reached its pinnacle. :-) Really had me chuckiing.
Avatar 5:34pm
fleep:

You meant it to do that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
Choco Slurry roadie wannable:

@glenn: well worth 2:03 of my life. really.
Avatar 5:34pm
BigLankyGeordie:

Signing off girls and boys to go cuddle my hot water bottle!;-) Have a Merry Christmas all of you! Best wishes, MIchael in County Durham
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I love SharkKitty.
Avatar 5:36pm
glenn:

it's the gift of absurdity that keeps on giving.
  5:37pm
Carmichael:

Swamp Dogg!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

SONICS
  5:46pm
Carmichael:

This song will make me cry in my beer ..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Sem Chumbo:

Dad's got taste, too. See ya, Nate. Take care and catch you again sometime.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx for the entertainment on such an afternoon, NateK !
  5:59pm
KP:

I wish it could be Nate K everyday!
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