WFMU: Therese: Playlist from December 20, 2020

Listener comments!
	5:59pm chresti: Hi Therese, I've been drawing owls with their legs crossed, lately. Hi Therese Party
	6:02pm chresti: And I'm wearing owl socks!
	6:02pm K8: Hi Therese! Hi Chresti! Hi everybody! That owl...it is adorable.
	6:02pm Franco Twinkie: Heya Therese! I had an owl once upon a time.
	6:03pm Therese: That owl does not look happy that his home was chopped down and transported to Rockefeller Center!
	6:04pm Jett: A very Merry Christmas to you @Therese Hope you are well. I wish you all the blessings, much love, and great health. 🎄
	6:07pm luka: this Boney M bangs... extremely hard.
	6:07pm Franco Twinkie: My owl fell out of a tree in Texas and couldn't fly, so some one brought it to my house in California, dumped it there and went to Mexico. So then I had and owl.
	6:07pm listener 126464: Good Seasons© Greetings everyone!
	6:09pm chresti: Hi K8!
	6:10pm Pauly from Clifton: Evening and holiday greetings, Therese, Crew, folks!
	6:12pm Scott67: G'day Therese and the merry mob.
	6:14pm kpx: what do you want to bet that they won't even take that owl back to it's familiar surroundings, where it might have a mate there wondering where it is. they'll probably just dump it off at the nearest woods and say to themselves, it'll be alright.
	6:16pm Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Scott67! How you doin'?
	6:17pm luka: i’ve been hearing holiday music up to this point, and it hasn’t felt real, but this feels real. thank you, Therese.
	6:17pm Gaylord Fields: Therese & Freedia = <3
	6:18pm luka: i am making ramen and i feel good about Johnny Largo.
	6:18pm RobinSays: Thank you Therese -- just as I was getting tired of Christmas music, you played great holiday songs I had never heard before. Really great.
	6:18pm luka: Gaylord!! is the Soulstice on!?
	6:19pm Scott67: Hey Pauly, doing fine mate, hope you are too 😎
	6:19pm kentuckywoman: @kpx, here's what national geographic has to say about it: "because saw-whet owls are nomadic, they aren’t tied to a particular habitat. “They don’t have a favorite tree. They exhaust the food source and move on.” Unlike other birds of prey, which Kalish tries to release where they were found, saw-whet owls don’t mate for life; they find a new mate every season."
	6:20pm Gaylord Fields: @luka: Alas, not this time. Samantha will be filling in for me tonight. It'll be back for 2021.
	6:20pm kentuckywoman: and here's the full article if you're really interested: www.nationalgeographic.com...
	6:21pm luka: @Gaylord i look forward to that and oh my goodness Samantha on a sunday? i could faint.
	6:22pm Franco Twinkie: Saw-whet owls - like a rolling stone.
	6:26pm chresti: Thanks for that link, kentuckywoman.
	6:26pm kentuckywoman: you're welcome!
	6:27pm Fox: I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS TO MYSELF EVERY DAY!!!
	6:28pm chresti: I'm about to have palek paneer soon.
	6:28pm βrian: That dodgy stair tread just gave out, but I didn't drop into the basement. I ended up here instead.
	6:29pm Fox: Therese, what is a lovely obscure thread of segue.
	6:29pm Andres: Evening Therese and all! Sunday night before Christmas, that's like a sort of Christmas Eve, no? Also, did that version of Last Christmas end with "B****" or am I mishearing? Not offended, just curious.
	6:30pm Kpx: @Kentuckywoman: Owl 101, thanks for the 411on that particular breed of owl. I'll take your word on it. But still, I would feel better if it were returned.
	6:31pm Therese: Thanks, @Fox! And @Andres, yes, it did.
	6:34pm Scott67: @chresti, now I'm craving a Curry.
	6:35pm βrian: I've been watching a lovely cartoon series with my daughter wherein owls are referred to as "Oils." Or so it seems to our ears. The speakers are Irish.
	6:36pm Scott67: What Basic Bitches said.
	6:36pm Fox: Wow. This might be my favorite Christmas song ever.
	6:37pm Scott67: Fox, great ain't it!
	6:38pm βrian: How is palek paneer different from saag paneer?
	6:39pm luka: love this Paul tune idc idc
	6:39pm Jett: On the week the awful McCartney III is released. At least back then the guy still had a great voice.
	6:39pm B R M: Playing this is a provocation, but I'll bite: this song is unfairly maligned.
	6:41pm 🧁: What did you get your parents??
	6:41pm βrian: How might we fairly malign it, I wonder?
	6:41pm B R M: @βrian - let me google that for you: kitchenrally.com...
	6:42pm Joe B: Therese, we are the only two FMU DJs to have played the Chris Isaak Christmas album.
	6:42pm Jett: Cheez Whiz Christmas
	6:42pm B R M: @βrian- if it deserves to be maligned, it would be fair to malign it!
	6:43pm BH: "We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime, don't investigate any further"
	6:44pm Therese: @Joe B: how can that be?!
	6:44pm Jett: @Joe B, @Therese Whether you guys were or not, it's a good call!
	6:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Therese, everyone. Who will be the artist to record "Owl Be Home for Christmas"?
	6:46pm βrian: I'm going to try making some palek cheese curds, then.
	6:46pm Franco Twinkie: Goddammit, Let's just be happy for a change, for crap's sake!
	6:47pm Therese: @Ken FHP- I hope someone is already on that!
	6:47pm Andres: I think if one worked retail at Christmas then one would really hate that McCartney.
	6:48pm Joe B: @Therese - dunno - their loss! it's a good one!
	6:49pm Fox: When I worked retail, the WORST Christmas song was the Barbra Streisand Jingle Bells.
	6:49pm K8: I was in the other room and heard this amazing set wafting through my apartment...Yay Basic Bitches! I saw them play that live last December and I'm so glad they recorded it this year!
	6:49pm Scott67: Franco I'm happy mate, it's Summer in Oz, so I'm loving it ♡ Sending you some sunshine.
	6:49pm kpx: I wasn't too crazy about that PM song myself, but I bought a vinyl 45 copy of it just because I found one that came in a cardboard sleeve rather than a paper one.
	6:50pm βrian: Nowadays, working retail means warehouse work. Oy!
	6:50pm Joe B: wow, great one. love susan.
	6:50pm Gaylord Fields: Yay Debbie! Yay Susan! NOLA songbirds!
	6:51pm Jett: @fox Is that worse than The Singing Dogs?
	6:51pm chresti: Haha KenFHP.
	6:52pm Franco Twinkie: Scott67, guess what? It's totally summer this week in L.A. I went to the farmers market this morning and left a little early because it was so hot!
	6:52pm Therese: The whole record is fantastic, so proud of Debbie and Matt and their kids and Debbie's sister and her mom and all of their chosen family who appear on the record.
	6:53pm chresti: Ken, make it a polka song for the polka contest!
	6:55pm Scott67: Sunny LA, I didn't know you were in California mate. Enjoy!
	6:56pm Franco Twinkie: What day and time is it where you are, Scott?
	6:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good idea, chresti. The song I'm working on, "My Baby's Breath Smells Like Baby Food," is going nowhere.
	6:58pm Jett: how about, "My Baby's Breath Smells Like Spoiled Baby Food."
	6:58pm Scott67: It's coming up to 11am Monday morning Franco. A bit cool and cloudy today, expecting a thunder storm later.
	6:59pm βrian: Better than baby poop, for sure. John Prine: "... the worst kind."
	6:59pm kpx: @Kenfhp: that can only be for a cartoon owl called, Owl Jolson. I think he was a looney tune production. but if you ever saw it you'll know whom I'm talkin about.
	6:59pm chresti: Haha Ken.
	7:00pm Andres: "My Baby's Breath is Free of Halitosis and Bleeding Gums"
	7:00pm Joe B: wow great!
	7:00pm Therese: And @Ice Cream Cone Emoji: I am not going to divulge what I got my parents for Christmas on the slim chance that they listen to this show between now and then. But listener suggestions were a deciding factor....
	7:01pm Scott67: Vacation anyone?
	7:01pm Joe B: is this the only cover of solo lindsay? has anyone done trouble?
	7:01pm βrian: Trying to fathom what "oz" is. Not Old Zealand, I'm pretty sure.
	7:01pm Jett: Sounds like you got it made. @Andres
	7:02pm Scott67: Brian, lazy way to write Australia.
	7:02pm Andres: Holiday Road - A beaut!
	7:03pm Andres: Jett: Never met a baby's breath I didn't like.
	7:04pm chresti: It's arvo in oz.
	7:05pm katie: /that was so stunning.
	7:05pm Therese: @Joe B- according to Secondhand Songs, the French Kicks, Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs, and Josh Rouse have covered "Trouble."
	7:05pm Scott67: Not yet chresti, 11:05am.
	7:06pm Joe B: ah, will investigate! the buck owens cover was great also
	7:06pm Tom: Very impressed with how you subtly slipped the station ID into the middle of the Holiday Road cover.
	7:07pm Joy: request Listen the Snow is Falling by Yoko Ono or Galaxy 500. 🥰🤍❄️❄️🕊
	7:08pm Scott67: They played Fairytale of New York in my local Pharmacy yesterday. I was impressed.
	7:09pm Therese: @Joy- I love both versions of that song, but alas, I won't get to it this year...
	7:09pm Jett: You can never get enough Buck Owens.
	7:10pm Aitch: Yet to hear Residents Santa Dog (any of the versions), but that's probably for the best.
	7:11pm Jett: Gotta tune up my rubber bands.
	7:11pm swivs: the rubber band song actually made me stop and giggle. Thanks Therese!
	7:11pm Therese: Hi Swivs! You're welcome!
	7:12pm McGroovey: That's the best rubber band Christmas song I've heard today. Maybe this week.
	7:12pm chresti: 9 hours, 49 minutes before solstice.
	7:13pm βrian: Rubberdad reminds me of Woo Lae Oak, yo.
	7:13pm Franco Twinkie: Well Scott, over here it's crystal clear at just after 4pm Sunday. And It's 75f on Winters eve!
	7:14pm Scott67: Yep chresti, we get to it today.
	7:14pm kpx: @Kenfhp: Check this out real quick. go to YouTube, type in - Owl Jolson, I love to singa. 1936. sorry I couldn't provide a direct link.
	7:15pm WR: Taking a moment to say your back announce on the McCartney Xmas tune was excellent expression of the ambivalence i felt while listening to it.
	7:16pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Therese! I tuned in at the end of the rubber band song. What good timing—it was sweet. Happy holidays to you!
	7:16pm Therese: Hi Wendy! Same to you, may you have an abundance of fromage!
	7:17pm Ken From Hyde Park: @kpx - Yes, thanks. I know I've seen that before. I love that cartoon. Will check that out soon.
	7:17pm Jett: Time Enough At Last
	7:20pm Therese: I hope that @BronwynB pays tribute to the late and lamented Anne Reinking on her Xmas show...
	7:21pm Joe B: Staten Island's No. 2 DJ!
	7:22pm βrian: I never, ever, run out of rosemary, sage, or thyme. I'm indifferent to parsley.
	7:23pm Aitch: Fab drummer is Mr Crover, love some Melvins
	7:25pm Joe B: Agreed Aitch.
	7:27pm Jett: We lost a deejay colleague this week, Rita Houston.
	7:30pm Andres: Melvins drummer! Wow! Saw them only once but amazed the kit was still standing at the end. What a pummelling!
	7:31pm doctorjazz: Hey, hey, hey.
	7:32pm βrian: How does one pronounce "Shjips?"
	7:34pm Fuzzy: It's a Silent Jay.
	7:34pm Mr. Pumpy: Hey, Therese! I just got here, and I'm loving it. Thanks to you and the skeleton crew!
	7:35pm βrian: Silent Jay is my favorite move character.
	7:35pm Uncle Michael: Hello Theresophiles.
	7:35pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello to all the listeners! Hope everyone is well.
	7:36pm Therese: As a member of Wooden Shjips once told me, "everything is more psychedelic with a J."
	7:38pm Mr. Pumpy: Ha! Therese, Exactly! I like driving around in my Fjord Fj150 blasting Frijid Pink.
	7:39pm Franco Twinkie: This sounds like Rod Keith. Kinda, sorta.
	7:41pm DonJuanTijuana: I missed the YLT virtual show
	7:42pm Uncle Michael: I used to drive a Fjiesta. I pine for that Fjord.
	7:42pm Mr. Pumpy: Samantha?1 Whaaaa?! Cool. Looking forward. I huffed just the right amount of model airplane fuel!
	7:42pm Jett: You're a homespun Christmas lady this year.
	7:43pm Therese: 202!
	7:43pm Andres: Sopping in Christmas. Or at least nog.
	7:44pm listener 126464: YLT show was of course, very good. Amy Rigby opened the show.
	7:45pm Tom: YLT was wonderful. Never got to see the live shows, so nothing to compare it to. Ira's mom closing with "My Little Corner of the World" evoked tears.
	7:46pm Jett: I've always liked this Chris Stamey Christmas track!
	7:47pm Therese: Amy Rigby is a YLT Hanukkah stalwart! And just thinking of Ira's Mom singing "My Little Corner of the World" is enough to bring me to tears.
	7:47pm phat: I'm sorry I missed that YLT show. And I love this Stamey track
	7:49pm Jett: I think Amy and Eric are still living in Catskill N.Y.
	7:49pm Therese: Think piece alert! www.theatlantic.com...
	7:49pm Bootsie: Oooh I love this song!
	7:50pm Uncle Brak: Mele Kalikimaka, EVERBUDDY!
	7:50pm Jett: I used to love watching Don Ho's afternoon tv show in the seventies on ABC.
	7:51pm Therese: Here's to more Aloha in 2021!
	7:51pm Jett: Partridge
	7:52pm Bootsie: I never realized how nice Don's voice really is.
	7:53pm Jett: Mahalo, Therese!
	7:53pm phat: Second Partridge Christmas song for the weekend.
	7:53pm BobOnStatenIsland: I love Bing's version of "Mele Kalikimaka". It wasn't written by Hawaiian, anyway. Don Ho does do a nice rendition.
	7:55pm MuttonChops: Thank you for the holiday set list!
	7:55pm Therese: @Bob- Actually, it was written by a Hawaiian: en.wikipedia.org...
	7:56pm phat: #1 hit!
	7:57pm Scott67: Thanks Therese. Happy Hooha, be safe. Love & laughs.
	7:57pm DonJuanTijuana: Bruce may leave you something you don't want for Christmas
	7:57pm Jett: Catch you next week, stay well my great friend ❤️ @Therese
	7:57pm listener 126464: Thank you Therese, thanks crew. Happy Honda Days.
	7:58pm Matt Fiveash: We're digging the show while puttering around & eating dinner Therese! YLT show was really fun and sweet. Bonus: they took turns playing 45s on a mic'd up children's portable record player for the interstitial music and they just kept the camera on the record player. When they played their set, one camera was a really cool aerial shot of Georgia playing drums. Thanks for the show tonight! Merry merry happy happy!
	7:58pm johnzo: have a merpy chrizmahanukwanzadan!
	7:58pm Charlotte: About a month ago, Therese played a show so moving that now whenever I hear her voice I am instantly transported to my most vulnerable state.
	7:59pm chresti: Thanks Therese!
	7:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Happiness is a warm radio. Thanks, Therese.
	7:59pm Jett: @Charlotte Therese always manages to do that for me.
	7:59pm Therese: @Charlotte- I hope that whichever show it was, it was helpful to you! xoxo
	8:00pm Uncle Brak: Thank you, Therese. Happy Christmas, everyone.
	8:00pm Dan Cashin: Merry Christmas!
	8:00pm Therese: @Matt Fiveash: Hello friend! I am so annoyed with myself for missing that show.
	8:00pm DonJuanTijuana: Thx @Therese! Hear you next week!!!
	8:01pm Therese: Back at you, @Uncle Michael-Brak!
	8:02pm Therese: Aloha, listeners. See you next week.
	8:02pm phat: This Deep Sea Diver tune has a really subtle nod to Christmas Time Is Here from Charlie Brown Christmas in this chord progression, right at the end of the chorus. Damn clever.

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December 20, 2020: I WILL get myself to get into the holiday spirit, dang it!

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I hear you, Tiny Saw-Whet Owl Found in the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. 2020 can get stuffed.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Astronaut Frank Borman	Christmas Greeting from Space	Great Speeches of the 20th Century, Volume 3	Rhino Word Beat			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Big Star	Jesus Christ "Jesus Christ" by "Big Star"	Big Star's Third: Sister Lovers	PVC Records			0:00:36 (Pop-up)
Boney M.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	Mary's Boy Child Single	Hansa Germany			0:03:15 (Pop-up)
Lizzo	Never Felt Like Christmas "Never Felt Like Christmas" by "Lizzo"	Never Felt Like Christmas Single	Nice Life Recordings / Atlantic Records			0:07:16 (Pop-up)
Big Freedia	'Twas the Night "'Twas the Night" by "Big Freedia"	A Very Big Freedia Christmazz EP	Queen Diva Music			0:10:10 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Stubbie Records			0:14:09 (Pop-up)
Pom Pom Squad	Last Christmas "Last Christmas" by "Pom Pom Squad"	Simply Having a Wonderful Compilation	Father/Daughter Records	Wham! cover		0:18:12 (Pop-up)
The Beach Berserkers	CoroNavidad "CoroNavidad" by "The Beach Berserkers"	CoroNavidad Single	via their Bandcamp page			0:22:26 (Pop-up)
Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan)	Give Yourself a Little Present	Twin Peaks				0:24:58 (Pop-up)
Chris Isaak	Hey Santa! "Hey Santa!" by "Chris Isaak"	Christmas	Reprise Records			0:26:37 (Pop-up)
Nancy and Mark	Silver and Gold "Silver and Gold" by "Nancy and Mark"	Nancy and Mark Sing Holiday Favorites	Rosine, via Bandcamp	originally recorded by Burl Ives		0:28:24 (Pop-up)
Lisa Prank & Seattle's Little Helpers	Holiday in Space	Gimme What I Want EP	Father/Daughter Records			0:30:46 (Pop-up)
Basic Bitches	I Hope Your Holidays Are Fine	I Hope Your Holidays Are Fine Single	via their Bandcamp page			0:33:02 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney	Wonderful Christmastime	McCartney II: Paul McCartney Archive Collection	MPL / Hear Music / Concord Music Group			0:36:28 (Pop-up)
Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz, It's Christmas	All I Want for Christmas Is You b/w Gee Whiz, It's Christmas Single	Atlantic Records			0:40:21 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Stubbie Records			0:43:07 (Pop-up)
Debbie Davis & Matt Perrine	Merry Christmas, Darling (feat. Susan Cowsill)	Oh, Crap! It's Christmas, Vol. 2: A Family Album	Debbie Davis Music	Carpenters cover. More on this album here: https://www.offbeat.com/articles/christmas-magic-debbie-davis-was-going-to-save-christmas-but-christmas-saved-her/		0:48:04 (Pop-up)
Matt Dorrien	Burrowed "Burrowed" by "Matt Dorrien"	My Christmas Plea	Mama Bird Recording Co.			0:52:42 (Pop-up)
Blake Miller & Amelia Biere	Tout moi je veux pour Chrismeusse, chère, c'est toi	Joyeux Noël, Bon Chrismeusse: a Holiday EP from South Louisiana	Chas Justus, via his Bandcamp page	You may know this as, "You're All I Want for Christmas," originally a Buck Owens/Don Rich tune.		0:55:52 (Pop-up)
Matt Pond PA	Holiday Road "Holiday Road" by "Matt Pond PA"	Winter Songs	Altitude Records	Lindsay Buckingham cover		0:58:05 (Pop-up)
Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis	Wassailing	Winter Rituals EP	Brawl Records		*	1:01:41 (Pop-up)
Arthur Russell	Hiding Your Present from You	World of Echo	Upside Records			1:03:33 (Pop-up)
Jeff St. Pierre, Philip Antoniades	Feliz Rubberdad	A Rubber Band Christmas	CD Freedom Records	Jose Feliciano cover		1:07:44 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Stubbie Records			1:09:37 (Pop-up)
Dale Crover	Christmas Time Is Here	Joyful Noise Holiday Special 2020	Joyful Noise Recordings	Vince Guaraldi Trio cover		1:21:02 (Pop-up)
Mint Mile	Christmas Come and Goes	Ambertron	Comedy Minus One	On a related note, Jon Solomon of Comedy Minus One Records will be hosting his annual 25 Hours of Christmas Marathon on WPRB: https://communitynews.org/2020/12/01/jon-solomon-brings-wprb-music-marathon-home-for-the-holidays/		1:23:54 (Pop-up)
Wooden Shjips	Auld Lang Syne "Auld Lang Syne" by "Wooden Shjips"	Holiday Cassingle	Self-Released			1:28:12 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Santa Claus Goes Modern	Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo	Egon Records	written by Sven Swanson		1:36:37 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Stubbie Records			1:38:54 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey and the dB's	Christmas Time	Chris Stamey & Friends: Christmas Time	East Side Digital	I took this from a compilation my friend Karl Heitmueller Jr. put together in 2015. Check out his art and writing here: https://toughguygoods.blogspot.com		1:43:49 (Pop-up)
Don Ho	Mele Kalikimaka "Mele Kalikimaka" by "Don Ho"	The Don Ho Christmas Record	Reprise Records	It seems wrong that this was originally released by Bing Crosby. Good for Don Ho for taking it back for Hawai'i.		1:47:42 (Pop-up)
The Partridge Family	My Christmas Card to You	A Partridge Family Christmas Card	Bell Records			1:50:03 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Stubbie Records			1:52:25 (Pop-up)
Deep Sea Diver	It's Christmas Time (and I Am Still Alive)	It's Christmas Time EP	via their Bandcamp page			1:56:41 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	5:59pm chresti: Hi Therese, I've been drawing owls with their legs crossed, lately. Hi Therese Party
	6:02pm chresti: And I'm wearing owl socks!
	6:02pm K8: Hi Therese! Hi Chresti! Hi everybody! That owl...it is adorable.
	6:02pm Franco Twinkie: Heya Therese! I had an owl once upon a time.
	6:03pm Therese: That owl does not look happy that his home was chopped down and transported to Rockefeller Center!
	6:04pm Jett: A very Merry Christmas to you @Therese Hope you are well. I wish you all the blessings, much love, and great health. 🎄
	6:07pm luka: this Boney M bangs... extremely hard.
	6:07pm Franco Twinkie: My owl fell out of a tree in Texas and couldn't fly, so some one brought it to my house in California, dumped it there and went to Mexico. So then I had and owl.
	6:07pm listener 126464: Good Seasons© Greetings everyone!
	6:09pm chresti: Hi K8!
	6:10pm Pauly from Clifton: Evening and holiday greetings, Therese, Crew, folks!
	6:12pm Scott67: G'day Therese and the merry mob.
	6:14pm kpx: what do you want to bet that they won't even take that owl back to it's familiar surroundings, where it might have a mate there wondering where it is. they'll probably just dump it off at the nearest woods and say to themselves, it'll be alright.
	6:16pm Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Scott67! How you doin'?
	6:17pm luka: i’ve been hearing holiday music up to this point, and it hasn’t felt real, but this feels real. thank you, Therese.
	6:17pm Gaylord Fields: Therese & Freedia = <3
	6:18pm luka: i am making ramen and i feel good about Johnny Largo.
	6:18pm RobinSays: Thank you Therese -- just as I was getting tired of Christmas music, you played great holiday songs I had never heard before. Really great.
	6:18pm luka: Gaylord!! is the Soulstice on!?
	6:19pm Scott67: Hey Pauly, doing fine mate, hope you are too 😎
	6:19pm kentuckywoman: @kpx, here's what national geographic has to say about it: "because saw-whet owls are nomadic, they aren’t tied to a particular habitat. “They don’t have a favorite tree. They exhaust the food source and move on.” Unlike other birds of prey, which Kalish tries to release where they were found, saw-whet owls don’t mate for life; they find a new mate every season."
	6:20pm Gaylord Fields: @luka: Alas, not this time. Samantha will be filling in for me tonight. It'll be back for 2021.
	6:20pm kentuckywoman: and here's the full article if you're really interested: www.nationalgeographic.com...
	6:21pm luka: @Gaylord i look forward to that and oh my goodness Samantha on a sunday? i could faint.
	6:22pm Franco Twinkie: Saw-whet owls - like a rolling stone.
	6:26pm chresti: Thanks for that link, kentuckywoman.
	6:26pm kentuckywoman: you're welcome!
	6:27pm Fox: I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS TO MYSELF EVERY DAY!!!
	6:28pm chresti: I'm about to have palek paneer soon.
	6:28pm βrian: That dodgy stair tread just gave out, but I didn't drop into the basement. I ended up here instead.
	6:29pm Fox: Therese, what is a lovely obscure thread of segue.
	6:29pm Andres: Evening Therese and all! Sunday night before Christmas, that's like a sort of Christmas Eve, no? Also, did that version of Last Christmas end with "B****" or am I mishearing? Not offended, just curious.
	6:30pm Kpx: @Kentuckywoman: Owl 101, thanks for the 411on that particular breed of owl. I'll take your word on it. But still, I would feel better if it were returned.
	6:31pm Therese: Thanks, @Fox! And @Andres, yes, it did.
	6:34pm Scott67: @chresti, now I'm craving a Curry.
	6:35pm βrian: I've been watching a lovely cartoon series with my daughter wherein owls are referred to as "Oils." Or so it seems to our ears. The speakers are Irish.
	6:36pm Scott67: What Basic Bitches said.
	6:36pm Fox: Wow. This might be my favorite Christmas song ever.
	6:37pm Scott67: Fox, great ain't it!
	6:38pm βrian: How is palek paneer different from saag paneer?
	6:39pm luka: love this Paul tune idc idc
	6:39pm Jett: On the week the awful McCartney III is released. At least back then the guy still had a great voice.
	6:39pm B R M: Playing this is a provocation, but I'll bite: this song is unfairly maligned.
	6:41pm 🧁: What did you get your parents??
	6:41pm βrian: How might we fairly malign it, I wonder?
	6:41pm B R M: @βrian - let me google that for you: kitchenrally.com...
	6:42pm Joe B: Therese, we are the only two FMU DJs to have played the Chris Isaak Christmas album.
	6:42pm Jett: Cheez Whiz Christmas
	6:42pm B R M: @βrian- if it deserves to be maligned, it would be fair to malign it!
	6:43pm BH: "We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime, don't investigate any further"
	6:44pm Therese: @Joe B: how can that be?!
	6:44pm Jett: @Joe B, @Therese Whether you guys were or not, it's a good call!
	6:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Therese, everyone. Who will be the artist to record "Owl Be Home for Christmas"?
	6:46pm βrian: I'm going to try making some palek cheese curds, then.
	6:46pm Franco Twinkie: Goddammit, Let's just be happy for a change, for crap's sake!
	6:47pm Therese: @Ken FHP- I hope someone is already on that!
	6:47pm Andres: I think if one worked retail at Christmas then one would really hate that McCartney.
	6:48pm Joe B: @Therese - dunno - their loss! it's a good one!
	6:49pm Fox: When I worked retail, the WORST Christmas song was the Barbra Streisand Jingle Bells.
	6:49pm K8: I was in the other room and heard this amazing set wafting through my apartment...Yay Basic Bitches! I saw them play that live last December and I'm so glad they recorded it this year!
	6:49pm Scott67: Franco I'm happy mate, it's Summer in Oz, so I'm loving it ♡ Sending you some sunshine.
	6:49pm kpx: I wasn't too crazy about that PM song myself, but I bought a vinyl 45 copy of it just because I found one that came in a cardboard sleeve rather than a paper one.
	6:50pm βrian: Nowadays, working retail means warehouse work. Oy!
	6:50pm Joe B: wow, great one. love susan.
	6:50pm Gaylord Fields: Yay Debbie! Yay Susan! NOLA songbirds!
	6:51pm Jett: @fox Is that worse than The Singing Dogs?
	6:51pm chresti: Haha KenFHP.
	6:52pm Franco Twinkie: Scott67, guess what? It's totally summer this week in L.A. I went to the farmers market this morning and left a little early because it was so hot!
	6:52pm Therese: The whole record is fantastic, so proud of Debbie and Matt and their kids and Debbie's sister and her mom and all of their chosen family who appear on the record.
	6:53pm chresti: Ken, make it a polka song for the polka contest!
	6:55pm Scott67: Sunny LA, I didn't know you were in California mate. Enjoy!
	6:56pm Franco Twinkie: What day and time is it where you are, Scott?
	6:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good idea, chresti. The song I'm working on, "My Baby's Breath Smells Like Baby Food," is going nowhere.
	6:58pm Jett: how about, "My Baby's Breath Smells Like Spoiled Baby Food."
	6:58pm Scott67: It's coming up to 11am Monday morning Franco. A bit cool and cloudy today, expecting a thunder storm later.
	6:59pm βrian: Better than baby poop, for sure. John Prine: "... the worst kind."
	6:59pm kpx: @Kenfhp: that can only be for a cartoon owl called, Owl Jolson. I think he was a looney tune production. but if you ever saw it you'll know whom I'm talkin about.
	6:59pm chresti: Haha Ken.
	7:00pm Andres: "My Baby's Breath is Free of Halitosis and Bleeding Gums"
	7:00pm Joe B: wow great!
	7:00pm Therese: And @Ice Cream Cone Emoji: I am not going to divulge what I got my parents for Christmas on the slim chance that they listen to this show between now and then. But listener suggestions were a deciding factor....
	7:01pm Scott67: Vacation anyone?
	7:01pm Joe B: is this the only cover of solo lindsay? has anyone done trouble?
	7:01pm βrian: Trying to fathom what "oz" is. Not Old Zealand, I'm pretty sure.
	7:01pm Jett: Sounds like you got it made. @Andres
	7:02pm Scott67: Brian, lazy way to write Australia.
	7:02pm Andres: Holiday Road - A beaut!
	7:03pm Andres: Jett: Never met a baby's breath I didn't like.
	7:04pm chresti: It's arvo in oz.
	7:05pm katie: /that was so stunning.
	7:05pm Therese: @Joe B- according to Secondhand Songs, the French Kicks, Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs, and Josh Rouse have covered "Trouble."
	7:05pm Scott67: Not yet chresti, 11:05am.
	7:06pm Joe B: ah, will investigate! the buck owens cover was great also
	7:06pm Tom: Very impressed with how you subtly slipped the station ID into the middle of the Holiday Road cover.
	7:07pm Joy: request Listen the Snow is Falling by Yoko Ono or Galaxy 500. 🥰🤍❄️❄️🕊
	7:08pm Scott67: They played Fairytale of New York in my local Pharmacy yesterday. I was impressed.
	7:09pm Therese: @Joy- I love both versions of that song, but alas, I won't get to it this year...
	7:09pm Jett: You can never get enough Buck Owens.
	7:10pm Aitch: Yet to hear Residents Santa Dog (any of the versions), but that's probably for the best.
	7:11pm Jett: Gotta tune up my rubber bands.
	7:11pm swivs: the rubber band song actually made me stop and giggle. Thanks Therese!
	7:11pm Therese: Hi Swivs! You're welcome!
	7:12pm McGroovey: That's the best rubber band Christmas song I've heard today. Maybe this week.
	7:12pm chresti: 9 hours, 49 minutes before solstice.
	7:13pm βrian: Rubberdad reminds me of Woo Lae Oak, yo.
	7:13pm Franco Twinkie: Well Scott, over here it's crystal clear at just after 4pm Sunday. And It's 75f on Winters eve!
	7:14pm Scott67: Yep chresti, we get to it today.
	7:14pm kpx: @Kenfhp: Check this out real quick. go to YouTube, type in - Owl Jolson, I love to singa. 1936. sorry I couldn't provide a direct link.
	7:15pm WR: Taking a moment to say your back announce on the McCartney Xmas tune was excellent expression of the ambivalence i felt while listening to it.
	7:16pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Therese! I tuned in at the end of the rubber band song. What good timing—it was sweet. Happy holidays to you!
	7:16pm Therese: Hi Wendy! Same to you, may you have an abundance of fromage!
	7:17pm Ken From Hyde Park: @kpx - Yes, thanks. I know I've seen that before. I love that cartoon. Will check that out soon.
	7:17pm Jett: Time Enough At Last
	7:20pm Therese: I hope that @BronwynB pays tribute to the late and lamented Anne Reinking on her Xmas show...
	7:21pm Joe B: Staten Island's No. 2 DJ!
	7:22pm βrian: I never, ever, run out of rosemary, sage, or thyme. I'm indifferent to parsley.
	7:23pm Aitch: Fab drummer is Mr Crover, love some Melvins
	7:25pm Joe B: Agreed Aitch.
	7:27pm Jett: We lost a deejay colleague this week, Rita Houston.
	7:30pm Andres: Melvins drummer! Wow! Saw them only once but amazed the kit was still standing at the end. What a pummelling!
	7:31pm doctorjazz: Hey, hey, hey.
	7:32pm βrian: How does one pronounce "Shjips?"
	7:34pm Fuzzy: It's a Silent Jay.
	7:34pm Mr. Pumpy: Hey, Therese! I just got here, and I'm loving it. Thanks to you and the skeleton crew!
	7:35pm βrian: Silent Jay is my favorite move character.
	7:35pm Uncle Michael: Hello Theresophiles.
	7:35pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello to all the listeners! Hope everyone is well.
	7:36pm Therese: As a member of Wooden Shjips once told me, "everything is more psychedelic with a J."
	7:38pm Mr. Pumpy: Ha! Therese, Exactly! I like driving around in my Fjord Fj150 blasting Frijid Pink.
	7:39pm Franco Twinkie: This sounds like Rod Keith. Kinda, sorta.
	7:41pm DonJuanTijuana: I missed the YLT virtual show
	7:42pm Uncle Michael: I used to drive a Fjiesta. I pine for that Fjord.
	7:42pm Mr. Pumpy: Samantha?1 Whaaaa?! Cool. Looking forward. I huffed just the right amount of model airplane fuel!
	7:42pm Jett: You're a homespun Christmas lady this year.
	7:43pm Therese: 202!
	7:43pm Andres: Sopping in Christmas. Or at least nog.
	7:44pm listener 126464: YLT show was of course, very good. Amy Rigby opened the show.
	7:45pm Tom: YLT was wonderful. Never got to see the live shows, so nothing to compare it to. Ira's mom closing with "My Little Corner of the World" evoked tears.
	7:46pm Jett: I've always liked this Chris Stamey Christmas track!
	7:47pm Therese: Amy Rigby is a YLT Hanukkah stalwart! And just thinking of Ira's Mom singing "My Little Corner of the World" is enough to bring me to tears.
	7:47pm phat: I'm sorry I missed that YLT show. And I love this Stamey track
	7:49pm Jett: I think Amy and Eric are still living in Catskill N.Y.
	7:49pm Therese: Think piece alert! www.theatlantic.com...
	7:49pm Bootsie: Oooh I love this song!
	7:50pm Uncle Brak: Mele Kalikimaka, EVERBUDDY!
	7:50pm Jett: I used to love watching Don Ho's afternoon tv show in the seventies on ABC.
	7:51pm Therese: Here's to more Aloha in 2021!
	7:51pm Jett: Partridge
	7:52pm Bootsie: I never realized how nice Don's voice really is.
	7:53pm Jett: Mahalo, Therese!
	7:53pm phat: Second Partridge Christmas song for the weekend.
	7:53pm BobOnStatenIsland: I love Bing's version of "Mele Kalikimaka". It wasn't written by Hawaiian, anyway. Don Ho does do a nice rendition.
	7:55pm MuttonChops: Thank you for the holiday set list!
	7:55pm Therese: @Bob- Actually, it was written by a Hawaiian: en.wikipedia.org...
	7:56pm phat: #1 hit!
	7:57pm Scott67: Thanks Therese. Happy Hooha, be safe. Love & laughs.
	7:57pm DonJuanTijuana: Bruce may leave you something you don't want for Christmas
	7:57pm Jett: Catch you next week, stay well my great friend ❤️ @Therese
	7:57pm listener 126464: Thank you Therese, thanks crew. Happy Honda Days.
	7:58pm Matt Fiveash: We're digging the show while puttering around & eating dinner Therese! YLT show was really fun and sweet. Bonus: they took turns playing 45s on a mic'd up children's portable record player for the interstitial music and they just kept the camera on the record player. When they played their set, one camera was a really cool aerial shot of Georgia playing drums. Thanks for the show tonight! Merry merry happy happy!
	7:58pm johnzo: have a merpy chrizmahanukwanzadan!
	7:58pm Charlotte: About a month ago, Therese played a show so moving that now whenever I hear her voice I am instantly transported to my most vulnerable state.
	7:59pm chresti: Thanks Therese!
	7:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Happiness is a warm radio. Thanks, Therese.
	7:59pm Jett: @Charlotte Therese always manages to do that for me.
	7:59pm Therese: @Charlotte- I hope that whichever show it was, it was helpful to you! xoxo
	8:00pm Uncle Brak: Thank you, Therese. Happy Christmas, everyone.
	8:00pm Dan Cashin: Merry Christmas!
	8:00pm Therese: @Matt Fiveash: Hello friend! I am so annoyed with myself for missing that show.
	8:00pm DonJuanTijuana: Thx @Therese! Hear you next week!!!
	8:01pm Therese: Back at you, @Uncle Michael-Brak!
	8:02pm Therese: Aloha, listeners. See you next week.
	8:02pm phat: This Deep Sea Diver tune has a really subtle nod to Christmas Time Is Here from Charlie Brown Christmas in this chord progression, right at the end of the chorus. Damn clever.

Therese: Playlist from December 20, 2020

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