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What's up, dudes? I've got Ken Kessler from Sounds of Christmas and Scott Leopold from Holly Jolly X'masu here to talk the mutant disco/no wave album “A Christmas Record!” From ZE Records, it was a triumph of experimental Christmas music.Founded in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban, ZE was one of the most popular rated labels, capturing the emerging New York sound of the period. They gained exposure through a distribution deal with Island Records. In fact, before long they had signed such acts as Kid Creole, the Waitresses, Was (Not Was), Cristina, and James White. Called “the best independent record label in the world” and “the world's most fashionable label,” they closed their doors in ‘84.In 1981, ZE released a Christmas compilation album as a lark. Of course the album is noted for standout alternative tracks “Christmas Wrapping” and “Christmas on Riverside Drive.” Davitt Sigerson's “It's a Big Country” is a folksy little ditty that plays as a newsletter of sorts, tucked into a Christmas card. Unfortunately, some of the songs don't quite hit as hard. Suicide's “Hey, Lord” is a depressing number and Alan Vega's “No More Christmas Blues” feels like just the opposite.Synthesizer? Yep. Funk rhythms? Got ‘em. Bummer Christmas songs? For sure! So grab your record player, put “A Christmas Record,” and listen to this episode!Sounds of ChristmasFB: @SOCMusicTwitter: @SOCMusicIG: @socmusicHolly Jolly X'masuFB: @HollyJollyXmasuTwitter: @HollyJollyXmasuIG: @hollyjollyxmasuGive us a buzz! Send a text, dudes!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!
Les, Kurt, and Jason have assembled to dissect Hallmark's rather weighty Movie A World Christmas Record. But first, Kurt's Blac Chyna news lets Les know that Blac Chyna is set to appear in the movie he picked for next week, Lifetime's I Thought My Husband's Wife Was Dead. The biggest relevation of this episode of the podcast comes when Kurt reveals that he knows someone who knows THE PARK RANGER! And Kurt knows someone in this week's movie, though it's not the Sixth Spice Girl (a reference Jason and Les don't get because they've never seen Spice World!) Hallmark covers lots of new territory with this movie (Autism! Deadbeat dads! Sexless marriage! Lying by Omission), but none of that matters as much as building a the world's biggest Jenga (which should have been the world's largest Christmas Tree made of books). Crank up your favorite Oran “Juice” Jones or Spin Doctors CD and get ready for a massage, with boundaries! Facebook : lifetimeofhallmark Instagram : lifetimeofhallmarkpodcast Threads: lifetimeofhallmarkpodcast TikTok: lifetimeofhallmarkpod Theme song generously donated by purple-planet.com
This week, Jeff Gaudiosi and Mark Tremonti cover Topics discussed: Christmas Classics New & Old Playing Sinatra songs live Creed reunion Links mentioned in this episode: https://ndss.org/ https://www.adventhealth.com/hospital/adventhealth-children/down-syndrome-program This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
Welcome to episode 70 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I'll be talking about the virtually unknown 1988 City Pop compilation, “Christmas Lovers” from BBM Records. This is one of those albums that gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it. I'd spent hours listening to City Pop Christmas songs and playlists on YouTube, and I was familiar with all the really popular songs and most of the more obscure ones as well. Everything here was entirely new to me, and each of the songs was fantastic. How it's flown under the radar for so long escapes me. It was the same feeling I had the first time I listened to ZE Records' “A Christmas Record” in the late 90s. While the artists here are all extremely obscure and don't seem to have done anything beyond this one album, I hope I help to shed a little light on their work. This has become one of my favorite Japanese Christmas albums, and I feel it holds its own against the other better-known 1980s compilations. Be sure to join me back here next week for my special New Year's Eve episode. This time, I'll be covering the Blue Diamonds, who were known as the Indonesian Everly Brothers. It's a short, wonderful album on par with the Christmas music from their American contemporaries. If you like early American Rock, you're sure to enjoy it. As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If have any suggestions, or if you'd like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know. Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. I've also opened a Redbubble store. I only have a couple designs up, but keep an eye on it as I'll be trying to add more. Half of any proceeds or donations received will be donated to support the people of Ukraine, while the rest will be used to purchase new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!
It's the most wonderful time of the year! By which we mean that time when normal, fusty TV scheduling goes out the window and all theme tunes are legally obliged to have a layer of sleigh-bells over the top. Yes, The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour gears up once again for another round of Christmas Specials, circling things in the Radio Times and going round all the supermarkets to look for the best offers on port. And so, breaking the seal on the selection box in a traditionally early manner, our hosts peruse a particularly festive episode of BBC One's Record Breakers from the heady days of 1972, with Messrs Castle, McWhirter and McWhirter poised and ready to note down any and all achievements worthy of acclaim. And also act like they haven't just been wasting your time if and when there are none. What grade of hallucinogen was Kubrick on when he came up with the idea for the McWhirter twins? What level of liability insurance is required for this intensity of hairstyling product under those studio lights? And what is the maximum sentence handed down for inadvertently killing a studio audience? Get the tree out of the garage, pour yourself a small sherry, press Play and find out... The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour is a free podcast from iPorle Media, which holds production copyright. Opinions and recollections expressed are not to be taken as fact. The title and credit music is by Doctor Velvet. Audio segments from television programmes are presented for review and informational purposes only under fair use, and no ownership of these is claimed or implied by this show. Email enquiries to peggymountpod@gmail.com
In episode 0082 guest host Frasman and Chris take on The Beatles epic 68 Christmas Record. No Yoko to be found... The Beatles, hoping to recapture some of their Number 9 magic, have some whimsical fun while recording some of the best Christmas music... well, ever.
In 1981, Christmas albums for rock 'n' roll audiences didn't exist, and with the exception of a few snotty punk singles, there was nothing for young people who loved the music that emerged after punk and new wave. ZE Records' A Christmas Record occupied that space alone, though as label founder Michael Zilkha explains, the album was more of a marketing project than a specifically commercial venture. Still, it brought the world The Waitresses' classic "Christmas Wrapping," and included music by such iconic figures from the period as Labelle's Nona Hendrix, Was (Not Was), and Suicide. In this week's episode, Zilkha remembers the label's origins and decline, and how A Christmas Album was in many ways emblematic of its heyday. In our conversation, he talks about Cristina--Cristina Monet--who was an artist on ZE, and she would become his wife. Since Zilkha didn't talk about it in the interview, I didn't bring up her death from COVID-19 in 2020, but I wrote about it at MySpiltMilk.com shortly after she passed. In this week's episode, I use an excerpt from my interview with Chris Butler of The Waitresses from 2018. Earlier that year, I interviewed Mars Williams, who played saxophone on "Christmas Wrapping," and though I didn't include an excerpt from it, it shines more light on the experience. In today's episode, Zilkha talks about how the song has been covered, and although I don't announce it on the show, at that point I included a version by Kylie Minogue with guest Iggy Pop. The episode ends with an indie rock version by Hate Club from the Christmas compilation No Sleep 'til Christmas 8.
"Who Wants The Smoke?" (Alvin Kamara Christmas Record-Breaking Game)
Joe tells a tale of meeting Doris Roberts, there is some talk of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Lance talks about some Christmas records that he loves. Check out our Patreon! Only $5 to get in the door! https://www.patreon.com/oppositepod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Kate Flannery played Meredith on NBC's hit series The Office through the entirety of that shows run. To this day, people stop Kate on the street, call her Meredith and ask if she's a little drunk. What many fans of The Office don't know however, is that Kate Flannery isn't just hilarious, she can sing and loves performing in front of an audience. She along with her good friend, Glee star Jane Lynch, have, in pre-COVID years, toured the country during the Christmas season promoting their swinging Christmas record, "A Swingin Little Christmas."
In 1966 the Beatles released a hodge podge of previously recorded bits and pieces as their annual fan club Christmas Record, and no one knew why...until now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matthew-patrick-berry/support
EPISODE 3 – Joan Collins, Live Music and The Decline of the Christmas Record. (with special guest Jamie Summerfield)Hi and welcome to episode 3 of the podcast that hopes to combine coffee, conversation and comedy with interesting topics, A Couple of Drips.Reporter, music journalist, social media guru, now turned singer-songwriter, there isn't much that today's guest, Jamie Summerfield, can't turn his hand to. In this episode, we ruminate on what happened to proper Christmas songs, how Jamie wrote one of his own, how much we miss live music, and during our ‘claim to fame' section, we find out why Joan Collins thought he was a bit shifty. Jamie has also been kind enough to give us a sneak preview of his new single, Christmas Eve, to be released on 4th December and because it's nearly Christmas, we have a small but silly mockumentary, into the creative process of making the record.We'd love to hear your comments about things you'd like us to discuss in future episodes, guests you'd like to see and, of course, coffees you'd like us to try.Here are the links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode:Darkwoods Panama (today's coffee)Has Bean (coffee)Pact (coffee)A Little Bit of Stone (Stone's community hub)Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas AlbumPhil Spectre's Christmas AlbumBob Dylan's Christmas AlbumThe Flaming Lips' Christmas Album + FilmIndie Midlands (Jamie's music reviews)Bitter Sweet Symphonies (more of Jamie's reviews)The Space Between The Notes (Jamie's music PR site)Christmas Eve by Jamie Summerfield (Jamie's Christmas Single)Jamie's TwitterCleanfeed (high quality web audio for broadcasting)If you'd like to get in touch with us, our email is coupleofdrips@gmail.comIf you like what you hear, and you can afford it, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coupleofdripsWe hope you enjoy the show and we'll be posting the next episode really soon. Have a great day and stay safe! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this episode, Dan is joined by Rob Burrell, multi-grammy winning mix engineer. They discuss creating a palette for each artist Rob works with, being a hybrid analog / digital engineer, mentoring the new generation of audio engineers, building an Atmos room, and a whole lot more! Previous episodes mentioned:The Engineer Behind Live From Daryl's House, Peter MoshayHenszey Sound's New Dolby Atmos Room
Tim welcomes to the program today Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family, and Jake Hoot, the winner of season 17 of The Voice. Jim discusses his role in the ministry and the several different programs Focus on the Family provides for the community. Jim also reminisces on his tough childhood and what brought him to Focus on the Family and Jesus Christ. He discusses his journey in marriage, parenthood, and worship. Jake joins Tim later in the show to discuss his victory in the competition series, The Voice, and what led him to music. He discusses his parents' missionary in the Dominican Republic for eleven years, and the impact that had on him and his relationship with the church. Tim also has several giveaways throughout the show. Make sure to tune in live 4-5 p.m ET weekdays on AM 560 WFIL. Music ft: O Come O Come Emmanuel (Sara Groves)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What part do you play in the Orchestra of life? If it's not worth your time then let it go. Accepting what battles to take and the beauty found in a $1 Christmas Record. 101 Strings - The Glory of Christmas
At the suggestion of press officer Tony Barrow, The Beatles ended their first year of national fame by thanking the members of their UK fan club with a flexi-disc single containing a specially recorded Christmas message. So began an annual tradition that not only endured as long as they were together, but also mirrored and encapsulated their career: from the innocent fun of 1963 and 1964 to the biting cynicism of 1965, offbeat creativity of 1966, psychedelic surrealism of 1967, disparate contributions of 1968 and complete fragmentation of 1969. What starts off joyous ends up sad, with much of life in between – and guest appearances by George Martin, Mal Evans, Victor Spinetti, Yoko Ono and Tiny Tim. Featuring: “Christmas Time (Is Here Again)” 1963: “The Beatles’ Christmas Record” 1964: “Another Beatles Christmas Record” + outtakes 1965: “The Beatles’ Third Christmas Record” + outtakes 1966: “The Beatles’ Fourth Christmas Record: Everywhere It’s Christmas” + outtakes 1967: “Christmas Time Is Here Again!” 1968: “The Beatles’ 1968 Christmas Record” 1969: “The Beatles’ Seventh Christmas Record: Happy Christmas 1969” Dora Bryan – “All I Want for Christmas is a Beatle”
Katey Laurel is from the great state of Colorado, but grew up in Vermont, then travelled in the VW bus, just like the hippie days! From the Delaware water Gap, to the Appalachian Mnts, with dulcimer playing, then a Coal town in Colorado. There were horses near the flat tops wilderness area, not far from Wyoming. I have lived in an amazing place near the Mountains, but now am in the Suburbs, but still love being near the Mountains...... The Optimist, a really great track, and its me in perpetuity, overall I have an underlying hopefulness, and its my faith in God that keeps me that way. The inspirations in my life have been, Bluegrass, Classic Rock, Fleetwood Mac, Doc Watson, Tom Petty, Emy Lou Harris,Joan Baez, then I became influenced in Pop, Janet Jackson, Debbie Gibson, Paula Abdul. Stevie Nicks, Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, Newsboys, Ben Folds Five, Cake, Natalie Merchant, Dixie Chicks. Walnut Valley, Tuscon Folk Festival, Great American Song, International, Country Showdown, NPR Mountain Stage, International Songwriting Competition Life is my inspiration, music is therapeutic, and captures the honesty......like a Journal only better. "Its so great when you write something that's really good" I am part of the Durango Songwriters Conference and help out their administration. Meghan Trainor got signed through Durango. I like to listen to Amos Lee, Asgeir from Iceland, Bon Iver, the weepies, Keith Urban, Shanai Twain. Alpha Rev, Katie Hertzog, Hawaiian Music, Hapa I write relationship, philisophical, and story songs, I play out regionally, and house concerts, Books I have been reading, Ann Lamot, Traveling Mercy's, Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle, Half Broke Horses, The Silver Star Warren Huart worked with me on my new EP, and I have a Christmas Record coming out also. Tracks played from Katey's music * The Optimist * Hurricane * Periscope * Thanks for Loving me Links to Katey and her music www.kateylaurel.com https://www.facebook.com/kateylaurel?fref=ts twitter@kateylaurel https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=Katey%20Laurel
Bonus holiday episode! Jackie and Dunlap play DJ and take you through all their favorite Christmas songs ever that they did. All music and production by William Sherry Jr. That's crazy! Thanks, Blu! Includes: Christmas In A Beer Joint, Christmas On The Farm, Christmas On An Island With A Martian and Gorilla, Christmas Crow, Santa's Lap, Christmas Dance, I Don't Feel Like Fuckin' This Christmas, Too Sick For Christmas, Sick Cripple Christmas Baby, Divided Nation Christmas, Vaporizer For Christmas, Christmas Kisses, Ole Time Country Simple Christmas, Merry Twismas Part Twoo, A Visit From Santa/In Santa's Time of Dying. Songs available on iTunes (some), CDBaby (many), old podcasts (a few), streaming services (a good amount), and YouTube (we think all?) Merry Christmas! Willie's Roadhouse.
Last Friday the 13th, the Portland's 13th Door Haunted House threw open their doors to celebrate Christmas . . . with Krampus. Derek braved the haunted halls of the 13th Door that night, and will take you with him during the near ten-minute walk through. Before that, though, various guests of Monster Kid Radio past (and a few listeners) have called in their holiday greetings for everyone to hear! Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com (.mp3s of every episode of Monster Kid Radio is available for download at our barebones behind-the-scenes website at http://monsterkidradio.libsyn.com) The closing song "Kein Weihnachten fur Sie" (from the album Christmas Record) appears by permission of The Nick Atoms - All original content of Monster Kid Radio by is licensed under a . Monster Kid Radio is a registered service mark of Monster Kid Radio LLC.
In what will hopefully become a December tradition, Derek releases the first annual Monster Kid Radio Holiday Gift Guide. Links to some of the items on the 2013 Gift Guide appear below. Paul McComas (co-author of Fit for a Frankenstein) - Stephen D. Sullivan (author of White Zombie) - Christopher R. Mihm's The Giant Spider - Midnite Mausoleum's Dawn of Dracula - Midnight Syndicate - ClassicFlix - Jackey Raye Neyman Jones Etsy store - Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com (.mp3s of every episode of Monster Kid Radio is available for download at our barebones behind-the-scenes website at http://monsterkidradio.libsyn.com) The opening and closing song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (from the album Christmas Record) appears by permission of The Nick Atoms - All original content of Monster Kid Radio by is licensed under a . Monster Kid Radio is a registered service mark of Monster Kid Radio LLC.
The traditional Christmas records were sent out exclusively to Beatles fan club members from 1963-1969. These recordings not only featured Christmas songs by the Beatles, but also include entertaining ad-libs and pantomime banter between all 4 Beatles, which provide a fascinating insight into how their lives changed dramatically between `63 & `69. Kenny Everett produced and featured in the Beatles Christmas records in 1968 & 1969. Zak - Ringo's son, designed the cover of the 1969 record. The 1966 record, with a cover designed by Julian Lennon, was called Pantomime and featured a toast to the Queen. These records were a Christmas tradition for thousands of Beatles fans around the world. The 1970 Chtristmas record was never released, since the Beatles broke up that year. The BDJ Bureau of Investigation discovered the orginal tapes of this record, and unleashed 21st century technology to Remaster the tapes. The result: a stunning sound picture of the last year of the Beatles, when innocent laughter gave way to Business, Politics and Children. Besides the Fab Four, this record also features: Judy and The Duets - Christmas With The Beatles Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Holt & The Plastic Ono Band: Remixed by BDJ White Christmas - Bing Crosby Dora Bryan - If I Were A Fairy Julian & Cynthia Lennon Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney