WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from December 21, 2024

Listener comments!
	10:58am Listener Baby: Just finished decking the halls. Whew. Good morning! Happy holidays, FMU-ers. And Baby, and his amazing family.
	10:59am Listener Baby: PS. Those halls can really put up a fight.
	10:59am Michael Shelley: Baby, I checked and you are most definitely on the NICE list.
	11:00am Handy Haversack: Hey now, MS and all!
	11:00am clarke: hey now.
	11:00am Handy Haversack: ↳ Listener Baby @10:59 Ya gotta fight dirty, Baby!
	11:01am steveo: MICHAEL
	11:01am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now. Where's the scallions?
	11:01am luka: gm ichibans
	11:01am Scott from Boston: Looking forward to maybe getting merry
	11:01am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:01 still makin' yer mind up, i see.
	11:01am onthetrain: hey gang , mike . did he just "say eat a bag of pits ?"
	11:02am herb.nyc: Hola. Just sat down at library w one of their laptops. I can’t wait to “revel in MICHAEL’s spirit of Christmas”
	11:02am Listener Baby: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:00 Is there any other way, Handy?
	11:02am Squints: ↳ Song: "Noche Buena Y Navidad" by "Brenda Lee" I know El Vez covered Feliz Navidad. He should have covered this also.
	11:03am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:01 Oh, no. Me and Grandpa, we believe.
	11:03am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:03 you have melted my little heart.
	11:04am Kotzwinkled: Heard the intro to this song and thought "this again?" Shoulda known Mike would serve up something different with the Spanish lyrics. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MIKE & Co.!
	11:04am steveo: holy guacamole it's a.i.
	11:04am myron feld: ↳ Song: "Let It Snow!" by "Nick Lowe And Los Straitjackets" It's snowing up here right now!
	11:04am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Noche Buena Y Navidad" by "Brenda Lee" I was flipping through the fifty-cent records at our local record shop / cafe last week and was the victim of a drive-by: a gold convertible festooned with Xmas-themed plushies, driven by an old white guy in a Santa hat, going MAYBE 5 mph and blasting "Holly Jolly Christmas" at window-rattling volume did a slow parade both up and down the block. Still traumatized.
	11:04am Scott from Boston: Squints, El Vez was clever on the opening
	11:04am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:04 where yat??
	11:05am onthetrain: steveo my kids math teacher told them to be nice to their ai's at home on break . dont yell at alexa.
	11:06am myron feld: ↳ clarke @11:04 The Nutmeg State: Connecticut
	11:06am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:04 at least he didn't rake his bumper down the side of your car (now, i keel yOUR car!)
	11:06am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:06 sweet! first snow - good - the rest - ehhh.
	11:07am clarke: i'm with gaylord on the later-riser stuff!!
	11:07am Mister Dobalina: Thinking of cooking a duck.
	11:08am drr: Yesterday's odd Xmas listen: Cocteau Twins, "Frosty The Snowman".
	11:08am steveo: i'm gonna wrap up sock poppy for my spouse but don't tell her!
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Mister Dobalina @11:07 i'm thinking of ducking a cook!
	11:08am onthetrain: i am cooking a rib roast , my plan for new orleans xmass diner was just shot down .
	11:09am clarke: ↳ drr @11:08 dude - HUUUGE game tonight - go vols!!
	11:09am Mister Dobalina: ↳ clarke @11:08 I'll take a slice of that.
	11:10am Kotzwinkled: My wife is doing her annual batch of pierogies for Xmas. Had to go to 4 different stores to find the requisite Farmer Cheese, so my work is done.
	11:10am steveo: Brenda Lee Navidad: finance.yahoo.com...
	11:10am gf2002: Deviled eggs
	11:10am clarke: ↳ Kotzwinkled @11:10 now, pierogies!! i can deal!!
	11:10am drr: ↳ clarke @11:09 "please bring me queso"?
	11:11am onthetrain: @kotz do you make the sauerkraut and mushroom ones for christmas?
	11:11am drr: oh, peso. I see.
	11:11am KWilde: My daughter is coming in tonight from Montana
	11:11am clarke: devilled eggs making huge comeback!
	11:11am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:06 Yep. Keep it all west of 495 and north of the Pike. God bless the skiiers. Let 'em have it all.
	11:11am gf2002: ↳ clarke @11:11 Deviled eggs make the holiday
	11:11am clarke: ↳ drr @11:10 i hate state!
	11:11am Scott from Boston: Two words… Fondue
	11:12am Kotzwinkled: ↳ onthetrain @11:11 She usually does just cheese and some that have potato and cheese. I am advocating to experiment with adding some chopped kielbasa into some.
	11:12am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:11 but, i think you have snow on the ground? my buddy in buzz's bay does
	11:12am drr: My band played a Xmas party last week and they asked us to do some Christmas songs. We tried, but not very hard. We did Feliz Navidad twice.
	11:13am clarke: ↳ Kotzwinkled @11:12 keep advocating!!
	11:13am Handy Haversack: We don't celebrate. But I am going to make a manicotti this week, I think. Gotta get over to the Italian grocery in Wburg for some fresh pasta.
	11:13am Mister Dobalina: I like pigs in a blanket.
	11:13am egould: Andy Williams what a voice. #1 hit maker!
	11:13am onthetrain: @kotz when i lived in jersey city we use to go to this place over by the old courthouse that made them , and slyfox in the east village , made the Ukrainian version . they were my favorite .
	11:13am clarke: wizz ze lignonberry pancakes??
	11:14am steveo: I like cats in a comforter
	11:14am Mister Dobalina: ↳ steveo @11:14 To eat?
	11:14am PatrickMC: Andy Williams rules ok
	11:15am Cooh John: Merry Christmas Michael and #1ers. 💿🎅
	11:15am Squints: ↳ onthetrain @11:11 Kraut in pierogies? Where do I line up?
	11:15am Greg from ZONE 5: Breakfast at White Rose System in Linden and Michael Shelley Christmas?? Everything’s coming up Milhouse!
	11:16am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:15 behind me!
	11:16am gf2002: I got pierogies at a Christmas market event the other weekend, on the menu board they were listed as apple. We thought oh wow, that sounds great, maybe potato, kraut, filling, etc. They came out deep fried with powdered sugar all over them, and a version of McDonalds apple pie filling in them. Very disappointed!
	11:16am Kotzwinkled: ↳ onthetrain @11:13 Yes! I went to Slyfox for the first time last year. A special place.
	11:16am clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:16 nooooo!!
	11:17am Greg from ZONE 5: @gf2002 This is not a pierogi.
	11:17am steveo: ↳ Mister Dobalina @11:14 with mustard
	11:17am gf2002: ↳ Squints @11:15 Find a local Polish church in your area and they usually do 'rogies with kraut to go, usually around Thanksgiving and Easter. The best!
	11:18am onthetrain: @squints i love this the recipe makes 100! you have to be dedicated to pull this off. https://www.polishyourkitchen.com/sauerkraut-and-mushroom-pierogi-pierogi-z-kapusta-i-grzybami/amp/
	11:18am gf2002: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:17 That's exactly right! I almost took them back and asked for a real pierogi but I kept my temper in check for once haha
	11:19am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:12 We got dusted. Mildly shovelable event up the South Shore nearer the Old Towne. But no big whoop. The local weathermen are under some derision over it.
	11:20am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:19 buzzard's got a good few inches! surprisin' eh?
	11:21am Oli: Merry Christmas from Iceland! ❄️🇮🇸🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅
	11:22am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Santa Done Got Hip" by "Marquees, The" This is the kind of Christmas song I live for. I don't really celebrate Christmas. But I do celebrate hip Christmas tunes. Happy holidays, everyone.
	11:22am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:22 happy donutz!!
	11:23am clarke: ↳ Song: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by "Mills Broth... jeez these guys - wow
	11:23am Breck Andy: ↳ Song: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by "Mills Broth... Guests, Rock Soul all eras too. Mills Bros were a fave of my Mom b. 1941
	11:23am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:20 It's weird. When Plymouth and the Upper Cape (think bicep not forearm) get largely spared, the islands usually get some.
	11:24am listener phat in Lincoln: I'm sick as a dog, as Aerosmith would say. Got the Christmas crud
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:23 or vise-a-voiza!!
	11:24am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:24 oh man, feel better! cold?
	11:25am dano59: It's nice to know there'a another fan of Dr. Brown's Cream Soda out there
	11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:22 And a happy bolila
	11:25am gf2002: ↳ Song: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by "Mills Broth... This was the golden age of hip Christmas tunes. Postwar, 1946-1960. Then Spector and the kids took over and created some masterpieces too.
	11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:24 Something like that.
	11:25am Hughie Considine: ↳ dano59 @11:25 Huge fan! Nothing goes with a deli sandwich like Dr. Brown's Cream Soda.
	11:25am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:25 dang, that's a gift you can keep to yerself!
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:25 mistah hugh!! mawnin'!!
	11:26am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:25 That's what I get for dating someone with kids.
	11:26am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:26 plus donuts
	11:26am gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:25 and a perfect kosher dill on the plate with the sandwich
	11:27am clarke: waddaya want?!? cream sodaaa??
	11:27am egould: Needs moar chimpanzee!
	11:28am gf2002: I have a DVD of a few Lawrence Welk Christmas shows, the 1967 show is a blast.
	11:29am annette: saving all my dill pickle juice to introduce brussel sprouts. BIG YUM
	11:30am Kotzwinkled: Our xmas tradition is to toss potatoes to homes with purdy lights. Kind of like reverse trick or treating. christmaspotato.wixsite.com...
	11:31am gf2002: And I plan to watch the Dragnet Christmas episode at some point, either the 50's or 60's version will do
	11:31am clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:31 but i still ain't made my mind up about toledo yet.
	11:31am bobobobob plasticland 🥁: my friend Guy Hoffman..bo deans ..told me L welk..buried very near Bela Lugosi out in California
	11:32am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:26 Hey duuuude!
	11:32am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:26 yes. Gotta have that dill.
	11:32am listener phat in Lincoln: What happened to Gaylord, anyway? I missed the beginning.
	11:33am Handy Haversack: Michael, are you going to play the new smash holiday hit by Clay Pigeon and John Allen? I'm surprised it hasn't taken over the airwaves.
	11:33am Bob Barth: Good Morning everybody!! Great show Michael. Happy Holidays!
	11:33am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:32 still shakin' it down here, boss!
	11:33am bobob plasticland: met Sun Ra thru Marshall at Starship Club downtown In Milwaukee.. beautiful guyzzzz ....both of them
	11:33am Handy Haversack: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:32 Sudden but inevitable betrayal!
	11:34am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Its Christmas Time" by "Qualities, The" This is splendiferous!
	11:34am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:33 did they ever agree... on ANYthing?
	11:34am Handy Haversack: ↳ clarke @11:34 Leathery folds stayed in the picture!
	11:34am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:32 i think gaylord is tardy (but doesn't FEEL tardy!)
	11:35am gf2002: ↳ clarke @11:31 Scallions
	11:35am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:33 hey bob, thanks for several viewing guidances - super-enjoyed Jackal and Doves
	11:35am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "I Don’t Intend To Spend Christmas Without You" by... Entering the Xmas canon with a bullet!
	11:36am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:34 Oh dear
	11:36am egould: Did Pete Townshend write this one?
	11:36am clarke: cannon?!?
	11:36am common: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:34 the leathery folds!
	11:36am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Its Christmas Time" by "Qualities, The" Who covered this?
	11:36am clarke: the leathery folds. they lost me.
	11:36am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:36 Perhaps you're thinking of "Stop the Cavalry"?
	11:37am common: ↳ clarke @11:36 heee
	11:37am bobob fabtriplasticland: Sun Ra....good choice David!!!
	11:37am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:35 Everyone calls 'em green onions. But they're really scallions.
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:36 yeah, i'm not sure who put that thought in my head!
	11:38am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:37 they're very good joe!
	11:38am Bob Barth: ↳ clarke @11:35 You're quite welcome Clark!!
	11:38am Hughie Considine: ↳ Squints @11:37 Tell that to the aubergine.
	11:38am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:38 what is next?? ha ha
	11:39am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:38 keira knightley: NIGHTLY!!
	11:39am gf2002: Very few tapped into the pathos of Christmas like Jack Webb
	11:40am clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:39 mmm hmm
	11:40am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:39 "Christmas with Jack Webb" would have been a great holiday extravaganza.
	11:41am clarke: Don!!! wow!
	11:41am Bob Barth: ↳ clarke @11:38 The Giant NYE show with drop ins from across the WFMUniverse, including the very great Michael Shelly. Plus Countdowns in ALL 4 Time Zones in the US!! Don't miss it.
	11:41am egould: Gumball
	11:42am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:41 got a game that night
	11:43am clarke: pants-free driving?
	11:43am gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:40 Yes! Why did that never happen? I picture Julie London crooning White Christmas next to a fireplace and Jack reading Twas The Night Before Christmas wearing a festive sweater
	11:44am Mister Dobalina: Funyuns are where its at.
	11:45am luka: Herr’s chips kinda suck in my experience, if i’m wrong tell me the good flavors to try.
	11:46am clarke: ↳ luka @11:45 the good flavors are Utz!
	11:46am Regina J: I was so looking forward to listening to this in real time but it’s not gonna happen. Thank goodness for the archive. Happy Sooooouuulstice,, everyone!
	11:46am annette: @S.H.R. so glad you are staying with us. goferit
	11:47am luka: ↳ clarke @11:46 i have an Utz girl tattoo, you’ll get no argument from me
	11:47am Nymor: Suzy making the Guardian was a recent highlight of the year... www.theguardian.com...
	11:47am Ken From Hyde Park: I imagine Suzy running while wearing her derby helmet and pads.
	11:47am clarke: ↳ luka @11:47 as long as it doesn't say Crab Chips
	11:48am Nymor: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:47 Imagine no more - check the link I just posted :)
	11:48am luka: ↳ clarke @11:47 it does not, no text, sour cream and onion green
	11:48am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:43 Exactly how I pictured it! As well as Harry Morgan showing off his juggling skills while riding a unicycle.
	11:48am annette: lays dill . my closet chips. dont tell anyone
	11:48am gf2002: ↳ luka @11:45 Herr's does a thing every year called Flavors Of Philly where they recreate the flavors from popular local restaurants on the chips, and people vote on the winner. Some of those are excellent! The Corropolese tomato pie flavor was amazing, but they're only limited runs so you can't buy them anymore. I used to like Herr's sour cream n onion but they cut back on the sour cream "dust" and they weren't as good so I quit buying them. Herr's "no salt" are actually very good
	11:48am common: love tv funhouse
	11:49am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:47 Clarke, no strong chips preference?
	11:49am clarke: we're doing favorite chips? Zapps Crawtator. hands down (unless it is cape cod waffle chips)
	11:50am HyperDose: ↳ annette @11:48 closet chips? intriguing
	11:50am gf2002: Best chips are Zerbe's dark. Hard to find but oh so worth it. Best chips on the market.
	11:50am luka: ↳ Song: "Christmastime For The Jews" by "Darlene Love" YES
	11:51am Hughie Considine: I was in the audience for the SNL episode when Jon Lovitz introduced Hannukah Harry. Somehow it never caught on.
	11:51am clarke: this guy in my freshman dorm used to have Funyuns and milk. ewww.
	11:52am Squints: When I worked in Philly and then in Pittsburgh, I thin Snyder's Of Hanover (before they seemed to go fully pretzel-centric) had a ton of offbeat but cool potato chip flavors. It was like early second semester junior high chemistry all over again.
	11:52am luka: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:51 on schlomo!!
	11:52am gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:51 That was a brilliant skit, Lovitz was perfect.
	11:52am Steve Del Sol: ↳ Song: "Christmastime For The Jews" by "Darlene Love" Always a favorite in this household!!
	11:53am Blake & Jan Carmen: Merry Christmas from Gulf Shores groovy people!
	11:53am clarke: pretzel-centric. mmm hmm.
	11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Nymor @11:48 Haha ... that's great!
	11:54am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:52 It was -- and the musical guests were the Smithereens!
	11:54am Squints: ↳ annette @11:48 Utz salt and vinegah chips, theah.
	11:54am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:54 noice!
	11:54am gf2002: "Socks?" "Eight pair! Can you believe it?" That cracks me up every time
	11:55am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:54 eraaaah quite the chip theeyaaah
	11:55am Handy Haversack: Gotta run. Thanks, MS!
	11:55am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:48 Cutting back on the gunk might save some cost but entirely misses the point of the gunk. Moar gunk.
	11:56am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:55 later shamus!
	11:56am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:51 And now he watches TV all by hisself.
	11:57am Edward: The mention of sleighbells on records is a reminder that "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a perfect addition to your holiday playlist.
	11:57am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:56 in the same dorm room.
	11:57am listener phat in Lincoln: Lol
	11:57am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:54 "I know life is a gift. But does it have to be socks?"
	11:57am luka: still astonished how articulate they are for a baby
	11:58am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:57 what was richard nixon's dog's name?
	11:58am clarke: turn it up ya'll BABY is on!!
	11:59am egould: I like Baby. And Joe McG. And Don F. And Michael Shelley. And Gaylord. And I like all you listeners too. I’m filled with the Christmas spirit. And mimosas.
	12:01pm greg g: Morning Michael, Baby, Gaylord, Don and All!!
	12:01pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:58 Checkers was the one that got the headlines.
	12:02pm listener phat in Lincoln: I'm starting to feel less sick. The HEALING POWERS OF DARLENE LOVE AND GAYLORD FIELDS!
	12:02pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:01 yes checkers was the most famous one but he had a later one named Socks.
	12:02pm dano59: One of my favorite Guaraldi pieces
	12:02pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @11:58 When I get a few wines in me I do a Nixon impression and the tag line is "A dog named Checkers..." but no one under 40 or so knows what the hell I'm doing anymore haha
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:02 put ya hands on the raydeeeoooo!!
	12:03pm Mister Dobalina: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:51 Thanks for putting me on, big fan of Lovitz.
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:02 well, you can have a lot of fun like that.
	12:03pm gf2002: Socks was also Clinton's cat!
	12:04pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:03 name-swiper!
	12:04pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Skating" by "Vince Guaraldi" SAME!! It gives me the warm & Fuzzies.
	12:04pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Mister Dobalina @12:03 That's the ticket!
	12:05pm clarke: good choice Baby - though one could pick ANY of the songs from that VG xmas album, for sho.
	12:06pm dano59: Michelle Lewis’ “ Even Jews Get the Blues at Christmas” Jill Sobule’s “Jesus was a Dreidel Spinner” and the songs of the LeeVees are my agnostic Chanukah staples.
	12:08pm clarke: what about Strawbs Christmas Cheer?
	12:09pm dano59: !! Oh man I may not know that one
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ dano59 @12:09 it borders on disco!
	12:10pm dano59: Nirvana is technically an oldies act? Yeesh.
	12:12pm dano59: I’ve noted before that a good number of my obscure indie holiday faves like TMBG have made it to some in-store playlists.
	12:13pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: This guy's voice is making me so sad.
	12:13pm clarke: ↳ dano59 @12:12 true, i heard 2000 Miles at walgreen's the other evening
	12:15pm Mister Dobalina: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:13 Me too, but he's still at it & seems very knowledgeable.
	12:15pm gf2002: It really upsets me that the only time you hear music from the 60's and earlier on commercial/corporate radio is the 24/7 Christmas stations. I knew we were screwed when the Goo Goo Dolls were playing on the local "oldies" format station
	12:17pm listener phat in Lincoln: Writing a Christmas hit could probably still make someone a lot of money.
	12:17pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Mister Dobalina @12:15 Lives in Maplewood apparently.
	12:17pm listener phat in Lincoln: Hmmm...
	12:17pm Hughie Considine: I saw somewhere that Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" came out closer to World War II than to the present day.
	12:18pm gf2002: I'm also thinking that the reason why certain Christmas songs are played repeatedly over so many thousands of others is because some of the rights and publishing are owned by the same corporate interests as the stations playing them, and it's like putting money in the same bank accounts over and over the more they play songs the companies have a stake in
	12:19pm Jimmy Wipper: My favorite shouldn't be obscure Christmas song is The Flirtations' "Christmas Time Is Here Again".
	12:19pm Euphoria: Budd Lake? Stop by the seafood dept at Byram ShopRite for some holiday fish and say hey!! I manage the dept. -Jordan
	12:19pm listener phat in Lincoln: I just read about Mr. Mister's hit "Broken Wings" having a fake time on it to get airplay.
	12:19pm Mister Dobalina: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:17 Home of Turtle Back zoo.
	12:20pm egould: I like Sean Ross.
	12:21pm Hughie Considine: Ross is boss.
	12:21pm clarke: not everyone has a golden radio voice!
	12:21pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Sean Ross Picks:" Great choice, this is what Philly radio used to sound like
	12:22pm dano59: Ross hasn’t posted on Twitter since Oct 28 but I’ll follow him on the nicer place
	12:22pm florida: Squints , texted my son to find out about potato chip obscurity in pa he said middleworth weekenders available at redners markets
	12:23pm listener phat in Lincoln: I haven't had a donut yet!
	12:23pm egould: Long form writing from Sean Ross. https://radioinsight.com/blogs/289132/how-christmas-radio-handles-religious-songs-in-2024/
	12:24pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: HERE WE GO!!! IMAGINE IF YOU HAD BOUGHT A DOZEN CORN MUFFINS!!!!!
	12:24pm clarke: not a new orleans thang.
	12:24pm dano59: My favorite shouldn't be obscure Christmas song? There are many, but Jesse Dee’s soul gem “Underneath the Christmas Tree” 🎄 is up there - economic hardship is a top-tier Bummer Christmas theme.
	12:24pm Red: The songs from Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol are some of my favorite Christmas tunes.
	12:24pm gf2002: Dunkin Donuts is not worth it. Go local/indie!
	12:25pm Hughie Considine: If someone complained, Joe would handle it with grace. Think about how other FMU DJs would react if someone didn't get their T-shirt yet. It wouldn't be pretty.
	12:25pm drr: ↳ Kotzwinkled @11:12 I get the nicest emails from Joe McGasko every time my credit card expires; I've started to look forward to them.
	12:25pm clarke: even in toledo!
	12:26pm dano59: Joe McG … the Santa Claus of Listener Swag
	12:27pm Ken From Hyde Park: Gaylord along with Yule & the Gang from the other night. www.wfmu.org...
	12:27pm clarke: the rushin' judge
	12:28pm clarke: spoiler!
	12:31pm egould: Murph & The Magictones
	12:33pm Kotzwinkled: PRINE! Great pull. Wait a while, eternity.
	12:34pm clarke: almost sounds like Willie on guitar!
	12:38pm Kelly Jones: When Gaylord said "Jam it into a stand" and Michael said "Dickensian", the coffee got spit out. :D
	12:39pm evancuts: Merry Christmas you two! Mia heard the radio on and thought the two of you were in the kitchen having coffee with me.
	12:39pm andy fuchs: Morning kids. Hi DON :)
	12:40pm clarke: joe piscopo - not funny.
	12:42pm listener phat in Lincoln: Dibs on The Dungarees!
	12:42pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:42 it is a good fit! (see what i did there?)
	12:42pm joe mulligan: oh wow the Pilgrim Diner! We used to go to the Nevada Diner close to us in Bloomfield
	12:43pm clarabowie: Merry Holidays, Gaylord, from former Snake Oil Factory colleague Jim in Chicago. You sound swell--be well in the coming year, youse and yours.
	12:43pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Here Comes Santa Claus" by "Takeshi Terauchi And ... This track needs more tape delay on that guitar
	12:44pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Here Comes Santa Claus" by "Takeshi Terauchi And ... fabulous!
	12:44pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ clarabowie @12:43 How-do, Jim! Good to hear from you!
	12:45pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @12:44 there he's goes!
	12:46pm drr: ↳ Song: "Joy To The World" by "Staple Singers" This sounds like Wilbert Harrison's solo material (as heard on Matt Fiveash's show).
	12:46pm Mailman Tom: I saw the Staple Singers perform at the Fillmore East in August 1968
	12:49pm Hughie Considine: I feel the same way about being called an ass-hat.
	12:49pm listener phat in Lincoln: I'm trying to get a band mate of mine to sell out as we speak.
	12:49pm greg g: Welcome Ira!
	12:50pm listener phat in Lincoln: I would make that record!
	12:51pm listener phat in Lincoln: I think I may catalog my records on Discogs. Although the records I inherited from my parents don't have bar codes, so it could take forever
	12:52pm listener phat in Lincoln: I just got some nice 7"s from Louisville, KY last week.
	12:52pm florida: sell out -when the grateful dead appeared on good morning america
	12:53pm georgia: grinch!
	12:54pm greg g: ↳ georgia @12:53 Ha!
	12:54pm clarke: hay gawgia!!
	12:54pm common: i remember in the 90s i was at work and got a call from my friend who booked at the tla in philly and asked if my co-worker's band wanted to open for yo la tengo on new years eve. i transferred the call and from across the office i heard him joyfully panicking. great show, too!
	12:56pm Gerry from Miami: LAST-MINUTE SHOUT-OUT to SQUINTS up there in CRITICAL MASS! Been out of the house most of the last 3 or 4 hours! See you Monday on WAKE 'n' BAKE!
	12:56pm greg g: Thanks Ira and Georgia! Will see you on Tues the 30th ( and anyone else going to that show)!
	12:56pm listener phat in Lincoln: Trying to get this band mate to do a Christmas album, but he's having none of it.
	12:57pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Rock ’N Roll Santa" by "Jr. And His Soulettes" have we identified the keyboard? i can't tell - but maybe acetone??
	12:57pm listener phat in Lincoln: Neither of us are Christians, but that certainly doesn't matter.
	12:57pm greg g: ↳ greg g @12:56 Monday the 30th that is!
	12:57pm egould: Is this Radio Birdman?
	12:58pm egould: Thanks Michael. Thanks Michaels guests. Happy Holidays one and all.
	12:58pm Hughie Considine: Thanks for a great show, Michael and friends!
	12:59pm clarke: fun shew, mister vanderbocki! go ahead and hang up... good nite
	12:59pm listener phat in Lincoln: Happy holidays everyone!
	12:59pm clarke: 6/10
	12:59pm HyperDose: Great show, Michael. Thanks!
	12:59pm Squints: ↳ Gerry from Miami @12:56 See ya, Ger.
	1:00pm clarke: good nite.
	1:00pm Nardo: ↳ Song: "Rock ’N Roll Santa" by "Jr. And His Soulettes" Winner!
	1:00pm greg g: Thanks Michael Suzy Joe Sean Gaylord and Don!! Happy Holidays All
	1:01pm joe mulligan: thanks everyone, great show!

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Artist	Track	Approx. start time
Brenda Lee	Noche Buena Y Navidad "Noche Buena Y Navidad" by "Brenda Lee"
Nick Lowe And Los Straitjackets	Let It Snow!	0:02:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jimmy McGriff	Jingle Bells (bed music)	0:08:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim Reeves	Senor Santa Claus "Senor Santa Claus" by "Jim Reeves"	0:08:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Andy Williams	Sleigh Ride "Sleigh Ride" by "Andy Williams"	0:10:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Booker T. & the MGs	Jingle Bells (bed music)	0:13:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Myron picks:	"Myron picks:"	0:41:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marquees, The	Santa Done Got Hip "Santa Done Got Hip" by "Marquees, The"	0:18:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mills Brothers, The	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	0:20:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	Jingle Bells (bed music)	0:23:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dave The Spazz picks:	"Dave The Spazz picks:"	0:24:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Qualities, The	Its Christmas Time	0:31:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Margo Guryan	I Don’t Intend To Spend Christmas Without You	0:34:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnny Horton	They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose	0:36:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Los Straitjackets	Jingle Bells (bed music)	0:38:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Suzy Hotrod picks:	"Suzy Hotrod picks:"	0:48:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Darlene Love	Christmastime For The Jews	0:48:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Charles Brown	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	0:51:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joel Paterson	Jingle Bell Rock (bed music)	0:54:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Baby picks:	"Baby picks:"	0:55:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi	Skating "Skating" by "Vince Guaraldi"	1:00:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Soulful Strings	Jingle Bells (bed music)	1:03:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sean Ross of Ross On Radio	Shares Christmas Music Insights	1:12:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sean Ross Picks:	"Sean Ross Picks:"	1:20:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
O'Jays, The	Christmas Ain't Christmas New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love	1:32:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lenny Dee	Jingle Bells (bed music)	1:21:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joe McGasko picks:	"Joe McGasko picks:"	1:25:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
John Prine	Christmas In Prison "Christmas In Prison" by "John Prine"	1:32:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ramsey Lewis Trio	Jingle Bells (bed music)	1:35:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Don Flemming picks:	"Don Flemming picks:"	1:39:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Takeshi Terauchi And The Bunnys	Here Comes Santa Claus	1:40:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Staple Singers	Joy To The World "Joy To The World" by "Staple Singers"	1:43:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ethel Smith	Jingle Bells (bed music)	1:45:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ira-The-K picks:	"Ira-The-K picks:"
Jr. And His Soulettes	Rock ’N Roll Santa	1:54:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Casey Kasem	Outro "Outro" by "Casey Kasem"	1:57:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	10:58am Listener Baby: Just finished decking the halls. Whew. Good morning! Happy holidays, FMU-ers. And Baby, and his amazing family.
	10:59am Listener Baby: PS. Those halls can really put up a fight.
	10:59am Michael Shelley: Baby, I checked and you are most definitely on the NICE list.
	11:00am Handy Haversack: Hey now, MS and all!
	11:00am clarke: hey now.
	11:00am Handy Haversack: ↳ Listener Baby @10:59 Ya gotta fight dirty, Baby!
	11:01am steveo: MICHAEL
	11:01am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now. Where's the scallions?
	11:01am luka: gm ichibans
	11:01am Scott from Boston: Looking forward to maybe getting merry
	11:01am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:01 still makin' yer mind up, i see.
	11:01am onthetrain: hey gang , mike . did he just "say eat a bag of pits ?"
	11:02am herb.nyc: Hola. Just sat down at library w one of their laptops. I can’t wait to “revel in MICHAEL’s spirit of Christmas”
	11:02am Listener Baby: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:00 Is there any other way, Handy?
	11:02am Squints: ↳ Song: "Noche Buena Y Navidad" by "Brenda Lee" I know El Vez covered Feliz Navidad. He should have covered this also.
	11:03am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:01 Oh, no. Me and Grandpa, we believe.
	11:03am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:03 you have melted my little heart.
	11:04am Kotzwinkled: Heard the intro to this song and thought "this again?" Shoulda known Mike would serve up something different with the Spanish lyrics. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MIKE & Co.!
	11:04am steveo: holy guacamole it's a.i.
	11:04am myron feld: ↳ Song: "Let It Snow!" by "Nick Lowe And Los Straitjackets" It's snowing up here right now!
	11:04am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Noche Buena Y Navidad" by "Brenda Lee" I was flipping through the fifty-cent records at our local record shop / cafe last week and was the victim of a drive-by: a gold convertible festooned with Xmas-themed plushies, driven by an old white guy in a Santa hat, going MAYBE 5 mph and blasting "Holly Jolly Christmas" at window-rattling volume did a slow parade both up and down the block. Still traumatized.
	11:04am Scott from Boston: Squints, El Vez was clever on the opening
	11:04am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:04 where yat??
	11:05am onthetrain: steveo my kids math teacher told them to be nice to their ai's at home on break . dont yell at alexa.
	11:06am myron feld: ↳ clarke @11:04 The Nutmeg State: Connecticut
	11:06am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:04 at least he didn't rake his bumper down the side of your car (now, i keel yOUR car!)
	11:06am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:06 sweet! first snow - good - the rest - ehhh.
	11:07am clarke: i'm with gaylord on the later-riser stuff!!
	11:07am Mister Dobalina: Thinking of cooking a duck.
	11:08am drr: Yesterday's odd Xmas listen: Cocteau Twins, "Frosty The Snowman".
	11:08am steveo: i'm gonna wrap up sock poppy for my spouse but don't tell her!
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Mister Dobalina @11:07 i'm thinking of ducking a cook!
	11:08am onthetrain: i am cooking a rib roast , my plan for new orleans xmass diner was just shot down .
	11:09am clarke: ↳ drr @11:08 dude - HUUUGE game tonight - go vols!!
	11:09am Mister Dobalina: ↳ clarke @11:08 I'll take a slice of that.
	11:10am Kotzwinkled: My wife is doing her annual batch of pierogies for Xmas. Had to go to 4 different stores to find the requisite Farmer Cheese, so my work is done.
	11:10am steveo: Brenda Lee Navidad: finance.yahoo.com...
	11:10am gf2002: Deviled eggs
	11:10am clarke: ↳ Kotzwinkled @11:10 now, pierogies!! i can deal!!
	11:10am drr: ↳ clarke @11:09 "please bring me queso"?
	11:11am onthetrain: @kotz do you make the sauerkraut and mushroom ones for christmas?
	11:11am drr: oh, peso. I see.
	11:11am KWilde: My daughter is coming in tonight from Montana
	11:11am clarke: devilled eggs making huge comeback!
	11:11am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:06 Yep. Keep it all west of 495 and north of the Pike. God bless the skiiers. Let 'em have it all.
	11:11am gf2002: ↳ clarke @11:11 Deviled eggs make the holiday
	11:11am clarke: ↳ drr @11:10 i hate state!
	11:11am Scott from Boston: Two words… Fondue
	11:12am Kotzwinkled: ↳ onthetrain @11:11 She usually does just cheese and some that have potato and cheese. I am advocating to experiment with adding some chopped kielbasa into some.
	11:12am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:11 but, i think you have snow on the ground? my buddy in buzz's bay does
	11:12am drr: My band played a Xmas party last week and they asked us to do some Christmas songs. We tried, but not very hard. We did Feliz Navidad twice.
	11:13am clarke: ↳ Kotzwinkled @11:12 keep advocating!!
	11:13am Handy Haversack: We don't celebrate. But I am going to make a manicotti this week, I think. Gotta get over to the Italian grocery in Wburg for some fresh pasta.
	11:13am Mister Dobalina: I like pigs in a blanket.
	11:13am egould: Andy Williams what a voice. #1 hit maker!
	11:13am onthetrain: @kotz when i lived in jersey city we use to go to this place over by the old courthouse that made them , and slyfox in the east village , made the Ukrainian version . they were my favorite .
	11:13am clarke: wizz ze lignonberry pancakes??
	11:14am steveo: I like cats in a comforter
	11:14am Mister Dobalina: ↳ steveo @11:14 To eat?
	11:14am PatrickMC: Andy Williams rules ok
	11:15am Cooh John: Merry Christmas Michael and #1ers. 💿🎅
	11:15am Squints: ↳ onthetrain @11:11 Kraut in pierogies? Where do I line up?
	11:15am Greg from ZONE 5: Breakfast at White Rose System in Linden and Michael Shelley Christmas?? Everything’s coming up Milhouse!
	11:16am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:15 behind me!
	11:16am gf2002: I got pierogies at a Christmas market event the other weekend, on the menu board they were listed as apple. We thought oh wow, that sounds great, maybe potato, kraut, filling, etc. They came out deep fried with powdered sugar all over them, and a version of McDonalds apple pie filling in them. Very disappointed!
	11:16am Kotzwinkled: ↳ onthetrain @11:13 Yes! I went to Slyfox for the first time last year. A special place.
	11:16am clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:16 nooooo!!
	11:17am Greg from ZONE 5: @gf2002 This is not a pierogi.
	11:17am steveo: ↳ Mister Dobalina @11:14 with mustard
	11:17am gf2002: ↳ Squints @11:15 Find a local Polish church in your area and they usually do 'rogies with kraut to go, usually around Thanksgiving and Easter. The best!
	11:18am onthetrain: @squints i love this the recipe makes 100! you have to be dedicated to pull this off. https://www.polishyourkitchen.com/sauerkraut-and-mushroom-pierogi-pierogi-z-kapusta-i-grzybami/amp/
	11:18am gf2002: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:17 That's exactly right! I almost took them back and asked for a real pierogi but I kept my temper in check for once haha
	11:19am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:12 We got dusted. Mildly shovelable event up the South Shore nearer the Old Towne. But no big whoop. The local weathermen are under some derision over it.
	11:20am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:19 buzzard's got a good few inches! surprisin' eh?
	11:21am Oli: Merry Christmas from Iceland! ❄️🇮🇸🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅
	11:22am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Santa Done Got Hip" by "Marquees, The" This is the kind of Christmas song I live for. I don't really celebrate Christmas. But I do celebrate hip Christmas tunes. Happy holidays, everyone.
	11:22am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:22 happy donutz!!
	11:23am clarke: ↳ Song: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by "Mills Broth... jeez these guys - wow
	11:23am Breck Andy: ↳ Song: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by "Mills Broth... Guests, Rock Soul all eras too. Mills Bros were a fave of my Mom b. 1941
	11:23am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:20 It's weird. When Plymouth and the Upper Cape (think bicep not forearm) get largely spared, the islands usually get some.
	11:24am listener phat in Lincoln: I'm sick as a dog, as Aerosmith would say. Got the Christmas crud
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:23 or vise-a-voiza!!
	11:24am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:24 oh man, feel better! cold?
	11:25am dano59: It's nice to know there'a another fan of Dr. Brown's Cream Soda out there
	11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:22 And a happy bolila
	11:25am gf2002: ↳ Song: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by "Mills Broth... This was the golden age of hip Christmas tunes. Postwar, 1946-1960. Then Spector and the kids took over and created some masterpieces too.
	11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:24 Something like that.
	11:25am Hughie Considine: ↳ dano59 @11:25 Huge fan! Nothing goes with a deli sandwich like Dr. Brown's Cream Soda.
	11:25am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:25 dang, that's a gift you can keep to yerself!
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:25 mistah hugh!! mawnin'!!
	11:26am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:25 That's what I get for dating someone with kids.
	11:26am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:26 plus donuts
	11:26am gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:25 and a perfect kosher dill on the plate with the sandwich
	11:27am clarke: waddaya want?!? cream sodaaa??
	11:27am egould: Needs moar chimpanzee!
	11:28am gf2002: I have a DVD of a few Lawrence Welk Christmas shows, the 1967 show is a blast.
	11:29am annette: saving all my dill pickle juice to introduce brussel sprouts. BIG YUM
	11:30am Kotzwinkled: Our xmas tradition is to toss potatoes to homes with purdy lights. Kind of like reverse trick or treating. christmaspotato.wixsite.com...
	11:31am gf2002: And I plan to watch the Dragnet Christmas episode at some point, either the 50's or 60's version will do
	11:31am clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:31 but i still ain't made my mind up about toledo yet.
	11:31am bobobobob plasticland 🥁: my friend Guy Hoffman..bo deans ..told me L welk..buried very near Bela Lugosi out in California
	11:32am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:26 Hey duuuude!
	11:32am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:26 yes. Gotta have that dill.
	11:32am listener phat in Lincoln: What happened to Gaylord, anyway? I missed the beginning.
	11:33am Handy Haversack: Michael, are you going to play the new smash holiday hit by Clay Pigeon and John Allen? I'm surprised it hasn't taken over the airwaves.
	11:33am Bob Barth: Good Morning everybody!! Great show Michael. Happy Holidays!
	11:33am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:32 still shakin' it down here, boss!
	11:33am bobob plasticland: met Sun Ra thru Marshall at Starship Club downtown In Milwaukee.. beautiful guyzzzz ....both of them
	11:33am Handy Haversack: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:32 Sudden but inevitable betrayal!
	11:34am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Its Christmas Time" by "Qualities, The" This is splendiferous!
	11:34am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:33 did they ever agree... on ANYthing?
	11:34am Handy Haversack: ↳ clarke @11:34 Leathery folds stayed in the picture!
	11:34am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:32 i think gaylord is tardy (but doesn't FEEL tardy!)
	11:35am gf2002: ↳ clarke @11:31 Scallions
	11:35am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:33 hey bob, thanks for several viewing guidances - super-enjoyed Jackal and Doves
	11:35am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "I Don’t Intend To Spend Christmas Without You" by... Entering the Xmas canon with a bullet!
	11:36am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:34 Oh dear
	11:36am egould: Did Pete Townshend write this one?
	11:36am clarke: cannon?!?
	11:36am common: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:34 the leathery folds!
	11:36am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Its Christmas Time" by "Qualities, The" Who covered this?
	11:36am clarke: the leathery folds. they lost me.
	11:36am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:36 Perhaps you're thinking of "Stop the Cavalry"?
	11:37am common: ↳ clarke @11:36 heee
	11:37am bobob fabtriplasticland: Sun Ra....good choice David!!!
	11:37am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:35 Everyone calls 'em green onions. But they're really scallions.
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:36 yeah, i'm not sure who put that thought in my head!
	11:38am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:37 they're very good joe!
	11:38am Bob Barth: ↳ clarke @11:35 You're quite welcome Clark!!
	11:38am Hughie Considine: ↳ Squints @11:37 Tell that to the aubergine.
	11:38am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:38 what is next?? ha ha
	11:39am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:38 keira knightley: NIGHTLY!!
	11:39am gf2002: Very few tapped into the pathos of Christmas like Jack Webb
	11:40am clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:39 mmm hmm
	11:40am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:39 "Christmas with Jack Webb" would have been a great holiday extravaganza.
	11:41am clarke: Don!!! wow!
	11:41am Bob Barth: ↳ clarke @11:38 The Giant NYE show with drop ins from across the WFMUniverse, including the very great Michael Shelly. Plus Countdowns in ALL 4 Time Zones in the US!! Don't miss it.
	11:41am egould: Gumball
	11:42am clarke: ↳ Bob Barth @11:41 got a game that night
	11:43am clarke: pants-free driving?
	11:43am gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:40 Yes! Why did that never happen? I picture Julie London crooning White Christmas next to a fireplace and Jack reading Twas The Night Before Christmas wearing a festive sweater
	11:44am Mister Dobalina: Funyuns are where its at.
	11:45am luka: Herr’s chips kinda suck in my experience, if i’m wrong tell me the good flavors to try.
	11:46am clarke: ↳ luka @11:45 the good flavors are Utz!
	11:46am Regina J: I was so looking forward to listening to this in real time but it’s not gonna happen. Thank goodness for the archive. Happy Sooooouuulstice,, everyone!
	11:46am annette: @S.H.R. so glad you are staying with us. goferit
	11:47am luka: ↳ clarke @11:46 i have an Utz girl tattoo, you’ll get no argument from me
	11:47am Nymor: Suzy making the Guardian was a recent highlight of the year... www.theguardian.com...
	11:47am Ken From Hyde Park: I imagine Suzy running while wearing her derby helmet and pads.
	11:47am clarke: ↳ luka @11:47 as long as it doesn't say Crab Chips
	11:48am Nymor: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:47 Imagine no more - check the link I just posted :)
	11:48am luka: ↳ clarke @11:47 it does not, no text, sour cream and onion green
	11:48am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:43 Exactly how I pictured it! As well as Harry Morgan showing off his juggling skills while riding a unicycle.
	11:48am annette: lays dill . my closet chips. dont tell anyone
	11:48am gf2002: ↳ luka @11:45 Herr's does a thing every year called Flavors Of Philly where they recreate the flavors from popular local restaurants on the chips, and people vote on the winner. Some of those are excellent! The Corropolese tomato pie flavor was amazing, but they're only limited runs so you can't buy them anymore. I used to like Herr's sour cream n onion but they cut back on the sour cream "dust" and they weren't as good so I quit buying them. Herr's "no salt" are actually very good
	11:48am common: love tv funhouse
	11:49am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:47 Clarke, no strong chips preference?
	11:49am clarke: we're doing favorite chips? Zapps Crawtator. hands down (unless it is cape cod waffle chips)
	11:50am HyperDose: ↳ annette @11:48 closet chips? intriguing
	11:50am gf2002: Best chips are Zerbe's dark. Hard to find but oh so worth it. Best chips on the market.
	11:50am luka: ↳ Song: "Christmastime For The Jews" by "Darlene Love" YES
	11:51am Hughie Considine: I was in the audience for the SNL episode when Jon Lovitz introduced Hannukah Harry. Somehow it never caught on.
	11:51am clarke: this guy in my freshman dorm used to have Funyuns and milk. ewww.
	11:52am Squints: When I worked in Philly and then in Pittsburgh, I thin Snyder's Of Hanover (before they seemed to go fully pretzel-centric) had a ton of offbeat but cool potato chip flavors. It was like early second semester junior high chemistry all over again.
	11:52am luka: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:51 on schlomo!!
	11:52am gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:51 That was a brilliant skit, Lovitz was perfect.
	11:52am Steve Del Sol: ↳ Song: "Christmastime For The Jews" by "Darlene Love" Always a favorite in this household!!
	11:53am Blake & Jan Carmen: Merry Christmas from Gulf Shores groovy people!
	11:53am clarke: pretzel-centric. mmm hmm.
	11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Nymor @11:48 Haha ... that's great!
	11:54am Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @11:52 It was -- and the musical guests were the Smithereens!
	11:54am Squints: ↳ annette @11:48 Utz salt and vinegah chips, theah.
	11:54am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:54 noice!
	11:54am gf2002: "Socks?" "Eight pair! Can you believe it?" That cracks me up every time
	11:55am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:54 eraaaah quite the chip theeyaaah
	11:55am Handy Haversack: Gotta run. Thanks, MS!
	11:55am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:48 Cutting back on the gunk might save some cost but entirely misses the point of the gunk. Moar gunk.
	11:56am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:55 later shamus!
	11:56am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:51 And now he watches TV all by hisself.
	11:57am Edward: The mention of sleighbells on records is a reminder that "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a perfect addition to your holiday playlist.
	11:57am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:56 in the same dorm room.
	11:57am listener phat in Lincoln: Lol
	11:57am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:54 "I know life is a gift. But does it have to be socks?"
	11:57am luka: still astonished how articulate they are for a baby
	11:58am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:57 what was richard nixon's dog's name?
	11:58am clarke: turn it up ya'll BABY is on!!
	11:59am egould: I like Baby. And Joe McG. And Don F. And Michael Shelley. And Gaylord. And I like all you listeners too. I’m filled with the Christmas spirit. And mimosas.
	12:01pm greg g: Morning Michael, Baby, Gaylord, Don and All!!
	12:01pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:58 Checkers was the one that got the headlines.
	12:02pm listener phat in Lincoln: I'm starting to feel less sick. The HEALING POWERS OF DARLENE LOVE AND GAYLORD FIELDS!
	12:02pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:01 yes checkers was the most famous one but he had a later one named Socks.
	12:02pm dano59: One of my favorite Guaraldi pieces
	12:02pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @11:58 When I get a few wines in me I do a Nixon impression and the tag line is "A dog named Checkers..." but no one under 40 or so knows what the hell I'm doing anymore haha
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:02 put ya hands on the raydeeeoooo!!
	12:03pm Mister Dobalina: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:51 Thanks for putting me on, big fan of Lovitz.
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:02 well, you can have a lot of fun like that.
	12:03pm gf2002: Socks was also Clinton's cat!
	12:04pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:03 name-swiper!
	12:04pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Skating" by "Vince Guaraldi" SAME!! It gives me the warm & Fuzzies.
	12:04pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Mister Dobalina @12:03 That's the ticket!
	12:05pm clarke: good choice Baby - though one could pick ANY of the songs from that VG xmas album, for sho.
	12:06pm dano59: Michelle Lewis’ “ Even Jews Get the Blues at Christmas” Jill Sobule’s “Jesus was a Dreidel Spinner” and the songs of the LeeVees are my agnostic Chanukah staples.
	12:08pm clarke: what about Strawbs Christmas Cheer?
	12:09pm dano59: !! Oh man I may not know that one
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ dano59 @12:09 it borders on disco!
	12:10pm dano59: Nirvana is technically an oldies act? Yeesh.
	12:12pm dano59: I’ve noted before that a good number of my obscure indie holiday faves like TMBG have made it to some in-store playlists.
	12:13pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: This guy's voice is making me so sad.
	12:13pm clarke: ↳ dano59 @12:12 true, i heard 2000 Miles at walgreen's the other evening
	12:15pm Mister Dobalina: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:13 Me too, but he's still at it & seems very knowledgeable.
	12:15pm gf2002: It really upsets me that the only time you hear music from the 60's and earlier on commercial/corporate radio is the 24/7 Christmas stations. I knew we were screwed when the Goo Goo Dolls were playing on the local "oldies" format station
	12:17pm listener phat in Lincoln: Writing a Christmas hit could probably still make someone a lot of money.
	12:17pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Mister Dobalina @12:15 Lives in Maplewood apparently.
	12:17pm listener phat in Lincoln: Hmmm...
	12:17pm Hughie Considine: I saw somewhere that Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" came out closer to World War II than to the present day.
	12:18pm gf2002: I'm also thinking that the reason why certain Christmas songs are played repeatedly over so many thousands of others is because some of the rights and publishing are owned by the same corporate interests as the stations playing them, and it's like putting money in the same bank accounts over and over the more they play songs the companies have a stake in
	12:19pm Jimmy Wipper: My favorite shouldn't be obscure Christmas song is The Flirtations' "Christmas Time Is Here Again".
	12:19pm Euphoria: Budd Lake? Stop by the seafood dept at Byram ShopRite for some holiday fish and say hey!! I manage the dept. -Jordan
	12:19pm listener phat in Lincoln: I just read about Mr. Mister's hit "Broken Wings" having a fake time on it to get airplay.
	12:19pm Mister Dobalina: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:17 Home of Turtle Back zoo.
	12:20pm egould: I like Sean Ross.
	12:21pm Hughie Considine: Ross is boss.
	12:21pm clarke: not everyone has a golden radio voice!
	12:21pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Sean Ross Picks:" Great choice, this is what Philly radio used to sound like
	12:22pm dano59: Ross hasn’t posted on Twitter since Oct 28 but I’ll follow him on the nicer place
	12:22pm florida: Squints , texted my son to find out about potato chip obscurity in pa he said middleworth weekenders available at redners markets
	12:23pm listener phat in Lincoln: I haven't had a donut yet!
	12:23pm egould: Long form writing from Sean Ross. https://radioinsight.com/blogs/289132/how-christmas-radio-handles-religious-songs-in-2024/
	12:24pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: HERE WE GO!!! IMAGINE IF YOU HAD BOUGHT A DOZEN CORN MUFFINS!!!!!
	12:24pm clarke: not a new orleans thang.
	12:24pm dano59: My favorite shouldn't be obscure Christmas song? There are many, but Jesse Dee’s soul gem “Underneath the Christmas Tree” 🎄 is up there - economic hardship is a top-tier Bummer Christmas theme.
	12:24pm Red: The songs from Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol are some of my favorite Christmas tunes.
	12:24pm gf2002: Dunkin Donuts is not worth it. Go local/indie!
	12:25pm Hughie Considine: If someone complained, Joe would handle it with grace. Think about how other FMU DJs would react if someone didn't get their T-shirt yet. It wouldn't be pretty.
	12:25pm drr: ↳ Kotzwinkled @11:12 I get the nicest emails from Joe McGasko every time my credit card expires; I've started to look forward to them.
	12:25pm clarke: even in toledo!
	12:26pm dano59: Joe McG … the Santa Claus of Listener Swag
	12:27pm Ken From Hyde Park: Gaylord along with Yule & the Gang from the other night. www.wfmu.org...
	12:27pm clarke: the rushin' judge
	12:28pm clarke: spoiler!
	12:31pm egould: Murph & The Magictones
	12:33pm Kotzwinkled: PRINE! Great pull. Wait a while, eternity.
	12:34pm clarke: almost sounds like Willie on guitar!
	12:38pm Kelly Jones: When Gaylord said "Jam it into a stand" and Michael said "Dickensian", the coffee got spit out. :D
	12:39pm evancuts: Merry Christmas you two! Mia heard the radio on and thought the two of you were in the kitchen having coffee with me.
	12:39pm andy fuchs: Morning kids. Hi DON :)
	12:40pm clarke: joe piscopo - not funny.
	12:42pm listener phat in Lincoln: Dibs on The Dungarees!
	12:42pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:42 it is a good fit! (see what i did there?)
	12:42pm joe mulligan: oh wow the Pilgrim Diner! We used to go to the Nevada Diner close to us in Bloomfield
	12:43pm clarabowie: Merry Holidays, Gaylord, from former Snake Oil Factory colleague Jim in Chicago. You sound swell--be well in the coming year, youse and yours.
	12:43pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Here Comes Santa Claus" by "Takeshi Terauchi And ... This track needs more tape delay on that guitar
	12:44pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Here Comes Santa Claus" by "Takeshi Terauchi And ... fabulous!
	12:44pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ clarabowie @12:43 How-do, Jim! Good to hear from you!
	12:45pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @12:44 there he's goes!
	12:46pm drr: ↳ Song: "Joy To The World" by "Staple Singers" This sounds like Wilbert Harrison's solo material (as heard on Matt Fiveash's show).
	12:46pm Mailman Tom: I saw the Staple Singers perform at the Fillmore East in August 1968
	12:49pm Hughie Considine: I feel the same way about being called an ass-hat.
	12:49pm listener phat in Lincoln: I'm trying to get a band mate of mine to sell out as we speak.
	12:49pm greg g: Welcome Ira!
	12:50pm listener phat in Lincoln: I would make that record!
	12:51pm listener phat in Lincoln: I think I may catalog my records on Discogs. Although the records I inherited from my parents don't have bar codes, so it could take forever
	12:52pm listener phat in Lincoln: I just got some nice 7"s from Louisville, KY last week.
	12:52pm florida: sell out -when the grateful dead appeared on good morning america
	12:53pm georgia: grinch!
	12:54pm greg g: ↳ georgia @12:53 Ha!
	12:54pm clarke: hay gawgia!!
	12:54pm common: i remember in the 90s i was at work and got a call from my friend who booked at the tla in philly and asked if my co-worker's band wanted to open for yo la tengo on new years eve. i transferred the call and from across the office i heard him joyfully panicking. great show, too!
	12:56pm Gerry from Miami: LAST-MINUTE SHOUT-OUT to SQUINTS up there in CRITICAL MASS! Been out of the house most of the last 3 or 4 hours! See you Monday on WAKE 'n' BAKE!
	12:56pm greg g: Thanks Ira and Georgia! Will see you on Tues the 30th ( and anyone else going to that show)!
	12:56pm listener phat in Lincoln: Trying to get this band mate to do a Christmas album, but he's having none of it.
	12:57pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Rock ’N Roll Santa" by "Jr. And His Soulettes" have we identified the keyboard? i can't tell - but maybe acetone??
	12:57pm listener phat in Lincoln: Neither of us are Christians, but that certainly doesn't matter.
	12:57pm greg g: ↳ greg g @12:56 Monday the 30th that is!
	12:57pm egould: Is this Radio Birdman?
	12:58pm egould: Thanks Michael. Thanks Michaels guests. Happy Holidays one and all.
	12:58pm Hughie Considine: Thanks for a great show, Michael and friends!
	12:59pm clarke: fun shew, mister vanderbocki! go ahead and hang up... good nite
	12:59pm listener phat in Lincoln: Happy holidays everyone!
	12:59pm clarke: 6/10
	12:59pm HyperDose: Great show, Michael. Thanks!
	12:59pm Squints: ↳ Gerry from Miami @12:56 See ya, Ger.
	1:00pm clarke: good nite.
	1:00pm Nardo: ↳ Song: "Rock ’N Roll Santa" by "Jr. And His Soulettes" Winner!
	1:00pm greg g: Thanks Michael Suzy Joe Sean Gaylord and Don!! Happy Holidays All
	1:01pm joe mulligan: thanks everyone, great show!

Michael Shelley: Playlist from December 21, 2024

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