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Jon Solomon

Dec 25, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Jon Solomon

For those of you keeping score at home, it is me Jon Solomon, heard every Wednesday night on 103.3 fm WPRB...including this one! Requests? Please email me or chime in through the listener chat, champ.

25-Hour Holiday Radio Show! (Hours 14-27)

Welcome back for the 37th year of my 25-hour marathon broadcast on WPRB.

The show will be broken into two playlists, one for hours 1-13 and one for hours 14-27.

You can watch the show (without sound) by pressing play on the YouTube player bellow.

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

#WPRBXmas

WEBCAM AHOY:

6:03 AM		PAL One Starry Night Christmas Majic 2 PAL 2025
6:04 AM		Jimmy Jules & The Nuclear Soul System It’s Impossible Xmas Done Got Funky 2025
6:09 AM		Wake Up and Smell the Sun Irish Jingle Blues Irish Jingle Blues 2025
6:13 AM		L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation (It's Our) Last Xmas (feat. Lulu) (It's Our) Last Xmas (feat. Lulu) 2025
6:17 AM		Michele Cody Merry Christmas Elvis 45 1978
6:19 AM		The Lemon Twigs & Tchotchke Tchotchkes Tchotchkes 2025
6:23 AM		XMASX It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 2025
6:24 AM		Set Break
6:30 AM		Tobias Carroll Milemarker 76 2025 Christmas Stories https://tobiascarroll.info/
6:33 AM		Set Break
6:35 AM		The Last Ditch XMAS SONG XMAS SONG
6:38 AM		Small Shake Baby Jesus Is Nobody's Baby Now Hit The North Pole (Vol. 2): A Festive Charity Compilation for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund V/A Julia Jacklin song.
6:41 AM		Teemu The Finn Everybody Make Some Noise (for Christmas) Everybody Make Some Noise (for Christmas)
6:45 AM		The Pyramids Santa Claus 78" 1957
6:46 AM		The Supernaturals I Was Selling Christmas Trees Outside Tesco Christmas EP #3
6:50 AM		Ricky Vera & Steve Allen How Can Santa Come To Puerto Rico? FaLaLaLaLa presents The 2025 King of Jingaling Fling V/A
6:53 AM		Soraia Santa Claus Santa Claus Wicked Cool 2020 The Sonics tune.
6:56 AM		Set Break
7:00 AM		Sebastian Petsu Where Are My Background Singers? 2025 Christmas Stories https://sebastianpetsu.bandcamp.com/
7:03 AM		Set Break
7:07 AM		BLITZEN'S WRATH Tis The Season For The Smoke To Rise SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #15 V/A
7:12 AM		William Dell and Wee Jams Red Bows Please It's Christmas Once Again
7:14 AM		Timothy Manyale Courts A Sexy Christmas Night
7:17 AM		Aaron Gum Manger Zone Synthmas Classics 2025
7:20 AM		The Velvet Sounds Hanging up the Xmas Stockings Sing a Song of Xmas Cheer / Hanging up the Xmas Stockings 1958
7:22 AM		Aimee Mann I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas The Forgotten Arm Super Ego 2005
7:26 AM		Wingtip Sloat Christmas At 7-11 Rockin' The Holidays V/A
7:29 AM		Set Break
7:34 AM		Michael Lynch Donde Esta Santa Claus Michael Lynch Xmas Songs: 2009-11
7:37 AM		Lou Reed Xmas in February New York Warner Records 1989
7:40 AM		Deth Elf These Snails 2025 Christmas Stories https://dethelf.bandcamp.com/
7:42 AM		Santy Newman The Christmas Gift (excerpt) Can't Fool The Fat Man
7:42 AM		Merkel & The Merkelettes Merkel's Waiting for the Man A Sack Full Of Music
7:46 AM		Tom Dyer & His Queen’s Pajamas No Lou This Xmas Christmas Boogie Woogie: Ten Years of Green Monkey Christmas Green Monkey 2019
7:52 AM		Divide and Kreate Jingle Jane
7:54 AM		Arty Need "The Velvet Underground and Nico Christmas Album"
7:56 AM		Andy Zaltzman Excerpt from "The Bugle"
7:56 AM		David Nagler I'm Waiting For Jesus 2021 Christmas Stories
7:59 AM		Relative State Christmas Morning 2024 Christmas Stories
8:01 AM		Dub Proof Fly My Way Season's Greetings Green Stream LLC 2019
8:06 AM		DJ Tenderloin Walk on the Wild Silent Night
8:09 AM		Taylor Mac All Tomorrow's Parties / Little Drummer Boy Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce Favorite Fruit 2020
8:13 AM		King Mistletoe Jr Little Drummer Girl (Maureen Says) 2021 Christmas Stories
8:18 AM		Bruce Cockburn & Lou Reed Cry of a Tiny Babe Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Columbia 1995
8:26 AM		Mojochronic Lou Christmas (Without You) (The Velvet Underground vs Straight No Chaser v Staples Singers vs Salzburg Children's Choir) Santastic 8 V/A
8:30 AM		Set Break
8:34 AM		George Korein & The Spleen In the Bleak Midwinter, the Darkling Thrush 2025 Christmas Stories https://georgekorein.bandcamp.com/
8:37 AM		Set Break
8:39 AM		Greg McGarvey (Theme From) Maggie's Reindeer Rumble 2023 Christmas Stories
8:40 AM		The Galaxies Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Merry Christmas V/A Etiquette Records 1965
8:40 AM		Set Break
8:42 AM		Decrèche Mode Your Own Personal Reindeer 2025 Christmas Stories
8:43 AM		The Allergies Rudolph's Revenge Allergies Season EP 2025
8:46 AM		H.L.P. Rudolph 23' Strange Nog: A Small Batch Holiday Compilation Volume 4 V/A
8:48 AM		Beatrice and Blaise Grandma Got Run Over by A Reindeer - Reindeer's Version
8:54 AM		Cassie Ramone Run Run Rudolph Christmas In Reno 2015
8:57 AM		SLEIGHER - Krampus Band "Chop Rudy" System Of A Down + Rudolph.
9:00 AM		Set Break
9:04 AM		Michael Lynch Warped Xmas 2025 Track One Michael's Warped Xmas 2025 EP
9:06 AM		Steve Altman Purple Reindeer
9:10 AM		Captain Kangaroo Santa's Other Reindeer Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas from Captain Kangaroo Golden Records 1962
9:12 AM		Merkel and the Merkelettes Why Don't We Just Use Rudolph's Nose? (intro) Deck the Halls with Boughs of Merkel 2019
9:13 AM		Air Mack Rudolph the Bluetooth Battle Drone Christmas in Stereo 2018
9:16 AM		The Carolyn Sills Combo Ghost Reindeer in the Sky Ghost Reindeer in the Sky The Carolyn Sills Combo 2016
9:20 AM		Angry Snowmans Reindeer Squad Snow Means Snow EP
9:22 AM		Set Break
9:26 AM		Frances Quinlan Run Run Rudolph Fran & Pete Have Their Way with Christmas
9:28 AM		N-F-ECT Radical Reindeer (Vocal) A Christmas Yuleblog Sampler V/A 2011
9:32 AM		Robots in the Sun Ready Reindeer Ready Reindeer Tangelo Grove 2018
9:33 AM		Strange Attractors Reindeers in Outerspace Red-Headed Stepchild Of The Flagpole Christmas Album V/A
9:36 AM		The Biome Project podcast Reindeer: Antlers vs Horns (excerpt)
9:37 AM		Wake Up and Smell the Sun Reindeer Vibes Soft Angelic Jams
9:40 AM		Smeardog and the Doughnut Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer The Best of the Hums (the real humdingers)
9:42 AM		Mike Fornatale It's Reindeer Time To the tune of a song by The Monks.
9:45 AM		Set Break
9:49 AM		Ramonesmas Get Outta Here Rudi A Very Snotty Christmas Will Slack cover.
9:51 AM		Jimmy Boyd (Look At The) Reindeer Rock I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Columbia/Legacy 1955
9:53 AM		Piney Gir Reindeer Reindeer Cosmetic Warriors Ltd 2024
9:58 AM		The Other Famous People Run Run Rudy Strange Nog: A Small Batch Holiday Compilation Volume 4 V/A
10:01 AM		Furnace and the Fundamentals Reindeer (Pony - Christmas version) A Very Furnace Christmas V/A Bird's Robe 2019
10:03 AM		Allison Clendaniel & Connor Kizer Rudolph Baltimas!!!!!!!!!!!! V/A
10:06 AM		ToToM Rudolph the Paranoid Reindeer RIP Ozzy. Stick around for the All-Sabbath Set later this Christmas...
10:08 AM		Set Break
10:12 AM		Antler Wound Rudolph's Revenge Antler Wound EP 2019
10:13 AM		Mojochronic Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light) Santastic V: Snow, Man! V/A
10:16 AM		HE5 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Merry Christmas Psychedelic Sound
10:18 AM		KRS-One Dunking on Reindeer Nike commercial
10:20 AM		The Wildebeests Rudolph's Ruin Rudolph's Ruin Norton Records 2000
10:23 AM		Lords of Yuletide Reindeer Syndrome (Mortal Khristmas) Christmas 20XX
10:25 AM		The Missile Toads Reindeer in the Night Cashing In On Christmas, Vol. 3 V/A Black Hole Records 2011
10:27 AM		Set Break
10:32 AM		Stupidity Reindeer Twist (feat. Keith Streng) Home Fires Burning: A Holiday Compilation from Red on Red Records - EP V/A Red on Red Records 2021
10:35 AM		Bobby Helms Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol) A Bobby Helms Christmas 1964
10:38 AM		DJ Tripp Just Like Rudolph (The Cure vs Gene Autry vs Rudolph) Santastic 8 V/A
10:41 AM		Fred Roth Review Reindeer Get Lonley Too
10:43 AM		Santa's Helpers Nine Little Reindeer Falalalala.Com 2006 Adventure In Carols V/A
10:45 AM		Eddie Layton Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Organ Music for Christmas (with Chimes & Brass Choir) Legacy Recordings 1963
10:47 AM		Angry Snowmans Rudolph's Got A Problem S/T
10:52 AM		Set Break
10:52 AM		Greg McGarvey (Theme From) Maggie's Reindeer Rumble (outro) 2023 Christmas Stories
10:52 AM		Q Gassaruz Goodbye Reindeer Holiday Mix Vol. 8 V/A
10:56 AM		Set Break
10:58 AM		The New Birds of America Traveling in December 2025 Christmas Stories https://thenewbirdsofamerica.bandcamp.com/
11:03 AM		Set Break
11:06 AM		The Snaildartha 6 Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail Snaildartha: The Story of Jerry the Christmas Snail
11:50 AM		Set Break
11:53 AM		The 'Mericans Chris Mas 2025 Christmas Stories https://themericans.bandcamp.com
11:55 AM		Set Break
11:58 AM		Lindstrøm Little Drummer Boy Little Drummer Boy 2009
12:42 PM		Set Break
12:45 PM		Edith Frost We Built This Snowman 2025 Christmas Stories https://soundcloud.com/edithfrost
12:47 PM		Set Break
12:51 PM		Bob Rivers I Am Santa Claus I Am Santa Claus Atlantic Records 1993 ALL-SABBATH SET! RIP OZZY.
12:55 PM		SLEIGHER - Krampus Band "Deck the Pigs"
1:03 PM		Santa Sabbath Frosty the Snowman Children of the Sleigh Santa Sabbath 2015
1:06 PM		Bill McClintock Mama I'm Jingling My Bells (Ozzy Osbourne and Hall & Oates)
1:09 PM		Geezer Senior Sweet Wreath Have a Careful Christmas WholesomeWax 2021
1:13 PM		Santa Sabbath Santanaut
1:18 PM		SANTA WEARS BOOTS Never Say Buy SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #14
1:22 PM		Santa Sabbath Santa Claus is Coming to Town S/T
1:26 PM		SANTA WEARS BOOTS Santa Wears Boots SLUGGISHA'S XMASTRAVAGANZA #11 V/A
1:33 PM		Santa Sabbath Nativity in Red and White Christmas Bloody Christmas
1:38 PM		SANTA WEARS BOOTS Figgy Pudding Sluggishas Xmastravaganza 9 V/A
1:43 PM		Santa Sabbath Children of the Sleigh Children of the Sleigh Santa Sabbath 2015
1:48 PM		Kristi YamaGuccimane (@wapplehouse) Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
1:49 PM		Xmas Pigs Xmas Pigs Cd single
1:57 PM		Goblin Cock Hark, The Iron Man JNR Holiday Party, Vol. 6 V/A
1:59 PM		Set Break
2:04 PM		Tri-State Santa Blissed Out Christmas 2025 Christmas Stories https://tristatesanta.bandcamp.com Tri-State Santa is Jazzy, Gazzy and Snazzy getting razzy on dat holiday azzy. TSS features members of SAVAK and Edsel.
2:07 PM		Set Break
2:11 PM		Neil Young & Crazy Horse Neil Young Sees Santa Claus 5/12/24 - Camden, NJ RETURN OF THE ALL-NEIL YOUNG SET!
2:11 PM		Mudfroot Presentgiver Like a Candycane / Presentgiver Mudfroot 2024
2:15 PM		Neil Young Greensleeves Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972 - 1976) Reprise 2021
2:18 PM		Merkel and the Merkelettes Oldman Save Christmas 2020
2:20 PM		Greg McGarvey (with Steve Guarino) Neil Young Christmas Medley 2024 Christmas Stories
2:30 PM		Ben Keith Les trois cloches (feat. Neil Young & Pegi Young) Gift Wrapped, Vol. II: Snowed In Warner Records 2010
2:34 PM		DJ Tenderloin Do They Know Mr. Soul is Coming to Town 2024 Christmas Stories
2:39 PM		Shame All I Want for Christmas Is Neil Young Shame on Shame Single Color Fields 2019
2:41 PM		Dana Carvey Santa Claus Meets Neil Young Laugh Lessons
2:42 PM		George Korein and the Spleen Santa Untold 2024 Christmas Stories
2:47 PM		Bob Bennett "Neil Young Christmas Songs"
2:53 PM		Neil Young Star of Bethlehem Homegrown Reprise 2020
2:56 PM		Rust For Glory Neil Young sings Last Christmas by Wham
3:02 PM		Bahamas Christmas Highway Christmas Highway Brushfire / Republic Records 2021
3:06 PM		"A Neil Young Christmas" Oh Tannenbaum (out-takes)
3:12 PM		George Korein and the Spleen Flying Raccoon Harvest Moon Tune 2024 Christmas Stories
3:16 PM		Johnny Cash with Neil Young The Little Drummer Boy Heroes & Friends Vol. 3
3:23 PM		Merkel & The Merkelettes The Cookies and the Damage Done The Gift of Music
3:25 PM		Matt Besser Neil Young Sings Frosty The Snowman Comedy Death-Ray Xmas CD 2009 V/A
3:27 PM		Mudfroot Like a Candycane Like a Candycane / Presentgiver Mudfroot 2024
3:31 PM		Neil Young & Crazy Horse Santa with an iPhone 5/12/24 - Camden, NJ
3:32 PM		Set Break
3:35 PM		Eric Ziegenhagen Christmas Minus Christmas Plus You 2025 Christmas Stories https://ericziegenhagen.bandcamp.com
3:38 PM		Set Break
3:39 PM		JOY TO THE WORLD DIVISION NocturnalMission Sluggishas Xmastravaganza 6 V/A NEW ORDER / JOY DIVISION SET!
3:43 PM		New Order Ode To Joy Christmas Flexi
3:46 PM		George Korein and the Spleen Joy Division to the World 2023 Christmas Stories
3:49 PM		DJ Tenderloin Happy Holly Jolly Shadowplay (WARsaw IS OVER) 2023 Christmas Stories
3:54 PM		Marsheaux We Met Bernard Sumner at a Christmas Party Last Night Synthpop Christmas 2 V/A
3:58 PM		Santy Newman Walgreens, 3 am 2025 Christmas Stories
4:00 PM		Wild Carnation Bells of Consent (Age of the One Horse Open Sleigh) 2023 Christmas Stories
4:03 PM		Dan Phillips Holly Jolly Monday A Very Bootie Christmas 4 V/A
4:07 PM		George Korein & The Spleen Tidings of Comfort and Joy Division
4:16 PM		Josh Loughrey It's Christmas Time
4:20 PM		New Order Rocking Carol Christmas Flexi
4:23 PM		Joy to the Wham! Last Christmas Love Tore Us Apart Last Christmas Love Tore Us Apart
4:26 PM		Set Break
4:28 PM		j & e (feat Billie Howard & Gary Gahan) xmas under ice 2025 Christmas Stories https://theseknottylines.blogspot.com
4:33 PM		Set Break
4:35 PM		The Fall Happy Holiday Behind The Counter THE FALL! THE FALL! THE FALL!
4:38 PM		The Fall No Xmas For John Quays The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
4:42 PM		Chicago Now The Christmassical Hex-mas Enduction Hour 2021
4:47 PM		The Fall Christmastide Levitate Cherry Red Records 2018
4:51 PM		King Mistletoe Jr Hark, Oh Brother Tannenbaum 2016 Christmas Stories
4:55 PM		The Fall Jingle Bell Rock The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
4:56 PM		The Gotobeds HIT THE NORTH POLE 2021 Christmas Stories
5:00 PM		The Fall Hark! The Herald Angels Sing The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
5:03 PM		John Peel Introduces The Fall
5:06 PM		Brother Love's Free Association No Xmas For John Quays
5:09 PM		Chicago Now Gift Priest Hex-mas Enduction Hour 2021
5:17 PM		The Fall Blue Christmas Live 2011
5:20 PM		DJ Tenderloin Fall Into Christmas (Jon Solomon's 125th Dream) 2023 Christmas Stories
5:23 PM		The Fall (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas Action Records 2002
5:27 PM		After the Fall Totally Tired (Of Xmas) 2017 Christmas Stories
5:30 PM		The Fall Xmas With Simon High Tension Line
5:33 PM		Chicago Now Ralphie & His Air-Rifle Hex-mas Enduction Hour 2021
5:37 PM		The Fall No Xmas for John Quays Live at the Witch Trials 1978
5:41 PM		The Fall Happy Holiday (Promo Mix) Middle Class Revolt 1994
5:47 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Just Been Born 2025 Christmas Stories
6:01 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Heard On High 2025 Christmas Stories
6:08 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Gone Home For Christmas 2025 Christmas Stories
6:14 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Merry Xmas Get Out 2025 Christmas Stories
6:19 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps When In Come The New Born Kings 2025 Christmas Stories
6:24 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Carpenter's Son 2025 Christmas Stories
6:32 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Rest, Much Has Come Our Way 2025 Christmas Stories
6:36 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps O Come Emmanuel 2025 Christmas Stories
6:41 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Someday Soon 2025 Christmas Stories
6:44 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps The Devil Wins 2025 Christmas Stories
6:50 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Underneath The Tree 2025 Christmas Stories
6:53 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps This Year (Every Day Like Christmas) 2025 Christmas Stories
7:00 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps The Secret Strain 2025 Christmas Stories
7:06 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps We Three 2025 Christmas Stories
7:10 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps The First Christmas 2025 Christmas Stories
7:13 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps The Most Highly Favored 2025 Christmas Stories
7:19 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Not Today! Not On Christmas Day! 2025 Christmas Stories
7:23 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Fighting The War on Christmas 2025 Christmas Stories
7:29 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps Auld Lang Syne 2025 Christmas Stories
7:35 PM		Joel R.L. Phelps The New Year 2025 Christmas Stories
7:36 PM		Set Break
7:39 PM		The Law What Did Santa Claus Bring You For Christmas Cart
7:43 PM		Silkworm Merry Christmas
7:46 PM		Set Break
7:48 PM		The Wailers The Christmas Song Merry Christmas V/A Etiquette Records 1965

Chat is archived.

Over here! Over here!

I see you! here I am

Hello hello.

Flipmode

Well, here I am. Still up 🤷‍♀️ Cheers 🥂

Woo!

Hello from Newcastle upon Tyne. Great to hear PAL there!

Hello N-u-T!

CB (Blue) - you've been up all night? you poor thing, you need some rest! Merry Xmas!

Still up but fading . . .

Wake Up and Smell the Sun puts out alot of good xmas music

Laurel Krahn - you are s trooper! I find it nearly impossible to keep my eyes open past 10pm - friggin' sad. Getting older - not for wimps!

WUaStS can't stop making Xmas tunes!

I’m alright Tendy. Years of Graveyard radio shifts in my history

Debating whether to snooze or ride it out

CB (Blue) - also a trooper. I was a total night owl in my youth. But sadly no more

Newcastle? Where Venom come from?

Yeah I’m older now and feelin it for sure. But I drank that coffee round midnight to make it to Misfitmas and whelp, here I am 😆

Not to mention de-lish Newcastle Brown Ale!

Merry Christmas Elvis! Thank you...thank you very much...Sonny? Red? Could you get Elvis some of his pills?

Hi New Castle from North Philly :-)

Good morning everyone! (Especially. Edinburgh + Newcastle!) post-Misfitsmas I napped with the show ON, and now

I'm locked in!

Merry Christmas please play Killdozer's "Little Town of Deathlahem if you haven't played it yet

Indeed, Newcastle where Venom are from. Also I think Sting and most of Dire Straits! Also some other, better music :S

Excellent, Juliet. Dan, I'll likely save that for the Best Of broadcast tonight.

Jon, cheering you on!!

Same.

I really need to think out and work on a sunrise xmas track. I like this idea of having a special sunrise only track. Just a thought. Onward!

hello. here I am in Xmas Chat Part 2- electric boogaloo!

Xmas Chat Part 2- electric boogaloo - because this time....IT'S PERSONAL

Sunrise very much en route here in eastern standard time! My window is bright!!

still dark here in S. Philly

Sebastian, I think your piece is NEXT.

So in 20-30.

TOBY!

Cool, thanks Jon

Can NOT WAIT to open the blinds.

Thanks for the card by the way, Sebastian.

Snaps for "Mile Marker." Excellent atmospherics!

Glad the card arrived, Jon! I loved Tobias' line about the other person partaking of the whiskey but the narrator abstaining. it had a good rhythm to it

Whelp, another year where I’ll miss The Reindeer Rumble 😔 I’m going down for a few 🏳️ c u all l8r have a good mornin

sleep well CB (Blue) - pleasant dreams (of sugar plum fairies)

He wants a bottle of snoot?

I'd like a bottle of snoods. Time for a Snood comeback.

Good game.

There's a phone app apparently, looks like zero redesign: https://www.snoodworld.com/

Snood Redood

"noise noise noise" - damned reference?

The Snoodening

see you later CB!

hey! thx boss - are you going to play Kiko-A Christmas Story? I played that for my wife and we both teared up a little!

It is on a disc, unsure if there will be time though.

I liked it too.

excellent cover of 'Santa Claus'!

Long may the King of Jingaling reign! good stuff to be sure. There's never enough time to play everything - even in 25 hours! Great show so far boss....

From Philly apparently, Daniel.

Good morning all! I worked with Soriah a long time ago. She was so fun.

bells! bells!

Whew!

good morning! am i awake for real this time?

FaLaLaLaLa goes for mostly traditional / classic stuff but often yields obscure surprises

All the King of Jingaling Flings (xmas mixes) are chocked full of wonderful weird treasures - so good! Highly recommended.

It's still another dream!

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

morning all. merry christmas

Every Little Helps! (a tesco fever dream)

good morning, Maura!

Maura! Right on cue!!!! <3

🥰🥰🥰🥰

Ack, I missed Tobias’s story. How are you holding up Jon?

my wife showed me recently that labelle clip and I lost it! so great

Oh my god, I just watched the original, it’s amazing

Last yr at this time, Maura texted me to try to wake me in time for Rumble! This year - look at us!

I believe she was also having issues with the teleprompter too!

THE LABELLES!

genius, Sebastian

Holding up well, Bela!

Thanks @Matthew H Robb!

Sebastian Petsu- really great idea! Deconstructed Patti! And where are my background singers?

Good morning! Happy WPRBXmas to all!

that was so good sebastian !!

Born to be a background singer. Merry Christmas from a very quiet house.

sprint thru that imaginary snow-bank, Jon! thank you for playing it. Bandcamp link is live

there's a ton of Ronettes/Phil Spector/Goldstar isolated vocal tracks out there ... giving me ideas

thanks @Maura, Merry Xmas @Roseanne and go for it @Daniel !!!!!!

there's a part in the Patti video where finally the background singers come out - and her eye roll is priceless! Great job, man.

and thanks @DJT !

thanks for the inspirato Sebastian! Recontextualization is the sincerest form of flattery, methinks

Everyone's joining the chat again. Great to see y'all here.

Is this Nickelback ? Or Nickelback's under aching brothers band three cents back

adjusting my sliders and injecting coffee

35 years ago i would have bought the cassette with

oh god it’s too early for me to post through my phone sorry hahah

Fabulous!

Finally seeing some light in the sky here. Good morning all!

Ugh must start wrapping ( that's wrapping not rapping )

in lieu of a radio show (I did one on making a holiday mix earlier this month, for a fund-raiser) I made three CD mixes this year.

Morning DJ T and everyone! Merry Christmas morning!

Cowboy — you could rap as you wrap!

I could -- but probably shouldn't

Good morning Keith! was it your track I heard somewhere in the half-asleep hazy latenight?

Thank you music Jon, means world

A Christmas wrap rap

Daniel Aloi - I made 5 Planet of the Apes inspired mixes this year, and my annual xmas mix, which goes back to the cassette days - I've been making a xmas mix for decades now. Oh - and some Tendy smashups too. Busy year for Tendy. Cheers

H-Town, you've got a rival...

I was just thinking that 8 years ago we would be packing up the car and driving the 2 hours to my mothers, listening on the way. And now I’m at my ex in-laws in the Netherlands listening while my son and ex fly here today. Some things change but glad you are here.

haha I've got a Planet of the Apes (non-holiday) mix from a friend on the Idiot's Delight list years ago ... glad it's still a thing DJ T.

You too Bela! I'll be in Columbus in May...

I was in Paris last year having dinner from Zurich on train with my dog

the Xmas mix also goes back to cassette craft for me (1985)

this is a killer slow jam

There will be groggy people who think they dreamed this set.

Daniel Aloi - I would love to hear that POTA mix your buddy made! Actually I wish I could've heard it before making the mixes, but hey. djtenderloin@gmail.com

not sure trying to sleep with this on will work. LOLing at this.

Oh my god

Sweet - the manger zone!!!

Manger Zone! oh god, what an awful/great pun! Goooose!

I am awake, but I think I might be dreaming "Manger Zone"

dying

manger zone WHERE IS GOOSE

it's real

Is this Oscar the Grouch singing?

Actually his concept (in a series, apparently) was 'Planet of the Tapes' with appropriate cover art, now that I think of it. I'll send you a link to my Xmas show from 2023, though...

I am retired July 1 hopefully next Christmas I'll be back in Europe

@Sebastian - likely, yes! Our DJ host is quite kind to play my fledgling return to recording after quite a few years.

That's a plan, Andrea.

Oh, it is Oscar. I love Oscar the Grouch.

Goose is a Flerkin, haven't you heard?

g'mornin! manger zone lol

@Sebastian-,I just hear yours and well done, sir! The layering and times when the tracks seemed to "call/answer" each other was slick!

Good morning all

Jon why is there a story out there that you are no longer on this planet?

Rob!

Andrea, because Google's AI is awful?

I love this. I really like the old stuff. I think I may have been born far too late.

It's a whole story how you are no longer with us but here you are

I'm glad you are because I got very sad

It says I died in May 2020.

@jon get out of here, Rudi, say it ain’t so!

anybody else go to her christmas show this year?

I think it's like the "Paul is Dead" thing. Jon Solomon DID die and was replaced with a doppelganger - you know because big Pharma or AI or somebody has alot invested in this Christmas thing and so it was determined that "the show must go on"

@Keith thanks! It was a lot of fun to make, my track, just a lot of cut and paste tomfoolery using Audacity. also @Keith I don't see your name on the playlist, so maybe I dreamt it or you used a pseudonym?

yes why does it say you died in 2020

dang it Jon I'm not really ready for all the sand in my eyes at this hour

This is a gutter I didn't know before this year!

Keith was last on the prior playlist!

Should we start a story that jon died ....but was ressurected

@nick i wanted to go, but the tix for philly were really expensive

And it was a very lovely obituary. I must say moving moving you should save it.

Here's the AI "obituary" someone discovered...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQVJkz_Aaf3/

Also this is one of the finest Xmas songs I think. Loved it as soon as I heard it. There's some good covers of it out there too!

epic easter marathon resurrection

I have other Aimee Mann Xmas stuff but this was new to my ears.

Jon Solomon is a Christmas miracle back from the dead

Could do 4-5 more hours of equally good new / discoveries this marathon, easy.

But soon we pause.

but this was new to my ears - Wow! I almost can't believe you didn't know this song. A christmas miracle

For Silkworm? Message me, you can stay w me!

Digging Blitzen's Wrath!

Yes and thank you. Much to sort between now and then.

Hey Jesse!

omg

A Wingtip Sloat Christmas.

Are we in the Velvets set now? Cuz this 7-11 jam sounds Velvety

for a second I thought you'd started the Lou Reed/VU set

jinx @sebastian!

sloaty sloat sloat

Not groggily Jon, grobbily.

ope my kid just woke up

No lie, dozed off a lil bit overnight and woke up to NM's Reel X(Mas) and my brain blew up.

happy rickey henderson’s birthday to all who celebrate

hogfather themed music needs to.. start existing

"watch me now"

That's perfect Chandler.

Excited for the Best of the Marathon! I would be perhaps equally excited to hear a "Best of the Marathon: Mic Break edition." Some years Jon's stories, intros and summaries are my faves

yeah deth elf!

Boy Keith, that would take SOME EDITING!

Ha! True, Jon! Save it for the boxed set

Finally got around to reading King of New York (Lou Bio) this year. Good book!

Saw Lou a few times - the best I think was the New Sensations tour - with Robert Quine on guitar!

Was listening to Lou's 'White Xmas' earlier this morning before I turned in. I blame Mojotronic for the entree to the Lou Xmas canon.

Thanks for the recommendation, @DJT Love bios!

oh got this is so meta and layered Snaildartha goes VU?

Saw him with The Feelies in Princeton. My basketball coach was a row behind me. Weird times.

Daniel Aloi - Mojochronic - I don't know what happened to him / her / them - but Mojonchronic is like the gold standard of xmas mashups I think. His Zepplin mash is mind blowing. An inspiration for sure

Buenos Dias

Those Santastic comps have so many gems on 'em.

I saw that tour Jon - with the Feelies opening! They played one of their many VU covers, which was both weird & great!

I also saw Lou once where Jane's Addiction opened

I thought of them/it when I heard yours, DJ T! 'Lou Christmas (Without You)' is still my fave

I doubt it’ll be included here but I’d argue that Lou Reed’s “New Sensations” is a Holiday song because by extension the whole narrative happens on Dec 24th according to the line “Two years ago today, I was arrested on Christmas Eve"

Interesting, Sebastian.

@Sebastian - it qualifies in my book! but then again so does Gene Clark's 'Winter In'

@Jon, ty for playing the Wingtip Sloat song!!! I had completely forgotten about them even though they were a DC band. Since you indicated that had a Flying Nun (or at least New Zealand) influence, I am totally going to check them out after the Marathon!

Sebastian - you're right!! I never thought of that

I'd also propose a set for 2026 of non-holiday songs that messing the holiday(s) in passing. Another favorite- The Cure's "Let'sGo To Bed"

*mention not "messing"

I also saw John Cale once - on a somewhat strange bill with Richard Thompson and the Roches

Any version of "R n R" has my ears. Just one of the best songs ever.

this is genius

I interviewed Moe Tucker in '98 but that's as close as I came to seeing any of them live. I had a gig the night of her show in Ithaca

@DJT I'd have LOVED to see that bill. Richard Thompson is so goood, even now in his later 70s! And I recently got deep into the Roches. My Dad listened to them a lot when i was growing up. cassettes on car rides and i just didn't get it, i was deep in hair metal land but recently their music just started to make so much sense to me

Catching up on the thread, I saw that Lou tour w the Feelies. Drank with Glen and Mike Rothke the night before, well, more fan-boy drank at th

Sebastian Petsu - I am a HUGE Richard Thompson fan - seen him many times. He's just the greatest. Also - there's a recording of a house show he did in NJ somewhere around xmas time and there's some great xmas songs on there - including an amazing version of Waitresses' Xmas Wrapping

love that "good night lou" at the end. It was alright!

Them. The next night went to the show and the “Busload of Faith” video was filmed that night, throughout the video you can see a very young bespeckled me and Jenny Mae bobbing our heads in 80’s slo-motion.

Nice groove!

@DJT I'd love to hear that recording. Can we link up one on one off the chat?

Sebastian and DJ Tenderloin I can def. put you two in touch post-marathon.

Sebastian Petsu - sure hit me up at djtenderloin@gmail.com

This is hitting just right with my morning mate

I think I used that RT version of xmas wrapping on last year's xmas mix

(scrolling back) @Maura - Rickey Rickey!

omg this gets me every time

dying over here!

Good morning and Merry Christmas from Union County. Me and hifivicky are headed to the dog park for the gathering of the mutts.

Jeff! Merry Christmas!

I just wish the clips were longer! so funny

Oh Saint Nic(o)!

We are laughing so loudly rn that our townhouse neighbors might get concerned about us

These should have extended jingle bells drone freakouts.

now that's a cool mash - VU vs VU

Sebastian: there's a great 22-minute Youtube clip of the Roches et al. singing Christmas carols @ "Bottom Line, NYC 12-22-90"

David Nagler's a genius. I've known this since we were both 17. I went to his high school talent show and I swear he was IN EVERY ACT.

for a sec I thought Arty Need was Tammy Faye's Nico.

Great Ramones set early this am..Myself and offspring from west coast were texting during every song

Jealous of y'all who saw Lou/Velvets live . I never managed that.

As I've mellowed in my old age I no longer feel compelled to argue with people who hear "praise the dawning" and SM as a worship song

Goat cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1VOrSoJXnc

Did the goat burn?!

this has been a most wonderful half hour plus so far. ty Jon

It's still standing tall!

Goat is being attacked by pixels, apparently

I tried to lead my friends in Tom T-Bone Stankus' "Purple Reindeer" at a Christmas Jam one year but they just seemed annoyed. Dr. Demento isn't for everyone, apparently.

but now (since last year) I have found my people

@Daniel..going to be a good day if there is a DR DEMEMTO reference at 8 am

lol for sure

thx boss! for anyone who wants this can be found here - https://djtenderloin.bandcamp.com/track/walk-on-the-wild-silent-night

now hearing Natalie Portman singing the doo-do-doos

May inspire to get out the box set and play the Xmas album

Jon, is is true? Are you really Stepping to the A.M.?

Marcus, are you asking if I joined Third Bass?

DJ Tenderloin yet another great track! One for every theme? I shared your Neil young track with a Neil young fan recently who was suitably shocked, impressed and thrilled!

Baby if your wondering, wondering whatever became of Jon, He's living on the air in Princeton, Princeton WPRB

DJ Tenderloin! All Tomorrow's Drummer Boys! Mash it up rude boy!

Blaise Moritz - yep, I cracked the Solomon code a long time ago - if you want to get played, just make a song that fits into an established set! I have a cool Neil track I made for Jon's all Neil Young show that's not available anywhere (yet). Hit me up at djtenderloin@gmail.com and I'll send you a link to it after the marathon.

I have about 5 minutes before kiddo comes downstairs and we gets to gifts

Marcus Haupt - not sure about that mash - I'll look into it - I've been trying to get the right thing to mash with Some Kinda Love - perhaps my favorite VU tune. One day!

Making Very Good Music also helps!

Thx Boss! they don't always work, but it's never from a lack of trying! cheers-

Love this Moe Tucker Drummer Girl!

I think the VU / Lou set is one of the best themed sets. Fully formed, so much quality stuff.

Agree, DJ T & Sebastian!

@DJT great mash and I agree. this is my favorite theme set so far

I used to think it wasn't completely done but then I felt it was and the additions have only helped.

And this Cockburn/Lou Reed live cut gets me every darn time after first hearing it here on the marathon years ago

Do I spy a Reindeer getting ready to Rumble?

Aye.

it's sad and singsongy and comforting to me all at the same time. The best songs for me are simultaneously happy and sad

great song - and great radio show. The whole thing is out there on a blog... first heard this performed by T Bone Burnett ('92 holiday radio show)

Lou's guitar playing on this somehow feels like religion itself to me

Always beautiful. This was such an amazing moment in Christmas music history

@Chandler: Well said, sir.

Feels like a goat-burning year, I dunno.

G'mornin' Captains. Merry Christmas to all except maybe the FCC.

Can't be burnt a little bit at a time is the thing.

He said the "colored girls" thing...probably the last time that terminology is used in polite company

Jon - any Mojochronic in the Best of Show? Zeppelin, Beatles, Motown - all are amazing and worthy of inclusion. But I defer to you sir....

Mojochronic was great ya.DJ Tenderloin Walk on the Wild Silent Night great one too!

Thx Brian D. Merry Christmas!

It’s always a thrill to see our name on the list, thanks Jon!

George is prolific! Man I love his bloop bleep blooping

Gotta love a good bleep and bloop. I just bought myself an old Casio VL-Tone 1 the other week!

I missed Taylor Mac and Aimee Mann? What is this sleep bullshit

Merry Christmas everyone!

Good atmosphere George! And maybe this is the first time Gustav Holst has made it onto the marathon?

my favorite marathon moments are always my family turning to the speakers and saying “what the hell is going g on”

Hi, Maggie! I'm so ready to rumble!

MAGGIE!

Let's Rumble!!!

REINDEER RUMBLE!!!

It's TIME!!! Get in!

I may have sent you that

rummmmmmmble!!!!

Rumbling in NYC!

managed to stay up for this why not let's goooooo

this is exactly where this song belongs

Stop hovering, Jon! Let Maggue cook!

definitely just screenshot that adorable father/daughter moment that happened on the webcam.

Stop hovering, Jon! Let Maggue cook! - correct donutage! Let the girl mix!

Proto-Homer Simpson on that Etiquette album! who knew?

YES! GO MAGGIE GO MAGGIE

Rappin' Rudolf really rocks! Remarkable! Rein-donkulous!

this is hot

fire!

This is so good

no sound

Silence

lost sound

Same here, also lost sound

Back!

did we break the transmitter again?

Next up, Silent Night by John Cage

Back

Oh, I thought she was just going for a John cage thing

Sound back!

ok back

Sound

we're back! \m/ \m/

Good catch.

@Mary Jones, yes, a John Cage Christmas

I need to talk to someone about these issues because they're not Internet-related.

OPEN UP THE PITTTT!

so the audio dropout wasn't just me

Reindeer rumble!

It's really granma's fault.

Wondering if Maggie can weigh in on a question I heard earlier this week: Is Rudolph Santa's employee or his pet? Or other?

Indentured servant. almost a slave!

GOOD QUESTION

I don't think Santa will like what he learns about the Santa family on Finding Your Roots...

Yeah I said potential labor trafficking situation.

Santa runs a weird kind of witness protection program?

But they could also all be members of a co-op

If the reindeer were being treated unfairly they could fly away?

at minimum something HR should be aware of....

hey now....i'm in an out, just logging in for the day.

That story was incredible!

Whoa! That was a Forensic Files dive

Bea called it a “concept album”

@donutage well he does have a sweatshop full of elves

Yes, donutage!

Good morning and Merry Christmas everyone!

Today I learned!

I don't think all of the Christmas tropes (in song or otherwise) have been cataloged; but man it's endless as song fodder

Love this!!!

Merry Christmas to you too @Joe M!

favorite reindeer songs: Jim Page's "A Reindeer Man" and Be Good Tanyas' "Rudy"

Ray capo

chop rudy is reducing my husband to tears

How ye holdin up DJ champ

Housewifesoirees Ray Capo from the Shelter?

If the reindeer can recruit other reindeer in their "downline" then they can make tons of money and be successful and drive a snow white Cadillac! They just have to buy the starter toy kit for $1500. Then they need to buy the Santa-CorWay audio speech and video SantaSuccess bundles.... each month for eternity and then....

I'm sure Jon has it - there's this amazing mashup of Rudolph with the Police's Roxanne (don't put on the red light) - perhaps it will make an appearance

Brian D - I'm putting Santa-Corway on my vision board right now!

yeah DJ T I love that one too! And the Who vs. the Grinch

they provide meat and fur, duh

Hi all!

Merry Christmas WPRB!

meat, fur, & melk

Clearly someone needs to start a union drive at the north pole

@Susan maybe the Reindeer are 1099 independent contractors?

though they have a good argument for a legal case that they're statutory employees

DJ Tenderloin, maybe we could go out for a mug of Santa-Corway-Nog sometime and I will discuss some great opportunities for you! My Mentors would love to have you be your own boss and make more money than you ever have simply by spending more money than you ever had (trust us, it works!)

Good point Sebastian--as seasonal workers that seems likely

Hey good morning all!

A red Fender Jag-u-ar! now that's a nice gift.

We all got our wprb swag here and are already breaking it in!

Brian D this sounds like an excellent opportunity - I just need to tell 6 more friends about it....

this has a little Gary Pig Gold vibe to it - always a good thing

well speak of the purple devil...

free association- "Corway" made me thing of "Corwood" which made me wonder, has Jandek ever recorded holiday music?

Just making my coffee and plugging in the tree. Have already had a visit from a verklempt neighbor.

I literally just used Purple Reindeer as an example of what gets played on this show the other day lol

i knew where this current tune was gonna go from the first lick, and I love it!

(guess I got the artist wrong - it's been 35 years gimme a break)

yessss

@Sebastian "Bring It In A Manger"

@sebastian - a set idea whose time has come, perhaps ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9MhahI_WlI

i would fly 4 u is another good prince christmas song.

You can get the advance Early-Elf price on the Santa-CorWay Purple Reindeer Package starting today. Just give your uplines all of your bank acct routing numbers and credit card acct #s to make it easier for us

@Sebastian Petsu I think this calls for a Jandek-inspired playlist next Christmas.

I watched Captain Kangaroo

Capt Kangaroo vs Captain Noah in the Santa-gon Match

@Susan- thanks! i know i can just google it (and i just did) but it's always fun to tap the vast wealth of music knowledge contained within this chat

@Daniel- yes! Jandek xmas.

i've heard this as a golden record, never heard the captain's intro.

the Jandek mention made me think of R.E.M. - not their holiday singles like "Ghost Reindeer in the Sky," but Michael Stipe's contribution to "Olive, the Other Reindeer"

@Dale i think you found a mission to write a submission for next year's Rumble!

So good....

If Santa drove a boat Rudy would have to sit in the back

Love Captain Kangaroo! The Please Touch Museum has some of his original set and puppets in their basement

Love, Captain kangaroo and the chuckle patch

omg, Ghost Reindeer! Brilliant!

Good morning, everyone! I awoke to Cassie Ramone’s cover of Chuck Berry’s Run Run Rudolph, but her version makes me think more of Little Honda, so I woke to a sleepy image of a reindeer on a motorcycle

yippee kay yaaaaaaaay

Liz Bot- is that really true? the basement of the touch musuem? can you see the set / puppets? that would be awesome.

is this a Christmas version of "Big Iron"?

@Daniel, as if on cue, there's a version of the song!

I'm waiting for a Die Hard reference 😜

I guess not, but now I want that lol

@DJ Tenderloin - Yes! I mean, I haven’t been there in some time, but used to go a lot when my kid was younger and it was on permanent display in the basement, so unless they completely changed things around in recent years, it should still be there!

Inspired! Ghost reindeer in the sky!

Rats, Missed yr song, Sebastian! I look forward to hearing it when it’s posted

Decrèche Mode Is a great name!

Liz Bot - making a mental note to go see this. Such a big part of my childhood! Didn't know that. Thx! Merry Xmas!

We only do the reindeer here

Off-season, the reindeer work for Odin and ride the Wild Hunt.

The Easter bunny may be a reindeer in disguise

Santa's gonna get bought out & replaced by a fleet of Amazonn trucks

the best reindeer.. rein…SNAKES https://www.instagram.com/p/BNswAMvhdbS/?igsh=MWhhdXFpcmg3dG80dw==

@Liz Bot- It was pretty early when it got played, but it's posted now on my bandcamp!

@Sebastian Petsu - Thanks! I’ll check it out!

@Mary facts

I woke up at like 5am and the first thing I thought was, "shoot! I missed the misfits set!!"

@DJ Tenderloin - Happy to spread the word of the Captain! Merry Christmas!

Oh wow, Frances Quinlan! How have I missed this in the past?

Then I saw my friend and they told me, "I heard misfits Christmas songs last night on wprb"

MERRRRYYYY CHRISTMAS 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳👨‍🍳

@sebastian great track!

I was up for 30 hours straight yesterday and set my alarm for 12:25am so I'd wake up for Ramones o clock and finish wrapping/depositing presents under the tree!

yessss

Radical Reindeer! Gonna have this one playing in my head for hours!

Rad!

@thanks Blaise!

Turned on radio this am at about 7:40 and was so glad to see that the VU/Louuuu Christmas set started on the mid hour.

always love this Radical tune. is this 80s vintage or just retro in sound/production?

the fresh prince of peace approves.

Truth

and as i often do, i google and answer my own question. discogs says the single came out in 1988. yes very Fresh Prince/DJ Jazzy Jeff!

a celebration of one of my favorite christmas gifts of all time 💾

This!!! Really reindeer!

I'm sure Lucifer has Christmas tunes for Santa

Tom Ellis fun parody of course I mean ;

Good Rumble this year!

Yes great rumble. Love this educational moment

Cervidae Says! DING DING

Good morning, chat. What did I miss?

Digging the soulful folky reindeer vibes

IT'S MONK TIME!!! Forgot about the Monks parody. So good

Monk Time!

We are heading to my MiL. But, I think we can catch the show on my wife's TuneIn. If not, we'll be back before the end of the Marathon

Wow! It’s reindeer time!

YES REINSNAKES!!!

Did someone say snakes??

Reinducks are a good idea. Is it purely linguistic or do they have antlers?

rein snakes should hang with jackalopes

the snakes do not have antlers. idk if there’s an antlers rule. but i would like to see ducks in antlers

Great reindeer facts from your friend, thanks Josephine!

and Maggie- you have a great radio voice! Did you get any coaching from the old man?

@addie - Time to train those snakes of yours to pull sleighs!

You mean MY dad...right? RIGHT??

I checked out the snakes @maggie. Cute without antlers. But antlers would be cool. How about reinplatypus? There was a request last night about platypus songs

Soon come the noon time meal time then it is my favorite time... ReinBeer time.

(i’m not radio maggie, i am just some other maggie)

Has anyone done a Christmas version of A Message to You Rudy and/or Rudy Can't Fail? We need more ska reindeer songs.

This area is LOUSY WITH MAGGIES.

i am 100% for any songs about animals for christmas. creatures are the best

Yes donuutage! What a concept

If Santa had flying reinsnakes, I would ask he not visit our house and tell my kids that being kind all year is its own reward.

Loving the Rumble!

@Jon. yes, of course that's what i meant! you're gonna stay young til [you] die!

...and you're not dead yet, despite what the internet might say!

@joe m the reinsnakes were used by an evil wizard named winterbolt. i don’t know what happens to them after he gets.. zapped. a loose end from the story

Aww piney gir! So good

Reindeer rhapsody in the midst of the rumble

Gotta go see if the family is stirring, or even the mice. Another great Rumble, Maggie! Well done!

It's not Christmas morning at my house unless I check in with my favorite marathon DJ in NJ!

Good morning Jon - hope you're awake and having tons of fun playing Xmas music for all to hear.

I never turned it off. But did I sleep thru Lindstrom?

Christmas Yuleblog Sampler? Never heard of it.

Rob, do you mean me or Maggie...? Merry Christmas!

Still to come, Derek!

Her too! Maggie always does a great job!

Yay! thanks!

At the breakfast table, humming Flappie

we're opening gifts here and my sweetie got me some awesome bluetooth headphones! Yay! Yes, I still have corded ones

OMG

ohhhhhh

SONG REQUEST: "Christmas Everywhere" by Fran Alexandre (1958)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-TJaACzIA

this whole rumble has been top notch

Props to Furnace and the Fundamentals for this inspired take

This pony parody is diabolical, lol

Take care Jon / Maggie - Merry Christmas!!!

signed up for playlist just to express enthusiasm for “reindeer”

Did not expect the Careless Whispers sax!

ugh playlist chat but you know what i mean

That elicited a yelp from the kitchen, Sebastian.

Sadie! Merry Christmas to you and your mom!

We've got some bird activity at Galve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1VOrSoJXnc

always happy to hear the Careless Whisper sax

I likely won't be able to take part in the chat the rest of the day. Merry Christmas Jon! Merry Christmas everyone!

fantastic! dean would do a great planet caravan.

I notice there's no bells for the Rumble. By design?

have a great rest of your Xmas, Ross. Thanks for chatting with us!

I believe the children are our future...

Dean reminds me to re-watch 2046, which is a Xmas movie.

Reindeer Rumble is just magic

No bells because we only have one set of headphones / mic this year...

"Definitely an even number." That's classic, Maggie. Thanks

Rudolph’s Revenge for president!

who's the non-rudolph reindeer most deserving of attention?

this is the ONE!

Rudolph you don’t have to put on your red nose tonight!

@Pat, well Doner has a kebab so not them

Team Blitzen

Mojochronic - WE MISS YOU! WHERE ARE YOU? PLEASE COME HOME, FOR CHRISTMAS...

This Police mash up is great

Donner rather famously ate all those people, too

Omg this is fantastic

@Pat yes, that too. good one!

Donner also directed Superman.

Thunder Party. Thunderous Appetities.

Donner is truly a complicated figure

and here's Air Blitzen flexing his basket ball prowess. this is great

I guess we have to consider that most of the reindeer are or were bullies

how you holdin' up Jon? Having worked on some film shoots that went for 18, 19, 20 hours - a trick I learned - nothing will change your outlook on things like a pair of fresh socks. Can't explain it - but a fresh pair o' socks can be a game changer. Cheers-

2046 is on Tubi? Absurd.

DJ Tenderloin is right Jon — show feet

“Look at this Reindeer, he can barely dribble!” Is my new retort for at least 12 hours

I used to swap out socks and underwear midway through (Pat, NO) but being home it is less dusty than the old WPRB studios...

Assuming the swapping of underpants predated the web cam...btw, interesting side note - underpants is infinitely funnier than underwear. Merry Christmas

That Lords of Yuletide track was awesome

perhaps I'm imagining this but is this year's Rumble longer than usual? Seems like and extra long one - not complaining, I love it! All Reindeer songs is not an easy thing to program

@dj tenderloin agree! It feels wonderfully epic. Truly a marathon within a marathon

oh no my speaker died

All Hail the ReinSnakes 🦌🐍

Oh but not cooked reindeer right?

Maggie’s Reindeer Crumble would not be out of place on the menu at one of the Princeton area’s many bakeries!

Come on Eriine or Arigols let's name a restaurant dish after her

Especially loved Rudolph the Paranoid Reindeer, reinsnakes, and contemplating a reindeer crumber recipe

crumble!

I spelled them wrong, but U know what I mean

Tonight my chef has prepared a lovely seasonal reindeer stew with ramps and parsnips

How about Reindeer Rolls? They could be cinnamon rolls with a twist

3 cheers for Maggie & the Reindeer Rumble!!!

Did I miss what a "Jon Solomon" menu item was?

Calling on Lilipies or The Gingered Peach!

Jon Solomon's Veggie Stir was delicious and on a menu at a place in the Lehigh Valley that sadly no longer exists...

I'm noticing a little bit of squinting there Jon - might it be time for some spectacles? You're a regular Squintin' Tarantino. Had to work that in. As a jew, I worry!

Yes, the Rumble is a touch longer this year DJ Tenderloin. Added one more set.

Hooray for the reindeer! Hooray for their rumble! Hooray for Maggie (coming soon to a menu near you)! @jwh

Except I *like* Paul Dano!

I think I'm not used to all this light.

The eyes are the windows to the head! take care of those peepers boss

I did get reading glasses this year however...

this year's rumble was glorious. you've set the bar high!

this one's good too

The rumble *needed* to be longer this year—it’s been so good.

aw I love this one

I thought it was Dinosaur Jr. I should wait until they kiss the "hair" or "head"

great rumble (too sleepy to say much)

Love it!!

I can't help but sing "Like Attila the Hun" after they say "You'll go down in history"

An extremely joyful rumble! I love how much people love singing about reindeer.

Wowwww

This has to be the first D.I. song turned Christmas played on the marathon

Thanks for a great set, Maggie! 🎊❣️🎄

nicely done!

Great set Maggie!

awesome set maggie !!! 🦌

I just saw a post from Rich Hoak that Total F*cking Destruction has released a cover of Simply Havin’ a Wonderful Christmas Time. 😮

Reindeer Twist was absolutely amazing

thanks Maggie!

Maggie! you rock!

🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🐍🐍

lol this song

Addie, I *might* already have that...? Also, hi!

amazing

Don't Back The Reindeer

Hi! Good morning Jon.

Great job Maggie

Good morning everyone and merry Christmas!

I'll relay this compliments to the pending present-opener.

I mean I just what even is HAPPENING

🦌 great job Maggie! 🦌

My son is losing it over this Q Lazzarus parody!

Thanks Maggie! Great job! i enjoyed the banter and the selections!

Great job Maggie. Phoebe (7th grade, guitar riff on my song) says you have cool hair

Great Rumble! Thanks Maggie! Great way to start my day! 🦌🦌🦌

The whole family loves the reindeer rumble! My Tween now sees the joy of radio.

Excellent work, Maggie!

That was fantastic, Maggie. Well done!

Rad Reindeer Rumble Redux!

Blaise!

Hola, Sebastian!

That's so great, James. I have relayed Phoebe's compliment, Josh. "Oh. Cool!"

mornin folkds, slept a little bit longer than expected but hows it going! you the man jon!

Jeremy, Colin, Anna, Celeste, Russ... Della. Gunther., I know you're all here and you know I'm right about Jack. He's lost his mind.... go see Wobe

Cheers, Jon!

I have risen. Merry Christmas morning!

Merry Jerry all hail the snail!

Get out those snails!

Snail time!!!! Let's gooooooooo!!

🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌

Merry Christmas TAndy

YESSSS I woke up just in time!

I'm wearing my snail shirt and holding my snail ornament!

@Jon one of the shirts I got of yours was the Snaildartha one, but in tie dye. It's awesome!

Just in time TAndy! Kids are dancing and playing with their favorite gift: the big box

When its the end of fall and I get bummed about darker, colder days of impending winter, I eventually also think about snaildartha and it reminds me its not all so bad.

Heya Krista!

🐌🐌🐌

Jerry Lives!

🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌

@Readie if you see this, I set a reminder from last year to eat your edible on time for Lindstrom, so please do!

Joe, that's lovely.

Well, all of this is. Even the edible timer settings.

They forgot last year so I promised. Just doing my job!

I fully support edible timer settings for little drummer boy.

@Brendan- seeing this just in time- THANK YOU ❣️❣️❣️❣️

Brendan, you are my hero rn!!’🎄🎵

not to crow here but I'm listening on my new wireless Soundcore headphones. Thanks Santa. I WAS a good boy

all hail the 🐌🎯6️⃣

I got a nice button down flannel but it appears to be long enough for Kurt Rambis to wear as a crop top.

Clever, MHR.

I got Nadia a nice flannel - mostly so she doesn't wear mine :)

Also, a gift box of different chili crips, which was a big hit in 2024.

You either live the chili crisp life or you don't.

Crisp Crusaders Fry Or Die

omg - Nadia gave a bunch of her neices & nephews chili crisps - it's kismet I tell ya!

The crunchier the better, as far as I'm concerned.

I also got her some good socks from REI - the girl needs socks. and she tends to buy cheap ones, so the only good ones she has are typically from me. I love good socks!

Oooh chili crisp

Socks are the best gift!!

Weird amount of ppl in Goatchat DON'T want the goat to burn? Why are you watching a static shot of a non-burning goat????

Thank you Debra - I agree. Socks get a bad rap!

Started wearing compression socks and my legs have never been so compressed.

@DJ Tendy good socks are underrated @Readie Glad to help! Not all heroes wear capes. Some just want people to fully enjoy Lindstrom!

I expect socks in my future.

Socks for Christmas: hate it as a child, love it as an adult

Then it's agreed - SOCKS ARE A GREAT GIFT AND NOT JUST A THING YOUNG JEWISH BOYS GET ON HANUKKAH. let's hear it for socks

How many years have we been watching the goat? Seems it was destroyed by birds just a couple years ago and I feel like I would've remembered that.

hand knit socks are the most precious gift one can bestow

Hey Commie - good to see you in the chat - agreed - I don't even have hand made socks, that's a dream I'm not sure I dare to dream...

I'm afraid of comfort tbh.

I got half a dozen pairs of Deadpool socks from Santa, I think someone should check on him.

Now I want hand made knit socks. Perhaps a wool blend. Any takers? How does one go about getting these socks? Ideally not Deadpool designed. But hey I'm not picky. hand made is hand made.

LizBot knows you gotta get socks to go with the Birkenstocks if your going to survive a Hamburg winter

dj tenderloin pay $$$ or become very good friends with a knitter

Sadly I think I'm destined for that 2nd choice - anyone knit out there? anyone really really really like tendy mashups and also is a top notch knitter? that's a real needle in a sock stack. Perhaps a Christmas miracle will take place

I heard Steely Dan used the most expensive compression socks in the studio. Compression socks on top of Compression socks.

@Other Maggie, any ideas for DJ Tenderloin?

You gotta try every one.

Brian D - nice. I went to buy some compression socks but I ended up mistakenly buying depression socks and now I feel even worse.

Didn't read the fine print.

idk i know a lot of knitters but i don’t think any of them do custom work

@DJT at 11:31 but is it a dream you DARN to dream?

Have been using the fingerless compression gloves for the mouse and keys relief. Good purchase

@Other Maggie, any ideas for DJ Tenderloin? - Is this for Maggie Solomon? Ideas for the rumble? I have been thinking, believe me....

Sebastian Petsu - sorry I lost the THREAD on that...

ooof. a growner for a growner. All that said I did get my partner socks for Xmas

anybody ever order the teespring socks? i wonder if they're any good

DJ Tenderloin what you really need is Planet of the Apes designed socks does Dr Zaius knit?

SOCKS ARE A GREAT GIFT!

Jerry wears no socks...

snaildartha pie is in the oven

a groaner even, said by a grown-ass man

@Maggie! Can you help one DJ Tenderloin?

Snaildartha Pie sounds better than a Reindeer Crumble.

Snaildartha pie?!

this part always sounds like richard dreyfuss to me

Chris Strouth - I'm not actually much for, like, novelty socks, but if there were POTA socks I would have to maybe make an exception...

You aren't in the Sub Sock Sock-of-the-Month Club?

Sounds like that AI voice model all over YouTube, but actually breaths.

I mean, I guess you could live that way.

@dj tenderloin ask dj stitching pink! i don’t knit; i have friends who do but i don’t know if any of them do custom work or sell their stuff

Happy Christmas Day, y’’all! Greetings from the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in beautiful San Juan. Back to Boston I go. Listening this year has been a challenge. I’m doing my best!

Darn socks

@chris it’s just a regular pie i was putting together during snaildartha (soundtrack to me struggling to roll out cold dough)

You gotta have the socks knitted directly onto you feet, that's the stuff.

*yr

Brad, I hope you'll be in earshot for JRLP.

Is there a link for hours 1-13 playlist. I can't find it

i almost forgot that my mother in law gave me a fantastic gift yesterday https://bsky.app/profile/squishythings.com/post/3matacrvxik2v

Maggie- was kind of worried it was some sort of snail based pie and that would be sad

Ah - Maggie, now I get it - that is incredibly sweet - I think I'm good at the moment in the sock arena (as someone who loves socks, I have socks) but one day I really would love to own some hand made socks. Made for my feet! I have a few hand made afghans from my Bubbie - very treasured items. And a hand made sweater I bought on the street in La Paz. I have to think hand made socks are like out of this world. Merry Christmas!

long, long snaily things!

🐌❤️

@JL https://playlists.wprb.com/WPRB/pl/21719095/Jon-Solomon?layout=1

I'm only reminded of mouth-watering escargot

Sabbath time?

Reinsnails!

RIP Landaus and merino wool socks

Maggie Schreiter - omg that hat is INCREDIBLE!

You could make a goat pie and then burn it.

@chris i could have put a snail on top but i did a baba yaga house

They can't stop that.

Setting up drums

Maggie that hat is a Christmas gift almost as good as the other Maggie’s Reindeer Rumble!

Fingers crossed, Jon. Paying for the in-flight WiFi if I must!

@Dan setting up drums is one of the funniest tracks i first heard here on the marathon! i hope to hear it as maybe part of the best-of coda

Edith Frost, yay!

😉😂

the snail thing is just a headband, a “spa headband” for pulling back your hair when you do your tiktok influencer skincare routine

🥁🥁🥁

Why does this song sound so familiar?

Everyone to your cars!

John Lennon Voice: Drums

Drummer Alert 🚨🥁🚨🥁🚨🥁🚨🥁🚨🥁

my husband was like “i gotta make lunch as quickly as possible to escape the drummer boy”

I got blisters etc.

I saw "DRUMMER ALERT" and my heart skipped a beat.

I've often felt that this is the kind of thing that occurs more naturally late at night - as opposed to Noon. I know this is the way. I'm just saying it's a strange trip to take... at Noon. Have fun everybody - especially those who have timed things happening - ENJOY MY FRIENDS ENJOY

FM broadcast and streams simultaneously energized throughout the domicile asynchronous delight ensuing

giving the drummer some

DJ Tenderloin, when I discovered these were the most-listened-to two hours of the show, I couldn't change the plan...

Mornin

I was worried when 10 o'clock came and went with no Lindstrom

Jon - of course - you ARE THE CAPTAIN - and we are now ASCENDING. Jon will turn off the seatbelt sign soon and you can feel free to move about the cabin. THIS IS THE WAY, JON.

had to take a break from show prep for lindstrom

Jon - btw - "the most-listened-to two hours of the show" - what the HELL ARE PEOPLE DOING OUT THERE ON XMAS DAY?? It does make you wonder....

I tuned in just in time for you to announce it at noon. 🚀

Perhaps others have "timed" things happening....

every year I hear something new...

I am slowly ascending!

up up up up

It’s the new tubular bells

the world is full of magic things patiently awaiting for our senses to grow sharper...

Mike we were running about 45 minutes behind schedule but all is right in the world again.

Yep...for me it was Reindeer Twist and Sausageandpotatosladday

Sure is!

Readies comments are top tier

thx CB , that last one is W.B. Yeats....with whom I concur wholeheartedly

Are you the one who said yesterday that Jon Solomon makes the Ringing Rocks ring

and the sun has emerged in central New Jersey

Some sun here in Horsham Pa

just came back from a snowy rail trail walk....should've taken this program with me.

This is waling music

walking

oh, and walgreens is the only thing open if you need a last minute present like the 650 pack of q-tips or some underwear or an earwax removal kit (goes well with the q-tips).

drummin'

one ear on the stream, the other on the FM

i just learned from toyah and robert fripp's christmas greeting that they have bunnies named fripp and eno.

We have arrived

Hey Roff!

Merry Christmas Time time

was robert in a tutu?

Jon - rough ETA on the JRLP? 🤔

....sort of a nutcracker themed outfit?

🛤️

Toya dresses him up I think.

It’s the perfect song for noon me thinks.

epic drummer

Happy jingle rock bell errbody

@jon if you're running behind schedule can't you just pitch up lindstrom by like 15%--- who would notice?

Oh I'm not worried about time like I was in 2024. We are good!

👼👼

jon's got 4 hours of wiggle room this year

@Sebastian--- I'd notice

this part would be extremely high

indeed, it is, Commie

Brilliant song

@Commie speaking of "extremely high" Who timed it right?

the canonization of Saint Lindstrøm commences now

We out here in space now!

the power of Lindstrøm compels you

Please put your tray tables up and your seats in the upright position as we begin our descent, which is really an ascent but upside down. Merry Christmas

🛸🛸🛸

signal lost

Drummer boy is just infinite delight.

Is Lindstrom Thurmond anything?

Someday we’ll do the drummer boy drive.

NO SOUND

uh oh

Ack!....worst time for a signal loss!

omg Lindstrøm interruptøm

Fixed. Apologies.

Same for me no audio

Stream down

time to restart Lindstrom from the beginning

terrestrial and online is kaput

This is a very strange, weird issue this year.

Start it over

Stream up

phew

miracle restoration

Back

both are BACK

Went too far into space

ok back. but now I have to eat another gummie...

i noticed it happening last night too! i wasn't sure if it was just me but it was the radio so i was pretty sure it wasn't

Oh, thought that was my end

Great idea Dan!

Do a shot every time Jon plays a Christmas song

during the bathroom in the mall song

aiee zach no

The mount point is fine (for those who know what that means) and the Internet is strong but the line from the board to the computer just STOPS here and there every 6-8 hours. I can't figure out why as the board is good and the cable is new. Perhaps the USB to USBC? Frustrating but with quick alerts I can solve immediately.

Why does this keep happening? I feel like something keeps happening.

@Dan Wade- I have to concur....

probably just all the data building up and leaving a film

Frustrating because I took extra steps to make sure everything was solid going in. I'm not mad and it was just a wee drop but...

at least it doesn't trigger the other drummer of whom we do not speak

how dare you not test actually doing your show for 8 hours

amen to that

Way better than last year. This years show has been mostly smooth sailing on my end. 👌 👍

the first comment, that is lol

Yes, I solved every single past issue! Stereo / mono? Solved! Web connection? Solved! Come on, USB send cable! Don't let me down!

that's a super hard thing to troubleshoot when it's only happens on a 6-8 hour timeline

I'll let the equipment rental company know. Perhaps this is something they've seen before?

(Insert the Snoopy dancing gif here)

I have been taking tech notes but can't screenshot the error on my end b/c I'm trying to get the show back on in seconds...

Readie had the best - Lindstrøm interruptøm

@Jon - this happened during girlflop on Sunday...not sure if the show was from mothership

Holy cow! I am a meteor soaring through space!

You need an assistant at the 6 hour mark screenshotting while you're fixing :)

I'm Dr. Manhattan's speech. It is 1988 and I am in a radio station in Princeton...

🤗

Trevor, a second monitor would make it more obvious. But whatta hassle!

My body woke itself up at 11:57 like it knew

Why not just move your entire family into the barge? makes sense to me

Barge 2.0 (coming in January fingers crossed...maybe).

that's cause you've never been in the barge

Bathroom on same floor, windows, sunlight...

🤞🤞🤞

lindstrom = on repeat 💕❤️

Commie - you are correct! The name alone does not spell out luxury for me

Wow they do this live?? I would LOVE to have seen this https://factoryinternational.org/whats-on/lindstrom-live-the-little-drummer-boy/

ahhhh sunlight may it be so

Boom

I prefer studios with windows too

and there is the actual creshendo!

Eargasm

an actual barge has a lot more space

🚀

things that made me cry this christmas: 1. the part in the grinch where the who's sing 2. lindstrom

Wow, what a Little Drummer Boy!

That re-entry through the atmosphere was intense, but feels good to be back in the comfort of my home.

NOOOOO I love the Beastie Boys set

No, Beastie Boys said I'm going to cry

thank you Jon, another year, another Lindstrøm

Merci beacoup beastie boys please

aiee i have to tear myself away or my show is gonna be 6 hours long

(narrowing down is the most time consuming part of my process usually)

THANK YOU JON see you all in a bit i hope

Susan, why didn't we go to this?!

i was half-expecting a Starship "We Built This City" parody based on the title

thought this would be a starshippy cover.

I said don't worry!

The online listener jawn got busted at 855 people!

This was exactly my fear.

see you later Commie!

When I saw the title.

Keep it going, Commie!

Hi - doing a little work today - thanks for still spinning - I always think of the Dick Van Dyke episode where he stays on the air 24 hours... he had to keep the turntable going -

Happy Christmas Commie! Happy programming

Be well Commie

I would've welcomed the parody. I have a lot of nostalgia fow WBTC , that said. this is a great expansive atmospheric tune especially on headphones

hi commy and readie rainbow, merry holidays!

*for

i think it would have been quite delicious.

Hey Ossy! merry happy krimble

That was all kinds of lovely indeed

Nice Edith Frost piece

Hey Vilda

That Edith Frost track was absolutely lovely.

@Jon a real failure of all our Lindstrøm Google alerts :(

OKAY!

Hi Christine

Nice to see Jerry's kids here

Someone shared a story a few years back about watching Jon walk alone to his car after the Christmas Marathon, opening his trunk, putting a box of music in there, and then unceremoniously climbing in and driving away. Shouldn't there have been a cheering crowd? Well the good thing about doing it from home is Jon doesn't have to do the lonely drive home after being on air for 25 hours.

My back appreciates the lack of lifting these last six years.

Hi Christine!

Greetings Jon, Mike, Readie, Ossy, vildachaya, Dae, Commie, Number 6, DJ Tenderloin, Dennis, addie & EVERYONE!

Setting a Lindstrom + "Little Drummer Boy" Google alert presently.

@Number 6 - where's the online listener count jawn?

This is quite the listener party going on right here. Do we swap cookies or something?

Christine! Happy Christmas and all goodness to you!!💖

Any region, all alerts, as it happens. Set!

It is truly bonkers the amount of new music this year

Virtual cookies 🍪 🍪 🍪 yum! @vildachaya

I came to play, Betsy!

@Trevor Little- That's privileged information for DJs only.

Hi Christine! Merry Christmas!

Right back at you, @Readie the Most Righteous! ❤️🌈📚

summoning DebbieWebby to the chat!

faeries wear boots, the black ones with white furry trim.

I have no snails to give/post, but happy xmas marathon from me and this waffle

Hi Christine 𓅊 𓃕 𓃹!

❣️🌈🎵🎄✨Christine!

Seriously! Where's DebbieWebby?

patience

@Number 6 🚲⛱️ Hope you're having a great day

@Christine 𓅊 𓃕 𓃹 Most definitely! With an unbeatable marathon.

@Jon🐧 "Human Radio Station," you're killing it in merry marathon measure! ✨️🎄❄️🎧

Going to get cookie mix now. I will send them to you all through the ether

yum, CB Blue!

Seriously wondering if my kid only knows two versions of War Pigs: the Dresden Dolls cover and Christmasfied

Yes - Cookies!

Seasons Greetings!!! 🎁🎄🎅Tuned in now cause Readie texted me 🤘😆

hi debby!

the only "cookies" I will accept!

Good work, Readie.

Deb!

THERE IS DJ DW in the house!!

🤘🎅🤘

I am here to serve, maestro!

I like to configure my cookies

Man, talk about committing to the bit. Wonderful!

WOO HOO!

RIP OZZY!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!! Hi Jon! Hi Ossy! Hi Mike! ☃️🎁🎄

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

I think my MO for a lot of these sets, as I think about it, is to be overwhelming. Like, a person stumbling onto WPRB for the first time might think "oh, cute...a Black Sabbath Xmas song" and then there's a second one, followed a third completely different tune, a mash-up and it just. keeps. going.

The jingle bells are sending me on this one🤘🔔🤘

WOW WOW WOW

You're initially charmed, then in disbelief, then you never change your dial again.

oh god. this mash!

THIS!

SANTA, I'm coming home!!!

in sane

well done, Jon. That's how I found WPRBXMAS 20(?) years ago? I was like ok this is cute, ok this is interesting, oh this is going on for a whole day?! I'm IN

Jon, this is the way

big finish

Ok I am not always a fan of these sort of mashups. But holy crow that was perfection. Holy joly and creepy

SANTA SANTA SANTA.

Just passed by inflatable TIE fighter and AT-AT Christmas decorations.

Chris, there are so many bad mash-ups out there.

HAHA! Hopefully the new listeners of WPRB are going to be delighted by these mash ups. These news songs are immediate classics. Nonstop gems since yesterday, Jon! Bravo!! 👏👏🤘

Layers

Summoning Mr. Mike/Mick Sludge to the chat with this one...

I saw Mr. Mike at Scrawl. What a terrific surprise!

Jon- there so are, and thanks for being you and giving the world the world your sachraninenfree holiday wonderland and snail sanctuary!

It's funny hearing these Xmas sabbath covers from the other room. All I get are riffs and guitars and it's fantastic. I'm sure what the bands are doing with the words is great, but goddamn those riffs

1000 Homo Santas would be a good name for a group.

1000 Homo DJs version of this song is a constant on my running playlist.

Ha!

Also, I once went to a San Francisco Giants game and they played said cover to hype up the crowd! I couldn't believe it.

this whole set is hall of fame

@Jon Solomon 🐧 (host)- Wow! Some really forward thinking person.

oh San Francisco

i remember buying that 1000 homo djs single at tower records in cherry hill

Glad there's some later period Ozzy Sabbath parodies. I feel so misled about the "Never Say Die" album. I was told for so long by other metal fans that it was awful and unlistenable that i never even gave it a try until right after Ozzy passed this year and was like "oh my goodness, it's certainly not their best but it has a bunch of tracks that i really really like on it."

@Number 6, this was before unknown songs showed up at stadiums regularly. There was no Josh Kantor on the organ!

Am I dreaming too big to hope for a "Santa Bloody Santa" somewhere in this set??

There was a tower records in cherry hill? niiice

Let me check the spreadsheet, Dan.

“Charmed disbelief” radio 💯

I worked at Tower K.O.P.

You're free to make one for 2026, Dan!

@Betsy the Tower Records in Cherry Hill was MASSIVE. I remember my Dad driving me there in the early 90s trying to track down obscure Zappa and 20th-century orchestral stuff. a delight to browse

Record store appreciation time. Niiice, @CB (Blue)

Rummy tum tums!

As a teen I worked at Variety Records, Waxie Maxie's, and Kemp Mill Records. All of them gone now.

growing up near PRex I didn;t need to venture to Cherry Hill or KOP for my music needs. I remember the Sam Goody on Nassau St too.

sounds like some fun music quest trips, @Sebastian Petsu

waxie maxie's is a stellar name @D DJ Tenderloin

ha Wee Three records in the Springfield Mall. Bought the Genesis album 'Foxtrot ' there. Cut out bin.

I guess Sugar Plum Fairies Wear Boots is too many syllables

Betsy Grossman - these are all DC area record chains from the 80's.

A Very Black Sabbath Christmas. Odd how well it works. Excuse me while I go bite the head off a chicken.

Lester please — a dove

If I didn't feel like taking the train to Philly i usually bought my music at Tower, Tunes and Final Vinyl (in Westmont)

Thanks Patrick. There was a remix of Walking round in women's underwear a few years ago.

I remember the Sam Goody in Springfield Mall. Got my first Violet Femmes album on tape cassette there when I was like 10

Tuning back in time for Sabbath Christmas!

oh yeah Sam Goody and the Wall

\m\ hey JD

i think i might bring them some figgy pudding

\m/ oops

Santa Sabbath has far better chops than SANTA WEARS BOOTS.

No reason to buy the second album. Just keep the first one on repeat. (Violet Femmes) It was such an innocent time!

@Jon:...and I'm back☕️You seem to be holdong up Amazingly well!! Beautiful Xmas day here in SE PA...and Hello and Merry Xmas to all the chat peeps...

love all the Ozzy holiday greetings.

same. i love that he referenced no rest for the wicked so plainly.

was there any debate about santa *not* wearing boots?

As a young-un back in the late 70's we did kinda thing that black sabbath was kinda a dumb band. We liked Lynyrd Skynyrd, outlaws, Doobies, Blue oyster cult. I forget who else, but since we all forgot those bands, and yet Sabbath lives on. Go figure.

Santa Sabbath can shred

Hello again Alan merry happy!

I absolutely love that these Sabbath songs were done by real people using electronics and instruments and not just an A.I. prompt.

Hey Readie!! Merry Happy Irish Christmas to you too...

More importantly, what shoes was Mrs. Santa wearing.

On Christmas Eve?

slippers?

High heels not so good in deep snow..

🤟🎅🤟

Nollaig Shona Duit, Readie and Alan!

🤟🤶🤟

Greetings, @Liz Bot! ✨️🎄🤖🎄

this is deranged. i love it

Figgy pudding is getting much love this set!

Elf shoes? They're kinda special. Green mostly I think

I hope that Mrs. Santa doesn't wear army boots.

Gotta love Ozzy WPRBXmas set while getting the Christmas matzoh ball soup a-floatin'

Gettin' figgy with it

Hi Liz Bot! Greetings and Xmas Felicitations!

BAM how ya doin Jon and everybody

figgy pudding feels somehow right for Ozzy at home.

Merry Marathon, Christine 𓅊 𓃕 𓃹! 🎄

Sláinte, Liz Bot!!! Dia Duit!

Greetings and Happy OzzyDay, Alan!

So I was taking bass lessons at that point. I brought in a bass line from 'Paranoid' to my guitar teacher. Finished with Santa Claus since he didn't bring the present I wanted, etc. Joe kind of smirked.

🔥🤘🔥🎅🔥🤘🔥

Harry Hanukkah wears sequin platform boots

Hi Alan! HI Lizbot! 🎁🎅

BAM, Chef

anybody ever done Sweet Wreath?

Hey DebbieW: Happy Happy Holidays!

In this set, Pat!

omg i listened to it and forgot. this set is sensory overload!!!

Surely there is an oeuvre of ZZ Top Christmas mixes. Jon?

Greetings, Alan Parsec Project, Patrick, DebbieWebby, Chef & all! 🍳

Spock. Explain. Why are Christmas remixes of Black Sabbath so compelling? It is illogical Captain.

Will the Beastie Boys make the cut? 🥺

Happy Holidays, Christine ❄️☃️

this song captures sabbath's signature subtlety

I hope I don't get banned for this, but it is Fascinating.

Black Sabbath's music, particularly during the Ronnie James Dio era, has a unique atmospheric quality that lends itself powerfully to a winter or Christmas-themed interpretation. The band's signature heavy, doom-laden riffs and Dio's operatic, ethereal vocals create a sense of grandeur and solemnity that many listeners associate with the mood of winter and the holiday season, even if not explicitly Christmas-themed. The album Heaven & Hell is often cited as sounding like a "wintery, seasonal Ch

Christine!!! Hey Happy Starry Xmas!!

Hallucinating as usual.

Saw them at the Wildwood Convention Center Summer of 72....whew!

i don't disagree

Mike Constantine- that is completely BADASS! and in Wildwood - I love it. Cheers-

i think ozzy's tendency to sing along with the riff makes his era of sabbath so easy to parody.

Did I miss misfits??

Xmas Pigs needed some Joe Flaherty

@patrick rapa: and awesome!

well yes!

ok people it's been a blast but i gotta go. i was supposed to shower an hour ago. i love you all. jon that set was AMAZING

Bye Patrick

🖤 RIP OZZY 🦇

And i thought two inch winky was a terrible name

Merry Christmas Patrick Rapa

bye pat

That set was a the perfect accompaniment for my traditional spiced bloodnog

The dial gets fused to 103.3 due to the heat

That's how I discovered WPRB in ...althouugh not at mas.

Merry Christmas Pat! Great job on the shirt this year!

Cheers Tenderloin!

I guess you can't say "Goblin Cock" on the air.

stooges!? oh boss you should put that on!

\m/ <3 \m/

#6 We want information.

Coblin Gock

Information. In formation.

@Lester Wiggs- That would be telling!

you should play cup of cheer by chris kennedy if you haven’t already

Cobbling Glock. I think I better sign out now.

Greeting from Tokyo. It's weird Christmas came and went so fast due to the time change from Calfornia, but listening to Jon from over here makes it feel like Christmas big time :)

I'm not a number. I'm Santa Claus

Watching the Youtube feed and can't shake an subliminal fear that you are going to play WagonWheel. You won't, right?

Dan, you made it!

hello, Tokyo!

I decided to not test if I could say "Goblin Cock" on the radio.

Lovely chatting with one and all. Merry Christmas. Best wishes to all. Peace on Eath, and Goodwill to men. And to the Archons. Even though they keeps sucking out our energy.

play cup of cheer please

Colette, big fan of that one will try and slot for Best Of.

To you also Lester

goblin *cough*

Jon, yes we made it. Your shout out when we were on the plane was epic and helped make the 11 hour flight palatable. Thanks for another awesome year each week and of course this year end treat!

this is good - this came in right under the wire!

yesss okay thanks diva

Is Jon Solobot lurking around this year?

too late, but I'm rewriting 'Pocahontas' as we speak

2026, Daniel! 2026!

Dan I think Jon Solobot died when I bailed on Twitter.

"Santa Man"

Was strange to have him still there when I very much wasn't.

Surprise extra Mudfroot! BAM!!!!

Betsy, Goblin Cough is pretty good!

The Mudfroot NY songs are so good

Ah, good riddance to the Solobot, he was a trouble maker lol

If anyone adapted Big Crime on short notice, they have my enduring respect.

The Mudfroot catalog is deeeep

Three reasons to re-air this set.

1. It rules.

2. New song(s) for 2025.

LOL! right up there with 'Home on the Range' on Old Black

OK I am REALLY go to sign out now. But this rendition is quite studied. As an aside, I did see Neil a few times. And I also tried to figure out some of the guitar figures. It wasn't until I saw him playing with Crazy Horse in Camden with the 'other' original second fiddle. Never discount the rest of the band.

3. There was a stereo / mono cable issue that made a joke less effective and I couldn't let that stand for a year!

Hey, I'm going to end up with a killer 4-5 hours of NEW STUFF there won't be time for. Can someone please remind me post-marathon to move those tracks to 2026 folders so they can still happen?

This Neil !!! <333

Then you'll have 5 to 7 hours of new stuff in 26

from 'Americana' (2012) - I caught that tour in Cleveland (well, it was mostly new 'Psychedelic Pill' stuff but had the huge speakers, amps & microphone

I would like to discuss the validity of Greensleeves as a xmas song. i don't think it really is a xmas song at all. how did it become a xmas song?

But then there's already a FOUNDATION in place.

How did Die Hard become an Xmas movir?

See Here Tenderloin. Parsec. I love that. Probably relates to AU, Astronomical units.

DJ T - thru the folk process? It's the same song/melody as 'What Child is This?'

Mike, Die Hard's transition into a Christmas move was irony's last act before it perished.

Lester: Yes, Parallax Arc Second

Indeed!

Tendy, I agree. I like to play Coltrane’s ‘Greensleeves’ throughout the year without people thinking it’s anachronous

@DJT Greensleeves' an old English folk melody got paired with Xmas lyrics" "What Child Is This" and it stuck.

Daniel Aloi- same song/melody as 'What Child is This?'- this is the best argument I've heard. I will stand down!

I'm sure there's a better exegesis on the connection elsewhere, DJ T

R.I.P. Irony From time immemorial - 2016

I am such a sucker for Neil in any form - Loving this...

Love the Neil

Same, vildachaya1.

Greensleeves shall remain a xmas song. Sometimes I must speak truth to power! But I accept the argument. Smart folks here in the chat!

When I saw Neil young in Atlantic City, I do believe Bruce Springsteen was in the audience. SO Neil approached the edge of the stage left, and did a kind of bow down thing. Mutual admiration society. Both great songwriters.

WPRB chat is the best

Harvest Moon with Xmas lyrics could be a Bruce Cockburn song. I mean this as praise.

going back to "Neil Sees Santa" at Camden 2024- It's this guy on IG @santarick39 It's his shtick. I see him at big rock shows all the time dressed as Claus all year round and he went viral when he crowd surfed and made Trent crack up and blow a line and actually SMILE on stage during NIN's performance of "Head Like A Hole" in Philly over the summer

I think more pertinent inquiries could address the Lacey Chabert Problem

Lester, that sounds like a fever dream. Atlantic City is the only place that could happen

Re: Greensleeves, it's inclusion in ther Charlie Brown Christmas Special (listed as such in the soundtrack) probably sealed the deal on its Xmas status.

Also I do consider Die Hard a Christmas movie. unironically. It's an action movie but also a Christmas Movie. You know, like Ernest Saves Christmas.

Oh, hell yes.

Like, is Walking In The Air a Christmas song? Unclear but a lot of people seem to cover it now...

Merry Fishmas to my fellow ichthyologists and all others who celebrate

@Lester: Neil did 'Born in the U.S.A.' at the Musicares tribute to the Boss ... and they shared a stage once upon a time in Australia

I had my Seven Fishes moment last week on an FMU call-in; missed the reprise last night as I was ... at dinner - 2 fishes

pretty cool Daniel. Sometimes our hero's have clay feet. But baked in the sun.

2024 camden Neil was so good, so grateful I got to be there

Wow, RIP Howie Klein.

Love me somebody who knows that the word "fish" has two plural forms

This is magnificent

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/howie-klein-dead-sire-reprise-records-executive-1236617442/

thanks Daltron. The AC expressway. Atlantic Avenue. I would tell you more, but I am sworn to silence.

That was bonkers good!

Is this a Seven Gates outtake??? whoa. discoveries abound

Jon, you think a Woody Guthrie themed set might ever happen?

not Howie! Year-end can really blow, that way

415 Records made Bay Area music more interesting. I thank Howie Klein

Daltron, the concept for next year is "DEVO." I'm putting out the call.

YES!! DEVOMAS

The KROQ-FM Devotees Album is gonna get a run for its money! There's a band with, what, ONE Christmas song? (but probably lots of Mothersbaugh candidates too)

Devo was a Neil Young cutout? Rust Never Sleeps. But anyway, I will forever be spray painting the the N off of the 202 South Devon sign. Sigh.

Spudmas!

Lol Daniel

Another DJ T classic!

we’re in the car. my kid: “do we have to listen to this the whoooole time?” “YES. take a nap if you don’t like it.” “i should have brought my headphones.”

@Lester - thanks for maintaining the Devo sign. The Devo horse show is quite the something.

my brain is scrambling

Used to hear that from my ex wife...that's why she's my ex wife

RIP Howie. Thx for sharing Jon

thx donutage!

I bet Jimmy Stewart could've done a good Neil Young impression

Neil - Stop singing like girl - It is enough of the shtick already :)

I saw NY in 2008 at the Spectrum. He encored with a full band version of Beatles A Day in the Life - the final crashing piano chord was a power chord and then Neil set his guitar against the amp, creating an all enveloping feedback loop, and walked off stage. epic! One of the last shows at the Spectrum.

Oh man. RIP Howie Klein.

I like this George track 👍

@djtenderloin that's awesome, have you seen the video where Paul McCartney joins him for that arrangement? Amazing rendition

Chef - I have not! That sounds cool

We're both laughing with the Bob Bennett Neil Young parody :-DD

I can't believe the medleys don't have any song crossover!

loving this NEIL set! running off to family things...see y'all later!

Bye Readie you're great Have a nice holiday

Merry Christmas Readie Righteous

I like this much more than I expected to! Ridiculously clever.

Frankincense and Murr from Impractical Jokers, is that a thing?

you too, DJ Tendy!

Bye, Readie! You're the best!

vildachaya1- thanks you too!

Thanks Jon - I'll try to slip back in for finale time....! Love ya Jon !

@djtenderloin It's one of the best elder classic rock things ever

it was bound to happen

This is brilliant

for sure!

Just stopping by to say hi again! Been listening off and on all day between family things, now alone at my dad’s house with the radio on and a puppy chewing on my boots

This song is genius

Hi D!

Hi Mike!

PUPPY

somehow this Neil just works...

...and Merry christmas Dana!

Merry Xmas, Alan!

It so good

It's

I think I've seen Rust for Glory listed somewhere ... wonder where from

thanks jon!

How are we in the final 3 hours of marathon? That's crazy!

When does the Joel RL Phelps start?

Going from Neil to Joy Division / New Order to The Fall to Joel...

I just hit that point where I say - I can't believe how much Neil Christmas materials exists - WOW! It just keeps going.

That does sound like a logical path to Silkworm

Good point!

Amazing how much will have to wait until next year. I played Joe Frank on 12/17, so that's taken care of.

I realized why Joe Frank got cut in 2024, can explain later.

welcome to betsy tries to make coffee take 2 (was too sleepy the first time and the result was terrible. like undrinkable)

Joel's set is my fave part of the marathon.

Same, Dan. Very much same.

Betsy: Good Luck! ☕️

Joel remixed and reworked everything again this year, plus new stuff too.

Almost there….Stay on target. Stay on target.

@Jon Solomon 🐧 (host)- Okay!

that super mario bros 3 overlworld music!

overworld*

yay to the joel set forthcoming!

happy to report that take 2 was successful so I can be awake for the joel set hopefully @alan parsec proj

Another great one from George! 👏

Was that your mom? Sweet!

Will Jingle Rock Bell be playing this year?

Jungle Bell rock coming up.

Jingle Rock BAM!

Ungowow

Joel, if you’re reading, thank you again for your efforts in contributing to the marathon.

Sadly, I must bow out. Jon, one helluva job so far. BCNU!

Betsy have you been up the whole time?

as a little kid, I never knew what the heck a "Oxanlamkeptime" was..

Chef that's a lock for Best Of.

@cbblue oh heck no. I'm not that hardcore. I just was up late baking and food prepping and watching movies and listening to jon, and then woke up weirdly earlier than planned.

Has Dead Moon been played this year ? If not, potential to hear it?

I'm runnin low on bucks I got the Christmas Rush!

Dan, I wanted to put that in Best Of but I didn't have the CD handy when I was assembling. I'll right that wrong.

There has been A LOT GOING ON this month+ of prep.

I missed the news about the Best of - when is that?

Chef! From when I wrap up until 10:00 pm ET. All hits!

I DJ’d a Dead Moon show once. Trudy gave me a shout out and props on stage. Definite life highlight

Jon we know you make best efforts always!

*Toody

CB that's rad

Amazing! also WOO mudfroot pt 3! Thank you! 👨‍🍳🎅👨‍🍳

wait are you staying on until 10pm, @jon?

or is someone else djing best of?

Her and Fred pulled up in a lime green diesel Cadillac. That’s how they travelled to their gigs

I will be on, yes.

These Neil Young songs are utterly amazing!!!

only jon would celebrate ending a marathon with more and more marathon. you are a machine.

thanks for the people who made that Neil set possible - thanks Jon

I just imagined doing a 24 hour set followed by 60 minutes of backannouncing.

Jon, is Best of pre recorded or are you doing 30-hour live this year?

I love the whole magilla of the Jon Solomon marathon!! Happy holidays to all yall and happy new year I hope!

I picked the wrong year to be in central european time.

Live, CB. Not many mic breaks, but live.

"wprb princeton. do the math" might be my favorite tagline to date

Well I know what I'm doing the rest of today

Goddamn it Jon, I'm here in Oregon, my girlfriend is in Toronto and I'm alone balling my eyes out now (but in a good way)

Wow

Hey happy holidays, listening to your Marathon from Marseille France, came back from friends who introduced me to this tradition this is great, Cheers !

Hi Hi Hi HI

just start pressing buttons see what happens

Next generation preparing to take over the show?

Dance dance dance 🎄🎄🎄

RIP Ian Curtis

45 years since he passed, wow.

I've caught less of the marathon this year than usual, but dammit I'm here for Joel RL Phelps.

I've said it before - I'll say it again - George's tracks sound so amazing - the drum sound, the cymbals, guitars, keyboards - so perfectly engineered - where do you record this stuff?

Howdy again. I stepped out for a few to prepare a pie.

Last year was the first time I really tuned in for the all fall set and it sent me on a wild and wonderful journey of getting heavily into the band this year. Looking forward to all fall 2025

It’s not Christmas until I hear John Peel

[sub rosa John Peel whisper] The Fall The Fall The Fall

Also I had to work for a few hours this afternoon and had to suppress a bit of rage any time a coworker spoke to me during the Lindstrom peak

The Fall The Fall The Fall

I hear him in the distance…

Tendy, with the Ting Ting sample 👏

Jon what is this madness about you doing the Best Of shift live? Have a care for your health, sir!

Off to bring Latkes to Christmas at the Neighbors - An annual tradition - I'll lead singing with my accordion - We make their Christmas a little Jewy...They like it - THANK YOU JON - I love being a WPRB Fan and Supporter

Jon doesn’t seem to have aged in the decade plus I’ve been tuning in. I actually think one marathon a year does wonders for the body

hey thx boss! - thx CB (Blue)

donutage, do not worry. I have it all sorted here. Few mic breaks, just favorites until Commie at 10.

Apparently John Peel spent a year DJing in my fair city

I love making Xmas Jewy. Thank you for your service Vilda. Chag Sameach

You’re a precious treasure, Jon, and must be preserved at all costs!

So my wife picked up a Hammond organ for free on FB Marketplace

Nice, Dan 👍

Isotoner...Isotoner...

Isotoners! 🤣

Dan! That's the only way to get a Hammond organ. I've got a buddy who restores them.

Will I ever have the courage to play all 75 minutes of Tuluum Shimmering's cover of Linus & Lucy?

Not this year!

Shout out to Matthew who put isolation on a mix tape for me in 1990

MHR?

Yes

Life changing mix tape. No MHR, no me around here

Jon - 75 minutes of Tuluum Shimmering's cover of Linus & Lucy should fit right between Snaildartha & Little Drummer Boy - just think of the NAP POTENTIAL

So blame him

Jon, that sounds amazing. Could you play half of Tuluum Shimmering in 2026 and half in 2027?

Throw in today hooray while youre at it

25-Day Holiday Radio Show.

An advent calendar

25-Day Holiday Radio Show!!! THIS COULD BE YOUR TICKET JON! there's at least a Guiness World Record in it for ya

Jon assembles the Playlist, each of us signs up for a day in his living room.

Do it Jon!

Hey Betsy!

Hi everyone! We have rain, a flash flood warning, and a rainbow here in California

Amazing how well "Holly Jolly Christmas" scans with "Blue Monday." Meanwhile, "Blue (Monday) Christmas" is right there, too....

Dan - I would do that in a heartbeat!

wait jon you're on until 10?

I was wondering if Jon could get a Guinness record for the marathon

Two spleens! Like Doctor Who

I have a different idea of how to get a Guinness record but this is for After The Marathon.

Yes, Debra! Does nobody read my press releases?

Hi @debra! I had a similar reaction!

@George Korein, my wife is loving all your songs on/in the Maratho

Loved Holly Jolly Monday ! Great marathon !

I hope you get through the weather ok, Debra! sounds treacherous.

I have a different idea of how to get a Guinness record - Jon we've talked about this and I just don't think a person can eat that many goldfish

Press releases??

comfort & joy division <3

Yes Debra sometimes they come in over my fax...

Like, the announcement each year!

Will we ever get Kevin Shea’s opus ‘It’s Christmas Day 2Day’ again?

CB, I made it through it once

I have returned! (to listening, after some sleep). I think I crashed when Lindström was just getting started and got the stream back going when Walgreens was being sung about. Merry Christmas (again)!

I was a changed man

jon, this best of sounds familiar, I think I read about it somewhere and just did not retain the information well.

It’s described as a “maudlin rock opera”

Forever changed

@debra, my mom say hi!

The words....change after a while

Hi Pam Grossman!!

Continuing a thought from 30 minutes ago. Josh W was part of that mix tape as well

“UK Hooray” I remember was what I heard for one minute. Something different the next.

Debra Solomon - while you are here, thanks once again for my Solomon Fathead. Cheers-

Debra turned photos of those heads into coasters. I have a seltzer on one currently.

need pics of solomon fathead

Amazing

but what kind of seltzer

I love that the actual New Order flexi tracks sound lower effort than many Marathon originals

It is a lemon lime seltzer.

There's a great photo of my friend Jen's kid with one on my Instagram. Stand by...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DD-yY1Lx-9u/

Rad, Rob! Tell her I said thanks!

oh geez. that is impressive. well done and orchestrated, Debra.

So happy people enjoyed the Fatheads!!!

Jon - that's an awesome image and could be used to promote the marathon!

Debra Solomon - the fathead was SPECTACULAR

rotfl with this latest Wham! rewrite

Joy 2 the Wham!

We have both enjoy divisioned this last set very much

Aw, I am so glad to be listening to this!

XOJWH.

Applause, JWH. Magnificent

https://patsypresents.bandcamp.com/album/xmas-under-ice-b-w-hiss-eats-ice

That was beautiful, JWH

xmas under ice lives there now:

Do I hear…THE FALL?

The Fall The Fall The Fall

Mark E Smith and the Funky Bunch

Listening with my parents who very much DO NOT get The Fall.

Most wonderful day of the year! Happy holidays!!

all proceeds from 'xmas under ice' are going to La Casa de Amistad of South Bend, Indiana. "La Casa de Amistad is a youth and community center that's been around since 1973. Our mission is to empower our Latino, Hispanic, and immigrant community throughout the entire region with educational programs, social services, legal services, and advocacy support."

Congratulations Jon! I'm putting the [grape juice] in the freezer for dinner just like the Dream Syndicate recommends

Dana K, I could almost say the same about listening with my (young adult) kids!

jwh - that was lovely and moving. cheers-

Back just in time for silence!

It’s a John Coltrane Stereo Christmas

thank you DJ Tenderloin, Ian, Carl, Jon <3

Truly beautiful, jwh.

Maybe it was just me

Fall bless us, every one

After all these years, Jen continues to imagine this as No Christmas for Donkeys

Merry Christmas to everyone but John Quays

No Christmas for John Quays, 25 (+5) hours of Xmas for Jon Solomon!

but jon, when will you watch Stranger Things?

Betsy, great question. Hopefully one episode before the NU bowl game tomorrow afternoon. Have post-marathon dinner reservations tomorrow night but there is also supposed to be a snow storm. If we make it to dinner and back OK, a second one after. If it gets snowed out we power forward. If we have to get a hotel near the restaurant I bring laptop + headphones.

Always in motion, is the future.

totally forgot that Stranger Things came out today. Crap. I wanna see that

Chicago, Now!

Hey there, wise men.

I think it came out last night. Maybe saw a spoiler. Maybe not.

I did finish Pluribus on Tuesday night. Love the 9 pm ET episode drops the night before shows say they're coming out on Apple TV.

No ST spoilers please 🙏

We're in the middle of Pluribus right now. digging it.

thank you, Brad!

We enjoyed the Pee Wee doc as well

CB, I am so worried about spoilers I fretted about even saying I thought I might have seen one.

Love love love Hex-mas Enduction Hour!!!!!!!

Bass solo!

any springsteen or springsteen-esque tracks in the best of?

Yes hex-mas enduction hour = all-timer!

Well, one song sounds a lot like The Hold Steady...so...

been jumping in and out but listening constantly. just wanted to say i appreciate the hard work and we've enjoyed the madness jon.

any Scharpling sightings this year?

missing listening to the last two hours. but 💖🎄💖

Yeah I’ve been avoiding TikTok so as to not receive ST spoilers

DJ Tenderloin = such a solid contributor

Is it Christmas Tonight by J Roddy Walston has a certain Springsteenesque quality

Dan Weis - thx man. Happy holidays!

pretty sure ST doesn't drop until 5pm pacific today

but i fully support all efforts to avoid spoilerys

Needing a thunder miracle. All faiths and non-faiths, please intercede

I hear in this season they're all FORTY

I thought it came out last night, but Maggie has corrected me.

HAH

You know this is the only show that holds my attention keeps me enthused and hoping it goes on forever. There is no other show or movie or even trying to watch 25 hours of any old TV Series show or anything else. I've always have been able to stay tuned in for the full show every year Thank You Jon Merry Christmas to You and Your Family

That's so nice of you to say, Kenneth. I appreciate you've been out there for so many of these broadcasts. Stay tuned!

All this talk of Stranger Things, all this talk of The Fall, yet no talk of...

Hark!

this is a pregnant pause even for you Jon - yet no talk of...what?

I went to see the 80s new wave cover band of a pickup bball friend recently at a bar pretty much specializing in cover bands and they still had posters up for the previous weekend: a The Fall tribute band!

The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall

The Fawl

The Fall

No talk of Jonathan's shirt in the first few episodes of Stranger Things season five!

Of course

My favorite marathon moment! THE FALL THE FALL THE FALL OF COURSE

The Fall∞

I hear tell of a longer version of this cut up and I MUST HAVE IT.

Put on my Holiday Fall tank top for this moment

haha nicely done

I should put "insanely madly forever" on the back of it

I thought we weren't doing spoilers - does a person's shirt count? I don't know

I now refuse to believe the lyrics to Hark The Herald Angels Sing didn’t always belong to Mark E Smith

I’m having trouble figuring who that was? Something with F?

Oh right he was wearing a The Fall shirt!

Someone needs to do the same thing with all the times Dana K has said "The Fall"

These are from the episodes that came out in Thanksgiving.

“Always the same, always different”!!!!

the first four episodes dropped weeks ago.

I thought it had already dropped too. Ok so I can enjoy Tik Tok spoiler free for 3 hours then 😂

the first four episodes dropped weeks ago.- i did not know this. where have I been?

Donut, I think it was The Fall maybe

Tenderloin you've got some fun watching ahead of you then. kinda nice to have a lot at once.

https://youtu.be/d1afzE41MZ8?si=B5uPAjyiPM44kjmw

(I have completed my pie-baking, but will soon need to attend to some other dinner preparations.)

The Sonics The Sonics

CB — The Fall. you say? Doesn’t ring a bell.

Holy moly, Dan!

4 eps dropped on thanksgiving night, 3 drop tonight, the finale drops on new years eve with coordinated showings in some cinemas (mostly in big citities from what I can tell)

DAN I LOVE IT

Merry Fallsmas all!

Dan 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

GIFT PRIEST

DAN! YOU MAD GENIUS! What have you done?

Dan — A+

that's gift Gift GIft GIFt GIFT GIFT PRIEST

I have some discs of old marathons and CDRs of others. Someone who wants to explore them is welcome to take up this task.

The Sonic The Sonics will need to be a staple of the beginning or the end of future marathons. Perhaps both.

DAN! WOW

I swear im not obsessive

Weirdly. most of the time I was talking about Shawn Kemp.

Gift Priest 👌💯

Not the thunder miracle I meant

The Reign Man

Priest-uhh

Oh, man... "Gift Priest..." HAHA! This is so f'ing brilliant....!

Tenderloin does it again!

Oh man, my favorite “Danzig” vocal included again on the marathon in a mashup??! 🤩😍

I knew it was Tendy off the rip. 🙌🙌

Does the marathon need a Discord (or similar) for ideas / keeping in touch from January to December?

Dig that crazy pan

ICE COLD

discord could be fun

Having a Discord is a great idea!

Yes to discord

Trying to think of ways to keep these ideas flowing in the "offseason."

I frequently forget to check in on discord but I bet others are more plugged in

Merry Christmas! Thanks for another instant classic Jon. So much fun. Will always remember hearing that Billy Bragg tune here first at 3am local. And thanks to Maggie for the reindeer. Will be pondering the questions raised this holiday morning. May your Boxing Day plans proceed uninterrupted!

Thx Dan, CB Blue, Roffle, everyone! Cheers-

Blaise, we have a possible half foot of Boxing Day snow in front of us. Time will tell!

👍

Yes, it would helpful

support a discord!

Yes, Discord please!

On it in January I guess!

Discord has some guardrails, but that is a can of worms I would go fishing with.

This song is perfect for hour 24.5 of the Marathon!

I AM totally tired-uh right now-uh as well! Just made the coffee-uhhhh

Jon Solomon’s 365-Day Holiday Radio Discord

@CB yessssss

Christmas officially ends in a mere 6 1/2 hours... I bet there are a few more songs for carry Jon. :)

Cute name, CB. I am into it.

I think this dang plane is gonna pull into Boston just as the JRLP set starts. I am crushed. Have never found myself hoping for a landing delay before.

Now we're talkin' driveway moment.

“Pilot, kindly circle the runway a few times, won’t you?”

You're a pilot, would you like to hear a few songs by the guy who snag "Pilot?"

Ha!

Maybe don’t pay too close attention to the lyrics

"It's cool. I'm more of a vibes pilot."

75% of my familiarity with The Fall is from listening to this set every year.

I have certainly gone deeper into The Fall since this became an annual part of my life.

JRLP next!

The Fall set provided the soundtrack to our drive to Jersey!

Did you enjoy yourself?

Jersey: the best part of all holidays

Marathon After Party!

This has been one of my favorite Marathons! Thank you WPRB chat fam, all the wildly creative artists, Maggie for my 2nd ever Rumble and Jon, of course. I tip my virtual hat to you, sir. Thanks one and all. Already looking toward 2026! <3

All JRLP is a pretty good reality

We're all just chasing each other in a circle here at wprb

Always appreciate the Joel...

oh, Jon ... THINK global, don't ACT global!!

Thanks, Jon...!

truth be told all I could recall of last year's marathon was the Neil Young & Fall sets. to be fair it is basically information overload at work ...

Thank you, Jon!

Thank you, Jon, for creating another marvellous marathon!!!! May you catch up on your sleep tonight!

New mix of this song is blazing. I'm going to go change all my music metadata to JRLP.

You really changed all of your metadata back to July...?!?! Oh, jeez.... At least it's that time of year when one is even less tempted to be spending a lot of time outside away from menial troubleshooting tasks on the computer...!

@Alana Phelan - I’m from New Jersey and I’m proud of it, I’m from the Garden State! 🎶

I did. I did. I've fixed all the Xmas files. There are some Live on WPRB sessions that should be easy to ID and a couple The Night Is Young tracks I'll get to but I didn't see a pressing need to repair anything but Xmas tunes.

I got to spend six (?) days in Joel's orbit this fall and it was honestly one of the most important weeks of my life.

Infinite thanks as ever, Jon. Didn’t have a very Christmasy holiday this year, glad this tradition was still part of it.

THANK YOU for the 25 hours JON! Happy Holidays ❆❆🎄🦌🎄⛄🎄⛄🎄❆❆ and remember, Xmas comes twice a year on Mars! Hehe…

Brad, I'll be up your way in January I believe.

Bringing all home here.

Jumping back on (and running away from dinner prep) to say thanks to Jon for another amazing marathon. And also to push for a discord server.

Mary, I hope to see you this weekend (and then later in a Discord server).

good lord, joel

Excellent, Jon!

This this is sopping epic.

Glad to hear it, Jon. Drop me a note if you’re so inclined.

Well, that was incredible

I am inclined! May have an extra day free.

thanks jon, thanks everyone. this show was like a really good hug, which i needed after this year.

happy jon marathon to you all! congrats, jon!

Thank you so much Jon for this great tradition! Loved seeing everyone in the chat! Merry Christmas!

Jon and Joel have delivered me into Boxing Day and I am most grateful.

Another banger +1 Jon. Thanks so Much!

NGL, already have my song for next year planned out...This year was so good!

Hi, Maura!

Thank you everybody!

Thank you Jon!

Thanks Jon!

Maura, it was a SHOCKINGLY bad year

We keep going! Stick around!

Amazing show Jon. Thanks

The chat continues till 10pm?

hi betsy! merry christmas ❤️

i am sorry you also had a rough time alana!

I'm keeping the chat (and this playlist) open until we finish The Marathon Proper and...we ain't done!

Staying up late and breaking the rules has got an element of fun to it.

Boosted this playlist by another hour already.

Great marathon

Thank you Jon

Jon acting as the Lord of Misrule!

Thanks for all you do, Dan.

I'm gonna be knee deep in curry-making shortly, so let me express my gratitude to Jon for another marathon gift! <3<3<3

All of you contribute in different ways.

Jon: Def.sticking around for Phelps, one of my most Fav. part of your show. Also glad to hear you got your files fixed!

This track.

Habibi Funk, by JRLP

I cant find any of these tracks anywhere except your show. Perhaps a charity album?

Thanks for another great show Jon! It gets better every year! Reindeer rumble was so fun.

Have folks been donating to WPRB today? Hope so 😊

Dan, I have suggested to Joel that a benefit record with all proceeds going to, say, Letters to Santa would be a lovely thing. I don't know if these songs will ever be "done" however.

I will admit I did a little lobbying with/at Joel towards that end at the SKWM shows. 🤞

this one is the best

so will this be the longest marathon? or did it officially stop? only to live on in our hearts and Jon's brain until next year?

Not over yet, Matt.

Year 30 was 30 hours but...that included a two hour pre-recorded pre-show and the live Snaildartha reading + stuff like "Today! Hooray!" after as I loaded out of the WPRB studios.

Thank you for lobbying, Brad.

Wasn't Year 30 a 30-hour marathon?

Oops.

Maybe an album that can morph constantly? Like how The Wheel and the Alphabet evolved after release?

The Wheel is always evolving

Incredible. Song ended just as the planes wheels hit the runway. Wow.

Passed 6:00.....this is strange

Yes, Brad, there is a Santa Claus

I love how the Get Outs have gotten quieter

Marathon Time extends into the realm of JRLP- good omen for the coming year. Thanks again Jon and all the artists who contributed.

I think I have a new favorite mix of this song

The idea of a benefit album is neat but I also like when things just live on the radio

I hope today/hooray is included in the best of show

I just assembled a tiny gingerbread house to the perfect dreamy soundtrack

Ah, horns.

and thank you, jon for inadvertently reminding me to try to find a place to watch the NU game tomorrow

Game is early your time, on ESPN I believe.

thank you Jon, Maggie, Nicole. Everyone. thank you. this time always feels so heavy, and this helps. every year. you help, every year. thank you

I love his sax

yes, that is what my research showed. I think there is a pub and an alehouse nearby that might be persuaded to tune in for me.

I am so pleased Joel has played his saxophone more the past couple of years.

This set is a mitzvah.

Leaning into the epic vibe everywhere. :)

I keep saying "Oh wow!" and my family thinks something is wrong but it is due to hearing a completely different arrangement of a recording I once knew...

Ha! Insider shit. lol

The changes this year are awesome. Vocals all seem mixed more Warm Springs Night-ish.

This marathon is a mitzvah.

oh snap i made it back before the show end lets go!

hours to go before the "end" end, @michael

So grateful for the marathon+ this year.

Grateful as well! 🙏

oh yah same dana k!, first timer on the christmas special, think i clocked a good 15/16 next year we go for 20's!

@jwh amen

Ooooh

JRLP xtended set is glorious

Truly. Joel RL Phelps you’ve blessed us all.

A gift.

Yeah, for sure.

Maybe if they did hymns like this I would still go to church.

Jon Solomon over in Princeton, NJ on hour 27 hallucinating/ levitating

Ascending!

Every single song was really good here. That is way cool all by itself.

The outrageous demand to remember --- gets me every time

How late is this going til? I didn't think I'd come home to the show still goin!

This is a lot to take in, but I'm glad to take it.

Ross, wrapping up the marathon and then Best Of until 10!

Wonderful!

The best of will include Kevin Shea? lol

I sure hope so!

Hey everyone - had to check out of the chat for a bit - I've been on since 5:30A, I mean it's not like I've been up all night or anything, I mean you'd have to be one crazy sonofo....oh hi Jon! What's shaking?

some serious talent here.

The Most Highly Favored - instant classic!

Stay tuned for sobbing mess commie francis at 10

Four strategically cased Webcams, interviews with 20 of you, and a whole lot of rights clearances, and we've got ourselves a documentary

Seriously - such a great show this year - extended version suits you Jon. this is the 12" Jellybean Benitez remix version of the marathon

Remember: Future (and alien) anthropologists will study these shows to understand our culture and traditions

(no pressure haha)

Joel is my favorite band.

Dave Grohl: the marathon? Are you kidding me?

Henry Rollins will say "seminal" at least 3 times on camera for free, I hear

AI will describe the marathon as "iconic" and "complex." Repeatedly.

Well, smart IS their thing...

I’ve been campaigning for a return of Kevin Shea’s ‘It’s Christmas Day 2Day’ as well

Dear Thurston.

or "eclectic" and full of "obscure rarities"

CB: Kevin Shea's song absolutely broke me the first time I heard it lol

CB (Blue) - thx for eending me that DMX clip - the wheels are turning....

The city glows

I love plans!

Red means higher

Glad you got it Tendy!

Just tryna feed the blessed beast

greatly appreciated - we'll see if I can come up with something.

The beauty of freeform community radio - no hard start/stop times, play the same artist or song as much as you want ... take that, Al Gore / DMCA!

Can this track be repeated NYE?

Ross: that Kevin Shea song tested my relationship. They passed but then later while watching Scrooged it was revealed they had no idea who Miles Davis was and had never heard of him. So that was that. We had an excellent car ride with that Kevin Shea song though. We’ll always have that.

I have an idea for an all-Auld Lang Syne surprise show starting at midnight on 1/1 but I'd have to pre-record it.

Version after version keeps coming.

Who was it who had their first kiss to that Kevin Shea song?

All night.

Dan, that was a listener email. The greatest.

Jon - you are truly warped - IN THE BEST WAY. Yes - Avalanche of Auld Lang Syne

Or someone else does it, but I present all the sounds for them to use.

Or one of those weird things we sometimes find - where someone just says the first line - over and over....

And the video feed will just be a loop of the new years scene in Poseidon Adventure where the ship turns over. and over. over and over.

Wait, Dan & Jon, you’re serious? About the Kevin Shea first kiss moment? 😂 amazing. Maybe they’ll walk down the aisle to it, very slowly

ah, 10 mins shy of 2 hours of JRLP

112 minutes of magic

Lookout for a Tendy/Blue collab next year, DMX-mas 😂

Jon, thank you. I am going to try to quietly crawl into bed now, replenished by this magnificent marathon. Enjoy the home stretch.

Now CB (Blue) - let's not get ahead of our skis! I gotta play around with it for a bit and see what might fit. But I appreciate your enthusiasm!

"I'm tired"

Thanks for another marathon, Jon!

I’m getting a sampler soon so maybe I’ll give it a whirl

just got back... is this still the marathon?

Thee end.

Last year I was swooping.my 2 year old nephew around a wood floor to this while he yelled RADIO! RADIO?

I love SKWM - wish I still had the FLMN-styled shirt I left in a Toronto hotel room

Also realizing how much it sounds like "Mandy" at points

great show jon!

Totally Mandy.

commie - mandy - yes - thinking the same crazy thing

I heard a lot less marathon than I'd like this year but I appreciate it so much always.

aw \m/ <3

thx boss!

Thanks for another great year Jon! Bringing us all together by sharing a joyful unique listening and interacting experience.

Thanks Jon!

So nice that you don’t have to rush this!

Thanks Jon! Happy Holidays everyone!

Thanks, Jon!

Marathon after party!!!!!!!!

Thanks again Jon!

What did Santa Claus bring me for Christmas? Another stellar Xmas Marathon! Thanks, Jon

I have logged the chat requests from this 2nd half of the marathon - see how the Best-of meets them!

The Best Of means a new playlist that launches in seconds. I'm turning off the webcam. See you there.

Thank you so much, Jon!

Killdozer - Little Town of Deathlahem

THanks Jon!

Mojochronic

WE DID IT EVERYONE.

Just lovely Jon. Thanks for this. More special every year.

Jingle Rock Bell (BoDeans? or that other one?)

WE DID IT, JOE

You did it boss. every year

Dead Moon

cup of cheer by chris kennedy

Kevin Shea’s ‘It’s Christmas Day 2Day’

Was that the last mic break

Thank you Jon!

new chat? same chat?

does the playlist refresh?

Where is the new chat?