We’re Going To Touch Part of You That’s Never Been Touched: Transmission 387, 2017 December 23

Since I never get to, or am never allowed to, do a WRFI broadcast on Christmas Eve, I suppose I will have to make do with another Festivus program. (This may be "inside talk" of the sort with which we had an attraction / repulsion thing going during this broadcast, but whatever.) Nevertheless, this was a good outing. Lady Catharsis and I had a nice mix of "chestnuts" and tunes we had never before played, and the banter was cheery and good. In an added bonus, I resisted the temptation to share all 24 minutes of Oval with our listeners.

And there was reason for cheer--it was the second night of our "Christmas vacation." Little did I know at the time that it would be ten days of mediocre sleep and troubled dreams, most of them dreams of a previous life I am well out of. Looking back, maybe our mood on this night was "premature," or "misplaced," or whatever, but hindsight doesn't cloud the fact that this was a fun show to do, and (I hope) to hear.

BOMBAST playlist, 2017 December 23, 1900-2100:

1. "December" | Teenage Fanclub | Bandwagonesque | DGC
2. "The Secret Touch" | Cosey Fanni Tutti | Time To Tell | Conspiracy International
3. "Christmas Underground" | Kristin Hersh | Banjo's Pavlova | self-released
4. "You Little Shits" | Stereolab | Peng! | Too Pure
5. "Good Morning Blues" | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas | Verve
6. "It's That Time Again" | Screamin' Jay Hawkins & The Fuzztones | Live | Midnight
7. "Fyt" / "Fond Affections" / "The Last Ray" | This Mortal Coil | It'll End in Tears | 4AD
8. "Sleigh Ride" | The Partridge Family | A Partridge Family Christmas Card | Razor & Tie
9. "Spacelab" | Kraftwerk | The Man-Machine | Capitol
10. "Mary Mild" | The Kingston Trio | The Last Month of the Year | Capitol
11. "Must Be Santa" | The Tea Jennies | "Christmas Crackers" | Bandcamp self-release
12. "Sno Cat" | Kristin Hersh | Duchess of York UK Live 2009 | self-released
13. "Quarterdrawing of the Dog" | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Tinderbox | Geffen
14. "Rose Madder" | A Primary Industry | Ultramarine | Sweatbox
15. "One Christmas For Your Thoughts" | The Durutti Column | Chantons Noël - Ghosts Of Christmas Past | Les Disques du Crepuscule
16. "Jingle Bells" | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas | Verve
17. "Jesus Christ" | Big Star | Big Star's 3rd: Sister Lovers | PVC
18. "My Christmas Card To You" | The Partridge Family | A Partridge Family Christmas Card | Razor & Tie
19. "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near" | Coil | Winter Solstice: North | Eskaton
20. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" | The Smiths | Hatful of Hollow | WEA

make mine gin and panic

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