Dark Star – Ladies and Gentlemen… The Grateful Dead (4-28-71 Fillmore East)
Leftovers for Christmas? Well, sorta. I spent the last couple of weeks deep in Dark Star land, preparing for last Sunday’s 24-hour Dark Star marathon on the Sirius XM Grateful Dead Channel (Sirius 32, XM 57). Tonight, interspersed with some of my favorite weird xmas music, are two of my favorite Dark Stars.
And speaking of marathons, the annual 16-hour KPFA marathon is scheduled for Saturday, January 31, 9 am to 1 am Pacific time. Details TBA.
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Christmas Time Is Here Again – Beatles, Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 5
O Come All Ye Grateful DeadHeads – Bob Rivers, Twisted Christmas
A Christmas Carol – The Remains of Tom Lehrer
Holidaze – Chuck McCabe, Creatures of Habit
Rod Serling Explains the First Christmas – Christopher Guest, The Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Joseph Spence, from MAS! A Caribbean Christmas Party
Jingle Bells (Reprise) (with Tuvan throat-singer Avan-ool Sam) РB̩la Fleck and the Flecktones, Jingle All the Way
Angels/Gloria – Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, A Very Slambovian Christmas
Little Dealer Boy – Stephen Colbert & Willie Nelson, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Dark Star – Steppin’ Out with the Grateful Dead (4-8-72 Empire Pool, Wembley, England)
The Christmas Song – Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, A Very Slambovian Christmas
Xmas for Visa – Austin Lounge Lizards, The Drugs I Need
Fifty Kilowatt Tree – The Bobs, Too Many Santas!
Christmas Wish – NRBQ, Peek-a-Boo! The Best of NRBQ 1969-1989
Winter Wonderland – The Roches, We Three Kings
Riddle of the Universe – Donna the Buffalo, Positive Friction
Christmas in LA – The Bobs, Too Many Santas!
Hanukkah in Santa Monica – The Remains of Tom Lehrer
The Night Before Christmas – Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, A Very Slambovian Christmas
Time on the Mountain – FreeWorld, From the Bluff
There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In – Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Toby Keith & Willie Nelson, from A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
David: Just want to wish you a merry Christmas or Buddhamas, whichever, and say thanks for all the great music you’ve played for us all year. Your recommendation of Positive Friction by Donna the Buffalo was spot on–it’s got all my favorite Donna songs.