Jon Solomon has done this for 35 years
December 24, 2023 4:43 PM Subscribe
Hold back against the darkness Jon Solomon does the thing again. His 35th anniversary Christmas marathon is live on WPRB, going through 6 pm EST tomorrow. If you like off-of-center Christmas music, or are just looking for something to do in the next 20 odd hours, Jon Solomon is here for you.
I love this kind of Holiday Music. Retail killed my taste for anything traditional.
posted by DB_S at 6:29 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by DB_S at 6:29 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Thanks, mollweide!
The first ten minutes sounded like someone had contact-miked up a very large present and then unwrapped it. It was fab, and I was a bit disappointed when the indie music kicked back in, as lovely as it is.
This also spurred me to find WPRB on Radio Garden, which I’d meant to do in forever (it’s in Princeton, NJ).
posted by Kattullus at 4:55 AM on December 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
The first ten minutes sounded like someone had contact-miked up a very large present and then unwrapped it. It was fab, and I was a bit disappointed when the indie music kicked back in, as lovely as it is.
This also spurred me to find WPRB on Radio Garden, which I’d meant to do in forever (it’s in Princeton, NJ).
posted by Kattullus at 4:55 AM on December 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
Similarly, and of similar tenure: https://xpn.org/program/the-night-before/ is 29 hours of not-the-same-ol-same-ol for Christmas Eve.
posted by adekllny at 7:55 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by adekllny at 7:55 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
WXPN and WPRB are practically neighbors. It must be something in the air in the lower Delaware Valley.
posted by mollweide at 8:20 AM on December 25, 2023
posted by mollweide at 8:20 AM on December 25, 2023
OMG you guys you have no idea how much stuff he does. I think there was an inflection point about 8-10 years ago from "how can he fill 24 hours?" to "how can he possibly fit everything in?" Ramones O'Clock! (12:34 AM and PM), Misfit's O'Clock! (1:38 PM at least). This morning I woke up to a Black Sabbath set consisting of Paranoid and Sweet Leaf with Christmasy Lyrics, and a version of Iron Man with the original lyrics sung as a joyously messianic Christmas carol.
Sometime in the early to mid afternoon there should be a supercut of John Peel saying "The Fall."
Twitter was where we gathered for Snaildartha.
posted by whuppy at 10:54 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Sometime in the early to mid afternoon there should be a supercut of John Peel saying "The Fall."
Twitter was where we gathered for Snaildartha.
posted by whuppy at 10:54 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Oh, also: Maura Johnston's contribution a couple years back, "Icy Stump," was my intro to Wet Leg.
"I went up North and I got a big tree.
I got a big tree."
posted by whuppy at 10:57 AM on December 25, 2023
"I went up North and I got a big tree.
I got a big tree."
posted by whuppy at 10:57 AM on December 25, 2023
whuppy, Jon only did one Ramones O'Clock this year (12:34 AM, natch). He mentioned that he's got to start balancing traditions with new songs. Apparently, he's got a lot of new music, and is worried traditions are keeping him from playing as much of it as he wants. It's a good problem to have!
posted by mollweide at 5:14 PM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by mollweide at 5:14 PM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
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