Dec. 1: The late, great power popper Tommy Keene with "Turning on Blue."
Dec. 2. Mazzy Star, "Flowers in December."
Dec. 3, Faith D'Aguilar, "Santa Ketch Up Eena Mango Tree."
Dec. 4: The late, great Kim Shattuck and the Muffs with "Nothing for Me."
Dec. 5: Captain Beefheart, "There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evening Stage." Somehow, this moving Santa statuette makes this song even creepier.
Dec. 6: More than an hour of Christmas easy listening music that Kmart played over the PAs at its stores in 1974. Why not?
Dec. 7: William Maranci mashes up Radiohead's "Creep" with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You."
Dec. 8: The Youngsters, "Christmas in Jail."
Dec. 9: Carlene Davis, "Santa Claus (Do You Ever Come to the Ghetto?)"
Dec. 10: "I Want You Back (For Christmas)" by the September Girls and the #1's.
Dec. 11: Vashti Bunyan and Twice as Much, "Coldest Night of the Year."
Dec. 12: Billy Bragg, "We're Following the Wrong Star."
Dec. 13: Saturday's Children, "Deck Five." Here's a psychedelic take on "Deck the Halls," set to Dave Brubeck's "Take Five."
Dec. 14: Here's a whole Christmas album from the Parenthetical Girls.
Dec. 15: Wow! Nina Hagen singing "Silent Night (Stille Nacht)"? What kind of crazy, perverse thing is she going to do with that? Oh my goodness! She's singing it straight!
Dec. 16: Blondie does a Ramonesy version of "We Three Kings."
Dec. 17: The Regrettes with "Holiday-ish."
Dec. 18: Holly Golightly, "Christmas Tree on Fire."
Dec. 19: "Things Fall Apart" by Cristina.
Dec. 21, Winter Solstice Edition: Elvis Costello sings Alan Hull's "Winter Song."
Dec. 22, Al Jourgensen, "It's Always Christmas Time." Hey, Al. Didn't you tell us every day was Halloween?
Dec. 23, Fred Schneider and the Superions, "Fruitcake."
Dec. 24, Electric Jungle, "Funky Funky Christmas."
That's it for 2019. Have a great holiday, everyone!
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