ON THIS SPECIAL EPISODE

D-load: December 7th, 2009

Special Christmas Music Episode!

1

Tim Minchin (London, UK and Western Australia)
"White Wine in the Sun"
Ready for This? (Live) (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Flight of the Conchords

2

Would-Be-Goods (London, UK)
"Christmas in Haiti"
Mondo (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Tender Trap

3

Camera Obscura (Glasgow, Scotland)
"The Blizzard"
The Blizzard (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Belle & Sebastian

4

Margo Guryan (Los Angeles, CA)
"I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You"
Christmas Cocktails with Santa's Swingin' Stocking Fillers (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Dory Previn

5

KT Tunstall (St Andrews, Scotland)
"Sleigh Ride"
Winter Songs (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar: Lilly Allen

6

The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (Wellington, NZ)
"New Zealand Christmas Tree"
The Heartache EP (buy online)
similar: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

7

Au Revoir Simone (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Christmas Time is Here"
I'll Stay 'Til After Christmas (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Postmarks

8

Shonen Knife (Osaka, Japan)
"All I Want for Christmas"
All I Want for Christmas EP (Amazon)
similar: Pizzicato Five, My Little Airport

9

A plus D (San Francisco, CA)
"Give Da Jew Girl Toys"
Santastic II: Clausome (free download)
mashup of: Sarah Silverman and Trio

10

Saturday Looks Good to Me (Ann Arbor, MI)
"Christmas Blues"
Sound On Sound (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Fred Thomas

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from The Onion News Network story "Report: Nation’s Wealthy Cruelly Deprived of True Meaning of Christmas" (watch it), as well as from a recent appearance of Bill Maher on The Jay Leno Show (watch it).