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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.

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bessie smith  At The Christmas Ball   Favoriting Where Will You Be Christmas Day? v/a        0:00:00 (Pop-up)
chieko mori  tokyo light   Favoriting the garden of the forking paths v/a        0:03:33 (Pop-up)
monkey :journey to the west  monkey bee (diplo remix)   Favoriting       *   0:09:47 (Pop-up)
the tamlins  Last Christmas   Favoriting trojan christmas box set v/a        0:14:01 (Pop-up)
james pants  this christmas girl   Favoriting Peanut Butter Wolf Presents Badd Santa v/a        0:18:34 (Pop-up)
alan ginsburg reading william blake  holy thursday   Favoriting         0:20:20 (Pop-up)
salvatore adamo  tombe la neige (with laurent voulzy)   Favoriting         0:22:18 (Pop-up)
private charles bowens  christmas in vietnam   Favoriting     7"    0:25:45 (Pop-up)
Edith Piaf  je t'ai dans la peau   Favoriting edith piaf    10"    0:28:12 (Pop-up)
Booker T & The MG's  winter snow   Favoriting     7"    0:34:15 (Pop-up)
 
lee fields  take it or leave it   Favoriting     7"    0:39:02 (Pop-up)
vashti bunyan  coldest night of the year   Favoriting some things just stick in your mind, singles and demos        0:43:53 (Pop-up)
maud lubeck  comptes de noel   Favoriting         0:48:06 (Pop-up)
vetiver  rol on babe   Favoriting thing of the past        0:49:15 (Pop-up)
liz christine  a song to the lilac fairy   Favoriting 4 women no cry v. 3  Monika    *   0:53:22 (Pop-up)
peggy lee  the christmas spell   Favoriting         0:57:43 (Pop-up)
violetta para  volver a los 17   Favoriting las ultimas compositiones de        1:01:39 (Pop-up)
 
el-g  au grand dam du jour   Favoriting tout ploie  kraak  Vinyl  *   1:11:59 (Pop-up)
the knife  Christmas Reindeer   Favoriting         1:15:29 (Pop-up)
ed harcourt  in the bleak midwinter   Favoriting         1:22:18 (Pop-up)
john cale  Child's Christmas in Wales   Favoriting paris 1919        1:25:08 (Pop-up)
reuben anderson  christmas time again   Favoriting trojan christmas box set v/a        1:28:39 (Pop-up)
iron and wine & calexico  dark eyes   Favoriting OST i'm not there        1:31:35 (Pop-up)
Bob Marley and the Wailers  sound the trumpet   Favoriting         1:35:39 (Pop-up)
 
ergo phizmiz  fitcher   Favoriting Nose Points in Different Directions: Music by Ergo Phizmiz 2001-2006        1:43:33 (Pop-up)
zola jesus  soeur sewer   Favoriting     7"  *   1:47:30 (Pop-up)
susanna  dance on   Favoriting Flower of Evil  rune grammaphone    *   1:51:54 (Pop-up)
death sentence: panda  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz   Favoriting insects awaken  Upset the Rhythm    *   1:57:02 (Pop-up)
Lalo Schifin  sampans   Favoriting Enter The Dragon OST  collector's choice    *   1:59:41 (Pop-up)
maxine funke  kink horn   Favoriting lace        2:01:31 (Pop-up)
 
deerhoof  x-mas tree   Favoriting         2:08:41 (Pop-up)
mc patate  chouette   Favoriting gateau blaster  le vilain chien      2:10:52 (Pop-up)
dina martinez  christmas   Favoriting     7"    2:13:53 (Pop-up)
little beaver  let's stick together   Favoriting party down        2:17:08 (Pop-up)
collection of colonies of bees  birds (pluramon remix) YETI edit   Favoriting Yeti Six (V/A)  yeti    *   2:23:39 (Pop-up)
"big" john patton  soul woman   Favoriting got a good thing goin'        2:25:55 (Pop-up)
 
shirley collins/ davy graham  nottamun town   Favoriting folk roots, new routes        2:41:15 (Pop-up)
les freres brosse  y neize   Favoriting         2:44:18 (Pop-up)
davey graham  the fakir   Favoriting Midnight Man        2:46:46 (Pop-up)
otarie  bebe, y fait frette dehors   Favoriting         2:51:10 (Pop-up)
brenda lee  christmas will be just another lonely day   Favoriting         2:53:30 (Pop-up)
frank cosmo  greetings from beverley's   Favoriting trojan christmas box set v/a        2:55:50 (Pop-up)
The Pipettes  in the bleak midwinter   Favoriting         2:58:58 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  9:03am
listener mark:

good morning trouble
good norning all
  9:04am
Adrian in London:

Hello from London. A day off so listening from home. Seems weird not having to pretend to work while I'm listening!
  9:06am
annie:

morning trouble, morning fellow travelers in fmu land.
  9:08am
li'l bubby:

mornin' truble, i need some inspiration.
  9:09am
trouble:

goooood morning! adrian you can pretend you are working if it makes you feel better, we won't mind...
  9:09am
texas scott:

good morning trouble...looking forward to yet another great set!!!
  9:11am
Adrian in London:

Oh, I'd rather not, thanks
  9:20am
listener mark:

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.
Edith Piaf
trouble will you play some edith piaf?
  9:22am
texas scott:

edith piaf...a knitter?...you're kidding,right?
  9:29am
listener mark:

thanks trouble you're the best
  9:39am
north guinea hills:

i saw peanut butter wolf in a coffee shop in jax, fla in 1997, yes, he melted records by scratching them so hard. nice dude, he gave me some dj tool recs...
  9:39am
sugarwolf:

they don't call it a stash for nothin'!!
  9:42am
Ike:

Did anybody else hear Haale's live set on Dan Bodah's Airborn Event show recently? That was impressive. Haale's new album is great. I think this show's listeners would particularly dig it.
  9:51am
PMD:

I almost hate to ask, but I would love a John Denver song. I thiought at first this was one when I heard the guitar.
  9:55am
patrick:

good morning Jersey City from the snowy north.... Trouble are you going to be doing your show next week, if so do you want an instudio guest? i bet you will be doing the family thing though, huh? anyway great to hear you this morning!
  9:56am
Doug:

I just saw a guy wearing a Spongebob yamalka. No lie.
  9:58am
GP:

Morning all..Adrian, you could do my work today!
  10:02am
PMD:

yay to Spongebob yarmulkes!!!
  10:04am
Yan Dart:

I was feeling really sick this morning, but you've totally taken my mind off it. I thank my Lucky Charms for you, Trouble.
  10:09am
sebastian:

i thought i was listening to my itunes library but no, it was the modern world. the song is about the inevitable passage of time, decay, and death... quite terrible but in a beautiful way. cheers t!
  10:11am
patrick:

legos, im jealous!! i remember those days, how old is ol' dj ice pack these days anyway?
  10:12am
GP:

Some fife and drums to celebrate the occasion?
  10:13am
dale:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington's_Headquarters_State_Historic_Site

Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh NY would be a nice day trip for him....
  10:14am
Cecile:

Did you get DJ Icepack his own copy of the John Adams mini-series?
  10:14am
listener mark:

just had a look at trouble's end of year list,baa-a-a-a-a
  10:15am
Dj Donna Summer:

Hey Trouble! Former WFMU alumni DJ Donna Summer here- just wanted to give you a pat on the back for today's show.. really enjoying it!
  10:18am
trouble:

hey donna summer ! hellos to berlin?
  10:18am
elvie:

its about time reindeers got some respect
  10:19am
james t:

Hi Trouble Happy Holidays to you and A and D - we are being peaceful, at home this year, hopefully... lots of love from the Treg family xxx
  10:19am
trouble:

patrick! you jersey boy, you. sorry i can't have you out for a holiday guest dj , that would have been great!
  10:20am
trouble:

sebastian, i'm glad i could give you a little international confusion there...cheers!
  10:22am
trouble:

dale, we have been up to constitution island but not to the newburgh site. and we were just up in beacon last weekend...thanks for the tip!
happy happy!
  10:22am
Dj Donna Summer:

I've met the guy part "The Knife" a few times, and honestly- that guy WILL NOT admit to being in the band... they are really serious about the anonymity thing...

Any love for a request for Vienna's Gustav?
  10:22am
paulthepostman:

Hi boys and girls - I'm hit 'n running, dental ap't beckons :(
  10:27am
newbold:

how much noise can one put in a case of baskets?
  10:28am
newbold:

thought i was hearing cale.., :)
  10:30am
Cecile:

I know it's kind of cliche, but boy I could stand to hear Christmas in Hollis.
  10:30am
newbold:

my fav child's song is the the nighttime story by tom waits
  10:31am
Stu:

Hi Trouble
Good Morning ! Afternoon here and pitch black outside, but nice and bright here by the modern world! Health and happiness to you, A & D and all our fellow listeners!! Thanks for a nuther great year of music and your special joy. thnx from way up in Moomiland.
  10:32am
north guinea hills:

trojan recs has a xmas box set??!!, kickass!!!
  10:34am
?:

i'm starting to think trojan has a box set for every occasion . . . definitely awesome
  10:34am
north of God:

where did the sweet sound become sickly like cider in the mind?
  10:35am
trouble:

hello finland! big merry merry to you and anne and the kids!
  10:36am
55ffrr:

Merry Xmas from Buffalo to trouble & all the listeners. Another great year of tunes as always. I loved that John Adams mini-series btw. And I liked John Adams 'Dr. Atomic' as well.
  10:37am
Mike B.:

Aw man, I missed Lee Fields!!! Thanks for the consistently great show, Trouble.
  10:41am
b:

finn family moomintroll! yes!
  10:43am
seaford junior:

trouble... it's always pleasant to hear your voice, come winter, come summer
  10:43am
north guinea hills:

it's taken a decade plus, but digidub/dancehall has finally won me over.... but, i still can't stand jamaica's favorite albino, yelloman......
  10:45am
dc pat:

trouble, what's the name of the author you were talking about?
  10:47am
north of God - south of hell:

the piano needs tuning but that makes the song really.
ergo Phizmiz .., Googling Ergo Phizmiz to see what is there.
  10:47am
Carmichael:

This music is making me happy ....
  10:49am
trouble:

tove jansson, check my end of year top ten post on the blog for links to two of her books
  10:49am
Laurie:

Pat: Tove Janssen. The Moomintroll are the sweetest little trolls ever.

My favorite Moomin cartoon is the one with the little uptight dog who has a terrible secret. (Spoiler alert: He only wants to be friends with kitty cats. That's his secret.)
  10:50am
dc pat:

Thanks.
  10:51am
so - u - r - power=sourpower:

kinky Laurie why does that make me wonder about things like music?
  10:53am
Cecile:

wow, I thought this was Cat Power for a second
  10:55am
Laurie:

I thought this was Sarah McLachlan or however you spell her last name for a second.
  10:58am
Les Fleurs du mal:

why did this remind me of this book Flowers of Evil where obviously this is totally different from the flowers of evil but flower of evil ?
  11:01am
Cecile:

Laurie, the ASPCA lady?
  11:05am
GP:

Dang it..missed Ergo and John Cale...I really need to stop working and just listen!
  11:07am
sugarwolf:

ohhhh, that ASPCA commerical.... It is one of the most depressing things ever.
  11:09am
Cecile:

I know so many people *cough* who end up donating after seeing that one fuzzy dog with one eye...
  11:11am
Cecile:

wow, I like how they dropped that john fahey guitar break in the middle
  11:14am
dc pat:

How about some Krampus karols?
  11:14am
annie:

cecile, wise oh wise one: "death of a wombat" any info on how to get a copy?
  11:14am
Carmichael:

Are you sure this isn't Jack Mudurian?
  11:16am
GP:

I thought this was Michael Jackson for a minute...I was waiting for the rhythm from Thriller to kick in.
  11:17am
Cecile:

I dunno, Annie.
what is it?
  11:19am
Doug in DC:

She missed the part where they checked out the star using the wise men's portable telescope.
  11:19am
annie:

amazing narration of a 'strine short story by ivan smith. approx 40 mins.. not really available, but was thinking wizards are cleverer than i. and so i ask you! google does not produce any archives at all. weekend radio guy on wclv played it years ago..
  11:23am
Cecile:

Oh, ok.
maybe try Australian sources?

This is the Quiet Storm with Trouble...
  11:24am
annie:

just went to project gutenberg aus. hehe, great brains..
  11:25am
Cecile:

oh, good!
  11:28am
Carmichael:

Annie, it says "not commercially available" at this site: http://www.abc.net.au/classic/daily/stories/s755444.htm
  11:29am
A few to many souls:

nice soul., we eat souls for breakfast nice ..,
  11:30am
annie:

yeah robert conrad had said it was protected. thought i could find a loophole. ;)wonderful piece if you ever get to hear it!
  11:31am
doug:

Annie - you from Cleveland?
  11:32am
annie:

not really, lived there when i was 18 and nanny to 3 kids. stratford rd.. 1 1/2 yrs or so
  11:33am
cosmic:

hey xmas fmu'ers! im digging this soul woman trouble!
  11:34am
doug:

Annie - Oh, gotcha . Grew up in NE Oh. Tremont, Olde Brookyn and N. Collinwood, meself ! NYC now.
  11:36am
dc pat:

I lived in N. Ridgeville for a couple.
  11:36am
Cecile:

Portland, OR
  11:36am
annie:

i enjoyed living in the big city first time in my life from smalltown ny. found a great hungarian rest i went to on my days off.. shopped in shaker heights.. not bad.. too big for me now
  11:37am
Laurie:

It's Portland, Oregon. Trust me, I had dinner with the dude when he was in town a coupla weeks ago.
  11:39am
Lloyd Fisk:

Jon Spencer needs to retire.
  11:40am
wha?:

yes, mall show was awesome!
  11:41am
north guinea hills:

"folk roots, new routes" is an absulute fave of mine. thanks trouble!!!!! fave album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11:42am
Carmichael:

Heads up, Cecile. This is your request from last week, no?
  11:43am
nico - dk:

YES! shirley Collins and davy graham .. this is some awesome stuff trouble ! just f'ing awesome :)
  11:43am
Carmichael:

Trouble, do you have any Sandy Denny in your bag o' tricks?
  11:43am
d:

North ridgeville, wow - used to bowl there in Jr high. Lived in nearby Elyria.
  11:43am
Cecile:

about two weeks ago for doug, but it is exactly the right kind of moss-scented, broody Brit-folk I needed.
  11:45am
cosmic:

i have a hang over from a very good jam night with lots of top musicians including tom jones' current sax player! (just got a flashback) awesome night.

that song was gorgeous!!!
  11:46am
Carmichael:

Fairport's "Liege & Lief" was instrumental (get it, he he ...) in my upbringing. Changed the whole rotation of the earth.
  11:46am
dc pat:

You know, I think my address was Elyria, OH. I was pretty young then..
  11:48am
doug:

i guess we may've been neighbors, then. In the 70's, there was a restaurant across from the shopping center called "The Feedbag" with a picture of a horse w/ a bag strapped to its nose. No joke !
  11:51am
dc pat:

I lived there 70-72 but only remember my parents' backyard.
  11:51am
annie:

you talkin ta me? there was a theater in the plaza in shaker hieghts that played fiddler on the roof for over a year as it's only feature..
  11:52am
Carmichael:

Excellent set, Trouble!
  11:52am
jennie:

happy holidaze Trouble...
u r the top dj for me!
keep it coming!
  11:53am
annie:

trouble, have a wonderful two weeks!!! relax and eat good food..... and bring back more music..
  11:54am
Emily:

Woohoo! My favorite seasonal song & now in French! C'est friod outside!
  11:55am
Dickdong (UK):

Didn't know Davy Graham has gone.Good man.
  11:56am
texas scott:

Trouble,have a great holiday.We look forward to your return with more good stuff to hear!!!
  11:56am
Dj Donna Summer:

That Brenda lee's got SPUNK!

Zowee!
  11:58am
GP:

Thanks for Brenda Lee Trouble..have a great time off and enjoy your river crossing.
  11:59am
God in hell:

oh love the lonely days they are so inspirational it makes me sick take two.
  12:01pm
trrrish:

knitty holidays, trouble!
  1:04pm
Barry:

Hey Trouble,
Check out Marvinsuicide.org episode 164. No bird calls but a German angst rant that has a very different take on what birds are up to (and alot of other living things). I think it's a joke, maybe. Merry Christmas.
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