Week 29: It's the Christmas edition! - Dec. 22, 2010

"Steampunk tunes, steampunk tunes, it's Christmas time, in elvenlands... da-da-dum..." Oh, hi! It's been an interesting show and I hope you'll like listening to it. First off, I'd like to apologize for a higher-than-usual number of bobbles in today's set. Our old DJ software packed up and decided to die on us when our music library got too far over 150,000 tracks for it. Needless to say, we were scrambling for a while and it's going to take a bit of time for us to get used to the new interface and the quirks of the new software.

But enough of my quibbling about things, we had fun tonight and got in the spirit of things, though no one submitted any requests (which all of you can do for upcoming shows by going to the blog and leaving a comment on the most recent post). So far no one's taken me up on this opportunity, but I live in hope. I'd love to hear back from those of you listening, so please drop by and let me know what you think.

Anyway, there's the playlist for tonight's set:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen by Rascal Flatts
3. We Three Kings by Abney Park
4. The Puppet Master by Paul Roland
5. Things Are Not What They Appear (from The Penultimate Peril) by The Gothic Archies
6. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks
7. Jingle Bells by The Yobs
8. Auld Lang Syne by Gregorian
9. Noel nouvelet! by Loreena McKennitt
10. Shen Khar Venakhi by Kitka
11. Christmas Sweet: Carol of the Birds by Mannheim Steamroller
12. Down In The Forest - A Traditional English Carol by Mike Freitas, Tim Walters, Leigh Ann Hussey
13. O Come All Ye Faithful by Gregorian 
14. I Am Eve by Mediaeval Baebes
15. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) by Hayley Westenra
16. Down, Down, Down by Astrid Seriese & Peter Meuris
17. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Thurl Ravenscroft
18. Good Day by Tally Hall
19. Newbury Street by 2 Foot Yard
20. Under The Tree by The Superions
21. Emmanuel by Blackmore's Night
22. Ding Dong! Merrily On High by The London Symphony Orchestra
23. Thanks For Christmas by Three Wise Men (XTC)
24. Tango Till They're Sore by Holly Cole
25. Dance Of The Sugar Plumb Fairies by Abney Park
26. I Am Human by Van Canto
27. Monsters' Holiday by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers
28. Blueprint by In the Nursery
29. Leeds United [Lounge Version] by Amanda Palmer
30. Ring Out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull
31. I Want You For Christmas by Mae Questel (The Betty Boop Girl)
32. Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas by The Korn Kobblers
33. Step Into Christmas by The Puppini Sisters

And that does it for this week, and almost this year. We've only got one more week to go in 2011, but I'll be back playing you more steampunk music next week. Until then, here's the link to this week's show.

Week 28: One week to the Christmas show - Dec. 15, 2010

It's beginning to look a lot like Steam-mas. We had several off-kilter and steamish holiday songs in this set and we've got even more lined up for next week, so I hope you're going to like what you hear. As always, put any requests you have in as comments here on the most recent post at this blog, and I'll try to get them on for you. As always, you are invited to come to the recording party in Second Life on Wednesdays from 8 until about 10 p.m. Pacific time (that's usually GMT -8) to join in on the fun.

Here's this week's playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. Alchemy by Johnny Hollow
3. Dead Leaf Echo by Faith & The Muse
4. True Love by ThouShaltNot
5. We Three Kings by Abney Park
6. Mr. Gomper by Thee Hobo Gobbelins
7. O Holy Night by Olivia Newton-John feat. The London Symphony Orchestra
8. A Fata Morgana by Tin Hat Trio
9. Mudpies by That 1 Guy
10. For The Love Of Niamh by Levantis
11. Impossible Girl #2 by Kim Boekbinder
12. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) by The Decemberists
13. Where's The Girl? by Voltaire
14. Christmas 1915 by Celtic Thunder
15. Secret Channel by Tabla Beat Science
16. The Devil At My Door by Emilie Simon
17. White Christmas by The Puppini Sisters
18. Dark Girl by The Guardian's Office
19. I'm Dreaming Of A Dead City by Pascal Marcotte And The Randolph Carters
20. Oh Cthulhu by Dagon Tabernacle Choir
21. Have Yourself A Scary Little Solstice by Rebecca Marcotte And Josh Thoemke
22. Bizarre! by Humanwine
23. New Cat by Olga Scotland
24. Who's That Knocking by The Peculiar Pretzelmen
25. Little Rare Book Room by Josh Thoemke, Rebecca Marcotte And Matt Fahey
26. Circus Apocolypse by Vermillion Lies
27. Christmas For Everyone by Halford
28. Evermore by Ten
29. The Jingle Bell Polka by Hal Dickenson/Lou Bring/The Modernaires
30. Hamsters by The Tiger Lillies
31. Petrified Man by Beat Circus
32. The Threshingfloor by Wovenhand

And that does it for this week. Tune in next week - better yet, come into SL and join the party. It's free after all! And now, here's the link to this week's show.