The Godfather Is Gone [1933-2006]

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, passed away Christmas morning. Such sad news. No words. Instead, let's celebrate his music. Thank you, James Brown.

James Brown - Signs Of Christmas
James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
James Brown - Soulful Christmas

Mele Kalikimaka 2006

-- reprinted from December 2005

Happy Holidays from Oddio Overplay. Click your way through an audio card.

Here's hoping you enjoy the season, whether you celebrate holidays or not! Nearly all of the seasonal traditions for this time of year are based on earlier cultures, such as Roman [Saturnalia] and pagan [Yule Tide]. No kidding - decorated trees, wreaths, mulled wine, the works. So what if you don't celebrate one of the religious holy days? Here's hoping everyone has fun and celebrates their season their way. You lucky friends in the Southern Hemisphere, enjoy that summer, too! Cheers to all!


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Come to Tonight's Online Party!

Quiet City Christmas Party this Wednesday, December 20th
in NYC and on LuxuriaMusic.com

Please be a virtual guest by launching the Quiet City webcams and the Internet radio stream from LuxuriaMusic.com to see and hear the party tonight, 8-10 pm EST/ 5-7 pm PST.

featuring:

Music by DJs

Jack Fetterman
Dennis Kelley
Jimmy Botticelli
Anita (The Meat Mistress) Serwacki

Moodsong by Robert Conroy (Misty Roses)

Go-Go by

Creamy Stevens and Little Brooklyn
of Starshine Burlesque

Fashion by

World of Style Vintage

From the hours of 8-10 pm EST/ 5-7 pm PST, this party will be broadcast in audio and video over the Internet as The Quiet City Penthouse Party on LuxuriaMusic.com. Join in the Holiday Fun!

[I'll also be in the chat room for part of the show, so see you there! -katya]

Tune in now!
audio and video



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Season's Greetings!

Ton's First Xmas Comp


Katya's Holiday Office Party


Let's Make a Baby King
[also by Ton Rückert]


also:

stream vintage kiddie holiday records
[via KiddieRecords.com]

enjoy 100s more seasonal downloads
[via PCL LinkDump]



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Having a Happy Summer?

Said I'd see you at the end of Summer, but I am checking in a little early. M-I-C-K-E-Y. Y? Because I like you!

ONLINE TONIGHT:

Jack Fetterman and Peter Principle present QUIET CITY on Luxuriamusic.com this and every third Wednesday at 8:00 PM EST. Replays air the first Saturday the following month at 5:30 PM EST.

This week's show is the Luxuriamusic.com debut of DJ Sharaabi Kapoor Cult Bollywood and Sitar Beat connoisseur



Wednesday Schedule PST on Luxuria:
17:00 Quiet City: Radio In Hi-Fi (2:00)
20:00 Carl Howard's Space Patrol (1:00)
21:00 The Lounge King Show (1:00)


CURRENT LOVE: Shellac Shanty 78s, especially

George Olsen & His Orch (v Judith Blair) - I've Got A Walkie Talkie
Carson Robison - Life Gits Tee-Jus Don't It
Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters - A Little Bird Told Me


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Christmas CD

Ton Rückert presents LET'S MAKE A BABY KING, a Christmas CD. -- NO LONGER AVAILABLE. --

Other Ton Rückert projects include Numerology [concept, production, music, artwork] and Water, Wind, and Sails [music] both found on WM Recordings. Ton is also a Comfort Stand recording artist, and created a great tune on the Oddio Overplay compilation.

Mele Kalikimaka

Happy Holidays from Oddio Overplay. Click your way through an audio card.

Here's hoping you enjoy the season, whether you celebrate holidays or not! Nearly all of the seasonal traditions for this time of year are based on earlier cultures, such as Roman [Saturnalia] and Pagan [Yule Tide]. No kidding - decorated trees, wreaths, mulled wine, the works. So what if you don't celebrate one of the religious holy days? Here's hoping everyone has fun and celebrates their season their way. You lucky friends in the Southern Hemisphere, enjoy that summer, too! Cheers to all!

New Recordings

New Recordings are posted at Oddio Overplay just in time to ring in the new year!

Treasures from the Record Box. A random collection of unusual recordings from predominantly flexi, 7" and 10" records

Band Concert - April 22, 1961. Recording of performance by two New York state public school bands, The Chatham Central School Band and The Middletown High School Band

PLUS!! An audio holiday card to all friends of the Oddio Overplay site

December Brings Winter Music v3

continuing from earlier posts - first post, second post

:: annual holiday recordings by the Beatles for their fan club 1963-1969
brought to you by Sci-Fi Hi-Fi who state, "They’re utterly irreverent and absolutely hilarious - a perfect antidote to Christmas music burnout."

:: Señor Tonto's "Hooray For Santy Claus!"

:: Woos Christmas
selection of xmas songs including White Christmas live by Charlie Parker

:: Tidings of Comfort
song from staff at Comfort Stand Recordings, your favorite free netlabel

:: The MadSpaniard presents Spanish Xmas Carols

:: Bow High School Winter Holiday Concert

:: Chief Maquinna Elementary School, Vancouver BC Canada
awesome, awesome, awesome Christmas Concerts

:: Children's Psychiatric Hospital Christmas Concert at Vinyl Orphanage

:: the playlist of winter songs still grows

:: Remember to check these sites for rotating treasures

:: Almost Forgot! V/Vm Christmas classics from De Strangers, Arthur Daley / Terry McCann and Rocco Granata

52 Weeks Epilogue

52 Weeks is coming to an end. What a magical part of 2004 this project was. Many thanks to Jan and the curators.

Be sure to get on over there, and be a part of the wrap up celebration! Your host Jan invites you to be part of the epilogue party.

from 52 Weeks:

Surprise surprise! This extra episode of 52 weeks will be full of surprises. Even I don't know how it's going to end up. You see, that depends on several things.

First of all, I hereby offer an opportunity to all guest curators who collapsed under time-pressure lately: send in your mp3s anyway and I'll post them on this page. I'll update each day for seven days. Also additional tracks from the other curators are welcome. Please submit your updates, next week on Christmas-eve it will be too late.

Secondly: I want to know what your favourite 52 weeks track is! Let me know and I'll post the file anew here.

Thirdly: We'll start this last page with a tremendous album by Chenard Walcker who used samples from all 52 weeks and from other strictly Dutch music. Anyone who wants to add there own remix or 52 weeks related work to this page: you've got only one week left!

Fourthly: splogman's surprise

December Brings Winter Music v2

This list continues from first post on December 1st about winter music online.

:: Sin City Sounds still shares the Musical Advent Calendar 2002

:: Land of 999 Dances shares rare Special Features

:: Basic Hip Digital Oddio has releases in rapid succession. Here is the schedule.

:: Pastor McPurvis of the Vinyl Orphanage gathers round the decorated tree with these orphans [repaired link!]

:: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol from Your Pal Doug

:: Border Brass - Tijuana Christmas from Mr. Morris, who was also a very cool kid

:: Free and Legal Winter Selections

:: April Winchell's Seasonal Favorites [located mid-page]
"Enjoy them now, because they're going to get real old, real fast."

:: xmas mixes from b00mb0x [check comments for playlists], including one of DJ Riko's Merry Mixmas mixes. His are available on his own site, too.

:: Sound Opinions used to host Andy Cirzan's amazing xmas CDs. Not sure if they are archived there anymore, but they do have his Christmas Spectacular. Dec. 21 - The weirdest Christmas songs ever made, Sound Opinion's very own Kris Kringle, returns to Sound Opinions radio to play his latest discoveries

:: 'Tis the Season record gallery with sound snippets at Raymondo's Dance-O-Rama

:: Just for fun:
- Making Fiends, the Christmas Bonus is back
- The 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Troupe, It's a Wonderful Life
- Christmas Trunk from Flip Flop Flyin
- Elf Bowling - Bocce Style, the latest in NStorm's Elf Bowling series.

December Brings Winter Music

Enjoy the season, whether you celebrate holidays or not! Nearly all of the seasonal traditions for this time of year are based on earlier cultures, such as Roman [Saturnalia] and Pagan [Yule Tide]. No kidding - decorated trees, wreaths, mulled wine, the works. So, everybody have fun and celebrate your season your way! [You lucky friends in the Southern Hemisphere, enjoy that summer, too!]

This month, the Oddio Overplay site features seasonal releases that are available for your review online. Additionally, more are slated to be posted here.

Let's get that ball rolling. Shall we?

ONLINE SOUNDS

:: Snaildartha - Jerry the Christmas Snail
a beatnik soul-jazz extravaganza

:: DJ Riko - my favorite mixes
Merry Mixmas 2003 + Merry Mixmas 2002

:: Bell Sisters with Spike Jones
the sisters perform "Socko The Smallest Snowball" and "Barnyard Christmas" in 1952

:: Bacanal Intruder - Shake the Christmas Tree EP
excellent EP of electronica

:: Charity EP from Park Studios
a winter holiday and friendship project

:: Randy's Rodeo
xmas treats galore

:: Christmas at Disneyland
sounds from the park

:: Christmas Folks Songs
Christmas music sung in a variety of languages. Search on Christmas in California Gold: Folk Music from the Thirties, 1938-1940.

:: Georgia & August Greenberg - Sing Songs for You and Me!
has Georgia singing "Snow Is Falling" and August singing "Jingle Bells"


SNOWFLAKES

:: ** ZEFRANK's kaleidoscopes 2D and 3D snowflake generator

:: Raman Pfaff's original snowflake designer

:: Pointers for paper snowflakes

:: Pointers for paper stars

:: Make-a-Flake
[mine is 5119719 in the gallery]

:: Free Snowflake Fonts
from Chank - Spunkflakes
from P22 - P22 Snowflakes