gts043 “newish” Patti Smith thought it appropriate to start the new year with a cannibal joke. Who are we to argue? It’s Patti Smith! So here goes, and it’s seasonal too! OK, Santa’s sleigh crashes 10 minutes after liftoff. There they are, stranded 50 miles from home at the North Pole. Things are looking bleak.…

gts042 “chrishmash” Ho ho holy crap what just happened? 01-01 Gracie Fields – Christmas Eve In Fairyland (1950) 01-02 Dropkick Murphys – Amazing Grace 01-03 Julie Brown – My Night Before Christmas 01-04 Suzannah – Mom And Daddy Please Don’t Steal For Us This Christmas 01-05 Powder – Christmas Don’t Be Late 01-06 Hamsters –…

gts041 “phonish” A telephonic invasion. Oh rats, forgot No Doubt! 01-01 Joe Hayman – Columbia 1516 – Cohen On The Telephone (original version) (1914) 01-02 Electric Light Orchestra – On The Third Day 07 – Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (1973) 01-03 Shabba Ranks & J. C. Lodge – Rappin’ With The Ladies 01 – Telephone Love (Deh…

gts040 “blackish” Snuff that candle. 01-01 Charles Brown – Aladdin 3076 – Black Night (1951) 01-02 Astra – The Weirding 01 – The Rising Of The Black Sun (2009) 01-03 Sonic Flower – Sonic Flower 02 – Black Sunrise (2003) 01-04 Paul Anka – Rock Swings 05 – Black Hole Sun (2005) 01-05 Yuzo Kayama…

gts039 “bovember31sht” What was played… a week ago. I blame Jerome. 01-01 Ed Bell – 02 – Hambone Blues 01-02 Carl Perkins – Hambone 01-03 Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles – Lightning And Thunder – Little Liza Jane (Live at H&R Bar NO, LA) (1988) 01-04 Black and Tan String Band – Little Liza…

gts038 “thanksh” Act like a turkey and you get stuffed, that’s what they say. 01-01 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross – Thanks For The Memory (1938) 01-02 Slade – Nobody’s Fool 12 – Thanks For The Memory (1976) 01-03 KNWMAD – Thank You For Your Contribution (2021) 01-04 Maceo Parker – Doing Their Own Thing…

gts037 “boshow” Bovember rolls through town, and this time we take a pause for a dance party. 01-01 Phil Harris & The Bell Sisters – Hambone (1952) 01-02 Exuma – Nope OST 24 – Exuma, The Obeah Man 01-03 Tommy King N’ The Starliters – Bop Diddle In The Jungle 01-04 Bo Diddley – Spanish…

gts036 “diddlish” Bo knows… what it’s like to get stiffed by Nike. 01-01 Cub Koda – Cub Digs Bo 10 – Background To A Music (1991) 01-02 Dolores Hawkins & Red Saunders & His Orchestra – Okeh 4-6862 – Hambone (1952) 01-03 Gloria Wood & Kay Kyser Orchestra – Columbia 37956 – Pass That Peace…

gts035 “politicksh” Greetings from the land of the lawn sign! 01-01 Bob Crosby & The Bobcats – Presenting Bob Crosby’s Bobcats 08 – Politics (1949) 01-02 Deluxx Folk Implosion – Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks 02 – I’m Just A Bill (1996) 01-03 Fiorello! OBC – OST 03 – Politics And Poker (1959) 01-04 Hamilton OBC –…

gts034 “spookish” What law says monsters are afraid of blankets? There’s no law like that. 01-01 Helen Kane – Victor 21863 – I Want To Be Bad (1929) 01-02 Brunhilde – Dollhouse 04 – I Wanna Do Bad Things With You (2015) 01-03 Jace Everett – Jace Everett 03 – Bad Things (2005) 01-04 Sopwith…