Every year Listen Up! features a seasonal Christmas show filled with holiday hoopla and weird and wonderful seasonal tunes. While spirited and at times invigorating, these are not traditional holiday singalong.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

The Wise Men – Mr. Mojo’s Christmas

The dB’s – Holiday Spirit
The Kaisers – Merry Christmas, Loopy Lu
The Chevelles – Come All Ye Faithful Surfer Girls
Patty Surby and The Canadian VIP’s – I Want A Beatle For Christmas

Roger Roger – Jolly Bells
Esquivel – Frosty The Snowman
Rolling Stones – Cosmic Christmas
Buzz Zeemer – Psychedelic Santa
Homer & Jethro – Santa Claus, The Original Hippie

Wanda Jackson – Rockabilly Santa
Lillian Briggs – Rock ‘n’ Rolly Poly Santa
Jake Scott – There’s Trouble Brewing
Cathy Sharpe – North Pole Rock
J.D. McPherson – Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)

The Ventures – Snowflakes
The Chesterfield Kings – Hey, Santa Claus
Billy Childish – Christmas Lights
The Fall – Jingle Bell Rock
The Sonics – The Village Idiot
The Trashman – Dancin’ With Santa

Rotary Connection – Last Call For Peace
James Brown – Let’s Unite The Whole World At Christmas
Soul Saints Orchestra – Santa’s Got A Bag O’ Soul
Sugar Chile Robinson – Christmas Boogie

Joe Jack Talcum – Santa, Take Me Off That List
Neil Innes – Dear Father Christmas
The Mockers – (There Is No War On Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart
Pointed Sticks – Power Pop Santa

Mark Mothersbaugh – Merry Something To You
The Brave Combo – Oh Holy Night Cha Cha Cha
Caitlin Rose & Keegan DeWitt – You Never Come Home At Christmas
The Reverend Glenn Armstrong – Even Squeaky Fromme Loves Christmas

Pee Pee Dynamite – Groovy Christmas & New Year
Jayram Acharya – Sante Claus Is Coming
Les Intimes – C’est Noel
The Minus 5 – Your Christmas Whiskey

NRBQ – Christmas Wish

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

MC5 -Ramblin’ Rose – Kick Out The Jams – 1969
Spacemen 3 – Revolution – Playing with Fire – 1989
Pink Fairies – Do It – Never Never Land – 1971

Creem Circus – Riff Mountain – Rock And/Or Roll – 2015
Jet Silver & The Dolls Of Venus – Venutian Rock-  One More Day/Venutian Rock – 1998
Ace Frehley – What’s On Your Mind? – Ace Frehley – 1978

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pagan Baby –Pendulum – 1970
The Who – Baby, Don’t You Do It – Who’s Next – 1971
Blue Cheer – Gypsy Ball –Outside/Inside – 1968

Spooky Tooth – Sunshine Help Me –It’s All About – 1968
Blues Magoos – Sybil Green (Of The In Between)- Basic Blues Magoos – 1968
The Shadows Of Knight – Uncle Wiggly’s Airship- Shake – 1969

The Electric Prunes – Never Had It Better- Underground – 1967
We The People – When I Arrive – Various: Pebbles Vol. 7 -1968
The Id – Boil The Kettle, Mother -Various: Maynehm & Psychosis Vol. 1 – 1967
Les Variations – Generations- Nador – 1970
The Litter – Blue Ice –Emerge – 1968

The Misunderstood – Who Do You Love? –Before The Dream Faded – 1966
The Pretty Things – Cold Stone – October 26 / Cold Stone – 1970
Leaf Hound – Stagnant Pool – Growers of Mushroom – 1971

Ike & Tina Turner – Contact High – Come Together –
The Illusions – City Of The People – Various; Back From The Grave Part 2 – 1966
MG & The Escorts – A Somebody Fool – Various; Pebbles: Trash Box – 1967
The Mystery Trend – Johnny Was A Good Boy –Various: Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968) – 1967

Slade – In Like A Shot From My Gun –Slade Alive! – 1972
Five by Five – 15 Going On 20 -15 Going On 20/Penthouse Pauper – 1970
The Outcasts – 1523 Blair-Various: Mayhem & Psychosis Volume Two – 1967
Figures of Light – It’s Lame- Smash Hits – 1972

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Soar through clouds of experimentation, melody and disorientation with music that is haunting, melancholic, psychedelic, and filled with folk and paisley pop melodies.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Television Personalities – I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives –Yes Darling, But is it Art? – 1981
The Bevis Frond – Drowned – New River Head – 1991
Syd Barrett – Word Song – Opel – 1970

Sun Ra – Echos of The World – Disco 3000 – 1978
Photon Band – Open The Skies – Songs Of Rapture And Hatred – 2015

John Cage – Suite For Toy Piano II – The Seasons – 1948
Bill Fay – Maxine’s Parlour – From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock – 1968

The Green Pajamas – Secret Day – Strung Behind the Sun – 1997
Reade McCardell – Bastien – Frets – 2015
Susan Christie – Paint A Lady – Paint A Lady – 1970
Sibylle Baier – Tonight – Colour Green – 1970

Dot Wiggin Band – Banana Bike – Ready! Get! Go! -2013
Daniel Johnston – Story Of An Artist – Don’t Be Scared – 1982

The Monkees – Early Morning Blues and Greens – Headquarters – 1967
Kendra Smith – Valley Of The Morning Sun – Five Ways of Disappearing – 1995
The Asteroid No.4 – Rifles and Knives – The Windmill of the Autumn Sky – 2013

Thom Moore – In Hiding – Various: You Hit Me With a Flower (Redux) – 2007
Mud Pie Sun – Month Of Sundays – New Swing Mood Things/Two At Noon ‎- 1992
Tall Dwarfs – Pictures On The Floor – Hello Cruel World – 1982
John Lennon – Not For Love Or Money – (demo) – 1979

Will Oldham – Do What You Will Do – Black / Rich Music – 1996
Rain Parade – Broken Horse – Explosions In The Glass Palace – 1983
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – I See A Darkness – I See A Darkness – 1998

The Lazily Spun – LIpse Of The Marchpane – Various: It’s Gonna Be Hot in The Cannibal POT Tonite – 2004
Incredible String Band – You Know What You Could Be – The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion – 1967
Landing – Tell Myself – Passages Through – 2003

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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