Brainache 26
01. Cybe - Check it Out
02. Tangerine Dream - Dolphin Dance
03. Mort Garson - Exorcism
04. JD Emmanuel - Part I: Morning Worship
05. Moon Birds - Silver Moon
06. Cluster - Dem Wanderer (To The Wanderer)
07. Laughing Hands - Untitiled
08. Pere Ubu - Over My Head
09. Sundrips & Ophivchvs - Satellites Of The Elders
10. Fred Frith - New Shoes (for A.R.)
11. Maze 1066 - A Resident Of Jigsaws
12. Harmonia - Kekse
13. The Caretaker - Stardust
14. Scott Walker - It's Raining Today

Harry Connick, Jr. - Sleigh Ride - When My Heart Finds Christmas
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song - The Christmas Song
Kim Pensyl - My Gift - A Kim Pensyl Christmas
The Westerlies - O Holy Night - Bandcamp Xmas 2021
Vanguard Jazz Sextet - O Tannenbaum - A Jazz Christmas: Hot Jazz For A Cool Night
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby - Holiday Hits
Mark Flugge - Linus And Lucy - A Chamber Jazz Christmas: Mark Flugge Remembered
A Touch Of Brass - Silent Night - A Touch Of Brass Christmas
Take 6 - Silver Bells - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Chris McDonald and Friends - We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Jingle Bell Mambo
Ella Fitzgerald - White Christmas - Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas
The Manhattan Transfer - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Santa Man [Medley] - The Christmas Album
Logan Moore - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Merry Saxmas Vol. 1
Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra - We Need A Little Xmas Medley - Herb-Al Remedy (Music Of Herb Harrison)

The Count Basie Orchestra & Scotty Barnhart - Jingle Bells - A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas!
Dianne Reeves & Lou Rawls - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Jazz To The World: A Christmas Collection
Bobby Floyd - Winter Wonderland - Floyd's Finest Gift
Kenny Burrell - Merry Christmas Baby - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
Louie Bellson - Little Drummer Boy - A Jazz Christmas: Hot Jazz For A Cool Night
Michael Bublé - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Let It Snow [EP]
Logan Moore - O Come O Come Emmanuel - Merry Saxmas Vol. 1
Masakowski Family - We Three Kings - Bandcamp Xmas 2021
Sam Blakeslee & Wistful Thinking - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Nancy Wilson - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues
Artie Shaw with Peg LaCentra - There's Frost On The Moon - Big Band Christmas
Jazz At The Movies Band - Christmas Will Return - It's A Wonderful Life: Sax At The Movies For Christmas
Chet Baker/Christopher Mason - Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - Silent Nights

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Best known as one of the members of the made-for-tv fictional band, "The Monkees", Michael Nesmith was a fine and talented musician and humorist before the TV show and after. He was one of only two members of The Monkees that were established musicians, and, after a time, he an fellow band member Peter Tork rebelled against the TV network to demand creative independence for the band. The self-re-invented Monkees, whose earlier recordings were all performed by studio musicians, released two additional albums featuring their authentic voices and briefly toured. Nesmith and Tork each had independent careers afterward, but Nesmith was a prolific composer and released several albums on his own, of music that far exceeded anything produced by/for The Monkees in its soulfulness and imagination. In today's show we hear two live-recorded performances of Michael Nesmith in his post-Monkees hayday.

Tonight on the final show of 2021...
- The College Football Preview (and New Year's Six) - Jack & Susan and Santa & Mrs. Claus chime in with DJBC.
- The Grinch That Stole The Holidays...Omicron
- 2021, We Hardly Knew Ye...
- Keys to Victory Against Georgia in the Orange Bowl

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Picks:
Everyone but Mrs. Claus: # 1 Alabama vs. # 2 Michigan
Mrs. Claus: # 1 Alabama vs. # 3 Georgia

ROSE BOWL Picks (Show was recorded before the news of the four Ohio opt-outs):
Mrs. Claus: Ohio
Everyone Else: Utah

LINKS:
2021 in Pop Culture (NPR) - https://www.npr.org/2021/12/14/1064042944/did-that-really-happen-this-year
In Memoriam - 2021 (NPR) - https://www.npr.org/2021/12/30/1068322276/notable-deaths-2021
50 Wonderful Things from 2021 (NPR) - https://www.npr.org/2021/12/30/1068256220/pop-culture-highlights-2021-mo...
The Musicians We Lost in 2021 (NPR's Morning Edition) - https://www.npr.org/2021/12/31/1064443331/in-memoriam-2021-the-musicians...

New Year's Superstitions (Parade) - https://parade.com/1133128/marynliles/new-year-superstitions/
New Year's Superstitions (Her Campus) - https://www.hercampus.com/life/new-years-eve-superstitions/
New Year's Superstitions (Superstition Dictionary) - http://superstitiondictionary.com/new-years-superstitions/
15 New Year's Superstitions Around the World (Yahoo) - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/15-years-day-traditions-around-173000575...
Good Luck Superstitions on New Year's Eve (Yahoo) - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/14-superstitions-good-luck-140000819.htm...
New Year's and Your Pets: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/tips-to-help-calm-your-pets-during-...

KENSINGTON’S PREMIUM BLEND
Program 013 Playlist (Winter Solstice/Christmas Special)

Greensleeves
Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Fantasy 84312

Snow
Loreena McKennitt
A Midwinter Night’s Dream
Quinlan Road QRCD 112

Song for a Winter’s Night
Gordon Lightfoot
Gord’s Gold
Reprise 2-2237

I Saw Three Ships
Blackmore’s Night
Winter Carols
Sorcerer Records 81009

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Mila Crowell
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
CatFish Records CFR-2001

O Yule, Full of Gladness
St. Olaf Choir, directed by Anton Armstrong
Sing for Joy
St. Olaf Records E-269

Carol of the Bells
California Guitar Trio
A Christmas Album
Inside Out Music SPV 08565422

Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
Favourite Carols from King’s
King’s College Choir/LSO KGS 007

Walking in the Air (from The Snowman)
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Walking in the Air: The Music of Howard Blake
Decca 4786300

The Boar’s Head
Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band
Carols & Capers
Park Records PRKCD 9

Sleigh Ride
Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Gifts
Sony Music Distribution 67799

Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy (from The Nutcracker)
Andrew York
Perfect Sky
GSP Recordings GSP 1011CD

Gaudete, Gaudete
Boston Camerata, directed by Joel Cohen
A Renaissance Christmas
Nonesuch/Elektra 79134-2

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Annie Lennox
A Christmas Cornucopia
Decca/Island 2753309

In Christ There Is No East or West
Leo Kottke
Instrumentals: Best of the Capitol Years
Blue Note Records 7243 5 42312 2 3

Joy to the World
Boston Camerata, directed by Joel Cohen
An American Christmas
Erato 92874-2

Peace
George Winston
December
Windham Hill Records WH-1025