The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 103: “Another Jewish Christmas in Saudi Arabia (a Pennypacker Festivus thrice over)”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 103: “Another Jewish Christmas in Saudi Arabia (a Pennypacker Festivus thrice over)”

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Intro

“Fuck Christmas” by Fear

“Rock n Roll Christmas” by George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Set 1

“Christmas is Cancelled” by the Long Blondes

“Mistress for Christmas” by AC/DC

“Christmas Tree’s on Fire” by Holly Golightly

“Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” by the Ramones

Set 2

“The Christmas Song” by the Raveonettes

“Christmas All Over” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

“Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)” by JD McPherson

“Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)” by the Darkness

Set 3

“Father Christmas” by the Kinks

“Santa’s on His Way” by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

“Must be Santa” by Bob Dylan

“Tell the Lord (What Santa’s Done)” by Goober and the Peas

Set 4

“Christmas at the Airport” by Nick Lowe

“The Blizzard” by Camera Obscura

“Tiny, King of the Jews” by Big Black

“Fruitcake” by the Superions

“Free Radicals (a Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)” by the Flaming Lips

Set 5

“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by New Bomb Turks

“Christmas in Hollis” by Run-DMC

“I Wish it Was Christmas Today” by Julian Casablancas

“My Last Christmas” by the Dirtbombs

Outro

“New Year’s Eve” by Tom Waits

(The program concluded with a reading of “The Policeman Taps Once” by Anthony Berkeley)