Episode 110: The Third First-Ever Half Machine Holiday Show - 12/22/2019

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Our third holiday show had a bit of a rocky start, but we pulled through with a mix of Christmas tracks. Then we had a set of morbid holiday songs and a couple of tracks in honor of Hannukah. That was followed with a Winter Solstice-themed mix of post-punk and black metal. We played a set of “Christmas Mourning” songs. We followed that up with a set of tracks about/referencing Krampus. Then we ended the show with a mix of somber and raucous holiday music.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah—or Happy Wednesday if you celebrate neither of those!

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Intro [0:00:00 - 0:03:15]
  2. Al Jourgensen & Mark Thwaite: It’s Always Christmas Time (Alien Christmas, 2010, 13th Planet Records) [0:05:35 - 0:09:58]
  3. Life… But How to Live It?: Christmastime (Life… But How to Live It?, 1989, X-Port Plater/Boss Tuneage) [0:09:58 - 0:13:24]
  4. This Ascension: Carol of the Bells (Excelsis Vol. 1: A Dark Noël Compilation, 1995, Projekt) [0:13:24 - 0:15:49]
  5. 45 Grave: The Snow Miser Song (Punk Rock Christmas Compilation, 2015, Cleopatra) [0:15:49 - 0:19:02]
  6. Haust: No Christmas (Black Hole X-Mas With…, 2011, Fysisk Format) [0:19:02 - 0:22:06]
  7. Consortium of Genius: Winter Slay Ride (The FuMP, Vol. 12: November-December 2008, 2008, FIDIM Interactive) [0:27:15 - 0:28:56]
  8. Low: If You Were Born Today (Christmas, 1999, Tugboat Records/Kranky/Sub Pop/Chairkickers’ Music) [0:28:56 - 0:33:41]
  9. The Sharon Tate Experience: Christmas Killer (Christmas Killer/Blow Up the Christmas Tree - Sharon Tate Experience/Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell Split 7", 2013, Rise Above) [0:33:41 - 0:38:10]
  10. Hot Buttered Elves: Better Be Good (A Very Lo-Fi Christmas, 2001, Tape His Recordings) [0:38:10 - 0:41:41]
  11. Nox Arcana: Coventry Carol (Winter’s Knight, 2005, Monolith Graphics) [0:41:41 - 0:45:04]
  12. Angry Snowmans: Hannukah (Angry Snowmans, 2009, Stiff Hombre Records/Self-Released) [0:46:48 - 0:49:17]
  13. Atom & His Package: What We Do On Christmas (Making Love, 1999, No Idea Records) [0:49:17 - 0:51:45]
  14. Psychic TV: White Nights (Dreams Less Sweet, 1983, Some Bizzare/Thirsty Ear/Angry Love Productions) [0:55:15 - 0:59:08]*
  15. The Cure: Winter (Three Imaginary Boys Outtake) (Three Imaginary Boys (2005 Reissue), 1979, Fiction Records) [0:59:08 - 1:02:45]
  16. The Ides of March: In Winter’s Land (In Winter’s Land, 1986, RS Records) [1:02:45 - 1:07:05]
  17. Hagalaz’ Runedance: Solstice Past (Volven/Urd - That Witch Was, 1999, Well of Urd) [1:07:05 - 1:12:54]
  18. Murkryth: Ozark Winter (Ozark Winter, 2019, Self-Released) [1:12:54 - 1:17:41]†
  19. Type O Negative: Red Water (Christmas Mourning) (October Rust, 1996, Roadrunner Records) [1:25:02 - 1:31:50]
  20. Jesu: Christmas (Christmas, 2010, Avalanche Recordings/Robotic Empire) [1:31:50 - 1:40:28]
  21. Pig: Blue Christmas (Black Mass, 2018, Armalyte Industries) [1:40:28 - 1:44:15]
  22. Goldblade Featuring Poly Styrene: City of Christmas Ghosts (City of Christmas Ghosts, 2008, Damaged Goods) [1:44:15 - 1:47:06]
  23. Krampusnacht: Krampusnacht (Superstar, 2018, Goblin Terror/Self-Released) [1:51:41 - 1:54:36]
  24. Sapphic Musk: Krampus Bitch (Krampus Bitch/2 Bottoms Don’t Make a Top, 2017, A64A Recordings) [1:54:36 - 1:57:13]
  25. Valentine Wolfe: Krampusnacht (Krampusnacht, 2016, Self-Released) [1:57:13 - 1:59:52]
  26. Realistic Duane: U.S.S. Krampus (Out of Time, 2015, Self-Released) [1:59:52 - 2:04:59]
  27. Centhron: Krampus (Krampus, 2018, Scanner) [2:04:59 - 2:09:00]
  28. Beekeepers: Krampus Shaved My Mailbox (Varroa Mites, 2016, Vacant Stare Records) [2:09:00 - 2:11:23]
  29. Terminal Gods: Driving Home For Christmas (Boundless/Driving Home For Christmas, 2015, Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club) [2:15:22 - 2:18:42]
  30. London After Midnight: The Christmas Song (Oddities, 1998, Apocalyptic Vision/Metropolis) [2:18:42 - 2:23:35]
  31. Coil: Christmas is Now Drawing Near (North: Winter Solstice, 1999, Eskaton) [2:23:35 - 2:27:01]
  32. Current 93: Happy Birthday Pigface Christus (Live) (Since Yesterday, 1995, World Serpent) [2:27:01 - 2:30:58]
  33. Bathtub Shitter: Little Drummer Boy (XMAS, 2005, tUMULt) [2:30:58 - 2:34:41]
  34. Hot Buttered Elves: Plowed (Unwrapped, 1999, Tape Hiss Recordings) [2:34:41 - 2:38:15]
  35. Impact: Punk Christmas (Punk Christmas, 1983, Cyanide Records) [2:38:15 - 2:40:13]

* Requested Track
† Local artist