Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 078)

Feel free to be openly merry.

Intro
Swingin' Them Jingle Bells / Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Back Door Santa / Clarence Carter
Soulful Christmas / James Brown
Kung Fu Christmas / National Lampoon
The Wildest Christmas / The Boy Next Door
Run Rudolph Run / The Outlaws
Sleigh Bell Rock / Three Aces & a Joker
Christmas In Jail / The Youngsters
Christmas Day / Ral Donner
Joy to the World / Staple Singers
Slick Nick, You Devil You / Fishbone
White Christmas / Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Christmas In New Orleans / Louis Armstrong
I'm Your Private Santa Claus / Eddy Arnold
Blues For Christmas / John Lee Hooker
The Christmas Song / Stevie Wonder
Silent Night / Phil Spector and Artists

This Week's Mix: Don't Ask, Don't Jingle

Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 077)

Intro
Rock 'N' Roll Children / Cactus
Academy Award / Jo Jo Gunne
Sweet Thang / LTD
Something's Wrong With This Picture / Galactic
Holy Ghost / The Bar-Kays
Catch Up To My Step / Junkie XL
Crystalline Green / Goldfrapp
Them Changes / Buddy Miles
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get / The Dramatics
Funky, Yeah / Curley Moore & The Kool Ones
Get the Funk Out Ma Face / Brothers Johnson

This Friday's Mix: Big Bottoms

Been a Long Time Since I Blogged and Polled

Here's the thing. Lately, this blog/podcast hasn't been easy to keep up, both in terms of technical abilities (which can always be addressed) and time/effort (less can be done there). Also, I haven't been buying as much new music, which was always the raisin detritus for doing this.

But I do miss it.

Here are my questions, for the maybe seven readers who might see this, about resumption:

Would you play the audio directly on this site or via the RSS feed?

Would you listen on a Friday around 4-5pm your time (the original intent) if it were ready then? Or does it not matter?

I await the words you send to me, your poison letters, your telegrams. And I *will* give a damn.

Today's FOCR: "Since You've Been Gone," Head East

Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 076)

This theme was delayed by opponents who felt its lyrics provide support for federal funding of rock.

Intro
Take What You Can Get / Sam The Sham
Won't Take No For An Answer / The Electras
Don't Fight It / Kenny Loggins
Take, Take, Take / The White Stripes
First It Giveth / Queens Of The Stone Age
The Spirit Of Giving / The New Pornographers
The Negotiation Limerick File / The Beastie Boys
Time To Get It Together / Marvin Gaye
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose / James Brown
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
Do the Push & Pull, Part 1 / Rufus Thomas
Together / The Raconteurs
Won't Give In / Finn Brothers
You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain / Albert King
Workin' Together / Ike & Tina Turner
Sing This All Together / The Rolling Stones
Feudin' and Fightin / Bing Crosby

This Friday's Mix: Reconciliation

Today's Five O'Clock Rock (Episode 075)

When you reach 75, you have to treat yourself. Twice daily. External use only. Ask your doctor if diamonds are right for you.

Intro
Four Little Diamonds / Electric Light Orchestra
Minnie The Moocher / Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
Old Chunk Of Coal / Billy Joe Shaver
Fourteen Carat Mind / Gene Watson
Let Me Ride / The Allman Brothers Band
Betty And Dupree / Cookie & The Cupcakes
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl / Mississippi Fred McDowell
Black Diamond / Kiss
Blue Collar / Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Showdown / Thin Lizzy
Be Thankful for What You Got / William De Vaughn
Chevrolet / Taj Mahal
Black Diamond Bay / Bob Dylan
Diamond In Your Mind / Solomon Burke

This Friday's Mix: Diamond Jubilee