The 12 Days of Christmas Videos: Day 3

There are some cool, some funny, some interesting Christmas related videos out there, so I thought I'd start highlighting a few of my favorites. On each of the next 12 days leading up to Christmas Eve I'm going to highlight a different video. Enjoy.

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Everyone enjoys a punk rock Christmas. Don't they? Christmas music doesn't get much better than this. The song was a godsend for Ramones fans. Appearing on the otherwise sub-par Braindrain album in '89, it saved the album from being complete worthless and otherwise unlistenable. Interestingly, it even made NPR's eclectic list this year of Christmas hits not to be missed.

The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)

The 12 Days of Christmas Videos: Day 2

There are some cool, some funny, some interesting Christmas related videos out there, so I thought I'd start highlighting a few of my favorites. On each of the next 12 days leading up to Christmas Eve I'm going to highlight a different video. Enjoy.

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This is the forthcoming new single and video from hip, mod-friendly, Britpopsters, The Wombats (due for release on Monday). It has an anthemic quality to it that I dig, complete with holiday horns and sleigh bells (suitably understated). Sadly though I don't think the video really does the song itself justice.

The Wombats - Is This Christmas?

The 12 Days of Christmas Videos: Day 1

There are some cool, some funny, some interesting Christmas related videos out there, so I thought I'd start highlighting a few of my favorites. On each of the next 12 days leading up to Christmas Eve I'm going to highlight a different video. Enjoy.

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Okay, I'm going to start with something funny. It is after all a time to be full of good cheer. By now everyone has probably heard a few of radio DJ Bob Rivers' Twisted Christmas Carols. Rivers is the Weird Al of Christmas, a sort of Matt Stone & Trey Parker for the holidays. His first foray into holiday shenanigans was in the 80s when he released his first Christmas parody CD. On the backs of such songs as "Wreck the Malls," "Wish You Weren't Living With Us," and "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" he shockingly racked up over a million sales. Since then he's produced four more parody CDs with lots of classic comedy like "I Am Santa Claus" (to the tune of Iron Man), "It's the Most Fattening Time of the Year", "There's A Santa Who Looks A Lot Like Elvis," and the classic "Walkin' 'Round in Women's Underwear." To get my 12 Days of Christmas Videos kicked off I thought it only appropriate to go back to Bob's beginnings. And let's be honest, this pretty much sums up how Christmas actually is.

The Twelve Pains of Christmas.

Modcast #111: All New To You

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World.

2008 has seen a ton of cool music released, so this week I'm highlight a bunch of brand new stuff. Hopefully you will discover something new to you.

The Postmarks -- 7-11
The Perms -- Give Me All Your Lovin'
Deleted Waveform Gatherings -- Even A Black Cat
Julie Ocean -- Bright Idea
Locksley -- Hello Tomo (Pavey's Song)
The Lodger -- The Good Old Days
Mick Hucknall -- I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treat Me)
The Bamboos featuring Megan Washington -- King Of The Rodeo
Parov Stelar -- Libella Swing
The Bicycles -- Roland

Questions? Requests? Are you in a mod band? Were you in a band a way back when? Spread the love and send me some MP3s and I'll work them into a future show. E-mail me at mailto:rob@mistersauve.com.





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Bonus Videos

Parov Stelar -- Love




Julie Ocean - Ten Lonely Words

From The Vaults: Modcast #57 - The Warmth of the Sun

It is cold here in Seattle, and winter is on it's way. So, to take your mind off all that and focus it on something warmer and sunnier let's go once more into the vault my friends, once more into the vault. Step back in time, to a time when the modcast was young and fresh. Step back to summer 2007. I've opened up the vaults and dusted off a classic modcast that I think you'll enjoy. Again.

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Summer will be officially kicking off this week so I've got a bunch of ... what do you think? Wrong! It's not a bunch of songs with summer in the title. Instead, I'm doing songs that remind me of summer, ar least of summer sun and warmth. You're going to hear a bunch of warm, sugary, summery, pop music that might or might not be twee, but certainly has a bit of the sixties and a bit of power pop going for it. So, enjoy this first episode of songs that benfit from the warmth of the sun. There's a second episode coming soon.

• Ed James -- Welcome to the Show
  
• The Hellers -- It's 74 in San Francisco
  
• The Love Generation - When the Sun Goes Down
  
• The Free Design -- Kites Are Fun
  
• The Postmarks -- Goodbye
  
• The Bicycles -- Two Girls from Montreal
  
• Patience Please -- Unpublished
  
• Would-Be-Goods -- The Camera Loves Me
  
• The Sails -- Best Day
  
• The Loose Salute -- Deathclub
  
• Rivers Cuomo -- Tomorrow

Would-Be-Goods -- Le Crocodile



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Modcast #110: Right To Mod

Welcome to the modcast. While you are listening to this I am reclining on the lido deck of the good ship Elation, somewhere off the coast of Baja. I don't need no doctor, that's for sure.

Ray Charles -- I Don't Need No Doctor

Eux Autres -- When I'm Up

Headlights -- Catch Them All

The Brilliant Corners -- I'll Never Be The One To Break Your Heart

The Rakes -- Down With Moonlight

Locksley -- Only A Girl

Graham Coxon -- Right To Pop!

Dukes of Stratosphear -- Bike Ride To The Moon

Hidden Peace -- Summer of Love

Action Now -- Try

Fast Eddie -- I Don't Need No Doctor

Questions? Requests? Are you in a mod band? Were you in a band a way back when? Spread the love and send me some MP3s and I'll work them into a future show. E-mail me at

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Bonus Videos

Locksley - Don't Make Me Wait




Graham Coxon - Standing On My Own Again



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Modcast #109: On a Mission to Mod

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. It's with mixed feelings that I've opened the show with a track from the new Kaiser Chiefs album. That would be Good Days Bad Days from their new album Off With Their Heads. Interestingly this album garnered the Chiefs much critical acclaim, especially in the US, and rose to #2 in the UK. And I think its because it is the least mod friendly of their releases to date. It's a fine album, but it is light years from being as good as either Employment or Yours Truly Angry Mob. Less of the band's power pop influences are showcased, instead at the forefront is more of a post-punk vibe. Not a bad listen, but not as power pop incluenced as were their earlier works. Now, listen to the rest of the show and you will be rewarded. Ten fold. It's a treasure trove of great tracks.

• Kaiser Chiefs -- Good Days Bad Days
  
• Belleruche -- Anything You Want (Not That)
  
• The Pipettes -- Why Did You Stay
  
• Seal -- Knock on Wood
  
• The Smithereens -- Girls Are Like That
  
• The Lodger -- You Got Me Wrong
  
• The Lolas -- Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.D.O.O)
  
• The Nelsonsics -- Mission 2 Mod
  
• The Untold Fables -- I Try
  
• The Booby Traps -- Ms. Fireball
  
• The Four Tops -- Eleanor Rigby

Questions? Requests? Are you in a mod band? Were you in a band a way back when? Spread the love and send me some MP3s and I'll work them into a future show. E-mail me at mailto:rob@mistersuave.com.


Bonus videos? What bonus videos?

The Lodger - The Good Old Days


The Untold Fables on Rockstock 1988 - Spit The Winkle


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Modcast #108: Listen to the Boom

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, have I got a treat for you (and you thought Halloween was over and there were no more treats!). Actually two treats: a couple of live tracks I bagged last week at The Sonics appearance at the Paramount in Seattle on Halloween night. Known as the boom heard 'round the world, the band was booming all right.

It was the legendary garage rockers first show in their native Northwest in 35 years. Still, they didn't miss a beat pounding out 90 minutes of original, blistering, garage punk. The rest of the show pays homage with lots of Sonics influenced, ballsy, sixties sounding, trash punk. Another Northwest garage group, Girltrouble, opened the show. These guys (and girl) have been playing for 25 years and in these parts are nearly as legendary as The Sonics themselves. The rest of this show is loud and fast, so turn up your computer speakers, your iPod, your stereo or whatever and enjoy.

• The Sonics -- Strychnine (Live Halloween 2008)
  
• Girl Trouble -- The Joker
  
• The Fall-Outs -- She's Out There
  
• The Fuzztones -- Ward 81
  
• The Mooney Suzuki -- Yeah, You Can
  
• The Hives -- Main Offender
  
• The Cynics -- Comin' Round My Way
  
• The Fleshtones -- American Beat
  
• The Standells -- Barracuda
  
• Naz Nomad & The Nightmares -- Action Woman
  
• The Sonics -- The Witch (Live Halloween 2008)

Girl Trouble - My Hometown


Questions? Requests? Are you in a mod band? Were you in a band a way back when? Spread the love and send me some MP3s and I'll work them into a future show. E-mail me at mailto:rob@mistersauve.com.


Naz Nomad - I Can't Stand This Love Goodbye



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