Bonus Episode: Let’s Make a Non Traditional Christmas Mix and Load the Chamber for Russian Roulette

You guys love non-traditional Christmas songs so Jake took all of your favs and put them into a special Non Tradish Christmas Disgo Mix https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4mXDtmkGTyz2TU2URpXOxC?si=w7s4Rwt6RE6sKh_eaHAzjw&pi=pKaP-509Q8SBq. From Sufjan Stevens to Dio to Prince, Paul Kelly, Shane MacGowan and a ton of others— you called, texted, dm’d and commented on Patreon with your favs and in this episode we unpack it all with your voicemails, texts, dms, emails, and one again a whole lotta (Christmas) Rosie. Plus Jake and Zeth look into some censored and obscene Christmas songs in the exclusive section of this After Party for All Access members. Did someone ask for a Blowfly Christmas? You’re going to get it if you subscribe to Disgraceland on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Looking for a great record store? Check out Stereo Jack's! https://stereojacks.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• 0:01Speaker 00

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• 1:45Jake Brennan?

  Hey, Discos. Need a little more DisgraceLand in your life? Just a touch to get you through? Yeah, me too. This is the podcast that comes after the podcast. Welcome to DisgraceLand: The After Party.

• 2:12Jake Brennan?

  Welcome to the Disgrace Land bonus episode, a little thing we like to call the after-party. This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from one full episode of Disgrace Land to the other, the backyard to dig into the dirt. Our mission to uncover the truth, to confront the myth, to reclaim the story on this bonus episode, we are discussing your favorite non-traditional Christmas songs and we're making a great Christmas mix along with our conversation. In the exclusive portion, we're going to get into banned and obscene Christmas tunes. What's up below, Fly? We get into your emails, comments, DMs, and as always, a whole lot of Rosie. This is the podcast for the musically obsessed, the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know that the best history is the history that gets buried. Disgrace Land is where I tell the stories they didn't want told, the kind you'll end up telling someone else. All right, discos, let's get into it.

• 3:12Jake Brennan?

  Man, you guys love non-traditional Christmas songs. That was our question of the week last week here in the after-party. And that was our question on social media and we were flooded with responses from you guys, both over the phone and the comments on Patreon. So we're going to do something a little different this week. We're going to dedicate most, if not all, of this episode to your responses and try to build a kick-ass, non-traditional Christmas mix. So let's get right into it, all right? Some of the non-traditional Christmas songs I suggested were "Christmas Must Be Tonight" by The Band, which I talked about last week in the after-party. And it was kind of the impetus for this whole conversation. I also mentioned on social, I mentioned "Winterman" by Clarence Reed.

• 3:57Jake Brennan?

  This song, I can't recommend the song highly enough. It's incredible. All right. But anyways, let's get into some of your recommendations. And the goal here is to sort of informally throw a bunch of recs into the mix, a bunch of songs, and then call them down into a side one and a side two track listing for you guys. We can put a little mix together. We can share on Spotify and wherever else. All right. So let's get right into it. Gooseberg on Instagram recommended "Christmas Was Better in the 80s" by The Futureheads. Futureheads are a great modern-ish UK band who we've talked about before. This song does not disappoint. It's fantastic. Check it out.

• 4:40Jake Brennan?

  "Christmas Was Better in the 80s" by The Futureheads. Eli Ordez on Patreon suggested "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen" by Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio and Tony Iommi, which I had no idea existed. This is deliciously weird and totally worthy of your time. And this is going on the mix. "2000 Miles" by Pretenders was recommended by a couple of you. I really love this song and it seems like I forget about it every year. So thank you, guys, for calling it out. Jackie, over in the Patreon chat, brought up another tune that I never, ever think to listen to during the holidays, but it's a tremendous, non-traditional Christmas song. And that's "Christmas Card to a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits.

• 5:25Jake Brennan?

  Man, the electric piano sound in this song, I just, I love it. I love it. It just makes me feel like the 1970s are swallowing me up. Charlie, "I'm Pregnant, Living on 9th Street Above a Dirty Bookstore" on Euclid Avenue, "and I stopped taking dope and quit taking whiskey. And my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track. He says that he loves me, even though it's not his baby. He says that he'll raise him up like he would his own son. And he gave me a ring that was worn by his mother and he takes me out dancing every Saturday night." God, what lyrics, huh? This isn't a song, guys. This is a movie, all right? And it's a movie that I want to see on Christmas. "Christmas Card to a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits.

• 6:09Jake Brennan?

  And while we're talking about Tom Waits, the Tom Waits and Shane McGowan and Elvis Costello story that's in our mini-episode this week is an incredible slice of weird music history. You gotta be an All-Access member to check that out. So go to disgracelandpod.com to sign up for exclusive content like the mini-episodes that we release pretty much every week. You also get ad-free listening on all Disgraceland and Hollywoodland episodes. And I think, um, I think Zeth figured out a way for you guys to gift Disgraceland Patreon memberships to your friends and family for the holidays. You can now become a member for just a dollar a month. And of course, there are $5 and $10 tiers as well with all kinds of different benefits that you guys can gift to others.

• 6:53Jake Brennan?

  You can give the gift of Disgraceland in an All-Access membership. So check that out at disgracelandpod.com. Back to our mix. "Fairy Tale of New York" by this week's full-episode subject, "The Pogues", goes without saying that this is, uh, on our playlist. M. Vaughan, 2013 to 2015 on Instagram recommends "Sufjan Stevens, Put the Lights on the Tree". This song is fantastic. And I just gotta say, I hope I'm pronouncing "Sufjan Stevens" correctly. I don't think I am, but, um, I don't care to go to Google and look it up. I just, you know, Sufjan, if you're listening, know that, um, I'm pimping out your, your five-disc Christmas album, man, okay?

• 7:38Jake Brennan?

  Five discs! And it's, it's damn good. Fantastic. And M. Vaughan, 2013, 2015, is not the only one who thinks so. Received a bunch of recommendations. For songs from Sufjan Stevens's five-disc Christmas album and Put the Lights on the Tree is the one that I'm going with. Okay. Heather the Yinzer on Patreon recommends Careless Santa by the great Lincoln Sudbury High School Band. They might be giants. This song gets special consideration, not only because these dudes are from Massachusetts, but because it's got a heavy crime element to it as well. And I didn't know about this tune, not at all. But I did know about Horatio Sanz and Julian Casablanca's I Don't Care What Your Mama Says,

• 8:20Jake Brennan?

  Christmas time is here. And I'm throwing that one into the mix. And now we've got 10 songs for our side one. All right. We just ripped through 10 there pretty quickly. And we haven't yet mentioned, not even one banned Christmas song, or potentially banned Christmas, or censored Christmas song. This is a weird list. People get uptight about Christmas songs, man, whether it's seemingly innocuous tune, like it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, or I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, or perhaps something a little more explicit from the likes of Eazy-E, or Blowfly even. We're going to be talking about some of our more innocuous Christmas

• 9:04Jake Brennan?

  songs that were banned or censored from music history. And we're going to give you a list of those tunes. You know, we'll add some others too, that I don't want to say are worthy of being censored, but there's a list of absolutely filthy Christmas songs that are not only risque, but they're kind of hilarious. And we're going to get into these as well. And also going to talk about the new viral deep fake Ella Fitzgerald so-called banned Christmas song that's going to show up in your feed today, no doubt, as you scroll in the Gram and TikTok. All that's coming in the exclusive section of today's after-party. Go to disgracelandpod.com to sign up and become disgraceland all-access member to get in on this conversation. All right. Speaking of Christmas songs that should be banned, we've got Miss All I Want for Christmas,

• 9:46Jake Brennan?

  Mariah Carey coming up in the rewind slot tomorrow. And then next week, when Christmas finally gets here on Tuesday, not that Christmas is on Tuesday, but on Tuesday in the disgraceland feed, we're going to be celebrating by playing Russian Roulette with Johnny Ace and none other than Elvis Presley, the king himself. So don't miss those episodes. Next, after this break, we're going to get into your voicemails, and your texts, and your emails, and we're going to figure out side two of our non-traditional Christmas list. Don't go anywhere. Back after this.

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• 10:59Jake Brennan?

  I like a story with a twist as much as anyone, but some of the best traditions don't have one. They just started and kept going. That's something that's great about Chateau St. Michelle. They've been leading Washington wine since 1967 with wines that are balanced, expressive, and easy to enjoy. Choosing the right bottle shouldn't feel complicated. It should be something you open with confidence every time. So for once, here's a story with no twist, just a good bottle. Redefine your rituals with Chateau St. Michelle.

• 11:37Jake Brennan?

  All right, guys, we are back. Last segment, I mentioned our Elvis Presley, Johnny Ace episode, and I wanted to mention that a couple of days ago, I went on to the excellent podcast, Ridiculous History, and talked to my guys Noel and Ben about the Johnny Ace story. That episode is available wherever you get your podcasts, so check that out. "Pledge Him My Love," the Johnny Ace song, deserves to go on our list for sure. It is unintentionally Christmas, and that's what happens when you accidentally shoot yourself in the head on Christmas at the same exact time you release your new single. That single becomes an unintentional Christmas song, all right? So "Pledge Him My Love," the song by Johnny Ace, and the Elvis Presley cover, the subject of next week's DisgraceLand episode. Both

• 12:19Jake Brennan?

  versions have made our Christmas mix. And just for the record, I found a great copy of Johnny Ace's memorial album. The record featuring Pledging My Love that was released after his death. I was up in Boston last weekend, visited Stereo Jack's in Somerville. And damn, man, anyone, anyone from Boston, Somerville, Cambridge, you want, you want to know what a great record store is? Go to Stereo Jack's in Somerville. And I don't mean, I'm not going by vibe, though the vibe is great. I'm going by just the collection, the volume, what's available. My goodness, it's tremendous. I spent an obscene amount of money.

• 13:02Jake Brennan?

  Now granted, I bought a ton of records for Christmas gifts. So that's, I only bought, I bought like, I bought the Johnny Ace record for myself, bought myself an old Boston, Boston Rock Christmas compilation with SSD and the Del Fuego's on it, which I didn't know existed. And I got this fantastic Dave Brubeck Christmas album from 1996 that I had no idea existed. Matt Bowden, you gotta check this out. You probably already have it. If you guys are into, into jazz and you want to hear like really unique, unique takes

• 13:40Jake Brennan?

  on, on traditional Christmas songs, this Brubeck double album of Christmas jams from 1996, I think it's just called the Dave Brubeck Christmas is great. I got that at Stereo Jack's as well. And then I just, I just bought a bunch of blues records for my stepdad and a bunch of soul and R and B records for my mom. Got my godson something, got my godmother something, got a bunch of stuff. But just Stereo Jack's, if you haven't been in a while, if you just remember the sign from Mass Ave in Cambridge between, between Harvard and Porter Square. And you're like, yeah, I know that place. That sounds familiar. And you think you know what it is, you don't know. Like go, go. It has so, so much. It's incredible.

• 14:25Jake Brennan?

  Check it out. All right, let's check out your, uh, let's, let's get to some voicemails and calls here. 617-906-6638. The call was put out last week on, we're talking about the band Must Be Christmas Tonight, Christmas Must Be Tonight. And we were talking about non-traditional Christmas songs. And you guys got back to me full throated. Let's hear from the 206.

• 14:47Speaker 04

  Jake, hey, what's going on? It's Tony from the 206. I'm gonna go ahead and get right to, uh, answer your question, uh, what my favorite Christmas song is. I actually have two that are fighting for the number one spot. And not just of my favorite Christmas song, but arguably the most obscure Christmas song, meaning you gotta dive deep to find these. Um, a casual Christmas music listener, nine times out of ten, hasn't heard of these. But the first one is "Thank God It's Christmas" by Queen, uh, which is a phenomenal song. The second one was actually a B-side by the artist himself, Prince. It's called "Another Lonely Christmas", which in my opinion is kinda his version of "Blue Christmas", if you listen to it. So, I'm gonna issue a challenge, my brother.

• 15:32Speaker 04

  I want you to listen to both those songs and hopefully, uh, you'll gi- give me your thoughts on them, uh, when you do your, uh, bonus episode this week. I'd love to hear your, your thoughts on both those songs, if you have or if you haven't heard them. And then also, one more thing I wanted to say. If Mariah Carey is the queen of Christmas, I think it's only right we give George Michael the title of king. E- every year, we hear "Last Christmas", so I think it's only right. Alright, brother, well, listen, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to you and yours. Stay safe out there and stay warm. Rock and roll.

• 16:07Jake Brennan?

  Tony, two great recommendations here. Of the two, um, I'd heard the Queen one, never heard the Prince one, went and, went and checked it. I love the Prince thing here, it's fantastic. It's, uh, just weird enough for, for Prince and, uh, just weird enough, I think, to not be a hit. And, but it's great and I love it and it's going on the mix. And we'll, we'll put both of them on the mix. 412 texts in, let's read this one here. I wanna read the whole thing here, not just the recommendation. 412 writes in, "Hey, probably the best monologue yet. Shane made the most amazing Christmas song of decades. My favorite cover of the McGowan fairy tale of New York is in 'A Very Merry Christmas', the late, great buster David."

• 16:49Jake Brennan?

  He's talking about David Johansson and the annoyingly lovable Paul. Uh, good job, bro. Okay, so, uh, yeah.

• 16:58Jake Brennan?

  Very Merry Christmas is fantastic and the David Johansen stuff is especially great in that movie. So, hold on. Someone else recommended, does David Johansen, yeah, David Johansen cover, I Saw the Light in that, the Rod Green tune? I believe someone else recommended that to us. That's kind of an unintentional Christmas song, but I like it. I like it. So, both are going on the mix. All right, let's check out the text here I wrote down from the 309. Jake, it's Ryan from the 309, and I don't have a topic, but in lieu of Christmas season, there's a Christmas song, I'm not sure you're gonna know of it, but it's by Blink 182, and it's off their Take Off Your Pants and Jacket album. The song is called Happy Holidays, You Bastard. Give it a listen. Happy Holidays,

• 17:42Jake Brennan?

  Jake and the rest of the Double Elvis family. I am familiar with the song, and I love it. We're gonna put that on the mix as well, a little Blink 182. Shout out Tom DeLonge. Shout out to all the aliens out there, all the extraterrestrials, all the ultra-terrestrials. Happy Holidays, guys. I know you're watching and listening. 971 texts in, hey Jake, Jeff here from Oregon. This may be late, but a great, very unknown Christmas album that I love is Chet Baker's masterpiece Silent Nights. All that I know is that it was released in 1986. It isn't available on Spotify due to some licensing nonsense, and it sounds like a cry for help or drug money. That sounds like Chet Baker crying for help and drug

• 18:24Jake Brennan?

  money. Some songs feel rushed and scattered, and others are coated in that sugary, thick, bourbon-esque Chet Baker feel. In other words, it's fantastic. Good luck finding a copy, though. Merry Christmas, Jake. Well, you know, maybe I can find it at, uh, at Stereo Jack's. Feels like the type of record they'd have there. 971, thanks for the recommendation. Appreciate it. 907 texts in, hey Jake, here's another Christmas song that is not on most people's radar. Emmanuel, You're One of Us by Ren Collective featuring Ellie Holcomb. It came out in 2020 as part of a compilation album called A Jolly Irish Christmas, Volume Two. It stopped me in my tracks when I heard it. I thought of it when you told us about Christmas Must Be Tonight during the last after-party episode. This is Lisa from the

• 19:05Jake Brennan?

  907. Lisa from the 907, thanks very much. Great recommendation. Gonna throw that one on the list here. 775 writes in and reminds us of the squirrel nut zipper song Johnny Ace Christmas. We know what that's in reference to, guys. All right, so it looks like we need two more to give us a total of 10 more songs for side B. Let's go to the old email machine. This one from Scott Ward who writes in, Jake, you magnificent bastard. My choice is one you mentioned in the recent Merle Haggard episode, If We Make It Through December. Yes, it appeared on Hags Christmas album, but the single was released in October and country radio played it year round back during Hags heyday. That's my choice. Thanks

• 19:50Jake Brennan?

  for what you do. I'm asking for a subscription as a gift this season. Love that, Scott Ward. We will see you in the exclusive section of the after party and in the Patreon chat. And yeah, of course, Hags, If We Make It Through December is going on the list. Craig Cannon emails us. Craig says, hey, good day, mate. Thank you from Australia for such a great podcast. I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but would like to add again an Aussie's favorite, Paul Kelly's How To Make Gravy. It's very Australian and well worth the mention from across the other side of the world. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, or should I say Merry Syphilis and a Happy Gonorrhea, Craig. Well, well put there at the end, Craig. Yeah, I love this Paul Kelly tune. It was brought to my attention

• 20:35Jake Brennan?

  a couple of years ago by our Australian listeners. Might have just been last year, fairly recently. Great song and absolutely going on the mix. Paul Kelly's How To Make Gravy. 617-906-6638, voicemail and text at disgracelandpod.com. Hit me on the socials, [email protected] to email me. What I'd like for you guys to think about this week is, you know, this is great. I love the non-traditional Christmas music, but we got one more week of, of content here before Christmas and we're going to get into the after party next week, which I think falls on Christmas Day. Is that right? Or is it the day after Christmas? Let's see here. Thursday is, no, Christmas Day.

• 21:17Jake Brennan?

  Christmas Day After Party. So what I want to talk about is unintentional Christmas songs. Somebody last week mentioned "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys as an unintentional Christmas song. And I can get with that. I can also get with the Johnny Ace "Pledge In My Love." And there's probably about 10 others we can get to, or 20. There's a ton. Just as Die Hard is an unintentional Christmas movie, just as Goodfellas is an unintentional Christmas movie. What are some unintentional Christmas or holiday songs? 617-906-6638. Voicemail and text at disgracypod on socials, [email protected] via email

• 22:00Jake Brennan?

  to hit me up with your answers. Now, I will be back right after this with the track listing for this new mix of non-traditional Christmas songs, this playlist that we're making here. And I'll have information on where you can find this playlist and where you can listen to it. Back after this.

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• 22:56Jake Brennan?

  I like a story with a twist as much as anyone, but some of the best traditions don't have one. They just started and kept going. That's something that's great about Chateau St. Michelle. They've been leading Washington wine since 1967 with wines that are balanced, expressive, and easy to enjoy. Choosing the right bottle shouldn't feel complicated. It should be something you open with confidence every time. So for once, here's a story with no twist, just a good bottle. Redefine your rituals with Chateau St. Michelle.

• 23:34Jake Brennan?

  All right. Thanks to everybody who submitted songs. We've got 20 songs now, and here's how I'm sequencing them for our new mix entitled A Non-Tradish Christmas in Disgrace Land. Side one, we're going to kick it off with Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues. Then we're going to lean into Another Lonely Christmas by Prince, straight into 2000 Miles by The Pretenders. From there, we head down under to How to Make Gravy with Paul Kelly, Christmas Was Better in the 80s by The Futureheads, Put the Lights On, The Tree by Sufjan Stevens, A Christmas Treat by Julian Casablanca, Johnny Ace Christmas by Squirrel Nut Zippers, and then we end side one with Pledging My Love by Johnny Ace.

• 24:19Jake Brennan?

  All right. That's a hell of a side one of non-traditional Christmas songs. Side two, leading off in the number one spot, Taking Us All the Way Home, The Band with Christmas Must Be Tonight. Next up, Winterman by Clarence Reed, straight into Christmas Card to a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits, Careless Santa by They Might Be Giants, I Saw the Light, Todd Rundgren, Thank God It's Christmas by Queen, God Rest ye merry gentlemen, Dio, Ronnie James Dio that is, and Tony Iommi. Into Emmanuel, You're One of Us, Rend Collective, and Ellie Hokum, If We Make It Through December by Merle Haggard, and we end our mix with The

• 25:04Jake Brennan?

  King Himself, his cover of Johnny Ace's Pledging My Love. All right, this mix is done. It's up. I'll post a link to the playlist on our Patreon, or you can just follow Disgrace Land Pod on Spotify, and you can cop it there. I'll probably get it up on Instagram as well. But again, Patreon, if you really want to dive in. Speaking of Patreon, have you guys seen our new video podcast? This film should be played loud. This is a new monthly video podcast that I am doing with Dr. Zeth Lundie, where we discuss the convergence of our two favorite things, music and film. We pick one movie per episode.

• 25:46Jake Brennan?

  Our inaugural episode was on Goodfellas and we go through the soundtrack and/or the score, if there is one, all the great needle drops, all the fantastic moments in these films that we love, these moments, however, that are elevated by incredible music. Okay. We did Goodfellas. That was the first one. I'm not sure what we're doing for our next month's episode. I'm not sure which movie we're going to cover. So hit us up with some recommendations. We've talked a lot about Dazed and Confused, Trainspotting, Rachel Getting Married. What else do we discuss? All Quiet on the Western Front. This is a whole bunch of movies that we could do here. Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, all the great Tarantino movies.

• 26:31Jake Brennan?

  Anyways, this film should be played loud. That's the name of this new podcast where it's a video podcast again, and we're bringing it to you once a month. You gotta be a Patreon member to cop that, which is easy to do. Just go to disgracempod.com to sign up and become an all access member today. So you don't miss an episode of any of our exclusive content. All right. Why don't we give you guys a little taste of this film should be played loud? Matt, go ahead and give them a little clip.

• 27:02Jake Brennan?

  So in, just like the Rolling Stones in 1990 were fucking dead. Clapton was nothing in 1990. Yeah. I mean, the lamest, you know, like my friend's dad's like Derek Clapton. You know what I mean? There was that whole, we joke about this, but it's that whole divorce rock era. It really is. What's that?

• 27:26Speaker 00

  Ah shit, what was that record he had out?

• 27:28Jake Brennan?

  Promises. No, that's not the one. It's uh, it's Promises. He has a song, Promises. I love that. I love that shit now. That's the thing.

• 27:34Speaker 00

  No, I do too. Hold on, but he had a, he like, he had this incredible divorce rock record out at that time. Journeyman came out in 1989. Journeyman had Pretending, Running on Faith, Bad Love, No Alibis. This was like the super slick AOR Eric Clapton, which, which sort of made him uh, super lame.

• 28:02Jake Brennan?

  Yeah, the, the, I think the I Shot the Sheriff stuff is like 1980, 1981. That's okay. And then it's bad. And then he has a Scorsese, like Rise Again with Color of Money.

• 28:14Speaker 00

  Color of Money.

• 28:22Jake Brennan?

  Which is also lame. I was like, this is like a fucking Miller Lite commercial.

• 28:25Speaker 00

  It's lame. Well, I know, but that's, that's what makes that movie so great. It's like the Phil Collins song in that movie as well. Like it makes, it's of that time, you know?

• 28:32Jake Brennan?

  Yeah.

• 28:37Jake Brennan?

  Yeah, Color of Money is, it's.

• 28:39Speaker 00

  It's essential. It's amazing.

• 28:41Jake Brennan?

  Essential? Really?

• 28:42Speaker 00

  Yeah, it's essential. It's essential Scorsese. Yes. Yeah.

• 28:45Jake Brennan?

  It's, it, you know, Tom Cruise could have done nothing after that and we would have been like, Tom Cruise is fucking the man.

• 28:51Speaker 00

  He's amazing in that.

• 28:52Jake Brennan?

  He's incredible. All that's real. The whole thing. All right, we're getting off track with Vince.

• 28:57Speaker 00

  And just the fact that he's playing, we don't have to go in the weeds about this, but he's playing, Paul Newman thinks he's playing Tom Cruise and Tom Cruise has been playing Paul Newman the whole movie. It's just, ah, awesome.

• 29:06Jake Brennan?

  It is so good. It's so damn good. All right, that is, this film should be played loud. You can hear that, excuse me, you can watch that on Patreon. Go to disgracedimpod.com to sign up. In addition to having access to this new exclusive content, you're also going to get access to the extended after-party bonus content. In today's all-access portion of the after-party, Zeth and I are discussing. Banned and censored Christmas songs as well as some pretty explicit Christmas tunes that perhaps, well, I guess you could justify it, if not justify it, you could understand if somebody wanted to ban. I'm never for banning or censoring anything. But anyhow,

• 29:48Jake Brennan?

  we're going to get into all this. Some of it's maddening and frustrating and some of it is hysterical. And as always, I have some fun with my man Zeth here. That's coming up right now.

• 30:14Jake Brennan?

  All right, welcome back. We're about to land this plane. Before we do, I should mention that we talked about Ronnie James Dio and we talked about Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath. And there is a Black Sabbath episode in the archive for you to check out right now. Also, we talked about Tom Waits. We don't have a Tom Waits episode. We mentioned Tom Waits because we were talking about Christmas card from Hooker Minneapolis. But there's this great Tom Waits story involves Elvis Costello and Shane McGowan. That's part of our mini episode from this week. And you're going to want to hear that. I gotta get out of here. This episode is, well, I was supposed to be done with it like 30 minutes ago. So I gotta split. Anyhow, let's recap real quick. All right. Number one, this week's episode

• 30:59Jake Brennan?

  on Shane McGowan is available for you all right now on the feed. Number two, we got a new mini episode, like I just mentioned, on Shane McGowan, but with Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. That's available for all access members. Rewind episode on Mariah Carey coming up right after this. And next week, we've got our Johnny Ace and Elvis Presley and Russian Roulette on Christmas episode. Number five, Zeth is going to give you all those Hollywood and crime vibes in Hollywoodland. Check that out. Make sure you're subscribed to that show. Six, this film should be played loud. Our new show with our new episode on The Goodfellas. Did I say The Goodfellas? The Goodfellas on Goodfellas is available right now. We gotta be a Patreon member to cop that. So go to disgracelandpod.com to sign up. Number 76179066638.

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  Your voice, it keeps us digging into the dark corners of music history. So keep calling, texting with your answers this week's question of the week, or with whatever else you want to talk about. Number eight, don't forget this goes, this isn't just content, it's a community, a community of the obsessed. No one cares about music books, records, and the crime and grime that ties them all together like you do. And well, that's a disgrace. All right. Shane McGowan, the Barstool King of Christmas, died on November 30th, 2023. Here's what America was listening to on that day, according to the Billboard charts.

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  Number one, Cruel Summer, Taylor Swift. Last week, one. Weeks on chart, 28. Peak position, one. Number two, Lovin' on Me, Jack Harlow. Last week, new. Weeks on chart, two. Peak position, one. Number three, Paint the Town Red, Doja Cat. Last week, two. Weeks on chart, 15. Peak position, one. Number four, Snoop, SZA. Last week, four. Weeks on chart, 49. Peak position, two. Number five, Taylor Swift. Last week, three. Weeks on chart,

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  Quit talking and start mixing.

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