Christmas Show! Catching A Wave 12-20-21

12/20/21 • 57 min

It's the All Christmas Show this hour on Catching A Wave! To make things even better, Beth Riley co-hosts with me! We've got a 1 song "Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun" playing a randomly selected cover of one of The Beach Boys Christmas tunes. Beth brings a fun Christmas tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear a festive rocker from The Ventures! Plus, we've got tunes from Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets, The Monkees, Big Mick & The Curl, Mike Love (with 2 of his children- Ambha Love & Christian Love), Al Jardine, Supraphonics, JD McPherson, Goons!, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas, Urban Surf Kings, Joel Paterson, Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Tourmaliners, The Volcanics and Aqualads!! We've also got some fun snippets of favorite Christmas movies and tv shows too! Take a listen here: Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Southern Culture On The Skids- "Surfing On Christmas Day" The Monkees- "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" Supraphonics- "Winter Wonderland" *Christmas Vacation snippet The Tourmaliners- "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" *Seinfeld "another Festivus miracle!" Urban Surf Kings- "The Elves Ride Again" JD McPherson- "Santa's Got A Mean Machine" *Elf snippet Goons!- "Christmas Crime" Mark Malibu & The Wasagas- "Canadian Christmas" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Santa's Beard" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Joel Paterson- "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" Big Mick & The Curl- "Deck The Halls" *It's A Wonderful Life snippet Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Jingle Bells" Wheel of Fun, Fun, Fun: The Smithereens- "Merry Christmas Baby" Mike Love- "Must Be Christmas" (with Ambha Love & Christian Love) Los Straitjackets- "Frosty The Snowman" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Ventures- "Sleigh Ride" Al Jardine- "Sunshine To Snowflakes" A Charlie Brown Christmas snippet The Volcanics- "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" Aqualads- "Angels We Have Heard On High" Outro music bed: The Ventures- "Frosty The Snowman"

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Catching A Wave 12-13-21

There is still great new music and classics hitting the playlist this week on Catching A Wave! Hear rockin' tunes from Hershel Yatovitz, Voodoo Surf Tribe, Magnatech, Peopleperson, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, The Other Timelines and Christmas tunes from Lucky 757, The Buttondowns, Jason Janik, Didi Wray & Los Kanibales Surf Combo, Blackball Bandits, Black Flamingos, Martin Cilia, The Green Reflectors, Masters Of The University and The Buttondowns. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We go to the Green Room to hear a snippet of Dick Dale talking about his inspiration behind recording his version of "Silent Night" which we'll also play. Plus, as always, we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys Peopleperson- "Riff Wars" Elvis Costello & The Imposters- "Magnificent Hurt" Christmas: Blackball Bandits- "Yuletide Ride" Black Flamingos- "Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal" Martin Cilia- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Hershel Yatovitz- "Back In Action Again" Magnatech- "Shape Of Things To Come" The Other Timelines- "Vampcamp" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Farmer's Daughter" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE Voodoo Surf Tribe- "Egyptian Dragster" Christmas: Didi Wray & Los Kanibales Surf Combo- "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" Masters Of The University- "The Christmas Surf" The Green Reflectors- "Reindeer Vacation" Green Room: Dick Dale on inspiration behind recording "Silent Night" Dick Dale- "Silent Night" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Challengers- "K-39" Christmas: Lucky 757- "Sleigh Ride" Jason Janik- "We Three Kings - What Child Is This" The Buttondowns- "One Thing Makes It Christmas" Outro music bed: Los Straitjackets- "Jingle Bells"

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Catching A Wave 12-27-21

We're toward the end of 2021 and already talking about April Showers (new Los Straitjackets) plus killer tracks from The Green Reflectors, The Explorers Club, Surfer Joe, Goons!, The Bomboras, The Desolate Coast, La Luz, The Incomprehensible Static, The Cranzers, Tiki Riot & more! We have a trio of tunes with a Banzai theme from Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, The Astronauts and Atomic Mosquitos. Beth Riley has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We board the Time Machine for the week ending November 5, 1988 and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week!

Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys The Green Reflectors- "Hot Ticket" Tiki Riot- "The Slasher" The Cranzers- "Minx" The Incomprehensible Static- "Quarter Mile Burnout" La Luz- "Goodbye Ghost" "Banzai" theme: Dick Dale & His Del-Tones- "Banzai Washout" The Astronauts- "Banzai Pipeline" Atomic Mosquitos- "Banzai Fallout" Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE The Desolate Coast- "This Can't Be A Dream" The Bomboras- "Heads Or Tails" Catching A Wave Time Machine Week ending November 5, 1988: #41 The Bangles- "In Your Room" #28 Cheap Trick- "Don't Be Cruel" #1 The Beach Boys- "Kokomo" Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Fireballs- "Quite A Party" Surfer Joe- "The Last Wave" Goons!- "Junkie For Your Love" Los Straitjackets- "April Showers" Outro music bed: Duane Eddy- "Curveball"

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