Admiral Bob - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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A very up tempo number from ccMixter.  The mix and mash site has become a repository for great Creative Commons Christmas music over the years.

This mix was posted last week and we are pleased to include it in our 2012 Black Sweater, White Christmas collection.

Musikprat had this to say over at ccMixter:  "Did I ever mention, that ccmixter is the greatest place for music I ever met? Christmas punk is a very rare genre. Thanks for this song. :)"

Admiral Bob - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Copperhead - To The Best Time of the Year

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This is a great way to get the BSWC thing going this 2012 Holiday Season. From ccMixter, this tune was uploaded December 3, 2011 by Copperhead. It features samples from texasradiofish, Norm Peterson,Robert Siekawitch, Dino Rocco,Evan Copp, and Elissa Montanti.

As Texasradiofish commented: "Santa will no doubt agree that this is a wonderfully festive remix."

Copperhead - To the Best Time of the Year

Gurdonark - Rescue Fantasies

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to you, Lisa Debenedictis.

Marking the happy day with this Gurdonark remix that highlights that birthday voice. Lisa has been featured on this blog and on the radio show many times and it gives me much pleasure to post again.

Gurdonark has also found favor on this site. Hey man, nice mix.

Gurdonark - Rescue Fantasies

Lee Rosevere - Trick Or Treat

Two posts in a matter of minutes after going almost a year in silent running.

I had to put this Lee Rosevere piece up to mark the season. Lee is a friend of BSWC and has been featured here in the past. I'm not sure when he put this one up at archive.org, but it is a good one.

"A stormy night pushes you to toward a huge and dark house belonging to the reclusive Dr. Slocum, a mysterious genius who converted a closed asylum into an evil labratory, where he hides from the world with his menage of monsters of science. But the ghosts that haunted the asylum are still there...

Once inside you hear ghostly pianos with no-one playing them, strange moans and cries of terror, floating spirits, dark and empty operating chambers, and more than one dungeon inhabited by abandoned 'experiments'..."

Enjoy.

Lee Rosevere - Trick Or Treat

Various Artists - Trick-Or-Treat Mix

Getting into the spirit of the holiday with some creatively common music. This is a Harald Walker mix from 2005.

Time to dress the feed up a little. I think the Japanese have a word for dormant blogs...something about rings on the pond. BSWC certainly has been dormant.

Various Artists - Trick-Or-Treat Mix

Update: I can't find the Japanese term. Help, anyone?

To Repel Ghosts- Silver Bells

Here it is the first day of December and the Christmas spirit is upon some of us. A Black Sweater, White Christmas post seems appropriate.

This release is from a netlabel called The Plague of Dreaming. It is titled All is Calm.

Definitely a dreamy, mystical version of Silver Bells that should be destined for BSWChristmas infamy. Enjoy.

To Repel Ghosts- Silver Bells

Jasper Norda - Tomorrow you'll be forgiven but tonight you will have your teeth knocked out

Gosh, it seems to have turned into tomorrow. Here is a tune from the netlabel, 23 Seconds. This is a tune by Jesper Norda from a netlabel compilation, "A Shortcut Past The Fear" I suppose I should be more verbose on the blog, but I have already posted this tune on FaceBook. What the hell. Here it is with no more...

Jasper Norda - Tomorrow you'll be forgiven but tonight you will have your teeth knocked out

Olddog - Easy Killer (Dog Mix)

This tune is an editor's choice from ccMixter that features the lovely voice of Lisa DeBenedictis. A lovely piece that is well-mixed.

spinmeister sez:

"oldDog wraps long time mixter favorite chanteuse Lisa DeBenedictis into an exquisitely crafted and comforting sonic blanket of mesmerizing patterns."

Olddog - Easy Killer (Dog Mix)

Ditto - Little Soldier

Ok. BSWChristmas was a blast. I didn't want to leave, but you know...

Here is the song that was in my head all day. Yep. The Snowflake voice is working for me this season...this is going to be an important marker for the 2009 Christmas season for me. Snowflake at ccMixter. Oh, and count on a fantastic mix from Ditto. Thank you.

Ditto - Little Soldier

Black Sweater, White Christmas 2009

Here is the playlist for tonight's Black Sweater, White Christmas program. It will air on the Mothership, WBCR-lp, 97.7 fm in Great Barrington, Mass at 9 pm Eastern.

You can also stream it live.

I'm excited to be back with another year of Creative Commons/Open Source Christmas music. We are under a Winter Storm Warning tonight, but I will be there to provide the audio cheer...

We'll try to post some of these tunes into the stream during the coming week. It's been a long time since the BSWC crew has been through it's paces. But, it's like riding a bike.

This year's playlist has a lot of ccMixter material. They the Mixter elves have been busy and there is a ton of great holiday music to be had at ccMixter.org. Thank you to one and all mixters.

BSWChristmas intro 2009 - die weihnachtshasser
Christmas Trees (Ain't Getting Shorter) - Kirkoid
BSWChristmas intro set 2009 - Chester
Merry Christmas Darling - Fudge
Bottle, Bugles, Bright Shinny Bells - Lushy
Bye Bye Snow (Hello Snow Version DOF remix) - Bobby Baby
Everything's Dead Pretty When it Snows - Pete Green
Kisses On Lips ( The Mistletoe Mix ) - Loveshadow
Peace on Earth - wellman
Gloria (angel mix w/DoKashiteru) - Snowflake
The Holly and the Ivy (Wintersea) (ft Lisa Debendictis - Gurdonark
My Little Soldier - ditto ditto
PEace (ft. Snowflake) - Loveshadow
Christmas Eve At Midnight - Lee Rosevere
song-jungle bells jupiter bells - bongolong
Dubbish Rubbish Christmas - morgantj
It Came Upon a Boogie Night - fourstones
Tannenbaum Balm, featuring Nebe ... 2:52 ccMixter Gurdonark
easter - iermoc
FilipinoChristmas - Frank Delima
Jesus Christ is Comin to Town - bongolong
Der Weihnachtsmann (BongiBong-Remix) - Die drei Lenöre
kommt kein weihnachtsmann - die weihnachtshasser