Suitcase 45s - No. 3: Merry Christmas

While working on the hundredth episode of the show, I thought I'd use the under-utilized Suitcase 45s to showcase a couple of my favorite podsafe Christmas songs. Merry Christmas, everyone, and a Happy New Year.

Suitcase 45s No. Three: Merry Christmas

Candy Butchers "Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas"
Geoff Smith "If Christmas Was Make Believe"



Total Time—6:52

99: 'Til The Evening Comes Around

I woke up from my post-Thanksgiving Dinner to put together a new installment of Suitcase Full of Dimes. Now I think I'll have some leftovers and sleep for another two days. Enjoy the show.

PS: Anyone who buys the Eisenhowers album "Film Your Own Atrocities" through the band's website will get a free mini-album called "Peep-Show Etiquette." The special EP features acoustic versions, rare demos and previously-unavailable tracks from the Eisenhowers catalogue.

Dime No. 99: 'Til The Evening Comes Around

The Smith Bros "She's Under My Skin" (from Restless, 2008) Buy the CD @ the artist's website
Arms Up "Anna Please" (single, 2008)
The Eisenhowers "Gathering Dust" (from Film Your Own Atrocities, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Nathan Wheldon and the Two Timers "This Feeling" (from A New Year's Revolution, 2008) Buy the album @ Amazon MP3
Candygram For Mongo "Shannon Told Me" (from Candygram For Mongo, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Greg Pope (Edmund's Crown) "Burden" (from Popmonster, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Brendan Boogie Band "College" (from Disposable Pop EP, 2008)
Lee Coulter "She Fell In Love With The Mirror" (from Listen Hear, 2005) Buy the CD @ Amazon
Honeyhoney "Little Toy Gun" (from First Rodeo, 2008) Buy the album @ Amazon MP3
Deep 6 Holiday "Will You Remind Me?" (from Awake At The Funeral, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—34:47

98: You Can Try But You Can't Stop Me

It's a warm fall day here in northern Virginia. With Halloween past and the biggest election in my lifetime days away, I thought it time to release another episode of the show. Don't forget to tune in to Pop Garden Radio tonight at 10pm Eastern (starting just after the Orlando Magic game) for Adam Waltemire's interviews with Mike Viola, The Smith Bros., and Chewy Marble, and, as usual, my music trivia segment.

Dime No. 98: You Can Try But You Can't Stop Me

Modern Science "Every Little Thing" (from their debut album, due out in 2009)
Cavashawn "Out Of My Mind" (from Cavashawn EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
John Taglieri "Think Of You" (from Wide Awke and Dreaming, 2007) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Lucky Day "Why'd You Have To Go?" (from Rise and Fall, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Trophy "How Did You Get This Way?" (from Trophy, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Richard Snow "Silent Girlfriend" (from Tuesday Music, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Ingrid Michaelson "Be OK" (from Be OK, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Melissa Ferrick "Heartbeat" (from Goodbye Youth, 2008) Buy the song @ iTunes
Patti Rothberg "Wavelength" (from Double Standards, 2008) Buy the mp3 album @ Amazon mp3
Admiral Twin "Be the Show" (from Odds and Ends: Demos and Rareties, 1996-2000, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—34:52

97: Like An Old Balloon

This coming Monday the 13th will mark the two-year anniversary of the podcast. And it has come a long way since those early, non-podsafe days. It would have been cool if the hundredth show coincided with the anniversary, but it just wasn't meant to be. This installment of the podcast is especially entertaining and reminds me, in some ways, of that first podcast. Several of the artists and bands here have become favorites of mine in the course of 97 episodes. I hope some of them will become your favorites as well.

Dime No. 97: Like An Old Balloon

The Jellybricks "Goodnight To Everyone" (from Goodnight To Everyone, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Smith Bros. "How Wrong You Are" (from Restless, 2008) Buy the CD the band's website
The Telepathic Butterflies "Telescope" (from Breakfast In Suburbia, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Inara George with Van Dyke Parks "Accidental" (from An Invitation, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Strive "Smallest Things" (from Fire, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Jim Boggia "To And Fro" (from Misadventures In Stereo, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Colin MacIntyre "Famous For Being Famous" (from The Water, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Monkeeman "I Know A Girl" (from Life In The Backseat, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
The Simple Carnival "You Jump First" (from Girls Aliens Food, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Jakob Martin "Fiction Friction" (from Masking The Mirror, 2008) Buy the CD @ New Nation Media


Total Time—35:23

96: Maybe The Best Thing I've Ever Heard

This should gone out over the weekend and I apologize for the tardiness, but to make up for it, I made a couple last minute lineup changes by adding The Major Labels and, after a ten year absence, a brand new track from The Mommyheads. Enjoy!

Dime No. 96: Maybe The Best Thing I've Ever Heard

Chewy Marble "Cross-Hatched World" (from Modulations, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
The Beggars Lake "Hold On" (from Mud, Blood and Mercy, Out on September 26, 2008)
The Mommyheads "Help Me" (from You're Not A Dream, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
The Major Labels "Don't Hear A Single" (from Aquavia, 2008) Buy the CD @ the artist's MySpace page
Powerlight "Everyday We Are Made New"
The Fire Apes "Let Me Know" (from Central Park Carousel, 2005) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Mardeen "Kids" (from Read Less Minds, 2008) Buy the CD @ iTunes
Turnpage "Point of Infinity" (from Riverbed Cinematic EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Freedom
Ryan Winford "Light at the End of the Hall" (from What Time Will Change EP, 2008) Buy the CD @ CD Baby
Get Back Loretta "Girlface" (from Over The Wall, 2006) Buy the CD @ CD Baby


Total Time—38:06