Hey there music lovers! It’s been awhile, but have no fear, the Stereo Dictator is back. And I am once again prepared to pillage my archives in search of the greatest live recordings for the benefit of the ATV community. Last year, we brought you the 12 Boots of Christmas, featuring big-time rock and rollers at various […]
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The 12 Boots of Christmas: Don’t Give Us None of Your Aggravation
Hey there music lovers, we’ve reached the end of the line. Santa has to get ready for the big show and we have to be sure to get the last boot in the 12 Boots of Christmas series prepared for placement under the tree. Today’s North Pole nugget is a vintage seasonal performance from one […]
The 12 Boots of Christmas: All the Way from San Jose
Boot #11 in the 12 Boots of Christmas series brings together two of Santa’s favorite sons, Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, for an old-fashioned rock and roll radio show that is sure to warm the coldest holiday heart.
The 12 Boots of Christmas: Santa Plays the Daily Double
Hey hey music lovers, it’s getting closer to the big day and the big guy is feeling mighty generous! Today’s installment of the 12 Boots of Christmas features a pair, as in two, well-worn but still shiny boots from the 1980s. Boot # 10 is another Santa selected holiday treat of the international variety. Roll […]
The 12 Boots of Christmas: Ian Wants Three Things for Christmas
With Santa being a creature of habit, it’s no surprise that we are returning to Sweden for Boot # 9 in the 12 Boots of Christmas series. Welcome this time to lovely Lucianatten, apparently the home of flaming candle princesses, for a radio broadcast with British new wave pioneers, Ian Dury & the Blockheads.
The 12 Boots of Christmas – Christmas in the Land of Santa
Installment number eight in the 12 Boots of Christmas series comes from a place that warms the heart, as well as the considerable body, of our beloved Santa Claus. Hosting no less than ten cities within its borders that pay homage to our beloved captain of Christmas, California is Santa’s home away from home.
The 12 Boots of Christmas – The Inevitability of Lingerie
Santa in Sweden for the holidays just seemed right so the next installment of the 12 Boots of Christmas comes to us from snowy Stockholm. The Tragically Hip, Canadian rockers extraordinaire, bring their distinctive musical stylings to a club known as Gino on December 7, 1994.
The 12 Boots of Christmas – Live on the Radio, Radio
Santa enjoyed Boot #5 so much with the Del Fuegos at Peabody’s Down Under that he wanted to experience another show live from Cleveland, but this time from the legendary Agora. In accordance with the wishes of the mighty Mr. Claus, here we are at a WMMS Night Out at the Agora in anticipation of […]
The 12 Boots of Christmas – Set the Way-Back Machine for 1989
Installment number five of the 12 Boots of Christmas finds us traveling twenty years into the past to December 4, 1989. We’ve set the dials for Peabody’s Down Under in Cleveland’s Flats entertainment district and our hosts are WMMS, the home of the Buzzard, as the station presents another in the longtime “Coffee Break Concert” […]
The 12 Boots of Christmas – Do You See What I See?
These little rock and rollers aren’t scared of Santa, they can’t believe what they are seeing across the way at the mall convenient store… Who’s that Red Sox fan with his mom? Dig those nice retro Hollywood shades. Is that Bono bringing back the Fly look? There is NO way that is a dude. It is NOT […]