The Christmas Edition with Brian Foss
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
DJ Brian Foss (and his wife/DJ assistant Cyndi) deliver a fun holiday edition of In Our Headphones, featuring everything from pop to soul to psych. Brian is KEXP’s longtime Christmas guy, having hosted the “Punk Rock X-Mess” for over 20 years on the punk show Sonic Reducer, and hosting “No Standards Christmas” on December 25th for over a decade.
Music Director Chris Sanley closes out this Christmas episode with a melancholy track for the season.
- Thanks Light - “Dirtbag Christmas”
- Toddy - “Hold On Holly (I Want Your Mom)”
- DeRobert & The Half-Truths - “Peace on Earth”
- The Hallmarks - “Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Santa”
- Madi Diaz - “Kid on Christmas”
Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube.
Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili
Mixed by: Emily Fox
Mastered by: William Myers
Editorial Director: Larry Mizell Jr.
Our theme music is “好吗 (Hao Ma)” by Chinese American Bear
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In Our Headphones. |
| 0:06.0 | Your chance to discover the songs K-EXP DJs don't want you to miss. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Janice Headley. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm Isabel Kelly Lee, and this is your never-ending source for new music discovery, from listener-powered K-E-X-P. |
| 0:22.9 | Happy holidays, everyone. |
| 0:24.9 | Janice here and so excited to bring you a very special holiday edition of In Our Headphones. |
| 0:32.1 | And K-EXP listeners know that Christmas on K-E-P means none other than DJ Brian Foss. |
| 0:39.1 | Hey, Brian. |
| 0:40.1 | Hey, Janice. How you doing? |
| 0:41.2 | Very good. I am a big fan of Christmas, so I'm really excited that I get to host this episode with you. |
| 0:48.3 | And so not only has Brian hosted the punk rock X-MIS for over or about 20 years now on K-EXP's punk show Sonic |
| 0:57.7 | Reducer, but he's also been on the air every Christmas starting 2012 presenting no standards |
| 1:05.3 | Christmas. And that's where you won't hear a single typical holiday standard, |
| 1:11.3 | but he brings a mix of soul and rock and blues and hip-hop and everything. |
| 1:16.8 | And I'm also really excited because this week we are joined by another very special guest. |
| 1:22.6 | We have Brian's lovely wife, Cindy, with us. |
| 1:25.6 | She is also his longtime DJ assistant, and they will both be on the air this Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific time. So Brian and Cindy, thank you for being here today for In Our Headphones. |
| 1:38.7 | My pleasure. And Cindy's. And so, Brian, you are an in our headphones veteran. |
| 1:46.3 | You were on the show earlier this year with the sonic reducer crew. |
| 1:50.0 | But, of course, being our go-to Christmas guy, we are really excited to have you for this special edition. |
| 1:57.5 | And I wanted to start off by asking, what is it about Christmas songs that |
| 2:02.2 | you love so much? Well, the funny thing is, is, I mean, of course, when I was a little kid, |
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