RADIO HANNIBAL

A new Live 365 set...finally

I finally updated my Live365 playlist.  It's pretty much my top 40 singles for the year as listed in an earlier post. 
Just click on the character signing "listen" over there to your left. 
Happy new year folks!

Light At The End Of The Tunnel - The Best Of Radio Hannibal 2008

A Christmas present to you all.  Yes, it's my annual best of the year compilation. Merry Christmas!

Light At The End Of The Tunnel - The Best Of Radio Hannibal 2008

The Ohio City Singers

I'd heard rumors of these elusive Christmas recordings done by Chris Allen , Doug McKean, etc. I'd been trying to get my hands on some. Now they released an official recording of all original Christmas music, The Ohio City Singers .

The songs are great and will definitely become part of my holiday tradition.  I stumbled upon a trimmed down version of the group collective last night at PJ McIntyre's .  I proceeded to buy 4 copies.  One for myself and three as gifts. 

Tonight at the The Happy Dog is the big blow out with 10 plus members joining for a night of magical Christmas joy.  It's gonna be a blast.  They're also playing Monday night at the Stone Mad Pub.

Then on Tuesday night some of them will be performing as, The Pogues tribute band, The Boys From County Hell .  I'll be there as well as it's turned into an annual tradition for me.

Xmas A Go Go!

So, I was considering making my own Christmas mix but I have so many from other creative types that I thought I'd share one of those so I can get some shopping done. This one's courtesy of Jonathan. A tip of the Santa hat to him indeed. Yeah, no Live 365 stream this year. Just follow the directions below and enjoy!

Simply download the rar file.  You'll need the program here to open it.  From there you can play it on your PC, put it on your MP3 player or burn it to CD.

Xmas A Go Go!

Great Lakes Christmas Ale

I've been a big fan of Great Lakes Beer since they started 20 years ago.  In fact, they've just wrapped up anniversary festivities. 
Being a life long Clevelander it's not unusual that I know the owners and that's a nice touch, knowing who makes your favorite beer. 
Their most popular seasonal brew is Christmas Ale.  It is a very potent ale.  So much so, that folks have been known to call it Christmas Jail.  Drinking too many may land you there.
Now comes an ode to Christmas Ale.  Don't know who the two guys are and am trying to place the barrooms featured. 
Cheers!

My Top 40 Singles of 2008

1. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
2. British Sea Power – Waving Flags
3. Dr. Dog – The Old Days
4. Blitzen Trapper – Furr
5. Beyonce – Single Ladies
6. Duffy – Warwick Ave.
7. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
8. Adele – Chasing Pavements
9. Tom Jones – If He Should Ever Leave You
10. She And Him – Why Do You Let me Stay Here
11. Weezer – Pork And Beans
12. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
13. Amadou and Mariam - Sabali
14. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
15. Elbow – Grounds For Divorce
16. Raphael Saadiq – Love That Girl
17. The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis
18. Glasvegas – Geraldine
19. Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
20. TV On The Radio – Dancing Choose
21. Conor Oberst – I Don’t Want To Die (In A Hospital)
22. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
23. The Killers - Human
24. Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
25. Hercules & Love Affair – You Belong
26. My Morning Jacket – I’m Amazed
27. Chris Brown - Forever
28. The Last Shadow Puppets – Standing Next To Me
29. The Streets – The Escapist
30. David Byrne and Brian Eno – Strange Overtones
31. Duffy – Mercy
32. R.E.M. – Hollow Man
33. Usher – Love In This Club
34. Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
35. Jenny Lewis – The Next Messiah
36. Lucinda Williams – Real Love
37. Vampire Weekend – A Punk
38. The Black Keys – Strange Times
39. Radiohead - Nude
40. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig

My Top 50 Albums Of 2008

1. Jenny Lewis –Acid Tongue
2. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music
3. Randy Newman – Harps & Angels
4. She And Him Vol. 1
5. Dr. Dog – Fate
6. Blitzen Trapper – Furr
7. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig
8. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
9. The Black Keys – Attack And Release
10. Glasvegas
11. David Byrne and Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
12. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Pt. One
13. Fennesz – Black Sea
14. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali
15. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
16. The Week That Was
17. Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
18. R.E.M. – Accelerate
19. The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of Understatement
20. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
21. Shelby Lynne – Just A Little Lovin’
22. Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
23. Fleet Foxes
24. Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
25. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
26. Sigur Ros – Mea Sua Eyrum Via Spilum Endalaust
27. Throw Me The Statue
28. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It
29. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
30. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
31. M83 – Saturdays = Youth
32. Buena Vista Social Club – Live At Carnegie Hall
33. Vetiver – Thing Of The Past
34. Wreckless Eric And Amy Rigby
35. Sun Kil Moon – April
36. Conor Oberst
37. Duffy – Rockferry
38. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
39. Glen Campbell – Meet Glen Campbell
40. No Age – Nouns
41. Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
42. Hercules & Love Affair
43. Lindsey Buckingham – Gift Of Screws
44. The Gaslight Anthem – The 59 Sound
45. The Fireman And Youth – Electric Arguments
46. The Old 97’s – Blame It On Gravity
47. Ryan Adams And The Cardinals – Cardinology
48. The Killers – Day & Age
49. Calexico – Carried To Dust
50. Mercury Rev – Snowflake Midnight

Little Steven To Become More Visible

I love Steven Van Zandt and his commitment to pure, unadulterated rock and roll.  The guy seems to do it all.  A member of the E Street Band, actor on The Sopranos, satellite radio programmer of Underground Garage. 
Now he's about to get much more visible in inking a deal with IMG
He'll be endorsing products and what's really exciting is his plan for bringing rock and roll back to TV.  Read all about it in Ad Age.  

Prop 8, The Musical

From one of the funnier sites Funny Or Die comes yet another well done video sketch.  This time it's Prop 8, The Musical.  It stars Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris and many more. 
Of course there's a point to the hilarity.  And by my posting this, well, you know where I stand. 
 

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die