I came into WEVL this morning to find that someone had all-out decked the station's halls. I managed to get in the holiday spirit by playing three (and only three) Christmas songs on today's show.

Here's what I played on this week's Memphis Mystery Train, with the local tracks marked as always with an asterisk and my notes in italics:

Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You
The Egyptians - Party Stomp
Amanda Palmer - Leeds United
Arrah and the Ferns - Waterproof Gold Watch
The Macabees - Can You Give It
Lou Barlow - Mary (ed. - Christmas song no. 1)
Black Heart Procession - It's a Crime I Never Told You About the Diamonds In Your Eyes
Kimya Dawson - I Like Giants (ed. - especially girl giants.)
The Gories - Nitroglycerine
*Reigning Sound - Bad Man
New Pornographers - Mutiny, I Promise You
Wanda Jackson - Don'a Won-a
The Decemberists - Apology Song
Harvey Danger - Sometimes, You Have to Work on Christmas (ed. - Christmas Song no. 2)
*Jack O. and the Tennessee Tearjerkers - Chills and Fever
Bandana Splits - Stay if You Wanna
Marah - Why Independent Record Stores Fail (ed. - a love song for record nerds)
The Pinups - Lookin' for Boys

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark (ed. - today's guilty pleasure)
Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - I've Been Married Just as Long as You Have
The English Beat - Save it for Later
*Lucero - Kiss the Bottle
Old 97s - Crash on the Barrelhead
*John Paul Keith and the 1,4,5's - Never Could Say No
Detroit Cobras - Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat) (ed. - for my teammates)
Peter Sarsdedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Clem Snide - Beautiful (ed. - yes, like the Christina Aguilera song.)
Those Darlins - Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
Paul Robeson - The Four Insurgent Generals
The Cramps - Trapped Love
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - Leave it Alone
*Two Way Radio - Feminist Pirate
*Otis Redding - You Left the Water Running
Yo La Tengo - Emulsified
 

If you missed today's show, you can catch it when it re-airs tomorrow afternoon from 2 p.m. -  4 p.m., or listen every week from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. on WEVL 89.9 FM in Memphis or on wevl.org.