Holiday Cheer

Last night, my better half (she said I could call her that now that we're engaged) insisted I put on Christmas music. It worked out great. Are you in the holiday mood yet?

Here's a great way to do it...

Listen to The Sound of Young America Holiday Special!

Because of music rights issues (the Holiday Special is heavy on music), I can't podcast the show. Luckily... I've posted it on PRX.org, a really great distribution site for public radio producers.

The site works like this: producers sign up for accounts for a modest fee (this covers the site's costs). Members of the site (including producers, stations, and just plain folks who can sign up free) listen to pieces and review them. Stations license shows from the site, and play them on the radio. Producer gets paid, station gets content, system filters out the lousy stuff, everybody wins.

So, here's what you can do... sign up for a PRX account. You can do it for free, and it's very easy. Then, listen to the Holiday Special. Then review it. Then dick around the website, listening to all the awesome stuff for free. Try this hour-long Jonathan Katz special, for example.

Happy holidays! (And don't forget the holiday contest!)

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