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A little bit of this, a little bit of that on today's show. Music from Baltimore, a prayer for less war and more sun, and Walter's 2025 vinyl purchases. Noon-2pm on TakomaRadio.org, later available at RockRabbitHole.com

I know I'm repeating myself, but if you were just willing to look for new music and artists (or knew people who did it for you), this has been an amazing year across ALL genres. "People don't make good music anymore" my ass. You couldn't throw a peble without hitting something great!

If you missed it in real time, here's the link to the archived version of today's show: www.mixcloud.com/rockrabbitho...

On the air at noon for two hours of local music sprinkled with some year-end reflections from local musicians and fellow WOWD DJs. 94.3 WOWD and TakomaRadio.org - available later at RockRabbitHole.com

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Diet Cig

2025 was a tough year for the area on a lot of fronts, but the local music scene kept delivering with great releases, shows, and festivals. On Tuesday (12/30), Scott plays his favorites along with input from other DJs and local musicians. Noon-2pm on TakomaRadio.org and 94.3 fm.

Well. It's Christmas Eve. Time for a Fairytale of New York. I can see a better time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...

if you appreciate me at my most unhinged, please enjoy the last 14 (?!) years of my sometimes-annual holiday songs on.soundcloud.com/PnvZCgiryJdz...

Look, the Beatles were HUGE for me as a kid, and I still love them as much as, if not more than, the next #BeatlesGuy. But I’m BEGGING someone to put this kind of energy into the KINKS, for the love of god

Every year it's "Paul McCartney this" and "John Lennon that" which distracts from the true reason for the season: The Kinks' perfect Christmas Song about youths jumping Santa youtu.be/fPPCPqDINEk?...

D Boon - 40 years gone today damn ... Here is video of the one + only Minutemen concert that I ever went to. The old -original location- 9:30 Club in DC, July 1984. I went to a lot of DC shows when I was in high school in Baltimore in the 80s since back then, they didn't have a 21+ drinking age.

Jesus was the ultimate nepo baby.

This Tuesday (Dec. 23) Walter celebrates his third holiday XTC Xtranvaganza! Presenting covers, deep cuts, demos and collaborations a-plenty, this pure pop punch will be served between 12-2pm (US Eastern) in stratosphearic stereo on WOWD 94.3 Takoma Radio and takomaradio.org.

DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three

Show me your data

Sometimes more is more, and today we bring you. . . more. Noon-2pm on TakomaRadio.org and WOWD 94.3

So, wanna come upstairs and see my Bandcamp library?

Everybody's got an AOTY list except for me and my monkey

Part one of the 2025 Year End favorites is available here: www.mixcloud.com/rockrabbitho... Part 2 coming next Tuesday!

On today's show we join the Year End List Industrial Complex and play a couple of hours of our favorites from 2025. Noon-2pm ET, TakomaRadio.org and 94.3fm if you're in the area.

I just ordered the 6-disc anniversary box set with liner notes by the Pope.

Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.

It's not a badge of honor when books get banned. It stinks for everyone. For the book creators, who worked hard to create something special that now won't be shared. The kids who miss out. The librarians and teachers who are treated like criminals. And taxpayers who have to pay for this nonsense.

It's Giving Tuesday (this wet rainy day is also giving Tuesday but I digress). Where was I? Oh, it's WOWD's fundraising week and the Rabbit Hole offers a cornucopia of themes to inspire you click to takomaradio.org/donate and support our little station. Noon-2pm ET at takomaradio.org and 94.3fm.

A lovely shout out to the Rabbit Hole in here - thanks Kevin! I'm glad to be part of the On Repeat Records community.

"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators

We're cooking up some of your favorites with an all-covers episode of the Rock & Roll Rabbit Hole today on TakomaRadio.org and 94.3fm. Noon-2pm Eastern, and available later at RockRabbitHole.com

seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte

middlebury college student lia smith killed herself one month ago after facing harassment for being a trans athlete you will not hear her name once on cable tv don’t let them erase her #TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance

This week I'm not worried about airing swear words, I'm worried about airing any words at all. All instrumental music on TakomaRadio.org and 94.3fm today from noon-2pm Eastern. Listen later at RockRabbitHole.com

For Neil Young's birthday, we did a tribute show, including an acoustic set by Takoma Park Neil Young tribute band Durty Neil - check it out here: www.mixcloud.com/rockrabbitho...

I wrote, as expected, about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in my newsletter. Also about the time I spilled coffee on myself in a drive-thru, and how that wasn't the worst thing to happen to me that day. www.anxietyshark.ca/the-gales-of...

Blood Lemon were fantastic at the Quarryhouse Saturday night. Heavy, melodic, and totally in the groove.

Holding out for a hero

Does the officer have BLT PTSD? This rare condition can make lunchtime a living hell.

There was a time when I thought Dick Cheney's death would make the world whole again.

Election day energy on Tuesday's Rock & Roll Rabbit Hole, from noon-2pm ET on WOWD 94.3 and streaming worldwide on TakomaRadio.org

I always say that seeing @prettybittermp3.bsky.social love is like seeing the movie while the records are reading the book. They were all action at the Quarryhouse Tavern tonight.

Today we celebrate spooky season by welcoming Seattle dreampop trio Coral Grief as special guests in anticipation of their show at the Quarry House Tavern on Halloween Eve. No tricks, all treats, from noon-2pm (US Eastern) on WOWD 94.3 Takoma Radio locally and takomaradio.org everywhere!

Every one deserves to eat. It’s that simple.

This is a DC area food bank that has helped laid off and unpaid government workers. They need help. If you have a few bucks to spare consider this charity. www.capitalareafoodbank.org?utm_referrer...

I am the air fryer tofu king, I can do anything.

AI is not sentient. It doesn't have a survival instinct. What's happened is that corporations have decided that we'll all obey capital if it can pretend to talk.

Live now!

On the radio soon with a lot of new music, much of it local. Noon-2pm ET Tuesday 10/21 on TakomaRadio.org and 94.3fm. Archived later at RockRabbitHole.com

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important