A surprise not-totally-festive edition of Radio Clash, where I talk about a bird I think about a lot (the lost Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird – apologies for the transliteration but those special symbols will likely gum up the works in the feed and tags) and what Christmas means to me now…

I play some new and old mashups and original music – some of which is my favourites of the year, but mostly older since I don’t listen to music in the same way anymore. Loving the new Saint Etienne and Lily Allen albums though, and K-Pop Demon Hunters (DERPY 4EVAH!) and new-ish music from B. Dolan, Hallmighty and Lankum.

Buckingham Nicks album gets a timely re-release (are they talking again?) so talk about that and the legendary Coffee Plant demos – and visit Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert’s Christmas Ghost Stories album…and play the last of my choices from Tom Rasmussen’s amazing Body Building album.

And some festive? festering? tracks that have been on ice stuck at the North Pole since Xmas two years ago. Joy to the world and all that, there’s a theme about wanting 2026 to be a lot less shit…but not that hopeful, concentrating on what Xmas is supposed to be about, rather than all the capitalism, food and tradition. Peace on earth for all would be a nice place to start?

Forgot to explain why I played Nomad/Candlebright though. John used to light a candle for me to guide me in when I visited on Tuesdays. “You’re my candlebright in the window”. I mentioned this in a 2012 episode with an image of that candle burning in the window.

Even back then this demo was important to me, it expressed the weird on/off yet constant nature of our relationship, but that candle was like a lighthouse, guiding me back to him from my travels.

And that’s why I light a candle for him now, to guide him back to me every Friday. And yes ‘The story has a strange ending’ indeed.

• Captain Obvious – What Believing Sounds Like (Huntr/x vs Journey)
• Bill McClintock – Sleigh Bitch –Explicit– (Carpenters and Buckcherry)
• B Dolan – Fight Naked
• Lambrini Girls – God’s Country
• Problem Patterns – Christmas Number One
• Obscurest Vinyl – The Secrets Your Asshole Keeps
• Instamatic – Cranes In The Waterfall (Solange vs Stone Roses)
• Saint Etienne – Sweet Melodies
• Lewis Scarole – Moonlight Banquet (Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly vs Bloc Party)
• Lankum – Ghost Town
• Xinon – Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (One Gameboy Remix)
• Mike Anthony – Why Can’t We Live Together
• Tom Rasmussen – Joy
• Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert – Weihnachtsstimmung
• HallMighty – Drive Home Alone For Christmas (The Cars vs. Chris Rea ft Olivia Rodrigo)
• Jenny Stardust – My Arms Are Just Fuckin’ Stuck Like This
• Piers Faccini , Ballaké Sissoko – One Half Of A Dream
• One True Pairing – The World Said No [Domino Recording Co]
• Black Box Recorder – Do You Believe in God?
• Ben Folds – Still (Reprise)
• Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks – Crystal
• Minor Arth – This Used To Be My Playgound Love (Air vs Madonna)
• Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert – Ode to Plastic Mistletoe
• Buckingham Nicks – Nomad (aka Candelbright)
• David Gilmour – Between Two Points (with Romany Gilmour)
• Tom Rasmussen – This Is How We Walk on the Moon
• SOPHIE & Hannah Diamond – Always and Forever
• Lily Allen – Fruityloop
• tbc aka Instamatic – Happy Novacaine Year (Green Day vs ABBA)
• tbc aka Instamatic – Chasing Epilogues (Snow Patrol vs Daft Punk)

For Paul.

• Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé – Black Hole Sun
• pomDeter – Through The Fire And The Heatwave (Dragonforce vs Martha And The Vandellas)
• Soviet Dolls – Cruel Summer (Bananarama cover)
• G Flip – It’s Raining Them
• Mila Jam – It’s Raining Them
• Corook – They!
• Lambrini Girls – No Homo
• Bob Vylan – Ring The Alarm
• DJ Schmolli – American Generation (Green Day vs. The Who)
• Mixomatosis – America Don’t Give A… (Green Day vs. Peaches vs. Joan Jett)
• The Urban Guerillas – Here Come The Americans
• Marc Johnce – Dancing Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen vs Scissor Sisters)
• Dunproofin’ – Acid Comes Quickly (Pet Shop Boys vs A Guy Called Gerald)
• Jamie xx – Still Summer
• Everything But The Girl – Missing (Cosmic Dawn 2024 Remix)
• Tom Rasmussen – Street Violence
• The Blessed Madonna – Mercy (feat. Jacob Lusk)
• Lissie – Night Moves
• JamiePR – Bluey In The Summertime (Bluey vs Mungo Jerry)
• Peggy_P – Blue Champagne Under The Stars (Bluey x Oasis)
• Degs, Nu:Tone, Duskee – Can We Talk?
• Charla Green – Livin In Sunshine
• Makoto feat. Karina Ramage – Wind of Change
• DJ Kal – Cruel Summer of Broken Dreams (Green Day vs. Taylor Swift)
• Peggy_P – Crossed Rings (Ariana Grande vs Art of Noise)
• LeeDM101 – LA Roads (Lana’s Version) (Lana Del Rey vs. The Midnight)
• Run the Jewels – 2100 (feat BOOTS)
• Hildegard von Blingin – Summertime Sadness (Bardcore)
• Hannah Cohen – Mountain
• Kill_mR_DJ – Wait, They Don’t Love You Like I Love You (Moby + Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• DSP – Throwing Myself (Genesis vs Depeche Mode)
• Sufjan Stevens – A Little Lost
• Black Box Recorder – Wonderful Life (2023 Remaster)
• ANOHNI and the Johnsons – Another World
• tbc aka Instamatic – Always Tears Go By On My Mind (Pet Shop Boys vs The Rolling Stones)
• Lewis Scarole – Falling Once More (Carpenters VS Twin Peaks)

A podcast of queer, non-binary and trans joy (and music by same), going out to my community who are facing a lot of bad things atm.

A much belated podcast (I am not podfading, honest!) that was ready to go in January and then had no time to record it! I talk about what’s going on with me and the world, from trans non-binary agender shenanigans to clearing storage, ABBA and Dua Lipa mashups, some very explicit songs, a bumper Kitsch-en Disco, city lights, TRANSA compilation, bears. clubbing and cancellation bobbins in Gran Canaria, and whole load of fuck you to Donald Trump and co…

Recorded and edited in the same night, like olden days…

And we’ve reached 400, happy birthday to me!

• Jenny Stardust – Aloha, Cunts!
• The Kleptones – Madonna Is A Breeder
• Lambrini Girls – Body of Mine
• Tom Rasmussen – Seth
• Lambrini Girls – Cuntology 101
• JD Samson & MEN – Who Am I to Feel So Free (feat. Anohni)
• Tom Rasmussen – Dysphoria
• Kelly Lee Owens – Love You Got
• The Blessed Madonna – We Still Believe
• Tom Rasmussen – Look at Me
• Xpansions – Move Your Body (Elevation) (Shadow Child Extended Remix)
• Beyond The2 & Esteban Lopez & Nicolas Chalhoub – Flowers (Original Mix)
• NERVO – The Other Boys (feat. Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears & Nile Rodgers)
• Zyle & Johnce – Gimme What My Heart Wants For Love (Midnight Illusion) (Extended Edit) (Bebe Rexha Vs. Dua Lipa Vs. Ava Max Vs. Britney Spears Vs. Blackpink Vs. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Vs. SIGALA & Ella Eyre Vs. Katseye Vs. Empress Vs. Le Pedre)
• Captain Obvious – Gimme Illusion After Midnight (Dua Lipa vs ABBA)
• SKiBiLiBoP – New Rules in the Groovejet (Dua Lipa vs Spiller)
• HallMighty – U Sure Venus (Bananarama vs Strike)
• Holly Johnson – Legendary Children (2000)
• Maluma – COCO LOCO
• Lewis Wake – Please Dancing Queen Please (Sabrina Carpenter vs. ABBA)
• piglet [UK] – it isn’t fair
• Wild Beasts – He the Colossus
• Perfume Genius & Alan Sparhawk – Point of Disgust
• ah! – Streets of Kingston Town (UB40 vs Bruce Springsteen)
• Tom Rasmussen – I See Potential As A Beautiful Thing
• Everything Everything – City Song
• Arthur Russell and the Flying Hearts featuring Allen Ginsberg – Ballad of the Lights
• The Kleptones – Mellow Sun
• Sharon Van Etten & Ezra Furman – Feel So Different
• Arab Strap – Haven’t You Heard
• Sam Smith & Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Ever New
• tbc aka Instamatic – Always Tears Go By On My Mind (Pet Shop Boys vs The Rolling Stones)