Today we are re-releasing one of our favorite episodes...our Christmas Special! Here we talked about some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Christmas songs and movies.

Joining us on The Nice List are the Pogues, Bowie and Bing, Weezer, Ella, Jose Feliciano, She & Him, the Kinks, the Vince Guaraldi Trio, John and Yoko, Darlene Love, the Waitresses, Elvis and more!

Dim the lights, stoke the fire, egg the nog, and Yule it up with The Mixtape Diaries. Your heart will grow three sizes this day.

Find the playlist for this episode on Spotify. You can also find Mark's Holiday playlist on Apple and Brad's Holiday playlist on Spotify.

This episode was originally released on Dec. 15, 2021.

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Credits: Intro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ Outro — Cocteau Twins, "Frosty the Snowman."

Today we pay tribute to one of rock music's most legendary bass players, Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. We lost Mani in late November - far too soon. As tributes have poured in from many of our favorite bands including Oasis and Richard Ashcroft, we wanted to pay our own tribute to honor the man whose music and signature bass lines have left a lasting mark on all of us.

In this episode, Brad and Carla reference The Rockonteurs podcast episode featuring Mani that aired in October. You can listen to it here (Apple, Spotify)

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Credits: Intro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know" / Outro - The Stone Roses, "Shoot You Down"

What'sa happenin' hot stuff? Bob, Brad, Carla and Mark are back to discuss one of our favorite movies, John Hughes' first feature film, Sixteen Candles. This movie did not have an official soundtrack, but the songs featured in it are a killer combination of new wave, post punk and rock 'n' roll. Here are four songs we felt would have made the soundtrack cut.

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Credits: Intro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know" / Outro - The DiVinyls, "Ring Me Up"