a world of magic all my own

Well the first half hour of the show was fairly chaotic, due to some equipment problems (and also my unfamiliarity with all the new songs I had collected in the past couple of weeks). The worst flub happened when CD1 ate a disc, and I ended up with about about 15 seconds of dead air, followed by the wrong song being played. Agony while it was happening, but not the end of the world when I listened to the recording. And I got the disc back, and CD1 behaved itself for the rest of the show, whew!

Once I got over the stress and into the swing of the show, I really enjoyed myself. Ross (the next dj, practically an XDU institution) even paid me the amazing compliment when I wrapped up the show of saying that I had made him cry and he wouldn't be able to go on. He was kidding of course, but it was still a nice thing of him to say. I have to confess, I actually choked up myself while introducing the first Christmas message from the King. I felt like such a goof! I was talking about how much we take information for granted, and how it must have felt back then, to know that you were hearing the same voice that other people were hearing all over the world, at the same time. I was going to add that it was the first time the vast majority of Britons had ever heard the King's voice, much less simultaneously, but I was afraid I wouldn't get through it. What a sap I am.

Anyway there were a lot of funny and/or goofy songs, notably "Merry Christmas You Suckers" by Paddy Roberts (the British Tom Lehrer), "I Want a Television Christmas (A World of Magic All My Own)," and two, count them, two songs about Santa flying a rocket ship instead of a sleigh; a few serious songs, like a wartime Christmas set which I wish I had done more of; and of course, some koo-koo crazy swinging Christmas songs too. I had the greatest time. The playlist is here, if you're interested.