Whatever's Cool With Me
Thursday December 18th, 2025 with Ryan Bresee & Julie Maloney
The Annual Christmas Show With My Mom 2025

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Instrumental
Infinite - 360 Degrees

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
Boris Karloff - How The Grinch Stole Christmas OST

Christmas vacation
Mavis Staples - Christmas Vacation OST

Windmill
Little Misty - Nowhere Land

Christmas
The Jellyman's Daughter - Christmas

Pyre
Raphael Weinroth Browne - Lifeblood

Voila
Barbara Pravi - On n'enferme pas les oiseaux

River
Sarah McLachlan - The Classic Christmas Album

Huron carol
Trilogy - Two Thousand Years Of Christmas

Mom: Mistle Toe story

Twice the gifts (half the love)
Kalle Mattson - Ho Ho Ho Canada 10

Christmas morning
Silent Winters - single

Christmas time w/ The Joynt
Rey Topol - single

A song for all seasons
Oliver Schroer - Hymns and Hers

Benedictus
Anne Lindsay - Soloworks 2

Benedictus
Hauser - The Armed Man

Running to stay fat
Lee Casement - No Accolades For Forgiveness

Simply the best
Noah Reid - Schitt's Creek OST

Whippersnapper
Vinta - Beacons

Maybe this time
The Good lovelies - The Ghost Light Sessions Live At Massey Hall

Fender bender
Kid Koala - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Storyville Mosquito Official teaser -

Beatles medley
Tommy Emmanuel - Live From Centre Stage

Songs from heaven No. 4 The Trisagion
Ewashko Singers - Transmutation

Carol of the Bells
George Winston - single

The Christmas song
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

Peace on earth/Little drummer boy w/ David Bowie
Bing Crosby - Christmas Classics

O holy night
Amos The Transparent - single

Sweater weather
The Love Machine - Sweater Weather

12 days of Christmas
Bob & Doug McKenzie - Great White North

Interactive CKCU

Satellite Birdhouse
Aw I love that your mom is there too!!!! Happy Thursday :)

9:31 AM, December 18th, 2025

Bobby Calzone
Yeeeaah! Me too!

9:32 AM, December 18th, 2025

PeterB
Happy Solstice Julie, and Everyone ... and that other guy too.

9:36 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Ha, hello to all from both of us!

9:37 AM, December 18th, 2025

Satellite Birdhouse
We just loved seeing Raph's last release show at CDCC!!

9:54 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
I heard Raphael at ---> House of Targ <--- just last week. He does play in many levels of venues, he does. (Hi everyone!)

9:57 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
I feel like he could play with anyone, anywhere.

9:58 AM, December 18th, 2025

Mark Strachan
I don't always get on to listen to Whatever's Cool With Me but when it's the Christmas episode with Julie I always try.

9:58 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Ha, hi Mark and thanks!

10:01 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Actually folks, the (somewhat sparsely-attended) Targ show, where he played second, was not only quiet but enthusiastic about him. So much so that he remarked on it (diplomatically) a couple of times in his exiting thank yous. Mustn't underestimate the younger crowd.

10:01 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Fair.

10:02 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Damn! That Sarah McLachlan!

10:06 AM, December 18th, 2025

Margaret
I always love listening to your show, Ryan, and I especially look forward every year to your Christmas show with your mom. Merry Christmas!

10:08 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Thank you, Margaret! Merry Christmas to you too!

10:10 AM, December 18th, 2025

hb
sang a solo Huron Carol as a choir boy. luv it ( with understanding of its History).

10:21 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Is there recorded evidence?

10:21 AM, December 18th, 2025

Jeremy
Good morning how is everybody doing this morning? Respect everybody in here people out there, listening specially to the host with the most.

10:25 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Morning, Jeremy!

10:35 AM, December 18th, 2025

David Dalle
Oliver Schroer is magical. I plaed a few tracks from this album on my farewell to Janis....

10:36 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
I was, also, fortunate to hear Oliver Schroer at the everlovin' Black Sheep Inn... And I have that El Camino album. Great stuff. The echoes and resonances in some of those tracks...

10:38 AM, December 18th, 2025

David Dalle
Benoìît, I was at that House of Targ show. I was disappointed by the sparse crowd. Dumai Dunai was excellent and deserved a bigger crowd, I was surprised. And Raphael usually sells out venues, so between them, should have been a lot more people. L :(

10:39 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Also, Lindsay at the Sheep. A few times. Dang.

10:41 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
David: yeah, what can I say...

10:45 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
David, I remember you playing Oliver on your farewell to Janis.

10:51 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
The Trump Administration has not one ounce of class. What a weird time.

10:59 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan's Sister
Good song choice Mom. This my fav Noah Reid song

11:01 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Who let you on here?

11:04 AM, December 18th, 2025

B
No fighting, Bresees!

11:06 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Kid Koala is a genius, I think.

11:10 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
One of the most creative people out there.

11:14 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Ya can't beat 2 Bit Blues, IMO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4lKaAE-xfk&list=RDt4lKaAE-xfk&start_radio=1

11:15 AM, December 18th, 2025

PeterB
YES! Kid Koala Storyville Mosquito "experience" was ABSOLUTLY MAZING! Sooo creative ... definitely not your usual "puppet show". Theater? Opera? Film? Spoken word with no words spoken? Massive undertaking to get on stage, for sure. A LOT going on, many many many moving parts. Defies description. As all of his other creations have been. Never miss Kid LIVE!.

11:16 AM, December 18th, 2025

B
I sorta miss record-zipping.

11:16 AM, December 18th, 2025

B
Gee, The Beatles made tunes! Durned good tunes, too. Firing smoothly. Emmanuel's impressive.

11:24 AM, December 18th, 2025

Satellite Birdhouse
Tommy Emmanuel ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

11:24 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
My mom was just wondering if anyone listening was a Beatles fan.

11:25 AM, December 18th, 2025

B
Here's a factoid from the wiki: "Festivus clock In a 2013 CNN segment on the origins of Festivus, O'Keefe spoke about the real-life experiences related to the holiday. O'Keefe's father, who originated some of the now-recognized Festivus traditions, used a clock in a bag nailed to a wall, not an aluminum pole. It was never the same bag, rarely the same clock, but always the same wall. The nailing was most often done in secret and then revealed proudly to his family. The younger O'Keefe told CNN: "The real symbol of the holiday was a clock that my dad put in a bag and nailed to the wall every year...I don't know why I don't know what it means, he would never tell me. He would always say, 'That's not for you to know'."[16] "

11:34 AM, December 18th, 2025

B
Nat 'King' Cole was also in the era of great nicknames. Fats Domino (& Waller), Satch'mo Armstrong, etc.

11:38 AM, December 18th, 2025

Satellite Birdhouse
Beatles fan here 🤘🤘

11:41 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Large cutting of tunes necessary! I saw it coming...

11:53 AM, December 18th, 2025

Benoît
Thanks for the show! You two (somehow) work smoothly together!

11:55 AM, December 18th, 2025

Ryan Bresee (host)
Hardeehar!

11:56 AM, December 18th, 2025

Carole
Agh... ,missed the live show but will now play it over and over online! Merry Christmas!

11:57 AM, December 18th, 2025

DonnaD
Had to catch the archived edition of your annual Christmas show with your Mom. Loved it, as always. Thanks so much and have a wonderful Christmas!

4:54 PM, December 19th, 2025

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