Christmas wrapping is still all over the place while we pull out CDs and vinyl from artists that filled our airwaves this past year to fill up three hours of radio time today.  Yes indeed.  We will be playing nothing but music from 2008 on the show today.  The year is coming to an end and  some super sounds were released the past twelve months.  Joining in on the reflective fun on the radio show today will be musical guests MIKE VIOLA, COURTNEY JAYE and KELLY JONES.

There will be some surprise guests and some cool songs unwrapped under the Christmas tree in the studio.  The Christmas Cowboys, Mike Viola, Courtney Jaye, Jim Boggia, Melanie Fontana and Marianne Keith have some last minute Christmas songs for you as well so we're looking forward to some fun performances today. 

Some of the artists and previous guests (The Time Machine's "usual suspects") to be featured on our 2008 Radio Special (It's already starting to feel like New Year's Eve - we feel so festive in the studio today):

ROB BONFIGLIO

RACHAEL YAMAGATA

RANDY NEWMAN

VIBEKE SAUGESTAD

DION

GLEN CAMPBELL

THE ORCHID HIGHWAY

WILLIE WISELY

ALANIS MORISSETTE

POPLORD

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM

THE EXPLORERS CLUB

AIMEE MANN

More to come and it's time for us to get in the studio!

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- Summer Blue and Michael McCartney

*eating mango strips and chocolate while our producers Ashley Starr and Jenny Leong do all the work

Last night we had our WILD 105.5 Christmas Party and we'd like to send out a mahalo to Greg of 'The Ed and Greg Show', Anuhea, Jay J and The Jhiz for hanging on the air with us.  We discussed Christmas and had a wonderful meal that is still got us bloated.  Big shout out to the Christmas MC - RYAN P plus Ed and DJ Skinny Guy too!

It must be Christmas at The Time Machine because while we were busy selecting songs to play on the air today we ended up overbooking musical guests on the show today.  We have too many songs and too many guests so we will really be flying by the seat of our Christmas pants.

The line-up so far includes:

MIKE VIOLA

JIM BOGGIA

NADINE RAJABI

COURTNEY JAYE

DAVE STEPHENS

STU COOK from JACKDAWG and CCR!!!

MELANIE FONTANA

KELLY JONES

MARIANNE KEITH

There will be some surprise guests and some cool songs unwrapped under the Christmas tree in the studio.  The Christmas Cowboys, Mike Viola, Courtney Jaye, Jim Boggia, Melanie Fontana and Marianne Keith have some last minute Christmas songs for you as well so we're looking forward to some fun performances today. 

We're weeding out songs but we know for sure that we'll be playing songs from:

JON STEWART and STEPHEN COLBERT

RUBBER BAND's THE BEATMAS

ROB BONFIGLIO

ALTERNATIVA

LIZ PHAIR

THE HIVES and CYNDI LAUPER

DARLENE LOVE

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE

VICTORIA VOX

CHEAP TRICK

WILLIE K.

BANGLES

PAUL REVERE and THE RAIDERS

THE SHAMBLES

VIBEKE SAUGESTAD

SPARKLE JETS UK

BLEU

More to come and it's time for us to get in the studio!

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Just a quick reminder about those of you who listen online who do not live in Arizona or Hawaii. These two states do not participate in Daylight Savings so if you're anywhere else in the United States we are on an hour earlier today. Today's radio show brings us a wide variety of musical artists as guests on the program beginning with SHAWNEE SMITH from the duo SMITH and PYLE. Shawnee and her musical partner MISSI PYLE have an album titled "It's OK To Be Happy". Missi is currently performing on Broadway which means with the time difference that Shawnee will be solo on our show. Shawnee's been busy with the latest "Saw" film and her television series on VH-1 so it will be nice to unwind and talk music. ROB BONFIGLIO returns to The Time Machine to discuss his latest solo album "Bring On The Happy". The album made it's world broadcast debut a couple of weeks ago and we'll be featuring all of the songs again on today's show. MIKE CLARK from THE SMITH BROTHERS will also be sharing his musical thoughts as we discuss his band's latest album "Restless" plus ZAC ANTHONY from THE WELLINGTONS is also joining in on the festivities before heading back to Melbourne to chat about the band's new album "Heading North For The Winter".

We'll also feature brand new songs from artists; Jim Boggia, Kelly Jones, Rachael Yamagata and Nushu. Happy Birthday to Nushu's HILLARY BURTON. Other albums slowly getting stacked for airplay in the studio so far include Steely Dan for our mid day Radio DJ God Ryan P. (who can't get enough of Steely Dan) and Ken Sharp.

Drop on by the Radio Chat Room.  We'll be on for just a tad over three hours.  You can listen to the FM stream online by using the "radio" button and say hello to us if you'd like to.  Here's the link:

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Today's radio show brings us a very special talented artist as our guest.  ROBIN DANAR has an album titled "Altered States" that is filled with sonic revisions for the soundtrack of a dream.  We've been playing all the songs off of this album on the air the past six to seven months.  Featured artists on his album include:

JULIANNA RAYE

GARY JULES and THE STRING QUARTET

JIM BIANCO

INARA GEORGE

PAUL BUCHANAN

QUINCY COLEMAN

MINIBAR

RACHAEL YAMAGATA

PETE YORN and KINKY

JULIAN CORYELL

LISA LOEB and STEVE REYNOLDS

JESCA HOOP

ANDY LEVIN and HOLLY PALMER

Robin will be our guest for the first part of our six hour radio show so it should be very interesting and filled with talented artists tackling musical styles that aren't normally their forte'. 

We'll also feature brand new songs from artists; Ingrid Michaelson, Smith and Pyle, Pretenders and Rob Bonfiglio.   Other albums slowly getting stacked for airplay in the studio so far include; Fountains Of Wayne, Raspberries, Don Henley, Dexter Freebish, Burton Cummings, The Lemonheads, Old 97's, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, Richard X. Heyman, David Bowie, The Romantics, Blondie, Mike Viola, Neil Diamond, Linda Perry and Mandy Moore.

It appears that we've only pulled music for one hour with five hours left to fill.  It looks like we're winging it again.   

Drop on by the Radio Chat Room.  We'll be on for a fun six hours.  You can listen to the FM stream online by using the "radio" button and say hello to us if you'd like to.  Here's the link:

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- Summer Blue

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Kool & The Gang are our musical guests today.  Stop on by the radio chat room to listen and say hi.  :=)

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BRIAN KASSAN from the band CHEWY MARBLE will be our musical guest today plus he will be guest DJ.  Brian brought a suitcase of CDs to Maui to spin on the FM dial for you so it should be a treat.  We'll also hear the latest batch of songs from Chewy Marble's recent release "Modulations".

While we wait for Brian to reach the studio after catching some rays at the beach, we will also be playing brand new music from RACHAEL YAMAGATA, BRIAN RAY plus some classic songs from NICK LOWE and BADFINGER.  That's all we pulled out from the station's music library so far as Brian Kassan should be bringing in a truckload of songs to play for three hours.  We're cruising right now and hope to see you drop by the Radio Chat Room we affectionately call the "Group W Bench" with apologies to Pop Garden Radio.  You can listen to the FM stream online by using the "radio" button and can also ask Brian any questions that you may have or just shoot the breeze with other artists and music afficianados.  Here's the link:

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- Summer Blue