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The countdown to the Countdown. Round yon version, choosing which version of a popular holiday song we'll play

As always, time seems to fly by at this time of year. You only have until 11:59 PM North American Eastern time next Thursday to cast your votes in Mushroom FM’s holiday countdown and receive an invitation to our Christmas party where we play the top 100 on Saturday 17 December starting at 7 AM Eastern time.

From a listener’s perspective, you may think that this show would be an easy one for the fun guys to prepare for. After all, the listeners are in charge of what songs make the chart, so that’s the music taken care of, right? Well, it’s not quite that simple.

It's time! Vote for your top 10 holiday songs, receive an invitation to our holiday countdown and party where we play back the top 100

I don't know about you, but at this stage of 2022, I think many of us are feeling, "what a year!" The pandemic rages on, there's war in Europe, the Queen died and Elon Musk bought Twitter! I think we need to bring on some Christmas cheer, right now. Once again, Mushroom Fm is here to do exactly that with our holiday countdown and party.

A final chance to hear the ABBA special, Mosen at the Museum

Thanks to the many people who have contacted me since the first broadcast of Mosen at the Museum to say how much they enjoyed it. I appreciate that. There’s one more chance to hear it.

Join Jonathan Mosen for a three-hour ABBA special, Mosen at the Museum

In September, while in the UK to attend the ABBA Voyage concert, I realised a long-held dream to visit the ABBA Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. As a blind person, what interested me most was the aural experience. Sporting my digital recorder, I was able to leave the museum with some extraordinary audio. I have compiled this into a three-hour documentary and celebration of ABBA, called Mosen at the Museum. All four band members talk about their early lives, how they met each other, when Benny and Anni-Frid fell in love and when Agnetha and Björn became a couple.

Join Jonathan Mosen at noon Eastern as he unveils the Beatles Revolver remixed

When released in 1966, the Revolver album broke new ground. Rather than just going into the studio to record performances, the Beatles viewed the studio as a canvas with which they could paint musical pictures impossible to make on-stage. They challenged their producer and engineers to create new sounds and find better ways of capturing their work. As it turned out, the Beatles days as a live band were over. Like sponges, they were soaking up musical and cultural influences.

Normal Mushroom FM service resumes

Thanks to a bit of VPN trickery behind the scenes, we have been able to work around our connectivity issues for now and normal service is back. This technique is subject to connectivity issues, but for now it is solid and we are hoping it will see us through until the connectivity issues are resolved.

Apologies for the disruption and thanks to Sara for broadcasting live at short notice with some delightful temporary programming.

Internet connectivity issues affecting Mushroom FM

At present, there is an Internet connectivity issue that is making the Mushroom Fm stream unlistenable. Mushroom Escape is unaffected.

Unfortunately this is one of those random issues where one of the links in the chain between our studio in New Zealand and our server a long way away is affected, and it is completely out of our control. All our servers and equipment are working normally, but a random connection hub in the chain is not.

We're really sorry about the disruption, and we hope it is resolved very soon.

At 2 AM and 2 Pm Eastern, Mushroom FM brings you a two-hour tribute to Olivia Newton-John

It's Jonathan Mosen here to tell you about a special show coming up on Mushroom FM.

Olivia Newton-John's music was a significant part of the soundtrack of our lives in the 1970s and 1980s. Following her death at 73, I've put together a two-hour tribute to her. You'll learn a bit about her background, and we'll feature all her greatest hits, as well as some rare early recordings.

Join me at 2 AM Eastern on Tuesday, repeated at 2 PM on Tuesday, as we celebrate the memorable music of this remarkable woman.

Changes to this Monday's schedule. An extended Mosen Explosion, and Treasure Island Oldies takes a break

As we know, it is an era of sickness, pestilence, high inflation, and soup. As a result, both Sara and Gary aren't able to be on the air today. Jonathan Mosen will be here from midnight to 4 AM, repeated from midday to 4 PM, with an extended edition of the Mosen Explosion.

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