#880 Tinselitus

This week on The Bugcast: anniversary weekend, volunteering, and eight tracks of festive Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

• Luca & Mauro – Macche Natale – from Italy – source
• J.J. Zhivago – Crismus Breeze – from USA – source
• Roy Smiles III – Snow Falling In Aachen – from Ealing, UK – source
• Siobhan Dakay – Snowflake, Little Snowflake (feat. Claudia Fenslau) – from Munich, Germany – source
• Lenny Wiles Lionstar – My First Christmas All Alone (feat. Venus Xlatrose) – from York, PA – source
• Lawrence Beamen – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – from Walnut Creek, CA – source
• Micki McDonald – Come See Me On Christmas – from Virginia Beach, VA – source
• Hollywood Drunks – Let It Snow – from Los Angeles, CA – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

Our Anniversary long weekend
Audiobook recording
Charity volunteering (and paying for the privilege)
TuxJam Christmas Twofer

Upcoming events

Podcrawl Christmas 2025 on Saturday 20 December 2025 from 18:00 UK time
Hacker Public Radio New Years Party starting on Wednesday 24 December at 10:00 UTC
OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 881 which will be our New Year show, streamed live on Friday 2 January 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
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Special thanks go to

Our supporters!
The artists for allowing us to play their music.
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
Internet Archive for hosting the media files
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
Paul (TopCat Radio) for the use of their Icecast server

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