Until January 2026, every Friday The Solid Cheese Crew on Twitch put on the awesome Friday Fondue Raid Train, and I got to start it off with my show, The Weekend Wave!
I was the Prep Girl, so to speak, gearing everyone up for Snarklebuns and the rest of the crew, figuratively chopping up the and preparing the items for dipping, gathering the fondue forks, making sure the wine is fresh and measured, and, of course, shredding the cheese and making sure we have the right amount. ;-) I play various genres of music and try to build the tempo up for the next stop so all is ready to go and the pot is warmed up for the next chef on the train.
Originally that chef was always snarklebuns, around in the realms of the Seattle world. You could be sure to have a fun AF ride full of left turns and awesome as she melted the cheese and added all the necessary ingredients to the pot on her show Dance With Me; it's still especially cool when 'dark snark' comes out! And then we headed to the Colorado Rockies to hang with chef MentalMountainMusicLTD, who kept the pot hot and added the club vibe and rave spices to the mix with his awesome Pop House+ show, Lucky Beam Friday. (When the Rave Water come out, you may end up drinking it. There is no escaping it!) Then we were off to the Mushroom Kingdom and our friend, chef mushruha, who added the the groovy, 'Aw, F*ck It' energy and *cough*hallucinogens*cough* to the pot, just playing whatever his whims fancy--it's always a bit cray cray in the Kingdom--as we finished up the pot and got ready for the desert portion of the night. For that, we heedad to the Philippines to see our pastry chef, tekRum, who spun the smooth, soulful house jams that brought the perfect amount of sweet to round out the raid train. He's always got the best dessert jams, fam, so you'd want to stick around for them. ;-)
Sometimes our chefs took nights off or switched shifts, so checking my and the rest of the crew's socials to see what's up each week was needed! The times were (damn near) always as follows (all US time zones):
aquadonia - 4PM PT - 5PM MT - 6PM CT - 7PM ET
snarklebuns - 6PM PT - 7PM MT - 8PM CT - 9PM ET
MentalMountainMusicLTD - 8PM PT - 9 PM MT - 10PM CT - 11PM ET
mushruha - 11PM PT - 12AM MT - 1AM CT - 2AM ET
tekRum - 1AM PT - 2AM MT - 3AM CT - 4AM ET
Eventually the amazing ThatDJTroy took over as pastry chef for the dessert portion of the night as the awesome tekRum's life shifted and no longer allowed for him to take part. MentalMountainMusicLTD's job also began to take out our fantastic househead, so the schedule often was me, snarklebun, mushruha, and ThatDJTroy. Toward the end it was just me and snarklebuns plus ThatDJTroy a lot of the time, and it seemed the Friday Fondue had run its course. It concluded somewhat open-ended in January of 2026, with the possibility of coming back one day on the table. Time will tell if it returns, but, for now, it's an awesome space in time in the history of The Solid Cheese Crew.
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My Friday Fondue setlists were always curated with wiggle room to toss or add tracks when needed, and I kept track of them all. Eventually I will start posting the setlists here on my blog, and I will posts links to the custom Spotify playlists on my profile as well.
Find all the Fondue setlists at the link below!
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