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30 November 2011

December Musical Giftstravaganza! This thread is the official info-n-archive thread→[More:]. Music starts tomorrow. Are signups for each day are as follows. If you can do the 8th, 28th, or 30th, let me know!

December 1 - Miko
December 2 - BoringPostcards
December 3 - richat
December 4 - bluesapphires
December 5 - asok
December 6 - Madamina
December 7 - initapplette
December 8 - Slack-a-Go-Go
December 9 - senyar
December 10 - asok
December 11 - arse_hat
December 12 - Miko
December 13 - fleacircus
December 14 - richat
December 15 - Danf
December 16 - Madamina
December 17 - initapplette
December 18 -bearwife
December 19 - ufez
December 20 - dg
December 21 -bearwife
December 22 - BoringPostcards
December 23 - richat
December 24 - JanetLand
December 25 - Miko
December 26 - sperose
December 27 - bluesapphires
December 28 - ufez
December 29 - BoringPostcards
December 30 - rhapsodie
December 31 - JanetLand
And for good measure
January 1, 2012 arse_hat

post by: Miko at: 17:36 | 44 comments

Dropbox instructions pretty please with chocolate cherries? Have the app, unsure how to use it to do this.

posted by bearwife 30 November | 19:35

I am assuming that yousendit is still OK?

posted by danf 30 November | 20:06

bearwife (and others), to share a song with Dropbox you first copy it into your "Public" folder. Then right click it, and in the menu you'll see "Dropbox." Hover over that, and you'll see "copy public link." Click that, and the link is on your clipboard. Paste it to MeCha, and you're set!

danf, any means of sending out a song is A-OK.

posted by BoringPostcards 30 November | 20:49

Yep, I don't think it matters much to folks - Dropbox, YouSendIt, DivShare all seem to do the same thing.

Bearwife, I am not really an expert but I can usually muddle it out. BAsically it goes like this:

1. Click on the "Files" tab and click "Upload" to choose whatever you're going to upload. Upload it.
2. Click and drag the file to move it into your "Public" folder.
3. Right-click the file in the Public folder and select "Copy Public Link." That should copy it to your clipboard, and then you can paste it on your MeCha post.

Sound OK? You could try practicing before your Big Day. OR DivShare might be a little easier.

posted by Miko 30 November | 20:55

I'll take the 28th as well, unless someone that isn't signed up yet wants it.

posted by ufez 30 November | 21:25

I'll take 12/8 if it's still open. I totally missed this earlier, so hopefully I can still get a piece of the Gifstravaganza action.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 30 November | 22:06

OK, just updated the list. Only ONE DAY still available! WHo wants 12/30?

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:25

I'll take 12/30!

posted by rhapsodie 01 December | 00:11

WooHoo a full slate!

posted by arse_hat 01 December | 01:15

Are we going to make a new post each day, and have that post link back to this thread? That seemed to work well last year. The new post alerts folks to the new song, and this main post keeps them all together.

posted by BoringPostcards 01 December | 10:12

That sounds right BP. So when is the inaugural post?

posted by arse_hat 01 December | 20:36

Here's the first post - Middle Georgia Four, "The Last Month of the Year.

posted by Miko 01 December | 22:08

Day 2: "Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" by Ringo Starr.

posted by BoringPostcards 02 December | 13:02

Day 3: Ashtray Babyhead, "Winter Wonderland"

posted by arse_hat 04 December | 00:51

Day 4: DJ McFly, "Party Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (LMFAO vs Brenda Lee)

posted by bluesapphires 04 December | 08:52

Day 6: The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, "There must be an Angel."

posted by arse_hat 05 December | 13:14

Quick request, when you repost the link here, could you add the title of your song? This is helpful in future years when you want to see what's already been posted.

I'll go back and edit the titles in that are missing, but if you think of it, please pop 'em into your link. Thanks!

posted by Miko 06 December | 09:20

Day 7: Up on the House Top and What Christmas Means to Me

posted by initapplette 07 December | 09:16

Day 8: Stevie Wonder's "One Little Christmas Tree"

posted by Slack-a-gogo 08 December | 11:08

Day 9 : Il est né le divin enfant

posted by Senyar 09 December | 04:58

Day 10. A brass band playing Walking on the Air

posted by arse_hat 11 December | 12:39

Day 11. Back Door Santa.

posted by arse_hat 11 December | 12:40

Day 12. Mele Kalikimaka and Sleigh Ride by Arthur Lyman and his Orchestra.

posted by Miko 13 December | 08:49

Day 13. J-I-N-G-L-E Bells.

posted by arse_hat 14 December | 17:53

Day 14. Richard Cheese The Trees.

posted by arse_hat 14 December | 23:39

Day 15. Spike Jones.

posted by danf 15 December | 14:07

Medley. . .(sorry Miko)

posted by danf 16 December | 14:20

Oops! I missed the part about posting links here; sorry!

Day 6: Three choral goodies: Rachmaninoff's "Bogoroditse Devo," Praetorius' "Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein" and its parody: "Justin Bieber, Justin Mein" (performed in part by me).

Day 16: Bad, worse and classic! Three selections from R2D2 and C3PO's Christmas in the Stars album ("R2D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas" "What Do You Get A Wookiee for Christmas [When He Already Owns A Comb]" and "Sleigh Ride"); Meryn Cadell's beautiful yet traumatizing "Cat Carol"... and The Kinks, "Father Christmas," to cleanse the palate.

posted by Madamina 16 December | 16:47

Day 17 (on Day 18): Frosty the Snow Man by Ella Fitzgerald and O Little Town of Bethlehem by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

posted by initapplette 18 December | 21:08

Day 18. The Chanukah Song.

posted by arse_hat 18 December | 23:13

Extra bonus post.

posted by arse_hat 19 December | 01:28

Day 20 is up and running - Merry Christmas Song by Pink Floyd. Two things about this are predictable - that I posted a Pink Floyd track and that I appear to have fucked up the date order by posting day 20 on my 20 December ;-)

posted by dg 19 December | 20:23

Day 19 here, which is "I Want a Monkey for Christmas" by the Barbary Coasters.

posted by ufez 19 December | 20:34

Day 21. Nou is Yole Comen

posted by arse_hat 21 December | 23:47

Day 22: "Christmas Lights," by J Church.

posted by BoringPostcards 22 December | 11:13

Day 23 - The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I don't wanna fight tonight) along with Luscious Jackson doing Let it Snow! and PinkStainlessTail's fantastic Jingle Bell Rock. Oh, I also included a video of Billy Bragg and Florence Welch doing Fairytale of New York.

posted by richat 23 December | 10:23

Day 24. A Mid Century Christmas with the Lennon Sisters.

posted by JanetLand 24 December | 08:36

Day 24 Bonus. Billy Idol performing(?) Frosty the Snowman.

posted by JanetLand 24 December | 15:19

Day 26 Bonus. The Celtic Conspiracy, Remember O Thou Man

posted by danf 26 December | 14:59

Day 26. 3 tracks from Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Wizards in Winter, What is Christmas?, and Christmas Canon Rock.

posted by sperose 26 December | 18:05

Day 27. 5 Bob Rivers songs: The Twelve Pains of Christmas, The Chimney Song, Jesus's Birthday, The 'What's It to Ya' Chorus, and Didn't I Get This Last Year.

posted by bluesapphires 27 December | 09:25

Day 29. Robyn Hitchcock, "Winter Love."

posted by BoringPostcards 29 December | 12:22

Day 30. Marian Call's Good Morning Moon, Anchorage, and The Avocado Song.

posted by rhapsodie 31 December | 01:39

Day 31. Barry Manilow's It's Just Another New Year's Eve, plus an ABBA bonus.

posted by JanetLand 31 December | 09:58

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