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Leaping Christmas buffalos Batman. My wife had to go into work this morning to interview 3 potential new employees. It's Christmas eve but they really need staff preferably before the new year.
Christmases past I posted covers of Joni Mitchell's River. Here is the first official video for the song released today. Lovely b&w watercolour animation with a hint of colour at the end. Joni Mitchell - River
XMAS music Moscow Apartment - Just Like Christmas. A teen Canadian folk independent duo Moscow Apartment cover the 1999 Low song with less grumpiness and more wistfulness. →Read more...
XMAS music You've heard Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy but not like this. PIQSIQ - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. PIQSIQ, pronounced pilk silk, are sisters adapting Inuit-style throat singing to what feels right to them in the 21st century.→Read more...
XMAS music The Blues From 1925 Bessie Smith - At The Christmas Ball Got to love the lyrics, 'If your partner don't act fair, don't worry there's some more over there'.
XMAS music Where the cookies and milk could be seen... Lustful Christmas.
Cyndi Lauper - Minnie And Santa
Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa
Lady Gaga Ft. Space Cowboy - Christmas Tree
XMAS music You spin me right round Christmas. From 1990 Pete Burns and Dead Or Alive - Blue Christmas (no relation to the Elvis one.) and the 2000 dance pop remix.
"Koolulam is a social-musical initiative, meant to bring together people from any and all walks of life. Our Idea is to simply stop everything for a few hours and just sing - together. "→Read more...
My cat's secret life? So my buddy Ginger is generally here in my yard from about 5:30 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. He has maintained this schedule for many years.→Read more...
XMAS music Not music today but Patton Oswalt talking about maybe the most awful manipulative Christmas song ever. 2001's Christmas Shoes by New Song. NSFW.
Frank & Dean and Christmas. Frank Sinatra and his children and Dean Martin and Dean's wife and their many many children present festive holiday songs. It's interesting to see which of the children have show biz charisma and which don't. (Also, I suspect that Frank & Dean were, well, somewhat lubricated during filming.)
XMAS musicEllen Doty - Glad You're Here
I don't know much about this except it is a new holiday song with a hidden link and it's great. From Ellen Doty & TAYLR. I don't know much about them either so:→Read more...
There are many versions of this, from the soundtrack to the movie, the rereleased soundtrack, and live with various other players but I like this unaccompanied piano played by Sakamoto the best. →Read more...
In 1995 someone at IRS records put together a Christmas album to try to hit the soccer moms of America right in the feels. They picked a group of performers from the mainstream pop, R&B, country, and religious charts and themed it around motherhood and Christmas.→Read more...
XMAS music Today a full album of old and new songs for Christmas from Molly Johnson, It's A Snow Globe World. A Pop jazz holiday.
Molly Johnson formerly of Alta Moda, and The Infidels used to host Blue Mondays at the Cameron House in Toronto back when we were much younger. →Read more...
XMAS music Another 80s song and it's another not so happy one. Prince - Another Lonely Christmas. This is the only time he played it live, December 26 1984 in St. Paul. Here is the story.
XMAS music Blondie and Fab 5 Freddy's Yuletide Throwdown (Cut Chemist Remix) Pure early 80s sound with a more modern sensibility. I really like this mix.
BONUS holiday music Foo Fighter Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin celebrate with The Hanukkah Sessions. Covers of Manilow, Amy Winehouse, Beastie Boys, Drake, Peaches, The Knack, Lisa Loeb, the Ramones and more.
