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- Thumpety Thump Thump
My ‘edgy’ take on Frosty the Snowman. If I were to pick a favorite version of this song I would choose the Cocteau Twins’ because you can hear Elizabeth Frazer’s smile when she sings Frosty’s name with a lilt. I didn’t have much to add to a straight up rendition of the song sooo…. […]
- Pretty Paper for Lyle
This one goes out to my father-in-law. Pretty Paper was ritten by Willie Nelson and first sung by Roy Orbison. It just seems tailor made for dedicating to the man who became my best buddy while building the house and who I appreciate so much. The only thing we could agree on to listen to […]
- Tamara Does Christmas Wrapping
Tamara sings and I am on board for accompaniment with this cover of the Waitresses’ 1982 Christmas ode to singletons written decades before Bridget Jones ever encountered a reindeer jumper at the turkey curry buffet. This song is pretty much Christmas time’s version of R.E.M.’s “It’s the end of the world as we know it […]
- Merle Haggard Christmas!
I love my wife so much, among the many amazing contributions to my life are her Christmas albums. It is a fascinating thing to see how your record collections merge when you commit to life together. Without her there would be no Dolly & Kenny Christmas, there wouldn’t be a She & Him Christmas, and […]
- Happy Belated Birthday Mr Lennon
Merry Christmas (War is Over). I loved John Lennon growing up. He was my kind of rebel. I look at the Occupy movement and all the people with their heads still in the sand and I think that not much has changed since this song was written, which is a sad thing indeed. As far […]
