Category: Holidays
New Years Day 2024
Happy New Year’s Eve 2023 – End of Year Playlist
Thought I might do something different this New Years Eve. Buried in the Archives are over 100 tunes that deserve a replay, at least in my opinion. Some are pure awesome, others are eye-rollers, but all are songs that pleased my earballs in 2023. Each set is in no particular order, one click and you’re off to the races. Have at it.
Set 1 – January, February, March
Set 2 – April, May, June, July
Set 3 – August, September, October, November & December
And one more thing: Happy New Year!
Auld Lang Syne Boogie, Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (1949)
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of these recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only. Apologies for the typo in the first track – That’s Stéphane Grappelli.]
Saturday Matinee – Tuba Skinny, Lucky Chops, Timo Gross & Skatune Network
Tuba Skinny, featuring bandleader Shaye Cohn on cornet. Although we were in NOLA last May, I didn’t get a chance to see them because I was too busy chillin’ on a balcony with the dogs.
Formed in 2016, Lucky Chops began as a group of subway buskers from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, New York City, and now they perform world-wide.
German bluesman Timo Gross has been around for a while but he’s relatively unknown in the US; I had to run his Wikipedia entry through Google Translate.
One man ska band JER / Skatune Network rang in the New Year in 2016 and somehow I missed it. Turnitup!
Yep, it’s almost time to turn the calendar ahead again, but before we do, we have a porch that needs sitting on. See you there.
Merry Christmas To All
[Image found here.]
Christmas Eve Hot Links
Ice flotilla [via Bunkerville].
Finding Etzanoa [h/t Paul Y.].
Someone is jealous [h/t Pam M.].
Christmas cards Gilliam style [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: This nutcracker baking tin appeared on our kitchen counter last week and it works.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Dropkick Murphys, Joe Bonamassa & Chris Rea
Pee Wee Herman’s Christmas Special (1988) is kind of self explanatory. Watch the entire show if you really have to.
Dropkick Murphys and “family”.
Joe Bonamassa‘s Merry Christmas Blues album (2013) is free for download (I think).
Except for a hit in 1978, songwriter and perfomer Chris Rea is virtually unknown in the US (having never toured here). Despite long term medical problems, he’s enjoyed a successful career in the UK.
Have a Merry Christmas if I don’t see you, stay safe in your travels, and we’ll be back here tomorrow to trash talk you.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 833 – 6 Puppies Wreathing, Frosty Goes Thumpity & 9 Kittens Sleeping
Christmas in Yorkshire
Dave Z Photography
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[Update: The location is approximately 117 Main Street. Take a virtual walk via Google Maps here. This was Emily Brontë‘s old stomping ground.]
The Christmas that C.H. met A. & the C’s
This collaboration by Los Angeles Blues-Rock band Canned Heat and Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian Sr. was released in November 1968 as the A-side of Liberty 56079 in time for the holiday shopping season. Though some pressings credit Canned Heat & The Chipmunks on both sides of the disc, the 30 i.p.s. rodents are not present on the reverse, “Christmas Blues”.
[h/t Marc “Savage” D. for enlightening me.]
Tacky Raccoons 