A Christmas Mix
Are you so behind on Christmas that you're still making a list and haven't gotten around to checking it twice? That's me too. I'm a natural procrastinator, and I'm married to a man who often claims to be able to expand time. This is not a good combination for getting things done.
Let's have something hot to drink and a little Christmas music, whaddaya say? These are some of the best I've found, including what I think is the best version of "Silent Night" that I know of.
The Joseph and Mary Chain: The Twelve Days of Christmas from It's Not Like Christmas (2006)
MySpace
Aimee Mann and Michael Penn: Christmastime from Just Say Noel (1996)
Aimee Mann's MySpace
Leigh Nash: Maybe This Christmas from Wishing For This (2006)
Leigh Nash's MySpace
The Weepies: All That I Want from Happiness (2004)
The Weepies' MySpace
Over the Rhine: Silent Night from The Darkest Night of the Year (1996)
Over the Rhine's MySpace
For those suffering through the holiday season with a broken heart:
Gregg Yeti and the Best Lights: Christmas Quarantine from The Liver Is the Eater EP
Gregg Yeti's MySpace
d.b.s.: Christmas Is the Only Time from Christmas Time Again (2006)
d.b.s. website
Don't forget to get your Peace On Earth. It makes a nice, quick gift.
7 comments:
i thought i was doing pretty well this year until i realized christmas is only one week away and i'm only about half done with my shopping--ah!
these are some great tracks, btw. i've been on a bit of a tear this season downloading christmas music, which might be another reason i'm so far behind. : )
It doesn't help that I have to ship all the gifts as well. LOL, and my husband calls himself a "blog widower."
:D
thank god for 2-day air and christmas eve being on a monday!
re: the blog--my husband asked me again whether i thought i could make some money off the blog. either that or spend enough so that we could claim it as a business expense! i asked him if the money i spend on cds counts, but i don't think it does. poor guy, he just doesn't get it. :)
OMG! I think our husbands are in cahoots! LOLZ!
Hi,
Nice choice of songs, though the 12 days of christmas is by JOSEPH and Mary Chain, not the Jesus and... that you added a myspace link to. The Joseph and Mary Chain was a supergroup including The Futureheads, Field Music (myspace /fieldmusic) and Kathryn Williams - I think they only recorded this one song together!
Seasons Greetings
Anon--
Thank you very much for your comment. Since I did not turn up that information, I assumed that the Jesus and Mary Chain had made a play on the Christmas birth story. I do appreciate the correction.
I love the song. It's a great shame if that's the only one they had.
Happy Holidays to you too. :)
indie mom & alt-gramma, thanks for linking me up, great work as always, and hope you both have a Happy Holiday season!
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