Wednesday 19 December 2007

It's that time again!

Here's this year's selection of Christmas songs. Some firm favourites and some new gems. So sit back, light the log fire, open your favourite bottle and enjoy.

Sleigh Ride - Zigo feat. Joan Rochette
Joy To The World - Lalo Schifrin
Frosty the Snowman - Esquivel
Jingle Bells - Sufjan Stevens
It's Clichéd To Be Cynical At Christmas - Half Man Half Biscuit
Merry Christmas Elvis - Michele Cody
Child's Christmas In Wales - John Cale
Christmas on the Moon - Troy Hess
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits
Christmas Day - Jim White
Christmas Letter Home (Peel Session) - Laura Cantrell
Just Like Christmas - Dudley Corporation
Another Lonely Christmas - Prince
O' Holy Night - Sufjan Stevens
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Daniel Johnston
Xmas Rhapsody - Pledge Drive
A Junkie's Christmas - William S. Burroughs
Hark the Herald Angel Sings - The Fall
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit - Half Man Half Biscuit
Candy Cane Girl - The White Stripes
Santa Claus - The Sonics
Rock 'n' Roll Santa - Yo La Tengo
Angels We Have Heard On High - Sufjan Stevens
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Beatbox Sabatures
Silent Night - Dirk Keysser
The Chipmunk Song - Alvin & the Chipmumks
The Chipmunk Song - Patton Oswalt
Karen's Tangerine - John Shuttleworth
T'was the Night Before Christmas - Henry Rollins
Ding! Dong! - Sufjan Stevens
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
Little Drummer Boy - Low
Have a Merry Little Christmas - Tori Amos

Tuesday 4 December 2007

Snake River Canyon Was Nothing

As a kid Evel Knievel was my hero a daredevil that gave his name to one of the best toys ever created The Stunt Cycle. The greatest stunt Evel ever did was the jump off a folded Monopoly board raised by Beano Annuals down a flight of stairs to land safely in our hall way back in the mid 70's. It was his greatest unrecorded stunt. I was saddened to hear of his passing and it sent me on a hunt to track down this The Original Stuntmaster. I guess we won't see his like again.