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It's a Crackpot Christmas, from 2005! Somehow, I skipped 2004, perhaps because I did 3 mixes in '03. Then again, that doesn't explain how I could skip 2006 - '08, which I did, and may yet skip '09. Perhaps Christmas mixes have become too goddam common. It was about the time when I constructed this thing that it became so easy to find Christmas Constructions from The Web that you could easily download more than it was possible for one person to listen to, during the season, without risking severe dementia.
This baby is about halfway between the two preceding mixes, in regard to amusement vs. offensiveness. There's bad taste and cuss-words in a few songs, but most of them are not so bad.
A couple of songs here are so stupid that I can't think what I was thinking when I included them, and I wouldn't mind if you left them out if you decided to make a CD of this anthology. A few more are my favorites of this or any other mix -- The Tradewinds' "New York's A Lonely Town", in particular, is one of my all-time favorite Christmas songs even though it never makes the slightest mention of the holidays at all. I'm guessing that I first heard it during during a Christmas Eve substitute DJ shift on KPFA back in '76.
01 - Pete Rugolo - Jingle Bells Mambo 02 - The Cocktail Preachers - Linus And Lucy 03 - DJ John - The Christmas Massacre of Charlie Brown 04 - The Christmas Project - It's Xmas And I've Got A Hangover 05 - Billy Beau - Santa's Coffee 06 - Babs Gonzales - Teenage Santa Claus 07 - Gatemouth Moore with The Tiny Grimes Swingtet - Xmas Blues 08 - Hank Thompson - I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas 09 - HP Lovecraft Historical Society - Carol Of The Old Ones 10 - Jason and The Straptones - I Found The Brains Of Santa Claus 11 - Rev Frost - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 12 - The Tradewinds - New York's A Lonely Town 13 - Mr Green Jeans - Crackerjack Christmas 14 - Louis Prima - Shake Hands With Santa Claus 15 - Linda Scott - Christmas Day 16 - Buck and Sandy Dharma - Baby It's Cold Outside 17 - Michael Landon - Santa Got Lost In Texas 18 - Kelley Ryan - It's Not Christmas 19 - Trailer Trash - Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Xmas 20 - Red Peters - Holy Shit It's Christmas 21 - Mel Blanc - Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree 22 - Red Simpson - Truckin' Trees For Christmas 23 - The Christmas Jug Band - Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit 24 - Sonny Cash - Merry Xmas Polka 25 - Duke Tumatoe and The Power Trio - Christmas At Grandma's 26 - Voicedude - Santabenz 27 - June Christy - The Merriest (Thunderball Mix) 28 - RIAA - Santa's Acid Hawaiian Space Disco (Excerpt) 29 - Kids of Children's Psychiatric Hospital - O Come All Ye Faithful
PS: Oh, and that's Dan Hicks, if you're like me and care, who's singing in front of The Christmas Jug Band.
Actually, I made more than one Christmas mix in 2003. The first was outrageously nasty, so I figured I had to have something different to play for a family-type audience -- and hence this little biscuit. All clean and safe to play for all but the most easily-offended folks (and for them, I had yet another mix, which is too boring to post).
One number here, Meryn Cadell's "The Cat Carol", is one of my top 5 favorite Christmas songs ever, and makes me weep like a slashed aloe plant every time I hear it. Be warned.
01 - Buck Owens - Christmas Time's A-Coming 02 - Loudon Wainwright III - Suddenly It's Christmas 03 - Mojo Nixon - Good King Wenceslas 04 - George Thorogood - Rock & Roll Christmas 05 - Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials - I'm Your Santa 06 - Graham Parker & Nona Hendryx - Soul Christmas 07 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Sleigh Ride 08 - Chi - Santa Claus Is A Black Man 09 - Shu-Bi-Dua - White Christmas 10 - Nashville Superpickers - Oh Come All Ye Faithful 11 - The Primitives - Silent Night 12 - Tiny Grimes & JB Summers - I Want A Christmas Present 13 - Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus 14 - Gayle Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas 15 - Troy Hess - Christmas On The Moon 16 - Thee Spivies - There's No Christmas On The Moon 17 - Webster Webfoot - Who Will Take Me Home For Christmas 18 - Art Carney - Santa And The Doodle Li Boop 19 - Old 97s - Have A Holly Jolly Christmas 20 - The Heptones - Christmas Time Is Here 21 - The Roches - Winter Wonderland 22 - Meryn Cadell - The Cat Carol 23 - Dash Rip Rock - Christmas In El Paso 24 - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Empty Chair At The Christmas Table 25 - Pizzicato Five - Silent Night
Uh... not so much a marathon, I guess. Too lazy. This is from Christmas 2003, shortly after I keeled over and stopped breathing, briefly. Hence, I think, the incredibly rude nature of the mix. The cover illustration is a product of the demented mind of Goopymart, all hail him. Speaking of stopping breathing, let's dedicate this one to Patrick Swayze, RIP -- I never saw any of his movies, but he is featured, in a way, on this disc. The turd in the wassail bowl.
Song list:
01 - K Gordon Murray - Santa Claus, The Trailer 02 - Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy 03 - Flat Duo Jets - Christmas Time (Hey We're Gonna Rock) 04 - Root Boy Slim - Xmas @ Kmart 05 - Nerf Herder - I've Got A Boner For Christmas 06 - Squirrell Nut Zippers - Sleigh Ride 07 - Joseph Spence - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 08 - The Showcase Showdown - Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman 09 - Tiny Tim - Santa Claus Has Got The AIDS This Year 10 - Tom Waits & Peter Murphy - Christmas Sucks 11 - Murder City Devils - Dead By Christmas 12 - Man Or Astroman - Frosty The Snowman 13 - Mack Rice - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' 14 - Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson - Hey Santa Claus You Cunt 15 - The Kids Of Widney High - Santa's In A Wheelchair 16 - MC Potbelly - Santa Is Dead 17 - Graham Parker - Christmas Is For Mugs 18 - MST3K - (Let's Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas 19 - The HP Lovecraft Historical Society - I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth 20 - Venus Envy - Lesbians We Have Heard On High 21 - Pansy Division - Homo Christmas 22 - Bob Rivers - Who Put The Dick On The Snowman 23 - SNL - Dysfuntional Family Christmas 24 - Fear - Fuck Christmas 25 - Jimi Hendrix - Holiday Medley 26 - Snoop Dogg Vs. Nate Dogg - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas 27 - The Evolution Control Committee - The Christmas Wrong
It's a Crackpot Christmas, from 2005! Somehow, I skipped 2004, perhaps because I did 3 mixes in '03. Then again, that doesn't explain how I could skip 2006 - '08, which I did, and may yet skip '09. Perhaps Christmas mixes have become too goddam common. It was about the time when I constructed this thing that it became so easy to find Christmas Constructions from The Web that you could easily download more than it was possible for one person to listen to, during the season, without risking severe dementia.
