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.Let me be your jackass Santa ClausSong list: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.Almost nice...Song List: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
Yeeaah! Ah feel olriight!I'm betting that there is at least one song here that you have never heard before, and the Jeff Buckley number is far from the best candidate.Did you know that "Alligator Wine" was written by Leiber and Stoller? I didn't. Wow.First person to provide me with the complete lyrics to "Oysters and Wine at 2 A.M." wins something, I swear.
I'm drunk. Link fixed!Song List:01. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Baptize Me In Wine02. Old South Quartette - Oysters and Wine at 2 A.M.03. Jeff Buckley - Alligator Wine
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.
