[This post is a repeat from last year. I don't usually do that, but I loved these two songs and the whole background to the way Christmas is celebrated in Denmark.] I’m always fascinated by how Christmas is celebrated in other parts of the world, since Americans seem to forget that the holiday started in [...]
A Velvet Christmas
Longtime readers will recall that every year I post MP3s of Christmas music (or you can look at this post from 2005 for background). I’ve been collecting such works since the early Eighties; I always feel like I don’t have enough, even though I have quite a bit. I have my prejudices. I tend to [...]
Twirling That “Umbrella”
Last night’s Glee kind of annoyed me. The show’s been very hit-and-miss all along, but especially so this season. The one thing they’ve usually gotten right is the music performances. So it was distressing to see them do “Make ‘em Laugh” from Singin’ in the Rain and “Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag” from Chicago, more or less [...]
A Salute to Christmas (the band)
Back in ’86, I somehow came across the Boston trio Christmas, made up of guitarist Michael Cudahy, drummer Liz Cox and bassist Dan Salzmann. I loved their album In Excelsior Dayglo. Like much of my favorite songs from the Eighties, it’s kinda punk and kinda poppy. I lost track of them after that, but they [...]