There are Christmas songs and there are Hanukkah songs. And then there’s the category of songs about the Jewish experience of Christmas. For example, there’s the TV Funhouse video that appeared on SNL, “Christmas for the Jews.” And then you’ve got Dr. Dyke & The Cinnamon Cowboys expressing a view of Christmas in Los Angeles, [...]
“Maccabees, yeah, yeah!”
Tonight was the second night of Hanukkah, so I’m a little behind in posting some appropriate songs. In the words of my old joke, “…Hanukkah songs (a.k.a. Chanukah, Hannukah, Hanukah, Chanuka, Chanukkah, Hanuka, Channukah, Hanukka, Hanaka, Haneka, Hanika and Khanukkah — so don’t worry, you can’t spell it wrong).” First, an instrumental from Portland band, [...]
Sounds of the Season ‘08
As usual, here’s the recap post of all of this year’s songs. See past posts for the documentation. Liberace with George Liberace & His Orchestra – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas — BUY Henry Rollins – Twas the Night Before Christmas — BUY Shallow – Santa Claus, You Broke My Heart — BUY Ray & [...]
The Festival of Light Strumming and Heavy Beats
I try to have a little something for everybody during this annual seasonal music celebration. And since Hanukkah began at sundown this past Sunday, here are a couple tunes to assist your Maccabee-boy in getting festive. Here’s a dub remix of the traditional “Oh Chanukah.” It fascinates me how little has to be done to [...]
Kevin & Bean Kristmas: Chosen People in da House!
[This is part of The John M. Higgins Memorial Xmasganza.] Moving into the final stages of our holiday madness… One of the things John and I collected were the annual Kevin & Bean Christmas CDs. They’re the morning team at the radio station KROQ in Los Angeles, where they’ve been since 1989 (the same year [...]