Hey, Mom! The Explanation.

Here's the permanent dedicated link to my first Hey, Mom! post and the explanation of the feature it contains.

Sunday, December 25, 2022

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2868 - Merry Christmas and Happy ALL Holidays 2022 - Reprints and Holiday Comic Book Cover Galleries




A Sense of Doubt blog post #2868 - Merry Christmas and Happy ALL Holidays 2022 - Reprints and Holiday Comic Book Cover Galleries

Here's a great Christmas wish and a preview of the artist for tomorrow's Music Monday.




I am reprinting two posts today, which in some ways repeat themselves and also repeat yesterday's. I was going to edit, but then, I decided to just leave them as is. Christmas is messy.

Saturday, December 25, 2021



Friday, December 25, 2020

I am very grateful for so much this year, even though there have been difficulties and disappointments, but then, aren't such things true of every year?

I am in a beautiful new home. An amazing place.

I am married to the most amazing human I have ever known.

I have two beautiful dogs and now a third as my step-daughter has returned to live with us for a time.

I am healthy, my family is healthy, and even though my father just had surgery for cancer, he seems to be doing very well.

I missed getting a job I wanted very much.

I had to cancel a trip I was going to take.

I was robbed.

And yet, none of those things diminish all for which I am grateful.

I am blessed and fortunate and loved.

I am thinking that next year will be even better, and though there will be problems and disappointments, as always happens, I will persevere.

For this year, before the reprints, a HUGE cover gallery of comic book covers and other art dedicated to celebrating Christmas (mostly) and other holidays as well.

Thanks for tuning in. I know I do not have that many readers -- I am doing all this more for me than for you -- but I am grateful for those who take a look any time, all the times.

Thank you and Enjoy.


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Saturday, December 25, 2021



Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1234 (SoD #2503) - Christmas 2021

Hi Mom,

This one is a bit of a HODGE PODGE without being, officially, a HODGE PODGE. This entry is just a collection of... stuff... Because, CHRISTMAS. Just the kind of thing you liked best, Mom. Potpourri. Show and tell.

By the way, it occurs to me that, maybe, I may have published more HEY MOM posts this week than all year...

No, not true.

I have published twelve HEY MOM posts up to Wednesday's 2500th post and yesterday's Christmas Eve post of collected reprints.

I am especially proud of this one: (I now have both shots and the booster): 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1221 (SoD #2213) - Vaccinated - #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs #vaccinetruthadvocate #vaccinated #COVID19Pandemic #COVID19 #covidvacccine

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1221 (SoD #2213) - Vaccinated - #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs #vaccinetruthadvocate #vaccinated #COVID19Pandemic #COVID19 #covidvacccine

Hi Mom,

I got my Covid-19 vaccine today.

Wish you were here.


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LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.

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Today is indeed a beautiful day.

Time for some music! Not about Christmas but in French, which is just as good!


Aug 12, 2021



PomplamooseMusic

Véronique Sanson is such a fantastic songwriter. Her melodies and piano arrangements are so smart and playful. I think the closest thing we have to her in the English-speaking world is Carole King. This one is called “Chanson sur ma drôle de vie” which loosely translates as “Song about my odd life.” It’s on our album “Impossible à Prononcer” which just came out TODAYYYY!!!! Here’s where you can go listen with a glass of wine and/or wheel of cheese:

A cover of Véronique Sanson's "Chanson sur ma drôle de vie" by Pomplamoose.

MUSICIAN CREDITS
Lead Vocals: Nataly Dawn
Rhodes: Jack Conte
Alto Saxophone: John Tegmeyer
Piano/Organ: Ross Garren
Drums: Ben Rose
Electric Guitar: John Schroeder
Electric Bass: Eliana Athayde
Trumpet: Erik Miron
Background Vocals: Sarah Dugas

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Have you noticed that when people speak or sing French their mouths work in a more sensual way, a different way than in English? Is this just me or is this a thing?


AND NOW.......... A bunch of recent images. Whatever is in the folder for Christmas and all that. yup.

WITH COMMENTARY.

First, reality time. BE GRATEFUL:



Next, Sveta Bilyalova- Your killer waits in the elevator...

Not exactly Christmasey, but a great fucking photo.



Monday's BOOK HAUL from Powell's during our annual Christmas shopping and lunch at Jake's Famous Seafood (since 1892).

Yes, I already owned BACKLASH, but it did not make the trip west. I think it's in my storage locker in Michigan. I doubt I got rid of it.

Thank you Joe Biden for reminding me that I did not have any Seamus Heaney, AND the collected poems book did not have the "Cure at Troy" passage you quote so often.

Actually, I have never read Ghost Story. And each year when I re-read On Writing by Stephen King, he mentions it as one of the best and scariest. Also, read his Danse Macabre this year, and he wrote even more about it in that one.

I want to read Ted Chiang both because he's well regarded and he's local (lives in Seattle).

And then, continuing my studies in things Vietnamese, The Sympathizer, also a Pultizer winner... so...

Oh.
Just bought a copy of The Three-Body Problem, which I have on my Kindle, but that just never feels like REAL READING.



TRUTH....


From Bill Sienkwicz:


YES!!!



New favorite artist Belen Ortega:




From BITCH MEDIA:


One of my favorite images of all time...


Good cover that I found recently.


This, Anne Rice, and now Joan Didion... GREAT AUTHORS ALL...


And this...




Just in case the text in the embed is too dark to read:





You may be challenged to parse this image, but we have  A LOT of snow coming.

Out here, it usually only snows up above 1500 feet or even 2500 and up only.

Last year, at sea level, we didn't have snow until FEBRUARY and then one "blizzard," when I had to take Ellory to the emergency vet with a self-inflicted and made worse wound on her leg. They do almost no plowing out here and do not salt the highways. It was a fucking mess.

Still I drove about 20 miles south on the highway to take her to the vet. Then I wanted breakfast. Everything was closed because pandemic and a "blizzard." They do not know "blizzard" out here.

Read more here: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2198 - Ellory and the Cone



And now, a GIF: (okay, three actually...)





This is my mantra for the new year, Mom.

Faith telling Buffy that she'll steer her around the curves and laughing.

It's not hard as Faith reminds us with her laughter.

I am not going to reprint this whole post (linked below), but I am going to share a few items.

Thursday, December 24, 2020

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2137 - CHRISTMAS EVE 2020 - Reprint and PORTLAND 2020

It was always a tradition in my house to open one gift on Christmas Eve, and it was always a big ol' box of comics to keep me busy when I woke at like 2-3 a.m. and had to do something as I couldn't wake my parents until 5:30 a.m.

Here's my sister and I reading some of those comics:

Me and Lori reading comics 1976


Last year's big ol' box...











This was in yesterday's, but I am repeating.


Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #170 - Box of comics on Christmas Eve

me and Lori, reading
8-9-1971

Hi Mom,

You remember everything I am about to write, Mom, of course, but for those who read the blog who did not know us growing up, I want to share about our family tradition of a box of comics for Christmas Eve.

Every year, you would wrap presents early, Mom, giving us at least a week (and sometimes more) to shake and ponder the contents of the many packages under the Christmas tree in eager anticipation of that magical December morning.

Christmas 1972

Given my buggy intensity leading up to Christmas, and later Lori's, you would let each of us open one gift on Christmas Eve, which was always a box of comic books. In your estimation, this was the ideal gift, as I would sleep at best from bed time to about 3 a.m. at which point I would wake and need something to do. And so, I would have a box of comic books to read. I wish I had a picture of some of these boxes of comic books or of me reading stacks of comics on Christmas Eve. The picture up top of me and Lori shows comics on the floor nearby, though we are not actively reading them, we had been. But the picture is from November (or before) and not Christmas Eve. But I have some other neat pictures that I will share.

You had a good idea with the box of comics, Mom. Between this tradition, reading to me at bed time, buying little books and comics for me at eat grocery trip, and later my allowance based on the cost of two comic books (a quarter = two 12 cent comics and a penny for tax), I grew up to become a great lover of comic books, which are still (often) magical and beautiful to me.

Thank you, Mom. You changed my life. You instilled in me a great love for comic books.

Christmas 1976
Unwrapping with Mom

 In the above picture, we have begun to go through our stockings from Santa Claus. Mom, you liked order, and so we had bowls to collect our candy and fruit. The large apples and oranges were a Christmas tradition, always one of each in our stocking. As you can see near my side, I have two apples -- a red one and a green one -- and an orange. Mom is helping Lori fill her bowl with the items in her stocking.

Christmas 1976


Taking pictures following the celebration (usually over a week or more later) was also a Christmas tradition. Here's that same Christmas. I am posing with the presents I received. You can see Pong, the first computer video game, in the lower left corner, Mom. And if you look closely, the comics from that Christmas Eve box are spread out from left to right just behind Pong and all along the front of the display. I am holding a magical illusion with three silks that I cannot remember the name of.

With Tim Travis Jan 1976

 Here's a picture of me from January of 1976 (so about 12 months before the Christmas pictured above), probably celebrating my birthday with my friend Tim Travis, assessing my comic book collection. This picture was taken in the spare room in the basement where I could entertain friends and practice my magic. Note that stacks of games behind us. Also, note an issue of Warlock at the far upper left end of the pile. Full circle? I received a shirt with Warlock's picture for Christmas this year in 2015.

My Birthday 1974

Another traditional pose shot following my 1974 birthday (I am 12; Lori is four). All the gifts are mine except the tutu and ballerina case on the far right. That was a gift for Lori, revealing another tradition as we would always receive one present at the other child's birthday so not to feel left out.
Notice the display of comics along the top of that couch. The issue of the Flash that I am holding in the previous picture with Tim is on the far right end of the couch in this picture. Also, in another full circle moment, I received a Morbius t-shirt for Christmas this year (2015), commemorating the comic book seen directly above the Marie Osmond Paper Roses record album.

I think the grouping of presents here is very interesting. There's a ventriloquist dummy that catches your eye, dead center. To the left, there's a watch and its case. Above that, a narrated comic book record album of Batman. A huge '70s mod card. Some books. To the right of the dummy, the aforementioned Marie Osmond album, Lone Ranger and Tonto and some Batman diorama. Above my head, a boxer from the Big Jim collection, Captain America, and Tarzan.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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Comic books on display - 1976




A Sense of Doubt blog post #1771 - "White Christmas" - The Drifters - THAT ONE THING  - Christmas Eve 2019

The Drifters were one of the most important doo-wop and R&B bands in history.

According to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame: "Through turmoil and changes, the (original) Drifters managed to set musical trends and give the public 13 chart hits, most of which are legendary recordings today."[4] Matching that feat, subsequent formations of the Drifters recorded 13 Billboard Hot 100 top 30 chart hits. The 1950s and 60s incarnations of the group were also a force on the US R&B charts, notching six number one R&B hits: "Money Honey" (1953), "Honey Love" (1954), "Adorable" (1955), "There Goes My Baby" (1959), "Save The Last Dance For Me" (1960) and "Under The Boardwalk" (1964).

This is the THAT ONE THING for Christmas Eve by the greatest crooner crew of all time.


 
Here's CHRISTMAS EVE posts from previous years:

2018

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1403 - Christmas Mix for Musical Monday for 1812.24
2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #902 - And again Ellory Queen
2016

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #536 - Tower Christmas at L&N Beard's 2016
2015

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #170 - Box of comics on Christmas Eve

2014

No post

2013 - T-shirts blog

T-shirt #278 - Three Wise Men? Be Serious






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Mom, I missing you a lot more this year for some reason. I started crying when I was decorating the Christmas tree and all the ornaments you bought for me and wanted me to have and keep for just this purpose every year.

I wish you were here.

You would love it out here.

Thank you for everything, Mom.

Christmas is still special because you taught me how to keep it and honor it.

I am proud of the gifts I gave loved ones this year.

Okay... that's good enough. Back to relaxing and reading and eating cinnamon rolls.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.
I miss you so very much, Mom.
Talk to you soon, Mom.
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Friday, December 25, 2020


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Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1219 (SoD #2138) - CHRISTMAS 2020

INAUGURATION COUNTDOWN

26 DAYS to inauguration

Merry Christmas. "And God bless us everyone!"

Hi Mom,

Not a lot of writing to you today. But thinking of you, a lot.

Just this. Not much extra. It's Christmas.



[1] "Joy to the World" - Whitney Houston
[2] "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Ella Fitzgerald
[3] "White Christmas" (Motown Records 1965) - The Supremes
[4] "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" - The Temptations
[5] "Silver Bells" - Stevie Wonder
[6] "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - The Jackson 5
[7] "Jingle Bells" - Smokey Robinson
[8] "Silent Night" - Mariah Carey
[9] "My Favorite Things" - John Legend
[10] "Frosty The Snowman" - Nat King Cole
[11] "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (from Home for Christmas) - Johnny Mathis
[12] "Winter Wonderland" - Louis Armstrong









When it comes to holiday classics and their covers, any song sung by Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, or John Legend is going to be an improvement on the original. With these tried and true standards, black artists take holiday song traditions—remixing and redoing them—and create new classics out of something old and staid.

Whether through Motown’s Northern Soul or putting the funk in a holiday function, Black artists are known for taking these standards and making new soulful traditions. From The Temptations to the Jackson 5, there is so much jazz and R&B influence in each rendition that no matter how many times you listen to them you’re always going to find something to love. You can bump the “classics” as much as you like, but it’s undeniable that these 12 recreations blow them out of the water.

“Joy To The World” is not a song that I would normally associate with dancing. It’s more of a swaying type of church song, and not the gospel genius that Whitney Houston creates in her rendition. This song is the superior version because of the way she uses funk and soul while also maintaining the midnight mass feel. The breathy opening before the first beat drop could make anyone skeptical of what was to come, but it quickly becomes a gospel ballad that makes you want to get up and dance.

Ella Fitzgerald makes this rendition of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” feel like a jazzy hug. Judy Garland’s original in Meet Me In St. Louis (one of my favorite movies), is full of longing and disappointment like it’s a sad song. Fitzgerald’s version is one you could put on in any festive setting and hum along with the words as they danced through the air. Unlike other Christmas songs, whether they be originals or covers, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” doesn’t rely on excessive use of sleigh bells or other percussion and we as listeners know that this is a Christmas song based on lyrics alone.

When “White Christmas” opens and the first notes roll out, the melody is so comforting and the sultry yet somehow innocent voices pull the listener further in. It feels like the song is giving you a hug and then wrapped it in a pretty bow. There is no sense of urgency in this song. The slow melody, rhythm, and lyrics make it feel exactly like what Christmas is supposed to be. The Supremes end the bridge with harmonizing notes and bring back the chorus in a slow and almost faded tone. The fact that it still instills the spirit of other renditions within the song while still standing out as something of its own.

So I might be the most biased person here because “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” is my favorite Christmas song ever. I first heard this song when I was about eight years old. My dad would play it on a record he had and would yell out “Hey Rudolph!” at any and all opportunity, continuing even after the song had ended. It’s also the definition of throwing a party. There’s nothing holding you back from dancing like a fool. It reigns supreme because no matter what part you pay attention to, you’re going to find something that makes you smile. Can you seriously say that you don’t want to punch the air with glee at each “Hey Rudolph?”

Sixty’s era Stevie Wonder brings soul to the table regardless of what he’s singing. From originals to “Silver Bells,” he just can do no wrong. With that in mind, this rendition of “Silver Bells” is just straight soul from the strings to the high-hat beat. I had never really paid attention to the lyrics of the song until I heard this version. It feels similar to that of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” because it could be played in the background and hummed along to or belted out with those around. I’m not sure what it is about Christmas music that when the lyrics and rhythm are slowed down makes it feel more like the artist is singing to the listener.

My whole childhood—before my father told me he was “soul brother Santa”—I was reminded every day that Santa was going to come and if I wasn’t nice I wouldn’t get any presents. Which as one could imagine, caused an uproar in a house of three girls. At this point, it feels like The Jackson 5 are the ambassadors of falsetto Christmas music. Regardless, this song ranks miles above the rest of the renditions because of the undeniable catchiness, powerful chorus, and danceable qualities.


The beginning of this song sounds like the opening of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” but Smokey Robinson’s voice cuts through the noise of some of the other renditions. The original tune is so damn catchy that sometimes I start singing it randomly in July and wonder what the hell is wrong with me. This version doesn’t do that to me, in fact, it makes singing it and listening to it an enjoyable experience because of its originality. Usually, I tune out the second verse of the song if I am not listening to this version because it doesn’t matter to me. However, I actually know the words to this one because there is nothing more satisfying than being able to sing a whole song from beginning to end, especially if it’s really good.

Mariah Carey practically owns Christmas, that’s just a fact. I associate some renditions of “Silent Night” with parts of Hallmark movies where the main character has some sort of epiphany or when my grandmother would take me to midnight mass in St. Louis. But this song feels like a slow burn R&B version of a Christmas song and Carey seems to be transitioning into more of an R&B singer as she becomes less of a pop-star. Keeping in mind that this version was originally released in 1993, Carey somehow makes it still exude sexy-Auntie-Claus energy in 2020.

As someone who grew up in the early 2000s and lived in the beginning of the Instagram era, I, for a very brief second, forgot that John Legend had a career outside of being Chrissy Teigen’s husband. I associate “My Favorite Things,” with that scene in The Sound Of Music. Part of me does wonder why this is a Christmas song. Other than the fact that it talks about the things that the person wants, all it really does, for me at least, is bring me back to a soaking wet Julie Andrews. But because it is a Christmas song, it ranks at the top of the list of renditions because of Legend’s jazzy tones morphed into his 2019 pop transformation in 2018.

This song is the epitome of fun, children’s Christmas songs, and Cole does a fantastic job at delivering. It opens with pitched-up voices that weave their way back into the song during the chorus, giving a throughline of childlike joy. Cole’s voice is light and airy as if you could see him smiling while recording. His use of big brass instruments like trumpets and tubas emphasizes the movements of Frosty. It’s brilliant.

This version “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” has always made me feel like I was the main character in a Christmas movie. I can see and feel and hear the holly on the doorstep of my non-existent house. If you close your eyes and listen, everywhere really does look like Christmas in Mathis’s rendition. This year has been difficult in getting into the holiday spirit. There isn’t much walking around and gazing at the lights for fear of spreading or catching Miss Rona. But, if we can’t walk around and actually see how it actually looks a lot like Christmas, we can at least close our eyes, listen to this song and pretend.

Anything that Louis Armstrong does is at the top of a list, especially “Winter Wonderland.” One of the most recognizable things about this song is how easy it is to harmonize with it. It is comparable to Ella Fitzgerald’s version of the song, but it has a deeper and almost comical twist to it because of his unique voice and cadence. His voice beautifully melds with the repetitive melody in the background and new layers are added at each new verse and chorus. Armstrong is able to take a very upbeat and almost pop-like song and turn it into a smooth jazz Christmas tune.







BONUS TUNE....

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Ой весняночка, де твоя дочка,
Погнала бичків за ворітечк(а).
Пасіться бички, я спраду мички,
Свойму милому на рукавичк(и).
Ой ти весна, ти красна,
А що ж ти нам вонєсла.
Я й вонєсло, вонєсло,
Три користі радості.
Три користі, радості,
Й одна користь пастушок.
Й одна користь пастушок,
Друга користь ратає.
Друга користь ратає,
Третя користь бортнічок.
А ратай оре сокає,
А бортнік творе, токає.

TRANSLATION

Oh spring girl, where is your daughter,
Ой весняночка, де твоя дочка,

Chased the bulls by the gate (a).
Погнала бичків за ворітечк(а).
Graze the bulls, I'll sell the mice,
Пасіться бички, я спраду мички,

To my darling on the glove (s).
Свойму милому на рукавичк(и).
Oh you spring, you red,
Ой ти весна, ти красна,

And what did you bring us.
А що ж ти нам вонєсла.
I and carried, carried,
Я й вонєсло, вонєсло,

Three benefits of joy.
Три користі радості.
Three benefits, joys,
Три користі, радості,

And one benefit of shepherdesses.
Й одна користь пастушок.
And one benefit of shepherdesses,
Й одна користь пастушок,

The second benefit saves.
Друга користь ратає.
The second benefit saves,
Друга користь ратає,

The third benefit of sideboards.
Третя користь бортнічок.
And the plowman plows,
А ратай оре сокає,

And the sideboard creates, weaves.
А бортнік творе, токає.















A Sense of Doubt blog post #1772 - Christmas 2019



A Sense of Doubt blog post #1772 - Christmas 2019

I think it's great that some of my posts are simply basic and short. What more is there to say? Images carry the message.

Links for the past Christmas blog posts follow.

Merry Christmas to everyone.



2018

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1141 - Christmas 2018
2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #903 - Christmas 2017 and Musical Monday
2016

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #537 - New family member: Ellory Queen Tower


2015

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #171 - A FAMILY CHRISTMAS 2013



2014

No post

2013 - T-shirts blog

T-shirt #279: thirtysomething - Merry Christmas



This year... Noodle


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- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.



Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1192 (S0D #1770) - Musical Monday for Monday December 23 2019 - A Christmas Combo


I am not explaining this because either you get or you don't or you spend some time
Googling Kurt Russell movies until you find out how HILARIOUS this is. If you don't know it, download the image. The giveaway is in the file name.

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1192 (S0D #1770) - Musical Monday for Monday December 23 2019 - A Christmas Combo

I have not posted a HEY MOM post since Thanksgiving and SoD (Sense of Doubt) #1745.

Merry Christmas to everyone unless Christmas is not your thing and than happy tidings for whatever holiday of the twenty-nine holidays from the seven major religions that you celebrate, as in:



I do not have much extra to say here, so mainly this post will be about a few remarks of preface and then last year's content. I was rather proud of last year's content, so I am happy to present it again.

Mainly, I send love to everyone I know and all those I do not know.

I am writing this post on Christmas Day, a few days after the date of this one's publication, and I have added several new songs to the 2018 Christmas mix, including this one, added at the last minute before publishing, when my friend Helene Dunbar threatened to fight any one not willing to accept that this is the greatest holiday song of all time:

Frankie goes to Hollywood - "The Power of Love"






Scroll down for TWO mixes; it's a combo.


WE MUST REMEMBER WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND USAND  DO SOMETHING:

So this post collects my two holiday posts from 2018 with changes to the mix from SoD on 1812.24. Find additional songs below plus a track list. I follow with the core of the second post with a track list for the Guaraldi music for the Charlie Brown and Peanuts Christmas special.

Here's the original links.

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A Sense of Doubt blog post #1403 - Christmas Mix for Musical Monday for 1812.24

I will be honest.

This mix started with the Nina Hagen song when my wife was playing it on the #@#!! Alexa (technically, the Amazon Echo).

I built it out from that starting point. I knew I was going to add the two Star Trek mashups, but hey, an AVENGERS mashup??? Yes, please.

Groot Groot GROOT. I am GRoot. GROOT, groot groot.

And then the other pieces fell into place with many of my standards: The Pogues, Bowie and Bing, Pretenders, Bruce Springsteen, Band Aid, Kate Bush, Queen. Sure. But then Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly doing Bowie and Bing.... OH MY GOD, did I know about this??

And while we're on the subject of SNL, just this, here on the blog entry because it might actually get looked at if even just by me next year.

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
You're welcome. Even if you already know it but have not seen it in a while.
YES.



I had some help with the images from my friend Wayne and a cool retro SF site on Facebook.

What else is there to say about this mix? Greg Lake and Ian Anderson??? Awesome.
Skipped some usuals like Cocteau Twins and Carly Simon, but maybe I add those back next year.

I am especially pleased with finds like the Drifters and Luther Vandross.

Of course, I LOVE Daniela Andrade. AWESOME. And I featured her last week in another post.

But Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, some Peanuts music, and one of Liesel's favorites "Patapan" by Mindy Gledhill, which is fantastic.

via GIPHY

Enjoy the music!!



My Christmas Mix for 2018

Above this text is the URL link to the You Tube instance and below this text is the video pod player for the entire playlist followed by all the videos if that's how you jam.




TRACK LISTING


1. Captain Picard sings "Let it Snow!"
2. Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
3. Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
4. Christmas Time Is Here - Daniela Andrade
5. "White Christmas" - The Drifters
6. The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video)
7. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (Music Video)
8. Luther Vandross - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) A&M Records 1992
9. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? HD HQ
10. All I Want For Christmas is You :: Star Trek Mashup
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Cover) by Daniela Andrade
12. Bing Crosby & David Bowie - "The Little Drummer Boy (Peace On Earth)"
13. Martina McBride - O Holy Night
14. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1979 Xmas Special)
15. Vince Guaraldi Trio "Christmas Time Is Here" (vocal version from A Charlie Brown Christmas)
16. Mindy Gledhill - Patapan
17. Tom Waits - Silent Night & Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
18. Carly Simon - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Live On The Queen Mary 2)
19. The Avengers Sing Christmas Carols
20. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Für Elise
21. The Futureheads - Christmas Was Better In The 80s
22. nina hagen - oh christmas tree
23. Amy Winehouse - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
24. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 2007
25. COCTEAU TWINS - FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
26. Stevie Wonder, Andra Day - Someday At Christmas
27. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon (Official Music Video)
28. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles (Official Music Video)
29. Greg Lake - Ian Anderson - I believe in Father Christmas 
30. The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
31. Goldfrapp - Winter Wonderland
32. The Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Music Video)
33. Frankie goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love
34. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly




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A Sense of Doubt blog post #1396 - Christmastime Is Here - part two


Okay, I am putting this here, just because I want to remember it

LA BEAT GENERATION AND THE CATALAN MYSTICAL POTS

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Hello, time for a bit more Christmas cheer.

Normally, I do a musical mix today. I have many in various states of completion ready to go. Maybe the best use of some free time while off the daily grind of blog broadcast will be to prepare ahead some of these treasures, such as a revisit of the Jam mix with commentary on each song; the Coccteau Twin mix, which is mostly complete; and others like the one I just started with Sinead O'Connor's "Fourth and Vine" as the core or the mix I have been playing for at least a year with Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" as the foundation.

So today, I thought I would start the Christmas theme with some of my favorite tunes from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. I tend to listen to this music year around, but more often at Christmas. After all, "Linus and Lucy" was Liesel and my outro (recessional) music at our wedding.

I love this music.
Watching the Charlie Brown Christmas Special is required viewing for me every year.

Also required, the re-read -- these days on audio -- of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I will be doing so very soon. Or perhaps a reading via YOU TUBE.

OR... I just bought it on AMAZON. Here's a clip.




or this....



I have sampled many versions of A Christmas Carol, but so far the one narrated by Tim Curry is my favorite.








MY PEANUTS MIX

TRACK LISTING

1. Vince Guaraldi Trio "Christmas Time Is Here" (vocal version from A Charlie Brown Christmas)
2. Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum
3. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus And Lucy
5. Vince Guaraldi Trio - What Child Is This
6. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating
7. Vince Guaraldi Trio - My Little Drum
8. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Is Coming
9. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Für Elise
10. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Greensleeves
11. Peanuts Gang : Christmas Song "Linus & Lucy"
12. Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)


There's a couple of songs in the mix on You Tube not featured in the individual videos below, but scroll down for LoFi and other goodies!!

So, as I complete some other original materials and also do my jobs for which I am paid, presumably, then here's some of the GREATEST music EVER WRITTEN.










Christmas St. Antoine 2011 - two months after we moved in


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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you soon, Mom.

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THIS YEAR's closing:
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- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

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