Christmas Things

Good December to one and all! It’s that time of year when everyone gets sentimental and people start buying each other extravagant gifts and feeling bad about what they got the other person. And for the past fews years, the beginning of December has meant one thing to me, and one thing only, updating my iTunes playlist “My Holiday Special.” Now, we’ll get to that in a bit but first I want to share a couple things with you my adoring fans (All one of you.)

The first is a video I saw courtesy of my favorite video blog, Rocketboom, it’s called Chris Christmas Rodriguez. There’s a whole series of them but none are as funny as this first one. Research about it on the ‘net shows that it was part of a 2000/2001 ad campaign for Mother. I have to say, it’s fantastic and worth a look. Also, the music and dancing in it rock. I’d vote for Chris Christmas.

Another Christmas themed thing I found while looked for more CCR videos was this gem from an old episode of MAD TV, Terminator 3: The Greatest Action Story Ever Told. I remember watching this… so long ago, now. I was probably 12 or 13. It’s not as good as I remember, but there are still some hilarious lines. “Pontius Pilate at 10 o’clock,” being my favorite.

And finally, not Christmas themed, but still something I think people should be linked to, Zuda Comics. This is the site for the Web comics initiative launched by DC Comics that allows registered users to vote on their favorite comic and the winner of the monthly contest is signed for a one year deal to continue their comic. All this for free. The first 21 comics posted on the site are very good. My personal favorite right now has to be Adventures of Maxy J Millionaire. I just find the original concept and the quirky art really interesting. The Crooked Man comes in second for me this month. I encourage everyone to register and vote for Zuda. Also, check out High Moon while you’re there. I really liked it last month and luckily it won!

And, finally, here it is folks the “My Holiday Special” revised for 2007. I put a little thought into the list this year. It follows a very light storyline of basically the days leading up to Christmas (Sex Pistols to Ringo), Christmas Eve (Ramones thru Weezer), Interlude (Pixies), The Santa Clause Tetrad (Python thru Damned), Christmas Day (NUFAN thru MxPx), Interlude II (Hannon and Pixies), New Years Eve and Day (Motion City thru U2). I really suggest for people to assemble these songs and give it a listen. Maybe even have a Christmas Party with it. Oh well, enjoy kids…

“Punk Rock Christmas” – Sex Pistols
“Come On Christmas” – Cheap Trick
“Oi to the World” – The Vandals
“Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)” – The Darkness
“Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On” – Ringo Starr
“Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” – The Ramones
“My First Christmas (As A Woman)” – The Vandals
“The First Noel” – Bad Religion
“Christmas With the Devil” – Spinal Tap
“Last Christmas (Wham Cover)” – Jimmy Eat World
“Yellin’ at the X-Mas Tree” – Billy Idol
“A Great Big Sled” – The Killers
“Grandpa’s Last Christmas” – The Vandals
“Christmas” – The Who (from Tommy)
“White Christmas” – Stiff Little Fingers
“Christmas Song” – Weezer
“The Holiday Song” – Pixies
“Ho, Ho, Fucking Ho” – Monty Python
“Father Christmas” – The Kinks
“Don’t Shoot Me Santa” – The Killers
“There Ain’t No Santa Clause” – The Damned
“Fairytale of New York (The Pogues Cover)” – No Use for A Name
“The Stowaway” – Yamit Mamo (from Doctor Who Christmas Special 2007)
“Yule Shoot Your Eye Out” – Fall Out Boy
“A Gun for Christmas” – The Vandals
“Christmas Day” – MxPx
“Song for Ten” – Neil Hannon (from Doctor Who Christmas Special 2005)
“Winterlong (Neil Young Cover)” – Pixies
“Resolution” – Motion City Soundtrack
“Together We’ll Ring in the New Year” – Motion City Soundtrack
“New Year’s Day” – U2

~ by praxjarvin on December 4, 2007.