Merry Christmas, everybody December 25, 2019December 21, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Fairytale of New York. Christmas dreams, shattered and otherwise. Grubby lyrics and soaring music. Tenderness and hope – which, after all, is what Christmas is all about. Merry Christmas. And a tip of the tuque to Walt Kelly, who brought joyous nonsense to Christmas when I was a boy. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Boola boola Pensacoola hulla-baloo! December 24, 2019December 11, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment Nick Lowe, Christmas at the Airport. Sometimes you have to take Christmas where you find it. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Trolley Molly don’t love Harold December 23, 2019December 9, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment Louis Prima and Keely Smith, Shake Hands with Santa Claus. Wishing you the swingingest Christmas ever. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou! December 22, 2019December 9, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment John Legend and Stephen Colbert, Nutmeg. Ladies, Mr. John Legend wants to nog your egg. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Don’t we know archaic barrel? December 21, 2019December 8, 2019Tom Barrett1 Comment Yogi Yorgessen, I Was Santa Claus at the School House (for the P.T.A.) We had this on a 78 when I was a kid and every year my dad would play it and laugh till tears ran down his cheeks. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Alley-ga-roo! December 20, 2019December 8, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment Christmas the cowboy way. With yodelling. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Cauliflower December 19, 2019December 5, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment Paul Kelly, How to Make Gravy. Continuing our theme of Yuletide incarceration. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Swaller dollar December 18, 2019December 2, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment John Prine, Christmas in Prison. The searchlight in the big yard swings around with the gun And it spotlights the snowflakes like the dust in the sun. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley December 17, 2019December 2, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment Big Louie finds himself on the naughty list. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...
Walla Walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo! December 16, 2019December 8, 2019Tom BarrettLeave a comment Robert Earl Keen, Merry Christmas From the Family. Almost certainly the only Christmas song to reference AA, Bloody Marys, and tampons. Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintMoreLinkedInPinterestTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading...