The Big Green House

Thursday, December 19, 2002

 

Back Door Santa*

I believe I have mentioned my enforced dislike of Xmas music before. Well, about ten years ago a friend gave me a copy of a truly amazing tape that a friend of hers had made: all sorts of blues, R&B, soul, and rock & roll holiday tunes. Really good stuff. I used to play the hell out of it every year, if for no other reason than to wash the treacle that passes for Xmas music out of my poor head.

Then one year, about five years ago, I loaned the tape to a couple for a holiday party they were throwing. It took about six months of constant hassling, but eventually I got the tape back. When I went to play it, I found out why it had taken so long to get the tape back - they�d recorded over the second side! Not only that, but they didn�t tell me about it when they�d returned the tape, and tried to brush it off as no big deal when I asked them about it. (We�re no longer friends � not solely due to this incident, but it didn�t help.)

I bring all this up because apparently I�m trying to reconstruct the tape, and perhaps even to better it. I stopped into Tower today on my way to work, to see if I could find a copy of the December issue of Mojo. No luck there. (I wasn�t expecting any, really. It sold out as soon as it hit the stand. I was hoping they might find a few more in the back room.) As I was on my way out, though, I saw the endcap full of Xmas CDs. This one caught my eye. Science Girl was talking about making a tape to bring to work Xmas eve, and I knew she would need to have �Blue Xmas� on it � you can�t make an Xmas tape without �Blue Xmas�, according to local statute. Then I saw this one, and knew it was gonna be coming home with me as well. So, in addition to the CDs I mentioned last week, I�m well on my way to having an entire shelf dedicated to holiday music.

It�s a sickness. I am powerless over recorded music. Please help me.

*Bring on the creepy Google hits. It�s a song, you pervs!

bmarkey 12/19/2002 07:38:00 PM