Musical Advent Calendar: Two-Fer Friday!

 My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(image via www.wikipedia.org)December 24 - Christmas Eve: Two Songs - one jolly, one not-so-much. "Be a Santa" from Subways Are for Sleeping and "Winter Was Warm" from Mr Magoo's Christmas. (Again, thank you to @JoseSPiano!!!!!)

(Don't mind the hokey video!)

(Music starts around 1:00 mark)

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)

Musical Advent Calendar, Day 23: Put the Lights on the Tree

 My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

December 23rd: "Put the Lights on the Tree" by Sufjan Stevens. (Sufjan Stevens has released several Christmas albums, comprised of sparse versions of traditional songs, and some more Sufjan-esque original Christmas songs. Enjoy one of the latter!)

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)

Musical Advent Calendar, Day 22: Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John

 My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(image via www.schickele.com)December 22: "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John" by PDQ Bach (1807-1742?). (Lyrics available online via musicologist Peter Schickele, who discovered the wealth of PDQ Bach's works. Many thanks to @JoseSPiano for the suggestion and YouTube find!)

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)

Musical Advent Calendar, Day 21: Aimee Mann

My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(Backstage with Aimee Mann, about 2003)Day 21 (4 to go!): "Calling on Mary," "I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas" & "Whatever Happened to Christmas" by Aimee Mann, and Aimee Mann's Christmas Shows. (Aimee Mann released a Christmas album, One More Drifter in the Snow, in 2006. She has been doing Christmas shows for 5 years - sometimes touring with her comedian & musician friends, sometimes just performing in the San Francisco area [like Largo]. Her Christmas album is beautiful, and below are two "live" performances of tracks on the album. Check out info about her musical-in-progress, based on her album The Forgotten Arm.)

The promos for her Christmas shows are hilarious, with Michael Cera, John Krakowski, Ben Stiller, John C Reilly, Will Farrell, etc. etc. (caution: swear words are present):

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)

Musical Advent Calendar, Day 20: Must Be Santa

My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(image via Amazon.com)The 20th of December: "Must Be Santa" by Bob Dylan. (This quirky video was released last year, when Dylan released his first Christmas album. The song has some Zydeco flavorings, and the video is, well ... just strange!)

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)