My girlfriend Erin and I have put together a Christmas Playlist for 2011 of better than average to pretty good Christmas music. If you enjoy it, you might want to checkout last years. A little poorer for not having Erin’s help but still pretty solid.
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Jachin’s Christmas Playlist for 2010
I’ve never been a huge fan of Christmas music, some it’s ok, and there are a few songs I really like, but I usually have to be careful to avoid it until the few weeks right around Christmas or I risk getting burned out.
I’m borrowing (inspired by) something from a blog I read from time to time called Planet Dan. In fact he just came out with his 2010 christmas playlist.
Around Chicago – Day 2
I started the day off by sleeping in. I normally don’t sleep well the first night I’m “on the road”, but I decided to set my alarm anyway, and I’m glad I did or I would have had an even later start. I started driving around Chicago and about half way around I stopped or [...]
Fiona Apple – “Across The Universe”
Here’s the music video for Fiona Apple’s cover of The Beatles “Across The Universe”. The song is part of the sound track for for the movie Pleasantville, and there is an interesting tie-in with the movie, the music video is a scene that was from the story, but not in the movie (the soda shop [...]
Jonathan Coulton – “Baby Got Back”
Jonathan Coulton has a very interesting rise to “fame” (popular enough to make a living being a musician). He has done it with out the help of a record company. Probably his best promotional tool is making it as easy as possible to listen to his music (including giving it away). He has lots of [...]