CHRISTMAS, pt 6

we shall wrap up our christmas posts (get it?) with the 423 gallery christmas playlist. although, in our opinion, the season doesn't end until january 2nd.

dec 24 - 25, 2009...

living strings 'the sound of christmas'

boston pops 'christmas party'

muzak 'stimulus progression number three: christmas'

in the pouring rain dj set 'at war'

the cure 'japanese whispers'

siouxsie & the banshees 'kaleidoscope'

bright eyes 'christmas'

'the great songs of christmas by great artists of our time'

low 'christmas'

new kids on the block 'merry merry christmas'

pole 1

a john waters christmas

bracken 'we knew about the need'

bing crosby 'i wish you a merry christmas'

pole 2

pole 3

CHRISTMAS, pt 5

pax vobis. merry christmas - no more war!

CHRISTMAS, pt 4

SELECT PLAYLIST:

the andy williams christmas album

the hollywood bowl symphony orchestra, conducted by carmon dragon: the music of christmas

muzak:stimulus progressoin number three christmas

arthur fiedler/the boston pops: christmas party

percy faith and his orchestra: music of christmas

living voices: the little drummer boy

bing crosby: i wish you a merry christmas

a jolly christmas from frank sinatra

ferrante and teicher: snowbound

the mormon tabernacle choir sing songs of christmas

christmas favorites by the hollyridge strings arranged and conducted by stu phillips

a christmas sound spectacular: john klein at the carillon americana with orchestra and chorus

CHRISTMAS, pt 3

ok...

CHRISTMAS, pt 2

christmas music is something heard in a sub-ambient fog while shopping for holiday merchandise. it is a soundtrack to commerce. but if you can subtract the commerce and return to your living space and actively listen you'll find protest. a chanting down of babylon by poor people trying to avoid war and dark age displacement. it is anti-imperialist, anti-war and always searching for hope. looking for a sort of savior to arrive and defend them from the kings & governments & armies and countless years of being exploited.

CHRISTMAS pt. 1

to watch the many productions of charles dickens' a christmas carol is a reminder that revolutionary thought can go over the heads of our oppressors and turn up on our television screens or community stages.

how long must the shackles dragged by our modern day scrooge & marley's even be? as they sit in their comfortable homes with high tech security and taxpayer funded secret service do they not watch the yearly broadcast of a christmas carol starring alastair sim and realize they are looking into a mirror?