Sometimes the crazed “festive” holiday thing has the opposite effect: bringing on the blues. If you’re feeling a bit low, we recommend the sweet, fun Festive Funk Machine. Click on any of the robots to start making your own music…add in or “mute” any of the instruments — from violins and bells to baselines and percussion…
Read MoreGetting Ready for Christmas Day via Paul Simon
(Video link here.) Paul Simon’s ‘Getting Ready For Christmas Day‘* seems like a fitting ALT song for the run up before Christmas. It’s upbeat, secular, a tad political, full of social commentary and interwoven with excerpts from a 1941 sermon by the Rev. J.M. Gates, an influential preacher and Gospel singer. There’s also a lot of things leaping…
Read More‘ode to joy’ (wishing you joy starting right now!)
(Video link here.) This was a “Christmas email”sent by a friend. Perfect. It brought a big dose of JOY right into our day. So we hope it will do the same for you. And if you feel the need for ANOTHER, even wilder, and possibly more joyous Ode to Joy, click here.
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