Here’s a reflection of the amazing year the band had and a really bad Christmas cracker joke. God, I really hope they call their new album Gary Barlow.
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100bells: It Was The Night Before Christmas
Posted on December 24, 2006 by tamboosh
This is my all-time favorite Christmas song! Without it it just wouldn’t feel like Christmas to me. It’s so much fun and the fifties slang is hilarious. The line “hi- ho Silver Kimosabe and all that cowboy jazz” never fails to crack me up. Johnny Preston – (I Want A) Rock And Roll Guitar In [...]
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100bells: Oldies
Posted on December 23, 2006 by Julie
(Thanks to Plan59 for this wonderful picture.) Here are some awesome oldies for Christmas, from my favorite cheesy compilation CD (which I got for free in the mail from some random place, many years ago. I still don’t know where it came from, it was like a surprise gift from Santa himself!). The Louis Armstrong [...]
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Soundtrack Day: It’s Beat Time, It’s Hop Time, It’s Monk Time Now!
Posted on December 22, 2006 by tamboosh
What time is it? It’s Monk Time! The Monks was a unique band made up out of American soldiers who were stationed in Germany in 1965. They only made one album which is a shame, because you’ll be hard-pressed to find anything that rocks harder than Black Monk Time. They may sound like some of [...]
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New Band Day: Elvis Perkins
Posted on December 20, 2006 by Julie
There’s almost no chance you all don’t already know about Elvis Perkins, singer-songwriter son of Anthony Perkins. But I just found out that Elvis’ debut album, Ash Wednesday will finally be released in February 2007 by XL Recordings, which is pretty exciting. His songs are stunning, somehow full of joy and sadness at the same [...]
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