{"id":2271,"date":"2021-12-25T17:40:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T17:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/12\/25\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-tunes-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2021-12-25T17:40:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T17:40:45","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-tunes-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/12\/25\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-tunes-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Tunes of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boulevardier\"<\/a>Merry Christmas everybody.  Pour yourself a drink, and enjoy.  Me, I'm nursing a Boulevardier<\/a>.  It's a Negroni with cojones: swap out the gin for bourbon.  One ounce bourbon, one ounce sweet vermouth, one ounce Campari<\/a>, straight up or on the rocks, with a twist of orange.  A serious libation.  It'll melt a snowflake for sure. The vermouth rosso<\/em> contests the harshness of the bourbon, but then the Campari joins the fight on the side of the bourbon. <\/span><\/p>\n

Or you  can think of it as a Manhattan wherein the Campari substitutes for the angostura bitters.  That there are people who don't like Campari shows that there is no hope for humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cheech and Chong, Santa Claus and His Old Lady<\/a><\/span>
Canned Heat, Christmas Boogie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Leon Redbone and Dr. John, Frosty the Snowman<\/a><\/span>
Beach Boys, Little St. Nick<\/a>.  A rarely heard alternate version<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronettes, Sleigh Ride<\/a><\/span>
Elvis Presley, Blue Christmas<\/a>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Dunham,  Jingle Bombs<\/a> by Achmed the Terrorist.  TRIGGER WARNING! Not for the p.c.-whipped. No day without political incorrectness!<\/span><\/p>\n

Porky Pig, Blue Christmas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Captain Beefheart, There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evening Stage<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Brown, Please Come Home for Christmas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wanda Jackson and the Continentals, Merry Christmas Baby<\/a><\/span>
Chuck Berry, Run Rudolph Run<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Clapton, Cryin' Christmas Tears<\/a><\/span>
Judy Collins, Silver Bells<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ry Cooder, Christmas in Southgate<\/a><\/span>
Bob Dylan, Must Be Santa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Is this the same guy who sang Desolation Row<\/a> back in '65? <\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Dylan, Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache<\/a>. Not Christmasy, but a good tune.  Remember Bob Luman? His version<\/a>. Luman's signature number<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who could possibly follow Dylan's growl except<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Waits, Silent Night<\/a>.  Give it a chance. <\/span><\/p>\n

A surprising number of Christmas songs were written by Jews<\/a>.  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas everybody.  Pour yourself a drink, and enjoy.  Me, I'm nursing a Boulevardier.  It's a Negroni with cojones: swap out the gin for bourbon.  One ounce bourbon, one ounce sweet vermouth, one ounce Campari, straight up or on the rocks, with a twist of orange.  A serious libation.  It'll melt a snowflake for sure. The vermouth rosso contests … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Tunes of the Season”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}