{"id":5927,"date":"2016-12-24T16:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T16:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-at-the-oldies-tunes-of-the-season-2\/"},"modified":"2016-12-24T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T16:45:54","slug":"christmas-eve-at-the-oldies-tunes-of-the-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-at-the-oldies-tunes-of-the-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve 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, 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 the harshness of the bourbon, but then the Campari joins the fight on the side of the bourbon.  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. An irrational prejudice against artichokes? <\/span><\/p>\n

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>.  This one goes out to Barack and Michelle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Dunham, Jingle Bombs<\/a> by Achmed the Terrorist.  TRIGGER WARNING! Not for the p.c.-whipped.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Dylan Magon, White Christmas<\/a>.  Don't know this dude.  Appears to be a black Italian.  Good performance, except that he says'sly bells' instead of 'slay bells.'  <\/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>.  Don't miss this one if you are a Los Angeleno.  <\/span>
Bob Dylan, Must Be Santa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Is this the same guy who sang Desolation Row<\/a> back in '65?  This is the 'stoned' version.  It'll grow on you! Give it  chance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Dylan, Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache<\/a>. Not Christmasy, but a good tune. <\/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","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. … Continue reading “Christmas Eve 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":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927","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=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}