I pretty much always wish I was a barefoot gypsy ’round the campfire singing and playing, but especially this time of year, maybe because I used to go caroling when I was in elementary school. Now we can get down to what is really wrong. Talk about anything except the Daily Dish and Four Loko.
Music
Early Morning Open Thread: Happy Xmas
__ __ Still looking for a good contralto version of this on YouTube. Feel free to make suggestions for your preferred version. __ __ Also, if anyone taking Adorable Christmas Morning photos of their babies sends a .jpeg to AnneLaurie at Verizon.net (or click on my name near the top of the right-hand column), we …
Late Night Open Thread: Blood Moon
__ __ Commentor Redshift reports: The eclipse is way-cool here in the DC area. With a wisp of cloud, an orange-red otherworldly moon and glittering stars, it looks like a vision of outer space from a 50s Technicolor SF movie. __ Saw a meteor a few minutes after totality, too! Here north of Boston, the …
Late Night Open Thread
Part of getting older is that eventually there’s a Christmas holiday album from every musician you’ve ever spent money on. Fortunately for me, I like quite a few carols, pagan that I am. This year, it’s Annie Lennox: __ __ This is about the most Northern European carol I can imagine, and Lennox does full …
Early Morning Open Thread: St. Lucia Day
__ __ Back on the second day of Hannukah, I mentioned that I believed in celebrating every possible festival of lights, and commentor Currants reminded me not to miss the Scandinavian version of St. Lucia Day. From Wikipedia: In Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Finland, Lucy (called Lucia) it is venerated on December 13 in …
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Late Night Open Thread: Winter Ballet
Okay, it’s not the Nutcracker. Deal. __ __
Late Night Open Thread: Winter Night
__ Everybody’s chatty tonight. Let’s test my ability to kill it dead.