Music for Surviving the Holidays

Since our regular posting day falls on Christmas this year and we, like most people are busy handling the insanity of the holidays, we're going to take it easy this week. But! That somehow means you get EXTRA songs this week! Periodically, Rob has put together a Christmas album for his family. Some of the songs were more successful than others. Apparently some people react violently to "Wonderful Christmastime." Who knew? The upshot is that you now get his greatest hits as a special, double-length playlist. Enjoy, and happy holidays! (Note: my family likes cussin'.)

The Christmas Can-Can - Straight No Chaser
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Bruce Springsteen (I'm from Jersey, it's the law)
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
Twas the Night Before Christmas - Art Carney
Zat You Santa Claus - Louis Armstrong
Fuck Christmas - Eric Idle
It's So Chic to Be Pregnant at Christmas - Nancy White
Twelve Pains of Christmas - Bob Rivers
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Gayle Peevey
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Nuttin For Christmas - Stan Freberg
Chipmunks Roasting On an Open Fire - Bob Rivers
The Chimney Song - Bob Rivers
Snow Miser / Heat Miser - Rich Chambers
Walkin' Round In Women's Underwear - Bob Rivers
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft
Give the Jew Girl Toys - Sarah Silverman
The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al Yankovic
Kidnap the Sandy Claws - Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman, and Paul Reubens
Chiron Beta Prime - Jonathan Coulton
Batman Smells (A Rebuttal) - John Anealio
Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Jack Johnson
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlan
Hanukkah Blessings - Barenaked Ladies
The Atheist Christmas Carol - Vienna Teng
White Wine In the Sun - Tim Minchin
Happy Xmas - John Lennon

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Music for Hurling Thunderbolts From Olympus

AKA - THE GREEK GODS PLAYLIST

Holocaust of Giants - Rasputina
Cartoon Heroes - Aqua
King of the Mountain - KISS
Killer Queen - Queen
At the Bottom Of the Sea - The Thermals
Cross the River - Zephyr
Call the Doctor - The Moffatts
War - Edwin Starr
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
Little Volcano - The Dead Milkmen
Sun King - The Cult
The Huntress - The Echoing Green
Days Of Wine and Roses - Marcia Rutledge
Little Bit Of Me - Melanie Safka
Constellation - They Might Be Giants

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Music to Double Cross By

 

AKA- THE FILM NOIR PLAYLIST

Dark City Sky- Fatboy

Ruby Red Lips- Judith Owen

Nine Lives- The Gas House Gorillas

Smoking Gun- Duke Danger

One Hundred Cigarettes- Molly Johnson

Hit By a Brick- The Atomic Fireballs

Chinatown- Asylum Street Spankers

Framed- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Bad Man's World- Jenny Lewis

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap- Lesley Gore

Silhouettes- The Nylons

Streetwalking Queen- The Pietasters

I Will Survive- The Puppini Sisters

Blackmail- The Runaways

Why Don't You Do Right- (The one and only) Jessica Rabbit

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