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 Uncovering the Truth, Man

AKA - THE CONSPIRACY THEORY PLAYLIST

The X-Files - Mark Snow
I Know There's Something Going On - Frida
In The Shadows - The Rasmus
We Do (The Stonecutters Song) - The Simpsons
MK Ultra - Muse
Jesus Was an Alien - Tabitha's Secret
Spaceman - The Killers
Men In Black - Will Smith
Unmarked Helicopters - Soul Coughing
Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's
Cover Up - Trevor Rabin
Brain of J - Pearl Jam
I'm a Mason Now - Johnathan Coulton
Paranoia - Green Day
Zombie - The Cranberries

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Music for Tilting at Windmills

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AKA - THE DON QUIXOTE PLAYLIST

Delusions of Grandeur - Fleming & John
Knight in Rusty Armor - Peter & Gordon
Mighty Mouse Theme - The Sandpipers
I Will Follow Him - Petula Clark
Fairytale -Alexander Rybak
Hero - Il Divo
The Fool on the Hill - Shirley Bassey
Battling Giants - Ben's Brother
Not a Pretty Girl - Ani DiFranco
Fairytale - Constance Amiot
When I Was a Fool - Concrete Blonde
Shooting Star - Harry Chapin
I Will Go Sailing No More - Randy Newman
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - The Beach Boys
Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog

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Music for Pondering, Weak and Weary

AKA - THE EDGAR ALLAN POE PLAYLIST

Funeral March of a Marionette - Mannheim Steamroller
Masquerade - Company ("Phantom of the Opera")
Can't Get you Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
Black Wings -Ray Wylie Hubbard
Bonnie Broom - The Glengarry Bhoys
I Remember Larry - Weird Al Yankovic
Six Foot Deep - Creature Feature
Buried Alive - Black Lips
I Hold Your Hand in Mine - Tom Lehrer
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
River of No Return - Tennessee Ernie Ford
I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
Heartbeat - Wire
The Sea - Carbon Leaf

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Music for Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

AKA - THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND PLAYLIST

The Windmills of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield
Thank Heaven for Little Girls - Maurice Chevalier
Run Rabbit Run - The Hoosiers
Pure Imagination - Gene Wilder
Lookin' Out My Backdoor - Creedence Clearwater Revival
I'm Going Slightly Mad - Queen
Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - Bono
The Dolls' Tea Party - The Magnetic Fields
Everything You Know Is Wrong - "Weird Al" Yankovic
New Math - Tom Lehrer
The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum - King Crimson
Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan
Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
House of Cards - Adrian Belew
When You Dream - Barenaked Ladies

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