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Sting - Driven To Tears - Hope For Haiti Now

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Festivus, misc, etc, yada yada yada...

I have a feeling that if I regularly listened to the radio, I would be sick of Christmas music more than ever right about now. Actually in a week it would be more than ever. Then a week after that it would be even worse.

This most special holiday has been so horribly commercialized. That's part of the reason why I despise much of what happens in America at Christmastime. It makes me sick. Something I've been thinking about I should have started this year, but perhaps next will be my first, I hope, of about a dozen in a row (or maybe an endless streak until the day I die?) when I'll take off to some remote part of the Earth for the whole month of December, somewhere I can volunteer my time in some medical clinic somewhere, helping people who won't be stopping at Starbucks after shopping at Walmart. I'll be completely removed this crap that everyone seems to wrap themselves up in at this time of the year. God, I love this country... it's just a shame so much of it is backwards, broken, and downright pathetic.

Rant over.

Anyway... I don't listen to the radio so at this time of the year I am not innudated with Fa La La La La and Grandma's Tragic Death From a Reindeer... so I can tolerate some Christmas tunes every now and then.

And here's some
for this morning,
Part 1:


A
Very
Special
Christmas

1989






256 kbps

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus -- John Mellencamp
Santa Baby -- Madonna
The Little Drummer Boy -- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Silent Night -- Stevie Nicks
Gabriel's Message -- Sting
The Coventry Carol -- Alison Moyet
Do You Hear What I Hear? -- Whitney Houston
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- The Pointer Sisters

(the other 7 tracks + an extra from Springsteen will come later today.)

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sweet runnin', cher

Back in running shoes! It's only been like, what, a week? Oi. When the run was done, I was soooo thankful; it wasn't easy but it felt great that I'd made, once again, over 12½ minutes!

around 95 minutes on the trail . . .

Running Time -- 12 minutes & 42 seconds (up 12 from last run)

some music for Mardi Gras & The Big Easy

Moon Over Bourbon Street -- Sting

Basin Street Blues -- Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Bourbon Street Parade -- Al Hirt

Canal Street Blues -- Louis Armstrong

Christmas In New Orleans -- Louis Armstrong

New Orleans Stomp -- Louis Armstrong

Blues For New Orleans -- Duke Ellington

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? -- Ellis Marsalis

New Orleans Bump -- Wynton Marsalis

Sweet Home New Orleans -- Dr. John

Mardi Gras In New Orleans -- Harry Connick, Jr.

Go To The Mardi Gras -- Art & Aaron Neville

Mardi Gras Boogie -- Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band

Walkin' To New Orleans -- Buckwheat Zydeco

Talkin' Bout New Orleans -- The Meters

City Of New Orleans -- Arlo Guthrie

New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 -- R.E.M.

Great music. Just about feels like I'm back in my hotel room in the Quarter after a nice run through New Orleans. Okay, it doesn't really feel like that at all but it was a nice selection of music celebrating New Orleans & Mardi Gras. Of course Fat Tuesday was like 2 weeks ago but better late than never!