A couple of days ago I pulled out my pile of Christmas CD's (we had just experienced our second major snow thing up here in the northeast..so it got me into the spirit 'o the season). One CD in particular was missing. I remembered what the cover looked like and that it was vaguely Windham Hill-ish (in fact, the CD was Winter's Solstice, Vol. 1.and sure enough, it was on Windham Hill).

I spent a while browsing (for the 'ole memory jog) through the Amazon.com Christmas cd's (there are 6060 of 'em, yikes!) Man, there sure are some bizarre Christmas recordings out there. Not the jokey, Dr. Demento-type things. These records just make ya go "wha?" The funny thing is, I wanna get some of them:

Christmas Island - Leon Redbone

Maybe this one isn't so weird. Except that every time I hear Redbone's voice I can only think of all those "This Bud's For You" commercials. (I want it)

Southern Rock Christmas - Various Artists

Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Thorogood, BR-549, Foghat. Heck, this might be fun. (Want it)

Christmas Time Again - Lynyrd Skynyrd

They did "Run Rudolph Run" on the Southern Rock Christmas compilation. There's a whole bunch more here. Anybody need a stocking stuffer for Mr. Barger? (Want it but won't admit it)

A Wild-Eyed Christmas - .38 Special

Does the world need to hear these guys doing "Little Drummer Boy"? I don't. (Don't want it)

Carnival Christmas (CD-single) - Insane Clown Possee

Contains everybody's Christmas favorite: "Santa's A Fat Bitch". (Already own it...NOT)

And there you have it. I'd look for more but I only made it through about a thousand of the six-thousand...it's exhausting.

(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)