I dug out my Christmas CD's and tapes (remember those?) last nite -
The first CD I put on was the Chieftains 'Bells of Dublin'
What do you listen to for the holidays?
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Chuck....I have 2 Christmas albums to highly recommend. James Taylor put one out a couple years ago (I will check the name) and Ray Charles had one out a couple years before he passed (I will check that name also) but they are grade "A" Christmas albums and must haves!
We listen to Trans Siberian Orchestra. A holiday show I recommend highly.In fact,it was Habs who first told me to check them out.This year will be the first year of the last 4 that we won't be going to see them.They won't be playing the Mohegan Sun this year.We live so close to the Sun and were not into going to Hartford or Providence.
Thanks BF - I heard a bit of that last nite while I was on the Google looking for new Christmas stuff - sounded good -
Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas gets a lot of play around here - the missus likes it and I'm a BIG Neville Bros. fan.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
While we were setting up the tree Sunday I actually listened to a big-band tape I got quite a while ago in a bargain bin by the Glenn Miller Orchestra - turned out to be excellent, then read the liner notes to realize it had been recorded in 1992 - you may see it for 3.99 as a CD somewhere on the Laserlight label - it's pretty good if you occasionally like big band stuff for a change of pace.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
I'm burned out on it already!
I hate Christmas music.
Yuck.
Bryan
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Omigod......Karl, c'mon, fess up are you gonna play this for the family on the holidays?
I can hear it now...
Aaaaacooodeeesh - what the hell is that godthammed t'ing with the punlay - aaaaa Zazoosh...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Karl, I usually got called a Wop-a-Gee - although there's also Swedish in me too.
My surname is Italian but I'm only 1/4 - the other 1/2 is Porkacheese - then 1/4 Swede...
Having the Itralian last name I always thought of myself as an undercover greenhorn...
Boy, when I was a kid you shoulda seen my family gatherings with all three of those nationalities around at one time.
Aaaa cooodeeesh
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
OMG... ya know stereo types... Thick Headed Swedes, (squarehead), Stubborn Frenchman, (my main mix) Hot Headed Italian, and God Bless the Stubborn Portugeese (her main mix)...
I got the stubborn gene from all 3, I think...
Occasionally, a bit of the emotional (yeah, hot-headed, I guess at times) Italian, which is never a good mix with the Portuguese - if you've ever seen a Gee get PO'd - definitely a good time to clear the area.....they take a lot of crap up to a point and then they'll go absolutely medeval on ya...I try to keep that in check, though...
The Swedes are a good damned group - fun-loving, sociable - but not real flexible on their opinions, if ya get my drift...my Dad was addicted to creamed herring...we held a 60th anniversary party here at our house for my Swedish aunt and uncle (actually dad's 1st cousins) - nine - count 'em - different dishes all of which had herring in them. Janssen's potatoes, fresh creamed herring, etc etc - wish dad had been there, he would have gone crazy, Swedish soul food for fish-heads -
And the highlight for me at the party - and Uncle Gus - was the salt, sugar and fennel cured salmon (Swedish cerviche) - damn, I've never done it myself, takes a week to do it right in the fridge, may try to do some for the holidays. That stuff will make ya horny, I'm tellin' ya...
Boy, talk about epic threadjacking...maybe we can talk the Cap into an Ethnic Forum...
Nahhhhh, on second thought, maybe not in the winter...
Holy #### - Karl, I can't believe I found this on Youtube - don't know if you remember this Christmas classic - well, if you hang around Swedes ya might...
For the younger S-B'ers - that thing is a 45, that's how we used to listen to music in the olden days...
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Hey, Karl - I'll put one more on the Victrola for ya...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Here's another one from Yogi Yorgesson's Greatest Hits
For some reason I always enjoy them a little more after a coupla cups of warm Yul Glogg from the stove followed by a nice cold shot of Aquavit...
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
i'll be listening to ice cubes clink in my glass
the sssfft of beer bottles being opened
the occasional pop of the fire in the wood stove
and the other sound cannot be heard
The days before they had "Talkies" on the Radio......you just looked at the radio while a guy in your living room played the piano
Yup, we were happy then, though we were poor...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
yumpin' yimminy!
Crafty, ya dug out some oldie there, ya sure!
pass the gafflbeiters and the vort limpa!
Karl, I'm decided I'm gonna do gravlox for Christmas...
My bride corrected me, tho, it's fresh dill not fennel -
Stop and Shop has fresh salmon on sale this week - it takes 3 or 4 days to do it right in the fridge - I'm gonna get some akvavit too - with a fresh dill dipping sauce and some good Wasabrod - yup, gonna go all Swede on 'em this year for Christmas day -
I'll burn some Yogi Yorgesson to a CD too - just to make it complete
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
Roomful-a-Blues Christmas Album 
diamondbanger
...Karl, c'mon, fess up are you gonna play this for the family on the holidays?
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