Joy to the World

Amy Grant and Eartha Kitt again it's the most wonderful time of the year and Santa Baby

oh, come O come Emmanuel

With choir and full orchestra, the rejoice rejoice doesn't sound so delorious.

silent night

I came in the middle of it, so missed some of the narration. Sounds like a good congregation caught mid worship, and I definitely would like to hear it again to catch the narration.  I remember hearing the version that was done at John I Leonard, with a solo that was a little soul or jazzy, under the direction of Mr Johansson or Mr j. That was a revelation.  We did it again at least once under Kendall Kline.  

it came upon the midnight clear

I think it's new to me, but a version with some kind of bongos and a children's choir period what a great song. Adaptable to any style.

McD's snowflake with coffee beans

Looks like they've been doing it all day and they're still going, pretty low to the ground period

sky stripes

Up and down Boynton Beach close to Lantana. And then further north over Lantana and Lake Worth west of 95 and across the sky east to west criss-crossing.  Straight up, from over the beach also.

Dean Martin

Let it Snow with the perfect background

Feliz navidad three times so far

Elvis Presley Here Comes Santa Claus

https://youtu.be/1CzJh8tJzyM.  Trump Thanksgiving Day Address, Massive Fraud so hard to concede, but time isn't on our side.  You know I will leave if I have to, and "Don't talk to me like that, I am the President of the United States.

Frankly

I didn't grow up with Frank Sinatra singing Christmas carols for me. But listening to his kids from one to 92, I like it. This is my first Frank Sinatra of the season, and he's definitely laid back, but I surely like Frank Sinatra better now than I used to.  This one has a beautiful old-fashioned choir in the background.  And when will we ever hear that today, unless you're watching a Disney classic? Or unless it's Christmas time?  Then, it's not Whitney and not Vanessa, but somebody else singing Do You Hear What I Hear.  I like it except for the stah, a stah, dancing in the night, and shouldn't Whitney and Vanessa have a standard?  Chuck Berry Run Run Rudolph is next and I didn't grow up with him either. It's a little harsh and repetitive. But nothing wrong with it. The guitar solo is good though,.followed by one of those disco orchestra's God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, the intro, which is actually Carol of the Bells. And the bells and the bells and the bells and more Bells

first

Bobby Helms, jingle Bell Rock and Lindsey Stirling violinist Carol of the Bells

I'm okay.

maybe because I'm just about to sign a legal form so that they can use my footage in a new film, Karen Carpenter sounds good right now. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas she says.interesting that I met the composer at Johnnie Leonard in Kendall clients class. I wonder how many people remember that and if they remember more details than I do.

those who follow my blog

will remember a time, when I wrote about birds leading us to good places. Because birds can fly, if we follow them we'll end up in places where they like. So if they know a better place, we can see where a better place is by following them. But yesterday it occurred to me, driving along 95 and seeing a beautiful bird flying ahead, that maybe they just go around pooping on everything they find and then fly off like natural litterers. GBH we'd say, and canoe around the bend, to find the bird gone ahead of us.  It was all very Disney. But they didn't bring us anything.  No pearls to accent the dress, no apples to bake into a pie. No food from any ravens.  But the great blue heron had been there first and left his mark ahead of us. Peace.  Like a river.

the same people

who are worried about covid, are also worried about overpopulation so why are they so scared? It sounds like a win-win.

Andy Williams

Still sounds great with those scary ghost stories and tales of the glories, even though he could kill his wife's lover or whatever.

White Christmas

I never thought it would happen, but it must be a harbinger of the apocalypse.  I just heard White Christmas for the first time this year and Bing Crosby was singing too slowly. My brain has changed.  It must be the cell phone. It's changed me more than I realized. But then, Karen Carpenter was sending too slowly too, and it wasn't just "I wish I were" and logs on the fire that did not fill me with desire, so perhaps it's my current mood.so when Paul McCartney sings out of tune Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time, there you go.

McDonald's you don't understand

People used to feel comfortable coming to McDonald's just to use the restroom. McDonald's located next to interstates, have big drop in customer bases.  But you're taking out all the shitters, and putting only one in each gender's bathroom. What you need, is an immaculately clean restroom, constantly available, and dollar items quickly purchasable. But instead, you're locking bathroom doors and locating  in ghetto areas. Wrong.

spirits

Didn't fall the way they do after a play. I did The Praetorian yesterday, filming in Stuart, or rather Palm Bay at the macaw rescue shangri-la.  I was told not supposed to picture, but I'm tempted.

you know what else is repetitive?

the background singers singing on Blue Christmas. Just heard my first Elvis Presley on the same station with Carol of the bells.

up on the housetop

Second time. I can't even tell if it's the same version. This one has jaunty instrumentals and it kind of sounds like Gene Autry. I don't recognize this ending though. First Marina Lane roanoke.  No. That was first Ringa linga linga linga ding dong ding, Ronettes.  By the way, Carol of Bells is very repetitive, and now I've heard three or four versions.

I just saw my first inflatables of the season.

Couldn't even tell if it was Frosty or Rudolph or what it was, but just lying there lifeless and airless.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer

First hearing of Burl Ives singing this song. This story is a triumph for modern storytelling.. there's always tomorrow, is up there with Over the rainbow being fraught with possibilities somewhere. I think it started out as an advertising campaign, but in terms of claymation it is a masterpiece. Having the soundtrack since I was tiny, I noticed immediately that one side had vocals and one side was instrumental. And this was part of my love affair with Christmas orchestras. I used to think that side was so boring, but now I live Christmas because I get to hear violins.

https://youtu.be/D8z7h1LtUkU

The Hill- Panel: Will Biden's Cabinet Choices Ensure Trum...

so what's changed

I remember a time when water was free, and then a time when people paid for it and carried it around with them constantly. I remember a time when phones were just in homes so when you called and nobody answered you figured they were maybe not home. Now it's getting to the point where people think you hate them when you don't answer. As if you couldn't possibly be doing anything else period so what are the types of things people do while they're on the phone, I don't want to know but it reminds me of that song that said in the middle of making love we noticed the time we both got nervous cuz it's way after 9:00. And I thought, these people are engaged in a list of activity because they're bored at home and now they're bored in the middle of this song too. Personally, I left my phone at my aunt's once and didn't notice for a while. Now I would probably notice in 10 minutes max. So as I said in my computer classes, the phone has changed us more than we have changed technology. I want to see a cartoon, where Alexander Graham Bell or somebody who's inventing the phone, says hey great period now we can have p*** with us 24/7. Because that's the end result, but I don't think anybody saw that coming. I don't think anybody saw anybody coming. Generally speaking. People are interpreting this mask thing completely differently. Lots of people have them hanging below their chin.  That's interesting, because if the virus was on their mask, they're putting it very close to their mouth now. And then there are other people who don't have it cover their nose. I suppose they're also breathing through their nose? And then lots of people don't wear them at all. I just look around, and if I see somebody with a mask on I know it'll make them feel better for me to have my mask on. I guess you could interpret that as an infringement upon my personal liberties. But it's kind of like me wearing clothes when I'm out. It doesn't matter what I'm wearing when I'm alone. I don't feel oppressed by that. I noticed that the YouTube algorithm does not give me videos about politics from 2 days or less ago. So I've been searching for videos that posted the last hour in the last day. but if it's trying to get me to watch videos, which we think algorithms do, wouldn't it give me the latest things first since I've done the same operation for I don't know, 2 weeks? so it does come to mind again, if the algorithm is slanted, which is dumb. Because of course everything is slanted, but the question is in which way is the algorithm slanted. If we go with the hypothesis that Trump just wants attention, then that would make sense with the current state of affairs. Him being crazy doesn't make sense, because crazy people don't succeed. And being a genius playing 4D chess makes sense, but it's much more likely that he just wants attention all the time.  Clearly Democrats cheap, and nobody's talking about it, but of course Republicans cheat. Duh. with apocalyptic visions on both sides, there's more cheating this year than most of the years. But to what extent? Of course computers can be used to cheat, but were they and how would we prove that?

retro or throwback

Four Christmas songs the way I like them, where you can't really tell what decade they're from. Baby it's cold outside, which if I remember was controversial last year.  I still think duets are my favorite thing, and there's so many versions of this one that it's hard to judge them all.  Good orchestrations behind them, which is one reason I love Christmas, because when else can you hear an orchestra in a pop music setting?it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas from Dionne Warwick and Rock around The Christmas Tree by Amy Grant which is only the second Amy Grant I've heard I think, and a great let it snow with some melodic changes and a male singer.  I couldn't tell who it was. But he did what Ella does which was keep everything the same except change the melody and I've heard a couple of those Trans-Siberian orchestra Mannheim steamroller songs, most commonly Carol of the bells.

https://youtu.be/H0h6sRuC8bQ

CNN did not air the press conference yesterday, but they called it bananas. If I understood Scott Adams correctly, they pronounced it as bananas before it had even aired.  Here is the link to Rudy Giuliani's YouTube channel. It's interesting how YouTube and Twitter etc let people talk directly to their audience and people of a certain age still filter their news through the alphabet stations.  Both sides claim that big tech is censoring them.  Are they both right? I wish this division would cause a new group of people to take office at the local level all across the country. If we just took all the things we agreed on and did those, we would make some progress.

Yoko and those out of tune kids

They let the song play till the end, and I don't think I heard that in a long time.  I like it when the kids say happy christmas. there's some decorations up here at Pine Point Villas, and I saw another Christmas tree stand today.  The lyric, I hope it's a good one without any fear is troubling. Yes it rhymes, but an entire year without any fear? maybe a year without much fear, or year not characterized by fear but a whole year without any fear hello? I wonder if Yoko really slept with hillary. it seems to me, that Hillary didn't do anything that she could get caught at until she said the word deplorables. A life of calculation if you ask me.

two things

I was watching this documentary about brethrenarism, and one of the featured breatharians said that McDonald's was a place of infinite love or vortex of something or other and that the only food you can ever eat is Diet Coke and Quarter Pounders with cheese. So of course I believe that too, except I would add iced coffee.  And secondly here in McDonald's, an ugly man and his cute kid, came to the door,  opened the door and realized simultaneously that they needed to go back to the car to get a mask so walked in tandem to the car each opening their respective door to get their mask and walk back in. I don't know why it was notable except that it was cute that they were completely different in size but walking in tandem, with the same expression. the kid is here now, enjoying the vortex of love that is McDonald's.

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Christmas bluegrass

CD I got from The bargain bin at Old Time Pottery. like all bluegrass, I love the instrumentals and may or may not love the vocals.

McD's

Usually it seems like people don't notice McDonald's prices. but every once in a while somebody who doesn't eat here very often, comments on how fast food is very expensive. And then of course I want to point out that there's a dollar menu. I mean really you could order three cheeseburgers for the price of one bigger one, or maybe more. And you can always add extras pickles and onions if you think that'll help your hunger craving, and those are free. But let's face it, everybody eats too much. Anyway so I ordered something different and the price was higher than I expected, so I had the cashier read the prices out to me individually because the total seemed too high. And lo and behold, somebody after me was confused about their price as well.  It really doesn't happen very often at all, and additionally, this was the second time I've heard somebody order a cheeseburger without cheese. He ordered three cheeseburgers one of them without cheese!

end of a road trip

Well, I just got back into the state from a thousand Mile journey and noticed two sets of Christmas lights. One has palm trees at the entrance of a plaza and lots of other stuff, and one was a shopping center and I don't think they're done.  Oh wait, all I did was travel 3 miles away but since the time changed 5:30 in the afternoon seems like 9:30 p.m. after a thousand Mile road trip.

Let it Snow

The Drifters White Christmas. They sound great, but that's not always makes me grimace.  

first Amy grant?

One of the first ones I ever heard, winter wonderland. seated by an I'll Be home for Christmas by someone else, with a little bit of gymnastical cleaning but not bad.

Burl Ives and Tony Bennett

Have a Holly

Have Yourself

more

Madonna Santa Baby, and a few Bublé.

Al jarreau

A surprise to hear him so early in the season. Notes for me Christmas song Santa's on his way

have yourself a Merry Little christmas.

Sounds like it's from the 80s or 90s, but who knows. This version grew on me, as she decided to get softer with the high notes. And the instrumental behind her is interesting; the drums there for a minute, and of course, the strings. Cool trumpet cadence at the end. So far I've heard Michael's Santa Claus is coming to town and I Saw Mommy kissing Santa claus. Tickle tickle.

Andy Williams

Finally exclamation he doesn't disappoint. It's the most wonderful Time of the year.

Eurythmics

Winter wonderland

Do you hear what I hear, from back when men could really sing.

Holly Christmas

Just heard Burl Ives and that reminds me Holly Dolly Christmas was released.  Eartha Kitt   Santa Baby and Johnny Mathis   it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Jose Feliciano too, so I guess like eggnog, I'm done once for the entire season. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, though.

red racer video

Another conservative banned from youtube.  I never heard him say anything mean. His theories were big but he always said that he didn't want to hurt anybody and that maybe there was evidence for this, not as if we know it's true.

last Christmas last Christmas

George Michael giving his heart away, which surely would kill him, right around Christmas Day or is it the very next day that he gave it away? Or was it the day before? I guess tomorrow is only a day away.

finally

Johnny Mathis we need a little Christmas now and Brenda Lee rocking around the Christmas tree

Christmas music

I heard a retro Skeigh Ride with synthesizer and maybe actual strings, I don't think I've heard that version before. And I heard a most wonderful time of the year seen her who sounded somewhat like Johnny Mathis but not in a bad way. And I saw the Hershey's kiss red green and silver sounding like handbells in the shape of a Christmas tree commercial. So, the season has begun. Before that I saw promptings to watch Amy Grant's duet, the Christmas Waltz. And z88.3 asked me to vote on Christmas songs.

Dr. Steve Turley

Lots of scenarios for T to win and only need one or two.

https://youtu.be/oF41PC8vA5Q

Hudna1

https://youtu.be/8KVskkQkMS4

T Won

America Uncovered

https://youtu.be/pEslMIlbAi8

Another map that mysteriously does not have Alaska colored red.

Frank Tufano

https://youtu.be/csVvSw3jmng

Media convincing the public Biden won.

https://youtu.be/8wKQRfphusU

PocketsOfTheFuture

More uncalled Alaska map.  CNN and NBC.  Huffington Post says 290 something, CNN says 279 to 214.

NTD

https://youtu.be/jjMHEGgye04

Never heard of them, but they're using the same map problem that Taylor Marshall just showed as well. For some reason, United States maps of the election don't have Alaska colored in. But no one has mentioned that there's any problem with Alaska. NTD won't call the election yet and Taylor just said that two more states are back in play. Even according to CNN.

Eric Metaxas

Too many irregularities

https://youtu.be/Zco_Y0o55jk

Six states challenged

https://youtu.be/TjnCFzQFojs

Church Militant says it's not over.

Sid Roth

It's Supernatural.  Hasn't given up on the election.

The Praetorian

https://youtu.be/yEgcoBlfwbM

Frank Romanek says it's not over.

how things stand

https://youtu.be/HW1W-GD_z5c

Doreen Dotan says Trump won summarily, but can't collect the prize due to Christian pride. She says that he will tramp after a great humiliation. I am wondering how much one can even have in the press. And thinking of the time, when every public figure will have photos of their youth held against them.  As of yesterday, Taylor R. Marshall ssid Trump won and was outlining a path for getting Pennsylvania.  This morning, Scott Adams said, that the rampant fraud will be exposed, but he doesn't know when or if it will be enough or if he is reelected, if Trump should resign. Now I need to see what Mother Miriam says.  Hudna1 tells us how even in Los Angeles, Trump won.  I find that hard to believe, yet see the parades in Beverly Hills, thanks to Girltown and others.  Bruce, my personal friend who I thought would never give up, who saw Trump reelected and shot has resigned himself to a Biden in victory.  I was wrong about Trump getting elected and I was wrong about Obama getting reelected and I was wrong about Obama getting elected the first time but I really think Trump is going to stay in the White House legally. Knowing full well that I'm not good at predicting these things. It's stupid to say there was no fraud. The question is how much on each side, and was it in the states that matter to the extent that matters. And when we have two presidents because half the country won't accept it? But amazingly, I think Trump is going to play by the rules and win by the rules and I say that knowing full well that he is a cheater.