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Tag Archives: James Brown
Songs for a cool Yule and beyond
I was putting together this year’s Christmas playlist with help from my neighbor Swamp Rabbit, who has strong opinions about holiday music. “No more ‘Jingle Bells!’” he shouted. “There are two thousand versions out there and they all suck.” He … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas playlist, James Brown, Jingle Bells, Mariah Carey, Vince Guaraldi, White Christmas
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‘Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto’
Listen, people: The word “ghetto” dates to 16th- or 17th-century Venice, where Jews were restricted to living on an island near a foundry that produced a lot of ghet, or waste products. Or is it simply derived from borghetto — … Continue reading
‘Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto’
If anyone wanna know, Tell him James Brown sent you. You know I know what you will see Because that was once… me. Hit it! Hit it!
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Odd Man Out 