Not being a major smoker of grass, I have only ocassionaly celebrated 420 (as this year I sit with my 18 pack of Natti Ice instead), but if you notice several of the Honorary KLYAMers are weed and/or drug associated bands to one degree or another. So, for fuck’s sake here’s some 420 Songs of the Day!
“I’m getting high to pass the time.”
And who could forget this baby… Sniff it. Smell it like a flower.
The Pogues– “Fairytale of New York”- this performance is exactly twenty three years old, just like my brother. Happy Bday Bro! and Happy St. Paddy’s Day to y’all!
I’ll probably sound like Shane by the end of the night…
Happy thirty-first birthday sir!
For our good friend Martin.
”I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government. For the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!
HAPPY NEW YEAR’S TO ALL YOU FINE KLYAMERS OUT THERE!
“I know that it’s true, it’s going to be a good year.” Amen.
Well, hello there. I hope all of you are having an amazing Christmas! So, let’s dig into today’s segment of Who Did It Better, shall we? There are so many different versions of this Christmas classic, but here are some notable ones.
Old Blue Eyes sings his heart out.
I really dig the backing vocals.
And here Conor tops Sinatra with this Bright Eyes version.
This song exemplfiies what is great about BE: extremely passionate, somber vocals, practically whispering the words.
And here’s the grandaddy of them all:
Judy Garland- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4lY8Y3eoo&feature=related
This is my favorite Christmas song; it is not a jingle nor a carol and has more emotion than just about any other holiday song one cares to name. Specifically, I adore this version because of Judy Garland’s exceptional vocals, it just makes the music feel all the more sentimental, in a very good way.
But, what do you guys think?
Here’s the original from 1992. This is the earliest incarnation of South Park in which Jesus anilhilates an Evil Frosty! The Kenny killed looks just like Cartman haha.
and here’s the second version made a few years later. In this one the characters appear (in terms of animation and character) as they would in the future series, it just looks crappier. Instead of Frosty, we witness Jesus v. Santa! Who will win this epic showdown for the bragging rights of Father Christmas?
Okay, so I do this annually and if this looks similar to the post I made last year that is because it is! well, for the most part- not much has changed. Here we go:
Films (in no particular order):
1) It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
2) A Christmas Story (1983)
3) Home Alone (1990)
4) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
5) A Christmas Carol (in any of it’s versions, specifically 1951. I usually attend the play, as I will be in less than a week; one of the few plays I enjoy seeing)
6) The Santa Claus (1994)
7) Edward Scissorhands (1990) (okay, so only towards the end of the film this is applicable, but for me it gets me in the mood)
8) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (I suppose this is more apropos for Halloween)
9) Bad Santa (2003)
10) Die Hard (1988)
TV:
1) The Simpsons- Most of their Christmas specials are worthy, but specifically, “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire” (1989)
2) South Park- Same deal as above, but especially “Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo” (1997)
3) Family Guy- “A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas” (2001)
4) At least one Johnny Cash Special
5) Dr.Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1964)
6) Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
7) Frosty The Snowman (1969)
8) It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (2009)
9) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
10) SNL- various skits
Literature:
A Christmas Carol By:Charles Dickens (1843)
A Story A Day Till Christmas Various Authors (1985)
The Catcher in the Rye By: J.D. Salinger (1951)
I usually end up viewing (or reading for that matter) only half of these! But, either way, I have a lot of work to do and I recommend others to watch/read them too. I would recommend music, but that will take too long. I’ll save it for another day. To kick things off, here’s Adam Sandler in a classic SNL skit. It’s too bad that Youtube doesn’t have the actual video, oh well.
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