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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
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4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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November 29, 2004

Goofy XMas

A couple of days ago, I discovered channel 83 on XM satelite radio. For the holiday season, the station has become "Special XMas." I believe there's four stations on XM that have been converted to an exclusive holiday format for the next month or so, but this one in particular caught my ear. They've got every goofy Christmas song you can imagine. I was afraid it would be Elmo and Patsy over and over, but so far I've only heard the dreaded Grandma song once (and no Chipmunks or dogs barking "Jingle Bells" yet . . . wow).

Instead, they're breaking out lesser known novelty numbers from sources as diverse as Louis Armstrong, Wayne Newton, Ray Stevens and Tom Lehrer. A lot of the artists are also less familiar. I'd never heard of the Klezmonauts before, for example. Between songs, they're playing lines from Christmas movies that have been edited to sound goofy by r-r-repeating words and phrases like Max Headroom.

If you like silly Christmas music, you no longer need to buy a Dr. Demento collection. You can get it all and more on XM 83. Evidently more people have a warped sense of humor than I thought.

UPDATE: I just heard the barking dogs. Oh well . . . once in three days ain't bad.
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 1:18:00 AM


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