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What Folks Is Sayin’
- Leonard Andrew Spencer on Holiday Horrors: Portraits of Krampus
- Carmen Martinez on Musica para las Fiestas!
- CitizenCharlesFosterKane on Holiday Horrors: The Worst Christmas Song Ever Explanation
- Rezeya Montecore on Holiday Horrors: The Worst Christmas Song Ever Explanation
- Cynthia Jokela on Holiday Horrors: The Worst Christmas Song Ever Explanation
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Category Archives: Seasonal Fare
Musica para las Fiestas!
Just before Christmas, my wife borrowed some LPs from her grandmother so we could digitize them. These were albums her family listened to every December for decades. I was not familiar with any of them because these were albums of … Read on! —->
Posted in Seasonal Fare
Tagged angel luis garcia, celia cruz, christmas, latin music, musica jibara, pedro padilla, salsa
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My Favorite Video of the Year
In the giving spirit of the season, I want to share you my favorite video of the year. If you read this site, you know the kind of videos I gravitate toward, and so you’d probably think I’d pick some … Read on! —->
Posted in Seasonal Fare, Videocracy
Tagged disney channel, justin bieber, make your mark, segway
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Own Horn Tooting, 2012 Edition: The Year in Me
At the end of the year, one’s thoughts inevitably turn to the unstoppable march of time. And by “one,” I mean me. As 2012 draws to a close, I initially had a sense of failure (my default setting, really). Another … Read on! —->
Posted in "Classic" Scratchbomb, Seasonal Fare
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Slice of Turkey 2012: Ed McMahon Sings the Glories of Thanksgiving!
Last year, I wrote series of posts under the banner of Slice Of Turkey, mostly about videos from old Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades. One of my favorite clips I came across when searching for material for the series was of … Read on! —->
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Scratchbomb Christmas Comedy Classics!
Around this time o’ year way back in 2009 and 2010, I did a series of posts under the banners of Holiday Horrors and Holiday Triumphs, with at least one example of each for every day in December leading up … Read on! —->
Christmas Minus 10
At Christmastime 2001, I’d been out of work for over a year. When I was first laid off, I got a number of interviews. I even turned down a job offer for a position that sounded painfully uninteresting, foolishly thinking … Read on! —->
Posted in Pointless Nostalgia, Seasonal Fare
Tagged chinatown, christmas, manhattan, nyc, unemployment
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Asalto Navideño!
I love Puerto Rican Christmas music. One reason is because it is nearly indistinguishable from non-Christmas-y Puerto Rican music. Granted, that is due in large part to my poor knowledge of Spanish. But, it is also indicative of a culture … Read on! —->
Posted in Seasonal Fare
Tagged asalto navideno, christmas carols, hector lavoe, puerto rico, salsa, willie colon
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Ethnic Envy and the Case of the Misidentified Holiday Decoration
This weekend, my daughter presented me with two questions I wasn’t sure how to answer. The first came during a trip to a diner, after I insisted we wrap up the uneaten portion of her meal to bring home. “My … Read on! —->
Posted in Parental Guidance, Seasonal Fare
Tagged christmas, ethnic envy, hannukkah, ireland, nyc, queens
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Explaining Your Childhood, Christmas Edition
You can not recognize your natural environment for what it is until you leave it. Example: I grew up believing that I was middle class, because everyone was middle class, right? Therefore, the kids I went to school with, who … Read on! —->
Christmas Carol Commentary Tracks: Frosty the Snowman
Did you know you know that record labels used to release special commentary tracks to play along with 45s, much like the ones available on your modern DVDs? It’s true! This holiday season, Scratchbomb has transcribed some Yuletide examples of … Read on! —->