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Holiday Triumphs 2009, Tunes of Righteousness

Holiday Triumphs: Christmas Songs of Righteousness

Just to prove to everyone that I don’t hate every Christmas song in existence. Links for handy download, too (where I had ’em), in case you wanna make yourself a hot holiday mix. And if you wanna DL the whole batch in one fell swoop, click here.

The Ramones, “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)”

Slade, “Merry Xmas Everybody”

The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York”

Bonus! Ted Leo performing “Fairytale of New York”, live on WFMU, 2007 (with the dirty bits chopped out).

Bonus bonus! For you socialists out there, Billy Bragg performing “Fairytale of New York” live on the BBC.
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Baseball, Tuneage

I’d Rather Have a Fastball in Front of Me than a Frontal Lobotomy

Clayton Kershaw–the Dodgers’ starter for game 1 of the NLCS–looks like a very young, slightly more athletic version of Tom Waits.

I have no joke for this. Believe me, I tried to find one. Maybe it’s just funny enough that a fireballing southpaw resembles the whiskey-soaked bard of hobos, drunks, and drunk hobos. Seriously, look at this pic of Kershaw:

kershaw.jpgNow peep this pic of a young Tom Waits, back when his voice sounded only slightly demonic:

tomwaits.jpgNot convinced? How ’bout this clip of Mr. Waits on Fernwood 2 Night?

I wonder if Kershaw also lives at the corner of Bedlam and Squalor.