la dimension de trastos: December 2024

Sunday, December 15, 2024

ATTN: PARTY PLANNING COMITTEE

As you've no doubt noticed, posts here have really been sporadic. I wasn't really planning on posting anything holiday related, but last night my mood changed. I was out in the alley having a smoke and heard a band a few blocks away. They were playing a hopped up version of "Little Drummer Boy" in a sort of fifties style, replete with horns. Then they played "Run Rudolf Run" followed by "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)". Even a couple blocks away it was apparent it was a large band and they were tight. So I locked up and went to find out where the band was playing. Turns out it was a Christmas party thrown by Pacific Shores, a bar that has been around since the forties and, back when I was a lush, my home away from home. I had approached the shindig from the alley so I was at the side of the stage with a good look at the crowd. It had been sometime since I was at the bar and it occurred to me that I was now part of the old guard. It was a younger crowd. What pleased me was that it wasn't a bunch of hipster douche bags. In my absence from the bar it had been my worry that it would be slowly taken over by kids that just try to hard to be cool. It was reassuring that the next wave of drinking kids in my neighborhood seemed down to earth, comfortable in their own skin. I actually got kind of choked up with a feeling that could only be described as All is good. So, in the spirit of slack and holiday tradition, at the peak of laziness and in need of breathing room, the annual reposting of Reverend Tom Frost's Bloody Xmas Mixes.

For all of you party planners running around like headless chickens, a reminder is in order. Spread the Good Word's Bloody Christmas mixes are still online. They used to be downloads, but they're now streaming (click on the "download" links below the song lists). Though they are streaming, I'm sure someone you know is savvy enough to run them through your sound system.