Oh, and msbelle, for a non-hideous version of O Holy Night, try Future of Forestry. That's the band we're going to see, and they do a lovely version. In fact both of their Advent albums are excellent. Well, all their albums are excellent. Hee. Look how band-smitten we are right now. Yay Christmas spirit!
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Dec 18, 2010 11:32:59 am PST #11994 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
DavidS - Dec 18, 2010 11:33:06 am PST #11995 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wonder if I could pull off a wreath?
You totes can!
DavidS - Dec 18, 2010 11:35:00 am PST #11996 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Our current favorite version of O Holy Night is the South Park version where they poke Cartman with a cattle prod.
Though I'm sure I've got a prettier one on possibly my Roches album.
Today I played my xmas CD by the Players, a troop of traditional British musicians who play 19th century and earlier Christmas carols on acoustic, traditional instruments (like, the hurdy gurdy for that lovely bit of drone).
It's very Dickens Christmas.
Liese S. - Dec 18, 2010 11:35:42 am PST #11997 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
You totes can!
Okay! I'm going to try. Surely the internet knows how. I have wire. I have a ribbon. Who better than me?
DavidS - Dec 18, 2010 11:36:19 am PST #11998 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Who better than me?
Martha Stuart. But you're number 2.
Spidra Webster - Dec 18, 2010 11:43:00 am PST #11999 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
That's great that Emmett does that.
rise-overnight chocolate croissants for breakfast tomorrow
Where have these been all my life?
The Mexican "hot" chocolate cupcakes I baked yesterday are truly epic, though.
msbelle - Dec 18, 2010 11:45:05 am PST #12000 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
O Holy Night
IMO, Perry Como sings the one true version. For a completely different sound, I also enjoy Tracy Chapman's.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2010 11:45:19 am PST #12001 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why is framing so expensive? I'm sure I'm being robbed, but even so. I never have the energy to comparison shop.
Liese S. - Dec 18, 2010 11:47:58 am PST #12002 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Framing is expensive. It requires a lot of specialty tools. You probably aren't being robbed. I know an artist who went into framing and started a business because it was too damn expensive to keep paying to frame his own work.
DavidS - Dec 18, 2010 11:49:19 am PST #12003 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've six O Holy Nights. This one by Lou Christie with the Pittsburgh Choir is pretty. Also have Brave Combo's O Holy Night Cha Cha, and a soul version with Irma Thomas, Tracie Thomas and Marcia Ball.