(Less Than) 30 Days Out From Christmas: Yuletide Tales

In the weeks before Christmas, it’s kinda tough to get the kids calmed down. They’re rabid with anticipation, giddy with thoughts of Santa – more likely, fueled by so much caffeine and greed they could stay awake until Memorial Day.

So why don’t you gather them around for a little story? It doesn’t have to be a spoken word story – plenty of Christmas tunes tell their own little tales. But a good, long tale … why, that’s enough to send even the toughest kid into Dreamland.

MP3: “The Night Before Christmas” by Bob Dylan

MP3: “Father Christmas” by The Kinks

MP3: “The Old Man’s Drunk Again” by Jimmy Martin

MP3: “The Meaning of Christmas” by C3-PO and Friends

MP3: “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” by Frank Sinatra

MP3: “Frosty The Snowman” by Steve “Lips” Kudlow, Bumblefoot, Chris Chaney & Kenny Aronoff

MP3: “Santa Claus and His Old Lady” by Cheech & Chong

MP3: “Christmas In Prison” by John Prine

MP3: “Snoopy’s Christmas” by the Royal Guardsmen

MP3: “The Bizarre Christmas Incident” by the Ben Folds Five

MP3: “.22 Rifle For Christmas” episode of “Dragnet” radio show

Rock Moment: Cheech & Chong, Part 2

Cheech and Chong, reunited and touring the country, hit Houston this weekend.  The darn thing is sold out – again – so I’m certainly not going.  But on March 14 they’re swinging this tour through San Antonio, conveniently just in time to maybe, ah, drop in a few days later in Austin at, uh, South by Southwest.  Not spreadin’ any rumors, mind you, but …

Anyway, here are some more cool Cheech and Chong downloads and as a bonus, a remake of “Earache My Eye” by Korn with Cheech Marin reprising his character “Alice Bowie” from the 1974 original. 

MP3: “Welcome To Mexico”

MP3: “Acapulco Gold Filters”

MP3: “Pedro And Man At The Drive-In”

MP3: “Earache My Eye” (album version)

BONUS: MP3: “Earache, My Eye” by Korn and Cheech Marin

Cheech & Chong official website