Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Christmas Music, Sci-Fi and more

Elf (by Oliver Woods photography)
Elf (by Oliver Woods photography)


Visit Ernie (Not Bert) for fine festive fare from Fontanna, His Orchestra And Chorus's Christmas At Home and Dartmouth Glee Club's White Christmas On The Campus

A Christmas Yuleblog shares Anita Bryant's The Miracle Of Christmas

Cheerful Earful has The Stanford University Choir's Christmas At Stanford

Arbor records Christmas Collection Vol 1- 8 @ Arbor Records via JonSolomon

Pete Fountain's Silver Bells
and Medley by Living Voices @ FaLaLaLaLa

Jill Sobule's 2008 free holiday tunes

Have Yourself A Bluesy Little Christmas
@ She'll Gow Back

Erran Baron Cohen: "Dreidel" & Kid Mud: "Christmas Day"
@ Largehearted Boy

Jingle Bells - Mike Ink (alias Wolfgang Voigt) & Wonderful Christmas Time (Paul McCartney cover) - Ane Brun, Lindstrøm & Thom Hell @ Batteria Ricaricabile.

Patton Oswalt "My Christmas Memory" @ Surviving the Golden Age

io9 Presents A Very Special Scifi Holiday Collection
featuring video clippage from MST3K, X-Files, Doctor Who, Supernatural and more

The Franklin Mint Blog remembers 3 alternate versions of A Christmas Carol

Flying Elf Game @ RMG Connect

Masters Of Song Fu Holiday Special: The Songs!
"Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, these challengers will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They'll be given one week to complete their songs ...(the) challenge is to create a brand new character for this holiday season, and write a holiday song for him/her/it. Think Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman, etc. "

candidates include
  • "Dexter, The Credit Debt Badger"
  • "Becky, The Office Party Drunk"
  • "Twangles, The Christmas Squid"
  • "Puffington Proper Paw
Out On Blue Six Is This Christmas Music?:

Christmas Link Roundup Part 8
@ Super Punch

Nutcracker: The Motion Picture @ Hulu