Christmas, 2023
If you, like me, love the Christmas holiday season - as well as all the other special days and celebrations that comprise the month of long nights and short days - then one of the things you really enjoy about it is music.
And, if you, like me, find yourself listening to the radio often during this festive season, you might very well be tired of the same 12 songs played over and over and over again.
And again.
Over and over.
The other day I turned on the radio and, with no forewarning whatsoever, WHAM! was playing to tell me just how shitty last Christmas was. I may have sworn. The songs improved, but only slightly.
This sudden surge of rage and disappointment all wrapped up into one bundle urged me into action. No more! I shall provide an alternative to Mariah Carey, WHAM!, and Michael Buble singing a gender-bending version of Santa Baby.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings at 7:30am EST (Eastern Time) I invite you all to come listen as I stream A Blind Skeleton Christmas, a show in which I chat, share fun anecdotes and, most importantly, play fun Christmas music that is not anything that is repeated dozens of times daily on radio.
Where: https://blindskeleton.one/radio
When: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 7:30am EST
What: 30 minutes of chat and vintage 78rpm music. Bring coffee!
Why: No WHAM. No Buble. No "12 Stresses of Christmas." And so forthn.
Who: Me!
Not able to listen in live as it happens? Fret not! All three will be recorded and saved for posterity in Blind Skeleton's Christmas 2023 podcast site located at https://blindskeleton.one/series/christmas-2023/
But wait! There's more!
Browse to https://blindskeleton.one/series/christmas-2023/ to find two Christmas 2023 podcasts already available:
- 'twas the Night Before Yule, originally broadcast live on December 20, 2023 which was, indeed, the night before Yule. Discussion of Yule, it's history and importance and, of course, 78rpm music.
- Jingle Bones: Boneapart and Yulia's Vintage Christmas, a podcast of mostly chatter, laughter, and plenty of great 78rpm music.
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