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12 day of X-mas cont., My Favorite Things
10 months ago

I promised to come with another grown folks Christmas rap for this post, and it took some searching. "My Favorite Things" became a holiday standard thanks to John Coltrane. Now, having adapted this song from The Sound of Music, I figure another reworking of the original still qualifies as a Holiday song. Especially when the gift is a surprisingly touching and affectionate dedication to the m...

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12 Days of X-Mas: First recorded X-mas Rap!
10 months ago
  • Artist:
    David (Northern Calloway)
  • Album:
    Merry Christmas from Sesame Street
  • Track:
    The Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street

Clearly, John Denver is only a personal favorite. After licking my Mog wounds on the last one, I've got some hot Muppet inspired love for all who are looking for a Christmas that's just a little less white.In 1970, Northern Calloway joined the cast of Sesame Street as the hip young black law-studnet and 5 and dime clerk, David. Tragically, Calloway died in 1990 of stomach cancer. In 1975, he...

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12 Days of X-mas; Off the radar...
10 months ago
  • Artist:
    John Denver and The Muppets
  • Album:
    A Christmas Together
  • Track:
    Alfie the Christmas Tree/It's In Every One of Us (Medley)

unless you were a child in the 1970's in the United States. If you were, you still remember a time in the Muppet Universe before the sickeningly sweet and shrill sound of Elmo's voice. When Oscar was a Grouch, when adult humor and morality played an enormous part of the Muppet culture.This was all before Jim Henson, Jr. sold the company lock, stock and barrell to Disney. This was before we k...

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