A LOVELY CHRISTMAS IN HELL, PARTS I & II

So, our Christmas Tree fell over about a week after we put it up. One of the loveliest trees we ever picked out now looks diseased and menacing. Was it too big to begin with? Did the damn cat knock into it one too many times? Or did Mary run and jump into it in her effort to reach a pretty ornament? Needless to say, the fallen tree has left us grouchy and we have opted not to put up any outdoor lights, and we're somewhat annoyed with the whole holiday season. Note that this did not stop me from creating more mixes and revisiting every mix created over the past 5 years. So for all the grinches out there, here's a double dose of tales of woe, abandonment, imprisonment, dashed hopes, drunken debauchery, and just general malaise - you know, sort of like life. A couple of these tunes feature some cussing, and the subject matter on most is probably not appropriate for the Yo Gabba Gabba set. There's your last warning - so now enjoy the misery...

PART I
Christmas Hell - Billy Childish
Will Hell Be Your Santa Claus? - Reverend J.M. Gates
Christmas Tree On Fire - Holly Golightly
Santa Stole My Whiskey - The Rimshots
Christmas In Jail, Ain't That A Pain - Leroy Carr
Drinking Up Christmas - The Dwarves
Santa's Out Of Rehab By Christmas - Adam's House Cat
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Reverend Frost
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas - Commander Cody
Christmas On The Bowery - Michael Packer Band
Red Nosed Reindeer Blues - The Asylum Street Spankers
Bring That Cadillac Back - Doc Bagby Orchestra
Christmas In Jail - The Youngsters
The Downside Of Being A Fuck-Up - Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby
Old Man Spivey's Egg Nogg - Dalhart Imperials
Blue Grey Christmas - King Coleman
The Giant Of Illinois - The Handsome Family
Somerville - The Pernice Brothers
Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) - John Denver
Christmas On Boone's Farm - The Driveway Drinkers
Father Sgt. Christmas Card - Guided By Voices
At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith
A Man Named Jesus - Otis Gibbs
Carol Of The Bells - The Polyphonic Spree
Messiah Complex Blues - Clem Snide
Ghost Of David - Damien Jurado

Download Part I here, or stream the songs in the player below:



PART II
Cold Grey Light Of Dawn - Nick Lowe
Watch Out! Santa's Been Drinking - Tiger City Jukes
Civil War - Joe Henry
Xmas Blues - Harmon Ray
Christmas In Southgate - Ry Cooder
Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk - Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
Where's My Christmas Morning? - Princeton
All I Want For Christmas Is My Daddy - Buck Owens & Susan Raye
Bandits - Midlake
Santa Came Home Drunk - Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials
Little Mary Christmas - Roger Christian
Drunk This Christmas - Paul Sanchez
Holy Ghost - Scud Mountain Boys
December's Child - Mark Olson
Rain On Christmas Day - Mark Nosowicz
Coats Of Ice - Damien Jurado
Bags' Groove (Take 1 / December 24, 1954) - Miles Davis
Christmas Is Cancelled - The Long Blondes
December - The Lemondheads

Download Part II here, or stream the songs in the player below: