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        <title><![CDATA[Bob Dorough]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This weekend on a radio show, American Routes, I heard an interview (and this song too) with Bob Dorough. Notably, I learned that he is the same guy behind all of the old Schoolhouse Rock songs.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Solenoid]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:01:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[So it is.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;And So this is Christmas&quot; has been rumbling around in my head as well. Quite depressing, blues without the blues.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Flat_Stanley]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:37:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Weird Al]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;The Night Santa Went Crazy&quot;, although that one won't get any play this year due to current events.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:49:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I Believe In Father Christmas]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[by ELPThey said there'd be snow for ChrsitmasThey said there'd be peace on EarthBut instead it just kept on rainingA veil of tears for the virgin birthIt's my favorite cynical/see thtough the BS song.Then there's the Pretender's version of &quot;Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas&quot; wherein Chrissie Hynde comes as close to crying as I've ever heard her.A couple moreRiver by by Joni Mitchel (or anyone else)Christmas In Vietnam by Johnny &amp; JonChristmas Eve Can Kill You by The Everly Brothers]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Computer Dave]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:33:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Last Dance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is one of those yours?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Flat_Stanley]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:09:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh, bawls!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I should have included that in my list above.  HOWEVER, I have the excuse that they play the other two songs on the radio every season.  I don't hear Tull's song at all anymore, but I think I'll give it a listen, since it has been so long.  But I agree, and put this one right next to John Lennon...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[RipVan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:58:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For this year's mix CD..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I borrowed Shuggie54's suggestion of Miles Davis. Tom Waits and &quot;Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot&quot; were carryovers from the last mix. Also new this year is the song by Donovan, which I only recently heard for the first time. The mix is simply titled Anti-Xmas 2012, and it's mostly alt-punk and comedy themed, with eclectic variety. A mix CD is a cheap gift for acquaintances, and more lasting than a card.This year's track list:01 Father Christmas by Action Action (The Kinks cover, original is better)02 The Season's Upon Us by Dropkick Murphys, (released this year)03 Merry Christmas I don't Want To Fight by The Ramones04 I Won't Be Home for Christmas by Blink-18205 Yule Shoot Your Eye Out by Fall Out Boy06 You Ain't Getting S**t For Christmas by Red Peters07 Homeless on the Holidays by Bob Rivers08 A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer09 Another Christmas Song by Stephen Colbert10 I Don't Believe In Christmas Anymore by Donovan11 Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) by Miles Davis &amp; Bob Dorough12 Christmas Without Weed by Phish13 I Wish You Would Roll a New Blunt by Afroman14 December Is for Cynics by The Matches15 Christmas Sucks by Tom Waits &amp; Peter Murphy16 This Time of the Year by Project 8617 It's A Wonderful World by Nick Cave &amp; Shane Macgowan18 The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot by Unknown (Perhaps Nat King Cole?)19 Silent Night/Christmas Card from a Hooker In Minneapolis by Tom Waits]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Solenoid]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:35:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do they CARE it's Christmas?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every time I hear that song, I cannot help but think &quot;Do they CARE it's Christmas?&quot;. Christmas is a Christian tradition. To the Muslim, it's a pagan holiday. Not only do they not participate in it, they avoid it altogether (well, the Muslim I know, at least, my next door neighbors included). In mostly Muslim areas, Christmas must be like Ramadan for Christians: if they know it's the Season, they certainly don't care. This attemp at tear jerking is supposed to entice generosity, but to me it simply shows utter ignorance of other cultures.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[poisson59]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:24:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Forgotten classics]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My favs: &quot;Christmas at Ground Zero&quot; (W. Al), and &quot;It's hard to be a Jew on Christmas&quot; (Southpark)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[junk@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:56:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stealth downers....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seems there should be recognition of the &quot;stealth downer&quot; songs.... the ones that get played over and over as if they happy, uplifting songs; that is, until you listen to the lyrics.  I'm thinking of....&quot;Last Christmas&quot; by Wham!&quot;We Need A Little Christmas&quot; from Mame (lyrics: &quot;Put up the tree before my spirit falls again....For I've grown a little leaner, Grown a little colder, Grown a little sadder, Grown a little older&quot;)the abovementioned &quot;So This Is Christmas&quot; (or is it, &quot;Happy Xmas (War Is Over)&quot;?)Back to the un-stealthy ones, &quot;Do They Know It's Christmas&quot; is worth mentioning.And coincidentally enough, all the above have been on Glee Christmas albums.  Hm.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Solar]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:41:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tom Waits]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You should be as good at what you do as Tom Waits is.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:37:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;I Won't Be Home to Help You Decorate your Christmas Tree&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[is conspicuous in its absence, if you ask me. It was on a blues/R&amp;B X-mas compilation in the 70s....I think it was by Freddie King. It's still part of my set this time of year (along with Chuck Berry 'Run, Run, Rudolph', J. Prine 'Christmas in Prison'---see above, and Royal Guardsmen 'Snoopy's Christmas'). Remember to tip your waitresses and bartender, and enjoy the rest of the show......]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hippiekarl]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:05:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Epic Omission]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Merle Haggard -- &quot;If We Make It Through December&quot;  should top your chart as the tear-jerker of all time.  A classic gut-wrencher with that glimmer of hope that those in such a position cling to.  If you want to feel sad (and sometimes, right? That's what this article is about so admit it!) this is a &quot;go-to&quot; country song.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CaptLaser]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:57:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Christmas Song]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[And we shouldn't forget Jethro Tull's &quot;A Christmas Song&quot;.  &quot;How can you laugh when your own mother's hungry?  How can you smile when your reasons for smiling are wrong?&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[drbayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:23:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Terrific list, but you missed one (at least)]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I too fully expected to see this one on the list.&quot;Christmas eve in the drunk tank ...&quot; starts the song out. There are threads of hope, but it is an emotional roller coaster, mostly down.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JimWillette]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:16:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nat King Cole and Stan Rogers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nat:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePxqqNGsNw  &quot;He's the little boy that Santa Claus forgot&quot;Stan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTMOuuUZi4 &quot;First Christmas away from home&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian.Buydens]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:07:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You are not alone]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For me that song (simply having a wonderful christmas time) is vacuous, tedious and mediocre. Not only is it not joyous, it actively removes joy from my soul when I hear it.It may as well be a washing powder jingle or lift (elevator) musak]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[chris.leeworthy@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:07:41 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don't forget Miles Davis]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is the ultimate Xmas downer song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnRmHszDaa0 By Miles Davis and Bob DoroughSample Lyric Blue Xmas:you see right through,All the waste, all the sham, all the hasteand plain old bad taste]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shuggie54]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:39:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[John Lennon]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What about &quot;And So This Is Christmas?&quot;  At least I think that's the title.  Nothing like hearing that to bring you down.  Sux.And that Paul McCartney attempt at a Christmas song &quot;Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time.&quot;  It isn't supposed to be a downer, but the synthesizer and his mindless pop lyrics and singing take all of the humanity out of the song.  It rings as empty as the opening notes and never brought me any joyl  It just sounds so empty!  Don't worry if you don't agree with me on that one, I have mentioned that lifeless song to others and they don't feel the same way.  Oh well...Edited for speeling.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[RipVan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:29:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Coulton]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Chiron Beta Prime&quot;.  Ah, Christmas and Soylent Green, is anything better?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Woychowsky]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:09:57 -0800</pubDate>
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