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So if Santa Claus ain’t Daddy then I’m gonna tell on them.

Hope all your Christmases were as merry as ours.
(21st Century Xmas by Skype)
(Santa knows what boys want.)
(Christmas rasslin’)

(Redux.)
Happy Holidays from A Free Family.
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Thanks to Seattle Dad for the tip on Reverend Horton Heat’s Christmas album “We Three Kings”, which is available from .

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icon for podpress  Reverend Horton Heat "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy" [2:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hello Luke and Oli!

From your Australian cousins…

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I pull myself under the warm and soft blankets, this Australian winter

For their grandparents basking in an American sumer.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
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One of my favourite albums of 2010 so far is Sun Kil Moon’s latest “Admiral Fell Promises”. Unreal acoustic guitar accompanied by Mark Kozelek’s plaintive vocals, perfect for the Australian winter. Buy it from .

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icon for podpress  Sun Kil Moon "Australian Winter" [4:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water.

Back in the day (roughly 2007) I used to be able to cough up a blog post or even two a day. These days, I’m struggling to come up with one a week. It isn’t lack of material or even lack of enthusiasm, really. It is lack of time. Back in the summer of 2007 [...]

 
icon for podpress  PJ Harvey "Down By The Water": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Consider what he says to you, consider what’s to come

Back in the the days B.C., a four day weekend was all about rejuvenation of body and spirit. I used to gloat to friends and family about the liberal amount time off for Easter we were privy to in the Commonwealth while they were slaving away in their American sweat shops.
These days, the days of [...]

 
icon for podpress  Sufjan Stevens "The Transfiguration" [5:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This life is sweet. You’re dancin’ in the street.

To those of you shoveling snow or scraping the ice off your windshield or grieving the meteorological predictions of an amphibious rodent I have one thing to say:
Suck it, Northern Hemisphere losers.

February rocks!
Now when you manage to get out of your parkas and your fingers thaw, go and check out my post on The Greenists today. [...]

 
icon for podpress  R.E.M. "Beachball" [4:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Will I be with you or will I be among the missing?

I’m firmly entrenched in a post-Christmas/midsummer haze of test cricket, soaring temperatures and boundless little boy energy.
The holidays were…fantastic.
I don’t know that I’ve ever thought, spoken or written that particular combination of those four words before. But this year was something special with family visiting and a proper American Thanksgiving and a gaggle of young [...]

 
icon for podpress  Nancy Wilson : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Game Day: Swallowing the ocean edition

Formerly Fun’s Chris suggested posting a side-by-side shot of Boy Z and Not Max. Everyone who has seen Not Max remarks on how much he looks like his brother, so I thought it would be an interesting experiment. I went one step further and put them in the same outfit. Both photos were taken at [...]

 
icon for podpress  R.E.M. "7 Chinese Brothers": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers

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Neutral Milk Hotel, based out of Athens, Georgia, was one of the finest bands of the late 90’s. If you’ve never heard ‘In the Aeroplane Over the Sea’ then you’re missing out on a fantastic album. Buy it from .

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icon for podpress  Neutral Milk Hotel "King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1" [2:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Shock shock horror horror shock shock horror

While not particularly thrilled to find this lady in my letter box this afternoon, I was delighted with the photo opportunity and to have Space’s 1996 Latin tinged classic bopping about in my head for the rest of the day…

A thousand thundering thrills await me
Facing insurmountable odds gratefully
The female of the species is more deadly [...]

 
icon for podpress  Space "Female of the Species": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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