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The holidays are back again. It’s 2011 & we have come baring gifts from the distant land of Silberia. Gifts of noise & drone & pop & atmospheres to melt the snow above us.
Twenty artists appear this time out running from the bizarre (check out the first track from Charles DeMar) to polished pop (Jon DeRosa’s take on “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”) & of course to the bedroom sounds & aggressive ambient & guitar drone that are Silber’s signature. New friends & old friends all in celebration together. So remember with us that this is the time of year when people of all faiths celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Please tell your friends & enjoy the free music stream or save the tracks to your device to listen wherever you go.
Six Feet Below the Snow - http://silbermedia.com/comps/sixfeet/The holidays are back again. It’s 2011 & we have come baring gifts from the... more
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There was a golden period for Christmas films between 1990 and 1994 - among the crimbo favourites was one eight-year-old named Kevin who defended his house from a pair of inept burglars. What were your favourite Christmas films of the 1990s.There was a golden period for Christmas films between 1990 and 1994 - among the crimbo... more
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Audio interview with Jimmy Hawkins, who played Tommy Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life and co-starred in several Elvis Presley films. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=3453Audio interview with Jimmy Hawkins, who played Tommy Bailey in It's A Wonderful... more
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As America rearms for the annual War on Christmas, a new study provides some fresh ammunition to fuel the Yule Logs of War. The study shows that many theists believe atheists are about as trustworthy as rapists and would outright discriminate against them in several ways. However, atheists don't seem to harbor a corresponding distrust of theists. The extent to which you believe the study likely hinges on the larger battle at the center of the schism - God or science.As America rearms for the annual War on Christmas, a new study provides some fresh... more
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A playful parody on the Clement Clarke poem, "T'was The Night Before Christmas"A playful parody on the Clement Clarke poem, "T'was The Night Before... more
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This time of the year, we try hard not to be sucked into season’s greetings or be trampled by the galloping good tidings that seem to happen earlier and earlier each year. Four years ago, some of the animals of WHACKO-TV decided to write a song about Christmas. We were just as surprised as most people at the content of their lyric. The song has been re-mastered in stereo and HD (where available) and is now back on the air. We succumbed to the pressure of being seasonal without a reasonable reason.This time of the year, we try hard not to be sucked into season’s greetings or... more
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There are people in this world who design and cut patterns for dog costumes. And I am a big fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zps2e0AXpa8There are people in this world who design and cut patterns for dog costumes. And I am... more
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It is so difficult to merge the idea of Christmas, Labor and movements into one ball of excitement for the season, but WHACKO-TV must do the job of bringing you breaking news no matter how much it hurts. Today, we sent Lumber Jack Bob to the North Pole for this exclusive coverage of the labor unrest at the big guy’s factory. Wolf Douglas anchors the report.It is so difficult to merge the idea of Christmas, Labor and movements into one ball... more
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The 1980s produced some great Christmas films. Many are as enjoyable today as they ever were. Here's ten of the best...The 1980s produced some great Christmas films. Many are as enjoyable today as they... more
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200 competitors dress up as Santa in a Charity Fun Run through Rochester Kent, UK.
Over £4,000 was raised for the "Demelza Hospice Care for Children" charity.
More can be seen here
http://www.demotix.com/news/931768/santa-fun-run200 competitors dress up as Santa in a Charity Fun Run through Rochester Kent, UK.... more
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A friend just sent me an email about Christmas gifts this year. And it sure sounds like some really good ideas. I would imagine it is making the rounds, but I'll post it here for those who may have not seen it.
BTW...this is about NOT buying goods from foreign countries. And while I am not against supporting foreign workers, (I try and do it through small co-ops) it is about supporting small business owners here.
As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods -- merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be different.
This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by American hands. Yes there is!
It's time to think outside the box, people. Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirt
box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper?
Everyone -- yes EVERYONE gets their hair cut. How about gift certificates from your local American hair salon or barber?
Gym membership? It's appropriate for all ages who are thinking about some health improvement.
Who wouldn't appreciate getting their car detailed? Small, American owned detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift certificate or a book of gift certificates.
Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of plunking down the Benjamins on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift receiver would like his driveway sealed, or lawn mowed for the summer, or driveway plowed all winter, or game s at the local golf course.
There are a bazillion owner-run restaurants -- all offering gift certificates. And, if your intended isn't the fancy eatery sort, what about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint. Remember, folks this isn't about big National chains -- this is about supporting your hometown Americans with their financial lives on the line to keep their doors open.
How many people couldn't use an oil change for their car, truck or motorcycle, done at a shop run by the American working guy?
Thinking about a heartfelt gift for mom? Mom would LOVE the services local cleaning lady for a day.
My computer could use a tune-up, and I KNOW I can find so me young guy who is struggling to get his repair business up and running.
OK, you were looking for so me thing more personal. Local crafts people spin their own wool and knit them into scarves. They make jewelry, and pottery and beautiful wooden boxes.
Plan your holiday outings at local, owner operated restaurants and leave your server a nice tip. And, how about going out to see a play or ballet at your ho me town theater.
Musicians need love too, so find a venue showcasing local bands.
Honestly, people, do you REALLY need to buy another ten thousand Chinese lights for the house? When you buy a five dollar string of light, about fifty cents stays in the community. If you have those kinds of bucks to burn, leave the mailman, trash guy or babysitter a nice BIG tip.
You see, Christmas is no longer about draining American pockets so that China can build another glittering city. Christmas is now about caring about US, encouraging American small businesses to keep plugging away to follow their dreams. And, when we care about other Americans, we care about our communities, and the benefits co me back to us in ways we couldn't imagine.A friend just sent me an email about Christmas gifts this year. And it sure sounds... more
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Homeless charity Shelter has warned that an estimated 35,000 people could lose their home by Christmas 2011.
The figures released state that 630 people a day will receive a letter threatening the loss of their home between now and Christmas – an alarming statistic of one person every two minutes.
Shelter’s research is revealed as the charity launches its Christmas campaign, highlighting the problems people threatened with homelessness are up against, including stress-related illness and family breakdown.
For more information about Shelter and the work they do, visit their website at www.shelter.org.uk.
http://england.shelter.org.uk/news/november_2011/35,000_face_loss_of_home_before_ChristmasHomeless charity Shelter has warned that an estimated 35,000 people could lose their... more
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Iraqi leaders have refused to give US troops immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts. The US refuses to stay without it. Of the roughly 40,000 troops currently in Iraq, there is a possibility that 3,000 or so will stay to help with training Iraqi forces.
Bringing the troops back home was one of candidate Barack Obama's promises when he was campaigning for presidential election in 2008. He constantly reminded the public that it was candidate Hilary Rodham Clinton who voted to authorize the war in the first place, drawing a distinct line between him and Hilary Clinton during the primaries.
It seems as though that promise will be kept.Iraqi leaders have refused to give US troops immunity from prosecution in Iraqi... more
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"If I ever do Rumanian porn, I want to be known as Vlad the Impaler." Stand-up comedian Chris Martin discusses plan B at McCormack's Irish Pub December 22, 2010. Ray Bullock is the MC.
http://chrismartincomedy.com"If I ever do Rumanian porn, I want to be known as Vlad the Impaler."... more
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"I just flew in from the North Pole and, boy, are my arms tired." Stand-up comic Chris Martin delivers a post-Christmas bag of jokes December 27, 2010 for a MS research benefit at the 9:55 Comedy Club in Richmond, VA.
http://chrismartincomedy.com"I just flew in from the North Pole and, boy, are my arms tired." Stand-up... more
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Science: most of the time it's telling you how cute the thing threatening to eat the galaxy is, how it could travel through time if it could just discover the thing that would be able to travel through time, or telling our penises things they already get. But now, science has decided it's its job to tell us when Jesus ate dinner.
I didn't realize there was a controversy over when the last supper happened. But then, I know that there are entire message boards devoted to Star Trek ship registry databases and the in service lifespan of an Excelsior class starship. Some people take their favorite fiction genres very seriously. I just assumed that Easter fell on a Sunday, because we all had the day off and would have plenty of time to find any eggs that the kids didn't discover so that the yard wouldn't start smelling like a semi-pro fart competition by Wednesday afternoon. But naturally, as with just about anything pertaining to this two thousand year old Tolkien novel, even Jesus' last sit down nosh is surrounded in controversy. And I'm not talking about the Da Vinci kind, this one doesn't center around the painting (the original which, if I understand correctly, was painted on the back of the Declaration of Independence) but about, brace yourself, contradictions in the bible itself! I know!
So Paul, George and Ringo apparently said in their respective chapters that the meal took place during Passover, while Davey Jones said it was before. And since it's so damned important to know exactly when Jesus had his last bagel and lox, some damned Professor at Cambridge decided to figure it out with damned science. He will of course be damned as a heretic only to be forgiven a few centuries from now, because that's how the church rolls.
I think the least important detail of the entire story of the Last Supper, is PROBABLY the day on which it took place. But apparently this contradiction of when they tucked into a nice brisket makes it hard to take the Gospels as... gospel. But in a book full of giants, talking snakes, eight hundred year old men and a guy on horseback, flying down from the sky wearing a stack of crowns, I think I can let a simple confusion on exactly what day Matt last passed the basket of knish to JC, go.
I, personally, wish Easter wasn't a holiday. Not because I hate brightly colored egg searches or hollow garden critter shaped chocolate flavored treats. I wish Easter wasn't a holiday, so that I could see the kind of insanity that would ensue if someone proposed to make it a national holiday, today. It would be magnificent! Imagine, in this day and age, trying to get a nationally observed holiday celebrating the execution of a major religious figure from a big book of Godly sword and sorcery. I guess it would be a lot like trying to get anything NOT Jesus related to be observed by anyone. Remember when Muslims wanted to build a place of worship on the same hemisphere as "Ground Zero"? Imagine them trying to get a dirty A-rab holiday recognized in God's America!
Oh, how I wish I could see something like that. The parade of stupidity that would certainly bring out. The disputes and arguments, all of which would directly contradict which ever arguer's book almost entirely. The world is so horrible, so many people are idiots enough on their own, why do we feel the need to spark up a holy book club bitch fit just to come up with some other reason to be dicks? But as much as Team Jesus whines and cries about people calling Christmas vacation "Winter Break" or Easter egg rolls "Spring Oblong Circle Tumbles", imagine if anyone would dare to tell them that they couldn't have a new holiday celebrating the ass kicking of a lifetime that their son of God took, as Mel Gibson so lovingly chronicled on film.
And you know, on a mostly unrelated note, it seems odd how much Mel hates the Jews when he made so much money with his movie about the most famous one... Oh well. Where was I? Oh right, Jesus got the shit kicked out of him... You know, for me...
Have a pastel egg. It's what Jesus would have eaten.
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And for all of your rickety, windowless, primered comedy needs:
http://vanfullofcandy.comScience: most of the time it's telling you how cute the thing threatening to eat... more
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"I've got my finger in more pies than Kirstie Alley." Stand-up comedian Chris Martin discusses the hazards of being a renaissance man December 22, 2010 at Strange Matters in Richmond, VA. Ron Rogers is the MC.
http://wwww.chrismartincomedy.com"I've got my finger in more pies than Kirstie Alley." Stand-up comedian... more
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Whitney Duncan is an American country music artist and was born in 1984 in Scotts Hill, Tennessee. He was a fifth place finalist on the fifth season of Nashville Star. She has released one studio album which has charted on the United States country single charts. She was songs When I Said I Would and Skinny Dippin. She also sung a Christmas single and made a guest appearance in Kenny Rogers single before appearing in Nashville Star’s fifth Season.Whitney Duncan is an American country music artist and was born in 1984 in Scotts... more
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