Several blogs are posting Christmas treats: Albums I Wish Existed, Groovy Library, Cat Waller, Egroj World, Ernie Not Bert, and Do It Once (reggae Christmas comps!) At Power Pop Angels, Angelo has reposted all 16 of his Power Pop Criminals holiday compilations, plus new ones!) And it won't be long until Wilfully Obscure's annual Eight Nights of Chanukah.
A few blogs are already counting down their Best of 2023 lists: Is This The Life, Opium Hum, and The Un-Herd Music are the earliest I've seen. There are fewer music blogs posting anything these days, and fewer readers. I'm happy that Angelo and One Buck Guy bucked the trend by starting music blogs this year.
Several great blogs fell silent this year: Shiny Grey Monotone, Themes From Great Cities, The dB's Repercussion and The Good Old Major's Hole (although I keep hoping that SteveShark will resurface). Rest In Peace to Mythkoz and Gaius. They are missed! [Primitive Offerings shares my feelings.]
So what does Stinky have for us this year? I won't do a rundown of the whole tracklist: I'm glad to see Tav Falco on it, but concerned that Stinky went with "Ding Fries Are Done" as a finale.
Just checked the download links, and A Stinky Christmas from 2019 through 2022 are still available. And one more thing: my blog labels might not be 100% accurate, but it's entirely possible that this is Stinky's 100th post. Thank you for everything, my friend -- and Feliz na bla bla, everybody!
A Stinky Christmas 2023: https://tinyurl.com/Stinkmas2023
ReplyDeleteAnd a bonus! "Christmas With The Ghostly Trio" is a holiday tradition among Milwaukeeans: https://tinyurl.com/GhostlyTrio
Thank you once again for the shout. I really appreciate it. Keep up the Christmas mixes!
ReplyDeleteWe appreciate you too, George! Us music bloggers gotta stick together! IDK if you are familiar with the Ghostly Trio's 1987 instrumental album of seasonal songs, but it is strangely wonderful and wonderfully strange. You can stream it here:
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I haven't heard it in ages. Listening to it again, I still enjoy it, especially "God Rest Ye" and "White X-Mas." Thx again!
DeleteThanks for the post, and shot outs to all those keeping the flame alive.
ReplyDeleteEarly Christmas collection, but much appreciated anyway of course! Let's hope 2024 will be good for music blogs such as these.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great album cover! Thanks for the xmas comp and thanks for sticking with it -- music blogging is a pretty thankless endeavor but there are many of us who very much appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, MrDave. It's not thankless as long as people like you still appreciate it, and it's a real pleasure to share music with others who love it.
DeleteThanks for the shout-out! Stay Stinky!
ReplyDeleteErnie (Not Bert) is one of the internet's foremost collectors of Christmas records! Check out ernienotbert.blogspot.com for more holiday jollity!
DeleteCoincidentally (or Not), "Stinky" was also the nickname of the Ghostly Trio's guitarist, the late Geoff Worman.
I didn’t want to wait until the last minute! - Stinky
ReplyDeletehello, always enjoy the site/selections. thank you. elated with this one- tav falco, chesterfield kings, and the sublime RICK NELSON happy holidays! r. keith noble nice to see nobles family
ReplyDeleteHey there, can someone refresh the Stinky Christmas links 2019-2022 ? Hope so....and thanks
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