No Cramps today, instead, some of my favourite alternative Christmas songs.
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
Stuff The Turkey - Alien Sex Fiend
Shot My Baby For Christmas - The Vaudevilles
The Christmas Song - The Raveonettes
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits
I Do, Dear, I Do - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant - Siouxsie and The Banshees
I Don't Believe In Christmas - The Tabaltix
There's Trouble Brewin' - Jack Scott
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
There Ain't No Sanity Claus - The Damned
Run, Run, Rudolph - Humpers
I Want An Alien For Christmas - Fountains of Wayne
Merry Christmas You Suckers - Paddy Roberts
Black Christmas - Poly Styrene
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope - Sonic Youth
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit - Half Man Half Biscuit
Over at Tony Black's Pulp Pusher a series of recommendations of, and by, Scottish authors and bloggers amongst others: Post 1, post 2 and post 3. And Tony has a lovely, heartwarming, wee Christmas story up too. Manky Christmas, ya bawjaws...
Groovy Daz reviews GUN by Ray Banks. And Paul Brazill on DEAD MONEY.
Sarah at Crimepieces reviews Val McDermid's A PLACE OF EXECUTION,
Lin Anderson recommends her favourite reads. And The Express recommends Anthony Horowitz' THE HOUSE OF SILK and Ian Rankin's THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD.
Here's Russel McLean with his top 10 books of the year.
Denise Mina with Pepys Christmas.
Stuart MacBride has a wee pressie for Evening Express readers.
A story from Alexander McCall Smith in the Express, and one in The Scotsman (does the man have a team of elves writing for him, I wonder?).
A Christmas Day radio play penned by David Ashton. And Ian Rankin's also on the radio on The Jazz House on New Year's Day.
A muscular Conan Doyle? And is Sherlock Holmes more brawn than brains too? And a treasure trove from the doctor who was the inspiration for Holmes.
Peter May's THE BLACKHOUSE is Richard and Judy's top Autumn Book Club read. And a video trailer for the follow-up - THE LEWIS MAN.
I leave you with the genius that is Douglas Lindsay, talking about the 10 worst Christmas songs.
Have a lovely festive season, Dear Reader. xxx
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Donna - Love those titles! Those are songs I'm going to have to check out, as some of them are new to me. Happy Christmas to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be something wrong with my computer, as I am not seeing "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" - not the original by Gayla Peevey, not even the cover version by The Three Stooges - in your list above and I just know you wouldn't have forgotten to list it. Bah humbug!
ReplyDeleteMargot - thank you! And to you and yours too.
ReplyDeleteThree guesses who - I believe I only need one guess. The unnatural knowledge of all things hippo related tells me it must be Jan :o) Happy Christmas my dear. I hope I get to see you in 2012.