Merry Christmas Time

All of us wish all of you the best holiday season ever! music, family, food, cartoons and other assorted holiday festivities. Stay Tuned for more from your favorite band of minstrel spies.

.......and may all your Christmases be full of espionage.

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Christmas Time

Christmas Time Is Here- The Heptones

April 6th!

Happy birthday, Grampa Jacobs!
Happy birthday, you crazy Mormons!
Peace on earth good will towards men.

Strange Manor - The Christmas Album (Vol. 1)!

A++


I've been obsessed with Christmas music this year. Which makes me sad to say that the G13 Christmas EP didn't happen. Oh well, maybe next year...

Anyhow, my brother Christian lent this CD to me last week and I was SO stoked. One of his Phenomenaut buddies gave it to him. It features members of the Aggrolites, Phenomenauts, the Struts, the Soul Captives and Go Jimmy Go. This is my #1 holiday pick this year. The bluebeat, rocksteady, northern soul, and straight up true to the classics of pop-Christmas yester year( c'mon, The Chipmunks!!) seriously satisfied just what I've been pining for this Christmas. Obviously not the most professionally recorded album but the musicianship and orchestration is still top notch. There is definitely a fun, family-type feel that comes through on this recording that makes me wish that I too lived at Strange Manor. Thanks guys and merry Christmas!

DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE ALBUM AT:
http://www.thesoulcaptives.com/strangemanor/

Merry Christmas from Moneybrother!

Hardcore Monster fans like me should get a kick out of this song...
It's a reworking of their B-side "Falling in Love".

The Slackers - LIttle Drummer Boy

Christmas with the Vandals

so not the most original choice for a christmas song but it is still one of my favourites so in it goes.

Fishbone - It's A Wonderful Life

OK, so Thanksgiving is over and I love Christmas! Look forward to some G13 Christmas surprises this year. We're really trying...
Let's kick this holiday season off with some Fishbone, shall we?

Moneybrother just made my day and broke my heart at the same time. They plan to release a new cover record, "Pengabrorsan" in only a few weeks. Great news, right? Well, it's a swedish-only limited release! nooooo!! Oh well, based on the new video, "Dom vet ingenting om oss" they've cheered up a little from "To Die Alone"... Which is great news! Apparently some of the bands they're covering are Donna Summer, Operation Ivy, My Morning Jacket, and Otis Clay. There's also duets with Jerry Williams and "Howlin" Pelle Almqvist from The Hives. It looks like they also have a song called "Falling in love (with Christmas Time)". How amazing is that? Maybe it's a Monster cover. One can only dream...