Thursday, February 26, 2026
State du Moi
I seem to have hit that point of middle age where I'm constantly asking people “hey, did you just get a haircut?” 😬🤷♂️
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
20 Years Ago Today on Xmastime
Two proud Xmastime legends go head to head, Paddy Mac and Theodore!! 🤗🤣
Here they are discussing Marah's fan-dividing 2002 album Float Away with the Friday Night Gods (full disclosure - Xmastime loves the album, and has considered it to be his favorite Marah album at various times throughout the years). Enjoy, and yes - you ARE welcome!!
Here they are discussing Marah's fan-dividing 2002 album Float Away with the Friday Night Gods (full disclosure - Xmastime loves the album, and has considered it to be his favorite Marah album at various times throughout the years). Enjoy, and yes - you ARE welcome!!
XMASTIME: Let’s focus on the record, fellas. What do you consider your favorite cuts? Paddy Mac?
PADDY MAC: Definitely “Leaving”, which I’d put in my Marah Top 3.
XMASTIME: I love that one too. How bout you Theodore?
THEODORE: Ah, lessee...(looking over song titles) no. no. no. this one sounds gay. No. No. No. Gay. No. This one should be called “My Brother and I Will Be Homeless If We Keep Putting Out This Crap.”
PADDY MAC: Nice. Why don’t we just call them names and insult their mother?
THEODORE: Sounds better than having to talk about this “album” (Theodore asked me to note that as he said the word album he was making air quotes...or would if he had fingers...and could raise his arms)
XMASTIME:What about the big falling out with the fans, the large sense of betrayal...READ MORE
Dreams Dashed on the Floor (with Green Pepper)
Last night just before midnight at Wegmans (that's my next early 80s British Christmas single btw Last Night, Just Before Midnight at Wegmans) I saw a big green pepper on the floor; I don't even like peppers but as someone who lives in the building and drags my fat ass arounds Wegmans about 900x a day, I felt a certain responsibility to be a team player & picked it up and place it back on the shelf where it belonged.
Just as I was leaning down, out of the corner of my eye I saw the dark shape of someone else walking in my direction; I didn’t look up to see exactly who it was but I assumed it was a worker & immediately started fantasizing about what a hero I was gonna be to this person, me taking time out of my busy night to do the work of the people & we'd probably become best friends and oh hey look here I am at the Wegmans Christmas party this year!
But it wasn’t a worker, it was just some other guy like me wandering thru the store last night just before midnight.
Just as I was leaning down, out of the corner of my eye I saw the dark shape of someone else walking in my direction; I didn’t look up to see exactly who it was but I assumed it was a worker & immediately started fantasizing about what a hero I was gonna be to this person, me taking time out of my busy night to do the work of the people & we'd probably become best friends and oh hey look here I am at the Wegmans Christmas party this year!
But it wasn’t a worker, it was just some other guy like me wandering thru the store last night just before midnight.
More on George
Get Back director Peter Jackson:
George is this pragmatic guy who takes all the romance out of the other guys who go supernova into these flights of fancy. He just says, ‘That’s never going to happen.’ You want John and Paul in your group, because you want that genius to be going into these crazy directions, but you always want George in your group as well to say, ‘That’s a bloody stupid idea.’ I really appreciate George for that. He would be great on a film set because he’s a let’s-just-cut-all-the-crap-out guy.
One of the many paradoxes that was (or is, as he'd say) George Harrison of course is that on one hand he was the Beatle pictured above and on the other hand he'd pop a hammy jumping up to believe in any God you'd wave in front of his face.
Happy 83rd Birfday George Harrison
All Things Must Pass' biggest flaw - other than the 3rd lp "jam session", or having a title that ends with an "s" so making it a possessive feels like you're a dick - is that it leans way more into "can you believe Bob Dylan's my bff???!!!" than "can you believe Phil Spector's producing this??", but my favorite song on the album is about as good a mix of the two as you can imagine.
Happy 83rd to Dark Horse 🥳🎂🎸❤️🇬🇧
Happy 83rd to Dark Horse 🥳🎂🎸❤️🇬🇧
Dreams. I Have Them.
Just once I'd like to see a reality show about someone going through the rigorous process of opening their own business and the recurring theme is "wow, that was pretty easy 🤷♂️."
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
🔥 HOT TAKES 🔥 with Xmastime
🔥 HOT TAKE: You Could Make a Case That ICE is More Anti-American than Slavery Was 🔥
Nobody's saying slavery wasn't horrifically worse but at least it was already baked into the cake when America was formed and we fought a long, hard road to make it end; ICE is the exact opposite in that it runs counter to every principle America was founded upon and now after a long, hard road it's here. Incredible. 😢
Nobody's saying slavery wasn't horrifically worse but at least it was already baked into the cake when America was formed and we fought a long, hard road to make it end; ICE is the exact opposite in that it runs counter to every principle America was founded upon and now after a long, hard road it's here. Incredible. 😢
Speaking of Trump
I've mentioned it before but I find it odd that the most revenge-fueled vengeance porn human in history hasn't said a single word about the guy who tried to shoot him.
You're Not Crying, I'M Crying!
I have to take a break from Punch the monkey because I am all cried out for now. 😭🥲
Monday, February 23, 2026
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Xmastime So Sayeth, So Sayeth Xmastime
"The puddle that made no footprints was ice the whole time. 😔" - Xmastiime
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