Line du Jour, from Somewhere

"World War I was industrial slaughter."

"But Xmastime", you say in the voice of Craig “Ironhead” Heyward from those soap commercials (RIP), "isn’t this just a thinly-veiled excuse to remember how incredible Blackadder Goes Forth is?"

Sigh. Yes it is, faithful readers, YES it is. 🤗🇬🇧🤣🤣🤣🤣

What She's Found

In January of 2000, Op handed me a Maxell tape on which he’d put the V-Roys’ Just Add Ice album on Side A and Marah’s debut album Let’s Cut the Crap and Hook Up Later on Tonight on Side B; after about a month of listening to this one song below over & over I finally flipped the tape over to Marah, which changed my life in many ways, and while I can’t really remember listening to or caring about any other song on the V-Roys album ever since, I’ve always loved this song (even if after the second chorus it just kinda fizzles away into not much, really).

Parking Lot

Here's an all-time great moment from the Marah show I mentioned last week. 🤗🎸🥁🕺

AN XMASTIME PRAYER CARD, by Xmastime 😔🙏

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Xmastime Films

WINGSTOP: An Xmastime Musical Review

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In America

One way we don't even realize how horrific Trump's been is how desperate we are to "normalize" anything we can as fast as we can; I'm one of those people who finds themselves saying "hey I'm fine with ICE existing, I just want to go back to how it was before Trump came back into office", but then I see something like what I wrote 8 years ago today & realize that eagerly returning to what we incorrectly remember "normal" to be only serves to move us one step closer to the full-on authoritarian regime he thirsts for that waaaaaaaaaaay too many people are happy to give him.

 

 

Xmastime's Genius Motel Room Photography du Jour

Xmastime So Sayeth, So Sayeth Xmastime

The only socioeconomic class you're allowed to reference by name without pissing off that particular class is the middle class.

I Miss You NYC

14 years ago ago today I left 100 Metro & Brooklyn; in a few months I'll have lived as long since Brooklyn as a I did in Brooklyn, which is depressing me all to hell.

 

XMASTIME, Accidental Photography Genius

In America.

If you're jazzed about Trump setting $1.8B aside for Jan. 6ers then you're gonna be absolutely THRILLED when they announce what people in the Epstein files will be getting.

Maybe There Really is No Hope Anymore

Back in 2009 I pointed out the frightening absurdity of private prisons and now that they've been around for a while gee you'll never guess it but it turns out the shit's even worse than you think. Awesome.

Ideas. I Have Them.

If they really wanna see Trump's fat stupid head explode with fury & embarrassment then Iran should only agree to meet with former Biden diplomats for any peace discussions/deals.

Questions. I Have Them.

I say this with love in my heart as someone truly appreciating this guy but how can you devote yourself to the bit so much that even your goddam arms look like Johnny Ramone's stunt doubles but you can't just go the extra 5 yards & get a white Mosrite? 🤔🤷‍♂️

 

Things Out There are So Fucked Up Right Now...

...even the Moon's like "fuck this shit I'm outta here byyyyyyyyye!"

 

Xmastime Photo du Jour

Advice for Young People. I Have It.

I don't consider myself to be a man of great wisdom and I don't think anybody ever looks to me for advice but as I see all the young people in my life growing closer to adulthood there's one piece of advice I would like to pass on to them: if you want somebody to agree with you about anything, the quicker you can find an opportunity to work an "I mean hey, you know this better than me" into the conversation, the quicker they'll find themselves wanting to agree with you.

PREVIOUS ADVICE HERE

Advice for Young People. I Have It.

I don't consider myself to be a man of great wisdom and I don't think anybody ever looks to me for advice but as I see all the young people in my life growing closer to adulthood there's one piece of advice I would like to pass on to them: always eat your favorite parts of a salad first; how stupid will you feel when you’re dropping dead with a belly full of lettuce & the last thing you see is the pile of grilled chicken & parmesan croutons you’ll never get to eat?

PREVIOUS ADVICE HERE

Current Status

I just had an 8-second elevator conversation with some guy about how amazing the pizza at Wegmans is & it was the 4th-best moment of my life since   [NAME REDACTED TO PROTECT THOSE WHO BRAVELY SERVED SO YOU NEVER HAD TO]   at that wedding in Woodstock.

In America.

On Trump's newest slush fund.

We spent about 245 years as a country proudly claiming our rebellious nature, refusing to ever bend the knee to another man as those we turn our noses up would a king, but it turns out that not only did we jump to do exactly that the very first time the opportunity came up, but now we seem to be imploring one man to please take as much of our money as he possibly can as well.

I’ve long assumed that what’s truly intoxicating about being a Congressman is its enormous power, and yet around 270 of the most powerful people in the world have happily handed all that power away to one person. I’ve long assumed that one of the principal incentives for Republicans in general has been in controlling the country’s money, and yet around 270 of the most powerful people in the world are now happily handing all the money away to one person.

So I don’t think it’s crazy to ask why? Why would incredibly powerful, successful people forfeit of all things power and money, the very things they rose to their positions in the first place, so easily; either they’ve miscalculated & have set themselves up for great disappointment, or what’s waiting for us is even more horrifying than we’ve been assuming.