Music Video of the Day: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Blake Lewis (2017, dir by ????)


Blake Lewis totally should have won American Idol.  (I voted for him and cried when he lost!)  But at least he can still win our hearts with this interpretation of a classic Christmas carol!

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: Vampira by Bobby Bare


Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959, dir by Ed Wood)

103 years ago today, Maila Nurmi was born in Massachusetts.  Nurmi would go on to find fame as Vampira, television’s first horror movie hostess.  Though she is now best-remembered for playing one of the zombies in Plan 9 From Outer Space, Nurmi actually had a long and varied show business career.  James Dean was her best friend.  She had an affair with Orson Welles.  Walt Disney used her as a model for the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella.  She was commissioned to make jewelry and clothing for both Grace Slick and Frank Zappa.

Today’s song of the day came out in 1958.  Here’s Bobby Bare singing about Vampira.

Music Video of the Day: Oi To The World by No Doubt (1997, dir by Sophie Muller)


Today’s music video is sure to get you in the holiday mood!

This video is for No Doubt’s cover of a Christmas song by the Vandals.  It’s a pretty simple video, actually.  No Doubt is beating some guys up when they finally get the Christmas spirit.  To be honest, I’ve always imagined that this what a typical day in the life of No Doubt is like.

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: Suzi Snowflake by Rosemary Clooney


Oh God, this song brings back memories.

To help cover expenses while I was in college, I would usually get a part-time retail job during the winter break, helping to restock shelves and telling customers where they could find the really cheap Christmas gifts that had put on clearance because only the only people who buy them were the desperate fools who had put off shopping until the last minute.

Christmas music was usually playing nonstop.  It drove some people mad.  I could always handle it except for the year that they wouldn’t stop playing this song.  I know you’re saying what many other people said to me when I complained that year, “Jeff, it’s a cute song!”  Imagine having to hear it ten times a day.

From my nightmares, here is today’s song of the day.

I’ll spare you the details of some of the variations that my coworkers and I came up with for Suzi Snowflake.  They definitely were not safe for work.