Monthly Archives: December 2018

Friday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

This Christmas is a song by American soul musician Donny Hathaway released in 1970 by Atco Records. The song gained renewed interest when it was included in 1991 on Atco Records’ revised edition of their 1968 Soul Christmas compilation album[1] … Continue reading

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Thursday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

O Holy Night“ (“Cantique de Noël“) is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). Cappeau, a wine merchant and poet, had been asked by a … Continue reading

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Wednesday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released on November 27th, 1967 under Motown Records. It was his eighth studio album release. It would also be re-released in 1978 with different cover art and different Catalog number … Continue reading

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Michelle Obama: “Note to Self”

Hat tip 3 Chics Eliihaas Thank you! Michelle Obama: “NOTE TO SELF” This is who Michelle Obama is speaking to with ‘Notes to Self’

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Tuesday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

Recorded in 1985, The Spirit of Christmas finds Ray Charles performing a variety of holiday favorites with vocal assistance from the Raelettes and an appearance by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. The ten tracks mix standards and originals, including “Santa Claus … Continue reading

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Monday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The … Continue reading

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Sunday Praise & Worship | Christmas Jams 2018

O come, O come, Emmanuel is a translation of the Latin text (“Veni, veni, Emmanuel“) by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin in the mid-19th century. It is a metrical version of a collation of various Advent Antiphons (the … Continue reading

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Saturday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

Sleigh Ride” is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who … Continue reading

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Friday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2018

Please Come Home for Christmas” is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. … Continue reading

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Maria Butina guilty plea sends shockwaves across the GOP and NRA

Hat tip Palmer Report The NRA need to be dismantled and those involved need to go to prison for conspiring with a hostile foreign power against the United States. We know if it were Black people committing treason against the United … Continue reading

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