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#1 2009-10-24 1:13 am
- Pithecanthropus
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Merry Xmas!!
Oooh! I get to record Xmas music for 6 hours on Saturday!!
Me? I'm a ho, ho, ho.
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#3 2009-10-24 3:06 am
- Bat
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- From: Björk, Björk
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
It's commerce, tho. Some stores started putting up H'ween decorations and merch in early September. Halloween has for some years been the #2 holiday in terms of $$.
The goal seems to be to make the entire last third of the year "The Holidays." Many businesses do half their yearly sales total around Xmas.
If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion - George Bernard Shaw
"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."
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#4 2009-10-24 4:07 am
- Random User
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
gd wrote:
It's not even Holloween yet!
Christmas is a "hollow"day too.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
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#5 2009-10-24 10:26 am
- Pithecanthropus
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
In the world of Xmas CDs this is actually pretty late. If you look at the recording dates on most Xmas CDs you'll see that they are generally recorded in August.
But if you want your CD out before Xmas this year, you gotta record it now.
It's one of the many fun things about being a musician.
Another fun thing is not getting to pick who your agency pimps you to: last night, in an obvious conflict of interest, I played a gig for DARE.
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#6 2009-10-24 11:05 am
- Chickenhawk
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
I was at the store thursday and noticed that they already had xmas trees on display.
The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition—thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not. -- Michael Shermer
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#7 2009-10-24 11:06 am
- macnuke
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
bah
humbug
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#8 2009-10-24 2:30 pm
- Bat
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
Pithecanthropus wrote:
In the world of Xmas CDs this is actually pretty late. If you look at the recording dates on most Xmas CDs you'll see that they are generally recorded in August.
But if you want your CD out before Xmas this year, you gotta record it now.
It's one of the many fun things about being a musician.
Another fun thing is not getting to pick who your agency pimps you to: last night, in an obvious conflict of interest, I played a gig for DARE.
So, speaking as a musician, Xmas appreciationist and everything...
...got your Dyan Xmas CD yet?
Whoa! 
If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion - George Bernard Shaw
"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."
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#9 2009-10-24 4:07 pm
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
I noticed that not only are they putting up Xmas stuff at the store, but they're taking down Halloween stuff to make room. Wow.
The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition—thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not. -- Michael Shermer
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#10 2009-10-25 12:53 am
- sturner
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
Pith, it's not to late, you can stop being a ho.
Just say no!
I'm not dead yet.
There are 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
"There are few things graven in stone, excepting your date of death."
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#11 2009-10-25 1:32 am
Re: Merry Xmas!!
Pithecanthropus wrote:
In the world of Xmas CDs this is actually pretty late. If you look at the recording dates on most Xmas CDs you'll see that they are generally recorded in August.
But if you want your CD out before Xmas this year, you gotta record it now.
Let me know where to order it.
I buy 2 Christmas CD's a year. Someday I'll have a huge collection.
1 traditional and one non traditional.
In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
Jenny had a pistol in the other
-- Steve Taylor
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#12 2009-10-25 5:10 am
- Bat
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
sturner wrote:
Pith, it's not to[o] late, you can stop being a "ho ho ho."
Just say no!
Fix-ed!
If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion - George Bernard Shaw
"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."
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#13 2009-10-25 9:47 am
- Pithecanthropus
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
Bat wrote:
sturner wrote:
Pith, it's not to[o] late, you can stop being a "ho ho ho."
Just say no!Fix-ed!
Being a ho ho ho is what pays my rent rent rent. (not to mention buys beer beer beer)
Last edited by Pithecanthropus (2009-10-25 9:48 am)
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#14 2009-10-25 8:40 pm
- sturner
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Re: Merry Xmas!!
Well, in that case, i'd just better send some work your way.
I'm not dead yet.
There are 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
"There are few things graven in stone, excepting your date of death."
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