IDAHODELAY!
1. The snow on that mountain reminds me of other snow on other mountains, and various tender scenes from my or someone else’s childhood. 3:50
2. But I thought wassail was only for Christmas time (could I have another cup please?)!?! 4:26
3. How the visiting vegetarian really did want to see the deer carcasses hanging up, and their severed heads placed on a shelf. 3:41
4. This year Anthony also shot a bear! 0:45
5. Most everything you see or will eat today is homemade. Yes, even the cute little acorn candles! 2:49
6. Having realised they are not helping to clean up at all, and feeling uncomfortable about this, the men resort to jokes that the women do not appreciate, and then retire to watch football. 3:54
7. Mom wants a bone saw for Christmas. 4:33
8. That rusted silo is P-R-I-C-E-L-E-S-S! 7:33
9. The mall stripped bare by her bachelors. 4:05
10. The largest Thanksgiving parade ever, featuring: Veterans! Dogs! Ron Paul placards! A really big boat! 8:09
11. A moment of vertigo on a bridge not three feet off the ground. 0:22
12. A shih tzu in every living room, and a real dog in every yard. 4:11
13. 30 seconds of fading static representing a nap in the man cave, surrounded by skulls, antlers, and the gentle hum of electronics. 0:32
14. Tofurkey re-heated and slapped on a roll. 2:57
15. Sure it’s spelt Coeur d’Alene, but we pronounce it Quarterlane. 5:28
16. Why, this pecan roll is bigger than my face (and I’m so glad it’s been buttered)! 5:32
17. Just look at what the golf balls have done to the side of the house! 3:11
18. Sea salt and caramel. 1:24
Bonus Track (applicable to any state)
19. Why should a man have to get out of his truck just to order 24 ounces of coffee? 9:04
November 30th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
I’m throwing a Christmas party this weekend and Sufjan Stevens’ holiday album is already on my playlist!
November 30th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Oh man I don’t even know that album! Are its song titles as awesomely scatterbrained as the ones from Illinoise? Because some of his newer stuff (and older stuff) is a little too restrained in terms of titles (Seven Swans? That’s so vague!).
December 1st, 2011 at 4:44 pm
It’s called “Songs for Christmas” and it has 5 volumes! I’d say he’s got some pretty good titles; who else can name a song “Come on, let’s boogey to the elf dance!”, haha, but he also kept a lot of the holiday classics. “The Avalanche” has some of my favourite titles.
December 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm
[...] It seems more and more people in New York are reaching for that mythic banjo. Or harmonica. Or washboard. Or fiddle. Or jug. Why it’s happening now isn’t entirely clear to me, although it might have something to do with Bon Iver getting all Walden in Wisconsin. It could also have something to do with Sufjan’s waylaid 50 states project (although he hardly needs American folklore any more; he has his own now). If he won’t do it, someone else is going to have to finish the project on his behalf. [...]
December 7th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
[...] might have come from Idaho. It’s a connection that would probably embarrass both parties. Idaho probably isn’t the mysterious place that Brooklyn is thinking of when it is looking at a pair [...]