SOUNDTRACK: CHRISTINE LAVIN AND THE MISTLETONES-A Christmas / Kwanzaa / Solstice / Chanukah / Ramadan / Boxing Day Song” (2006).
I’ve always liked Christine Lavin, but she has fallen off my radar in recent years. I’m delighted that she’s still making cool (and funny) folk music. We quickly added this to our holiday playlist.
It’s an a Capella track done in a round. It opens with Christine wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and a happy new year (to an original melody). And then a male voice wishes you a happy Kwannza, a hip hop happy Kwanzaa (if you celebrate Kwanzaa). A third voice sings the same melody wishing happiness to all who celebrate Solstice. A second male voice now wishes you a happy Chanukah.
Then, in perfect harmony, third female and then male voices throw in Ramadan and, amusingly, Boxing Day. It’s a light-hearted take on multiculturalism, all wrapped up in a pretty melody.
[READ: January 1, 2013] Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures
I recalled the Alison Dare comics from when I used to be an Oni Press fanboy (I still love Oni Press but I can’t keep track of comics anymore). Anyhow, Alison Dare is an all ages comic, so I brought a copy home for Clark from the library. But he didn’t like it. I wondered if it was because the main character was a girl, but i think it’s because the comic is black and white–he really only likes color comics. Huh. I also found that it may have been a little confusing for him–the writing was style was really engaging but not exactly straightforward. Maybe in a year or so he’d enjoy it.
But I enjoyed it.
This book collects the first three Alison Dare stories: (more…)
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