If You Could Hear Me Think, This Is What I'd Write, #1

MonkDays have returned, at least for today.

Happy Birthday Dad!

41 Tunes -- two hours and 17 minutes of music -- for [what would have been] Dad's 81st birthday.

Jingle Bell Jawn #10: "Wonderful Christmastime" -- Paul McCartney

Hot take: "Simply having a wonderful Christmastime" isn't just a holiday platitude. It's a form of transcendence. McCartney gets this.

Jingle Bell Jawn #9: 'Christmas Time' -- The Caroleers

Can budget bin holiday records become beloved?

If You Could Hear Me Think... (Wednesday Thoughts #2, 11/30/22)

Frank Black Friday...Christine McVie...Pie List

Jingle Bell Jawn #8: 'Christmas in the Heart' -- Bob Dylan.

This is it. The Bob Dylan Christmas Album, one of the greatest things in the whole history of things.

Jingle Bell Jawn #7: 'Barenaked for the Holidays' -- Barenaked Ladies

Jingle Bell Jawn #6: 'Christmas' -- Wayne Newton

It was 1979 and Wayne Newton delivered a Christmas turkey. Do the "Jingle Bell Hustle"!

Jingle Bell Jawn #5: 'A Soulful Christmas' -- James Brown

Because Santa's got a brand new bag.

Jingle Bell Jawn #4: 'Merry Christmas' -- The Supremes

Stop! In the Name of Santa!

Jingle Bell Jawns #3: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' -- Vince Guaraldi Trio

Because Christmastime is here, whether we want it to be or not.

If You Could Hear Me Think... (Wednesday Morning Thoughts #1, 11/23/22)

Thanksgiving...Frank Black Friday...Jingle Bell Jawns