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The Devil You Know

Stream o’ consciousness for December 23rd

In me, Me, ME! on December 23, 2009

	Listened to 59 songs. Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (A Shrift Remix) Art Garfunkel – O Come All Ye Faithful Backyard Babies – Look At You Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright – Careless Whisper Ben Folds – Stevens Last Night in Town Billy Childish – Christmas Lights Bing Crosby – Happy Holiday (Beef Wellington Remix) Brian Wilson – Going Home Brian Wilson – Heroes and Villians Bryan Adams – Reggae Christmas Buck Owens – Homeward Bound Charles Brown – I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Ohmega Watts Remix) Counting Crows – Raining In Baltimore Cowboys & Indians – Hillbilly Rock Dean Martin – Winter Wonderland Eleven Hundred Springs – No Stranger To The Blues Frank Sinatra – The First Noel George Jones – A New Baby for Christmas Gladys Knight – Do You Hear What I Hear Golden Smog – V Grandpa Jones – Christmas Roses Harry Fontenot – Silent Night Jerry Jeff Walker – Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother Jerry Lee Lewis – Touching Home Jim Reeves – Jingle Bells Johnny Mercer – Winter Wonderland (Rise Ashen’s Brazilian Beach Mix) KISS – Christine Sixteen Marty Robbins – Buenos Dias Argentina Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell (Live) Mike Ireland & Holler – Christmas Past Oasis – Shakermaker OK Go – Here It Goes Again Primal Scream – The 99th Floor Prince – U Got the Look Randy Newman – Laugh and Be Happy Red Red Meat – There’s a Star Above the Manger Tonight Reno & Smiley – Frosty The Snowman Roger Roger – Jolly Bells Roy Orbison – Pretty Paper Scissor Sisters – Music Is The Victim Sting – Gabriel’s Message The Flaming Lips & Stardeath And White Dwarfs – Any Colour You Like The Flaming Lips & Stardeath And White Dwarfs – Eclipse (feat. Henry Rollins) The Avett Brothers – I’ll Fly Away The Beatles – 05 05 05 05 05 05 – Can’t Buy Me Love The Beatles – 12 12 12 – I’ve Just Seen a Face 1 The Blue Moon Boys – Santatalk The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Angels We Have Heard On High The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Hey Santa! The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Winter Wonderland The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Rolling Stones – Time Is on My Side (Ver 1) The Smithereens – A Girl Like You (strip club version) The Waco Brothers – Nothing to Say The White Stripes – Icky Thump (Album) Tom Waits – Who Are You Van Morrison – Ain’t That Loving You Baby Washboard Pete – Christmas Blues Wham! – Last Christmas
	RT @FakeAPStylebook: You can stop running that response to Virginia’s letter about Santa. She’s probably dead by now. [mikeorren]
	@bobbymacReuters Is way to make your @ reply visible to all, not just those who follow both you and person you reply to. [mikeorren]
	RT @karlpilkingtonq: We can invent iPods. We can bring out better vacuum cleaners. But, at the end of the day, you can’t make nature up. [mikeorren]
	rt @pegasusnews Pegasus News week in view: Olive the other reindeer edition – http://eepurl.com/gaLO [mikeorren]
	Listened to 26 songs. Alice Cooper, John 5, Billy Sheehan, Vinny Appice – Santa Claws Is Coming To Town Brian McKnight – Bethlehem Tonight Bruce Springsteen – Badlands Dean Martin – Silver Bells Dru Hill – This Christmas East 17 – Stay Another Day Gene Autry – Frosty the Snowman Hank Snow – C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S Hank Williams – I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still Innersouls – Just Take Your Time José Feliciano – The First Noel Josh Groban – Little Drummer Boy Martin Mull – Santafly Run-D.M.C. – Christmas In Hollis Solomon Burke – Silent night, holy night Squirrel Nut Zippers – Bedlam Ballroom SWV – The Christmas Song The Band – Down South in New Orleans The Black Crowes – The Garden Gate The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Santa Claus Is Back in Town The Georgia Satellites – Crazy As The Night The Jackson 5 – Give Love On Christmas Day The Louvin Brothers – It’s Christmas Time The Sir Douglas Band – Ain’t That Loving You The Smithereens – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, Paul Shaffer, Vince Gill – South (feat. Paul Shaffer and Vince Gill)
	Only thing more wasteful than leaving a yellow pages at my door: a Spanish-language yellow pages. [mikeorren]
	What’s 1/5 of a fifth? Cos that’s how much 5 yr old Pig’s Nose scotch I just poured. #alcoholidays [mikeorren]

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