Buckstens XmasMix 2009

1 Snowbird | Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem | Cocktail Swing (2:59)
2 Run Rudolph Run | Chuck Berry | The Chess Box (2:44)
3 Sugarplum | Bond | Explosive (2:21)
4 Do You Hear What I Hear? | Whitney Houston | A Very Special Christmas Vol. 1 (3:33)
5 It Really Is (A Wonderful Life) | Mindy Smith | My Holiday (3:42)
6 The Day It Snowed | Amusement Parks on Fire | It's Not Like Christmas (4:09)
7 No Christmas For Me | Zee Avi | This Warm Christmas (2:41)
8 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree | The Smithreens | Christmas with the Smithreens (2:08)
9 We Three Kings | Building 429 | We Three Kings (4:54)
10 Last Christmas | Glee Cast | Last Christmas (3:38)
11 Bring Me Love | Marie Digby | Bring Me Love (3:25)
12 Medley | Bela Fleck & The Fleckstones | Jingle All The Way (5:41)
13 Winter Song | Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson | The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs (4:27)
14 Christmas Island | Sixpence None The Richer | The Dawn of Grace (2:34)
15 River | Indigo Girls | 1200 Curfews (3:53)
16 The Christmas Can-Can | Straight No Chaser | Christmas Cheers (2:42)
17 The Hounds of Winter | Sting | If On a Winter's Night (5:49)
18 Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year | Rosie Thomas | A Very Rosie Christmas (4:22)

Past Albums:

  • 2008 XmasMix (Blues Traveler, Alabama, Hall & Oates, Sufjan Stevens, Barenaked Ladies)
  • 2007 XmasMix (Perry Como, Jack Johnson, The Weepies, Leigh Nash)
  • 2006 XmasMix (The Waitresses, Five for Fighting, Blind Boys of Alabama, Billy Mack)
  • 2005 XmasMix (Louis Prima, Dolly Parton, B.B. King, Whitney Houston, Dixieland Ramblers)
  • 2004 XmasMix (Guster, Bobby Vinton, The Eagles, Yutaka, Rhonda Vincent)
  • 2002 XmasMix (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Jars of Clay, Jimmy Buffet, Sting, Tina Arena)

P.S. All the song links send you to iTunes.

December 03, 2009 in Music | | Comments (5)

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May 22, 2009 in Music | | Comments (0)

Best of 2008

I know I am suppose to write this post before the year end, but with travel and children I ran out of time.

So, in no particular order here is what has happened and what rises above the rest when I think of 2008:

  • E started kindergarten and Z started preschool.
  • I posted my favorite business books of 2008 over on the 800-CEO-READ blog and Inc.com worked with us on their selections.
  • Jack and I turned in the manuscript for The 100 Best Business Books of All Time in April. And we just got finished books today and they look great. The book hits shelves February 5th.
  • My 91 del.icio.us bookmarks remind of these yummy sites:
    • Spoonflower for custom fabrics based on your designs
    • Sticker Robot for custom stickers
    • Moo for business cards, holiday cards, and sticker books from your Flickr photos
  • We survived the snowiest winter on record in Waukesha. I think it was 109".
  • That turned into a flooded basement after warm weather and some huge rains.
  • Mac Apps you should be using: NetNewsWire for RSS feeds, Ecto for blogging, VoodooPad for note taking, and possibly WriteRoom for a clutter-free writing space.
  • Mac Apps to consider: Things (I use to manage to-dos in BaseCamp, but I think I like this desktop/iPhone combo better) and TweetDeck (allows filtering, grouping, and searching all in one Tweeter app)
  • I posted 305 tweets this year. I would have never guessed that and TweetStats tells me I have been accelerating my use of Twitter.
  • Music that worked for me:
  • This American Life provided the best description of the credit crisis I heard, read or watched anywhere. Listen to The Giant Pool of Money. It is worth all 58 minutes. In second place is Michael Lewis' Panic, an anthology of articles, reports, and missives on the bubbles we have gone through since 1989.

January 02, 2009 in Apple, Blogging, Business Books, Current Affairs, Economy, Music, Personal | | Comments (2)

The Christmas Album 2008

Enjoy this year's Christmas mix and links to those from the past.

1 Season's Greetings | Robbers on High Street | Seasons Greetings - Single (2:25)
2 Christmas | Blues Traveler | A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3 (5:48)
3 Christmas in Dixie | Alabama | The American Farewell Tour (3:37)
4 Christmas Must Be Tonight | Daryl Hall & John Oates | Home For Christmas (4:29)
5 The Christmas Yodel | Riders In The Sky | Christmas the Cowboy Way (2:40)
6 Holy, Holy, Holy | Sufjan Stevens | Songs For Christmas, Vol: V Peace! (3:50)
7 Three Kings | Eclipse | Three Kings (4:04)
8 Santa's Got A Brand New Bag | The Bobs | Too Many Santas (3:30)
9 Deck the Hall (With Boughs of Longboards) | Rick Springfield | Christmas With You (2:15)
10 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Bebo Norman | Christmas...From the Realms of Glory (3:17)
11 Goodbye Charles | Over the Rhine | Snow Angels (2:22)
12 Santa Will Find You | Mindy Smith | My Holiday (3:53)
13 J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio - BVW 248 #41 | Bela Fleck and The Fleckstones | Jingle All the Way (4:30)
14 Mr. Heat Miser | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Everything You Want For Christmas (4:24)
15 Hallelujah | Brandi Carlile | KCRW.com Presents (4:25)
16 I Saw Three Ships | Barenaked Ladies | Barenaked For The Holidays (1:07)
17 Still, Still, Still | Garrison Keillor and the Plymouth Series Music Ensemble | Now It Is Christmas Again (2:49)
18 This Time of Year | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | A Santa Clause - It's a Punk Rock Christmas (2:22)
19 Merry Xmas Everybody | Camp Freddy | Merry Xmas Everybody (3:45)
20 Someday At Christmas | Jack Johnson | This Warm December: Brushfire Holiday's, Vol. 1 (2:13)

Past Albums

P.S. All the song links send you to iTunes.

November 30, 2008 in Music | | Comments (0)

Tomorrow: The Holidays Officially Begin

I know they have been going for a couple of days already (our family even exchanged some Christmas gifts on Thanksgiving), but starting tomorrow we are going to be serving up some holiday cheer in the form of seasonal music.

First, I am going to post the list of songs from my annual mix CD. I am on year 7 of this exercise. You'll also find links back to the prior lists.

And starting Monday, I am going to post a song every day on my Twitter account that you can listen to and in the majority of the cases download if you like. If you want to follow along, follow me on my twitter account or subscribe to my tumblr blog.

November 30, 2008 in Music | | Comments (0)

Wisconsin Music - in person and name

  • Bon Iver - Justin Vernon wrote his album "For Emma, Forever Ago" in a Northwestern Wisconsin cabin.
  • Collections of Colonies of Bees - My good friend Jon plays drums in this Milwaukee-based group. They just returned from a SXSW performance, and a little bee told me that we are doing a project with Justin.
  • Juniper Tar - They get another piece of link love because I like them and their album a lot.
  • What Made Milwaukee Famous - Paste Magazine introduced me this month to this Austin-based band. The name is what first caught my attention, but their pop rock hooks drew me in.
  • The BoDeans - this master of the bar band genre is from my town of Waukesha. Find a live version of Still The Night; I have never heard a song where the audience has a part. Kurt and Sammy have a new album called Still, which is solid and familiar.

March 17, 2008 in Music | | Comments (0)

Check Out Juniper Tar

Juniper Tar is a Milwaukee based band. Brothers Schleicher are members and they just released their first album "To The Trees."

http://www.myspace.com/junipertar

Give it a chance. I think you will like.

March 01, 2008 in Music | | Comments (0)

If you are going to buy a Christmas album this year...

...pick up Over The Rhine's Snow Angels. The twelve song album is all original holiday music in the group's laid-back, acoustic style. My favorite is Goodbye Charles, which pays ode to cartoonist Schultz and the Vince Guaraldi Trio. White Horse, Here It Is, Snow Angel all feel great. As the iTunes review says, the whole album captures the wonderful highs and the desperate lows of the season.

December 01, 2007 in Music | | Comments (0)

The 2007 Christmas Album

I have been creating Christmas albums for family and friends since 2001, something I really enjoying doing. Enjoy this year's mix and links to those from the past.

  1. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como
  2. Underneath the Mistletoe - Blondfire
  3. Mary, Did You Know? - Kathy Mattea
  4. O Holy Night - New Orleans Musicians/Tipitina Foundation (featured on Studio 60 last year, Download MP3 Here)
  5. River - Travis
  6. Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance! - Sufjan Stevens
  7. Christmas Time Is Here - Ivy
  8. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Jack Johnson
  9. Frosty The Snowman - Fiona Apple
  10. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey
  11. Greatest Time of Year - Aly & AJ
  12. Silver Bells - Swearing At Motorists
  13. Jingle Bells - Jack Ingram
  14. All That I Want - The Weepies
  15. I'm Coming Home For Christmas - Joe Puerta (local Milwaukee musician, featured on ER last year)
  16. Wishing For This - Leigh Nash
  17. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Third Day
  18. Holiday Mood - The Apples in Stereo
  19. My Girlfriend (Forgot Me This Christmas) - The Click Five
  20. Christmas Tree on Fire - Holly Golightly

Past Albums

P.S. All the song links send you to iTunes.

November 26, 2007 in Music | | Comments (15)

Missy Higgins

It seems word is getting out about my new favorite artist Missy Higgins. I wanted to make sure I publicly acknowledge my fandom.

I randomly jumped onto the Live Earth concert broadcast. I jumped to the Australia concerts and saw Crowded House live and then checked out who else had been onstage. Missy had been on in the morning and I was immediately hooked up when I heard Steer.

I can't buy the new album On A Clear Night from iTunes. It is available in the Australian version of the store, but you need an AU address to buy from there. The every useful Wikipedia tells me the album will not be released in the US until early 2008. Ugh.

Amazon says they can get it for me, and westendentertainment is going to get my business.

:)

July 27, 2007 in Music | | Comments (0)

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