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S.O.B. | Dec 21 2002

I’ll make this brief.

In recent years I’ve taken to singing holiday songs. I don’t sing the usual lyrics, which I either don’t know or don’t like, but rather my own lyrics, which are the same for every song. If nothing else, this simplifies things.

This year I have decided to share a sample song with my readers. I nearly went with Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (which cannot be beat for jauntiness, whatever the lyrics), but in the end chose the more somber, more sober, more “Oblivioian,” Silent Night. I hope you approve.

And now, the music.


[Much thanks to Pat Power, who, Flash in hand, would not go gentle into that good night.]