1. Silent Night
2. Joy to the World
3. Silver Bells (of Destruction)
4. I'll Be Droned for Christmas
5. Holiday Trash Medley
6. The First Noel
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem
11. This Is What Child This Is
12. Frosty the Psycho Shoegazer Snowman
13. O Come All Ye Faithful
14. O Christmas Tree
15. Away In A Manger Of Dreams
16. Bethlehem (The Unofficial 51st State) DOWNLOAD FREE AT NOISETRADE
17. This Is What Child This Is (Frogs In The Manger Mix)
2. Joy to the World
3. Silver Bells (of Destruction)
4. I'll Be Droned for Christmas
5. Holiday Trash Medley
6. The First Noel
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem
11. This Is What Child This Is
12. Frosty the Psycho Shoegazer Snowman
13. O Come All Ye Faithful
14. O Christmas Tree
15. Away In A Manger Of Dreams
16. Bethlehem (The Unofficial 51st State) DOWNLOAD FREE AT NOISETRADE
17. This Is What Child This Is (Frogs In The Manger Mix)
The EleFUNt in the room, by CT Johnston
So I did my due downloading diligence on this one, popped it in the player, and started listening at, you know, track one--the beginning. "Well, now," I thought to myself, "that sounds mighty familiar." Strange, sure, but familiar. Contrary to what you may have heard (and I don't know who would be spreading such rumors), I do not remember everything I listen to. So, like Richard Dreyfus playing with his mashed potatoes, I was forced to conclude "this means something".
Sure enough, a quickie search of my own web site revealed that Chad Thomas Johnston has graced our pages before. Back in December of last year, I came across the "name your own price" Bandcamp collection "All Is Calm, All Is Bright" and, giving it a two line description (I've got to get back to those) posted it on our Free page in the hope and belief that others would give it a listen or two and mentally apply their own two line description.
"Stalking Stuffers" is essentially an expanded edition of "All Is Calm, All Is Bright", so you get the same weirdness as before, only there's more of it!
And two of the three new tracks were pretty damn cool, I thought (your mileage may vary). OK, so I didn't get the "Frogs In The Manger Mix", but maybe that's just me. "Away In A Manger Of Dreams", on the other hand, is a dreamy bit of Ambient electronica (or something), at least until the baby noises kick in.
And whatever you think of the rest of the collection, you simply must download this for "Bethlehem (The Unofficial 51st State)". "Bethlehem" was written for the 2007 Asthmatic Kitty Sufjan Stevens song writing contest. Sufjan would choose a winning entry, record it and, in exchange, give the song's author the rights to one of his songs...forever. Or something like that. Well, I can't remember what song Sufjan picked, but I think he missed the boat entirely. "Bethlehem" is genius! Genius I tellz ya! Check these lyrics:
A Theremin for Tiny Tim,
For Scrooge a Fender™ Squire.
Frosty belted bari sax
and melted by the fire.
Rudolph lapped the puddle up
and joined in with the choir.
And the music is great, too. I know, I know...some folks listening to this will say Chad Thomas Johnston has sold out and gone commercial. Well, that's your hang up. There's still plenty of low-fi weirdness here. But the man has a family and five cats to feed after all. Would one hit Christmas song be such a terrible thing?
Anyway, I haven't been able to get the song out of my head and I'm actually thinking that's a good thing. So head on over to Noisetrade or to the official Chad Thomas Johnston website, or, heck, just use the widgety thing right here and download your free collection of "Stalking Stuffers: Coal For The Stocking In Your Soul". Hmmm. I wonder if he does Hanukkah songs?
Sure enough, a quickie search of my own web site revealed that Chad Thomas Johnston has graced our pages before. Back in December of last year, I came across the "name your own price" Bandcamp collection "All Is Calm, All Is Bright" and, giving it a two line description (I've got to get back to those) posted it on our Free page in the hope and belief that others would give it a listen or two and mentally apply their own two line description.
"Stalking Stuffers" is essentially an expanded edition of "All Is Calm, All Is Bright", so you get the same weirdness as before, only there's more of it!
And two of the three new tracks were pretty damn cool, I thought (your mileage may vary). OK, so I didn't get the "Frogs In The Manger Mix", but maybe that's just me. "Away In A Manger Of Dreams", on the other hand, is a dreamy bit of Ambient electronica (or something), at least until the baby noises kick in.
And whatever you think of the rest of the collection, you simply must download this for "Bethlehem (The Unofficial 51st State)". "Bethlehem" was written for the 2007 Asthmatic Kitty Sufjan Stevens song writing contest. Sufjan would choose a winning entry, record it and, in exchange, give the song's author the rights to one of his songs...forever. Or something like that. Well, I can't remember what song Sufjan picked, but I think he missed the boat entirely. "Bethlehem" is genius! Genius I tellz ya! Check these lyrics:
A Theremin for Tiny Tim,
For Scrooge a Fender™ Squire.
Frosty belted bari sax
and melted by the fire.
Rudolph lapped the puddle up
and joined in with the choir.
And the music is great, too. I know, I know...some folks listening to this will say Chad Thomas Johnston has sold out and gone commercial. Well, that's your hang up. There's still plenty of low-fi weirdness here. But the man has a family and five cats to feed after all. Would one hit Christmas song be such a terrible thing?
Anyway, I haven't been able to get the song out of my head and I'm actually thinking that's a good thing. So head on over to Noisetrade or to the official Chad Thomas Johnston website, or, heck, just use the widgety thing right here and download your free collection of "Stalking Stuffers: Coal For The Stocking In Your Soul". Hmmm. I wonder if he does Hanukkah songs?
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