Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Feelin' like Christmas...

Hello all!  Yawn, stretch, jingle, jingle, jingle...  it's starting to feel just a tad like Christmas.  There's not really a nip in the air yet, but there's a Fall-like feel here in Kansas City today, and it is of course officially Autumn now (why do we have two name for this season, but only one for the rest?  Ever wonder that?) so around my place Fall means that we start listening to some Christmas tunes, sorting through the new/old records and CDs, and planning the annual Christmas comp.  I know, I know, many of my collector friends have been planning their comp for months already.  I always have a running list and jot potential songs to it from time to time, but the real planning doesn't start until Octoberish each year.  Just my M.O.



So, I'm encountering a new phenomenon here recently, one that's quite welcome.  A few days ago, and old buddy pulled up at my house to pick me up to go to a Wilco concert, and he came bearing a sackful of old Christmas records he got from his mother.  Quite a nice selection, too.  Some may be shared out here later in the season.  Then, the next day, I traveled to my sister's place down in Tennessee, and upon arrival she had a stack of old Christmas records for me, finds from estate sales.  What a thing - people giving me stacks of Christmas records!  I guess all that incessant posting on Facebook about Christmas music is paying off :-)  Anyway, it's a cool thing.  Add in my Omaha daughter scouting the used record haunts up there looking for Christmas records and my Kansas City kids letting me know about albums they've spotted, and I have quite a network going.  Maybe it'll turn into inventory for that Christmas music store I'll open up when I retire.  Won't make a dime in profit but the in-store music will be great!



Well, stay tuned here folks.  The blog is warming up for another season.  I have some artist interviews already lined up, and will be talking up some new album releases, including (I hope) one from a fantastic local band.  Plus, all the usual stuff you find here at Merry and Bright.  It's Beginning To Look a Little Like Christmas! 


I decided to include a few album pics too, just to jolly up the place a bit.  Enjoy!