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tin foil hats make the party

this year i made a christmas/new years mix cd because for the first time i've been able to.
and i took great delight in pairing RUN-DMC's 'christmas is' next to angela lansburry singing 'we need a little christmas' from Mame.
I hate Mame, but I love that song.
The latter half of the disc is new years-y songs (the walkmen, jon spencer blues explosion, camera obscura, death cab for cutie, of course the dismemberment plan) and the all time "wow-does-that-really-sum-it-up" song- Scrawl's '11:59 it's january'.
It's a pretty great song and here are the lyrics for ye:

january came too soon
survived the holidays without you

but who are you, you are anyone i wish i knew
and tonight i wish i knew every single one of you

first day champagne, old acquaintances are far apart,
tonight auld lang syne means leave before the kissing starts

last year went down the drain
they all do really so why complain
drink a cup of kindness yet
and say goodbye to all regrets

it's january

11:59 --- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-midnight

was it a good year do i really need to know cause now it's behind me forever
it was a good year because it was such a bad year that this year can only get better

last year went down the drain
they all do really so why complain
drink a cup of kindness yet
and say goodbye to all regrets

it's january

and who are you, you are anyone i wish i knew
tonight i wish i knew every single one of you
tonight i wish i knew every single one of you
tonight i wish i knew ... every single one of you
every single one of you (it's january)
every single one of you (it's january)
every single one of you (it's january)
every single one of you (it's january)
anyway, in the grand tradition of redundancy....let me state again how much i hate new years eve. love love love new years day. hate hate hate new years eve.
the world gets over-run with drunken idiots all relentlessly persuing the Best! Time! Ever!(tm) and it just seems like such a sham.
i did enjoy 2000 with the fireworks and standing by the willow trees and the pond on the mall watching the fireworks go up the scaffolding of the washington monument.
maybe that's it. maybe this city blew it's party was on the year 2000 new years eve. there was also a bunch of us roving around with noise makers and hats. and you know noisemakers and hats always bring the party.

9:58 a.m. - 2004-12-29

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