{"id":9217,"date":"2009-12-23T07:24:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T13:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=9217"},"modified":"2009-12-23T04:26:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T10:26:28","slug":"the-x-days-of-xmas-overload-your-last-chance-for-free-music-thats-only-good-once-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/the-x-days-of-xmas-overload-your-last-chance-for-free-music-thats-only-good-once-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The x Days of Xmas Overload: Your Last Chance for Free Music that&#8217;s Only Good Once a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been remiss, faithful reader.  Real world affairs have taken us away from Internet duties.  This makes us sadder than you know. Fear not! These last few days before Xmas will overload you with all the last minute holiday notions that you&#8217;ll ever need. Starting with music.<\/p>\n<p>From Christmas present we share a wide arrangement of holiday tunes to keep you &#8220;in the mood&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/xmas2010.png\" alt=\"xmas2010\" title=\"xmas2010\" width=\"505\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9223\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><strong>The Cast of GLEE singing &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DCzrOJ-pRUc\" class=\"external external_icon\">Last Christmas<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><br \/>\nThanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/ohnotheydidnt\/41430759.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">ONTD <\/a> you get to here the cast from our new favorite show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DCzrOJ-pRUc\" class=\"external external_icon\">sing a George Michael tune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GYBO&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gybo5.com\/video\/wicked-hip-hop-christmas\" class=\"external external_icon\">Wicked Hip-Hop Christmas<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><br \/>\nA curious Christmas party where people<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gybo5.com\/video\/wicked-hip-hop-christmas\" class=\"external external_icon\"> dance badly and sing hip-hop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOMA FM&#8217;S Christmas Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/somafm.com\/play\/christmas\" class=\"external external_icon\">Chilled holiday grooves and classic winter lounge tracks<\/a>. (Kid and Parent safe!)&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Broadcasting on the Internet and out of San Francisco, <a href=\"http:\/\/somafm.com\/play\/christmas\" class=\"external external_icon\">Soma FM remains one of two Internet radio mainstays<\/a> in our book.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Shoutcast<\/strong><br \/>\nMore Christmas music via<a href=\"http:\/\/shoutcast.com\/Internet-Radio\/christmas\" class=\"external external_icon\"> the Shoutcast network.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rudolph the Red-nosed Radio<\/strong><br \/>\nOur nose is aglow with nostalgia. The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiorudolph.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\"> non-stop Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer radio station<\/a> continues to burn brightly. <\/p>\n<p><strong>A Very Bootie Christmas 2<\/strong><br \/>\nThree years after the first, A Very Bootie Christmas 2 features mashups of well known and unknown Christmas jams.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootieusa.com\/xmas\/\" class=\"external external_icon\"> Download the songs, artwork and track listing for your collection.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon\/com&#8217;s FREE Mp3 Holiday Jams<\/strong><br \/>\nAmazon&#8217;s offering free holiday mp3s. For how long we&#8217;re not sure. The list is up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search\/ref=sr_nr_n_2?rh=i%3Adigital-music-ss%2Cn%3A!195211011%2Cn%3A!251258011%2Cn%3A318768011%2Cn%3A334896011%2Cn%3A334897011%2Cn%3A625061011%2Cn%3A625065011&#038;bbn=334897011&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1259934093&#038;rnid=625061011\" class=\"external external_icon\">29 songs so far<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christmas-Tree\/dp\/B001UQSE7O\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1261499402&#038;sr=1-2\" class=\"external external_icon\">Lady Gaga&#8217;s included<\/a> in that list, if she means anything to ya.<\/p>\n<p>Or you can just have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christmas-With-A-Monkey\/dp\/B002X3P41M\" class=\"external external_icon\">Christmas with a Monkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Fight Dragons Christmas with an Alien<\/strong><br \/>\nLast but not least comes 8-bit niche rock band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifightdragons.com)\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">I Fight Dragons<\/a> covering &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mom8C0-IRNw\" class=\"external external_icon\">Alien for Christmas<\/a>&#8221; by Fountains of Wayne. This IFD tune is comforting in many ways. Not the least of which being like us they&#8217;re pushing the edge of the &#8217;09 Christmas envelope.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"> <object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Mom8C0-IRNw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Mom8C0-IRNw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWhile the noisy ghost of Jacob Marley forced us to peer into Groonk.Net&#8217;s past:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=6012\">Have Yourself a Santastic 4 Christmas<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/santastic4.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">Santastic 4<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=5185\">Soma.fm has a Lovely Christmas Lounge of Music<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=4622\">Santastic II: Puts the Claus in Clausome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=3925\">Chirstmas Music &#8217;05<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=3855\">DIGITAL SHARE MASHUP: Santastic Christmas!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=4613\">Billy Idol Rocks-Out Christmas!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been remiss, faithful reader. Real world affairs have taken us away from Internet duties. This makes us sadder than you know. Fear not! These last few days before Xmas will overload you with all the last minute holiday notions that you&#8217;ll ever need. Starting with music. 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