Cool Christmas Mixtape – Little Drummer Boy Cover Versions
December 25, 2008
Little Drummer Boy is my favouritest Christmas song ever, so I’ve tried to collect the best versions of Little Drummer Boy in one convenient list, presented in order of personal preference.
Little Drummer Boy – David Bowie & Bing Crosby
Little Drummer Boy – Grace Jones
Little Drummer Boy – Johnny Cash
Little Drummer Boy – Tori Amos
Little Drummer Boy – Perry Como
Little Drummer Boy – RuPaul
Little Drummer Boy – The Polyphonic Spree
Little Drummer Boy – The Dandy Warhols
Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Oldies (Very Goodies) Edition
December 22, 2008
Previously in Cool Christmas Music: Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Pop Edition.
Christmas Blues – Dean Martin
The coolest, drunkest man in showbiz!
The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
so suave
Father Christmas – Kinks
Merry Christmas Everyone – Shakin Stevens
We Three Kings Of Orient Are – Beach Boys
Warning: extremely random video!
Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley & Martina McBrid
…because nothing says Christmas like a leather jacket unzipped to the navel!
Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Pop Edition
December 22, 2008
Last minute Christmas present? Look no further than a custom-made Christmas mixtape for those nearest and dearest to you (so near and dear you didn’t think of getting them a present until now). The selection will be split into Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Pop Edition, Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Oldies Edition, Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Funk+Soul Edition and Cool Christmas Music Mixtape – Hipster Edition. I’ve blipped most of the songs already, so have a listen or watch the videos below!
In Dulci Jubilo – Mike Oldfield
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town – Bruce Springsteen
Santa Cowboy Hat? WTF!
Jingle Bell Rock – Billy Idol
Christmas Cheese Rock!
It Doesn’t Often Snow At Xmas – Pet Shop Boys
What could possibly be more camp than the Pet Shop Boys singing about Christmas? Elton John announcing the Pet Shop Boys singing about Christmas! Pop-tastic….
Ray Stevens – Santa Claus Is Watching You
He’s everywhere!
Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade
So here it is, Hairy Christmas, everybody’s having fun…
A Silent Night – Sinead O’Conor + Sleigh Ride – The Ronettes
…in one convenient video
Winter Wonderland – Jewel
Chanukah (Hanukkah) Song – Adam Sandler
…so no one feels left out.
The perfect mixtape for an 80s-themed hen night (what those of you of the American persuasion prefer to call “bachelorette party,” which, in my head, sounds like “bitchy Lorette party,” which makes no sense. Well, neither does “hen night,” so there you go.)
Obviously, you need a bit of cheesiness for a hen night mixtape, but there is such a thing as too much of a bad thing, so this is my attempt at an even balance between cheesy and classy. And yes, I did actually record it on an actual tape! It’s ghettoblaster-time
Groove Armada – Sex and the City Theme
Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
Marianne Rosenberg – Er gehört zu mir
Nina Hagen – Männer
Duran Duran – Wild Boys
Queen of Japan – I was made for Loving You
Lucilectric – Mädchen
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Irene Cara – What a Feeling
Donna Summer – She Works Hard for the Money
The Pipettes – Your Kisses are Wasted on me
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna have Fun
Bananarama – Cruel Summer
B-Side after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
Hot for Teacher Mixtape
March 26, 2008
Handsome Boy Modeling School – I’ve Been Thinking
Hot Chip – Boy From School
beck – Everybody’s gotta learn sometime
The Tough Alliance – First Class Riot
Andre 3000 – Class of 3000
Fiery Furnaces – Teach Me Sweetheart
Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson In Crime
Gwen Stefani – hollaback girl
Nada Surf – Popular
Pulp – Common People
Shampoo – School Is Boring
Elton John – Teacher I Need You
Thought that was all the teacher-related music I dragged up? You thought wrong! Read the rest of this entry »
The Mixtape that started it all
February 5, 2008
Like most bad ideas, the Hot for Teacher mixtape idea was conceived in a bout of enthusiasm which lasted long enough to ensure the mixtape was completed, despite being quite low on the required input – expected output scale.
A friend was celebrating her graduation and thus the beginning of the rest of her life as a teacher. Of course, I couldn’t not procure a copy of Van Halen’s Hot for Teacher as the only suitable gift to celebrate this momentous occasion. Van Halen being Van Halen, though, there was only one place that could possibly deliver and, as ebay’s law dictates, the gift would naturally arrive a day late, so I devised the genius plan of copying my CD version of the song (don’t ask) and adding some more school-and-teacher-themed songs to make an interim gift for presentation on the night.
Long story short, I lost a week of my life and enjoyed the experience immensely, which is why I will continue to dedicate large portions of my time to the quest for the perfect songs for themed mixtapes. Coming up – the Hot for Teacher Mixtape. Gift it to a hot teacher near you today!
