Artist	Song
pete bernhard	snow
okkervil river	listening to otis redding at home during christmas
puerto muerto	cold night
rasputina	winter song
mediaeval babes	the holly and the joy
mirabilis	riu riu chiu
hem	have yourself a merry little christmas
odetta	go tell it on the mountain
woven hand	to make a ring
painted saints	the fat kid rides his bike in the snow
nick cave and the bad seeds	fifteen feet of pure white snow
tom waits	christmas card from a hooker in minneapolis
chuck e. weiss	sho is cold
new birth brass band	santa's second line
ellis marsalis	god rest ye merry gentlemen
charles mingus	love is a dangerous necessity
django reinhardt	i can't give you anything but love
world/inferno friendship society	friend of the friendless
real live tigers	winter blues no. 1 (spring is found!)

Comment:

i believe i have succeeded in creating a singularly gloomy & strange christmas/winter mix. even the christmas carols that are on here are a bit depressing; even the raucous new orleans jazz ones (tracks 14 and 15) are sad, because anything reminiscent of new orleans is sad; and seriously, have you ever really listened to the lyrics of "have yourself a merry little christmas?" it is very, very sad. (that's where the title comes from, obviously.) i just have to face the fact that even during joyous occasions - heck, especially during joyous occasions - i will always be touched with a little melancholy.

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