A Rubber Door

Driving down Fayette Street here in Conshy - I saw someone’s Christmas tree still up and lit in their apartment. January 17th is much too late for that. Anyway, it reminded me of a “Christmas” song from Holly Golightly called “Christmas Tree on Fire”, which I’m streaming below.

Hope it’s been watered ;)

I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year’s Eve.   I expect big things from all of you in the coming year.
Now back to nursing my hangover.

Happy Turkeyday to everyone.  To celebrate - here’s a random ten of songs that are sort of Thanksgiving titled.

Half Harvest - Michael Penn
Slow Giving - Daniel Lanois
Rainy Day Parade - Jill Sobule
Perfect Indian - Sinéad O’Connor
Young Pilgrims - The Shins
Rose Parade - Elliott Smith
American Idiot - Green Day
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
London’s Brilliant Parade - [...]

Happy 4th of July all:

Metal Firecracker - Lucinda Williams
Independence Day - Elliott Smith
4th Channel - The Delgados
Holiday - Green Day
Firecracker - Ryan Adams
July Jones - The New Pornographers
December 4th - DJ Danger Mouse
Fourth World War - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
 Sparkle - Afterhours
Indoor Fireworks - Elvis Costello

A special place of honor for a song that [...]

Randomly playing songs in iTunes from the 578 with “Love” in the title. A nice little idea from Suze

The Way Young Lovers Do - Jeff Buckley - From the fabulous Live at Sin-e two disc set
I Don’t Love You - My Chemical Romance
Let There Be Love - Oasis
Love Ridden - Fiona Apple
Love Came Down [...]

One of the best Christmas gifts ever came from Kristen’s sister Jen - a framed, signed photo of CSI: Miami’s David Caruso, so this past New Year’s Eve - we gave it a place of honor.

I’ve been dreading this week pretty much since December 1st.  I knew December would fly by and the New Year’s Day would be on me in a flash.  Bringing me to my nemesis, January 2nd.
January 2nd is the worst day of the year.  Behind you all the mirth of the holiday and ahead of you [...]

Running around to get ready. I will be gone from A Rubber Door for a few days with only my BlackBerry to check on things. Merry Christmas everyone.
(While I’m gone - why don’t you suggest a caption for the following photo?)