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How many will post this on Truth Social tonight?
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
How many will post this on Truth Social tonight?
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This black man, who was racially profiled by ICE in a gas station in Minneapolis today, would not have walked away if it weren’t for brave Americans who stood up for him and for those whose deaths have brought ICE’s savagery to the epicenter of national attention.
Keep calling them out, America!
Keep calling them out, America!
January 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This black man, who was racially profiled by ICE in a gas station in Minneapolis today, would not have walked away if it weren’t for brave Americans who stood up for him and for those whose deaths have brought ICE’s savagery to the epicenter of national attention.
Keep calling them out, America!
Keep calling them out, America!
Alt.Xmas became a thing with the Christmas Swing 78s released between 1934 and 1944. During that musical heyday, pop music was more integrated, as even white music fans wanted to dance to the rhythms black artists introduced.
A history of Alt.Xmas, part 6
A history of Alt.Xmas, part 6
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 2 · A Foxtrot Christmas · Early swing records were labeled Fox Trot, less a genre than a dance craze ("jazz" probably scared white record buyers). I use the term for the first big wave…
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December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Alt.Xmas became a thing with the Christmas Swing 78s released between 1934 and 1944. During that musical heyday, pop music was more integrated, as even white music fans wanted to dance to the rhythms black artists introduced.
A history of Alt.Xmas, part 6
A history of Alt.Xmas, part 6
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Little drummer boy: *drum solo*
Mary, having just given birth: great
Mary, having just given birth: great
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Little drummer boy: *drum solo*
Mary, having just given birth: great
Mary, having just given birth: great
I’m late to this, but what a fantastic and wonderfully eclectic mix!
Its Christmas Mix time!
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I hope you enjoy, and please share if you do!
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I hope you enjoy, and please share if you do!
Robin J. Harman's Selection Box 2025
No theme this year, but the second entry in the "Selection Box" series: like their namesakes, you may not enjoy everything offered in the collection, but hopefully some will become future favourites....
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I’m late to this, but what a fantastic and wonderfully eclectic mix!
If I win the $1.6B, all Xmas music weirdos are going to the @christmasagogo.bsky.social live show in Amsterdam next year, all expenses paid.
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
If I win the $1.6B, all Xmas music weirdos are going to the @christmasagogo.bsky.social live show in Amsterdam next year, all expenses paid.
After WWII, sappy pop became the sound of Christmas for the hoi-polloi, a trend that enervates most pop Xmas music even now. But R&B was right there all along with a reminder that Solstice happens in the dead of winter.
History of alt.Xmas, part 5
History of alt.Xmas, part 5
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Postwar North Polarization · WWII changed everything, but what changed pop music was a musicians' strike (1942-1944). Bands (like Duke Ellington's) ceded market share to crooners,…
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December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After WWII, sappy pop became the sound of Christmas for the hoi-polloi, a trend that enervates most pop Xmas music even now. But R&B was right there all along with a reminder that Solstice happens in the dead of winter.
History of alt.Xmas, part 5
History of alt.Xmas, part 5
CAGG, as usual, nails it. Essential Alt.Xmas this year.
The bestest newest Christmas songs of the season, plus playlist christmasagogo.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Bestest Christmas Songs of 2025
Making a list is SO Christmas, that's why I round up of all the bestest tracks every season (according to me). I left out the covers, I tr...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
CAGG, as usual, nails it. Essential Alt.Xmas this year.
Any Xmas music weirdos keep a playlist in your back pocket to play when normies come over? My mom is here and ANDEMIC is not floating her boat.
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Any Xmas music weirdos keep a playlist in your back pocket to play when normies come over? My mom is here and ANDEMIC is not floating her boat.
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If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleas’d me, complexions that lik’d me, and breaths that I defied not
If you want to spark some trans joy on such a scary day, may I suggest www.transanta.com? Let's get holiday gifts for trans kids.
You can pick a registry and send a gift directly or donate to them and they'll make the magic happen.
You can pick a registry and send a gift directly or donate to them and they'll make the magic happen.
Transanta
Send gifts to trans youth in need, safely and anonymously!
www.transanta.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
If I were a woman I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleas’d me, complexions that lik’d me, and breaths that I defied not
reposting because I'm so in love with this year's Polaroid comp!
The release of a new Memoria Polaraid compilation is always a big thing in the alt xmas community, the word needs to get out asap: polaroidblog.bandcamp.com/album/a-pola... More on this later
A polaroid for Christmas 2025, by "Memoria polaroid" - un blog alla radio
22 track album
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December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
reposting because I'm so in love with this year's Polaroid comp!
There's an Alt.Xmas newbie on Bandcamp supporting all the right artists. She turned me on to this fun single.
#Alt.Xmas
#Alt.Xmas
Ring-A-Ding-Ding!, by The Bacarrudas
2 track album
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December 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There's an Alt.Xmas newbie on Bandcamp supporting all the right artists. She turned me on to this fun single.
#Alt.Xmas
#Alt.Xmas
Among Alt.Xmas cratediggers, Andy Cirzan holds a special place, if only for longevity. I'm less inclined to corny Christmas than I used to be, but this year's show on Sound Opinions captures a brilliant cross-section (corny to cool) of the obscure magic Andy tends to uncover.
#Alt.Xmas #christmas
#Alt.Xmas #christmas
Sound Opinions #1046: Sound Opinions’ Holiday Spectacular 2025
Holiday music collector Andy Cirzan joins Jim and Greg every Christmas to share his new batch of seasonal tunes. By day, he runs Jam Productions in Chicago, but by night, he searches through record st...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Among Alt.Xmas cratediggers, Andy Cirzan holds a special place, if only for longevity. I'm less inclined to corny Christmas than I used to be, but this year's show on Sound Opinions captures a brilliant cross-section (corny to cool) of the obscure magic Andy tends to uncover.
#Alt.Xmas #christmas
#Alt.Xmas #christmas
SO good.
And it's GOOD!
Well, my 21st #Christmas mix is officially live on the site. I hope you all enjoy it. #christmasmix #altchristmas #christmasmusic
Christmas Mix 2025: A Bit of Christmas
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Christmas Mix 2025: A Bit of Christmas
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December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
SO good.
He did what he always does, and you all just reposted it for him, absolutely polluting everyone's timeline. Outrage is an addiction. Please consider making another choice (like posting something great about Reiner).
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
He did what he always does, and you all just reposted it for him, absolutely polluting everyone's timeline. Outrage is an addiction. Please consider making another choice (like posting something great about Reiner).
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The release of a new Memoria Polaraid compilation is always a big thing in the alt xmas community, the word needs to get out asap: polaroidblog.bandcamp.com/album/a-pola... More on this later
A polaroid for Christmas 2025, by "Memoria polaroid" - un blog alla radio
22 track album
polaroidblog.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The release of a new Memoria Polaraid compilation is always a big thing in the alt xmas community, the word needs to get out asap: polaroidblog.bandcamp.com/album/a-pola... More on this later
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Always a great mix from Bill Adler. He's not on Bluesky - but #ChristmasMix / #ChristmasMusic crate diggers should definitely be aware of his annual offerings - soundcloud.com/xmasjollies/... - there's a Norteño bit in here that is off the charts.
Xmas Jollies 2025
1. Intro by Randy Rainbow, 2019
2. Gracie Fields, “I Took My Harp to a Party,” 1933
3. Ringo Starr, “Come on Christmas, Christmas Come On,” 1999
4. DJ Schmolli, “Back Door Santa Getting It On,” 2006
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Always a great mix from Bill Adler. He's not on Bluesky - but #ChristmasMix / #ChristmasMusic crate diggers should definitely be aware of his annual offerings - soundcloud.com/xmasjollies/... - there's a Norteño bit in here that is off the charts.
How is it that each new version of iOS breaks autocorrect in new and tiresome ways?
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How is it that each new version of iOS breaks autocorrect in new and tiresome ways?
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Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
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The @kevonhissoapbox.bsky.social "Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas" charity comps benefiting @crisis-uk.bsky.social are all essential #BandcampFriday purchases.
Get 'em all!
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#2 buff.ly/3Zo79xH
#3 buff.ly/3Zk75z3
#4 v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/have-y...
Get 'em all!
#1 buff.ly/3ZlO3bI
#2 buff.ly/3Zo79xH
#3 buff.ly/3Zk75z3
#4 v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/have-y...
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The @kevonhissoapbox.bsky.social "Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas" charity comps benefiting @crisis-uk.bsky.social are all essential #BandcampFriday purchases.
Get 'em all!
#1 buff.ly/3ZlO3bI
#2 buff.ly/3Zo79xH
#3 buff.ly/3Zk75z3
#4 v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/have-y...
Get 'em all!
#1 buff.ly/3ZlO3bI
#2 buff.ly/3Zo79xH
#3 buff.ly/3Zk75z3
#4 v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/have-y...
SCOTUS decided originalist = racist.
Who’s ready to hang ten off a blue wave next November?
Who’s ready to hang ten off a blue wave next November?
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
SCOTUS decided originalist = racist.
Who’s ready to hang ten off a blue wave next November?
Who’s ready to hang ten off a blue wave next November?
History of Alt.Xmas, part 4
I collected all the Xmas music recorded (but not played) way back when I was just learning Christmas.
#alt.Xmas #altchristmas #christmasmusic
I collected all the Xmas music recorded (but not played) way back when I was just learning Christmas.
#alt.Xmas #altchristmas #christmasmusic
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 2 · The Christmas I Wanted · Like a lot of kids of my generation, Christmas for me was Leroy Anderson and Burl Ives. Bobby Helms was about as far out as things got at Christmastime. It…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
History of Alt.Xmas, part 4
I collected all the Xmas music recorded (but not played) way back when I was just learning Christmas.
#alt.Xmas #altchristmas #christmasmusic
I collected all the Xmas music recorded (but not played) way back when I was just learning Christmas.
#alt.Xmas #altchristmas #christmasmusic
Bandcamp Friday is this week. Here's a Bandcamp playlist chockful of good Christmas music you can buy this Friday to support the artists.
Bandcamp Xmas - Playlist by Jim Hoffman
Compendium of good Christmas music I’ve found on Bandcamp.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Bandcamp Friday is this week. Here's a Bandcamp playlist chockful of good Christmas music you can buy this Friday to support the artists.
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize just re-recorded his entire Christmas catalog, fresh for 2025.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Les Bicyclettes de Belsize - The Advent Calendar
Listen/purchase: The Advent Calendar (Countdown to Christmas) by Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
Richard Longley‘s Bicyclettes de Bels…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize just re-recorded his entire Christmas catalog, fresh for 2025.
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