I had a nice Christmas. My parents and brother gave me both seasons of [i]The Office[/i] on DVD, which I was pretty pleased with.

So far I got a ski mask, sweat pants, skiing gloves and $348.65 in total from my parents, grandparents and my aunt. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Merry Christmas.

I got The Cure's Galore and REM's Murmur, a CD player, and Forrest Gump on DVD :)

Rest is money for my next bass (I think)

My Christmas is 2/3 over. So far I have recieved:
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Pajamas + new cordoroy pants + socks&underoos + a fantastic cardigan
A computer chair (which is really wtf? because my computer is at the end of my bed)
A big paint set with watercolor tubes and oils and acrylics and pastels and canvas.
A transFlash card for my cell phone (although I cant find a memory card slot on my computer :/)
A Sudoku game
A hand painted tshirt my friend made with a dinosaur destroying a city painted on it.
A String Quartet Tribute to the Mars Volta
A large sum of money
A hawt picture of my grandma in her state police uniform. I will upload this later.

Santa brought me a bra from Victoria's Secret. What a perv.

[QUOTE=biografiend]
A hand painted tshirt my friend made with a dinosaur destroying a city painted on it.
[/QUOTE]
And I thought my Doors shirt was awesome. :(

I got a ton of CDs, Scar Tissue, biography of the Rolling Stones, money, a sweater, Doors t-shirt, sleep pants, Monty Python poster, music magazines, and a Bob Dylan DVD.

Mmm....I can smell breakfast.

I got..

Vinyls
Jaga Jazzist - Animal Chin
Chromatics - Chromatics
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

CD
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame

DVD
Fugazi - Insturment

I also got a Holy Grail.

yay.

that mahavishnu orchestra album is great.

i got:
mortal kombat (dvd)
mortal kombat:annihilation (dvd)
playstation 2
star wars: battlefront 2
the last waltz (dvd)
the beatles: a biography (book)
laptop speakers
another flannel shirt
1001 movies you must see before you die (book)
rolling stone's 500 greatest albums (book)

and my girlfriend got me a flask set complete with two shot glasses and a funnel as well as the sin city special edition dvd.

music related things I got:

CDs: Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
Broken social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Set Fire To Flames - Telegraphs In Negative/Mouths Trapped In Static
Set Fire To Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think

Players: iPod

Vinyl - Godspeed You Black Emperor - F#A# (infinity) [original 1997 version]

Overall a good xmas.

This is the haul:

from my teacher that likes me:
[I]On The Road[/I] by Jack Kerouac

from my aunt/uncle/grandma:
Donnie Brasco
Sin City
Kill Bill Vol. I
Kill Bill Vol. II
$100
Tower Records giftcard (unknown amount, but quite a bit I think)

from my parents:
$20 Jamba Juice giftcard
$60 Robinsons May giftcard (I need pants)
3 pairs of nice boxers
2 pairs of pajama bottoms
Cologne (Cool Water)
Some movie passes

And I'm still waiting on my other aunt and uncle.

So not bad, not bad at all.

What I got:

PSP
PS2 (the thin kind)
French Connection sweatshirt
Paul Frank sweater
George Harrison concert for bengledesh DVD
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (ps2) / Tony Hawk thug2 remix (psp)
Velvet Underground shirt
Metallica guitar book

It's a good day.

i have all the movies that billcosby got for christmas and theyre all excellent.

spinal tap is amazing.

i also got a ps2. i also have a velvet underground shirt. i want to see concert for bangladesh desperately.

i'm all caught up now. :D

What song should I play at my grandfather's funeral? He died today, of all days, but actually it makes perfect sense to me. He was a fervently religious man; he's sort of the reason I believe, and the fact that he died on the day before Chanukah (equivalent to Christmas Eve), which this year just so happens to be Christmas, just seems right. It was time.

Anyway, I'm playing at the funeral. What should I play?

This game:

Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Pedal
South-African Thumb Piano
Pete & Pete Season 2 on DVD
South Park Season 6 on DVD
The Dub Room Special (Zappa TV Special) on DVD
The Day the Earth Stood Still on DVD
North by Northwest on DVD
George Carlin's [I]When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[/I]
Lots of $$$ from relatives
Candy

[QUOTE=JonM]What song should I play at my grandfather's funeral? He died today, of all days, but actually it makes perfect sense to me. He was a fervently religious man; he's sort of the reason I believe, and the fact that he died on the day before Chanukah (equivalent to Christmas Eve), which this year just so happens to be Christmas, just seems right. It was time.

Anyway, I'm playing at the funeral. What should I play?[/QUOTE]

Erm, obvious suggestion by me, but Iron & Wine is probably suitable. Each Coming Night, Faded From The Winter, or Sodom, South Georgia...

Those are probably terrible suggestions. Sorry if I offended you.

[QUOTE=Wanker]Erm, obvious suggestion by me, but Iron & Wine is probably suitable. Each Coming Night, Faded From The Winter, or Sodom, South Georgia...

Those are probably terrible suggestions. Sorry if I offended you.[/QUOTE]
No, it's highly likely that it will be an Iron & Wine song. I have to consider the lyrics carefully. "Faded From The Winter" is probably a good choice, but I might be able to do better.

I don't know if it's fitting, because it's first person perspective , but the Johnny Cash version of "We'll Meet Again" is what I want played at my funeral.

EDIT: I wasn't just saying that, I mean that's my suggestion for you, Jon.

I looked through most of Sam Beam's lyric library and either "Faded From The Winter" or "On Your Wings" are probably lyrically the best. I may have missed one though.

"Faded From The Winter" does seem to be the most fitting. It's eerie how many of the lines from "Sodom, South Georgia" apply, but others are totally not what I'm going for. "On Your Wings" might work, but I'd have to retool it musically, because I don't think it's quite the feel I'm going for as it is on the record.

Thanks, BC. I'll look into that one as well.

[QUOTE=biografiend]Santa brought me a bra from Victoria's Secret. What a perv.[/QUOTE]

He also brought my Mum a bra, except he mixed things up and put it in my Dad's stocking. What a silly man.

Free stuff I got:

Patti Smith - Horses 2 Disc Thingy
Miles Davis - Round Bout Midnight
John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk at Carnegie Hall
A new record player
4 Bruce Lee movies on DVD
A new cymbal stand
New drum heads for all my toms

2000th post!

[QUOTE=br3ad_man]He also brought my Mum a bra, except he mixed things up and put it in my Dad's stocking. What a silly man.[/QUOTE]

Could Santa be trying to tell you something? :eek:

[QUOTE=Happymeal]25% off white sticker prices starting tomorrow, w00t.[/QUOTE]
Sick buzz.

[QUOTE=EightMilesHigh]Could Santa be trying to tell you something? :eek:[/QUOTE]

That my Dad has manboobs? 'Cause I already knew that. :cool:

[QUOTE=br3ad_man]That my Dad has manboobs? 'Cause I already knew that. :cool:[/QUOTE]

I pray to God I don't get those when I'm old and moldy. :(

np: Hanoi Rocks - Dead By X'Mas

Ugh, same here.

[QUOTE=BillCosby]YDload, I'm going to see the Fall of Troy next month.

BC: 2
YD: 0[/QUOTE]

:angry:

I got my brother their self-titled album for Christmas, and he graciously played it on the stereo so I could listen too. It's definitely better than [i]Doppleganger[/i], much more interesting.

I got the fifth season of The Simpsons on DVD, a book of The Onion stories, and an iPod nano (seems to work fine, I'll get the hang of it eventually). Some other stuff too, but who cares?

[QUOTE=Zappa]South-African Thumb Piano
[/QUOTE]
I got one of these, too, except mine's from Zimbabwe. They're really fun, I've been playing mine all day. I also got Pete & Pete Season 2 :cool:

My sister's friend gave me a Crybaby and it's the coolest thing ever. I got him a RATM DVD.

EDIT: Oh and, you know, all 4 GYBE and both (real) EITS releases...on vinyl.

I'm looking to buy a 4-track cassette recorder just to mess around with some bedroom recordings and crap.

Is there any that are particularly good or bad, or are most pretty much the same?

[QUOTE=Electrocution]I got one of these, too, except mine's from Zimbabwe. They're really fun, I've been playing mine all day. I also got Pete & Pete Season 2 :cool:
[/QUOTE]

So we're twins.

I think my thumb-piano was actually made in America. But it's a beautiful sounding instrument.

Ooooh, luckies. I've wanted a thumb piano for a long time. I've seen them pretty cheap online so I'll probably order one some time.

I didn't ask for anything this Christmas so I just got a bunch of little things that I've needed for a while.