December 21, 2016 5:43 AM
Morning Reads with Regrets (Mourning Reads?)
I haven’t heard enough good Christmas music. Basically anything not released in the last 20 years. (Seriously, there hasn’t been a single good update of a classic).
“Mistletoe and Holly” by Old Blue Eyes.
- ICYMI: Georgia’s Electoral College electors voted for Trump.
- Georgia leads the nation in executions! Whooo-diggity!
- Larry Colburn, Helped Stop My Lai Massacre and Georgia Adoptee, died last week.
- A touching story on how the north Georgia wildfire fighters made use of a Jewish camp as their base.
- Are soccer fields needed at MARTA stations? I have no idea.
- Honestly, half of streetcars paying the fare is pretty good but it should still be fare free.
- Nate Fuqua GSU’s new DC/OLB Coach.
- Renee Fleming on the new phase of her career–one that might include no more performing in operas.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates’ latest opus on Obama and race is much too complicated to be summed up in a sentence. I suggest you read it for yourself (Republicans would probably benefit most from reading it; the least likely to do so).
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Two recs for Christmas music:
SiriusXM “Holiday Traditions” (Ch 18)
Goodyear Christmas albums from the 60’s.
Yeah, Christmas music is a problem. The standards are too standard and the carols are too sweet and nearly everything is either overproduced or a novelty. (Just this morning I ran across a Swedish Christmas choir “singing in the style of goats”. It’s enough to put you off herring and social democracy.) I usually get by with Fairytale of New York and a selection of those English kid choirs that sound as if they’re made of crystal. Sometimes I’ll find a live church performance. They can be agreeably quirky in their choice of material and there are very good amateur vocal and instrumental talent in many places. They’re always enthusiastic too.
Mormon Tabernacle. Vienna Boys Choir. Mario Lanza. Take your pick.
Mario Lanza. My great grandmother listened to him…
He’s an oldie to be sure. Died before I was even born. Mom and dad used to play it when we decorated the tree. Helluva tenor. The disk is already in the CD player…
Or the Repub version of the Little Drummer Boy:
“Come, they told me…
Trump a pum pum…
Our newborn King to see…
Trump a pum pum…
Our finest gifts we bring…
Trump a pum pum…
All the way to the end!
Trump is not Jesus Christ. You are scaring me again.
No fear, Eiger! Just a play on words!
There are totally “classic” newer Christmas songs – though maybe still more than 20 years old.
Kinks, “Father Christmas”
Greg Lake (RIP), “Father Christmas”
Aforementioned Pogues, “Fairytale of New York”
Waitresses, “Christmas Wrapping”
Many more, but as I think about it, 20 years ago is only 1996, so you may be right.
While great, the Waitresses song is *technically* not a Christmas song but rather a song about Christmas events. And also a lot older than 20 years.
hey i don’t know if anyone else noticed..but if i saw correctly the faithless elector that voted for ron paul in texas was none other than bill greene, former congressional candidate in ga and once a fairly regular visitor over at the other pundit…
This settles it, about everyone going from home to work lives in the wrong place or right place, or is it too close to call ? ??
44 Atlanta Metro Commute Times Rated First to Worst
U.S. Census surveys looked at the time it takes to get to work for 44 communities. We’ve ranked the trips from first to worst.
By Greg Hambrick (Patch National Staff) – December 21, 2016 5:32 pm ET
Lithonia and Stone Mountain had the worst average commute, both at more than 37 minutes.
Here’s the average commute times, according to the survey results:
Athens: 19.5 minutes
Watkinsville: 23.0 minutes
Cartersville: 25.0 minutes
Sandy Springs: 25 minutes
Atlanta: 25.5 minutes
Elder: 25.8 minutes
Monroe: 26.1 minutes
Bogart: 26.5 minutes
Vinings: 26.5 minutes
Chamblee-Doraville: 26.6 minutes
Marietta: 27.4 minutes
Peachtree Corners: 27.5 minutes
Tucker: 28.6 minutes
Roswell-Alpharetta: 28.7 minutes
Smyrna: 28.8 minutes
Norcross: 29.4 minutes
Fair Oaks: 29.7 minutes
Northeast Cobb: 30.1 minutes
Suwanee-Duluth: 30.2 minutes
Canton: 30.5 minutes
Cumming: 30.6 minutes
Douglasville: 30.7 minutes
Lilburn: 30.7 minutes
Johns Creek: 31.1 minutes
Statham: 31.2 minutes
Winder: 31.2 minutes
Atlanta-Decatur: 31.6 minutes
Buford-Sugar Hill: 31.6 minutes
Mableton: 31.8 minutes
Lawrenceville: 32.0 minutes
Loganville: 32.4 minutes
Acworth-Kennesaw: 32.6 minutes
Austell: 32.6 minutes
Holly Springs: 32.9 minutes
Woodstock: 33.1 minutes
Dacula-Rocky Creek: 33.7 minutes
Powder Springs: 34.0 minutes
Auburn: 34.4 minutes
Dallas: 34.6 minutes
Bethlehem: 34.7 minutes
Snellville-Grayson: 35.9 minutes
Hiram: 36.8 minutes
Stone Mountain: 37.4 minutes
Lithonia: 38.1 minutes