The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
The Klezmonauts, "Deck the Halls" from Oy to the World: A Klezmer Christmas (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary: Too early for Christmas music? I agree, but there are special circumstances that render today's choice of the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. palatable. First, the concluding song at this morning's Mass was "The King of Glory Comes," one of my favorites. The fellow sitting next to me, one of my C.R.H.P. brothers, remarked positively, "This sounds like Jewish music," by which he meant, in his own ham-fisted way, that it reminded him of klezmer or other music associated with Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States. Inexact & arguably unfortunate though his choice of words might have been, he was right: the composer of "The King of Glory Comes" is listed as being Israeli. Second, I spent this afternoon serving at a distaff potluck at church, the third annual Advent Tea. In addition to the tea & treats, the ladies enjoyed music & a dramatic group reading of the Nativity. To-day is the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday in ordinary time, meaning Advent begins next Sunday, preparing the way for the Christmastide. You'd have to ask the ladies why they had their Advent Tea to-day & not next Sunday, Advent Sunday, but for to-day, when Advent Tea is combined with "The King of Glory Comes," I'm of a humor for some Christmas klezmer, which means the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. could only have come from the Klezmonauts.
There won't be any more Christmas music for a fortnight or more, I promise.
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