My favorite day of the year
Today was my favorite day of the year. Well, maybe not my absolute favorite, but definitely in the top five.
What was the occasion?
The Pearl Jam Ten Club Christmas single arrived in my mailbox.
Those of you who are stickler for dates and times may point out that Christmas occurred two months ago. You would, of course, be correct. You would also be what is referred to in Spanish as an aguafiesta (this is one of three things I remember from high school Spanish thirteen years ago).
The Christmas Single, PJ's gift to their loyal fans (loyalty is, unsurprisingly, defined by the willingness to pay $15 annually to have a first shot concert tickets, get the Christmas Single, and receive the band's newsletter), always arrives in February or March. Really, it's better that way. Christmas has enough associated excitement, hype, and fun. No sense in concentrating it all in one week out of the year. This way, in the doldrums of winter, one gets a little surprise in the mailbox.
Of course, the first thing I did when got into my apartment was to drop the 45 on the trusty turntable and crank it up. Not the greatest Christmas Single ever (pretty mellow and low-key), but the a-side does feature Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin fame, for those of you not engaged with classic rock) doing guest vocals at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show.
Good times, and a nice surprise for this afternoon.
What was the occasion?
The Pearl Jam Ten Club Christmas single arrived in my mailbox.
Those of you who are stickler for dates and times may point out that Christmas occurred two months ago. You would, of course, be correct. You would also be what is referred to in Spanish as an aguafiesta (this is one of three things I remember from high school Spanish thirteen years ago).
The Christmas Single, PJ's gift to their loyal fans (loyalty is, unsurprisingly, defined by the willingness to pay $15 annually to have a first shot concert tickets, get the Christmas Single, and receive the band's newsletter), always arrives in February or March. Really, it's better that way. Christmas has enough associated excitement, hype, and fun. No sense in concentrating it all in one week out of the year. This way, in the doldrums of winter, one gets a little surprise in the mailbox.
Of course, the first thing I did when got into my apartment was to drop the 45 on the trusty turntable and crank it up. Not the greatest Christmas Single ever (pretty mellow and low-key), but the a-side does feature Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin fame, for those of you not engaged with classic rock) doing guest vocals at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show.
Good times, and a nice surprise for this afternoon.
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