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My head cold has progressed to that place where everything tastes like sandpaper, which, you know, not really what I'm looking for right now. Plus, I have to travel soon, so I plan to dope myself accordingly. Should be fun. Obviously in the whole holiday whirl, I'm a bit busy, but I wanted to drop links your way

a) green_queen decided that decking the halls with photos of boy!kissage was truly the way to ensure good karma for the next year. My immediate thought upon seeing some of these was "How did LOTR get made with all this macking going on?" ETA: The QaF section is NSFW or NWS or however the fuck that acronym goes!

b) My new favoritest rec com is polyfandomrecs. Although not be confused with nestra and shrift's fabulous site, this community tends to focus on one fandom every entry, but with lots of quality recs (HP, dS, SGA, House + many more). And they update, like, twice a day!

c) I'm so proud of everyone who got their yuletide stories done on time this year, especially the people who had to write their's under, ahem, trying circumstances. Gold stars for everyone!

d) ethrosdemon is running a DCU/Smallville challenge here, so, if that floats your boat, run on over and sign up. You get extra brownie points if you cast your story and can convince her to make your casting decision worthy of mass adoption.

e) Song of the day: Solomon Burke 'Don't Give up on Me' -- suitable for all shippers of all fandoms, but especially those in need of a little angsty help. I tend to think of Ennis/Jack, Draco/Blaise, Draco/Harry (?!), Neville/Harry, Lex/Clark amongst others...


In case I forget to tell you later Happy Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa/Ramadan/Boxing Day/New Year!!

Last musak post of the year.

You would not believe how hopped up on drugs I am now. Wow. I had really hoped to write a little holiday story for you lot, but I think my ability to write has decided to take the rest of the year off since it's earned itself a holiday, so you know, even more music.


Apollo 440 'Don't Fear the Reaper' -- Apollo 440 are club music. Not overpowering grime, nor hideously tedious techno, just really cool club music. This cover of the song by Blue Oyster Cult is just very fucking cool.

Bono feat. Jools Holland 'If You Wear the Velvet Dress (live)' – A couple of points about this song a) I love Jools Holland b) I love Later with Jools Holland c) This song is creepy as hell, and I mean creepy in that quasi-stalkery, 'Every Breath You Take' type way. D) That doesn't stop it from being stupidly hot.

Eels 'Novocaine for the Soul' – For everyone who is about to endure more family togetherness than you think your liver can take.

The Fugees 'No Woman, No Cry' -- You have to have balls the size of melons to cover Bob Marley, and many many years ago, The Fugees were indeed that big and that good. I love this cover, which is really saying something, because the original is nothing to sneeze at itself.

Gil Scott-Heron 'The Revolution Will Not be Televised' – For everyone who thought that Nike came up with this tag first, allow me to show you where it really came from. Gil Scott-Heron was part of a movement in the late 60s/early 70s by American black musicians to come up with politically significant music and performance art that reflected the changing times in their community (i.e. civil rights). Heron, along with contemporaries The Last Poets, worked in an effort to capture the tumultuousness of the time period, hence The Revolution Will Not be Televised.

Gorillaz 'Dirty Harry' -- I love Gorillaz. I love the concept. I love Murdoch and Russell and Noodle, and every guest star that steps up on this album. On this song, I just love the children singing> ETA: Thank adrasteia!

Jet 'Back Door Santa' – The title alone is absolutely priceless, but I love this song because I really really like Jet. They're dirty, ornery, and Australian, and they rock out hard. If that's not enough for you, again, I can only point you to the song title.

Pink Martini 'Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler' -- I do not want to work. I just want to sit around all day at this fabulous café in Montmartre and drink cappuccino, and read Moliere, and smoke. That's pretty much how this song translates. Except without the Moliere. What can I say, I love French music.

Regina Spektor 'Us' -- They made a statue of us, And it put it on a mountain top/ Now tourists come and stare at us/ Blow bubbles with their gum/ Take photographs for fun, for fun