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This holiday season just past, a new Flash greeting made the rounds. You probably received it at least once (and possibly more) from someone you know. It featured an animation of Santa Clause and a handful of reindeer crooning White Christmas. It was cute, in that way a lot of those Flash greetings are. But it was the song that really made it work. This particular version was performed by ...

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Hopefully your day-that-happened-to-be-Christmas was full of family togetherness, holiday cheer, and of course, lucrative acquisitions. And once again Apple's iPod dominated the retail scene. While sales figures aren't out yet, I think there's a strong possiblity that a new iPod was among those acquisitions ilounge claims more ipods sold in 2006 than 2001-2005 combined. So, in the interest to providing security for all those iPods newly given and received, as ...

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I had forgotten that I had this song, but I was scouring my archives and was delighted to find it on today of all days. So in light of today's news as well as the date, let's celebrate some James Brown with his Santa's Got a Brand New Bag. Enjoy. [audio:061225SantasGotaBrandNewBag.mp3] For more Brownian Christmas classics, check out James Brown's Funky Christmas at Amazon. Strangely, Santa's Got a Brand New Bag isn't ...

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James Brown died of pneumonia on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73 in Atlanta Georgia. The obits are all over the net, but here's one from the AJC. Besides his musical legacy, he leaves behind one of the funniest, catchiest Simpsons' lines, for its out-of-character absurdity and earnest delivery. From the fifth season episode Bart's Inner Child, it's a heck of a catch-phrase:

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Tis the season and all. Yep, Xmas is around the corner and its related tunes can be heard, sometimes whispering sometimes shouting, from computers and stereos and iPods and speakers in the ceiling at the mall. Old chestnuts, classical interpretations and indie versions all will make their appearances during the next couple weeks, probably to the point of nausea. They are songs that celebrate the season, reminding us of the ...

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