Rocking around the Christmas tree.

Everyone else seems to be posting up their “Best of 2006″ lists, yet I prefer to wait until the year is actually over to start on that mess. Call me crazy. But as my insomnia was kicking my ass last night, I had to find something to exhaust my brain. So what did I do? I updated my holiday mix and recorded it for you all.

I did one last year and used it as a place holder for this site until it was officially born, but since many of you weren’t readers back then… I figured I’d reuse many of the same songs but with an updated touch. So some of you reading this may recognize some of these selections from last year.

Feel free to download and burn it, give it to the ones you love, stream it in the background during your holiday festivities, or just download the individual songs you like from the mix. Either way… enjoy, and have a happy Chrismahanukwanzakah and new year!

Track listing:

1. The Raveonettes – The Christmas Song
2. The Flaming Lips – Christmas At The Zoo
3. Low – Just Like Christmas
4. The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
5. Sufjan Stevens – Put The Lights On The Tree
6. Augie Rios – Donde Esta Santa Claus
7. Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby
8. Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald – Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer (John Beltran Remix)
9. James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
10. Otis Redding – Merry Christmas Baby
11. Johnny Cash – The Christmas Spirit
12. The Pipettes – White Christmas
13. Scissors For Lefty – Christmas Intentions
14. The Knife – Christmas Reindeer
15. Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis
16. Gil Mantera’s Party Dream – Brave New Christmas
17. Crass – Merry Crassmas
18. Showcase Showdown – Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman
19. Shonen Knife – Space Christmas
20. Death Cab For Cutie – The New Year

And if you’re around NYC tonight, don’t forget to drop by my party – MANIFESTO! – to help me out with some holiday-time bills.

- Lady Byrd