Ok here is my single favorite item from the recent record-hunting trip to San Francisco. Babs Gonzales. Who is this guy? I had no idea either so I did some homework and found out he was a pretty heavy dude, having significant influence in the development of bebop and jazz in general. Babs was hippest of the hipsters and knew anyone who was anyone. He made up words like expoobident. Just look at the picture, the man was cooler 60 years ago than most people could ever hope to be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babs_Gonzales
Here is his take on x-mas:
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