Jack Van Impe - The Great Escape!

Jack Van Impe - The Great Escape!

released on LP

Well, it is December 21, 2012 at my current location and the world is still here after all. I was starting to feel bad I didn't get this other Jack Van Impe record posted as I promised in the last post. 

On that note, we all get to celebrate that wonderful tradition X-mas. Of course, all of y'all are already celebrating it, right, as it starts usually from the evening of Thanksgiving to sometime in the early part of January. Also, the war on X-mas is over and X-mas won. All them darn secular socialists who don't like the baby Jesus are retreating into hiding while cowering their heads in shame.

Or so we thought the forces of good won the war on X-mas. Apparently, most of the media are wrong. The fantastic, full-of-integrity, fair and balanced news organization Fox News has uncovered evidence that the forces of bad are still at it and are winning. We here at the Basement, just like that knowledgeable and upstanding journalist Bill O'Reilly, loves X-mas and feel everyone should too because it's just so right. You'll never see "Happy H*******" in this blog. [See as you can tell, the word cannot be mentioned.]

There was no way in heck the world was ending on December 21, 2012. Only one person knows when the world is ending and that is none other than Mr. Van Impe. It can be pointed out that Van Impe hardly mentions a date (at least not on the records I've heard or his TV show) and therefore does not really know. He does tend to say dates every once in a blue moon and it never happens. 

Anyway on this record, Van Impe says there's a way that people do not really have to suffer through the end. He says there's a way to escape all the horrible stuff that's about to happen during the tribulation whenever that is. All one has to do is believe the same stuff that he does (and buy his movies and give money to his ministry). Okay, I was kidding about the last half of the prior sentence though I'm sure that doing those things will get one on the most likely to be raptured list if Jack Van Impe has a lot of that social capital with the Holy One.

On this record, there is no mention of the evils of this world such as movies featuring naked people, rock 'n' roll, horse racing, lesbianism, and other nice things in life. They're all discussed in the record in the last post and a few of his other records. This record offers only hard core theology Revelations style. I have little doubt that none of those things will be present in the special place people go to when they get raptured. Also there probably will not be any of those secular progressive socialist people who feel a need to declare a war on Xmas. That place where people go to get raptured will be full of Xmas trees, Xmas decorations, and Xmas parties and no one will ever utter the dreaded words "Happy H******". Only reruns of Fox and Friends along with other fine Fox News programming will be shown.

So if one wants to be saved and be on the list to be taken to the special place, one should play this record (and give money to Jack Van Impe). (Those facelifts and other forms of cosmetic surgery to keep Rexella looking radiant aren't cheap.)

Tracklisting:

Side One

1.  The Great Escape! [part one]  {24:00}

Side Two

1.  The Great Escape! [part two]  {21:32}

various artists compilation - The V/Vm Christmas Cracker

various artists compilation - The V/Vm Christmas Cracker

released in 2000

More lovely Xmas music here to warm your heart and soul. It features "appearances" by Wham, Queen, and Gary Glitter. There's also a heart-stirring rendition of that Band Aid song "Feed the World" or whatever it's called.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Banned Aid with Jansky Noise - Do They Know It's Christmas Time? {4:20}

2. V/Vm with Rodd Dodd and Wham! - Last Christmas I Gave You a Heart {4:36}

Side B

1. V/Vm with Garry's Glitter - Another Cuban Rock 'n' Roll Christmas {4:33}

2. Butcher Claws with Queen - Thank Pig It's Christmas {4:16}

various artists compilation - Stuffing

various artists compilation - Stuffing

7" vinyl released in 1998

Yet another set of heartwarming music from those fine folks who released the items featured in the last two posts. I love Xmas and I love to give. That is why I love Xmas. [I also happen to love receiving :) ] So why do people want to wage war on Xmas? Why do they hate Xmas trees and ornaments? Why do they hate large gatherings or parties with lots of people and lots of delicious yet unhealthy food? Why do they hate the joy of shopping for gifts by hastily grabbing those things before that damn fool with the overloaded cart does? Why do they hate the joy of giving gifts to loved ones or those weirdos who happen to be loved ones? Why do they hate colorful displays of lights? Why do they hate Xmas music? Why do they hate Santa who blesses all of us with his blessings? What did he ever do to them? I just don't understand people. I suppose that these people decided to engage in subversive behavior by getting jobs as managers at retail establishments so they can order their hired help to say "happy holidays" to shoppers instead of "Merry Xmas."

We here at the Basement support Xmas and will defend it against all heathens and scrooges just to let you know. That is why I have been posting Xmas music every December this blog has been in existence and will try to keep posting Xmas music every December so that people can rejoice.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. V/Vm - Christmas Stuffing Fanfare {0:30}

2. V/Vm - Santa Claws is Conning Your Town {2:33}

3. The Jon Matthy Quartet - The World is Waiting for Misery and Suffering Forever {0:30}

4. The Stranger - In the Bleak Mid-Winter {1:54}

5. Leon and Hits Ask >> - Who Gobbled Gobleys Wobblers Wobbler?? {0:26}

6. The Eggnog Chorus - Dog Ye Rest Gentlemen Merry {1:12}

Side B

1. Bored in Columbia - Dreaming of Turkey and Ham {0:32}

2. Alien Porno Midgets - Ding-Dong Merrily We're High (Altitude) {2:13}

3. Butcher Claws - Come Ride My Slay {0:24}

4. Animal - Last Kristmas* You Burst All My Warts,, {2:35}

5. Derek Plays Pops - The Gringo Bouncing_Butcher Jingle Balls {1:36}

various artists compilation - Turkey

various artists compilation - Turkey

7" vinyl released in 1998

Here's another heartwarming set of Xmas music from the same folks behind the Whine and Missingtoe compilation I posted yesterday. Be sure to play this when you gather with your friends and family to celebrate Xmas or one of those other darn holidays. They will love you again if you happen to be out of favor with them or they will love you even more if they already love you.
Tracklisting:

Side A

1. V/Vm - Christmas Turkey Fanfare {0:13}

2. Electronic Fly Symphony - Born of the Meat, From Heaven to Hell * The First Noel {1:50}

3. Stock, Hausen & Walkman - Simply {1:58}

4. People Like Us - Christmas Show [edit] {1:31}

5. The Stable feat. The Two Wise Men from Bethlehem - Once in Royal David's Cattle Shed {1:57}

Side B

1. V/Vm - What's in Our Christmas Stocking? {0:34}

2. Broxburn and the Xmas Guards - Please Stop the Butchering {0:55}

3. The Eggnog Chorus - Deck the Halls with Mince and Holly {0:22}

4. Butcher Claus - Merry Xmas Bastard {2:32}

5. The Bouncing Bucephalus Bellringers from Brinningt - Christmas Bells Interlude {0:47}

6. Stock, Hausen & Walkman with Arfer Daley and Terry Mk (Can S) - 'Er Indoors {1:29}

7. V/Vm - Pull Our Christmas Cracker {0:33}

various artists compilation - Whine and Missingtoe

various artists compilation - Whine and Missingtoe

7" vinyl released in 1997; CD reissue released in 2001

This is the CD reissue.

I'm back just in time for the Xmas (or holiday for you heathens) season. I hope all of you are doing well in your lives. I'm glad that school is at an end for this semester. It seems like my professors were trying to wear me out plus I've been learning a lot at my full-time job.

Anyway, I'm here to spread some Christmas cheer and joy especially with what's been happening on the nets lately especially for us sharity blogs. A lot of them have been shutting down with most of them taken down by the powers that be (whom I'm sure are rich, successful, powerful, glutinous, and greedy). That is a depressing turn of events piled on top of what's happening in the world.

Some of you may not be familiar with this one, but that is part of my mission here at the Basement to introduce you to new things you've never heard or seen. Here's another delightful set of tunes you can add to your annual Christmas music playlist. This is some heartwarming music that will be a part of that tradition to celebrate the one and only St. Nick (a.k.a. Santa Claus) who blesses us with his blessings.

Tracklisting:

1. V/Vm - Erald Hark Angel {2:28}

2. Hell Interface - Soylent Night {3:26}

3. Butcher Claus - A Sprig of Holly on the Electric Turbine {1:33}

4. Animal - Oil Come All Ye Industrial {3:53}

5. Professor Broxburn - Christmas Fractions and Brandy Snaps {2:09}

6. V/Vm - Xmas Live-Show 1997 {1:54}

7. V/Vm - Pipes of Peace Christmas 2001 {3:48}

Happy Christmas, Merry Holidays plus two X-mas tunes by Mr. Sinatra

I would like to wish all my visitors and fellow bloggers a merry Christmas and/or happy holidays. I'll be offline for the next few days to visit family and maybe a lost relative or two.

Before I go, I'll produce one last X-mas post for the year (this post). This post has a couple of tunes by Basement fan favorite Mr. Sinatra, Rank Sinatra that is. By the way, Mr. Sinatra's album was posted last year. If I ever decide to put on A Basement of Curiosities festival, I want Rank Sinatra to headline. The incredibly gifted and talented entertainer brings holiday cheer by blessing us with two Christmas songs. The first song is a "duet" between him and mega-celebrity Britney Spears as they both sing Britney's Christmas hit, "My Only Wish (This Year)". This song came out before Britney was in two short marriages with Kevin "K-Fed" Federline and that other guy what's his name and shaved her head and then went in rehab. The other song is a cover of "Last Christmas" by Wham a.k.a. George Michael and that other guy what's his name. "Last Christmas" is from the Chairman of the Bored album which as I already mentioned was posted last year.

two Christmas songs by Rank Sinatra

Tracklisting:

1. Duet with Britany (For the Kids) {1:49}

2. The Last Christmas {3:33}

The Moog Machine - Christmas Becomes Electric

The Moog Machine - Christmas Becomes Electric

Here's some more Christmas cheer. Not only that, it's more Christmas synthesizer musik courtesy of The Moog Machine. By the way, their rocking Switched-On Rock LP was posted earlier this year here in The Basement. On this LP, The Moog Machine bring warm sentimental heartfelt renditions of everyone's favorite traditional Christmas tunes.

Info about The Moog Machine: The Moog Machine is a three-man organization. All the performances are by Kenny Ascher. Alan Foust wrote the arrangements. Norman Dolph produced the album and tuned the synthesizer.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Jingle Bells {2:00}

2. Little Town of Bethlehem {1:51}

3. We Three Kings {1:30}

4. Deck the Halls {0:55}

5. Silent Night {2:07}

6. Joy to the World {1:03}

7. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear {0:59}

8. O Come, All Ye Faithful {0:55}

9. Carol of the Bells {2:15}

Side 2

1. The Little Drummer Boy {2:55}

2. O Holy Night {2:40}

3. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen {1:50}

4. Patapan {0:56}

5. The First Noel {1:24}

6. We Wish You a Merry Christmas {1:17}

7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing {1:30}

8. Twelve Days of Christmas {3:49}

Sy Mann - Switched On Santa

Sy Mann - Switched On Santa

It's that time of the year again. I guess no one liked the disco Christmas album I posted last year. I can't imagine why. Here's another Christmas album this time with the music being played with a Moog synthesizer. You may not like disco (understandably so), but it's hard to resist Moog synthesizer Christmas music. Even the legendary Jean-Jacques Perrey is involved with this album. You can't go wrong here (or am I wrong?).

I know most of the sharity sites are posting Christmas music of some sort and some of you are probably tired of all this Christmas music that's being blared from your favorite sites, the radio stations who decide to inundate the airwaves with only Christmas music instead of the usual overplayed popular soft rock pap and just about all of the retail stores whose employees for some reason say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". If you're not into all this Christmas music posted everywhere, too bad. I'm posting it here too because we at the Basement appreciate Christmas especially the one who blesses us with his blessings. That's right I'm talking about the one and only St. Nick (also known as Santa Claus in some parts of the world). If the opening bars during the first few seconds of Sy Mann's verson of "Jingle Bells" or his rendition of "My Favorite Things" doesn't send chills up your spine then either you're a socialist commie waging war against Christmas or you just don't like electronic music. I think the former is much more likely.

We love this time of year where we get to shop and consume without a care in the world. Not only are we engaging in the All-American activities of shopping and consuming, but we are doing it while somehow bringing hope and joy to others who lack hope and joy. Black Friday sales rule. So do those baskets with the artifical processed cheese, the berry jellies, and the summer sausage made up of several mystery meats (I think). Those things especially rule as they do not even have to be refrigerated. Neighborhoods with lots and lots of lights and kitschy lighted fixtures and nativity scenes also rule. I love me some Christmas lights especially if other people do it so I don't have to. Putting up lights myself takes up too much time. The extra time I have leaves me with more time to devote to this blog and my other blog. I think it works well with me blogging and other people decorating.

I am willing to admit that I do not enjoy the process of wrapping gifts that I bought for other people. It seems tedious and perhaps I just lack the ability, patience, and desire to beautifully wrap things with wrapping paper (with Christmas decor of course). I know I can get gifts wrapped at the various retail establishments, but since I'm a cheapskate, I end up doing the wrapping myself. I think I've already spent enough money on the damned things even with everything 10% off the regular price. I do really enjoy the unwrapping process as it is the greatest moment of the holiday season as I am shimmering with ecstatic anticipation in the hopes that what I asked for is underneath the wrapping paper. Either the thing I desire is unwrapped or it's something I absolutely do not want such as socks or underwear or worse cologne. Depending on what is unwrapped I am either overcome with joy or overcome with disappointment and asking St. Nick "What did I do to deserve this? I already have too much cologne from the past several years that I do not have a need for especially that Tommy Hilfiger stuff. Why do people think I need or want cologne? I've been good for most of the year so what gives? I think I would rather have a gift card to Wal Mart or Arby's instead. Seriously."

Getting back to this LP, I posted it last year in another online project that is on hiatus at the moment. Out of the usual spirit of generosity I thought I would post it again this year. There may be several other sites that are posting this too. I am not totally sure and I do not really care. It's Christmas. If I can give this to one person whose only Christmas music is, let's say the atrocious "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer" and save this person by providing this wonderful Christmas music then I will have done my part in providing hope and joy.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer {2:11}

2. Jingle Bells {1:43}

3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town {2:02}

4. Tijuana Christmas {1:58}

5. My Favorite Things {2:24}

6. The Little Drummer Boy {2:37}

Side 2

1. Christmas Bells {1:52}

2. White Christmas {2:51}

3. Joy to the World {1:04}

4. When Christmas Comes {2:30}

5. Angels We Have Heard on High {1:42}

6. Silent Night {2:04}

7. What Child is This {2:04}

Mirror Image - Disco Noel

Mirror Image - Disco Noel

You know what would be cool for the holiday, umm I mean Christmas season? How about a retro-style Christmas party to spice up what would otherwise probably be yet another lame ass Christmas party at the office or with your friends or family. Let's assume that you decide to make it a Christmas party as it was in the late 1970s because the 70s totally rocked or something like that. The 70s had the most memorable short-lived trends in the area of fashion so the host(s) and guest(s) of the party could dress up in 70s clothes mixing the outrageous colors, styles and designs with seasonal colors and accessories of course like a pin or something else with Santa, a snowman or a reindeer on it.

Now that it's been decided that those attending the party are dressing like they're back in the 70s, the next thing that's needed is the background music. Obviously, the music should be only Christmas music because Santa is the reason for the season. The problem is there is not anything in the CD (or record or tape or MP3 collection) that sounds dated from the 70s. You don't want to play Mannheim Steamroller. Not only is it from the wrong decade (80s), but yuck. The idea is to come up with a livelier and more memorable Christmas party. So what the heck are we going to play at this 70s theme Christmas party? Oh, the dilemma.

Lucky for you, I have the solution to your problem. I have this rekkid here by some group called Mirror Image. It is a collection of disco versions of everyone's favorite traditional Christmas carols. Now you can do Saturday Night Fever John Travolta moves to such tunes as "Jingle Bells", "Winter Wonderland", "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" and more. I'm sure this is what the DJs were rocking at the Studio 54 Christmas party back in the day so your party will absolutely be the place to be with the sweet ass disco music.

Uh oh, I just saw that this LP is only a half hour long. So, I either do highly recommend making the party short (this would apply to office parties as I'm sure the management would like to see everyone getting back to doing their part to increase productivity and the company's profit margin) or having a lot of alcohol available (this is for grown up parties outside of the office only (unless you work for a really cool and lax company) and I know that only grown ups would be willing to have retro theme Christmas parties anyway while the kids (both cool and dorky) think that such concepts are lame). Quite a bit of alcohol will most likely be consumed when this LP ends so playing it over again shouldn't really be a problem as no one will really notice that the same songs are being played over again. I think that the same songs are repeated at Christmas parties anyway and people usually become drunk out of their minds.

I do hope you take me up on my suggestion. I know you'll thank me later when that Christmas party that you reluctantly either attend or throw turns out to be the most unforgettable ever.

Merry Christmas!

Seasons Greetings!

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Sleigh Ride {2:13}

2. Jingle Bells {3:10}

3. Jingle Bell Rock {3:20}

4. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town {3:08}

5. Joy to the World {3:02}

Side 2

1. Little Drummer Boy {4:04}

2. Winter Wonderland {3:33}

3. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer {3:34}

4. Silver Bells {3:43}