Saturday Music for a Rebel Christmas

THE FUTURIST! wishes all his faithful and unfaithful readers
a very Merry Christmas. May your day be full of cheer and lovely food
and drink that will fill you with a glow of contentment.

THE FUTURIST! is going to visit family today and will be away from
Utter Despair, N.J. for several hours. Of course, he is only traveling
to Ennui, N.J. which is only an empty vodka bottle's throw from Utter Despair.
But, he will try to enjoy himself and have some white wine with his fowl,
which should dull the pain of stuffy annoying relatives and greedy children
feverishly clawing at festive colored wrapped boxes.

Please enjoy this bit of Saturday music about Christmas that posits
the meaning of such a day minus the materialism.

Listen and enjoy the day:


THE REBEL JESUS
performed by Jackson Browne and The Chieftains

Christmas Gift Impulse Purchase

THE FUTURIST! does NOT want this for Christmas.

*thanks to Sybil Liberty for this wonderful idea.

Prescribed Santa

The Perfect Christmas Stocking Stuffer

THE YOUNG FUTURIST!'s Christmas Wish List

Christmas Tree Topper

This is an original Robot Tree Topper created at Seussonoras Labs in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Saturday Music for Christmas and New Year's Eve

THE FUTURIST! presents a double final dose of Saturday Music for 2009:

THE FUTURIST! really really enjoys The McGarrigle Christmas Hour CD. It may very well be his favorite Christmas musical recording. This is a rare thing for THE FUTURIST! to opine on, because he really hates Christmas music. On the recording is a track sung by Rufus Wainwright which is thrillingly backed up by a band of sorts. Unable to offer that same experience, THE FUTURIST! presents an acoustic version of a Christmas song about unconditional love and the materialism of "presents" at the holiday season.

Listen:

SPOTLIGHT ON CHRISTMAS
performed by Rufus Wainwright

And for New Year's Eve, THE FUTURIST! offers this tune with an inquisitive title ...
the answer need not be uttered. Whatever you do, THE FUTURIST! doesn't really care ... he just hopes you won't be depressed. Just remember, there are a lot of "you" out there.

Listen:


WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE?
performed by Nancy Wilson

Egg Nog - The Official Yuletide Beverage of Utter Despair

This commercial for Egg Nog was optioned by The Utter Despair N.J. Dairy Council, however its use was vetoed by the town selectman. They thought it should have been more depressing. THE FUTURIST! posts it here for your Seasonal Holiday enjoyment.

A Very Warm Christmas

THE FUTURIST! posts this video regarding Christmas Tree Ignition. Do not not drink excessive amounts of yuletide wassail and fall asleep under your holiday tree while smoking Dunhills. This can happen. Many years ago, this type of accident occurred during a Christmas party by a reveling guest and THE FUTURIST! lost several Christmas gifts ... a beautiful Crew Neck Sweater and some Persian Slippers. This is why he now spends his holidays alone.

Merry Christmas, Strudel

Strudel the Christmas Cat

Each year Strudel, the Christmas Cat, visits THE FUTURIST!'s home. He is given several treats and a bowl of Vodka enhanced Egg Nog. Strudel annually laps his portion of Yuletide liquids and mews for more. THE FUTURIST! gratifies his every purr, but must halt the festivities when things get a bit too frisky. Last year Strudel climbed into the Nativity Manger and ate Joseph's head and the Black Wise Man ... he then used the artificial hay in the religiously themed decoration as a litter box. Strudel, THE FUTURIST! hails you with regal aplomb!

Batman's Holiday How-To Guide

Please allow Batman, the caped crusader of Gotham City and kick-ass super hero, to instruct you this Christmas Eve on how to wrap presents and construct a Gingerbread House. It is very informative.

HOW TO WRAP A CHRISTMAS PRESENT



HOW TO MAKE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE

See You Next Wednesday! (Christmas Edition)

Sitting on the Lap of Utter Despair

Christmas Less Than 10 Minute Matinee

It's the Holiday Season and THE FUTURIST! is inviting you to the special Yuletide Less Than 10 Minute Matinee at the theater of the MIND! Are you done shopping for useless items that you inflict on others as they give you useless items in exchange? Are you done with a morning of filling the greedy corporate pockets of the shopping mall retail robots with your hard earned cash? If so, please get your ticket and follow THE FUTURIST! to your seat in the theater. First up is a coming attraction for a delightful Mexican Kiddie holiday movie called SANTA CLAUS produced by K. Gordon Murray (the kiddie matinee King of the 60s). In this dubbed mess, Santa has a laboratory with rubber lipped computers, employs Merlin as a slave and battles demons. It's a hallucinogenic mess designed to make you laugh as you lose your sanity.



And now Holiday Greetings from the Management with a special Christmas Seals message from actress Virginia Mayo ....



Finally our feature presentation. Happy Holiday Movie viewing, everyone!


SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (1984)
directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.