The Real Pat Blair

If I had to write a “What I Did Over Christmas Break” essay, I would probably leave out the part about spending Christmas night at a bar with my friends. I would, however, include the part about some of the sweet new music that I am working on. If you would like to hear a sample, you can do so at myspace.com/patblairmusic. It is rough, but I am really digging the song (you can read more about it, if you so desire, on my music blog.
Whilst visiting, please also take note of my upcoming solo gig at the Bali Satay House on Thursday, January 12th. I would love to see you there, and we could do some beautiful (or at least mediocre-but-loud) singing together.

Pat Blair’s Prodigious Podcast, Patent Pending.
#11 - Merry Christmas - Listen Here!
(You can also stream ALL of my PatCasts from odeo.com)

Purchase today’s tune: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” from the Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlan on Maybe This Christmas
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Additional Show Notes
My new hard-drive - note the giant SOLD OUT tag.
Gaim - A multi-protocol instant messaging client that doesn’t suck

Some things are just too good (or bad) to not be shared immediately. Chewbacca is one of them. Click link immediately, and then feast your eyes and ears upon the wonders of the world-wide web.

Pat Blair’s Prodigious Podcast, Patent Pending.
#10 - Show Me the Money - Listen Here!
(You can also stream ALL of my PatCasts from odeo.com)

Purchase today’s tune: “Money For Nothing” from Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
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Additional Show Notes
No show notes. If no one listens anyway, why document my imaginary statistics?

Now available at myspace.com/patblairmusic… a very special rendition of the classic carol, Away in a Manger. Pat Blair, who arranged, played, recorded, mixed, mastered, produced, the song had the following to say:

“Away in a Manger is a timeless classic, and I absolutely love this arrangement. In fact, that’s the only reason that we chose to make it available for a limited time. The recording was all a one-take deal, the singing is wretched, even the guitaring is mediocre. No one in their right mind would publish something this shoddy - that’s how much I believe in this arrangement. So try to overlook all the crappiness, and, instead, enjoy this song as a Christmas gift from me to you.”

This song will only be available for a limited time, so go now to myspace.com/patblairmusic. Also, don’t forget to sign up as one of Pat’s friends!

Pat Blair’s Prodigious Podcast, Patent Pending.
#9 - We AIM to Please - Listen Here!
(You can also stream ALL of my PatCasts from odeo.com)

Purchase today’s tune (or, artist, rather): U2’s The Best of 1980-1990
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Additional Show Notes
The 9 Shows that U2 has played “Whiskey in the Jar”
AIM Triton

By way of Matt (via Noel)…
“Hit random on iTunes and print the first 20 songs without editing out anything embarrassing.”
I, of course, find iTunes to be an incredibly big/slow/obnoxious/inferior program, especially for PC, and don’t like the way it categorizes/stores/labels my music, so I use the far older, far quicker, and far cooler WinAmp version 2.91, circa 2003. Since I have nearly completed the massive project of ripping all of my CDs, I thought this would be a good way to celebrate.

1. Roots Radicals - Rancid
2. Last One Out of Liberty City - Less Than Jake
3. Thrown Away - Papa Roach
4. Grown Up - 2 Skinnee J’s
5. Harbour - Moby
6. We’re Okay - RENT Broadway Cast Recording
7. Four Letters, Two Words - The Urge
8. Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run - Sufjan Stevens
9. Don’t Turn Away (Live) - Face to Face
10. Slam Dunk! - DLR Band
11. Hit That - The Offspring
12. Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
13. All We Have is Now - Flaming Lips
14. The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie
15. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Face to Face
16. Emotion Is Dead Pt. II - The Juliana Theory
17. Little Stevie Ray Charles Mingus - Victor Wooten
18. Dirt - Alice in Chains
19. Electro-Shock Blues - The Eels
20. All The Way - Rodney Ellis

A little heavy on the high-school punk and ska days, but this, in fact, makes me look much more diverse and culturally enlightened than I really am. Sweet!

Pat Blair’s Prodigious Podcast, Patent Pending.
#8 - Up a Creek Without an OAR - Listen Here!
(You can also stream ALL of my PatCasts from odeo.com)

Purchase today’s tune: “Love and Memories” from the O.A.R.’s Stories of a Stranger

They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Have I gone insane?

Pat Blair’s Prodigious Podcast, Patent Pending.
#7 - Killer Queen - Listen Here!
(You can also stream ALL of my PatCasts from odeo.com)

Purchase today’s tune: “Dancing Queen” from the ABBA’s Gold: Greatest Hits
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Additional Show Notes
ABBA: We will never re-form