It’s that time of year again, even if the incongruously balmy weather suggests otherwise. So, this past weekend Bec & I made another set of black cakes. This time, in anticipation, we started the fruits soaking in black-strap rum and Manischewitz a couple weeks in advance. And man, did they come out sweet.
To vibe with the Caribbean Christmas recipe, we listened to a whole heap of panang of course (h/t). How can you go wrong with songs about how great it is to eat a food and drink a rum and have a jolly time with friends & fam? Well, I s’pose you could introduce daggering to the whole(some) equation–
Dagger Dagger (2008 St. Lucia Parang) http://www.myspace.com/mantius – Mantius Cazaubon
In a slightly more (?) traditional vein, some friends around the ol’ ‘osphere have been putting together some xmassy mixes. I highly recommend Gavin’s and Siebe’s seasonal selections. Plus, DJ BC put together another Santastic comp, which includes a bassliney / dubsteppy remix of the Chanukah song by my partner in Beat Research, DJ Flack.
For my own part, I’m sorry to report that for a third straight year I have failed to put together another Christmas mix of my own, but for those of you who haven’t yet heard it, or — as with things like It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story — are happy to revisit such fare every December, allow me to point you once again to my “Remix-mas” (originally posted here):
Wayne&Wax, “Remix-mas” (30 min, 28 mb)
[audio:http://riddimmethod.net/music/wayneandwax_remix-mas.mp3]
My failure to produce is not exactly for want of trying. Over the last few years I’ve put together a couple flailing attempts at Christmashy things, some more successful than others. Most of them quite odd (nature of the beast?). If you’re in the mood, have a listen / read on —
2005 – TOK vs. Johnny Mathis, “do you bun what i bun?”
[audio:http://riddimmethod.net/music/wayneandwax_do-you-bun-what-i-bun.mp3]
2006 – Jacob Miller + Nat King Cole, “The Blazing Yule (Dread the Halls)”
[audio:http://www.wayneandwax.com/wp/audio/wayneandwax_BlazingYule.mp3]
2007 – “refried pasteles”
[audio:http://wayneandwax.com/music/refried-pasteles.mp3]
We’ll see. I may yet have another odd attempt in me. Til then, hope these (good) tide(ings) you over!
everything goes better with some dagga dagga dagga, including Jesus’ supposedly virgin birthiday. I really give packs of Kartel’s Daggering condoms to people for christmas gifts, if I could only find them to order.
gimme likkle juke, gimme likkle juke, gimme likkle gimme likkle juke for the christmas!
*sigh* I got mah fruit macerating in rum, not sure if I will ever have the chance to make the danged cakes.
Yours sure look good!
Not likin the use of that TOK song, its like doing a mashup of burning books
A mashup of burning books? Now, that’s downright poetic, Johnny.
It should go without saying that I have major problems with the TOK song. If you read the text connected to that mashup, you’ll see that I think it’s rather pernicious for TOK to have used such a common, catchy melody to propel their stupid hatred. The mashup was a way for me to make fun of TOK, though, to point out the utter ridiculousness of suturing such an awful message to a Christmas song.
But, yeah, it’s not for everybody.