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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
That would be this thoroughly freaky version of "Jingle Bells" by the Singing Saws (Julian Koster). It's one of 12 songs on an album called "The Singing Saw at Christmastime," which is due out Oct. 7 on Durham-based Merge Records. Here's another track, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."
Can't say I'd describe this as festive, exactly; but that's actually appropriate. Throw in a little theremin, and it would probably conjure up a nightmare before Christmas or two.
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.
