Going from the beginning of the first world war to a year after the second, it is safe to say that this song is probably the most famous and even the most played carol to come out of the 20th century. Especially with the singer, Nat King Cole, that if there's anything of his legacy that he's being remembered, it would be this very tune. He sang this on TV in 1961, but the way he sang it is considered by many the most perfect version of this song out there. So without further adue ladies and

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Hiya, lovely peeps!

Today is Christmas, folks! It’s time to celebrate with your loved ones, warm by the fireplace while sipping a mug of hot cocoa. And I know that the holidays are different this year, what with the virus and all. So I’ve compiled a list of my favorite holiday for you to enjoy!

Uz Naimat’s holiday-themed works:

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Now that we've moved into the nineteenth century, I'm sharing a piece of music that, if it weren't for Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven or Strauss jr, this would be considered as the most famous melody to ever come out from Austria. One so popular that in the twentieth and twenty-first century, whenever any artist comes out with a Christmas album, this song is almost guaranteed to be on there. Today, of course, I'm talking about Stille Nacht - Silent Night.

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To end off the fifties, I'm sharing with you a song that is like a unique time capsule of the period. One that is both a product of the times with its signature guitar to the singer - and yet, somehow is timeless that we still play it every December.

Today's choice also comes out of the forties in which this is brought to you by the Boston Pops Orchestra.

The last time I did a monthly update/plan, things were not looking particularly rosy on my end. I won't bother you with the specifics, but there was a lot of drama going on at my end and life seemed particularly bleak. I'd posted that I would start doing writing work to stave off the feelings of despair that were going to overwhelm me, but as the general lack of content on this page should make clear, very little came

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I wish everyone a happy holiday, and have a nice time with your family and friends.

Well... today's the day. It's finally Christmas. So, with all the carols to choose from, that I have started from the Middle Ages, what song do I end this by? Well, on one in which I think not only sums up what the holiday is all about, but brings everything that I feel as my personal credo of Christmas. This song comes from one of the dozens Christmas Carol musicals in which has a very unique scene. It comes from right after Scrooge is taken to the past and been shown something that while it's

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This carol is pretty surreal as far as my collection of Christmas music goes. As a medieval ballad, this is a song of a conversation between Mary and the baby Jesus where the mother tries to get him asleep without singing to him, however he insists despite being only a few days old. I'm putting this up because, as far as lullabies go, this tune from the middle ages is pretty catchy and beautiful as well. (And in case you're wondering what on earth the lady is talking about is because she's

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Dear Bronies and Pegasisters,

today is the first day of December, the month of my favorite time of year, Christmas. So in honor of the holiday and as a music lover myself, I’m going to take you all on a musical journey as I’ll share different carols, starting from the Middle Ages and progress to the modern period. As I go, I’ll give you pieces that are as close to the original that I could find. Today, I’ll be sharing with you all the oldest piece in my collection.

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Today we're moving on into the Baroque era, and this time it's purely instrumental. This short concerto is by the composer who came up with the concept of the concerto, Corelli. On this particular piece, it bares the description of: "Fatto per la notte di Natale "(made for the night of Christmas).

Moving closer to modern day, today's choice is rather a personal choice then anything else. Years ago, my mother had joined a group in our town called the "Sounds Choir." In which every summer they put on a production of a musical in June and do a Christmas concert around early or mid December. Every year, they sang something different, but out of those concerts came memorable tunes that stick with me even years later. This carol was one of them because of the chorus. And while it is a much

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Today is the last day from the Baroque period, but nevertheless, I've chosen a piece that is widely known and still performed. Handel's Messiah. While we tend to look at this music as a strong tradition of Christmas, charity and divine pieces as something that came from God himself, the truth is that it wasn't always seen like that. If anything, before Handel could premiere it for the first time in London, it was controversial even before anyone heard a single note of it. This was not only due

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Ok, so, idk if I can actually manage a 'per story' upload schedule, but I've set myself the goal of a chapter a week of something minimum. This includes my one story over on fanfiction https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6707624/ which is a NCIS/Kantai Collection crossover.

I actually have a pair of winter fics I've been sitting on, so those will likely be this week and next, a one-shot and the first chapter of another. After that it's whatever I can get the most inspiration to do.

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Hey everypone, got my monthly calendar coming in hot! Let's go through this as quick as we can, yeah?

So, first thing to talk about is a review of the two new stories we got last month, Child of Mine and Hour of Twilight. Two covers in one month, how awesome is that? So those stories have both made the transition to Fimfiction, where their updates will continue from here on.

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So guess what? I'm fucking screwed again because my employer doesn't pay holiday pay and I fucked up my back a couple of weeks ago. Add to that the fact that my employer has also elected to go with an insurance system which required me to pay my insurance premiums out of pocket and yeah... End result: not enough money to pay bills.

Yes, we're doing this again. Yes, I hate myself even more because of it.

[UPDATE]

So um... this happened.

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"A 7pm Thames/LWT handover from 28th December 1979" opens with a promo for LWT's line-up, which includes mentions of the films "The Man In The Iron Mask" and "Murder By Natural Causes", from Columbo writers Richard Levinson and William Link. This also has excerpts from an episode of The Muppet Show that features Liza Minnelli.

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Let's make this post an AMA. Because why not. Come at me.

anyway this is definitely supposed to be a fun season, and that means I'll need to start getting some fun stuff done now that my life has settled a little. Last month, on this day, I told you guys a bunch of the stuff I've been planning. Well, now I have a better idea of how all those plans are doing. Let's take a look at that dumb little list I made last month of my things to do, and see what the progress is....

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TIME FOR THE GAITA ZULIANA

This is Venezuelan music that you only hear on this month (exclusive music, unless you live on Zulia, then you hear it all the time).

So this was one heck of a month for me. Not only did I promise to write 60,000 words for National Pony Writing Month, but I also had to go take the GRE Test in order to apply for my graduate school. Coupled with a birthday and shrinking possibilities of getting a job, it was quite the stressful month.

But I did it. I survived, and even succeeded in some places.

I studied for the GRE and got better than average scores.

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