The Hunt for New Music: Amazing where “The Hunt” takes you. The Media Bunker staff is always, always, always on the lookout for new music–it operates under the dictum that there’s lots of great stuff we never get a chance to hear because no one calls our attention to it–and trolling through YouTube found these …
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Jean Shepherd: An Appreciation
Paying Attention: If you are like millions of Americans, this morning your TV is tuned to TBS where the programming is 24 hours of the beloved movie classic, “A Christmas Story”. The movie was based on a monologue, which was based on the real life experiences, of one of the most talented Americans you’ve never …
Santa's My Boyfriend
Paying Attention (Special Holiday Edition): A classic video from SNL Vintage (what an archive those guys have), just to set the table for the “big day”. This one, with SNL superstars Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Kristin Wiig, as a singing trio of friends talking about their new boy friend. Great lyrics, wonderful choreography, and …
Christmas Camp: How to Roast Chestnuts on an Open Fire
In the last installment of 2017’s Christmas Camp, we tackle the “how to” of one of the most famous lines in all of Christmas music. The line–“Chestnuts roasting over an open fire”–is from “The Christmas Song”, written by singer Mel Torme (known as the “velvet fog”) and Bob Wells in the summer of 1945. The …
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Christmas Camp: How to Make a Yule Log
The tradition of the Yule Log goes back centuries. Originally, the Yule Log was a very substantial log–sometimes an entire tree–that was brought into the house and burned on Christmas eve. Tradition says that the new Yule Log was lit from the ashes of the previous year’s log, which were saved in the house (Yule …
Christmas Camp: How to Make a Fruitcake
Continuing with baking (you’re in the kitchen already and prep is a snap now), here’s some instruction on how to create the quintessential Christmas goodie–the fruitcake. There are some people who absolutely love fruitcake (it’s great with a good cup of coffee) and others who just don’t like it all. We’ll assume those that don’t …
Christmas Camp: How to Make a Gingerbread House
Closing in the very last set of instructions, guides, and videos for this year’s iteration of Christmas Camp, we’re going deep into Christmas tradition with instructions on how to make the signature baked good of the season: a gingerbread house. This video, with our English presenter, is clean and straightforward (there are currently two types …
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Christmas Camp: How to make Christmas cookies
Paying Attention: The holidays mean holiday cooking and–most importantly–holiday baking. You are making Christmas cookies this year aren’t you? The correct answer is yes and with this short video giving you the basics, you should have no problems whatsoever. This video features the recipes and techniques for 10 different types of Christmas cookies–it does assume …
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Christmas Camp: How To Make A Popcorn and Cranberry Garland
A refresher course in Garland stringing (see yesterday’s slowed-down/more instructive video on how to make a popcorn/cranberry garland. What we like about this one: it gets the point across in a very short period of time and we all know how stressed for time we all are during the holidays. Set the Holiday mood, check …
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Christmas Camp: How to Make Salt Dough Christmas Tree ornaments
Paying Attention: The beauty of having a Christmas tree and decorating it is the continuing story it tells about your life and that of your family. If you want to go the designer route, you can do a tree all in a single color, using only high end, color-matched and purchased ornaments. Or you can …
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