I bought myself an early Christmas gift. But don’t worry, I haven’t stopped being cheap. I only spent $3. I bought myself Matt Wertz’s EP Today and Tomorrow from his online store.
I am usually pretty opposed to buying things from an artist’s online store because it can get quite expensive, but this time I made an exception, mostly due to Matt’s Advent Calendar, which I think is a fantastic idea. I suspect it was Matt’s idea himself, since he seems to be pretty into Christmas, which is also a big plus in my book. He recorded “O Holy Night” last year and “What Child is This?” this year (both available on iTunes), which I will probably buy later.
I took advantage of the advent calendar offerings of free shipping on all internet orders (December 5th) and the sale on the EP (December 6th). This is actually quite remarkable because it takes a lot to get me to buy a CD, even an EP. I actually didn’t know that much about Matt before this week, other than the fact that his music BFF is Dave Barnes and they both live in Nashville. So they obviously have good taste in cities.
Yeah, I’ll admit that I’ve developed a little music crush on Matt Wertz. This is possibly a direct result of him covering “The King of Wishful Thinking” at almost every concert, which is possibly one of my favorite songs from the 80′s ever. And also his Self-Appointed Celebrity Playlists on iTunes are quite awesome. A lot of the songs he included on those are real huzzah! songs for me: Thicke’s “Lazy Bones”, Steve Winwood’s “Back in the High Life”, Phil Collins “Easy Lover”, and Bryan Adams’ “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started.”
So it’s safe to say I’m pretty excited to get this in the mail.
I hereby declare that the Stephen Colbert vs. The Decemberists Shred Off is the best thing to happen to humanity. Ever. And possibly the best thing to happen to Christmas. You don’t believe me? See for yourself. I mean, if Henry Kissinger thought it was important, then you should probably think it’s important.
