2. ‘Chiron Beta Prime’ — Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton’s homage to those “let me catch you up on the family” holiday letters adds an unexpected twist when the family in question has been sequestered to an asteroid by their robot overlords. “Chiron Beta Prime” was originally written around Christmastime 2004 as a “Christmas song with a futuristic theme” for a friend to send out on a CD as a holiday card. It was officially released in 2006 as part of Coulton’s famous “Thing a Week” collection, which were all “open source” songs, allowing Mike Spiff Booth to make this nifty video.
I would have included Slick Nick by Fishbone and Henry Rollins’ version of Twas the Night Before Christmas.
I just opened the Spotify play list to be public and collaborative, so share your own Geeky Holiday Tunes!
Sweet! I just added some of your picks to my ChristmaKwanzannukah playlist. Feel free to listen to it and add some back to your list: http://open.spotify.com/user/introvertedone/playlist/2CCpHEP2VlwumUGAiTrwVm
“Doug’s Greatest Christmas Ever” by the folk/humor band Uncle Bonsai –
https://play.spotify.com/album/4IQwae99FtM8CuOe0OFbed