Posted by ryan on 23 Dec 2008 at 12:33 pm

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To celebrate our ongoing obsession with the winter holidays, I give you “XMAS IV and… Hanukkah!” a free MP3 holiday EP from ‘09 Kindercore groups Grape Soda (with members of The Buddy System and two whole songs about something called Hanukkah!) and The Young Sinclairs plus an absolutely amazing song from Deidre of the Sad Cobras with the Magic Twig Family Band (members of The Young Sinclairs, SUNKING!, Sad Cobras and Boys Lie)!

Please to enjoy:

1: The Sad Cobras + The Magic Twig Family - Wrap Me Up on X-Mas

2: Grape Soda - Rock of Ages (Traditional)

3: Grape Soda - All Walls Fall

4: The Young Sinclairs - It\’s Christmas Time All Over Again (Tom Petty)

Also you can still buy last year’s XMAS 3: The War on Christmas from iTunes iTunes (it includes the comic book!) or order the CD only from the Kindercore Shop.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Internet, we love you!!

Ryan & Dan Kindercore.

Posted by ryan on 22 Dec 2008 at 01:57 pm

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Hello True Believers!

Last fall we released XMAS 3: The War on Christmas in a limited edition of 100 copies packaged with a comic book and sold out the run in a couple of days. We happen to have 50 copies of the CD left over so we are offering those copies for sale this year with a bonus - everyone who orders the XMAS 3 CD will also be entered in a random drawing to win a copy of the long out of print Christmas in Stereo and XMAS 2 CDs.*

Also in keeping with the fact that the original version of XMAS 3 was a benefit for Oxfam, $2 from the sale of each of these CDs will be used to buy toys for kids who would otherwise go without at the Athens Boys and Girls Club.

Of course you can still buy the digital version (including the comic book) from iTunes

The CD includes 20 tracks the Kindercore stable of talented entertainment makers!!

1. Rump Posse - Carol of the Manbarks
2. Folklore - Christmas Ape Goes to The Moon
3. The Observatory - Xmastime (is Xmastime)
4. Fabulous Bird - Everybody Knows It’s Christmas Time Again
5. King of Prussia - Christmas on The Other Side
6. The 63 Crayons - Holiday
7. Ruby Isle - Jack’s Obsession
8. The Buddy System - Xmas on TV
9. Blak Thor - Noel (I’m Giving Love For Christmas)
10. Murder Beach - All Around
11. Mumbletron 2k12 - Outta Bed
12. Je Suis France - Baby, Please Don’t Get Stoned (It’s Christmas)
13. Bunnygrunt - The Blues for Xmas
14. Koncak - It’s Christmas Time
15. Headlights - Kicker of Elves
16. The Show is The Rainbow - Silent Night
17. The Snowsuit Sound - The Ballad of Black Piet
18. Venice is Sinking - The Grey Line
19. The Jersey Barrier - Grey Skies

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Speaking of Ruby Isle (who have a track on XMAS 3), don’t forget to pick up their epic mash of classic rock and party pop on the debut disc Night Shot!

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Also new to the store is a brand new mind melting 5 color shirt from Illustrator and Threadless superstar Travis Pitts. Pick up Modern Science Will Save The World or Kill Us All today!

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Everyone here is about as pumped as pumped can be about our new President-Elect Barry O and to celebrate we are offering the remaining few ObamaRad shirts in the shop. Pick some up and be the talk of your Inauguration party!

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While you are at the Shop be sure to check out some of the long out of print vinyl from before the fall (which I found in my shed) and have listed for sale at olde timey prices that put eBay to shame!

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If you are looking for a killer holiday present that you won’t find elsewhere check out the paintings from Buddy System bassist/singer and illustrator Lauren Gregg! Magic!

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Before I head off to pack up orders I wanted to let you know about the forthcoming Ruby Isle/Buddy System colored vinyl split 7″ and the first Kindercore release of 2009 - The Songs of the Young Sinclairs. Check out the album art below and friend the boys on the MySpace for sights, sounds and news of touring. Keep your eyes peeled for all of this plus new Buddy System songs (and videos)

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EXCELSIOR!
RYAN

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*The drawing will be held sometime before the end of the first week of December (or sooner if all 50 copies sell out faster) and the winner will get their prizes mailed for delivery before XMAS.

Posted by ryan on 18 Nov 2008 at 03:30 pm

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The perennial Christmas-haters at Lowe’s just don’t know when to surrender, do they? I guess they forgot the fallout from their 2005 attempt at rebranding Christmas trees “holiday trees,” because they’re at it again.

This time they’ve decided to sell their fake evergreens under the name “family trees.”

See?

Whether they were trying to wage a daring attack on Christendom or just lighten up the holidays by evoking the excitement of genealogy (or boost disappointing sales by reaching out to non-Christians, but that’s crazy talk,) culture warriors across America were having none of it! Last week, as news spread through the conservative grapevine, Lowe’s customer service lines were flooded with angry calls from thousands of -presumably unemployed and hobbyless- Christians. Not only were they furious that Lowe’s was trying to erase Christmas from national consciousness, they were also upset by the upside-down Christmas tree.
Seriously, who does that?! Forget that upside-down Christmas trees have been around since the Middle Ages and represent the Trinity. They also fit snugly into a pentagram, and if you put one behind a right-side-up tree I think it forms a star of David.

Strategically, we have a lot to learn from our tenacious Christian brothers and sisters. They weren’t slowed by the fear that their attack on family trees might damage their pro-family image, and they showed once again that the best defense is a strong offense. Lowe’s released an official apology, dropped the C-word a few more times on their website, and have sworn to change their catalog before the next pressing. Some people would say that the only thing dumber than denying that those big, tinsel-covered pines are Christmas trees is overreacting about the whole thing. Those people will probably get a lot of angry phone calls very soon.

So far, the score for this season of the War on Christmas is Christians-1; Atheists, Jews, Muslims, hardware stores, and the liberal media-0. Updates as they come.

Posted by Mat on 18 Nov 2007 at 09:46 pm

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