Hump Day Hitslist: I Fought the Law, and the Law Won

Final exam tomorrow...on the law of complex financial transactions...enough said...

Hump Day Hitslist: 30 years on, R.I.P. John Lennon

JOHN LENNON, R.I.P.

DECEMBER 8, 1980

1. "Watching the Wheels", posthumous release, Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy, 1981 

2. "Working Class Hero", John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 1970

3. "Jealous Guy", Imagine, 1971

4. "Happy XMas (War is Over)", single release, 1971

5. "Imagine", Imagine, 1971

Hump Day Hitslist: Exams and Xmas

It's that time of year again. When the crunch of exams and paper deadlines turn my diet into a test case for Super Size Me 2: The Fattening, and I can feel my heart gulp helplessly for air through my ribcage as it drowns in a swamp of stress and despair. Fortunately, this is the last time I will be facing this masochistic ritual, and I can start rebuilding my relationship with the months of December and April in the coming years. I must apologize to our readers, however, that the volume of posts has recently slowed, and can only assure you that once I have finished slaving over my independent study that I paid other people thousands of dollars for the right to do, I will return my efforts full force to more important things like writing about the great misconception that The Clash "sold out" on Combat Rock.

In the meantime, finger on the steam presents you with a playlist that has been getting me through first semester exam period for the past few years. It's full of warmth, holiday cheer, and snow globe wonderment--all of the things necessary for justifying your rum and egg nog habit while you plow through your work in the early onset of winter.

1. Feist - "So Sorry"

2. Sam Cooke - "You Were Made For Me"

3. The Drifters - "White Christmas"

4. Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"

5. Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting - "Baby, It's Cold Outside"