In the NE of England, Winter is usually December to February. We're still in the back end of Autumn at the moment and come March, that's when Spring tends to come along.

I'd have said end of Dec to end of Feb too, I've been out in a t-shirt today, it isn't winter yet.

Speaking from not too many miles away from Trig, it's pretty bloody wintery here, it has really taken a turn in the last few days, but I'll probaby wait for a good two sustained weeks of winter to proclaim the season in full swing.

Daz, I'm not really too busy at the moment and am reasonably experienced in putting compilations together and doing silly photshop playing about, If it's a pain in the proverbial for you then I can take on the burden,

 up to you

Well it's cold here, but we're not yet down to freezing temperatures and frost though. That generally starts around December time really.

Well, if you ain't got anything on then it's over to you :)

right,

I will be reviewing all that has gone before but not all that seriously, in general this is the beginning of submissions, things people really want on there should be re-submitted.

I will be doing the bulk of my searching on Soulseek. anything obscure should be marked as such and I would appreciate attemptes to send me copies (PM for EMail addy)

I will make the compilation a maximum of 80 mins long for recording onto a standard 700MB CD. lodge any objections here.

themes to consider are as follows

winter

xmas

cold

wind

rain 

snow

frost

chestnuts

er....

that's it. 

No SimonSanta then?

PMing still has teh buggered for me. If you can't find the Chris Cozens track (which is probably the more interesting), email me at steve@manthorp.co.uk. The Pretenders track shouldn't be too hard to find.

Good woman.

 

I reiterate my suggestions of Wizards in Winter by the Trans Siberian Orchestra and The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth by Bowie/Crosby.

I'm a man :Y

I'm going to be awkward and suggest 'untitled' by Sigur Ros, from the ( ) album (it's track number 3, but all 8 tracks are untitled). Give me a PM if you can't find a DL of it and I'll put it on my server.

I'd like Kalpol Introl by Autechre, from their Incunabula album. I tend to play it when the first signs of frost appear. Either that or the Imposter's Mix of Tricky's Christiansands, which usually what goes on after it.

Or, to get away from the bleak coldness of winter, how about Merry Christmas by Wesley Willis, as demonstrated here. How could one's cockles not be melted?

*Awaits post from Trig saying it's stupid and gay and the only people allowed to write songs about Christmas are East 17, because they did it in the '90s*

The Ice Storm by The Go! Team please. Can provide. It's a b-side, very snowy and nice.

FEEL the regret oozing from Swayzee's every pore as he realises what an obscurity hunt he's let himself in for.

;-)

I'm actually doing pretty well just now Mr ManTHROB.

just can't listen to any of it for the moment sadly as 'er indoors is in the other room listening to audiobooks off the puter.

I will do a mp3 player review session on the way to work tomorrow,

also. I just realised that this means I get to put whatever tunes on of my own that I like!!!!

mwwwwaaaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 

Unchained Melody, Dirty Dancing and other seasonal favourites here we come...

Just for the record


Winter 2006-2007 starts: Dec. 21, 7:22 PM and ends: Mar. 20, 7:07 PM apparently. So we're still ~3 weeks away from the start.

I find it daft that Winter actually (supposedly) begins on the shortest day of the year. No sooner has Winter started then the nights begin to pull out again :S

that's about what I thought, yay me !