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James Kochalka Superstar \\u2013 \\u201cChristmas Muffin,\\u201d a 2017 self-released single.

This week, we are continuing a long-held tradition of featuring Christmas-themed songs selected by Brian Foss, host of KEXP\\u2019s punk show Sonic Reducer. He will be hosting his 18th annual Punk Rock Xmess on Saturday, December 24th from 9pm -12am and then jump back on the mic Christmas day from noon - 9pm for his no standards, non-traditional Christmas broadcast, including a special holiday edition of Sunday Soul.

James Kochalka is a Vermont-based comic book artist and writer, animator, and rock musician. Under his James Kochalka Superstar moniker, it makes sardonic comic rock with nearly twenty releases to his name, going back to 1995. As you\\u2019d imagine, his take on a Christmas tune is wry and undeniably silly.

\\u201cChristmas Muffin\\u201d grapples with the very adult reality of having to purchase gifts when you\\u2019re flat broke. With little dinero to his name, our narrator instead offers the most generous gift of a muffin - or at least half of it. The song is less than a minute long but his point is made quickly and succinctly. Over a spare high hat beat, Kochalka declares, \\u201cAin\\u2019t got no money to buy you nothin\\u2019 /Ain\\u2019t got no money to buy you shit / Ain\\u2019t got no money to buy you nothin\\u2019 so I got you this muffin /But we\\u2019ll have to split it.\\u201d If that\\u2019s not the true spirit of Christmas, I don\\u2019t know what is.

Watch the selfie-shot video for "Christmas Muffin" at the link below.

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