Merry Christmas to All

By Archon Digital | Published: December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas from Archon Digital

To all my friends, online and offline, may you have a blessed holiday season and God bless you all.

Cheers,

Jonathan

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Christmas Portrait by the Carpenters

By Archon Digital | Published: December 19, 2009

Just as I said, the spirit of Christmas has rubbed itself on me and I’m now in this “Merry Christmas” mood. It all started when took out an old album of The Christmas Portrait by the Carpenters. Year after year, it has always been like this for me, and no matter how many things I see that tell me it’s Christmas season, holiday season only starts when I hear the music from this album.

We had this album on vinyl when I was a kid and I still have it even after all these years, too bad old the record player doesn’t work anymore and besides I already have them on CDs and on my iTunes library.

“Christmas for me starts when I hear music from this wonderful album, the Christmas Portrait by the Carpenters”

The music in this album greatly influenced me musically and manifested itself when I had a chance to direct and organize music for a school’s Christmas Cantata eight years ago. Christmas music being produced nowadays are nothing compared to Christmas classics such as this. Nothing comes close to the warmth and that mushy feel you get when hearing this album. Take a look at how this album came to be as told by Richard Carpenter on their website.

I’m sharing this Amazon mp3 player (an affiliate link, I will admit to that) so you’d get a better picture of the music I am talking about, specially to those younger folks who never really got to listen to their music.

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Christmas Portrait (MP3 Music)

New From:	$11.49 In Stock
Release date August 24, 1987.

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Christmas, Just Around the Corner

By Archon Digital | Published: December 18, 2009

It definitely feels like it, smells like it and so most probably it is starting to creep up to my busy schedule. Christmas is so close, it’s about to pounce me on the back and rub on me the spirit of the Holiday Season and the entire industry that comes with it. Soon I’ll have to do some Christmas shopping, which to me is the only type shopping that even comes close to mind.

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Yes, I hate shopping or strolling around pretending to shop. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas and the true meaning of it and the whole package, but I definitely hate shopping. I’m more of a hit-and-run type of person and would come into the Mall to grab what I need and go. On some very rare occasions I’d scout only a few times and that is only if I really wanted what I was scouting for.

A few weeks ago I really wanted to buy myself a nice computer table but never really found what I wanted even after going through a dozen shops that sell them. I wanted a certain size and height and definitely wanted something more industrial rather than the flimsy Allen-Wrench-it-yourself computer table found on many stores out there. My schedule does not permit me yet to go to Gilmore Street in Quezon City or to HMR along Pioneer in Mandaluyong. Those places are where I’d most probably find the right type of table I’m looking for. Another option is S&R in the Fort and if I had the time like back in 2006, I’d rather make my own table from modal steel parts and some wood.

Going back to shopping, I’m still checking my list on what to shop for the people closest to me.

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