Freedom Rocks
In the whirlwind that was Christmas, you may have missed a special holiday ode, performed by Washington Post music critic J. Freedom du Lac (taking the cake for coolest name for a reporter–sorry runners-up: Fox Butterfield, Jenny 8. Lee and R.W. Apple).
Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the heezy/
Not a creature was stirring, not even Young Jeezy
It gets even better…the rest of this priceless gem after the jump…
The iPods were hung by the chimney with care/
In hopes that Saint Etienne soon would be there
The bearded elite were nestled all snug in their beds/
While visions of Pitchfork danced in their heads
And mamma in her ‘do rag, and I in my cap/
Had just settled down for a freestyle rap
When over the speakers there arose such a clatter/
I sprang from the bed to the sound of Skynyrd’s “Mad Hatter”
Away to the window I flew like Grandmaster Flash/
Tore open the shutters and...
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