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Oy to the World! A Christmas Music Celebration!

Between 1999 and 2016 (or so) the Oy Twins (John and Robert) created new Christmas Mixes for our close circle of friends. We know that CDs became obsolete but it took quite a while for streaming to catch up to the deep catalogues of music we discovered. It’s not perfect, but Spotify allowed us to share them with folks for whom we don’t have an address, and whether or not they have a CD player (and who has one of those now)? Click the link ABOVE the volume you want to play on Spotify.

Other CDS You Might Like (If You had them)

Oy to the World Volume One

Oy to the World Volume Two

Oy to the World Volume Three

Oy to the World Volume Four

Oy to the World Volume Five

Oy to the World Volume Six

Oy to the World Volume Seven

Oy to the World Volume Eight

Oy to the World Volume Nine

Oy to the World Volume Ten

Oy to the World Volume Eleven

Oy to the World Volume Twelve

Oy to the World Volume Thirteen

Oy to the World Volume Fourteen

Oy to the World Volume Fifteen: Contractual Obligation Edition

Oy 2020: Digital Only

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What? Another Stinkin’ Fatherhood Blog?

When you’re waiting around for the perfect words to arrange themselves in your head so you can share them with an adoring public, time drags.   It’s been a year and I still haven’t found the right way to introduce our Web site, All American Pop.  But let me say the obvious.  It’s about fatherhood.  It’s about music.  It’s about American culture.  Those are the pops I grew up with (not to mention The Boston Pops and Soda Pop) and so it’s no surprise that I seek to both celebrate them in print (on the Web) and write endlessly about them.

Music and culture are clearly related, but through the cracked-up prism that is fatherhood, they share an intertwined destiny. Whether it’s getting a lump in your throat when you hear “Thunder Road” (because you’re old) or explaining to your wife why you had to pay $75 to an eBay power seller to get a full set of Freakies breakfast cereal toys it’s all about the same thing.  The passion that you’re trying to reclaim, achieve, or foster anew in the next generation.

I can’t promise we’ll help you, but we do share your pain.