Jad Fair's delightful Christmas tune was recorded for the Joyful Noise label's annual holiday special.
Here's the scoop...
We’re suckers for a good tradition over at Joyful Noise Reccords, one of them being our annual “holiday special” with holiday-themed covers by members of the JNR roster – including Oneida, Paul Leary, Kramer, The Ophelias, WHY?, jess joy, CJ Boyd and of course, Jad Fair – available as a digital download right here.
Check out Jad Fair's performance of "Baking Cookies For Santa" followed by the entire Joyful Noise 2021 Holiday Special.
Joyful Noise 2021 Holiday Special
1. WHY? - Auld Lang Syne
2. jess joy - OkCupid Xmas
3. Paul Leary - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
4. Kidbug - Just Like Xmas
5. Sound of Ceres - Walking in the Air
6. Jad Fair - Baking Cookies for Santa
7. C.J. Boyd - Winter Wanderer
8. Tall Tall Trees - Free Jazz Drummer Boy
9. The Ophelias - Silver & Gold
10. No Joy - Theme from Gremlins
11. Kramer - Winterlong
12. Oneida - In The Court of the Christmas King
100% of net proceeds will benefit Coalition for the Homeless.
Jad Fair & Kramer's new album The History of Crying, Revisited is out now. Check out the video for "I Wanna Make A Movie"
Here' s the scoop...
Indie rock duo Jad Fair & Kramer just shared a video for "I Wanna Make A Movie" to coincide with the release of their new collaborative album The History of Crying (Revisited) on Shimmy-Disc/Joyful Noise. Watch the entertaining black & white video co-directed by Kramer and acclaimed Scottish filmmaker Grant McPhee below.
On "I Wanna Make A Movie," Kramer says: So one of the 12 song titles i sent to Jad for this LP (hoping he'd write some great lyrics for it) was "I Wanna Make A Movie."
And a few hours later he sent me some lyrics in his truest style...with "happy endings", and "starring you and me", and "action packed and thrilling". all things that reflected his lifelong, unbreakable optimism and love for everything and everyone around him and all around the world. Jad is Joy. Jad is Hope. Jad is Love.
But i knew from personal experience that the world of movies was filled with jealousy and rejection and a sea full of vindictive people who will stop at nothing in their unholy crusade to destroy the lives of others, their livelihoods, even destroying their own love for the cinema itself in the process of destroying others. I have seen it. some people will stop at nothing when their goal is to stop you. it's the air that they breathe. they'll wither and die and blow away if they don't have someone to destroy.
So i added some lyrics that reflected MY feelings about the world of movie making. Lyrics like, "I am a power couple, like Angelina Jolie, and Mr. Pitt will call me, he says he'll work for free", and, "my head is big as Texas, my ego bigger still". stuff like that. I felt this brought some realism to the proceedings that the music was screaming out for, and Jad was fine with us co-writing lyrics whenever i felt compelled to put my two cents in. and i thought to myself...no one's ever going to think that Jad wrote a line like, "I will die in a car crash, and have my dreams fulfilled."
i mean, that's not Jad. not in a million years. That's me.
"And he can go climb a tree."
So it is with the deepest reverence that Jad Fair and I (and guitarist Paul Leary) give you this song, in dedication to all the great songwriters who'll never make a record, and all the great actors who'll never get the shot they deserve, all the great directors who never got to make their movie, and all the great singers who never saw a microphone. Their stories are fully half of the stories in THE HISTORY OF CRYING. – Kramer, June 2021
This is Jad Fair & Kramer's third collaboration (and first in almost 20 years): The History of Crying, a 12-track record produced and recorded by Kramer at his studio in Florida, Noise Miami. Long-time fans of Jad Fair will be blown away by his vocals on the album, and fans of Butthole Surfers will go "hog wild" for Paul Leary's fiery guitar solos across the record. Kramer's music & arrangements glue it all together in a startling mix that pulls his entire history as a producer into a single glorious celebration.
Jad Fair & Kramer – The History of Crying (Revisited)
