Tony Reflex is yet another pseudonym for O.C. punk rock legend Tony Adolescent, who has graced these pages before. Just saw on Reflex’s personal blog a bitching list of the top-ten not-shitty holiday songs. Or perhaps, yes-shitty, because the songs are mostly about the holidays as they really are: melancholy, fractious, dark, disappointing. It’s a great lineup, not all rock, but all pretty punk in their own way. I’ll list the tunes here, but he’s posted videos for each and great descriptions of the songs and their history on his blog. Go stop by. Tell him DadWagon said hey, and that we are, as always, big fans.

Tony’s Top Ten Holiday songs

1. Groovie Ghoulies—Christmas on Mars
2. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians—Hooray for Santy Claus
3. Joan Jett—The Little Drummer Boy
4. The Humpers—Run, Run Rudolph
5. The Damned—There Ain’t no Sanity Clause
6. Fear—Fuck Christmas
7. Residents—Santa Dog
8. Kinks—Father Christmas
9. Peanuts—Christmas Time is Here
10. Captain Beefheart—There Ain’t No Santa Claus on the Evening Stage