A swell time

Let’s ratchet it up from yesterday’s Master of the Baroque to mid-Century Americana. I mean, let’s have Jerry Helms singing his 1957 “Jingle Bell Rock”. It’s hard to get too much different here, eh?

Yeah, not exactly Advent, but definitely seasonal.

Let me frame this by saying that “Jingle Bell Rock” will be forever associated for me with the opening of that iconic 1987 film Lethal Weapon. So that’s what I’m giving you:

It’s been probably a decade or two since I last watched the movie, but I was instantly struck by how absolutely 80s’ the woman is—hair, makeup and nails. Talk about yer blast from the past…