Capecodtoday.com – On this day in 1620, the Pilgrims ended a five-week stint anchored in the harbor of a locale later to be known as Provincetown and left to settle at present-day Plymouth across Cape Cod Bay.

Most of the country thinks that the Pilgrims first landed on Plymouth Rock. Nope. They were on The Cape for five weeks first. So yeah basically we took their New World virginity and then passed them off. Plymouth became the city of sloppy seconds.

To this day whenever Cape residents go to Plimoth Plantation you can feel the tension in the looks between them and the Pilgrims. It’s that look that only happens when you have someone’s V card. Anytime we want we could text the Pilgrims after the bars close and they will come right over, we know it, the Pilgrims know it and Plymouth knows it.

So enjoy your cute little Rock Plymouth, we have something far more important. Do you remember who the second person to climb Everest was? Me neither, but The Cape is Sir Edmund Hillary. We got there first. Cape Cod drinks your milkshake Plymouth.

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Patch – This song has been making the round on the internet lately. It is performed by the Martha’s Vineyard father and son duo of Dana and Jaiden Edelman. I’m not sure how to feel about some major pronunciation mistakes but poetic license right? Overall it’s a good idea, well done and falls in our jurisdiction so here it is:

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This is not the 20 best known songs, nor is it the 20 most musical. These are just the coolest holiday songs that should be on everybody’s playlist. Yes most of them are old, that is because to us something has to stand the test of time to be considered cool.

15. Leon Redbone and Dr. John – Frosty The Snowman

Just two of the coolest motherfuckers on the planet (three if you count Frosty)

14. Paul McCartney and Wings – Wonderful Christmas Time

Nobody does the trippy, easy listening, rhythm change combo like Paul.

13. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra – Marshmallow World

Three words: Dean and Frank

12. Christina Auguilera and Dr. John – Merry Christmas Baby

Dr. John makes his second appearance and young Christina is just absolute fire here.

11. The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)

You could be making any list of any cool things ever and it would have to include The Ramones.

10. The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Zat You Santa Claus?

Quite a few people have done this song well but Brian Setzer does it as good as any of them.

9. Bing Crosby and David Bowie – The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth

An odd couple that mesh surprisingly well.

8. Adam Sandler – Hannukkah Song

Remember when Adam Sandler was cool? That was awesome.

7. The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick

A Christmas surf song? Sure, why not?

6. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

BOSS

5. Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra – The Christmas Song

Nat King Cole is imperative on a Christmas song list, and Frank should always be mentioned at least twice.

4. John Lennon – Happy XMas (War Is Over)

Only man to ever live who could turn a Christmas song into a protest song and not be annoying about it.

3. Run DMC – Christmas In Hollis

Go ahead and try to listen to this without bobbing your head.

2. The Jackson 5 – Up On The House Top

Does this really need an explanation?

1. The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York

A Christmas song about drinking, jail, and love that sours over the winter. It doesn’t get more Real Cape than that.

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Fuck yes! Thanks to MattyB from PIXY 103 for finding this so we can all listen to the Zooquarium song whenever we want. Be warned, listen once and it becomes an all day affair, so tread lightly! Who would have thought it was this guy who brought us such a bad ass jam.

Don’t sleep on his Bobby Byrne’s jingle either, this guy is on FIRE!

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I bet Nauset kids can handle their weed. Maybe we should set up a Kickstarter campaign for them though, poor bastards can’t even afford real drums. Look at the bright side I guess, at least these kids have a big future playing on the street outside Fenway Park. Just kidding Nauset, we are proud of you for thinking outside the box and actually doing something unique, well done.

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This photo of the Barnstable 4th of July parade was sent in by an anonymous reader simply labeled “This Guy”. Normally we wouldn’t just publish photos of random people simply because they have spectacular hair. But this hair is extra special.

We don’t like to start rumors or print anything about famous person sightings on The Cape unless they are backed with proof, so I am going to refrain from any commentary here. No way am I going to add any flame to the fire of unsubstantiated speculation with any jokes or insinuation.

I will however just leave this here for you to look at. Not because it is in any way related to the reader photo, only because it’s a cool pic that I’d thought I’d share.

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Capecodonline.com – HYANNIS — On Saturday, the longest night of the year, Cape Codders will gather to remember the local members of the homeless population who died in 2013.

The memorial service for the homeless – part of the National Homeless Service Memorial Day – will be at 5 p.m. on the Hyannis Village Green, said Alan Burt, the organizer.

This will be followed by a 7 p.m. gathering in Cape Cod Covenant Church, 11 Satucket Road, Brewster, with volunteers who plan to sleep outside the church in tents.

This is the 10th year that Burt and about six to 12 others have braved the longest night of the year as a way to demonstrate “we understand, we care,” Burt said.

How about instead of a vigil you use those candles to light a fire to warm up the homeless people who are still alive? We don’t have vigils for the homed people who died in 2013, why do the homeless people get one? And you are going to sleep outside to show them that you understand?

How does it do homeless people one bit of good for you to sleep outside one night? If I’m homeless I’d much rather you let me sleep in your house one night than you sleeping in mine, but there’s no chance any one of these “volunteers” would ever let the guy who talks to the sidewalk sleep on their couch.

Sleeping outside and freezing your ass off to support homeless people is like supporting battered women by having your husband kick the shit out of you for one night. How does that help anyone?

Oh it demonstrates that “we understand, we care”? Really? You know what homeless people “understand and care” about? A fifth of Gin and a pack of Lucky Strikes. So pack up your shit and head to the liquor store if you really want to help, but don’t for a second trick yourself into thinking you made one bit of difference by sleeping in a sub zero sleeping bag inside of your EMS tent for one fucking night.

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