denver weather的八卦，YOUTUBE和Yahoo名人娛樂都在討論

【送給大家的聖誕禮物】

如果你需要在家中搞聖誕派對或者希望令聖誕氣氛更濃厚，但又不知道應該放甚麼音樂，我為大家做了一個我的百大聖誕專輯列表！ 為了做這個列表，我用上了整整一個月（加上多年的收集與聆聽聖誕音樂的經驗）的時間！注意這個list沒有EP或者群星精選碟，而是集中於個人或音樂拍檔的專輯（就算是back catalog的碟，也是因為原裝的專輯已經絕版了），而如果是群星碟，也不是精選碟而是新歌為主的碟。所以一些經典精選碟如"Soul Christmas"就不會出現在這個列表當中了。

你知排名這回事其實可以隨時間變來變去，但我個人認為這列表應該頗接近我的最終列表。雖然這是一個個人的列表，亦不是甚麼權威性音樂雜誌的選舉，但我有信心它不會被Rolling Stone的四十大聖誕專輯比下去，而少至我有一百張，足足多過Rolling Stone六十張！

好了好了，希望大家喜歡我送出的這份聖誕禮物，好好享受這些美好的聖誕音樂！聖誕快樂！

我的百大聖誕專輯:
1. A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi
2. Elvis’ Christmas Album – Elvis Presley
3. Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas – Ella Fitzgerald
4. The Andy Williams Christmas Album – Andy Williams
5. Pops Christmas Party – Arthur Fiedler / The Boston Pops Orchestra
6. Christmas for Kids – Nat King Cole
7. The Gift of Christmas – Andrae Crouch
8. The Nutcracker Suite (from Three Suites) – Duke Ellington
9. A Timeless Christmas – Israel & the New Breed
10. The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings – Gene Autry
11. Sound of Christmas – Ramsey Lewis
12. Christmas Songs – Diana Krall
13. Christmas Portrait – Carpenters
14. The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album – The Beach Boys
15. Christmas ’64 – Jimmy Smith
16. Six String Santa – Joe Pass
17. Christmas Album – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
18. Christmas Carousel – Peggy Lee
19. A Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters - Bing Crosby / The Andrews Sisters
20. Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! – Lou Rawls
21. A Winter Romance – Dean Martin
22. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
23. Play Tchaikovsky (aka Christmas) – Classical Jazz Quartet
24. The 25th Day of December – The Staple Singers
25. Christmas Spirituals – Odetta
26. Christmas – Alabama
27. A Merry Mancini Christmas – Henry Mancini
28. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
29. An Oscar Peterson Christmas – Oscar Peterson
30. Yule Struttin’: A Blue Note Christmas – Various Artists
31. O Come All Ye Faithful: Christmas Carols at King's College, Cambridge – King’s College Choir of Cambridge
32. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
33. A Christmas Together – John Denver / The Muppets
34. Home Alone [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – John Williams
35. Christmas with Chet Atkins – Chet Atkins
36. A Swingin’ Christmas – Tony Bennett
37. Big Band Holidays – Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis
38. Big Band Holidays II – Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis
39. Warner Brothers Jazz Christmas Party – Various Artists
40. Merry Christmas – Andy Williams
41. A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector – Phil Spector / Various Artists
42. The Christmas Album – David Foster / Various Artists
43. December – George Winston
44. Christmas with Patti Page – Patti Page
45. Holly & Ivy – Natalie Cole
46. Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album – Various Artists
47. The Spirit of Christmas – Ray Charles
48. Funky Christmas – Various Artists
49. Snowfall – Tony Bennett
50. The Christmas Album – The Manhattan Transfer
51. Christmas Songs with Ray Brown – Ray Brown
52. Please Come Home for Christmas – Charles Brown
53. Joy to the World – John Williams
54. A Sesame Street Christmas – Sesame Street
55. Christmas Songs – Mel Torme
56. James Taylor at Christmas – James Taylor
57. Complete RCA Christmas Collection – Perry Como
58. The Pianoman at Christmas – Jamie Cullum
59. Noel! Noel! Noel! - Michel Legrand / Various Artists
60. The Ventures’ Christmas Album – The Ventures
61. Funky Christmas – James Brown
62. Merry Christmas – Johnny Mathis
63. A Christmas Treasure – Julie Andrews
64. Songs of Joy & Peace – Yo Yo Ma / Various Artists
65. A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas! – Scotty Barnhart / Count Basie Orchestra
66. Jazz to the World – Various Artists
67. A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra
68. Playboy’s Latin Jazz Christmas: A Not So Silent Night – Various Artists
69. Once Upon a Christmas – Kenny Rogers / Dolly Parton
70. Let’s Share Christmas – John Pizzarelli
71. Light on the Stable – Emmylou Harris
72. Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Mahalia Jackson
73. Silent Night: Songs for Christmas – Mahalia Jackson
74. It’s Christmas Time Again [Stax] – Various Artists
75. Merry Christmas – Mariah Carey
76. White Christmas – Rosemary Clooney
77. Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather – Jo Stafford
78. Music of Christmas – Percy Faith & His Orchestra
79. The Magic of Christmas – Natalie Cole
80. Christmas – Michael Buble
81. A Holiday Celebration – Peter, Paul and Mary
82. A Dave Brubeck Christmas – Dave Brubeck
83. First Christmas – BeBe & CeCe Winans
84. The Four Seasons Greetings – The Four Seasons
85. The Bells of Dublin – The Chieftains
86. Twelve Songs of Christmas – Jim Reeves
87. Rocky Mountain Christmas – John Denver
88. Snowbound – Fourplay
89. A GRP Christmas Collection – Various Artists
90. GRP Christmas Collection, Vol.2 – Various Artists
91. Christmas with George Sharing Quintet – George Shearing
92. To Wish You a Merry Christmas – Harry Belafonte
93. Christmas Card – The Temptations
94. Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration – Various Artists
95. Christmas Songs – Eddie Higgins
96. Christmas with Patti Page (1965) – Patti Page
97. The Christmas Album – The Jackson 5
98. Broadway Christmas – Various Artists
99. Holiday Pops – Keith Lockhart / The Boston Pops Orchestra
100. The Christmas Collection – Johnny Cash

Iverson, Nuggets Defeat Sonics; Karl Notches 800th Win

George Karl couldn't have drawn up his 800th win any better - playing short-handed, making up plays on the fly in timeouts, inclement weather outside.
This was his kind of game. That's why the Nuggets coach was all smiles after getting his milestone victory in Denver's 112-98 win over the Seattle SuperSonics - his former team - on Thursday night.
Karl was handed a Denver jersey with No. 800 on it along with the game ball after beating the Sonics to become only the 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 800-win mark.
"Tonight's game was fun because I thought from the minute they went on the court they thought they were going to win the game,'' said Karl, who's 800-555 in 19 seasons. "Coach (Dean) Smith told me a long time ago that if you can't accept that players win and coaches lose, then don't get into coaching. You can be the greatest coach in the world, but if you don't have players, you aren't going to win in the NBA.''
Karl has a superstar in Allen Iverson, who finished with 44 points and 10 assists. Iverson had his highest-scoring game since being acquired by Denver in a trade with Philadelphia on Dec. 19. His season high is 46 against Chicago on Nov. 24.
"He's good,'' Karl said. "He's better than I thought and I thought he was (darn) good.''
After coming out of the lineup with 1:04 remaining, Iverson and Karl had a brief conversation and then a quick hug.
"To be a part of something like that is something to cherish,'' Iverson said. "It was an honor to help him get that win.''
Nothing the Sonics did worked against Iverson. He's now scored 40 or more points in 77 career games, which ties Oscar Robertson for fourth in NBA history.
"He was something,'' Seattle coach Bob Hill said.
Karl doesn't take any added satisfaction that the win came against a Seattle team that ran him off after the 1997-98 season. Karl said he no longer has any bitterness toward the franchise he helped lead to the NBA finals in 1996.
"This win against Seattle is special because Seattle was a big part of my career,'' Karl said.
He even improvised a couple of times during the game, making up plays and watching them work to perfection.
"This team just thinks it's going to win even being undermanned,'' he said.
Karl's first win was Nov. 15, 1984, against Atlanta when he was coaching Cleveland. He'd started the season 0-9 and never thought he'd reach this type of accomplishment.
"When I first started, I thought 250 (games) would be great,'' he said. "I thought 250 and you'd retire into a college job and coach into the sunset.''
Earl Boykins added 24 points, and Reggie Evans had a season-high 18 rebounds for the Nuggets.
Damien Wilkins matched his career high with 26 points, and Luke Ridnour finished with 16 points for the Sonics.
"We just wanted to get out of here tonight,'' Wilkins said.
Both teams did. Another major snowstorm blanketed Denver on Thursday and the Nuggets and Sonics both made dashes for the airport after the game to get out of town for their road games Friday night. The Nuggets will play in Oklahoma City, and Seattle will travel to Minnesota.
Seattle star Ray Allen didn't make the trip to Denver after his fiancee gave birth to a boy Wednesday, but may rejoin the team Friday night in Minnesota. Allen has been bothered by a right ankle injury that's kept him out of three of the last five games.
Denver's Marcus Camby missed his third straight game with a fractured right finger on his shooting hand. With Nene out as well with a right knee injury, the Nuggets gave Jamal Sampson his third career start. He finished with seven points and nine rebounds.
Denver used its fourth different lineup in four games since Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith were suspended for their roles in a brawl against the New York Knicks on Dec. 16. Denver is 3-1 without Anthony and Smith.
"There's not a whole bunch of pressure,'' Iverson said of being short-handed. "I just feel like all of us are going to have to do it together. It's going to be a team effort.''

Allen Iverson fought through jet lag, car sickness and pregame butterflies that felt more like birds before he finally got to play his first game for the Denver Nuggets.

When his debut with the depleted Nuggets was over Friday night, the feeling was familiar for the former 76er. Another crowd-pleasing performance, 22 points and 10 assists over 39 minutes, wasn't enough to prevent a loss -- 101-96 to the Sacramento Kings.

"I'm glad it's over," Iverson said. "That's the only thing I thought about, just getting the first one by me. I wish it could've ended with a win. I felt it could've ended with a win."

As it turned out, it was another former Philadelphia player, fifth-year guard John Salmons, who was the game's most valuable player. He finished with his first career triple-double -- 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists -- to lift the Kings to a satisfying win.

Rough weather in Denver put them in a travel bind, and they arrived at the Pepsi Center only 90 minutes before tipoff, or about the same time Iverson finally made it.

"We will never have a worse travel day than today," Kings coach Eric Musselman said. "Our energy and effort was phenomenal."

The Kings might go down as a trivia answer if Iverson's arrival in the blockbuster trade that sent Andre Miller and Joe Smith to Philadelphia takes the Nuggets where they hope it will.

In his debut, playing on a team with only eight healthy players, the newest Nugget gave the kind of gritty, gutty performance that has become his trademark.

He played 39 minutes after a whirlwind of a day in which he arrived in Denver in the late afternoon, was whisked to the Pepsi Center, passed his physical, took a few jumpers on the practice court then suited up to be on the floor for tipoff.

He spent the first 8:35 on the bench. When he finally came in, he received a standing ovation, and never left the floor.

This was widely considered the biggest trade in Denver sports history since the Broncos brought John Elway to town nearly 25 years ago. It's a trade many think could put the Nuggets -- who have long played second fiddle in this city -- into championship mode.

"They embraced me here," Iverson said of the welcome he received. "It was just a great feeling and it was a feeling I wanted to get. A feeling I hoped to get. It was special to me, something I'll remember and cherish the rest of my life."

During a stretch late in the third quarter, Iverson was at his tiptoeing, no-look-passing best, giving a preview of the difference he can make to this team.

He made a pair of 3-pointers, created an open 15-footer for himself and also had a sweet pass to Linas Kleiza as part of a big run that gave the Nuggets their first lead since early in the first quarter.

The highlight was a tiptoe down the baseline, followed by a no-look pass to Reggie Evans through traffic in the key for an easy bucket.

The game was tied at 87 with 3½ minutes left when the Kings started pulling away with six straight points on a pair of baskets by Salmons and a layup by Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

Iverson would have had 20 assists were it not for the struggles of his new teammates, many of them unused to the minutes they played and none of them accustomed to receiving the kind of passes Iverson throws.

"I was just playing basketball, taking what the defense gave me," Iverson said of the Kings, who played a lot of zone trying to stop Iverson. "When they crowded me, and I saw guys open, I made the right plays."

Iverson finished 9-for-15 and this was one of those rare games in which he may not have shot the ball enough.

Earl Boykins scored 25 points on an 8-for-23 night in which the Nuggets shot 37 percent as a team.

"It was a tough game," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "We really wanted to win it for AI and the team. The courage was good, the commitment was good. It was the little basketball frustrations that slowly built to a level that was difficult to overcome."

Certainly, things will change when Carmelo Anthony returns 13 games from now after serving out his suspension for his fight with the Knicks.

But as it currently stands, the Nuggets need everything from Iverson. They are also missing J.R. Smith -- also on suspension -- and learned that center Marcus Camby could be out a while because of a finger injury he suffered earlier this week.

George Karl couldn't have drawn up his 800th win any better -- playing short-handed, making up plays on the fly in timeouts, inclement weather outside.

This was his kind of game. That's why the Nuggets coach was all smiles after getting his milestone victory in Denver's 112-98 win over the Seattle SuperSonics -- his former team -- on Thursday night.

Karl was handed a Denver jersey with No. 800 on it along with the game ball after beating the Sonics to become only the 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 800-win mark.

"Tonight's game was fun because I thought from the minute they went on the court they thought they were going to win the game," said Karl, who's 800-555 in 19 seasons. "Coach (Dean) Smith told me a long time ago that if you can't accept that players win and coaches lose, then don't get into coaching. You can be the greatest coach in the world, but if you don't have players, you aren't going to win in the NBA."

Karl has a superstar in Allen Iverson, who finished with 44 points and 10 assists. Iverson had his highest-scoring game since being acquired by Denver in a trade with Philadelphia on Dec. 19. His season high is 46 against Chicago on Nov. 24.

"He's good," Karl said. "He's better than I thought and I thought he was (darn) good."

After coming out of the lineup with 1:04 remaining, Iverson and Karl had a brief conversation and then a quick hug.

"To be a part of something like that is something to cherish," Iverson said. "It was an honor to help him get that win."

Nothing the Sonics did worked against Iverson. He's now scored 40 or more points in 77 career games, which ties Oscar Robertson for fourth in NBA history.

"He was something," Seattle coach Bob Hill said.

Karl doesn't take any added satisfaction that the win came against a Seattle team that ran him off after the 1997-98 season. Karl said he no longer has any bitterness toward the franchise he helped lead to the NBA finals in 1996.

"This win against Seattle is special because Seattle was a big part of my career," Karl said.

He even improvised a couple of times during the game, making up plays and watching them work to perfection.

"This team just thinks it's going to win even being undermanned," he said.

Karl's first win was Nov. 15, 1984, against Atlanta when he was coaching Cleveland. He'd started the season 0-9 and never thought he'd reach this type of accomplishment.

"When I first started, I thought 250 (games) would be great," he said. "I thought 250 and you'd retire into a college job and coach into the sunset."

Earl Boykins added 24 points, and Reggie Evans had a season-high 18 rebounds for the Nuggets.

Damien Wilkins matched his career high with 26 points, and Luke Ridnour finished with 16 points for the Sonics.

"We just wanted to get out of here tonight," Wilkins said.

Both teams did. Another major snowstorm blanketed Denver on Thursday and the Nuggets and Sonics both made dashes for the airport after the game to get out of town for their road games Friday night. The Nuggets will play in Oklahoma City, and Seattle will travel to Minnesota.

Seattle star Ray Allen didn't make the trip to Denver after his fiancee gave birth to a boy Wednesday, but may rejoin the team Friday night in Minnesota. Allen has been bothered by a right ankle injury that's kept him out of three of the last five games.

Denver's Marcus Camby missed his third straight game with a fractured right finger on his shooting hand. With Nene out as well with a right knee injury, the Nuggets gave Jamal Sampson his third career start. He finished with seven points and nine rebounds.

Denver used its fourth different lineup in four games since Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith were suspended for their roles in a brawl against the New York Knicks on Dec. 16. Denver is 3-1 without Anthony and Smith.

"There's not a whole bunch of pressure," Iverson said of being short-handed. "I just feel like all of us are going to have to do it together. It's going to be a team effort."