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Article: CHRISTMAS IN THE CLUBS
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- Isthmus
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- December 7, 2007
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When you don't want to stay home for the holidays
NIGHTLIFE
When it came to Christmas music, Waylan Nate Palan used to be a Grinch.
"I was like, 'I hate Christmas music,'" says the Madison songster.
His Scrooge-like conversion came 11 years ago, when he worked at the Den, the now-demolished University Square convenience store. "A manager told me that he loved Christmas music because it pissed people off so much," Palan recalls. "I suddenly found the appeal of it."
Thus was planted the seed of Waylan St. Palan & the Magic Elves. Later, Palan encountered a compilation of jazz holiday music that included a version of "Silent Night" by an ensemble called the Tim Fuller Experience. "It was ...