The Dean Martin Christmas Album ranks as one of the booziest holiday celebrations known to man.

Hey pallies, likes his name is Mr. Patrick Wensink and he hangs his hat at the provocative blog, "We Who Are About To Die," where he is part of the pack of contributors.

On this 21st day of our journey to Dino-winter-day we are delighted to share with you Mr. Wensink's post on "Christmas Pairings," where he shares great gift pairin' idears of books and music. First up on Patrick's list of seasonal pairin's, (and likes where else woulda our great man be) is our Dino's seasonal al-b-um, "The Dean Martin Christmas Album," and the greatest of great Dino-bios ever scribed, Nick Tosches' Dino-tome, "DINO: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams."

Likes, gotta 'fess up that I likes simply totally grooves on Patrick's Dino-reflections on this classic Dino-holiday-al-b-um and the hottest Dino-prose ever.
Likes pallies, you simply musta takes the time outta all your Dino-preparations to soak in Wensink's evocative Dino-thoughts.

ilovedinomartin sends our deepest of deep Dino-appreciato out to Mr. Patrick Wensink and the pallies at "We Who Are About To Die," for sharin' in this Dino-seasonal selection. To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram. And, likes btw pallies, don't miss the op to view the Dino-vid-clip at the end of the post featurin' our most beloved Dino with his pallie Frank singin' 'bout a world full of marshmellows! Dino-delightedly, DMP


Christmas pairings.

December 19, 2011 at 8:51 am

Patrick Wensink

Some things just go together this time of year: Santa and cookies, gifts and trees, fruitcake and hard liquor.

Books and music also pair nicely around Christmas. Here is the WWAATD Pairing Guide. Enjoy.






The Dean Martin Christmas Album ranks as one of the booziest holiday celebrations known to man. Fitting, since the ship’s captain was known as one of the booziest men known to man. It sounds like he could forget the lyrics at any moment.

Spin this album with Nich Tosches’ fantastic DINO: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams and it all starts to make more sense. Told partially as a straight biography and partially as fictional reenactment, Tosches adds life and sadness to Martin that never ceases to amaze.