Day 4: January 4: The Frozen Man

"I know what it means to freeze to death."

I really like this one.  James takes a sci-fi spin on a National Geographic story of an old frozen body being thawed out.  It's not ground-breaking.  Similar tales have been told in movies like "Iceman" but James takes on the perspective of the "monster" in a way that is both bittersweet and clever.  It feels like Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein from the perspective of the doctor's creation.  Metaphorically, it feels a bit like Buffett's "A Pirate Looks at 40"- an exploration of a man out of time, out of place.  

Apparently the fine folks at Books-a-Million are amused by the concept too as I stumbled on this today:

The arrangement on this one is a little bloated.  I think I like it better with just James and his guitar, but the banter here was fun enough to make me choose this video. Plus it's live in Knoxville.  The Frozen Man

And in case that didn't make you cold enough:  B-R-R