christmas in august

dj edgewood spun low's version of "blue christmas" last night at the starfire lounge.

"i wonder why he's playing that," a bemused starfire said once or twice.

why?

it's the most important of all questions, and making up an answer to it is better than any sort of real work.

we have as guides to our answers only abstract and minimal context clues:

*it was 26 august--that don henley's "boys of summer"-ish time of melancholy, conspicuously shorter days, and impending chill
*edgewood was wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and a black porkpie hat
*humidity was high
*at one table, conversation centered on europeans' (or at least scandinavians') ability to see a naked human body without sexual connotation. this vein of discussion segued into americans' corresponding inability to separate nudity from sex, which further segued into a critique of craig blacklock's photos of his naked wife, honey (ostensibly taken before she was even his girlfriend), in various states of repose in and around lake superior. the consensus: average photos, with a heavy (despite the artists' claims to the contrary) sexual vibe, processed and presented very nicely.
*no other christmas music was played
*around 10:45 p.m., a girl in jeans and a shimmery top approached fitger's, from the west, on the sidewalk along the lower side of superior street. soon she was in the brewhouse, where she made multiple serpentine laps, perhaps looking for someone. soon she left, retracing her route. not once did she stop talking on her cell phone.

there you have it, forensic bloggers.

why did edgewood play "blue christmas"?