Tav Falco's Christmas Stocking Stuffer Wish List

Legendary Memphis rocker Tav Falco officially kicks off the holiday season at outsideleft with these great stocking stuffers. What are yours?

by LamontPaul, Founder & Publisher
first published: December, 2012

Any Suprematist drawing by El Lissitzky

The holidays are a special time at outsideleft, it's a time for giving and historically we have been great givers. It's the season that just brings out the best in us. This year we're publishing a series of outsideleft's best friends' Christmas wish lists, beginning with rock'n'rolls most enduring troubadour, Tav Falco. Don't forget readers - this is your chance to give something back to the stars who have given you so much...

Tav Falco's Christmas Stocking Stuffer Wish List

Fifth of Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Kidd leather driving gloves from Manz in Vienna

Twin emeralds from the Amsterdam diamond market to fit the eyes of my silver cat ring

An ounce of saffron

Two first class tickets on the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul

1/2 cheesecake from the Algonquin Hotel, New York

CD of John Barrymore's neurotic Hamlet

Pair of black, red, & silver enameled Norton motorcycle cufflinks

Any Suprematist drawing by El Lissitzky

Pair of white and black patent leather shoes from Darcos in Buenos Aires

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