Brooklyn-via-Buffalo songwriter DM Stith entered the Asthmatic Kitty stable via the design work on Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, albums and the vocals and piano he contributed to her Bring Me The Workhorse. He released the Curtain Speech EP earlier this month (12/9). Stith's full-length debut Heavy Ghost, which includes no songs from the EP but does include appearances from Worden and Sufjan Stevens, is out 3/10 on Asthmatic Kitty. "Ecstatic Only Static Peace (Peace to Me)," though, is a holiday song he wrote especially for this yuletide 'Gum Drop. Listen here.This week we also have a cool Christmas present for one lucky subscriber: an 8 GB iPod Nano that includes the entire Smashing Pumpkins catalog including rarities, B-sides, and a brand new unreleased song, "Translucent" (studio recording). Not many bands release new songs via an iPod. The giveaway is in support of the Pumpkins' new double 20th anniversary DVD, If All Goes Wrong. The winner also gets a copy of that.