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HARK! The Holiday Music Podcast

Mar 29, 2017

In what could barely pass as an April Fool's Day themed episode, we cover two versions of "Santa Baby" because fuck it this holiday is the worst. We come to Taylor Swift's version by way of an anonymous request, but including Michael Buble's version is our own damn fault. Things get a little rough for RJ.


Mar 22, 2017

An innocuous anonymous request uncovers Ian's deep-seated bias against a popular band - The Killers. We discuss two of their many Christmas originals - "Great Big Sled" and "Don't Shoot Me Santa" - and come to divergent conclusions.


Mar 15, 2017

As we await spring here in Canada, we take a week to recognize our friends who are right now moving into autumn. Two Australian holiday songs come to us by anonymous request: "How To Make Gravy" by Paul Kelly and "White Wine in the Sun" by Tim Minchin.


Mar 8, 2017

It's International Women's Day, and so we're doing songs about Mrs. Claus, goddammit. Santa's often-nameless wife gets a sort-of kind-of feminist anthem in "Mrs. Santa Claus" by Angela Lansbury. Then there's "Mrs. Santa Claus" by R Kelly. Guess what that one's about. Thanks again to Andy for the requests!


Mar 1, 2017

This week we cover some punk rock by request: "I'm Getting Pissed for Christmas" by Peter and the Test Tube Babies and "Oi to the World" by The Vandals. Thanks to cs2-6 for the requests! We had a technical issue while recording and Ian did his best to fix it, but the audio quality is a bit off on this episode....