Dec 30, 2015
As the first year of HARK draws to a close, Ian and RJ take a moment to reflect on 2015, New Year's resolutions, and years past - and the bands behind this week's songs provide a perfect soundtrack for such navel-gazing. "New Year" by Death Cab for Cutie and "This Year" by The Mountain Goats are not exactly NYE party...
Dec 23, 2015
After a year of listening to winter holiday music and 49 episodes of elation and despair, we've finally reached Christmas - and our 50th episode spectacular, in which we add the 99th and 100th songs to our list! For this special occasion, Ian and RJ have been planning surprise picks for each other - with RJ shooting for...
Dec 16, 2015
With Christmas fast approaching, RJ & Ian return to some requests. First up is "Taking Care of Christmas" by Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, which is exactly what you'd expect, followed by the infuriatingly enduring "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy, which nearly kills RJ's...
Dec 9, 2015
Happy Hanukkah! This week we grow the number of Hanukkah songs on our list with two artists who - while better known for their humorous work - have produced sincere and meaningful songs about Hanukkah: "Hanukkah Blessings" by the Barenaked Ladies and "Relics of Love and Light" by Erran Baron Cohen.
Dec 2, 2015
Hanukkah is upon us - it's time to celebrate with two weeks of all Hanukkah music! Now, we're no experts on this Festival of Lights, so for this week we turn to two (somewhat) educational songs: "How Do You Spell Chanukah?" by The Leevees and "Wikipedia Chanukah" by Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick.