Jul 26, 2017
It's hot here in the Northern Hemisphere, so we decide to cool off with music devoted to winter rather than any one holiday. Specifically, we listen to two takes on "Winter Wonderland", which we have gone 130 episodes without encountering! Both versions of this familiar song manage to catch us by surprise - the...
Jul 20, 2017
This week, we're celebrating a very special birthday for a very special podcast boy. Ian is turning three decades old this week! And so is A Very Special Christmas, the 1987 holiday charity album that along with debuting "Christmas in Hollis", featured the two songs that Ian inexplicably chose for this week's episode....
Jul 12, 2017
This week, a listener request asks us to consider updated versions of two much-beloved Christmas tunes with well-documented problems - "Fairytale of New York" as performed by KT Tunstall and "Baby It's Cold Outside" as performed by Postmodern Jukebox. Thank you to Liam for the request!
Jul 5, 2017
This week we cover a listener request that lets us treat ourselves to some delightful jazz and captivating blues - and reveals, perhaps, how little we know about jazz and blues. Thank you to Paul for requesting "Christmas Night in Harlem" by Louis Armstrong and "Santa" by Lightnin' Hopkins!