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HARK! The Holiday Music Podcast

Oct 31, 2018

Who you gonna call? HARK PODCAST! We indulge in our annual Halloween tradition and listen to some winter holiday music with a spooooky twist. First up is "Christmas Spirit" by Tele Novella, a macabre pop ditty celebrating well-behaved monsters. Then "Buffy, It's Cold Outside" by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo...


Oct 24, 2018

This week on HARK we dive back in to our repeat-requester pile and take on a needlessly aggressive rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" titled simply (sigh) "Santa's Coming" by CKY. We pair it up with another strange tune about a scary Santa, "Santa Came On a Nuclear Missile" by Heather Noel.

Thanks to CJ for...


Oct 17, 2018

How many ways are there to sing that standard of Christmas standards, Jingle Bells? By request we cover two unique takes - "Jingle Bells" as performed by America's problematic beach uncle Jimmy Buffett, and the intriguingly punctuated "Jingle Bells?" performed by Barbra Streisand.

Thank you to Andy for these requests!


Oct 10, 2018

This week by request, we're listening to DMX's 2017 cover of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which - hey! You know what! Could have been much worse! Then we treat ourselves to another rendition of this classic as performed by The Temptations.

Thanks to Anna for the request!


Oct 3, 2018

It's almost Leif Erikson Day, and so this week we're covering songs from the land of fire and ice, Iceland! Perhaps predictably, we listen to a song by Bjork, whose rendition of "Jólakötturinn" is the perfect spooky song to kick off October. Then we revisit a Christmas standard with an Icelandic twist - "Ég fæ...