May 29, 2019
In honour (with a u) of National Biscuit Day in the UK, we're covering two tunes about cookies! These holiday songs are about cookies, and only about cookies, and definitely nothing else. "Christmas Cookies" by RuPaul, for example, is definitely about the baking of cookies and not about being extremely horny. And...
May 22, 2019
This week, by request, we add some ska to our ever-growing list!
"I Got This Neighbor" by MU330 is a charmingly short song that has
us reminiscing about ska bands of our own youth, while "Big Ol'
Drummer Bwoy" by Sons of Odin offers some mixed messages about the
appeal of percussion instruments.
Thank you to James for...
May 15, 2019
This week, by request, we're covering two more of The Killers' many, many holiday releases! As you may remember from Episode 113, Ian has a very special, very hateful relationship towards their non-holiday oeuvre. Yet we find ourselves in an unlikely disagreement about the surprisingly serious "Joseph, Better You Than...
May 8, 2019
This Sunday is Mother's Day, and we've got two Christmas songs about moms... well, at least, two songs that acknowledge motherhood as a concept. "The Christmas Song" as performed by Fantasia just barely qualifies but we wanted to talk about it so there, while "A Mother's Christmas Wish" by Olivia Newton-John...
May 1, 2019
It's International Workers' Day and we're celebrating with some
holiday songs for solidarity! "We're Following the Wrong Star" by
Billy Bragg is an evocative Christmas anthem for the working class,
while "Stop the Cavalry" by Jona Lewie is a weird and almost
whimsical holiday song about the horrors of war.
Thank you to...