Episode 110: All I Want for Christmas is to Be Sedated

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. Apologies, angels!

Episode 107: Lion Santa Forever

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We keep knocking out requests with two songs for Valentine’s Day! “Santa Forever” by Mia Crosby and “Dear Santa” by Girls Generation both implore Father Christmas to help solve romantic troubles – though one song pretty explicitly seeks matchmaking services while the other is asking for, I don’t know, cheer? Who knows, but the costumes are amazing.

Episode 106: St. Groundhog’s Day

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In our third straight week of covering requests, we tackle a recent Christmas original, “No Snowmen in LA” by Ms. Maura and the Misters. And since the Superbowl approaches, we make a tenuous sports connection, pairing it with a song we like MUCH less about a city we like much more: “Merry Merry Merry Frickin’ Christmas (World Champion Red Sox Anthem)” by Frickin’ A.

Episode 105: Total Request HARK

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We joke a lot about not knowing anything regarding music on this here music podcast. This week, we take a request that has us analyzing another medium we’re not particularly qualified to talk about: TV! Hear what we had to say about “California Christmastime” performed by the cast of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and “That’s What Christmas is For” performed by the cast of Community, plus our unpopular opinions about some other beloved/not-beloved shows.

Episode 102: Exploring Satire with Familyfriends

After some travel mishaps and a busy holiday season, we finally sat down to record this week’s episode of HARK – with our family/friends, Emma Holliday & Ian Burnette! You may remember Emma and E from their fabulous parody episode of our show, “Hey You Over There” – in this episode, we talk with them about two satirical songs from “A Colbert Christmas”, and also the nature of comedy, and Christmas, and maybe capitalism? Thanks again to Emma and E for being on the show, and also for letting us record with their microphone in their apartment so that there could be a new episode sort-of kind-of on time this week!

Episode 101: Seven Principles, Eight Candles

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As the Great Holiday Equinox of 2016 continues, we celebrate this rare overlap of winter festivities by introducing a new holiday to the list. It took us one hundred episodes to get there, but “Seven Principles” by Sweet Honey in the Rock marks our very first Kwanzaa song! We also hear a new jam from the band that produced one of our Hanukkah favorites – The Macaroons, who urge us to “Hurry Up and Light the Candles”.