Episode 35: Blue Collar Profundity and Post-Hip Mumble Rock
Hey, you know what’s cool? Everything. It’s true – or at least, it will be – in this week’s selections: “Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas” by Eels and “Everything… Read more »
Tag Archives: Christmas
Episode 34: The Ideal 1980s Doucebag
In an attempt to populate the list with some underrepresented decades, Ian and RJ look to the pleasant, predictable Christmas classics of the 1940s and the abrasive holiday hits of… Read more »
Episode 33: Wild Speculation
Having reviewed so many songs from the 21st century, this week we reach back in time to the early days of recorded music. The radio-play-esque “The Fairy On the Christmas… Read more »
Episode 32: The Artist Formerly Known as Krispy Kreme
This week, we look at two more Christmas comedy songs born on YouTube. First up is the criminally under-watched “Fuck You If You Don’t Like Christmas” by Crudbump, which might… Read more »
Episode 31: Contact Hockey Knowledge
It may be a hot and humid outside, but it’s always sweater weather in our hearts. This week, listener Jenny points us toward an ode to Christmas gear from a… Read more »
Episode 30: Sex on the Beach with Santa Claus
Our theme quickly goes off the rails this week as we cover another Bing Crosby classic (but one we hate) and a recent pop original by Colbie Callait (also bad)…. Read more »
Episode 29: Sad, Gentle, and Recorded Before 1985
There’s a lot of music of one particular genre populating the bottom of our list: country music. This week we give country its fair shake by reviewing two country Christmas… Read more »
Episode 28: Happy Birthday Mara Wilson
What do Summer Glau, Karl Malone, Lynda Carter, Banana Yoshimoto and our co-host Ian all have in common? They were all born on July 24th! In this week’s episode, we… Read more »
Episode 27: Deez Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
We’ve covered a number of crappy pop songs from the late 1990s and early 2000s on HARK. But the world of crappy original pop holiday music from this era is… Read more »
Episode 26: All I Want for Christmas is Two Bunnies and a Reindeer Dog
How did we decide to follow up our 50-song milestone extravaganza? With a double dose of Mariah Carey, of course! We cover the pop songstress’ modern Christmas classic (you know… Read more »