Episode 247: Opposite Temperatures Attract
We’re still in Japan, celebrating our anniversary, and this episode is all about love! I mean, and holiday music, because that’s the show. Two winter love songs help us mark… Read more »
Tag Archives: Winter
Episode 242: Troubling Pumpkins
RJ and Ian are back, and just in time for Halloween! This week, in our annual spooky episode, we tackle our first Halloween winter song (and also revisit the world… Read more »
Episode 212: Strawberry Equinox
Spring is nearly here! Whether you’re desperate for sunshine or already wistfully missing those snowflakes, the two songs we cover this week – “White Winter Hymnal” by Fleet Foxes and… Read more »
Episode 179: Big Dean Martin Energy
BIRTHDAY BOY’S CHOICE!! Our beloved co-host Ian has completed another year of this thing called life, and in this episode he receives the gift of picking this week’s songs! He… Read more »
Episode 174: Melted Snow and Frozen Water
It’s World Oceans Day, and in honor of that big blue sea we listen to “Christmas Under the Sea” by The Aqua Kids, which is impressively heavy on sea creature… Read more »
Episode 166: Flirtatious Trumpet and Mournful Accordion
This week on HARK, we cover two songs by request: the haunting reverie of Loreena McKennitt’s “In Praise of Christmas” and the playful brevity of the Squirrel Nut Zipper’s “Winter… Read more »
Episode 150: Maybe, No No No
Happy holidays everyone! It’s that time of year – time for a milestone episode in which Ian & RJ surprise each other with picks aiming for the top and bottom… Read more »
Episode 130: Embrace Sentimentality
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… Read more »
Episode 128: Tap-Dancing Blaggard
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… Read more »
Episode 108: He’s Handsome Like My Daddy Too
This week we listen to selections for Black History Month, covering Billie Holiday’s 1937 recording of “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm” and the 1973 single by father-daughter… Read more »