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RIP Mitchell Kezin, who directed the wonderful documentary Jingle Bell Rocks, and was, by all accounts, a very sweet man.
If you haven't seen the film, you may be able to watch it on Kanopy with your library card: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/jingle-bell-rocks
It's finally here: our 2023 milestone episode! When looking for a candidate for all-time greatest Christmas songs, Jam attempted to laser-focus their pick to Ian's taste. When looking for the worst of the worst, the song Ian selected has more of scattershot strategy. The ranking music in this episode is "Christmas Unicorn" by Sufjan Stevens. As mentioned in this episode, we were recently quoted in an article about Christmas music! You can read it here:
The 2023 holiday season has arrived! We're celebrating with some brand new holiday songs. Since Hanukkah begins this week, we begin with the delightfuly catchy "Just A Little Hanukkah" by Oliver Richman featuring Jessica Toltzis and Nathan Brewer. Then we consider the new Christmas release by Wheatus (remember Wheatus?), titled "Christmas Dirtbag" (now you probably remember Wheatus). The ranking music in this episode is "Hanukkah" by The Manischefits.
With the advent of Advent, I thought it might be fun to share reviews of some of my favorite #Christmas albums.
Reviewing #ChristmasMusic is bigger than I thought. There’s blogs like http://christmasagogo.blogspot.com, https://christmasunderground.com, and http://www.mistletunes.com. There’s even a year round holiday music podcast, @harkpodcast, which is reviewing every holiday song and ranking them from best to worst.
Point being, holiday music is a fascinating genre with a ton of variety and a lot to talk about.
Joseph Andriano