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So Here It Is.

So Here It Is.

By Holly Boson

They're all around us, year after year; tinsel wallpaper accompanying moments in shops you'd rather not be in, belted out arm in arm by people drunk on eggnog, anchored to blurry archive footage on BBC4. Poke through the Advent calendar doors as musician Holly Boson and many friends spend December 2018 attempt to hear these songs clearly for the first time, in a critical journey through the British Christmas radio canon.

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06 - Beatles Midlife Crisis Pt. 1 - Put Your Thumbs In The Air

So Here It Is. • By Holly Boson • Dec 23, 2019

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06 - Beatles Midlife Crisis Pt. 1 - Put Your Thumbs In The Air

In the first of a three-parter about former Beatles' Christmas records, Holly and Andrew Hickey (@HickeyWriter) are here, and that's enough, to talk about Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime, and whether or not it's more like The Jackson 5, Kraftwerk or Mull of Kintyre. Check out Andrew Hickey's History of Rock Music in 500 Songs at 500songs.com.

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December 23, 2019

XX - But I Think I'll Miss This One This Year

A quick note to say where we're up to! 🎄🎄🎄

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December 18, 2019

04 - In the Furniture Trade

With Christmas music established as being a late period Boomer phenomenon, I talk with my own late period Boomer equivalent - my father - about the surprisingly deep history of The Wombles, writers of "A Wombling Merry Christmas" and the biggest selling singles band of 1974.

37:57

December 6, 2018

03 - Santa Claus is Cumming

Holly and writer/actor/brand Twitter account ghostwriter Oz Bloxom discuss "Santa Baby", by Eartha Kitt, Madonna, Michael Bublé, the girl who gave you your childhood sexual awakening, and the drunk at the office party. I had to change the podcast's rating to Explicit for this episode.

26:57

December 3, 2018

02 - Dreaming of a Dark Christmas

Why is the British radio canon different anyway? Holly and Andrew Hickey (@hickeywriter) listen to the intensely American "A Present To You From Phil Spector", plan what Christmas should be like outside of the 50s and the 70s, and attempt to explain why the Americans have got it wrong. Content note - Phil Spector is an abusive and violent person and we talk about it, though not in much detail.

56:16

December 2, 2018

01 - Glory to the King of Kings

Holly, Rich (@richardbbrookes) and Laura (@LauraNMauro) discover the true meaning of Cliffmas, discussing Cliff Richard's Saviour's Day, Mistletoe and Wine, and the Millennium Prayer. Alternative Christmas playlist entries: Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós Everything Now - Arcade Fire

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December 1, 2018