Surf Christmas with Hunter King

I have so little surf Christmas music in my collection that I
turned to WTUL DJ Hunter King, host of "Storm Surge of Reverb" to
see if there was a substantial body of surf Christmas music. As I
expected, the answer is yes. 


We talk about old and new Christmas surf, Hunter's relationship
to Christmas music, and vinyl because it almost goes without
saying that as a surf music fan, he's a vinyl guy.


In the episode, I mention my insane Dick Dale interview--really a
monologue--and it's so dizzying it's worth your time. 


I was pleasantly surprised how easy much of today's playlist was
to find. A lot is on Bandcamp, and I found The Avalanches' Ski
Surfin' at the iTunes Store. I only had to ask for mp3s from
Hunter for The HE 5, and you can find their excellent version of
"Auld Lang Syne" on the 2015 Psych-Out
Christmas compilation. I assume Iggy Pop's version of "White
Christmas" was the album's sales pitch, but I got it for the
versions of "Silent Night" and "Jingle Bell Rock" by New Orleans'
Quintron and Miss Pussycat. 


Finally, in the closing notes I mentioned the best-of shows I did
after reaching episode 100. Here's the first of that series.