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.