December 19, 2020 – 14th Annual Christmas Music Special

Welcome one and welcome all to our 14th annual Christmas Music Special! Holiday traditions might be looking a bit different this year, but this is one that forges ahead.

As always, we here at The Arcade endeavor to bring you some Christmas music selections that you’ve probably never heard before, and this year is no different. We start this show with not one, not two, but three unique twists on the old Chipmunk song, Christmas Don’t Be Late. After that, we share a selection of songs that attempt to accurately capture the Christmas mood as it exists in 2020, this the year of the endless dumpster fire. That is to say, it’s Christmas music for when you’re just not feeling Christmas this year! If that brings you down a bit, don’t worry, because we’ll try and lift your spirits with some songs from across the pond in the UK. To close out this year’s show, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of a truly timeless Christmas movie, Home Alone. We’ll share a selection of songs composed by John Williams from some of the movie’s most memorable moments.

As always, we encourage you to follow the links below to add these songs to your collection. We hope you enjoy this show, and we wish all of you out there a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

What Was Played:
(click on the links to listen!)

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who, for a change, is okay with how woefully underprepared for Christmas he is

December 13, 2020

Ludicrous Leadoff:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is excited to eventually make a penis so big it literally cannot be contained by pants, but is not looking forward to 100 gigabytes of updates when he does

Blast From The Past:

December 4, 2020 – No Show This Week

Hey all,

Sorry to say, but we do not have a new episode for you to enjoy.  Simply put, scheduling proved to be too much of a challenge for us this week.  We hope to have a better outcome and a new recording to pleasure your ears with next week!

In the meantime, we encourage you to get your fill of our smooth sounds by checking out the many past episodes available for download on both our iTunes and Google Play pages.

November 28, 2020

Ludicrous Leadoff:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who fondly remembers the days when he had a fully functioning bathroom in his home

Blast From The Past:

Nov. 18, 2020 – No Show This Week

Hey all,

This is a note just letting y’all know that there will not be a new episode of The Arcade for your listening pleasure this week.  Don’t worry, there’s nothing nefarious or concerning going on.  It’s just a simple matter of Dennis being pre-occupied with some home repair work and not being free to record.  So, if he manages to survive, then we should have a new episode released sometime next week.  Join us then!

In the meantime, we encourage you to get your fill of our smooth sounds by checking out the many past episodes available for download on both our iTunes and Google Play pages.

November 10, 2020 – New Console Launch Show!

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is considering buying both a PS5 and an Xbox Series X in an attempt to quell the constant existential dread 2020 hath wrought

Blast From The Past:

November 3, 2020

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who denounces poor Sean Connery impressions in the wake of his passing.

Blast From The Past:

October 30, 2020 – Halloween Music Special

Hello, world. Given the roller-coaster ride everyone and everything has been on the last several months, at least we have a small bit of normalcy return with our annual Halloween Music Special! As always, we strive to present a selection of seasonally appropriate ditties that you’ve never heard before. Sorry, friends, but you won’t be hearing the Monster Mash, Thriller, or the Ghostbusters theme here. We start this year’s show with a group of songs themed around the idea of “Halloween in the Old West”, which brings us songs from Sir Christopher Lee, country singer Buck Owens, and the game Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. After the Old West, we take a trip back in time with a handful of selections from when the music industry was an actual industry and cranked out Halloween novelty songs like clockwork. Returning for another appearance is the Obligatory Metal Group, which this year is themed around cannibals and features choice cuts from Cannibal Corpse, Heaven & Hell, and a pre-Type O Negative song from Peter Steele. Rounding out this year’s program is a group of songs that honors the many appearances of the world’s foremost bio-exorcist, Beetlejuice! We’ll be honoring the character with some selections from the Beetlejuice soundtrack, the animated series, some of his video game appearances, as well as from the recent big-budget Broadway musical. So sit back, relax, and enjoy some haunting sounds during these spooky times.

What Was Played:
(click on the links below to listen!)

Dennis’s Nickname:

The man who thinks that this year’s worst Halloween costume is a “Sexy Anti-Masker”

October 23, 2020 – No Show This Week

Hey all,

So, we had plans and designs for doing a new show this week.  Unfortunately, Dennis was taken out of commission with a migraine for several days this week and thus was unable to record as a result.  Hopefully, the rest will do him some good and we can return with our annual Halloween show next week.

In the meantime, we encourage you to get your fill of our smooth sounds by checking out the many past episodes available for download on both our iTunes and Google Play pages.

October 14, 2020

Ludicrous Leadoff:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is raising a glass to Eddie Van Halen

Blast From The Past: