Name: Last Christmas (From the Novel "Secret Santa") by Andrew Shaffer
Duration: 2 min 57 s
Description: Instrumental cover of Wham!'s holiday dirge. Songwriting credit: George Michael. Art copyright 2020 Quirk Books. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

A lightly toasted cover of Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" theme, mostly instrumental with some dialogue samples. Performed and recorded by Andrew Shaffer. Contains MIDI elements transcribed by Gianni Belotti. Songwriting credit: Ray Parker Jr. / Golden Torch Music Corp. / Raydiola Music (ASCAP). Artwork includes elements licensed from Shutterstock.

Ghostbusters - Single

Ghostbusters

Copyright 2022 8th Circle Entertainment. Cover of Prince's "Batdance" from the 1989 "Batman" soundtrack. Arranged and performed by ORDER OF ST ANDREW. Additional vocal samples by Craig Goldberg. Cover art contains elements licensed from Shutterstock. All rights reserved.

Batdance - Single

Batdance

I wanted to remix Lana Del Rey, because I love her dark voice so much, so much.

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Dan Terminus Remix)

This is my first recording of Tool - Sober
With music and editing by Sonic Fingerprint Studios

Tool - Sober

SEALED WITH A KISS - A Beautiful Thing 
(An Original Sinners Short Story)
Written by Tiffany Riesz
Performed by Elizabeth Hart

About "A Beautiful Thing"...
Nora, hasn't decided to give up her life and go back to being Eleanor but a trip to the music store has her reliving memories with Soren and compels her to send him a Birthday and Christmas gift as a token of her love.

About Elizabeth...
Elizabeth Hart has been a multifaceted performer her entire life. Her interest in audible arts began with her grandfather, a member of the Choctaw tribe who liked to tell her passed-down stories from his heritage. She began performing on television and stage when she was a child and has carried her passion for entertaining into adulthood. Elizabeth lives on the West Coast with her family.

A Beautiful Thing, by Tiffany Riesz, performed by Elizabeth Hart

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Shaffer reads an exclusive excerpt from "Hope Rides Again," the second book in his Obama Biden Mystery Series. Recorded live at Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 25, 2019. The audiobook--read by Joe Barrett--is available now from Audible Studios.

Live at Left Bank Books

Hope Rides Again (Excerpt) by Andrew Shaffer

Thats What They All Say

Jack Harlow - Whats Poppin

Unreleased

Claire Rachel Wilkinson aka 7Chariot aka Clairity - Skeletons

Last Christmas (From the Novel "Secret Santa") - Single

Last Christmas (From the Novel "Secret Santa")

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We all probably need a good laugh right about now and our guest this week, humorist Andrew Shaffer, is the one to provide it.  Andrew is the New York Times best-selling author of the Obama Biden series, a buddy detective mystery series which includes Hope Never Dies and Hope Rides Again.  His new book that comes out in November is called Secret Santa and is a clash of the holidays ; Halloween and Christmas; a comedic book that combines horror and holiday vibes about a holiday office party gone bad.  He is the author of 11 books in several genres but says that humor is the theme that ties all his books together.

Andrew talks to us about why he goes back to his comfort reads during the pandemic, why he thinks satire makes the medicine of heavy topics go down a little easier, and why he looks to the past for inspiration for book ideas even when there are so many crazy things in 2020 to poke fun at.  He also tells us a pretty hysterical story about the worst job he ever had.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
2- Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer
3- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer
4- Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love by Andrew Shaffer
5- Fifty Shames of Earl Grey by Fanny Merkin (aka Andrew Shaffer)
6- Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L.. James
7- The Day of the Donald by Andrew Shaffer
8- Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
9- A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
10- Normal People by Sally Rooney
11- Solutions & Other Problems by Allie Brosh
12- Hyperbole & a Half by Allie Brosh
13- True Grit by Charles Portis
14- Riot Most Uncouth by Daniel Friedman
15- Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors by Andrew Shaffer

Perks Ep. 66 | Andrew Shaffer | Slaying Satire | 10-28-20

Andrew Shaffer is the New York Times bestselling author of 'Secret Santa: A Horror for the Holidays Novel.' He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Last Christmas (From the Novel "Secret Santa")

Andrew Shaffer

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