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| 2005 Hanukkah Mix CDs |
Yo La Tengo, along with some guests and friends, produced special mix CDs that were played at the band's 2005 Hanukkah shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken. Each CD was reproduced in a limited edition of 20 and offered for sale at each night's show, with all sale proceeds going to the respective night's charity (all discs are sold out). See below for each disc's cover art and tracklisting. Click here to read daily reports of each night's show. |
Night 1: Jonathan Lethem |
Straight off the BQE comes Jonathan Lethem, author of such novels as The Fortress of Solitude, Men and Cartoons and Motherless Brooklyn. He's the only person we know who's won the National Book Critics Award. So far.
- "Rock-N-Roll Friend" - Robert Forster
- "Fly Me to the Moon" - Bobby Womack
- "Flying" - Badfinger
- "Jet Pilot" - Bob Dylan
- "This Island Earth" - Bryan Ferry
- "Victoria" - The Fall
- "Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair" - Richard Thompson
- "When I Take My Vacation in Heaven" - Mount Eagle Quartet
- "Needles in the Camel's Eye" - Brian Eno
- "An Owl With Knees" - The Books
- "Astronaut Talk" - The Fauves
- "African Night Flight" - David Bowie
- "Dr. Crash" - Yo La Tengo
- "I'd Fly Away" - Al Green
- "Dancing in the Street / My Enemy Is a Bad Man" - Fred Frith
- "Cheap Thrills" - Ruben & the Jets
- "Ringo (Feel Like)" - Custard
- "Jet" - Big Dipper
- "All Her Songs" - Grant McLennan
- "Ebony and Jet" - Swamp Dogg
- "I Am the Fly" - Wire
- "Plane, Too" - Loudon Wainwright III
- "Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra
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Night 2: Georgia |
- "Like Flies on Sherbert" - Alex Chilton
- "All the Love in the World" - Consortium
- "Leaving Del Norte" - Bruce Langhorne
- "Way I Love" - Mike Fellows
- "Esquerita and the Voola" - Esquerita
- "She's So Devine" - Little Jerry Williams
- "(Until Then) I'll Suffer" - Barbara Lynn
- "One Time" - BBK String Band
- "My Expectant Killer" - Elope
- "Flags and Banners" - The Faces
- "Greensboro Woman" - Townes Van Zandt
- "Sweet William" - Dave Schramm
- "Swim - Prelude" - The Glands
- "Swim" - The Glands
- "Walk Upon the Water" - The Move
- "Slip Is Showing" - Annie Hayden
- "Don't Be Sore at Me" - Parliaments
- "Momma, Love Tequilla" - Jr. & His Soulettes
- "Convertibles and Headbands" - The Music Magicians
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Night 3: El-P |
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Hip hop juggernaut El-P does not play. Founder of legendary group Company Flow, he went on to produce such classics as Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein, and his own debut, Fantastic Damage, on his own Definitive Jux label. Includes "Beatslope" by Hangar 18 (Blockhead remix), "East of the River Nile" by Augustus Pablo, more.
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Night 4: $mall ¢hange |
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When he's not hosting his awesome "Nickel and Dime Radio" on the best station in the world, WFMU, DJ $mall ¢hange can rock a dance party. He's a very stylish dresser, as well. 1-hour megamix includes cuts to "Bad Breath," by Bobby Valentin, "Ma Nah Ma Nah," by Piero Umiliani, many many more.
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Night 5: Gary Panter |
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Gary Panter is one of the greatest living graphic artists of our time who is not currently dead. His most recent masterpiece is Jimbo in Purgatory, published in 2004 by Fantagraphics Press. He's the only person we know who designed "Pee-wee's Playhouse." So far.
- "It's Not Easy" - The Rolling Stones
- "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" - Sparks
- "Mickey's Son and Daughter" - The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- "Drowning" - Pain Teens
- "Grass" - XTC
- "Indirect Enquiries" - Wire
- "Red Chair" - Bee Gees
- "Wedding Song" - The Psychedelic Furs
- "I'm a Man" - The Yardbirds
- "Speaking of Spoken To" - The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Are You Lonesome Tonight" - Rotten Piece
- "Returns Every Morning" - Lilys
- "Cheese and Onions" - The Rutles
- "Batman" - The Who
- "Your Imagination" - Brian Wilson
- "Moonlight Drive" - The Doors
- "For Your Pleasure" - Roxy Music
- "Come On, Come On" - Cheap Trick
- "If 6 Was 9" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- "Thriller" - Pere Ubu
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Night 6: Ira |
- "Living in Space" - David Kilgour
- "Making a Movie in Sevalio (2)" - Burt Bacharach
- "Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer" - Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr
- "Don't Make My Baby Blue" - Frankie Laine
- "Gimme Some Lovin'" - Spiders
- "The Water Choir's Drowning" - Dipsomaniacs
- "Coke commercial" - Gary Lewis
- "Cracklin' Bread" - Dave Hamilton
- "Born in Brazil" - Chain Gang
- "Ecstacy to Frenzy" - Rodd Keith
- "1+1=?" - The Godz
- "Meet the Beatle" - Tall Dwarfs
- "All Things Must Pass" - George Harrison
- "Ida Lupino" - Paul Bley Trio
- "Angelique" - The Scene Is Now
- "Who Are You Trying to Fool" - Dave Hamilton
- "Coke commercial" - Los Bravos
- "Help Me, Rhonda" - Beach Boys
- "Earth Anthem" - The Turtles
- "Thank God for Women" - Albert Ayler
- "God Bless America" - Peter Donner
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Night 7: James / RJD2 |
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- "Do The James" - Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud
- "There's a Ghost in My House" - R. Dean Taylor
- "Forbidden Alliance" - Slickee Boys
- "Cut" - Minutemen
- "Obsolete" - Howard Werth
- "Look Through Any Window" - The Hollies
- "Mi Mono Y Yo" - Orchestra Harlow
- "Straight Off the D.I.C." - Cannibal Ox
- "Love TKO" - Teddy Pendergrass
- "Candy Girl" - New Edition
- "Karate" - The Emperors
- "Police Story" - Black Flag
- "Nai!!" - Yura Yura Teikoku
- "Grand Verbalizer What Time Is It" - X-Clan
- "Accidents Don't Happen" - El-P
- "Requiem Pour Un Con" - Serge Gainsbourg
- "Shame Shame Shame" - Shirley & Company
- "Right On!" - Ray Barretto
- "I Want You Mine" - Sex Clark 5
- "Just the Two of Us" - Thin Lizzy
- "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" - Bobby Womack
- "Big Day" - Yung Wu
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RJD2 has the fastest moves Philadelphia has seen since Julius Erving. Anyone who's witnessed his 4-turntables-plus-sampler live sets can back that up. He's also a producer, remixer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, and is probably a skilled parallel-parker. 40-minute megamix contains some of "It's Your Thing," "Alone Again (Naturally)," about 50 more.
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Night 8: Cornelius |
Cornelius is a super-genius musician/ producer/ visual artist from Tokyo. His favorite color is orange, and he is very fond of the Planet of the Apes films. This is a CD of a recent episode of his 1-hour "Nakameguro Radio" show, which he hosts on NHK Radio in Japan. Includes "C30, C60, C90, Go!" by Bow Wow Wow, many totally amazing songs we can't identify, back-announcing in Japanese by Cornelius himself, more.
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