1. Elephant Man - Badman holiday 2. Sponge Bob Squarepants - Don't be a jerk (it's christmas) 3. Looking Glass - Brandy (you're a fine girl) 4. Run DMC - Christmas in hollis 5. James Brown - Christmas in heaven 6. Loretta Lynn - High on a mountain top 7. Frank Sinatra - The first noel 8. The Kinks - Holiday in waikiki 9. The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the zoo 10. Sun Ra - It's christmas time 11. Stevie Wonder - What christmas means to me 12. Clarence Carter - Back door santa 13. The Onion - People saying "happy spring holiday" 14. Chevy Chase - Kiss my ass (christmas vacation)
"A Very Hipster Christmas" 1. Louis C.K. - Christmas caroling 2. Jimmy Smith - The christmas song 3. Ted Leo - Annunciation day/born on christmas day 4. The Raveonettes - The christmas song 5. Hopewell - Christmas now 6. Ivy - Christmas time is here 7. I Am the World Trade Center - The rockerfeller tree 8. Brian Dewan - R2D2, we wish you a merry christmas 9. Sufjan Stevens - Come on! Let's boogey to the elf dance! 10. Leon Redbone/Zooey Deschanel - Baby it's cold outside 11. James Brown - Please come home for christmas 12. Kings of Convenience - Deilig er jorden 13. Mercury Rev - Endlessly 14. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Christmas eve 15. The Four Corners - My gift to you (it's me) 16. Descendents - Christmas vacation 17. Low - Just like christmas 18. Marvin Gaye - Christmas in the city (instrumental) 19. Sonic Youth - Santa doesn't cop out on dope 20. Emily and Micah McGraw - This christmas 21. Triangle park - Christmas lights 22. Of Montreal - Christmas isn't safe for animals 23. Jimmy Smith - God rest ye merry gentlemen 24. The Wee Turtles - Benjamin, santa's on to you 25. Daniel Johnston - Rockin' around the christmas tree 26. Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (baby please come home)
"Home for the Holidays - Heavy Rotation in the Ghetto Sled" 1. Rocket from the Crypt - Born in '69 2. Sunny Day Real Estate - In circles 3. Pixies - Bone machine 4. Weezer - The good life 5. Nirvana - All apologies 6. Pixies - Wave of mutilation 7. Led Zeppelin - What is what should never be 8. The Pharcyde - Oh, shit! 9. KRS-One - Wannabemceez 10. Mos Def, Mr. Man, Reflection Eternal - Fortified live 11. High & Mighty, Baby Black, Rahsheed - Open mic night 12. Gang Starr & Inspectah Deck - Above the clouds 13. 8 Off, R.A. the Rugged Man - 'Til my heart stops 14. Prince - Get off 15. The Sonics - Have love, will travel 16. Modest Mouse - Teeth like god's shoeshine 17. At the Drive In - One armed scissor 18. Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows 19. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
"Yeah it's that family time of year (and boy am I glad they're all dead" 1. Sun Kil Moon - Neverending math equation 2. K.D. Lang - Helpless 3. Townes Van Zandt - Sanitarium blues 4. Patty Griffin - Useless desires 5. Railroad Jerk - I'm not mad 6. Children's Hospital - Unseen 7. The Action Swingers - Nembutal sunset 8. The Drags - Jet lag 9. Tav Falco and Panther Burns - Going home 10. Regina Spektor - The noise 11. Ani DiFranco - Angry no more 12. Volcano Suns - Descent into hell 13. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - I admit my faults 14. Pig Destroyer - Thought crime spree 15. Pig Destroyer - Deflower 16. Converge - You fail me 17. Flying Saucer Attack - Make me dream 18. Sexy Kids - Sisters are forever 19. The Receptionists - Seasonal affection disorder 20. Bob Desper - Dry up those tears 21. Glasvegas - A snowflake fell (and it felt like a kiss) 22. Tonstartsbandht - Black country
"Holiday Stress Mix: The Soundtrack" 1. Yann Tierson - 1976 2. Okkervil River - Listening to Otis Redding (ast home during Christmas) 3. The Flirtations - Christmas time is here 4. Breathe Owl Breathe - Home 5. Emmy the Great - Where is my mind? 6. Laura Barrett - Robot ponies 7. The Generationals - When they fight, they fight 8. Jimmy Stewart - Zuzu's petals 9. Rogue Wave - Christmas 10. Belle & Sebastian - Get me away from here, I'm dying 11. Andrew Bird - Tables and chairs 12. Mogwai - Christmas song 13. The Botticellis - Here I go again 14. Harlem Shakes - Strictly game
1. George Harrison - Ding dong ding dong 2. Monty Python - Christmas in heaven 3. The Verve - A new decade 4. El Ten Eleven - Indian winter 5. Marvin Gaye - Christmas in the city (instrumental) 6. George Winston - Variations on canon 7. Papertrigger - Ice cold dreams 8. Marvin Gaye - Purple snowflakes 9. Sammy Davis Jr. - On a clear day
"Awkward Moments of Silence with Cousin Clyde. Christmas Time, Before the Wine. 1977" 1. Les Demerle - A day in the life 2. The Mowhawks - The champ 3. Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools 4. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions 5. The Jackson 5 - Enjoy yourself 6. Allen Toussaint - Get out of my life woman 7. Nat King Cole - Straighten up and fly right (remix) 8. O'Donel Levy - Bad bad simba 9. The Champs - Tequila 10. Fred Wesely and the JB's - Papa don't take no mess pt. 1 11. Little Beaver (aka Willie Hale) - Get into the party life 12. Otis Redding - Let me come on home 13. The Supremes - Reflections 14. Fleet Foxes - White winter hymnal 15. Tom Waits - Grapefruit moon 16. The Mamas & the Papas - California dreamin' 17. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary machine 18. Kimya Dawson - The beer 19. Moondog - Trees against the sky 20. Tom Waits - Wasted & wounded
The actual theme for this mix is: "Hiding out in the garage drinking a glass of straight whiskey and smoking a cigarette and DAMMIT I SAID I'D GET ANOTHER CAN OF CREAMED CORN FROM THE GARAGE DIDN'T I? JEEZ GIMME A MINUTE (I love family holidays mix)"
My idea for the mix was my ultimate sing-along songs, and the songs that I would full-on rock out to no matter what the awkward or stressful circumstance.
1. The Mountain Goats - This year 2. Martha Wainwright - Tower of song 3. The Rolling Stones - Angie 4. Elton John - Tiny dancer 5. My Morning Jacket - Masterplan 6. The Walkmen - The rat 7. Smog - Whistling teapot (rag) 8. The Doors - The soft parade 9. Spoon - The infinite pet 10. Built to Spill - Wherever you go 11. R.E.M. - Swan swan hummingbird 12. Cat Power - Nude as the news 13. The Smiths - I want the one I can't have 14. Modest Mouse - Teeth like god's shoeshine 15. Flight of the Conchords - Hurt feelings 16. Tom Waits - Tango till they're sore
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