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
1. Akudama - Love 2. Etta James - Just a little bit 3. Aretha Franklin - Money won't change you 4. David Bowie - In the heat of the morning 5. The Beatles - She came in through the bathroom window 6. Elliott Smith - Pictures of me 7. Janis Joplin - Get it while you can 8. Bob Dylan - Ballad of a thin man 9. Arcade Fire - Ocean of noise 10. Raphael Saadiq - Blind man
1. Mrs. Miller - Downtown 2. Raymond Lefevre - Soul coaxing 3. David Essex - Rock on 4. Rossevelt Sykes - Jailbait 5. The Beach Boys - In my room 6. Radio Moscow - Ordivician fauna 7. Randy Newman - Sail away 8. The Four Deuces - WPLJ (white port and lemon juice) 9. David & CTW - Subtraction blues 10. Stills/Young Band - Long may you run 11. Todd Rundgren - We've gotta get you a woman 12. George Duke - Uncle Remus
1. Intro 2. The Pixies - Where is my mind? 3. Chingon - Cherry's dance of death 4. Paris Combo - Touriste d'une vie 5. The Moon People - Hippy skippy moon strut 6. Paris Combo - Trois petits points 7. Gogol Bordello - Occurence at the border 8. Baro Biao - Pascani wedding 9. Gogol Bordello - Passport 10. The Dead 60's - Riot radio 11. Violent Femmes - Country death song 12. Csokolom - Amari szi amari 13. Nouvelle Vague - To drunk to fuck 14. The Makers - Look both ways 15. DNA - Blonde redhead 16. April March - Chick habit 17. Tapes N' Tapes - Insistor 18. Smith - Baby it's you
1. Lou Reed - Oh, Jim 2. Donovan - Get thy bearings 3. Tom Waits - Romeo is bleeding 4. Bill Callahan - Jim Cain 5. Serge Gainsbourg - Du jazz dans le revin 6. The Contortions - Twice removed 7. DNA - Lionel 8. The Fall - Janet, Johnny & James 9. The Lounge Lizards - Demented 10. The Birthday Party - Yard 11. Marianne Faithful - Strange weather 12. Morrissey - Spring-heeled Jim 13. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Another world
1. Air - Space maker 2. Speaker for the Dead - 5ive track 3. Paul McCartney - Ram on 4. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion 5. Speaker for the Dead - Maybe (remix) 6. Air - Alone in kyoto 7. Car Power - Silver stallion 8. Muddy Waters - Mannish boy 9. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo rojo 10. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt. 1 11. Snooks Eaglin - Shake, rattle and roll
1. Jay-Z - Empire state 2. New Order - The village 3. Beck - Modern guilt 4. Toto - Africa 5. Inxs - Need you tonight 6. Teena Marie - Lover girl 7. Jeffrey Osborne - Stay with me tonight 8. Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror 9. Devo - It's a beautiful world 10. Seal - Kiss from a rose 11. Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, Bireli Lagrene - Mediterranean sundance 12. Louis Armstrong - All that meat and no potatoes
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