Exploding Head Movies Episode December 19, 2022
XHM #629 - "Eight lights to hold you" (2022 December 22 & 26)
7:00pm - 9:00pm
We're in the midst of Hanukkah so since we got our counter-Christmas episode taken care of last week, this one focuses on the Jewish festival of lights though there are some songs about default holidays and December in the mix. Our soundtrack profile is not tied to Hanukkah per se but a very dear soundtrack to me: 1971's Fiddler on the Roof, the film based on the legendary musical. L'chaim!
We had to hoped to do this episode live for the 2nd night of Hanukkah but Vancouver got a nasty winter storm and the roads are a mess, so commuting up the hill to UBC has been reported as treacherous. Hence, we air this on Thursday afternoon with a repeat on Boxing Day so some listeners can enjoy this during the 8 crazy nights along with the usual Monday evening spot. Chag Sameach!
1. Purple Mountains: Darkness and Cold (Purple Mountains, 2019) Drag City
2. Michel Legrand: Yentl [medley] (The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection, 2005) Silva Screen
3. Mitch Davis: Bear the Cold (The Haunt, 2022) Arbutus
4. Dorothea Paas: Frozen Window (Anything Can't Happen, 2021) Telephone Explosion
5. The Reds, Pinks & Purples: Holiday Cheer [in Spite of It All] (We Won't Come Home at Christmas Time, 2020) self-released
6. St Vincent: ...at the Holiday Party (Daddy's Home, 2021) Loma Vista
7. The Immaculates: New York is Mine for the Holidays (2012) Death Class
8. Jack Jezzro & Friends: Home for the Holidays [w.Beegie Adair] (Bossa Nova Christmas, 2009) Green Hill
9. Hope Irish: Here's to Holidays (2009) Superpop
10. Pistol Annies: Hell of a Holiday (Hell of a Holiday, 2021) RCA Nashville
11. King Ganam: Holiday Waltz (Ridin' the Fiddle, 1968) RCA Camden
12. Socalled: Dreidel 2000 (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XIV, 2022) The Line of Best Fit
13. Mathias Kom: Eight Days and Eight Nights (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XIV, 2022) The Line of Best Fit
14. Jason Zumpano: December (Village Lights: Piano 2001-2002, 2022) JAZ
15. Blackmore's Night: Ma-o-Tzur (Winter Carols [deluxe edition], 2021) Locomotive/Ear
16. Bob Dylan: O' Little Town of Bethlehem (Christmas in the Heart, 2009) Columbia
17. Kilometre Club: II - A Lasting Light (A Lasting Light: Ambient Hanukkah, 2021) Sound Meditation
18. Ray Middleton: Chanukah (Ten Jewish Holy Days, 1957) Candle
19. Pete Seeger: Chanukah, Oh Chanukah (With Voices Together We Sing, 1956) Folkways
20. Brookside Junior High School Department, Advanced Orchestra: Chanukah Festival Overture [conductor: Ernesto Epistola] (Winter Concert: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 1971) United Sound
21. Jim Mandell with Mary Hylan & Debby Janes: Dance the Horah (Action Songs for Holidays and Special Days, 1979) Tom Thumb
22. Hillary Meister: Latkes at Chanukkah in America (Soft-Spoken Beatnik Cousin of the Flagpole Christmas Album, 1994) Long Play
23. Hap Palmer: Hanukkah (Holiday Songs and Rhythms, 1971) Activity
24. Micah Erenberg: Jewish Christmas (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, 2019) The Line of Best Fit
25. Olivia Mori: 8 Lonely Nights [A Blue Hanukkah] (What's So Funny 'bout Christmas?, 2017) self-released
26. Kilometre Club: Dreidel Suite - Hay (A Lasting Light: Ambient Hanukkah, 2021) Sound Meditation
27. Manfred Lemm & Ensemble: Schifreless Portret (Majn Jowl, 1992) Edition Künstlertreff
28. Black Ox Orkestar: Tish Nign (Everything Returns, 2022) Constellation
29. Black Ox Orkestar: Moldovan Zhok (Everything Returns, 2022) Constellation
30. Kyle Broflovski: The Lonely Jew on Christmas [w.Special Celebrity Guest] (Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics, 1999) Columbia/American
31. They Might Be Giants: Feast of Lights (Festival of Light 2, 1999) Six Degrees
32. John Williams: Wedding Celebration and The Bottle Dance (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
33. Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small & John Williams: Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
34. Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Isaac Stern & John Williams: Sabbath Prayer (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
35. Leonard Frey & John Williams: Miracle of Miracles (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
36. Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Paul Michael Glaser, Michele Marsh, Isaac Stern & John Williams: Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
37. Isaac Stern & John Williams: Fiddler on the Roof [instrumental] (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
38. John Williams: Exodus [excerpt] (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
39. John Williams: Tevye Thinks on It (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land
40. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: 8 Days [of Hanukkah] (It's a Holiday Soul Party, 2015) Daptone
Chag Sameach!
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