Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
14 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 8)*
opening act: The Aislers Set
comedian: David Cross
mix CD: Gruff Rhys
benefiting: Freedom For Immigrants
It’s Hanukkah Time (Al Johnson) (with CJ Camerieri on trumpet/French horn & Mike McGinnis on saxophone/clarinet)
Before We Run (with CC & MM)
Moby Octopad (with CC & MM)
Mr. Tough (with CC & MM)
Eight Candles (Sam Elwitt) (with CC & MM)
Let’s Do It Wrong
The Crying of Lot G
Shades of Blue
Apology Letter (with CC & MM)
Black Flowers (with CC & MM)
Patty Baby (Freddie Cannon) (with CC & MM)
86-Second Blowout
Decora
Blue Line Swinger
Earth Anthem (The Turtles) (with CC, MM, & the Aislers Set)
*(encore)*
The Kid with the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
I’m Into Something Good (Carole King & Gerry Goffin) (with Vicki Peterson on guitar/vocals & John Cowsill on vocals)
I Can Hear Music (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) (with VP & JC)
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hilliard & Lee Pockriss) (with Marilyn Kaplan on vocals)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
13 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 7)*
opening act: Foggy Notion
comedian: David Sedaris
mix CD: James
benefiting: Trust Women Foundation & Abortion Care Network)
Foggy Notion:
European Son >
Waiting For the Man
Venus In Furs
Femme Fatale
Run Run Run
Heroin
I’ll Be Your Mirror
Foggy Notion
whole set (minus “Miles Away” & “Alyda”) with Ryan Sawyer on drums.
Miles Away
Tiny Birds
Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop (with Steve Gunn on guitar)
Ballad of Red Buckets (with Gunn)
One PM Again (with Gunn)
Can’t Forget (with Gunn & Sue Garner on vocals guitar)
Rose Colored Glue (Sue Garner) (with Gunn, Garner, & Alan Licht on guitar)
Other You (Steve Gunn) (with Gunn, Garner, & Licht)
Alyda
Last Days of Disco (with Licht)
Double Dare (with Licht)
I Was the Fool Beside You For Too Long (with Licht)
Styles of the Times (with Licht)
We’re An American Band (with Licht)
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss (with Licht)
*(encore)*
Take A Giant Step (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
The Boxer (Paul Simon) (with Damon Krukowski on guitar/vocals & Naomi Yang on vocals)
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) (Beastie Boys) (with Damon & Naomi)
Don’t Let Our Youth Go To Waste (Jonathan Richman) (with Damon & Naomi)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
12 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 6)*
opening act: Beach House
comedian: Todd Barry
mix CD: Georgia
benefiting: Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
“Our Way To Fall” through “Everybody Loves A Clown” with Danny Tunick (vibraphone) & Joe McGinty (keyboards), except as noted.
Our Way To Fall
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Is That Enough
Coffee House (The Poets) (minus DT)
If It’s True
Did I Tell You
Aselestine
Count Me In (Gary Lewis)
Everybody Loves A Clown (Gary Lewis)
Here To Fall
Cherry Chapstick >
The Story of Jazz >
Sugarcube
Little Honda (The Hondells) (with JM)
*(encore)*
We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Velvet Underground) (with Todd Barry on drums)
She’s My Best Friend (Velvet Underground)
I Heard Her Call My Name (Velvet Underground)
Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground) (with Victoria Legrand on vocals)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
11 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 5)*
opening act: Meg Baird
comedian: Mia Jackson
mix CD: Ira
benefiting: Violence Policy Center
Big Day Coming (fast)
My Heart’s Reflection
Ashes
I’m On My Way
From A Motel 6
Beanbag Chair
The Point of It (with Charlie Saufley on guitar)
Sorrow (The McCoys) (with CS & Meg Baird on vocals/percussion)
Goin’ Back (Carole King & Gerry Goffin) (with CS, MB, Damon Krukowski on drums, Naomi Yang on keyboards/vocals)
Two Trains (with CS & MB)
Damage (with CS & MB)
This Stupid World (with CS & MB)
Nothing To Hide (with CS)
Tom Courtenay (with CS)
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind (with CS)
*(encore)*
Bus Stop (The Hollies) (with CS & MB)
Drug Train (The Cramps) (with Ben Gibbard on guitar/vocals)
You Make My Dreams Come True (Hall & Oates) (with BG)
The Ghosts of Beverly Drive (Death Cab For Cutie) (with BG)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
10 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 4)*
opening act: The Feelies (acoustic)
comedian: Ronny Chieng
mix CD: Kelly Reichardt
benefiting: Groundwork USA
The Feelies (acoustic):
When Company Comes
Sunday Morning (Velvet Underrgound)
Egyptian Reggae (Jonathan Richman)
In Between
Everyday (Buddy Holly)
The Undertow
Let’s Go
Nobody Knows
Find A Way
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Bob Dylan)
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me & My Monkey) (Beatles)
Original Love
Crazy Rhythms
whole set & encore (minus last 2 songs) with Stan Demeski (drums) & Dave Weckerman (percussion)
Center of Gravity
You Are Here
Tonight’s Episode
Everyday
Until It Happens
The Summer
A Worrying Thing
Forever
Nowhere Near
Song For Mahlia (with Bill Million on guitar)
Barnaby, Hardly Working (with BM)
False Alarm
Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
Deeper Into Movies
Sister Ray (Velvet Underground) (with BM & Brenda Sauter on organ)
*(encore)*
The Empty Pool (Yung Wu) (with BM, BS, & Glenn Mercer on guitar)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan) (with BS & GM)
Good Shepherd (traditional, arr. Jorma Kaukonen) (with GM)
Pretty In Pink (Psychedelic Furs) (with GM)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
9 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 3)*
opening act: Lambchop
comedian: Dina Hashem
mix CD: DJ King Joe
benefiting: Advocates For Children
Lambchop (with Ira on saxophone):
Nine
Your Fucking Sunny Day
The Theme From the Neil Miller Show
My Face Your Ass
All Smiles & Mariachi
I Sucked My Boss’s Dick
Soaky In the Pooper
For Which We Are Truly Thankful
The Man Who Loved Beer
Alumni Lawn
It’s Not Alright
Up With People
Theone
The Pack-Up Song
“Night Falls on Hoboken” through “Slow Learner” & “I Heard You Looking” with Lambchop; whole set with Matt McCaughan on drums.
Night Falls on Hoboken >
This Stupid World (drone) > (with Kurt Wagner on vocals)
Always Something
Green Arrow
Group Grope (The Fugs) (with KW)
Readymades (Bonzo Dog Band) (with KW)
Slow Learner
Shadows (with Jonathan Marx on trumpet)
Satellite
Wasn’t Born To Follow (Carole King & Gerry Goffin) (with William Tyler on guitar & Paul Niehaus on pedal steel)
The Race Is On Again (with WT & PN)
I Should Have Known Better (with Matt Swanson on bass)
Drug Test
Today Is The Day (fast)
I Heard You Looking
*(encore)*
20th Century Boy (T. Rex) (with Dina Hashem on drums)
Next Big Thing (The Dictators) (with Andy Shernoff on bass/vocals)
Loyola (The Dictators) (with AS)
Slow Death (Flamin’ Groovies) (with AS)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
8 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*
opening act: Jimmy Flemion
comedian: Janeane Garofalo
mix CD: Howie Rose
benefiting: Doctors Without Borders
Stupid Things
Fallout
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
Here You Are
The Cone of Silence
Periodically Double or Triple
Winter A Go Go
I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan)
I Feel Like Going Home
I’ll Be Around
Sudden Organ
Stockholm Syndrome
Some Kinda Fatigue
Ohm
The Story of Yo La Tango
*(encore)*
Weird On The Avenue (The Frogs) (with Jimmy Flemion on guitar/vocals)
Life’s A Gas (T. Rex) (with JF)
Tapioca Tundra (Michael Nesmith) (with JF)
Lord Grunge > (The Frogs) (with JF)
Imagine (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) (with JF)
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Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
7 December 2023
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*
opening act: Sun Ra Arkestra
comedian: John Early.
mix CD: Clay Pigeon
benefiting: Anera.
“Shaker” through “Nuclear War” with Sun Ra Arkestra horns: James Stewart (saxophone), Knoel Scott (saxophone), Cecil Brooks (trumpet), Dave Davis (trombone), Michael Ray (trumpet)
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hilliard & Lee Pockriss) (with Mark Luecke on whistling)
Sinatra Drive Breakdown
Autumn Sweater
For You Too
Madeline
Lewis
Shaker
Don’t Have To Be So Sad
Dreaming (Sun Ra)
Artificial Heart
Unmask the Batman (Sun Ra)
Brain Capers
Emulsified (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers)
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven (boogie version)
Nuclear War (Sun Ra)
*(encore)*
Suspicion (Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman) (with Gary Olson [vocals/trumpet] & Julia Rydholm [keyboards] of Ladybug Transistor)
(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me (Burt Bachrach & Hal David) (with GO & JR)
I Have A Little Dreidel (Samuel S. Grossman & Samuel E. Goldfarb) (with John Early on vocals)
Where Or When (Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart) (with JE)
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