XHM #629 - "Eight lights to hold you" (2022 December 22 & 26)

Exploding Head Movies

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! [e-mail] twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies