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14 December 2005

Hanukkah Rocks --a new album by the LeeVees (one Zambonis guy and one Guster guy) Click on the frying pan to listen.

post by: amberglow at: 23:46 | 4 comments

i played a couple fo tracks by the zamboni's when i was a dj at wxyc.
meh.
just meh, really. gimmicky.

posted by sam 14 December | 23:59

it is gimmicky, but Xmas songs were too, once. There's something about Hanukkah that makes it song-resistant.

posted by amberglow 15 December | 07:37

related thing in NYT today: A Happy Hipster Hanukkah--...No classic Hanukkah films or ballets were inspired by it. There is no "Miracle on Hester Street," no "Radio City Hanukkah Spectacular." Jewish songwriters have been more inclined to compose Christmas songs, including many of the most beloved: "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin), "The Christmas Song: Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" (Mel Tormé) and "We Need a Little Christmas" (Jerry Herman), to name but three. Adam Sandler's 1995 "Hanukkah Song," in which he enumerates Jewish (and semi-Jewish) celebrities, is the closest thing to a mainstream Hanukkah tune. ...

posted by amberglow 15 December | 08:02

*glares at sam*

Dave Schnieder and the boys are Bridgeport homies of mine, and they are a blast live.

posted by jonmc 15 December | 09:56

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