Date
Venue
City
State
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Sources
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Sattelite Ballroom
Charlottesville
VA
Sudden Organ
Black Flowers
Tom Courtenay
There Is No Life Without Love
When You Were Mine
The Race Is On Again
Autumn Sweater
We're An American Band
Speeding Motorcycle
Flying Lesson
You Can Have It All
The Story Of Yo La Tango
E: A Worrying Thing
Raw Power
Yellow Sarong
The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo Tour
ArtsCenter
Carrboro
NC
The Weakest Part
False Alarm
Q&A
What Can I Say--NRBQ
Q&A
Everyday
Black Flowers
Q&A
Here Comes My Baby—Cat Stevens
Q&A
Moby Octopad
Q&A
I Still Miss Someone—The Great Johnny Cash
Q&A
Don’t Say A Word/Hot Chicken #2
Q&A
Alyda
This Man He Weeps Tonight—The Kinks
Q&A
Sugarcube
Mr. Tough
--ENCORE--
Upside-Down
Our Way To Fall
Up With People—Lambchop, with Kurt Wagner
My Little Corner Of The World
The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo Tour
Berkeley Church
Toronto
ON
Big Day Coming
Black Flowers
Sugarcube
Alyda
Beanbag Chair
Blue Line Swinger
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Nowhere Near
The Story Of Yo La Tango
Tom Courtenay
Pumphouse Theatre
Calgary
AB
Tom Courtenay
Beanbag Chair
I Want To Be With You
Demons
Season Of The Shark
Can't Forget
For The Turnstiles
Right Side Of My Mind
I Feel Like Going Home
Double Dare
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Damage
Stockholm Syndrome
Mr. Tough
E: Mr. Tough Reprise
Center Of Gravity
Our Way To Fall
You Can Have It All
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Urbana
IL
Our Way To Fall
I Should Have Known Better
Autumn Sweater
Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
-> The Room Got Heavy
Beanbag Chair
Mr. Tough
I Feel Like Going Home
Tom Courtenay
-> Double Dare
Watch Out For Me Ronnie
The Story Of Yo La Tango
Speeding Motorcycle [Daniel Johnston]
Come On, Come On [Cheap Trick]
Nuclear War [Sun Ra]
The last song, Sun Ra's Nuclear War, ends with the band walking through the crowd, shaking maracas, then leading the crowd out of the hall.
All Tomorrow's Parties
Monticello
NY
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
intro
Eight Day Weekend (Gary "U.S." Bonds)
Sugarcube
Everyday
Today Is The Day (fast)
The Summer
Beanbag Chair
Mr. Tough
Heaven Only Knows (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich)
Shaker
House Fall Down
I Should Have Known Better
Sudden Organ
Tom Courtenay
Little Honda (The Beach Boys)
*(encore)* with Britt Daniel of Spoon on vocals, minus "Ring of Fire"
Ring of Fire (June Carter Cash) (with Paul F. Tompkins on vocals)
Public Image (Public Image, Ltd.)
Mother and Child Reunion (false start)
Mother and Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
Me and Mr. Jones (Amy Winehouse)
This Guy's In Love With You (Bert Bacharach/Hal David)
With Janet Weiss and Britt Daniel.
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
intro
The Weakest Part (slow)
Big Day Coming (fast)
Guess I'm Falling in Love (Velvet Underground)
Stockholm Syndrome
talking Winter A Go-Go
Sometimes I Don't Get You
Don't Have To Be So Sad (with Claudia Gonson, drums, and Sam Davol, cello, of Magnetic Fields)
Alyda
Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
Autumn Sweater
Double Dare
Decora
Watch Out For Me, Ronnie
The Story of Yo La Tango
encore break
Be Careful, It's My Heart (Irving Berlin) (Ira & Stephin Merritt duet)
Doug Gillard birthday
A Foggy Day in London Town (George Gershwin) (with Doug Gillard, guitar/vocals)
No Milk Today (Herman's Hermits) (with Doug Gillard, guitar/vocals)
The Next Big Thing (The Dictators) (with Doug Gillard, guitar/vocals)
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hilliard/Lee Pockriss) (with Ira's mom, vocals)
Hannukah Night 2
Benefit for Burmese Refugee Project and Burma Border Projects.
http://www.burmeserefugeeproject.org/
http://www.burmaborderprojects.org/
Check out Ira's Hanukkah diary, and much more at:
http://www.yolatengo.com/
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
intro
Leaving Home
We're An American Band
Little Eyes
talking
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Bob Dylan)
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Neil Diamond)
The Race Is On Again
Damage
Can't Forget
Don't Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2)
Our Way To Fall (swing version)
Out the Window
Styles of the Times
Tom Courtenay
I Heard You Looking (with Yoni Wolf on keyboards)
encore break
*(encore)*
Stay With Me (The Dictators)
Center of Gravity
Hanukkah 2008, night three. With Smokey Hormel on guitar. John Zorn & Marc Ribot and Slovin & Allen opened.
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Big Day Coming (slow)
Beanbag Chair
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
Drug Test
The Weakest Part
Mr. Tough
Tiny Birds
Paul Is Dead
Shadows
Angst In My Pants (Sparks)
Upside Down
Autumn Sweater
I Heard Her Call My Name (Velvet Underground)
Blue Line Swinger
ENCORE:
(I Gotta) Dream On (Herman's Hermits)
Detouring America With Horns
Cherry Chapstick (slow)
Rock and Roll Santa (Jan Terri)
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Jesus Christ (Big Star)
False Alarm
I Should Have Known Better
The Last Days of Disco
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Little Eyes (Fred Armisen on guitar)
Season of the Shark
Black Flowers (Fred Armisen on guitar and vocals)
Things I Should've Said (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri)
Take A Giant Step (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
Demons (with Tara Key on guitar)
Deeper Into Movies (with Tara Key on guitar)
Artificial Heart
From A Motel 6
Nuclear War (Sun Ra) (with Josh Madell on percussion)
*(encore)* with Cyril Jordan of the Flamin' Groovies on guitar/vocals
You Tore Me Down (Flamin' Groovies)
Have You Seen My Baby (Randy Newman)
I Can't Hide (Flamin' Groovies)
Slow Death (Flamin' Groovies)
Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Jesus Christ (Big Star)
My Heart's Reflection
Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Song for Mahlia
Did I Tell You
The Weakest Part
Moby Octopad
Babysitter (The Ramones)
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Cherry Chapstick
Tom Courtenay
Heroin (Velvet Underground, Roky Erickson arrangement)
You Tore Me Down (Flamin' Groovies)
Absolutely Sweet Marie (Bob Dylan)
Dog Meat (Flamin' Groovies)
Second Cousin (Flamin' Groovies)
Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Sugarcube
Let's Be Still
She May Call You Up Tonight
Cone Of Silence
One PM Again
Pablo And Andrea
Griselda
The Crying Of Lot G
I Feel Like Going Home
Nowhere Near
Off And Running
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Big Day Coming >
Watch Out For Me, Ronnie >
Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss
E: Long Gone
Walk Away, Renee
Maybe More Than You
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
To Sir, With Love
Hannukah Night 7 - Willie Alexander And David Cross Opened
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Not A Second Time (The Beatles)
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Mr. Tough
The Room Got Heavy
Swing For Life
4th Time Around (Bob Dylan)
Group Grope (The Fugs)
Saturday
The Way Some People Die
Stockholm Syndrome
The Story Of Jazz
Tom Courtenay
I Heard You Looking
Eight Days A Week (The Beatles)
--encore--
Autumn Sweater
This Ain't The Summer Of Love (Blue Oyster Cult)
You Can Have It All (George Mccrea)
You've Got A Friend (Carole King)