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jlhThe Black New Year's Eve party was awesome as always and included close friends, good food (crab cakes! deviled eggs! lemon tart!), great drinks (rose Hollytinis! absinthe! mysterious pre-mixed shots!), and fire juggling in the front yard under the falling snow. I got my midnight kiss from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bowdlerized but as to any other kissing that may or may not have happened at this party I can only say that it wasn't done by me. As Theo said, this was my real holiday and it was fabulous.
When I arrived on Thursday Holly said she had a specific task for each of us, and my mission was to create a mix for the party. (Yeah, no pressure.) I worked feverishly for two days, editing piles of music from Theo, Holly, Ruby, CC and Josh into a mix within the following parameters set by Holly:
The mix starts off with one of my favorite holiday songs and swings harder and harder until the "we are so badass" theme from Kill Bill (currently in a billion car commercials).
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?—Joe Williams
Midnight Sun—Ella Fitzgerald
In The Waiting Line—Zero 7
Part of the Process—Morcheeba
My Head Is Only House Unless It Rains—Everything But The Girl
Lovely Day—Bill Withers
Come Rain or Come Shine—Ella Fitzgerald
Nice Work If You Can Get It—Fred Astaire
I—Pizzicato Five
Take Five—The Dave Brubeck Quartet
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm—Billie Holiday
From This Moment On—Ella Fitzgerald
Fascinating Rhythm—Fred Astaire
O Tannenbaum—Vince Guaraldi Trio
Winter Weather—Benny Goodman Orchestra / Peggy Lee & Art Lund
's Wonderful—Fred Astaire
All the Things You Are—Ella Fitzgerald
Merry Christmas, Baby—Lou Rawls
Jingle Bells—Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket—Fred Astaire
A Fine Romance—Ella Fitzgerald
Soul Bossa Nova—Quincy Jones
I Won't Dance—Fred Astaire
Flip Sting—Kill Bill (SFX)
I wanted the next section to be mostly pop and rock, with a sprinkling of techno and hip hop. The harder stuff comes later, when we're drunker.
Holiday—Madonna
Fascination—Human League
Domino Dancing—Pet Shop Boys
Disco 2000—Pulp
I Will Follow—U2
Stand and Deliver—Adam Ant
Magic Carpet Ride—Fat Boy Slim
Playmate of the Year—Zebrahead
Centerfold—J. Geils Band
Flagpole Sitta—Harvey Danger
Synchronicity I—The Police
Words—Missing Persons
Love One Another—Amber
Staying Alive (Dance Traxx Remix)—Bee Gees
Head Over Heels—The Go-Go's
Wonder Woman (workout mix)
Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)—De La Soul
Finally—Ce Ce Peniston
Disko Fleshpot—My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Call Me—Blondie
Pump It Up—Elvis Costello
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone—The Monkees
Think—Aretha Franklin
Shaolin Soccer—Andy Lau
Chains Of Love—Erasure
Tainted Love—Soft Cell
Missing [Todd Terry Remix]—Everything But The Girl
Holy Virgin (Rob Mayth Mix)—Groove Coverage
Safety Dance (remix)—The Echoing Green
It Takes Two—Rob Base & EZ Rock
Lust for Life—Iggy Pop
Go With The Flow—Queens Of The Stone Age
Magic Bus—The Who
Talk Talk—Talk Talk
What You Waiting For?—Gwen Stefani
Shoop—Salt-N-Pepa
Waterloo—ABBA
Can't Get You Out Of My Head—Kylie Minogue
Song 2—Blur
Toxic—Britney Spears
Bizarre Love Triangle—New Order
Blister in the Sun—Violent Femmes
Short Skirt/Long Jacket—Cake
London Calling—The Clash
Mirror In The Bathroom—The English Beat
Just Like Heaven—The Cure
Cherry, Cherry—Neil Diamond
An intense hour follows with a break of ten minutes for ball dropping and assorted zanyness right after "Hey Ya!"moony said the first song she listens to every year is "New Year's Day" and really, I can't argue with that. However, all was certainly not quiet!
Girlfriend—Matthew Sweet
Somebody Told Me—The Killers
Bullet With Butterfly Wings—Smashing Pumpkins
Get Free—The Vines
Canned Heat—Jamiroquai
Hey Ya!—Outkast
New Year's Day — U2
Let's Go Crazy — Prince and the Revolution
Fight The Power — Public Enemy
Smooth Criminal — Michael Jackson
Rock Your Body — Justin Timberlake
Next was the mix for the general insanity that follows midnight. It was hopeless to get the thing to under three hours, so I stopped trying. However, this year the party ended a little sooner than earlier years, so we actually turned off somewhere in the middle of "Touched" and all went to bed. More techno and hip hop here, as we started partying like the rock stars we are.
Somebody Put Something in My Drink
Kung Fu Fighting Techno Remix — Fat Boy Slim
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting — Elton John
Burning Down the House — Talking Heads
Bring Me To Life — Evanescence
It's Going Down — The X-Ecutioner
Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix) — N.E.R.D.
Horse Size Pills — Dandy Warhols
Sabotage — Beastie Boys
Atomic — Blondie
Girls & Boys — Blur
People Are Still Having Sex — La Tour
She Bop — Cyndi Lauper
Add It Up — Violent Femmes
party like a rock star
She's Lost Control — Joy Division
Voodoo People — The Prodigy
I'm feeling this — Blink 182
Get on Top — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gasoline Dreams — Outkast
Strictly Business (Mantronik MBA Radio Edit) — Mantronik Vs. Epmd
Mortal Kombat Techno Mix — Trance
Head Like A Hole — Nine Inch Nails
Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode
Mysterious Ways — U2
Devil Inside — INXS
Devil Went Down to Georgia — Charlie Daniels
A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix) — Elvis Presley
State / Mirror Of Love — Ina
Blitzkrieg Pop — The Ramones
Michael — Franz Ferdinand
Are You Gonna Be My Girl — Jet
Why Can't I Be You? — The Cure
I Want Candy — Bow Wow Wow
Last Unicorn — Groove Coverage
In da Club — 50 Cent
Hella Good — No Doubt
Freedom 90 — George Michael
Superstition — Stevie Wonder
Lady Marmalade — Labelle Feat. Patti Labelle
I Don't Want Your Love — Duran Duran
Break on Through — The Doors
I Like That (Club Mix) — French Affair
Touched — VAST
Bop Gun — Parliment
Home for a Rest —
The rest of the mix was actually played the next day while we sat around opening presents and digesting our New Year's strata. Much of this two-hour chill out set comes straight from Holly's library.
White Rabbit — Jefferson Airplane
Cry Me A River — Justin Timberlake
Damn it Feels Good To Be a Gangsta — Ghetto Boys
Love Sweet Love — Morcheeba
Video Killed the Radio Star — Presidents of the United States of America
Alien Sex Fiend — Garbage
Satan is My Motorcar — Cake
Miss World — HOLE
Such Great Heights — The Postal Service
A Kind Of Magic — Queen
gravity — Hooo
I Wanna Get High — Cypress Hill
Pop Goes The World — Men Without Hats
Intro 2005 — Tony Bacala
Far Away From Home — Groove Coverage
Riders on the Storm — The Doors
Very Little Daylight — Dave Navarro
Beautiful Freak — Eels
Here Comes the Rain Again — Eurythmics
She Devils of the Deep — Future Bible Heroes
Angels Like — Hooo
Fairytale About Slavery — Miranda Sex Garden
Beauty Has Her Way — Mummy Calls
Mercy Street — Peter Gabriel
I'm Going Slightly Mad — Queen
Cantara — Dead Can Dance
Trigger Happy Jack — Poe
Champagne Supernova — Oasis
The New Year — Death Cab For Cutie
My reward, other than happy hosts and guests, is a ton of music from my friends (we ran the mix off my laptop) and the knowledge that yes, I could create a good mix that would satisfy folks 20-40 for hours.
Happy 2006, everyone!
bowdlerized but as to any other kissing that may or may not have happened at this party I can only say that it wasn't done by me. As Theo said, this was my real holiday and it was fabulous.When I arrived on Thursday Holly said she had a specific task for each of us, and my mission was to create a mix for the party. (Yeah, no pressure.) I worked feverishly for two days, editing piles of music from Theo, Holly, Ruby, CC and Josh into a mix within the following parameters set by Holly:
7:30-9:30 Jazzy cocktail hourI also wanted to time it out so the songs would stop and give us a break for the actual New Year ball drop countdown, etc. There needed to be a sprinkling of old favorites but tons of new stuff, because this is a hip crowd. No real Motown and only two disco songs because this isn't a wedding and I don't have to please someone's Aunt Shirley. Where I took out old "warhorses" I tried to replace them, like "Cherry Cherry" for "Sweet Caroline." I'm pleased by the result, and got enough compliments from hosts and guests that I am sharing this with you now.
9:30-11:30 Fun dance music
11:30-12:30 Hour of crazy
12:30-2:30 Debauchery
2:30--> Chill out
The mix starts off with one of my favorite holiday songs and swings harder and harder until the "we are so badass" theme from Kill Bill (currently in a billion car commercials).
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?—Joe Williams
Midnight Sun—Ella Fitzgerald
In The Waiting Line—Zero 7
Part of the Process—Morcheeba
My Head Is Only House Unless It Rains—Everything But The Girl
Lovely Day—Bill Withers
Come Rain or Come Shine—Ella Fitzgerald
Nice Work If You Can Get It—Fred Astaire
I—Pizzicato Five
Take Five—The Dave Brubeck Quartet
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm—Billie Holiday
From This Moment On—Ella Fitzgerald
Fascinating Rhythm—Fred Astaire
O Tannenbaum—Vince Guaraldi Trio
Winter Weather—Benny Goodman Orchestra / Peggy Lee & Art Lund
's Wonderful—Fred Astaire
All the Things You Are—Ella Fitzgerald
Merry Christmas, Baby—Lou Rawls
Jingle Bells—Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket—Fred Astaire
A Fine Romance—Ella Fitzgerald
Soul Bossa Nova—Quincy Jones
I Won't Dance—Fred Astaire
Flip Sting—Kill Bill (SFX)
I wanted the next section to be mostly pop and rock, with a sprinkling of techno and hip hop. The harder stuff comes later, when we're drunker.
Holiday—Madonna
Fascination—Human League
Domino Dancing—Pet Shop Boys
Disco 2000—Pulp
I Will Follow—U2
Stand and Deliver—Adam Ant
Magic Carpet Ride—Fat Boy Slim
Playmate of the Year—Zebrahead
Centerfold—J. Geils Band
Flagpole Sitta—Harvey Danger
Synchronicity I—The Police
Words—Missing Persons
Love One Another—Amber
Staying Alive (Dance Traxx Remix)—Bee Gees
Head Over Heels—The Go-Go's
Wonder Woman (workout mix)
Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)—De La Soul
Finally—Ce Ce Peniston
Disko Fleshpot—My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Call Me—Blondie
Pump It Up—Elvis Costello
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone—The Monkees
Think—Aretha Franklin
Shaolin Soccer—Andy Lau
Chains Of Love—Erasure
Tainted Love—Soft Cell
Missing [Todd Terry Remix]—Everything But The Girl
Holy Virgin (Rob Mayth Mix)—Groove Coverage
Safety Dance (remix)—The Echoing Green
It Takes Two—Rob Base & EZ Rock
Lust for Life—Iggy Pop
Go With The Flow—Queens Of The Stone Age
Magic Bus—The Who
Talk Talk—Talk Talk
What You Waiting For?—Gwen Stefani
Shoop—Salt-N-Pepa
Waterloo—ABBA
Can't Get You Out Of My Head—Kylie Minogue
Song 2—Blur
Toxic—Britney Spears
Bizarre Love Triangle—New Order
Blister in the Sun—Violent Femmes
Short Skirt/Long Jacket—Cake
London Calling—The Clash
Mirror In The Bathroom—The English Beat
Just Like Heaven—The Cure
Cherry, Cherry—Neil Diamond
An intense hour follows with a break of ten minutes for ball dropping and assorted zanyness right after "Hey Ya!"
moony said the first song she listens to every year is "New Year's Day" and really, I can't argue with that. However, all was certainly not quiet! Girlfriend—Matthew Sweet
Somebody Told Me—The Killers
Bullet With Butterfly Wings—Smashing Pumpkins
Get Free—The Vines
Canned Heat—Jamiroquai
Hey Ya!—Outkast
New Year's Day — U2
Let's Go Crazy — Prince and the Revolution
Fight The Power — Public Enemy
Smooth Criminal — Michael Jackson
Rock Your Body — Justin Timberlake
Next was the mix for the general insanity that follows midnight. It was hopeless to get the thing to under three hours, so I stopped trying. However, this year the party ended a little sooner than earlier years, so we actually turned off somewhere in the middle of "Touched" and all went to bed. More techno and hip hop here, as we started partying like the rock stars we are.
Somebody Put Something in My Drink
Kung Fu Fighting Techno Remix — Fat Boy Slim
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting — Elton John
Burning Down the House — Talking Heads
Bring Me To Life — Evanescence
It's Going Down — The X-Ecutioner
Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix) — N.E.R.D.
Horse Size Pills — Dandy Warhols
Sabotage — Beastie Boys
Atomic — Blondie
Girls & Boys — Blur
People Are Still Having Sex — La Tour
She Bop — Cyndi Lauper
Add It Up — Violent Femmes
party like a rock star
She's Lost Control — Joy Division
Voodoo People — The Prodigy
I'm feeling this — Blink 182
Get on Top — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gasoline Dreams — Outkast
Strictly Business (Mantronik MBA Radio Edit) — Mantronik Vs. Epmd
Mortal Kombat Techno Mix — Trance
Head Like A Hole — Nine Inch Nails
Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode
Mysterious Ways — U2
Devil Inside — INXS
Devil Went Down to Georgia — Charlie Daniels
A Little Less Conversation (JXL Remix) — Elvis Presley
State / Mirror Of Love — Ina
Blitzkrieg Pop — The Ramones
Michael — Franz Ferdinand
Are You Gonna Be My Girl — Jet
Why Can't I Be You? — The Cure
I Want Candy — Bow Wow Wow
Last Unicorn — Groove Coverage
In da Club — 50 Cent
Hella Good — No Doubt
Freedom 90 — George Michael
Superstition — Stevie Wonder
Lady Marmalade — Labelle Feat. Patti Labelle
I Don't Want Your Love — Duran Duran
Break on Through — The Doors
I Like That (Club Mix) — French Affair
Touched — VAST
Bop Gun — Parliment
Home for a Rest —
The rest of the mix was actually played the next day while we sat around opening presents and digesting our New Year's strata. Much of this two-hour chill out set comes straight from Holly's library.
White Rabbit — Jefferson Airplane
Cry Me A River — Justin Timberlake
Damn it Feels Good To Be a Gangsta — Ghetto Boys
Love Sweet Love — Morcheeba
Video Killed the Radio Star — Presidents of the United States of America
Alien Sex Fiend — Garbage
Satan is My Motorcar — Cake
Miss World — HOLE
Such Great Heights — The Postal Service
A Kind Of Magic — Queen
gravity — Hooo
I Wanna Get High — Cypress Hill
Pop Goes The World — Men Without Hats
Intro 2005 — Tony Bacala
Far Away From Home — Groove Coverage
Riders on the Storm — The Doors
Very Little Daylight — Dave Navarro
Beautiful Freak — Eels
Here Comes the Rain Again — Eurythmics
She Devils of the Deep — Future Bible Heroes
Angels Like — Hooo
Fairytale About Slavery — Miranda Sex Garden
Beauty Has Her Way — Mummy Calls
Mercy Street — Peter Gabriel
I'm Going Slightly Mad — Queen
Cantara — Dead Can Dance
Trigger Happy Jack — Poe
Champagne Supernova — Oasis
The New Year — Death Cab For Cutie
My reward, other than happy hosts and guests, is a ton of music from my friends (we ran the mix off my laptop) and the knowledge that yes, I could create a good mix that would satisfy folks 20-40 for hours.
Happy 2006, everyone!
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Date: 2006-01-03 09:13 pm (UTC)Seriously, the music was awesome. Kudos, Ms Deejay. *snaps fingers*
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Date: 2006-01-03 10:19 pm (UTC)Glad you had a good time!
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Date: 2006-01-05 04:40 pm (UTC)digesting our New Year's strata.
I love hearing that other people eat strata! We have it every Christmas and Easter morning.