Happydance of the Xenophobe
Christine Lavin / Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
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Track Listings:
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1. The Most Polite City In The World 2. Happydance 3. Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans 4. More Than 1,000,000 Americans 5. Here Comes Hurricane Season 6. Tom Cruise Scares Me 7. Smokers |
8. Russian Michael 9. As We Stumble Along 10. Whipped Cream 11. Why? 12. Reminiscing With The Gentle Lonely Elusive Boxer Of Love 13. It wouldn't be a surprise bonus track if I told you what it is! |
Xenophobe, n. [zen-uh-fohb, or zee-nuh-fohb] A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, exotic, or out of the ordinary.
"Happydance Of The Xenophobe" is my new topical, political, 13-song collection that will thrill the National Weather Service ("Here Comes Hurricane Season"), delight Julia Child devotees ("Whipped Cream"), enrapture caffeine addicts ("Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans"), but also irk Priscilla Presley, the NRA, cigarette smokers, Faux News, and best of all, Dick Cheney. The album ends with an unexpected medley of five of my favorite folk tunes from the '60s and '70s set to a dance beat (more on that later). Plus there's a hidden surprise bonus track.

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1. Armageddon 2. Happiness Runs 3. The Bends 4. Winter in Manhattan 5. Moken Spoken Here 6. Chicken Soup 7. Bad Girl Dreams |
8. All My Lovin' 9. One of the Boys 10. The Peter Principle At Work 11. (I'm a) Card-Carrying Bleeding Heart Liberal 12. Surprise 13. Winter in Manhattan (sung by The Accidentals) |

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1. Strangers Talk to Me in Colorado Springs on a Thursday Night 2. Rocky Mountain... Hi! 3. Wind Chimes 4. You Should Have Seen the Frightened Looks on Your Faces 5. What Kind of Ridiculous Glamour Trajectory Am I On? 6. What Was I Thinking? 7. Martha Stewart... Victoria's Secret... Bob Dylan... Pachelbel? 8. Tacobel Canon 9. Steve... You Are So Busted 10. Question of Tempo (When I'm Under Pressure) 11. Planet X |
12. Planet? Planot? Goofy? 13. Who Are the Brainiacs in the House Tonight? 14. Bernice, Carol, And Tonight's Crowd Compete for the Science Prize 15. You Look Pretty Good for Your Age 16. Art Jensen, Mr. Colorado Springs, Your Life Will Never Be the Same 17. Flashback to 1956: How Do You Spell "Cassiopeia" 18. Boston Red Sox Fans: The Most Loyal, Most Tenacious, Yet Most Troubled 19. Ballad of a Ballgame 20. Legal Ramifications of a Crackerjack Vendor Who Works in Yankee Stadium 21. Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best |

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1. Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart By His Name 2. Damaged Goods 3. Cold Pizza For Breakfast 4. Rockaway 5. Nobody's Fat In Aspen 6. Rituals 7. Bag Ladies' Ball, The |
8. Regretting What I Said... 9. Sweet Irene The Disco Queen 10. Ramblin' Waltz 11. Artificial Means 12. Space Between Rings 13. Dakota, The |

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1. A Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song 2. Snow! Medley: Snow Snow Snow Snow / Onward Thru the Snow 3. The Runaway Christmas Tree 4. Dona Nobis Pacem 5. Lamb and Lion 6. The All Purpose Carol 7. Elves |
8. Scalloped Potatoes 9. Polkadot Pancakes 10. Tacobel Canon 11. A New Year's Round 12. Th 12 Dys f Chrstms 13. Allelujah/Amen 14. Good Night to You All |

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1. I Was in Love with a Difficult Man 2. Jack & Wanda 3. Strangers Talk to Me 4. Sunday Breakfast with Christine (and Ervin) 5. Making Friends with My Grey Hair 6. Wind Chimes |
7. Trade Up 8. All You Want Is What You Want 9. Three-Storied Life 10. Firehouse 11. For Carolyn / Something Beautiful 12. Looked Good on Paper |

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1. John Platt Introduces Christine 2. Waiting For The 'B' Train 3. Doris & Edwin: The Movie 4. Wait! Here Are Better Endings To That Frightening Movie 5. Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind 6. Good Thing You Couldn't Read My Mind When I Was Singing That 7. Dallas, TX '63, NYC '99, Today 8. The Sixth Floor, Moon-Rising Tide/We Are The Lucky Ones |
9. Where Is The Mango Princess? 10. If We Had No Moon 11. Have I Got A Deli Man For You! 12. Another New York Afternoon 13. Shopping Cart Of Love: The Play (With New Improved Healthier Ending) 14. The Moment Slipped Away 15. Ok, Gang, One More Song (Snag) Then It's Upstairs For Milk & Cookies And Sparkle Manicures |

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1. If You Want Space, Go to Utah 2. Vacation of Their Lives 3. Giant TV Screen 4. Danger 5. Tidal Wave 6. Another Woman's Man 7. Interview With David Weinstein - David Weinstein 8. Cold Pizza for Breakfast 9. Music/Sport Notes |
10. Lady Knights, the Atlantic Ten, & The Atavistics 11. Isn't This Just Like Empth-Vee? 12. Let's Get Out of Here, Jody 13. Camping [Live] 14. Artifical Means 15. Moment Slipped Away 16. I Want to Be the First Folk Singer on the Space Shuttle [Live] 17. If I Could Be Sonja Henie |

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1. Three Months To Live 2. Amoeba Hop, The 3. Summer Weddings 4. Add Me To The List 5. Bitter End, The 6. Mistresses' Lament (I'm Mad) |
7. Downtown 8. Gettin' Used To Leavin' 9. Doris And Edwin: The Movie 10. Air Conditioner Song, The 11. If I Should Call You 12. I've Been Living On Milk & Cookies Since You've Been Gone |

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1. Choice words from Dave Palmater 2. Single Voice 3. I venture into the crowd with a spelunking lamp on my head 4. You Look Pretty Good For Your Age 5. Don't make me be naughty 6. What Was I Thinking In 1999? 7. What Monica L. and Cameron D. have in common 8. It's dangerous to confide in a songwriter 9. Another New York Afternoon 10. A late-night IM turns into... |
11. Plateau 12. Gene Shay adds his voice to the low fat/no fat debate 13. Happy Birthday Maureen 14. Harrison Ford 15. The Polka Dancing Bus Driver And The 40-Year-Old Mystery 16. The Piper 17. Getting In Touch With My Inner Bitch 18. Megon McDonough, one of our great singers, inspires an idea 19. Adjust Your Dreams/Shining My Flashlight 20. Piranha Women Of The Avocado Jungle Of Death |

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1. And Now A Few Words from Our Sponsor, Darcy Greder 2. Oh No 3. They Look Alike, They Walk Alike 4. National Apology Day 5. Flip Side Of Fame 6. Creating Just The Right Mood For The Next Song 7. Kind Of Love You Never Recover From, The 8. Amanda McBroom At The Rainbow & Stars Room 9. Errol Flynn 10. Secret Fear Of Songwriters, The |
11. Please Don't Make Me Too Happy 12. Audience Votes, The 13. Voice On The Relaxation Tape, The 14. Visiting Dallas 15. Sixth Floor, The 16. Day After On A Plane To California, The 17. Great Big Bug 18. Insominiac At Night With A Clicker In Her Hand, An 19. Wild Blue, The 20. Dream / Summer Song / Gotta Twirl |

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1. Shining My Flashlight On The Moon 2. Two Americans In Paris 3. Introduction To The One-Song Musical"Honey, We Have To Talk" 4. I Want To Be Lonely Again 5. Music To Operate By 6. Happy Divorce Day 7. Polka-Dancing Bus Driver And The 40-Year-Old Mystery, The |
8. Robert And Annie In Larchmont, New York 9. If I Ruled The World 10. As Bad As It Gets 11. Snackin' 12. Scent Of Your Cologne, The 13. Planet X |

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1. Oh No 2. Constant State Of Want 3. Psychic 4. Secrets At This Wedding, The 5. Sixth Floor, The 6. Jane 7. Jagged Hearts |
8. Scatter New Seeds 9. Waiting For The B Train 10. Something Is Wrong With This Picture 11. *69 12. Please Don't Make Me Too Happy 13. Oh No |

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1. Prince Charles 2. We Are The True Americans 3. Dear Dan 4. Bald Headed Men 5. What Was I Thinking? 6. I Blab About Celebrities I Have Spied On At My Local Health CLub 7. Doris & Edwin: The Movie 8. Alternate Endings To The Above Song, If The One Here Is Too Scary For Sensitive You |
9. Intermission 10. Dakota, The 11. Regretting What I Said... 12. How The Lord Helped Me Rewrite A Troublesome Line In "Regretting What I Said" 13. Shopping Cart Of Love: The Play 14. Katy Says Today Is The Best Day Of My Whole Entire Life 15. What Was I Thinking? - (dance mix, bonus track) |

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1. Blind Dating Fun 2. Compass 3. Rushcutter's Bay 4. Replaced 5. You Think You've Got Problems 6. Until Now |
7. High Heel Shoes 8. Prisoners of Their Hairdos 9. I Bring out the Worst in You 10. Ten O'Clock in Toronto 11. Katy Says Today Is the Best Day of My Whole Entire Life |

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1. Amoeba Hop 2. Summer Weddings 3. Prince Charles 4. Gettin' Used To Leavin' 5. Camping 6. Ballad Of A Ballgame |
7. Doris And Edwin: The Movie 8. Roses From The Wrong Man 9. Air Conditioner 10. All I Have To Do Is Dream / A Summer Song 11. Biological Time Bomb 12. Moment Slipped Away, The |

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1. Attainable Love 2. Castlemaine 3. Yonder Blue 4. Sensitive New Age Guys 5. Victim/Volunteer |
6. The Kind Of Love You Never Recover From 7. Fly On A Plane 8. Venus Kissed The Moon 9. Moving Target 10. Shopping Cart Of Love: The Play |

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1. Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind 2. Bumblebees 3. Santa Monica Pier, The 4. Waltzing With Him 5. Mysterious Women 6. Realities |
7. Downtown 8. Never Go Back 9. 85 10. Somebody's Baby 11. Ain't Love Grand |

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1. Attainable Love - Barbara Kessler 2. Kind Of Love You Never Recover From, The - David Wilcox 3. Artificial Means - Julie Gold/Cliff Eberhardt 4. Jane - Vance Gilbert 5. Fly On A Plane - Richard Shindell 6. Victim/Volunteer - Kristina Olsen 7. Amoeba Hop, The - Dave Van Ronk/Frank Christian |
8. Replaced - Susan Werner 9. Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind - Megon McDonough 10. You Think You've Got Problems - David Roth 11. Biological Time Bomb - Judith Zweiman 12. Christine Lavin Could Do It - Cheryl Wheeler (intro) 13. Christine Lavin Could Do It - Cheryl Wheeler (song) |

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1. Compass - Dee Carstensen 2. Santa Monica Pier - Buddy Mondlock 3. Dakota, The - Sara Hickman 4. Doris And Edwin: The Movie - John Forster 5. Kind Of Love You Never Recover From, The - Hugh Blumenfeld/Dar Williams 6. Sensitive New Age Guys - David Buskin/George Wurzbach/Brook Hedick 7. Real Men Do - Robin Batteau/James Naughton/David Buskin 8. Moment Slipped Away, The - Jane Kelly Williams |
9. Regretting What I Said (A Musical Apology) - Debi Smith 10. Roses From The Wrong Man - Andrew Ratshin 11. Bitter End, The - Pete Nelson 12. Prisoners Of The Hairdos - Patty Larkin (instrumental) 13. I Love You - Sally Fingerett/Dan Green 14. Christine In The Round - Sol Weber/Friends 15. World Is Coming To An End, The - Andy Breckman |

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1. Oh Great Spirit 2. Bald Headed Men 3. Save Me A Seat (Homeward Bound) 4. From A Distance 5. Sealed With A Kiss 6. Butter 7. Graceful Man |
8. Try Love 9. Take Me Out To Eat 10. As Close To Flying 11. Perfect, (Fun To Be) 12. Choice, The 13. Good Night, New York 14. (untitled) |

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1. Dick Cerri Introduces The Show 2. Prisoners Of Their Hairdos - Christine Lavin & Co. 3. Wake Up And Dream - Megon McDonough 4. Not Bad For A Broad - Patty Larkin 5. Ladies Lunch - Sally Fingerett 6. Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind - Christine Lavin/Megon McDonough 7. Megon On 'Codependency' And Wuthering Heights 8. Painless Love - Megon McDonough 9. Dave's Holiday - Patty Larkin & Co. 10. Home Is Where The Heart Is - Sally Fingerett & Co. 11. Christine Reads Mailing List Cards |
12. Sally Explains Game Show 13. She Moved Through The Fair - Megon McDonough 14. Megon Draws Next Audience Suggestion 15. Junk Food - Patty Larkin 16. Sally Draws Next Audience Suggestion 17. Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin & Co. 18. But Still He Loved Her So (The Ballad Of Harry And Esther) - Sally Fingerett 19. I'm Fine - Patty Larkin 20. Meg Channels Patty 21. Every Living Thing - Megon McDonough & Co. 22. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Christine Lavin/Patty Larkin/Megon McDonough/Sally Fingerett |

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1. Hold Me Tonight (Red Grammer) 2. John's Cocoons (Michael McNevin) 3. Walk On Water (Diane Zeigler) 4. Lounging In The Belly Of The Beast (Electric Bonsai Band) 5. Twilight (Ron Renninger) 6. Let The Rain Come Down (Lori Lieberman) 7. Ten Complaints (Dee Carstensen) 8. River Skeeters (Gideon Freudmann) |
9. Harrison Ford (Christine Lavin) 10. Adolescent Rant (Don White) 11. Prom Dress (Deborah Pardes) 12. Hi Sal, Have You Checked Your E-mail? (Grit Laskin) 13. The Marijo Tonight (Jackie Tice) 14. I'm Going Back (Cathie Ryan) 15. Love Travels (Ceili Rain) 16. Rust (Lynn Miles) |

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1. Big Times in a Small Town 2. Dog Dreams 3. Is It Wrong to Feel So Good (At This Time in My Life) 4. Entering Marion 5. Nod Over Coffee 6. Further & Further Away 7. Summer of Love 8. Afro-Cuban Lullaby 9. The Star Spangled Banner & Me |
10. A Folksinger Earns Every Dime 11. I Am My Dad 12. Chained to These Lovin' Arms 13. A Road Worth Walking Down 14. The Date (Making Mountains out of Molehills) 15. Little Piece at a Time 16. A Time to Decide/Endless Sky 17. Shivering/Tight Jeans Round/Nursery Rhyme Round/Round & Round Round |

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Disc 1: 1. Wintertide - Al Petteway 2. Born A Little Late (Baby Boomer Song, The) - Susan Werner 3. Chase The Buffalo - Pierce Pettis 4. Hard Day Yesterday - Kristina Olsen 5. Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton/Dave Van Ronk 6. Speculator, The - Cathy Fink/Marcy Marxer 7. Magnolia Street - Buddy Mondlock/Jonathan Edwards 8. Deep Country - Barbara Kessler/Jonathan Edwards 9. These Are The Times - Red Grammer 10. From My Hands - Frank Christian 11. Cog In The Wheel - Diane Zeigler 12. Ashes Of Love - Tom Prasada-Rao 13. Home - Sally Fingerett/Cheryl Wheeler/Jonathan Edwards 14. Heaven Is Free Tonight - David Buskin And Co. 15. Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton/Tsubasa |
Disc 2: 1. One Day Closer - Jonathan Edwards 2. Green Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk 3. King Of Seventh Avenue - Ellis Paul 4. If Love Is A Dream - Megon McDonough 5. Great Storm Is Over, The - Bob Franke 6. Ballad Of A Ballgame - Christine Lavin 7. Cover Me - Robin Batteau 8. Flying In The Face Of Mr. Blue - Kate Taylor 9. Gettin' Up Early - Tom Paxton 10. Wearing The Time - Susan Graham White 11. Heart On The Run - Tom Intondi 12. Follow That Road - Anne Hills 13. Feel Your Feelings - John Forster 14. Life Is Hard - Cliff Eberhardt/The Bad Boy Club 15. Menemsha - Hilary Field |