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My travelling companion and I once found
a bottle in a state liquor store in Rapid
City SD for $8. It was "Durango" brand, 
and alas, I've never seen it since. It wasn't
actually labeled 100% Agave, but it sure
tasted like it. 


...Larry Hunter's Tequila Tips

 hey all,
  
 if you can, check out alt.music.yo-la-tengo. it hasn't arrived at
 my site yet, but i've heard it's out there.

 tim


  from: Brian Tonsmeire

     Yo La Tengo began playing sporadic East Coast college dates last night
 Mar. 15.  I had planned on making the drive from New York City to upstate NY
 to see yesterday's show at Binghamton University as soon as I heard the
 details of the concert. I also realized earlier this week that Dump was
 scheduled to play at Maxwells in Hoboken NJ the night before the Binghamton
 concert.  I had never seen James' band before and wasn't quite sure whether
 to expect a solo or group effort.  Since the show was taking place in Georgia
 and Ira's hometown I figured there was a pretty good chance they would be
 there so I wasn't overly surprised to walk by Ira upon entering the club.
  Concerts at Maxwells are held in a great little back room, so small that the
 band must walk through the audience to reach the stage.  When James finally
 approached the stage, the first of three bands playing that evening, he was
 joined by Ira and Georgia.  James and Ira each sat on chairs, both playing
 guitars.  While Georgia sat behind a snare drum and cymbal.  James began the
 show simply stating, "Hi, our band's called Dump."  With that they began an
 eight song set featuring James' songs.  The effect was mind blowing.  With
 the help of his bandmates, James transformed his solo style songs into
 surprisingly intricate pop classics.  The guitar interplay between James and
 Ira was hypnotic and was matched perfectly by Georgia's harmonizing
 background vocals.  It was fascinating to see the three of them playing in
 this setting.  I had only previously heard one of the songs that was played
 but I enjoyed all of them.  The complete set list is as follows:
     Everything's Fine
     Clarity
     Beyond the Door
     Secret Blood
     Frankie Lymon
     Little Hat
     Superpowerless
     Made for it
 (Thanks to James for letting me grab the set list.)

 I went home that evening remembering that I was going to see them play again
 the following night.  The hall they played at Binghampton was significantly
 larger than the room at Maxwells, but YLT always seem to create an intimate
 atmosphere.  The concert relied less heavily on songs from Electropura than
 recent shows.  Ira was his normal kinetic self bouncing from guitar to organ
 to drums through the course of the set.  I've never left a YLT show
 dissapointed and tonight was no different.  The crowd was mostly made up of
 students who seemed familiar with the songs.  At one point Ira happily
 obliged a request playing a slowed down version of 'Upside Down,' featuring
 Georgia on organ.  At other times he seemed a little annoyed at repeated
 calls for VU covers.  One of the highlights was a performance of the
 excellent Dump song 'Slow Down' with James once again taking center stage.  I
 have tried to reproduce the set list below, but can't vouch for its
 completeness since I reconstructed it at 4:30 Am when I got back to NYC.

 Anyway here goes:
     Double Dare
     Shaker
     Flying Lesson
     Decora
     Tom Courtenay
     Slow Down
     Upside Down
     Did I tell You
     Nowhere Near
     ?
     False Alarm
     Sudden Organ
     Blue Line Swinger
     Enc:
     Ant Music
     Dreaming
     ? (The song where Georgia plays bass)

 After witnessing the past two nights it appears that the band is evolving
 once again, incorporating more of James' music.  This is sure to add another
 exciting dimension to Yo La Tengo.

 (P.S. I'm still trying to begin a live tape  collection.  Any help Digest
 readers can provide will be appreciated.  Email me or write:Brian Tonsmeire,
 349 E.78th St., Apt. 1C, NY, NY 10021)



 from: Martijn <acacia29@worldaccess.nl>

 Hello.
 I know it has been 7 months ago, but because I recently subscribed I just 
 wanted to tell you about the great YLT-concert in Holland at the Lowlands 
 festival at August 27th 1995.
 Before the YLT-show, I had only heard them a few time on the radio, but I 
 liked the songs I heard so I decided to go to the stage where they played.
 It wasn't that busy, I think because Green Day played on the main stage at
 the same time. The show started with a long keyboard-intro which made my 
 heart beat a little faster. For some reason nobody seemed to be enthousiastic.
 They continued playing all great songs. Then Georgia came from behind the
 drumkit and sung a few songs, which was really nice. At the end of the show
 everybody seemed to be really enthousiastic. I decided to become a YLT-fan.
 Unfortunately, I don't know which songs they played, but I think it's very 
 good if a band could make me enjoy a show when I can't sing along with the 
 songs.

 Martijn.



 from: Tony McCartan <TONY@itd.tv.bbc.co.uk>

 Yo La Tengo Digest stuff


 >From the April 1996 issue of "ICE"

 '
 ...April 23,
 TAG Recordings/Atlantic releases the soundtrack to "I Shot Andy Warhol", 
 featuring a score by
 John Cale and new or rare material by
 R.E.M. (The Troggs' "Love Is All Around"),
 Pavement ("Sensitive Euro Man"),
 Jewel (Phil Ochs' "Miranda"),
 Wilco (Buffalo Springfields's "Burned"),
 Yo La Tengo ("Demons"),
 Bettie Serveert (Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine"),
 Luna (Donovan's Season Of The Witch"),
 Ben Lee (The Small Faces' " Itchycoo Park")
 '

 Still hoping for a YLT European tour this Summer that includes England
 (the Matador Tour listing at least gives an idea of where they are in the 
 USA. How accurate is it, by the way?  How many get canceled?)


 I presume you know about the alt.music.yo-la-tengo newsgroup.  I can't 
 access it from my Compuserve account, but I found a entry by Marc Odo via 
 the Alta Vista browser (http://www.altavista.digital.com)

 Cheers from the land of mad cows and Scotsmen.

 Tony Mc.


 from: josh westlund <joshua.westlund@yale.edu> 

 hi Tim.  could you post this to the Yo La Tengo list?  Also, if you know of
 any other Yo La Tengo lists/newsgroups or other people I should contact to
 get the word out about this show, please let me know.  thanks in advance
 for your help.

 Yo La Tengo will be playing at Silliman Dining Hall at Yale U. in New Haven
 CT on April 12th.  the show starts at 8.  the Push Kings, Philistines Jr.,
 and Holiday are also on the bill.  tickets are $5.  for info call Josh at
 (203) 436-1636 or email joshua.westlund@yale.edu


 josh westlund
 WYBC radio, 94.3 New Haven
 joshua.westlund@yale.edu
 (203) 436-1636
 fax (203) 432-4117

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