#3 New Years Eve 2005

NYE 2005 - The Mugs & Friends

We decided to celebrate the arrival of 2006 by holding an open house jam celebration at our rehearsal space. Fortunately Joe and Lori Raffa found the idea intriguing enough to make the trip from Syracuse. Armed with two well-stocked coolers and a folding table, they transformed our space into a pretty cozy spread: food, beer, wine, champagne, whiskey a plenty. We also invited a bunch of our good friends. Everyone was welcome to play an instrument [including 2 full drum kits] if the mood struck. The result- sonic jello. Clocking in at over 45min this is a heaping pile of jam. I'll do my best to credit the guilty parties. Oh yeah, in order to simplify things we only used 2 overhead mics so the sound quality is very ambient. And... we're lazy so we didn't chop the bounce into individual songs. Below is a menu:

0-7:40 : Headfirst into The Heavy
Drums - Steve Schlefani (aka: Headphoney)
Drums - Todd Raffa
Rhodes - Ryan Mug
Bass - Joe Raffa
Guitar - Nick Mug
Trumpet - Jeremy Mug

8:05-10:30 : Where is My Mind? (Pixies cover)
Drums - Headphoney
Drums - Todd
Rhodes - Ryan
Bass - Nick
Vocals - Jeremy

11:00-15:30 : The Medicine Takes Hold
not sure who plays what on this...

15:40-29:20 : Lift Off
Drums - Headphoney
Drums - Todd
Rhodes - Brett Mug
Bass - Ryan
Guitar - Nick
Trumpet - Jeremy

30:15-32:30 : Tofu Todd & the Mixed Nuts play a selection from The Ramones' song book
Drums - Ryan Raffa
Bass - Joe Raffa
Guitar/Vocals - Todd Raffa
Tambourine/Backup Vocals - Lori Raffa

33:05-46:00 : Tofu Todd Joins The Carnivores
Drums - Ryan
Drums - Brett
Bass - Todd
Guitar - Nick
Rhodes - Faith Hsu & Annie Wu (featuring Jeremy on Boss delay effect)