Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo covers Spinal Tap as Reiner’s death turns satire into grim echo

Yo La Tengo, mid-Hanukkah set at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, veer from Velvet Underground to satire, tackling Spinal Tap’s “Gimme Some Money” to eulogize Rob Reiner, unexpectedly lost with wife Michele in what LAPD tags an “apparent homicide.”

Son Nick Reiner, arrested and charged, sits in custody as media reports cite knife wounds. The tribute lands with irony—honoring a comic craftsman entwined in a real-life tragedy too grotesque for mockumentary.