I (Chris) have long suspected The Prisoner is a show with a particular appeal to creative people, and I love to be proven right. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is a Prisoner-inspired punk duo comprised of filmmakers/musicians/writers/creators/etc. Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. When … Read More
We had a great time last month playing at The Prisoner Con and meeting all of the wonderful friends and fans of the show. We showed our two Prisoner-inspired vidoes, Arrival (a shot for shot remake of the opening sequence) and … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling The Prisoner Con Saturday evening September 30, 2017 — 6:00 – 11:00 PM At the Broadway Performance Hall — Seattle, WA Facebook Event The Program is outlined here: http://www.theprisonercon2017.com/the-program.html The story of how … Read More
Debuting over at BoingBoing today is our brand-new music video for “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death.” It’s the second The Prisoner recreation we’ve done (“Episode 1: Arrival” was a nearly-identical recreation of the opening sequence) – this time … Read More
As you likely are already aware, our band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling performs original music inspired by The Prisoner. Each song pays tribute to a particular episode of the show. We made this crazy music video recreation … Read More
Episode four of, The Eternal Village-cast, is now available. In this episode we share a multi-themed conversation with the creative dynamos, Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling – Join the Facebook group … Read More
By now, you’ve likely seen our recreation of the opening sequence to the 1960s TV show, The Prisoner, and probably also heard us rambling on about how it took two years of planning and 11 days of shooting (link). And, … Read More
We had a wonderful time discussing our films and more on The Walter Paisley Movie House Podcast. Today I talk to two of the most prolific and busiest independent filmmakers working. Between them, Michael and Sophia have over 70 credits … Read More
2021.Well, it was a lot of lockdown and some brief moments of shooting films, a couple film fests, and a quick visit East.In sadness, our beloved chihuahua that we adopted at the start of the pandemic in 2020, King Ghidorah, … Read More
Launch Over Podcast: Episode 4 with Seth Chatfield – August 28, 2020 Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over share insights into the creative process, discussing and analyzing the movies they watch and the movies they make. [ … Read More
What was 2018? Who knows? We shaved the sides of our heads. We had a busy year; probably our biggest news this year was finishing Clickbait, bringing it to festivals, and signing a distribution deal for it to come out … Read More
2017 was our first full year living in Los Angeles! Certainly a weird year in the world and that weirdness certainly seeped into our lives, but that did not stop us from having a productive year! One of the most … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling started out in 2009 as a vehicle for my songwriting. We decided to name the band and the songs after Prisoner episodes because we loved the show, and personally a lot of the … Read More
September 7 – 10, 2017 Alamo Drafthouse Winchester, VA Film lineup reveal on July 7! GENREBLAST 2 INDIE FILMMAKERS UNLEASHED!A raw and uncensored look into the world of independent genre filmmaking from the mouths of those in the trenches!Moderated by … Read More
2016 was a year of big changes for us! The biggest being that we left our many-year home Boston for Los Angeles. You can read about why we chose to move here. We headed out in the Summer and went … Read More
Sophia and Michael are LA-based filmmakers, musicians, and writers Sophia Cacciola sophia@sophiacacciola.com [Facebook][Twitter][IMDB] Michael J. Epstein mje@michaeljepstein.com [Facebook][Twitter][IMDB] Join Our Mailing Lists – Launch Over Films Blood of the Tribades, TEN, Magnetic Music Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling … Read More
In case you missed it, the very awesome VANYALAND premiered our video/song cover of Shakespears Sister’s 1992 mega-hit “Stay” – Note: for reasons unknown, Youtube removed the original video post saying we had violated the TOS. They did not reinstate … Read More
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ had so much fun participating in last year’s Boston 48 Hour Film Project (making Los Locos Manos) that we decided to participate again in 2013. Sophia was interviewed about our participation by Wicked Bird Media!Character – Bonnie/Brian Higgins, Inventor … Read More
2012 Recap! Okay, 2012 was a big one. Here’s 2011, that was big too, but different. After last year, we had the lofty goal of releasing 10 albums in 2012. We would have done it too, if we didn’t get … Read More
Los Locos Manos full film, created for 48 Hour Film Project Boston 2012 All of our 48 Hour Films: LOS LOCOS MANOS!!! [Facebook] [https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/] “Los Locos Manos” screening happened: Kendall Square Cinema Group E Screening Thursday, May 24, 7 PM … Read More
For 2012, we’ve decided to release one cover song a month. This is an exciting project as it will enable us to collaborate with lots of friends (expect A LOT of duets!) and will keep us moving while Sophia finishes … Read More
ah Monday night Rock ‘n’ Roll! We’re playing a free show at Zuzu (Cambridge, MA) – starts at 10PM, and is a pretty awesome night of music: Mon 1/30/12 – Zuzu! 21+ 10pm Free!Night of the Living DeadHead:Jeremy Dubs Presents: Speak! … Read More
2011 was a really amazing year for us on all musical fronts; we released more music and videos than ever before, and we’ve put ourselves in a position for 2012 that should allow us to be in a constant state … Read More
Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Indie pop/folk ensemble[Web][Blog][Facebook][Twitter][Last.Fm][Youtube] Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling Noisy, bass/drum duo – songs based on ’60s spy-fi show The Prisoner [Web][Facebook][Blog][Twitter][Youtube] Darling Pet Munkee garage/surf songs about items sold in comic books [Web][Facebook … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee officially releases our debut album, _Glows in the Dark_ on 1/14/12 at Radio in Somerville! We are very excited to perform live in the venue that we shot our “X-Ray Specs” video! We’ll have guest burlesque and theater … Read More
The Vivs’ 2nd Annual Holiday Bash and Benefit!Saturday, December 17th, 2011; 6:30 p.m. The Regent Theatre Featuring An All-Star Lineup of Bands and Performers: • Big Dipper• The Vivs• Tanya Donelly and Bill Janovitz• Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling• The … Read More
TIME Magazine Online has featured Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s music video for “Episode 1: Arrival” on their Top Ten Creative Videos for 2011! TIME LINK. We are so, so delighted to have received this incredible honor! here’s … Read More
We’re bringing Prisoner-rock to the people this weekend! Please join us/tell your friends to join us in Brooklyn & Philly! 9/3/11 SATURDAY$5 · Spike Hill Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (9PM)I Love Monsters(10PM) 186 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg -Brooklyn, … Read More
Very excited to present our second music video (for our first music video, which was a shot-for-shot remake of the opening sequence to The Prisoner, click here) for our cover of Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan” behind the scenes … Read More
It’s Sophia’s Birthday Show! August 19th at TT the Bears Place, Cambridge MA Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling are planning an extra special set – and an extra special set means extra special guests – we’ll be joined … Read More
December ’11 update: We were very honored to have TIME Magazine Online select our video as No. 6 (we see what you did there) in its Top Ten Creative Videos of 2011 List – TIME LINK July 11 update: … Read More
Last month we were very pleased to release our epic Prisoner-recreation music video for Episode 1: Arrival (read about it here and here). Watch that video here. Michael & Glenn hard at work microfilm props! But last July we were … Read More
Watch the video at Magnet! For those curious on just how close (it’s disturbing, really) we got it to the original – here is a link to a shot-within-shot video of The Prisoner (1967) and “Episode 1 – Arrival” (2011) and … Read More
Glenn DiBenedetto (Killer Suit Creative) recently took a spin (via the Globe Bar) to the English countryside with Sophia. They talked about the Rumble, The Prisoner, our upcoming video, and Sophia shared her (no longer)secret recipe for the Do Not … Read More
Last October, http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2010/10/most-epic-video-shoot-of-all-time-with.html I gave an update on the bulk of the shooting for our epic music video that recreates the opening sequence of The Prisoner. We’ve had several days of shooting since then. We spent two days shooting the resigned cabinet … Read More
Space Balloons is yet another project from Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola. This one, though, is for the kids. We’re working on a collection of children’s songs, primarily on ukulele. Space Balloons was created as part of a TV … Read More
Here’s a quick recap of all my musical nonsensicals in 2010 broken down by project (see also Sophia’s recap): The Michael J. Epstein Memorial LibraryWith The Motion Sick winding down in 2010, it was time for me to decide what … Read More
DNFMOMD on TOUR!photo by Kelly Davidson The Prisoner- top still from our recreation- bottom I’m breaking this up into groups – starting with my reason for justifying how I live my life, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. 2010 was … Read More
Final video info / screen shot comparisons / video itself (6/9) here!!! 3/13/11 Update (last 3 days of shooting and preliminary screening info here!) Around this time last year, Mike and I approached Theodore Cormey of Lost Jockey Productions about … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Visit the One Night Band website and the Facebook event to find out more about One Night Band 2010 on August 21 at the Middle East downstairs. Check back here each … Read More
Hello Friends! Just wanted to give you all a quick update to let you know what we’re up to. The Motion Sick has decided to wrap up the 4-song recording we’re working on, play a couple more shows, and then … Read More
Our EP was officially released on April 3rd at Church of Boston (with some wonderful bands – another post on that soon!) and we really felt the love from the Boston community leading up to the show. Here’s the run-down … Read More
clockwise from left, ‘No.6’, painting by Simon Palmer, Patrick McGoohan on the set of Living in Harmony, Ian Rakoff at Comica, Michael Epstein and Sophia Cacciola a.k.a. ‘Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’ and the cover of the novel … Read More
SciFi Pulse did a very lengthy interview with us recently on the scope of our band and we shared opinions on a host of other sci-fi and spy-related tv and movies. From the SciFi Pulse press release, “featured in our … Read More
My favorite actor died today. Mike wrote up a succinct blog over at his band’s site, which I am going to copy here: “I am very sad that my favorite actor Patrick McGoohan passed away yesterday at the age of … Read More
I am very sad that my favorite actor Patrick McGoohan passed away yesterday at the age of 80. I am slightly disturbed by the fact that last night, we completed our viewing of the 86-episode, 18 DVD box set of … Read More
Mike posted this over at The Motion Sick Blog I think it sums up where the band is at really well, and I thought it deserved to be posted over here:We in The Motion Sick land have all been involved … Read More
We in The Motion Sick land have all been involved in a variety of musical projects throughout our rock and roll lives. Currently, I am involved in one band beyond The Motion Sick. That is Do Not Forsake Me Oh … Read More
IMDb – Letterboxd Salomé is a young princess obsessively in love with John the Baptist, a prophet who has been taken prisoner by her stepfather for publicly shaming her mother. Because John hates Salomé’s family, he has no interest in … Read More
We had a really nice conversation with Boston Globe correspondent Isaac Feldberg to discuss our return to the Boston Underground Film Festival after having moved away a few years ago to screen Clickbait. We were super grateful to have been … Read More