The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Background posts:Part 1: The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_ was for sale on Amazon on vinyl…only problem is, it’s not released on vinyl. So, I did what … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Those of you following along at home know that I found a vinyl version of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_ for sale on Amazon. The thing … 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
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here. I decided to pay a visit to Amazon.com today to see how things were rolling with The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s material. When I arrived, I found … Read More
I hit you last time with an unexpected all-female dance songs from the ’80s mix: http://open.spotify.com/user/michaeljepstein/playlist/6JO7iAR5uW6F3iIbTV6k54. This time I am going to go the obvious route and present some of my favorite indie/undie rock/pop. As always, my stuff is available … Read More
Below is some video of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performs with BalletRox Out of the Box 2011 – Faith In Free at the Strand Theater. The process of creating this 3-song piece was documented by Berklee Pulse’s Banded … Read More
While it may be a while before we head off on a full-fledged tour, we do have this one travel show to reunite our Neutral Uke Hotel / Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library / Golden Bloom adventure. Before we head … Read More
Go “like” the OTTwMD facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – http://wmfo.org. Send your CDs to the station … Read More
Sea-monkeys (official site) are perhaps the quintessential item famed for being sold in comic books. As soon as Darling Pet Munkee saw the light of day, I knew that we had to write a song about the Wonderful World of Amazing Live … Read More
I’m having some fun playing with Spotify lately. I’ve already put up two playlists of my own music: A Sampler of MJE’s MusicThe Complete MJE (Everything on Spotify anyway) I decided I might make a regular series of playlists I … 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
I think I had mentioned this once before, but I just can’t bring myself to block the hacked e-mail address of an admired friend (or at least an admired and very well-liked acquaintance) who passed away several years ago. There … Read More
This has been picked up over on Music Think Tank, so head over there! To Eleven has a nice follow-up post discussing some of these ideas as does Rhythm Hub. Earbits also opened discussion on the topic. There was also an older … Read More
As part of the Parlour Bells Heavy Dream Remix Project, I made this “Hurricane Mix” to help everyone dance safely through Hurricane Irene. Thankfully, we haven’t been hit too badly here in Boston, but I know a lot of people … Read More
Photos by Rachel Blumenthal
UPDATE: Still no response re: unfriending, but hey, The Somerville News wrote a piece on Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. I have to wonder who runs the FB page… I find this whole thing puzzling and disappointing, but … Read More
Some awesome photos of Space Balloons at The Rosebud via Daykamp Music. Space Balloons has lots of behind the scenes excitement brewing, but for the moment, we thought you’d just enjoy some photos of a rare live performance.
Navigator Joe and Admiral Sophia sat down to draw out plans for their new hovercraft – and only copied off each others plans a little bit! Navigator Joe’s Hovercraft Admiral Sophia’s Hovercraft Here’s the song! Hovercraft Full of Eels: Hovercraft … Read More
The 2nd release from Balloononian rock stars Space Balloons is here! Two more tales of Balloononian culture featuring new band member Captain Joe K! Don’t forget about our previous, Welcome to Balloononia (just reviewed on Daykamp Music) and join the band this Saturday … Read More
As several of us are Somerville (MA) residents, we’re always excited when we get a chance to rock our own neighborhood. We had two shots recently – first, the Somerville ArtBeat festival, which was a blast! …and our wonderful return … 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
Here is the result of this call – Parts I and III: Faith in Free by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Deadline: August 19th at Midnight! We’re putting the finishing touches on a recording of the three-song piece we … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee was originally a one-off (go here for the story of how it happened) recording project combination of Cathy Capozzi of Axemunkee and Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. We had so much … 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
Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache just celebrated his third birthday. He was born the day after a family wedding in which no mustaches were permitted. Mustache had a quiet birthday as usual, but did receive one generous card from Eric Steven Roberts … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Librarian Tanya Palit recently appeared as a guest on the Jeff Jam show. She sang along with Jeff on a bunch of tunes and strummed her ukulele (the very same one as played in the … Read More
Some people may not realize it, but Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is just Sophia Cacciola rocking the drums and singing while I play bass. When people hear our record, they often ask me if I played the … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling and Parlour Bells are playing tomorrow at The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA and we decided to collaborate on a cover song – it was all supposed to be a delicious secret, but in … Read More
Go “like” the OTTwMD facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – http://wmfo.org. Send your CDs to the station … 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
You may be hearing about the launch of new social networking sites, but Mikebook___+® is not just another social networking site. It’s an entire way of living. Members of Mikebook___+® (we call them awesomefacemonkeys®) know deep inside that they are different from … Read More
Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein spent an hour talking about all of their projects and playing special ukulele versions of songs from Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, and Space Balloons on … Read More
Last night we hosted On the Town with Mikey Dee for the very first time! The show has been on for 22 years and every one of our bands have played on it (and, many, many other bands) so it … Read More
We already told you how excited we were to record a video session for LaundroMatinee at French Pharmacie in Indianapolis when we were on tour in April. Now we’re doubly excited to share it with you!!! We love love love … Read More
Back in 1976, our foredancers signed the Declaration of Independence and permanently guaranteed that our dancing and facial would not be oppressed by totalitarian monarchy rule…or something. Why did I write this song? Watch the video below to find out … Read More
“Walk on Water” appears around 6:30 Gay Video & Lesbian Movies – Logo: Fierce TV <p>&amp;lt;a href=”http://music.themotionsick.com/track/walk-on-water”&amp;gt;Walk on Water by The Motion Sick&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</p>
Thursday, Doomstar! and DNFMOMD have the pleasure of opening up for White Fence (Tim Presley of DARKER MY LOVE/THE FALL) and The Strange Boys at Church Thursday, June 23rdChurch of Bostonwith: Doomstar!, White Fence, The Strange Boys$10adv/$12 day of, 18+, … Read More
Sometimes you find the most bizarre things…and this one wasn’t even on the Internet yet! While working on “music supervision” for Special Friends, I started digging around for weird songs about Ohio, particularly, and this was a longshot – Austintown, … Read More
Watch and find out… I mentioned that “30 Lives” was now on Rock Band a bit back… Update: For whatever it’s worth, I got a 99% the second time I played…but it will take at least 3 tries to get … Read More
6/18/11 – 7 PM BalletRox Springs Out of the Box Strand Theater (543 Columbia Rd. Dorchester, MA 02125)http://strandboston.com/ Tickets: $20 center / $10 side – http://bit.ly/balletrox2011 We were so excited about our dress rehearsal yesterday for this show that we have decided … 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
I already wrote a little bit about Song of Songs: A Love Romp before the opening nights when The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library played the opening slot, but now, having spent some time with the music and having seen the … Read More
Special Friends Presents:Stamp By Stamp West (our SXSW escapades) Video Premiere and Episode Taping 6/20/11; $5; The Rosebud Bar, Somerville w/guests Sleepy Vikings (fr. Florida) check out their single, “Calm” at: http://sleepyvikings.bandcamp.com/track/calm-2 Special Friends is Somerville’s newest sitcom about a … Read More
Indie baroque-pop octet The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be joined by guest vocalist Sarah RabDAU (of Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins) to present BalletRox Springs Out of the Box, a variety dance show including live music accompaniment, designed … Read More
We are very excited to announce that “30 Lives” is now available for purchase and play for Rock Band on the XBox! (UPDATE 2/14/12: Also available for PS3!!!) Here’s a test run of the gameplay of the track in Rock Band! … Read More
CD cover art It’s a bit belated now, but we had an incredible CD Release for Questions Are A Burden to Others (officially out on 6/7/11) on 5/13/11 at a full Middle East Downstairs! We played with our good friends … Read More
An article in the Boston Herald about the ukulele revival:http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1341805&position=0 Plus a video of me playing a few songs at the Herald! The video also contains a brief appearance from Sophia Cacciola. Rumor has it that the full performances of … Read More
We explain a bit about the origin of Space Balloons here. The characters were created for Rob Potylo‘s children’s show, Worried All the Time. While napping after a particularly hearty meal of grapes, Balloononians Sophia (Sophia Cacciola) and Michael (Michael … Read More
It’s always fun to throw a cover onto your record. In the past, I’ve been involved in covering “First We Take Manhattan,” “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” and “Doomsday Devices.” For The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library‘s _Volume One_, I … Read More
What do you do when you’re a crazy bunch of people traveling in a 15-passenger van across the country? You record two sessions – one for Daytrotter.com and one for Laundromatinee.com – 6 hours driving apart, on the same day. … Read More