[Home][Listen/Buy Music ] [ Lyrics ] [ Bio/Press ] [ Blog/News ] [ Past Shows and Live Photos/Video ] [ Video ] [Mailing List ] [Contact] Major Press Accolades (Summary) College Radio History – Music Video Airplay – Press Kit Bio – Small – Large 30 Lives Music Video One Sheet AccoladesOne Sheet Press Clips Clips The Motion … Read More
Korean girl-pop band SNSD dances to The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix).” This is particularly exciting because the video matches the music pretty well and it’s kind of eerie.
Tomorrow night, The Motion Sick plays what I can best describe as its goodbye-for-now show. It happens at TT the Bear’s, which is the same stage where we held our first real show, a CD-release party for Her Brilliant Fifteen. … Read More
I just want to give a HUGE thanks to everyone involved with making The MJEML’s musical debut a smashing success. Agent Bishop did a great job setting up the show and trusting us to come through and sell out a … Read More
Three librarians, Tanya K. Palit, Susannah Plaster, and Michael J. Epstein (me) paid a visit to WZBC on Friday to give the world premiere of a few songs and talk about Saturday’s debut performance at Cafe 939 (video, MP3s, and recap … Read More
Michael J. EpsteinBook Shelver, Due Date Stamp Cleaner, Pervy Computer User Kicker Outer, Ukulele, Voice Michael J. Epstein, great-great-great-great-great grandson of Michael J. Epstein is allowed to work in the library because he has the same name as its honoree … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Archives presents former band members… Sasha GoldbergHead Curator of Special Collections and Archives, Trumpet, Organ, Keys, Thunder Stick Sasha was raised to be a classically trained flute player but decided that science was a lot … Read More
There has been a lot of media coverage lately of the Wikileaks controversy. Somehow, top secret documents and other materials appeared on this web site. At first, we found it fascinating and wondered whether the increased transparency was good or … Read More
Jane AllardStacked Collection Curator, Melodica, Glockenspiel, Voice Jane has parlayed her few years of piano in middle school to an on again/off again keyboard gig in various projects. She has recently turned to several new instruments and has realized that the … Read More
There are so many embarrassing bits here, I don’t even know what to say about them. These are likely to all be circa 1987. This is a story I think I wrote as a summary based on a story in … Read More
Welcome to the Summer of 1991, the coolest Summer on record, and I don’t mean the weather!
In 2005, the BBC asserted that a “tool,” known as the the Hohle Fels phallus, dating back 28,000 years was perhaps the oldest phallic artifact on record. The story tells us that the Hohle Fels phallus was put on display in … Read More
Daytrotter (read more about them on Wikipedia) has been one of my favorite web sites since, about 4 years ago, Andy and Jen from Band In Boston (another really great sessions site) told me about how they modeled their Flophouse … Read More
This is after more than a week of healing after tour, so the effects are actually downplayed, but I still thought I might be able to gross out a few of you with the contrast between my two pointer fingers…also … Read More
To the people that made our hilarious-adventure a reality: photo by the beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson Agent (Mike) Bishop was indispensable to us on the road. His official title was ‘tour manager’ – in this capacity he made hotel … Read More
I am not an expert analyst consultant new media web 2.0 guru monkey VC master, but I can see the obvious. Myspace started to bomb out because it was completely useless as a social networking tool. My band, The Motion … Read More
Previously: Protect The Mummified Squirrel of Somerville!!! (Warning: Photos) Skippy has received a national park! We are very concerned about Skippy’s safety at the moment. Please pray for his safe return.
The title really says it all…
I’ve been really excited for this to come out for a long time! While in Toronto for NXNE, Neutral Uke Hotel recorded this live video performance of “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” in the middle of a street. It … Read More
10 Hours of Chaos (Facebook Page) I’m stealing Mike’s (read his account of his band/experience here) description of One Night Band: me on the morning of ONB Photo by Just Bill Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of participating this year … Read More
Photo of me shamelessly stolen from The Weekly Dig’s One Night Band Flickr Important stuff first: The Positronic Rays on Facebook, The Positronic Rays on Twitter, The Positronic Rays on Youtube. I had the pleasure of participating this year in Boston … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Archives presents former band members… Tanya K. PalitExecutive Assistant to Mr. Bookman, Library Investigations Officer, guitar, vocals, and occasional violin Tanya picked up the guitar for the same reason many people do: Bangladeshi political instability (assassinations, … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Archives presents former band members… Holly CollinsElectronic Arcade Librarian, Flarm Patrol, Kalimba, Voice Holly hails from Boston and still misses the “real” Harvard Square and, especially, The Tasty. Holly went to Northeastern University, where she … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel is most certainly all about taking a bizarre and unexpected journey for me. First of all, I really hate cover bands and tribute bands. I have no interest in hearing them and don’t really understand their appeal … Read More
Rachel Leah BlumenthalSenior Cataloguer of Plague-Era Autobiographies, Flute When Rachel isn’t playing whatever instrument she can get her hands on – most often flute, piano, and oboe – she’s writing about science, food, or the science of food. She eats ghost … Read More
Susannah P.Assistant Director of Returning Books on Time, Viola, Voice Hailing from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Susannah moved to Boston after finishing her undergraduate degree in Viola Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Having studied at both … Read More
SAD UPDATE: SKIPPY IS MISSING! A bit back, I had mentioned the great crisis taking place in Somerville regarding the possibility that Skippy, a rare mummified squirrel’s natural habitat would be torn down in favor of attracting and housing living … Read More
Sophia CacciolaBeatbinder, Acquisitions, Drums Sophia was hatched from a dinosaur egg at Natural Bridge, VA. She is also the frontwoman/drummer for the no-wave art-rock Prisoner-inspired band, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. Favorite Author: Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is the … Read More
We bring you a series of features on the fine staff of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library. Lisa BattistonAssistant Shelver to the Dean of Mass Market Literary Literature, Bass Several years ago, Lisa was formerly playing a not-so-great guitar in … Read More
I love seeing/hearing people covering our songs. This is a great acoustic cover of “Aquaman’s Lament” by a fellow in Brazil.
UPDATE 1: Skippy has received a national park! UPDATE 2: Skippy has gone missing! I am careful about selecting the few causes that I get behind and get vocal about, but I can’t stay quiet about this one any longer! … Read More
The very last day of our tour blog…sniff sniff. Tons of tour photos on Flickr at and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says: Finally! No hotel check outs or 6 hour drives! We got to sleep … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 This is perhaps our least exciting tour blog entry, so please read the others too! Sophia says: Pittsburgh to Rochester was quite … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says: Today we woke up extra super early because we had a radio appearance to make at the University of Pittsburgh station WPTS! It turns out … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia mostly (with a few additions from Mike) says: We woke up early to go visit the 62′ Touchdown Jesus statue in Cincinnati – Mike visited … Read More
Our visit to Foamhenge included two acoustic performances. Part 1 was posted a few days back. Now, we finally got enough bandwidth to get part 2 up for you. Tons of photos and more from Foamhenge and Natural Bridge, VA … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says: Today was a lot of boring, boring driving through the wasteland that is West Virginia (their new motto, coined by me is: Go Around) and the … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says:Day 5 was an open (no show) date on our tour, so we were forced to do the right thing – the right thing being to help the … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia’s Day 4 – we woke up at our friend’s Pia, Aaron, Annie (the dog)’s house. We made it to a breakfast place, Mark’s Kitchen that had vegan breakfast … 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
Way more about Foamhenge and Natural Bridge, VA to come, but for now, here is the first of two live acoustic Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling performances at Foamhenge in 90+ degree weather (as always, it’s unusual for … Read More
This article originally appears 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
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 (This entry is a mix of Sophia and Mike writing, so we’ll leave it to you to guess who the “I” refers to in each sentence.) We woke up … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 We’ll start things off with Sophia’s brief summary of the day before moving on to my rant: We drove and drove and drove. Learned never to take an exit … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 After much fighting with Thrifty (really not that much) about how we had a reservation, but they didn’t actually have a vehicle for us to take. I don’t really … Read More
If you’ve run into Mike or I in the last month (or, if you’re friends with us on any variety of social networks) you’ve undoubtedly been barraged with the fact that we’re headed out on our very first tour! We’re a little bit freaked … Read More
The votes are still being counted (also, I don’t think we actually care who won, nor do we even know what we were running for, but hey…), but the videos are in from the show! The night opened with the … Read More
The ever problematic Agent Bishop has caved in to mass hysteria and demand for a piece of memorabilia designed to celebrate my frequent use of the “like” option on Facebook. I present to you, his creation (initially made in short … Read More
Thursday, July 15th we’re very excited to play our very first show in our hometown of Somerville at PA’s Lounge! We’ll be debuting two new songs we’ve been working on, Episode 5: Free For All, and Episode 8: The General! … Read More