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 Battiston Assistant Shelver to the Dean of Mass Market Literary Literature, Bass Several years ago, Lisa was formerly playing a not-so-great guitar … 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
Once again, a link between scantily clad dolls and The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” has been found…
Our opponents in The Rock Primary are spewing totally slanderous garbage. You’ll be hearing our response to these allegations soon and our opponents will be hearing from our lawyers soon! Campaign videos from our opponents:http://www.youtube.com/user/therockprimary All Campaign Videos: http://bit.ly/cGvV9Z Cast … Read More
Well, The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” has been caught up in the debate between the vampires and werewolves (or whatever the story is) as these girls argue about Twilight while driving in Hawai’i. The song is actually only … Read More
We had the distinct pleasure of performing on Bay State Rock with Carmelita on WAAF on 06/27/2010. We took “acoustic” to its most epic and silly conclusion, ukulele and glockenspiel, of course! Because we didn’t think that playing our drums/bass … Read More
Presently, we have two songs in Pandora’s system. We’re hoping to get more in, but there are a lot of complex and annoying barriers to this happening. Regardless, I thought it would be interesting to see what Pandora recommended to … Read More
Show tomorrow, 6/25 at The Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, MA. It’s psychedelia-inspired 28 Degrees Taurus’ CD Release. The haunting and shoegazing Static of the Gods headline and Banditas open the night (we should be on second). FB Event – … Read More
Produced by Killer Suit Creative Media 07/16/10 TT the Bear’s Cambridge, MA Sidewalk Driver MidnightThe Motion Sick 11:00pmBrendan Boogie & the Best Intentions 10:00pmLeo Blais 9:00pm18+ Don’t vote for these jerks!
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
I can’t really understand a word of this, but it appears that these folks are using “30 Lives” to help teach you about getting ripped abs.
Pick up a copy of The Boston Phoenix this week to check out our interview with Barry Thompson (or click the link to read it online)! We had a really fun (if evasive) interview with Barry in our kitchen – … Read More
At least I was. Okay, still am. Before I get to that, I’ve got a million blog posts to write for this blog, but I keep getting distracted and wondering if they should go in separate blogs or what. I … Read More
To be honest, I’ve tolerated making music for people for this long while ever patiently awaiting the rise of artificially intelligent robots that take over the world. Until now, I’ve wept daily because I’ve never been able to fulfill my … Read More
Friends, We’ve got some things to tell you about:1. Show tomorrow at The Middle East Downstairs2. Free MP3s for you! (…and new music from The Motion Sick!)3. Strange Youtube Videos Featuring the Music of The Motion Sick4. Radio Sampler — … Read More
Embedding is disabled on this one, which kind of makes me angry, but these guys are using “Surfin’ Retiree” to sell some $3.4 million beachfront property. That makes me laugh…
This jerk thinks it’s okay to sit on this tiny horse that can barely support him. I hate him. I like “Surfin’ Retiree” though.
For most people, The Motion Sick and golf go hand-in-hand…well, at least for this person who likes to putt (in slow motion) to “Winged Bicycle”
What’s better than a song about Hershey’s? A song about Hershey’s with The Motion Sick’s “Walk on Water” playing in the credits…
In honor of George Romero visiting us here in Boston to promote his new movie, _Survival of the Dead_, here’s some dude that dances like he’s a zombie or something, but at least he dances to “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” … Read More
Someone windsurfing along to “Aquaman’s Lament” by The Motion Sick. I will say that while the song is of legendary rock status, windsurfing looks pretty boring.
I’ve actually never been skiing, but if I did/do/will ever go, I will totally scoot along to The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)”