Farewell to The Pill!
I moved to Boston back in 1998 and despite my current rule about refusing to participate in any activity that involves moving the lower half of my body in sync with music, I used to actually like dancing. In 1998, … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: Indie Rock Ranger’s Holiday Spectacular featuring Freezepop, Sidewalk Driver
flyer by Daykamp Creative I missed most of this show, but showed up just in time for some Sidewalk Driver and Freezepop and some photos with GLAMTA!!! photo by Joe Renken! SIDEWALK DRIVER! FREEZEPOP!
12/12/13 – Sophia and Michael perform a couple of modern holiday classics (okay, songs that they wrote) at The 9th or 10th Annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade for the Homeless at Johnny D’s
The 9th or 10th Annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade for the Homeless at Johnny D’s on 12/12/13 at Johnny D’s https://www.facebook.com/events/1409026175999070/ Sophia and Michael will be performing 2 songs from their …Celebrate the Holidays work. Sophia and Michael Celebrate the Holidays! … Read More
Boston Does Boston – Benefit CDs / Shows – MJEML plays 12/13 at Brighton Music Hall
Awesome artwork by Tyler Littwin Boston does Boston (Facebook) is a startup benefit series, wherein the city’s vast, diverse pool of musical talent comes together to re-imagine and re-record each other’s work for charity CDs and live events. (Read more about … Read More
Friends of TEN: TEN star MOLLY DEVON on MTV’s GENERATION CRYO! (EPISODE AIRS MTV TONIGHT!)
cast photo by Rachel Leah Blumenthal Molly Devon, who played the real-estate investor in TEN, is on a new MTV reality series called GENERATION CRYO. The show premiered November 25 at 10/9c! Tonight, Episode 3, which features Molly, debuts! MTV has … Read More
USA Today’s Popcandy premieres new Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling music video!
We are so excited that USA Today’s POPCANDY blog premiered our brand-new Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling music video for the song “EPISODE 10: LIVING IN HARMONY” The entire video was shot at 5 Wits “Espionage” immersive adventure at … Read More
Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukkah, and Local Shopping!
A trio of seasonally appropriate songs for this week that we wanted to share with you again! Shift Your Shopping (full story)As customers, we are about to collectively spend a large portion of our annual shopping budget between Nov. 1 … Read More
BRING US YOUR WOMEN recap: Sophia performs “Mary Magdalene” and “Sirens” with Axemunkee (videos)
official Triptych poster designed by Ian Adams! We had a great time performing on 11/14 at Oberon as part of Catherine Capozzi‘s Bring Us Your Women project. Bring Us Your Women is: “An homage to women, divinity, and the pursuit of freedom will be … Read More
DNFMOMD: show 12/6 at Davis Square Theatre with Ruby Rose Fox and Feints!
This will be the last live performance of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling for ~9 months or so while we finish up the last four songs in our Prisoner epic, make as many more music videos as we … Read More
DNFMOMD: By Hook or By Crook – the lyrics
Episode 10: Living in Harmony I know you want to lay down and sleepuntil you don’t wake upI know you want to lay down your bodyfor an idea that’s made up it would be easier, it would it be clearif … Read More
Sophia and Michael Celebrate the Holidays! (with music!) – latest musical entry: “December (Under the Covers)”
Sophia and I have long dreamed of making a full album of holiday songs for the more neglected holidays – Flag Day, Arbor Day, etc. We’ve been gradually working on this project, including a Black Friday song, a song about … Read More
DNFMOMD: By Hook or By Crook release party recap! photos from DAYKAMP!
DOUBLE RELEASE PARTY RECAP! 11/15/13 at TT THE BEARS, Cambridge MA! We had the most amazing time releasing our new singles, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK and sneak-previewing our new music videos at TT the Bears last Friday! Do Not Forsake … Read More
I am sorry that I did not reply to your email. I really am. (I am, however, not sorry I didn’t read your Facebook or Twitter private message.)
I assume this happens to lots of us, but this honestly makes me a little sad. I’ve reached the point where I just can’t respond to all of the emails I get. I really like helping people out whenever I … Read More
BRING US YOUR WOMEN recap: Michael performs “EVE” with Axemunkee (videos)
Bring Us Your Women is now running a Kickstarter campaign to put together a film anthology and album!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/catherinecapozzi/bring-us-your-women-a-film-anthology-album-perform?ref=category_location EVE artwork by Kristilyn – Zombie Romance We had a great time performing last Thursday at Oberon as part of Catherine Capozzi‘s … Read More
Porcelain (Wake No More) – Short Film
Triptych presents three performances that uniquely integrate theater, video, dance, art, and rock! NOVEMBER 14TH AT OBERON. Michael and Sophia have been working for many months with John Langton of Porcelain on a 3-part short film/set of music videos exploring … Read More
DNFMOMD: new singles, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK debut at Boston Herald’s Guestlisted!
Our new double single for the songs, “Episode 10: Living in Harmony” and “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death” made their debut over at the Boston Herald’s GUESTLISTED today! They said, “DNFMOMD returns with a pair of singles that add … Read More
Sarah Rabdau & Sophia Cacciola video-cover Shakespears Sister’s “Stay” – Double Release Party Friday at TTs!
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
Michael J. Epstein presents: “Psychoacoustical Secrets to Better Sound Recording” to the Greater Boston Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America – Nov 13, 2013 at Berklee
From: http://gbcasa.org/november-13-2013-meeting-notice/ November 13, 2013 – Psychoacoustical Secrets to Better Sound Recording Psychoacoustical Secrets to Better Sound Recording Featured Speaker: Michael J. Epstein, Ph.D., is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with joint appointment … Read More
Wiretap Wednesday: Nov. 6, 2013 featuring Glenn Michael RECAP WITH VIDEOS!
November Wiretap Wednesday is here! We are sad to say that this will be our last Wiretap under our hosting. We’re very proud of what we’ve done with the night and have truly enjoyed hearing many inspired performances over the … Read More
Sophia cameos in Walter Sickert & ARmy of BRoken TOys “Pornival” music video
Welcome to the PORNIVAL (that stands for Portable Carnival AND NOTHING ELSE). We were invited to the Wireforest for an evening of extravagance. I decided it was the perfect time to debut my Metropolis robot body: Newsflash: Sophia is a … Read More
Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein host On the Town with Mikey Dee on WMFO 10/30/2013
EXTRA SPOOKY THEMED SHOW TONIGHT!!!Go “like” the On The Town with Mikey Dee 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 – https://www.wmfo.org/.Send … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: Halloween in Boston – Ad Frank and the Ad Seeds as Nick Cave, Lifestyle as Depeche Mode, Pretendica
Halloween in Boston is a big deal. We didn’t manage to make it to as much as we wanted to, but here’s a glimpse of what TT the Bear’s had to offer: Ad Frank and the Ad Seeds as Nick Cave … Read More
MJEML is house band for The Encyclopedia Show Season 2! 10/14/2013 is SERIAL KILLERS
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ (The Michael J. Epstein Mass Spectrometer) is very excited to be the house band for The Encyclopedia Show SomervilleMonday, October 14, 2013Davis Square Theatre255 Elm St., Somerville, Massachusetts 02144|7:00pm until 10:00pmFacebook EventSecond Season Second Episode of the Encyclopedia Show: Somerville! Our … Read More
MAGNETIC: Meet our star, Allix Mortis
With our Kickstarter campaign at the halfway point, we thought it was a grand time to shed a little light on our casting process for MAGNETIC and to get to know Allix Mortis a little better. We knew we didn’t … Read More
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MAGNETIC! Halfway-point Kickstarter update! Stretch goals! Fresh rewards!
We cannot thank you all enough for believing in us and this project! We are so thrilled to have reached our initial funding goal at 2 weeks in our 4 week campaign! We’re so grateful that you all have trusted us … Read More
Daykamp Poster & Photo Shows 10/10 & 10/18 (10/18 features DNFMOMD!)
I always know I’m at a good show when I see Johnny Anguish (Daykamp Music) crouched at the front of the stage taking photos, and I always know which show to go to when I see one of Nicole Anguish’s … Read More
MAGNETIC: announcing Rachel Leah Blumenthal as Production Assistant!
Rachel Leah Blumenthal self portrait Very excited to announce that Rachel Leah Blumenthal has signed on as our Production Assistant aka WRANGLER OF SHEEP for our first set of principal shooting days of MAGNETIC! . I’m pretty sure she’s in … Read More
Wiretap Wednesday: Oct. 2, 2013 featuring Jonathan Michael RECAP!
October Wiretap Wednesday is here!! Wiretap Wednesday is a low-stress open mic that welcomes music, comedy, poems, and storytelling! Our feature performer tonight was Jonathan Michael! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, MA Also, connect with us on Facebook. Links to … Read More
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MAGNETIC: announcing Kelly Davidson as Director of Photography
slate from TEN Very excited to announce that Kelly Davidson has signed on as Director of Photography for our new feature film, MAGNETIC! Kelly was also our Director of Photography for our first film, TEN; and has shot two (soon to … Read More
MAGNETIC Film POSTER making-of!
We’ve had an amazing first day kickstarting our new feature film, MAGNETIC – thank you so much to everyone for your support of this project so far! We are beyond humbled and cannot wait to thank you all personally. As … Read More
Announcing MAGNETIC starring Allix Mortis (our 2nd feature film Kickstarter!)
We are extremely excited to announce that we’re in preproduction for our 2nd feature film, MAGNETIC. On December 31st, at 11:58:07 PM Coordinated Universal Time, Earth, the third planet from the star sol will have its atmosphere ripped to shreds … Read More
DNFMOMD in Northampton at Sierra Grille on Thursday 9/26!
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is very excited to return to the Sierra Grille in Northampton, MA this week! Facebook event. We always have a magical time in Northampton!
Kissing Oscar Wilde book release party Oct 3 at Oberon with The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, Katie Kat, UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb, Zombie Romance
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ wrote a song about traveling to Paris to kiss Oscar Wilde? We’re debuting it on October 3rd at Oberon? But why?!?!?!? Jade Sylvan‘s Kissing Oscar Wilde book release party!https://www.facebook.com/events/147511405445366/ Tickets: http://bit.ly/kisswilde Why go to a book release party in … Read More
TEN Lip-Synching: Aqua “Barbie Girl”
We’re finally issuing the 12th (and final) lip-synching video for TEN Kickstarter backer rewards. This is kind of a special one, which is what took us so long! Edrie is one of the Boston area’s most enthusiastic supporters of creative projects, … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library plays What the Fluff? A Tribute to the Union Square Invention on September 28th
More info: http://unionsquaremain.org/fluff-festival/ – Facebook Event What the Fluff? A Tribute to the Union Square Invention Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013. 3 – 7 pm(Raindate Sunday, September 29) Where: Union Square Plaza in Somerville. Where Prospect Street, Washington Street and Somerville Avenue meet. FOR THE EIGHTH … Read More
Friends of TEN: FAT – a huge success at the Toronto International Film Festival! – @Fatthefilm
We’re super excited that Mark Phinney’s Fat (IMDB) starring Mel Rodriguez, one of the most important, bravest films in a long, long time, has received a wonderful response at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival! Read some of Mark’s … Read More
Sophia performs solo as part of the 40th Anniversary of TT the Bears Place, Camb. MA TONIGHT
I was very excited to have been asked to help celebrate the 40th (!!!) Anniversary of TT the Bears Place – one of my most favorite places to play – and one of the most welcoming. TTs took a chance … Read More
Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys cover The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s “Saint of Glass Worms” (inspired by the Walter Sickert artwork) as Kickstarter reward
Walter Sickert’s “Saint of Glass Worms” Last year, https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/‘s Art-Exchange Project included 5 songs written via the inspiration of 5 of our favorite visual artists. Each of those artists also then created a new visual piece based on a song … Read More
MJEML is house band for The Encyclopedia Show Season 2! Starting 9/9/13 with DINOSAURS!
(preview of the forthcoming Encyclopedia Show Somerville Seasons 1-3) by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ (The Michael J. Epstein Mass Spectrometer) is very excited to be the house band for The Encyclopedia Show SomervilleMonday, September 9, 2013Davis Square Theatre255 … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee plays RADIO Bar Saturday with Faux Ox, Bent Knee, and Emily Peal
Darling Pet Munkee is opening the night of the FAUX OX CD release their sophomore effort, Bhopal Hoax! This is the last Munkee gig for 2013! Doors at 8:00 p.m. and show starts at 9:00 with Darling Pet Munkee at RADIO in … Read More
MJEML to play Jamaica Plain Music Fest Saturday 9/7 3PM!
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is very excited to play the 3rd Annual JP Music Festival this Saturday! Our set-time is 3PM!all the info (from the facebook event): Join us Saturday, September 7th, 2013 from 12-7 PM at Pinebank … Read More
Wiretap Wednesday: September 4, 2013 RECAP featuring Why Are Those Girls SO Loud?!
September Wiretap Wednesday!! Wiretap Wednesday is a low-stress open mic that welcomes music, comedy, poems, and storytelling! Our feature performer was Why Are Those Girls SO Loud! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, MA All Ages! Free! (Logistical Details) Free Parking … Read More
Endation “Staab” music video produced by Sophia Cacciola, Directed by Michael J. Epstein premieres on Vanyaland!
Sophia and I have made a lot of music videos of our own and we’ve appeared in many music videos made for others. Now, however, for the first time ever, a music video we made for someone else! Endation‘s “Staab” … Read More
Space Balloons “Hovercraft Full of Eels” video
Hello Earth children! We Balloononians are in the final stages of completing a music-based TV show for your Earth television. In the meantime, we thought we should share some home videos we took while on an excursion in our favorite … Read More
Sophia stars as Lucy from Twin Peaks in new Hallelujah the Hills music video!
Lucy Moran – style icon I got to star as Lucy Moran from Twin Peaks in the latest Hallelujah the Hills music video for their song, ‘Confessions of an Ex-Ghost’ and I couldn’t be more excited with how it turned … Read More
The Tiny Festival of Huge Proportions featuring The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, The Impulse Powers, Joe Krafty, and Space Balloons – 8/24 at The Lily Pad (Cambridge, MA)
Tiny Festival of Huge ProportionsSaturday, August 24th2:00-6:00pmThe Lily PadInman Square1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139 A family garden party to benefit HOPES music therapy program at MGH All ages welcome (under 15 free) http://tinyfestival.eventbrite.com/https://www.facebook.com/events/477256492368947 Light refreshments will be provided, including … Read More
Bob Colby Presents: Second Thursdays with Darling Pet Munkee, Kenne Highland Clan, Moose and the Mudbugs, and Gravedancers – Video recap
Videos thanks to John Doherty! Bob Colby Presents: Second Thursdays 8/8/2013 SET TIMES: (scheduled, might start a bit later)08:00-08:45 KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN09:00-09:45 MOOSE & THE MUDBUGS10:00-10:45 DARLING PET MUNKEE11:00-11:45 GRAVEDANCERS $7/21+GRAVEDANCERS are a new band with old-school roots in bands … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library makes CBS Boston’s Best Local Rock Bands
“Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will steal your heart with its cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “The Weeping Song.”…read the rest at: http://boston.cbslocal.com/top-lists/bostons-best-local-rock-bands/ We’re extremely honored to be on this list along with the great bands below. Don’t … Read More
Wiretap Wednesday: August 7, 2013 featuring Matt Otto RECAP!
August Wiretap Wednesday is here!! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, MA All Ages! Free! (Logistical Details) Free Parking in the back, wine and beer and coffee at the Cafe! Also, connect with us on Facebook.andTwitter! FEATURE: MATTHEW OTTO other performers … Read More
Novelization of the Film TEN by Jade Sylvan
written by Jade Sylvan art by Frank Germano/Man on Fire Design layout by Sophia Cacciola Kindle Edition Print Edition The TEN film companion novel tells the story of TEN from the perspectives of the ten characters. Each of the ten … Read More