Introducing…SPECIAL FRIENDS!
Special Friends: Five friends. One show. Zero chance. “What Does It Mean to Be Special (Special Friends Theme)” My Friends are special. What does it mean to be special?Let’s look and see…
The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” featured in the film _The Flying Scissors_ (on Netflix streaming now!)
<p>&amp;lt;a href=”http://music.themotionsick.com/track/30-lives”&amp;gt;30 Lives by The Motion Sick&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</p> Very excited to say that The Motion Sick‘s song “30 Lives” appears in the film The Flying Scissors, a Christopher Guest-style mockumentary examining players in a Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament. The song appears in a … Read More
The Story of the Song: The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_
This year has been a little hectic with wrapping up the process of putting out The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library debut album, _Volume One_. There are a number of new regular columns we plan to debut here in 2011 … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – January 2011
The situation is that Michael and I go out A LOT to see our fellow local rockers, well, rock out. And, because we’re awkward and we need to be doing SOMETHING with our hands while being rocked we take a … Read More
Sophia has interesting theories about France
We’ve been going through some artifacts from our youth for a top-secret The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library surprise and I found a letter from my French pen-pal. I must have asked her if they have to wear gas-masks in … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Poster Series: “Throw words not punches”
Here is Poster #6 in the MJEML Poster Series!
I demand a handwriting analysis!
I found this in an old journal of songs I wrote circa 2001-2004. I guess it needed a diary lock. Michael is obsessed with monkeys, just consult the tribute page to his monkey mug for evidence. I think this proves that … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” cover
We’ve posted covers of “30 Lives” and “Aquaman’s Lament” before (including Golden Bloom‘s cover on our split 7″ with them)…and even posted a “30 Lives” karaoke session. Heck, we’ve even done weird versions of our own songs. Nevertheless, it’s always … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Sleepover Show Preview (plus proof that we hate freedom)!
As you are likely aware, I do have extensive spy training, much of it undertaken to resist information extraction using Sodium Pentothal®. However, after entering the sordid, bibliophilic world of the library, the combination of allergies from book dust and … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Membership Cards
…which also happen to be stickers, are now on the way. These will be available to those who qualify for access to our collections. Design by Sophia Cacciola
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Poster Series: “Feel the need…the need to READ!”
Here is Poster #5 in the MJEML Poster Series Don’t forgot to come to our CD release on 2/26 (special discounted advance ticket/CD combo here!)
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: Valentino Rossi, Motorcycle Racer Slideshow to “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)”
What’s strange about this is not so much the video, but that it actually has more views than anything else we’ve got on Youtube. Anyway, here’s a slideshow of this Italian motorcycle racer to “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” for you … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Poster Series: “turning pages prevents RAGES”
Here is Poster #4 in the MJEML Poster Series Don’t forgot to come to our CD release on 2/26 (special discounted advance ticket/CD combo here!)
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Poster Series: “A book a day keeps the PLAGUE away”
Here is Poster #3 in the MJEML Poster Series Don’t forgot to come to our CD release on 2/26 (special discounted advance ticket/CD combo here!)
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Poster Series: “If you don’t read, the Terrorists win!”
Here is Poster #2 in the MJEML Poster Series Don’t forgot to come to our CD release on 2/26 (special discounted advance ticket/CD combo here!)
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: Clothed Bath to “30 Lives” (wet clothing fetishists are fans of The Motion Sick?)
Unfortunately, embedding is disabled on this one, so you have to head on over to Youtube to see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JHNXGs0gnA I don’t really totally understand it, but it certainly feels like yet another strange fetish video that is tame enough … Read More
Michael J. Epstein’s 2010 in review…
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
The 139 Boston Local Artists Sophia saw in 2010 (with video)
Sophia (right) with Erica enjoying someRock ‘n’ Roll at Church Here it is! All of the local Boston artists that I saw in 2010, plus some videos that we took of them! This is my list, but Mike probably saw … Read More
Sophia’s 2010 in Review
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
Best Year-End Lists!
The following are all of the year-end lists that Mike or Sophia or any of our projects were mentioned: hacked together Phoenix cover with Local Music feature The Boston Phoenix – Boston Rock’s 2010 in Review (by Michael Marotta) – April, … Read More
Why bands should NOT participate in (most) online voting competitions: Boston Emissions vs. KISS
So, your band is in the running to open for the Davy Jones Massacre or play the side stage at Superdooperpaloopa. You just need to get the most votes and this coveted experience will be yours! I say you shouldn’t … Read More
A song just like The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” – sort of…
I find this song pretty amusing. Quite similar to our song “30 Lives” (below)
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: Point-of-view Jet Skiing to “30 Lives” (Golden Bloom cover!)
Sure, we’ve have a bunch of Youtube videos that we’ve found that randomly contain “30 Lives” by The Motion Sick, but we invite you to join us in this historic moment in which the Golden Bloom version of “30 Lives” … Read More
DNFMOMD: Quiet Desperation hits Cable!
still of Mike in a Quiet D episode. It’s a fairy tale story of the local youtube reality-sitcom that makes it to TV! The brain-child of Rob Potylo, Quiet Desperation will debut on MyTV (Channel 18 in Boston) at 11PM … Read More
The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” music video in HD!
30 Lives HD (be sure to click the option to set it to 720p 30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix) HD (be sure to click the option to set it to 720p I honestly am not sure why I didn’t post these … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Receives Passim Iguana Music Fund Grant!
I am beyond excited to announce that The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library has received a very generous and very helpful grant from the Passim Iguana Music Fund. The grant allows us the financial freedom to complete our debut album … Read More
A recap of my 39 best tweets of 2010!
Admittedly, this was inspired by The Lights Out‘s Adam Ritchie including one of my tweets on his Boston Band Crush Top 10 Tweets of 2010. I am not a super-duper Twitter user, but I have been ramping up my tweeting … Read More
SOLD OUT!!! The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Super-Discounted CD Release Ticket + CD (with limited-edition bonus materials) – ends 2/1
Please also join our mailing list. Hear some music. We have reached our goal and pre-sales are now sold out. In fact, the whole show is now sold out. We expect that there might be a few tickets that become … Read More
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: Little Girls Twirl Umbrellas to “Grace Kelly”
Not much to say. Little kids. Twirling umbrellas. “Grace Kelly.”
My younger sister wrote a hilarious book about her wedding (featuring juicy gossip about me)
“John saw Natalie Portman naked. Or maybe it was Lindsay Lohan. Or both.” …and those are possibly the best first 3 sentences in the history of writing. I’m just kidding about the gossip part mentioned in the title, but I am … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel / The Motion Sick / Golden Bloom session on Daytrotter!!!
Illustration by Johnnie Cluney I posted a while back about our visit to Daytrotter. Now, I am absolutely delighted to say that our session has been posted! For anyone that doesn’t know about Daytrotter, it is an amazing site that … Read More
The Positronic Rays! (rock the Rosebud and hit the studio!)
All right true believers, the rumors are true, The Positronic Rays did spring back to life last weekend to rock once more! It worked out that 3/5ths of the band was playing at the same show at The Rosebud last … Read More
DNFMOMD: The merch boy is dead, long live the merch boy!
photo taken by the talented and beautiful Kelly Davidson Mike “Agent” Bishop, our longtime merch-guy, tour manager, our boy-Friday is leaving our little fold to concentrate on his new position as an official Outback Juggalo Hunter. We thank him … Read More
DNFMOMD: Dec 2nd Middle East Downstairs Recap!
‘Round October I had decided that DNFMOMD would take a break from shows until 2011 – after all, we’re working fairly constantly on 2 music videos (here and here) and will be recording another EP at the end of December … Read More
Michael J. Epstein is a Giant Dork: A Selection of Embarrassing Artifacts from Mike’s Past – Part 5: The Puce Letter (a parody of The Scarlet Letter)
This one is more strange than embarrassing perhaps. I wrote this in 11th grade I believe. My mother and sister (this is actually a scan from when she published the story in her zine: The World Would Be A Much … Read More
Microfunding is the Future of Labels! (…but Kickstarter is [at least mostly] the wrong model for bands)
I am delighted to say that this article has been picked up by Music Think Tank: http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/microfunding-is-the-future-of-labels-but-kickstarter-is-the.htmlKickstarter/MicrofundingBy now we’ve all at least heard about Kickstarter. Many of us have helped to fund projects. I’ve supported 5 or 6 myself. The best … Read More
Michael J. Epstein is a Giant Dork: A Selection of Embarrassing Artifacts from Mike’s Past – Part 4: Invasion of the Burrowers (a story I wrote at age 8) – learn the fate of Selwyn Cricket!
Here is a story I wrote for school in my writing journal at age 8. You can see some thematic similarities to the story I wrote at age 11. I put the text on the side and tried to maintain … Read More
MJE Dancing to DDR X Arcade featuring The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives”
After some time searching, I finally ended up at an arcade that has DDR X. We don’t have very many arcades in Boston, but I am in New York this weekend to visit family for the holidays. We were seeing The … Read More
The Positronic Rays (my One Night Band) return to life to rock 12/3 at Rosebud and hit the studio!
Yeah, yeah, we’re making One Night Band into a misnomer, but the rumors are true, the space-themed operatic entity The Positronic Rays arises once more to perform the Spaceman Max song trilogy. Who is Max? He is the final hope for … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library at The Magic Room Recap! w/Walter Sickert, Garvy J., Evan O’Television, and more!
We had an absolute blast playing last Friday at The Magic Room Gallery and really want to thank everyone who helped put it together and all of the bands/acts/artists involved. It was a beautiful variety show in a bizarrely beautiful … Read More
DNFMOMD: December 2nd @ Middle East Downstairs!
We’re super excited to be playing this show celebrating Rob Potylo’s new CD _Something happened at Horse Lake_ and the debut of Quiet Desperation (which we have had small cameo roles on) on TV – more info at December 2, 2010 … Read More
It’s Not My Birthday: The Internet vs. Reality
This is a lengthy and rambling “artistic statement” and I had not taken the time to outline my plans in order to keep it concise. As there are inherent pretensions in something like this, I will assert that I need not write … Read More
11/12 – The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library at The Magic Room w/Garvy J. and Walter Sickert (and lots more!)
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is really excited to present to you our third show of all time, the final opportunity to see us live in 2010! We’re REALLY excited to be part of shows that transcend their own … Read More
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: Skinny Girl Trying to Lose Weight to “Grace Kelly” (Semi NSFW)
I find eating disorders extremely upsetting. Here is a video of this girl who is already really skinny and looks great thinks she needs to lose 22 lbs. and is going to show weekly updates on Youtube. The video features … Read More
DNFMOMD: Bury Me Standing
my MJEML bandmate, Rachel Blumenthal caught this awesome moment Nate Greenslit (of HUMANWINE) and Vessela Stoyanova (of Goli) just launched their brand new project, Bury Me Standing with a month-long residency at the Lizard Lounge. I liked the band name … Read More
The Motion Sick’s Patrick Mussari (and daughter) featured in Kelly Davidson’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Parents Photo Exhibit
The fourth installment of photographer extraordinaire Kelly Davidson‘s Rock ‘n’ Roll Parents series, which began in 2005, features The Motion Sick‘s very own Patrick Mussari with his daughter Charlotte (seen at left on the flyer). The photo exhibit runs for all of November … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel at CMJ: Recap with Video of Show Plus Street Performance Video
It was exciting to head down to NY for a 6-hour visit to play the Green Room Music Source showcase at CMJ this year with Neutral Uke Hotel. I took a casual train ride down and got to listen to … Read More
The Girls of The Motion Sick = Sweetest Thing Ever (with video!)
(I had originally posted about the event here.) Let me just start with, a HUGE thanks to: Agent Mike Bishop, Leesa Coyne, Veronica Dale, Kelly Davidson, Sophia Cacciola, Jen Johnson, Tad Mckitterick, Kate Murdoch, J-Krafty, Sarah RabDAU, Matt Graber, Peter Moore, Eric … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Lyrics and Chords Collection
Photo by Joel Edinberg As we begin our studio journey to document the first 9 volumes of the MJEML song collection, I thought it most appropriate to share with you the songbook for your perusal. These notes contain the main … Read More