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
Final video info / screen shot comparisons / video itself (6/9) here!!! 3/13/11 Update (last 3 days of shooting and preliminary screening info here!) Around this time last year, Mike and I approached Theodore Cormey of Lost Jockey Productions about … Read More
I like things on Facebook. Agent Mike Bishop made a t-shirt about it. I wrote a little bit about why I like things on my post regarding my 7 Rules of Social Networking. In summary, I “like” things on Facebook … Read More
The Rock Shop social media experiment last night was a grand time. Big thanks to Steve, Clay (it was his birthday even!), Charles, and everyone else for letting me be involved with the panel and for letting Do Not Forsake Me … Read More
I am very pleased to say that a slightly streamlined version of this is up over at Music Think Tank and another published in Performer. Photo by Kelly Davidson I am quite honored to have been asked to participate on the … Read More
Here is the first in a series of posters for The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library.
On the evening of 10/1, we had the pleasure of playing Church with Highly Personal Trash, The Cinnamon Fuzz, and What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? (video of all these fine acts down at the bottom! Early the next morning, … Read More
Before “Thundarr” became a huge international hit for The Motion Sick, I used to play it solo. Back in those days (see brief history), I enlisted the help of Mickey Stahl, who shot and edited this fine video below… Thundarr … Read More
based on a true story (by Sophia Cacciola)
There have been a number of “incidents” in which seedy folks have decided that they would attempt to steal my identity…probably because they were jealous of all the people pointing and laughing at me on the subway and stuff like … Read More
The Middle East Nightclub and Restaurant on Wed, October 6th at 7 PM entitled “Rock Shop Boston #8: A Social Media Experiment.” The event will feature a panel including members of the bands Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (Michael J. Epstein will be … Read More
To celebrate the great lineup for our 2nd-ever show, Highly Personal Trash, The Cinnamon Fuzz, and What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? have joined up with us to remind you all to come to Church on Friday, October 1. We … Read More
Last Friday we all learned a little something as we all filed in for back to school time at the second annual What’s Your Major at Church of Boston. There were also VERY informative sessions from:Shoney Lamar & the Equal … Read More
Special thanks to Juliet Schneider for her work on this! On a separate note, here’s some work by Joe Harrington showcasing mixed martial arts in stop-motion action featuring the music of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling.
Show recap and videos now at: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2010/10/girls-of-motion-sick-sweetest-thing.html Dramamine: The Girls of The Motion Sick On October 22nd – the wives, girlfriends, and close female friends of The Motion Sick will be performing a farewell tribute to the band (The Motion Sick … Read More
Last year, Sophia, Brendan Boogie, and I put together two nights of comedy and music intertwined as a special back-to-school weekend called “What’s Your Major?” To promote that show, Brendan and I (with the help of Sophia as camera person) … Read More
Travis caught The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” on VH1 as lead-in during top 10 videos countdown….for one of Mike’s least favorites, Billy Joel. When SPIN first wrote about us, they claimed we had “lyrical call-outs to Billy Joel tunes.” ( … Read More
A huge thanks to everyone that joined us last Saturday to make our last show for the time being into something very special. Thanks to Tim Briggs (organizer of Virgo A Go Go) and all of the bands and the … Read More
[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 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