February 1 is the very first installment on Wiretap Wednesday!! This page ( http://bit.ly/wiretapwed ) will be the location of the livestream and time listings for performing acts. The amazing J-Krafty is our feature performer this month! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, … Read More
For 2012, we’ve decided to release one cover song a month. This is an exciting project as it will enable us to collaborate with lots of friends (expect A LOT of duets!) and will keep us moving while Sophia finishes … Read More
ah Monday night Rock ‘n’ Roll! We’re playing a free show at Zuzu (Cambridge, MA) – starts at 10PM, and is a pretty awesome night of music: Mon 1/30/12 – Zuzu! 21+ 10pm Free!Night of the Living DeadHead:Jeremy Dubs Presents: Speak! … Read More
The TIME article, “Want to Be a Rock Star? You’ll Need $100,000” has been making the rounds recently and repeatedly infuriating me. Why? Well, it’s both horrific in its accuracy and its inaccuracy. The problem is, these stupid kids in … Read More
The full film is out. Because we don’t like to behave sensibly, we at The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library decided to shoot a short film (about 24 minutes) over a single weekend. We’ll be premiering the final product to the … Read More
A huge thanks friends for making our Darling Pet Munkee CD Release show a huge success!!! A tremendous thanks to all the bands, all in attendance, and to our burlesque accompaniment organized by Porcelain Dalya, featuring Strawberry-Cream Pie, Margaret, Tara Emory, and … Read More
WHY WHAT THESE VEGANS EAT? I’m tired of people asking me what Mike and I eat. Would an omnivore have an easy time answering this question? Mostly, we eat vegetables/grains/legumes/fruit. I cook everything I can in my trusty cast-iron pan. … Read More
WHY WHAT THESE VEGANS EAT? I’m tired of people asking me what Mike and I eat. Would an omnivore have an easy time answering this question? Mostly, we eat vegetables/grains/legumes/fruit. I cook everything I can in my trusty cast-iron pan. … Read More
As part of the Parlour Bells Heavy Dream Remix Project, I made this “Hurricane Mix” to help everyone dance safely through the 2011 hurricane season. The remix project got an official boost coming into 2012 and this mix got a … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee wishes to thank the Academy…and remind you to come see our CD release on 1/14 at Radio!!!
The Dolphins Are Among Us!!! In Part I of our series, we examined the proof that dolphins will attempt (and most likely succeed) a complete takover over Earth by the end of 2012. We will do everything we can to … Read More
While our first music video, “X-Ray Specs,” was scooting past the 20,000-view mark in just a few weeks, we were busy finishing the third and final shooting day for our second video – “Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle” – directed by … Read More
Recently, I’ve been fielding lots of questions from advice seekers on how/where I find my glasses. So, I will now reveal all of my secrets – a run down of tips from my experience finding glasses, after a few years … Read More
Michael J. Epstein vs. Eric Michael Cohen of Cancer Killing Gemini 2012 is the year of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s “Amylee” – the first track of our debut Volume One. In 2012, the song will be receiving extensive remix, video, … Read More
The first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM, Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein host The Arts at the Armory Café Wiretap Wednesday Open Stage. Performers (up to 20 per night) are invited to sign up and share their … Read More
The Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinocalypse Part I (of IV): 2012: The End of Humanity? Ecco the Dolphin is an example of the dolphins infiltrating human society and forcing us to portrary them as “defenders of the future” and creature that can save us. Notice that … Read More
Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Indie pop/folk ensemble[Web][Blog][Facebook][Twitter][Last.Fm][Youtube] Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling Noisy, bass/drum duo – songs based on ’60s spy-fi show The Prisoner [Web][Facebook][Blog][Twitter][Youtube] Darling Pet Munkee garage/surf songs about items sold in comic books [Web][Facebook … Read More
We’ve already warned you that the dolphins are rising up against humanity! The remaining 3 parts in our shocking series about the connection between the Mayan-prophecized end of humanity in 2012 and the impending dolphin attack will be revealed soon. … Read More
We present to you – Kung-Fu Sandals – the final story and song of Darling Pet Munkee‘s debut EP, Glows in the Dark! (Other stories here.) While it was virtually impossible to track down any stories or examples of actual Kung-Fu … Read More
This week, of course, was a holiday week and we actually did get together with my family, so following is a bunch of photos of things I actually remembered to photograph:
Films by Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola MJE IMDB – SC IMDB
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Monday, 12/12 I made a chana masala with brown rice. chick peas, potatoes, sauce: tomato juice (I use Pomi), yellow madras curry powder, sriracha, coconut milk, garlic, onions. simmered up. I usually boil the potatoes separately, otherwise it takes all year … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel A lot has happened since Neutral Uke Hotel first took up their ukes to pay tribute to the beloved In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. The ukulele is back in the limelight, with Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee is a project for which Sophia and I have teamed up with Axemunkee‘s Catherine Capozzi to write songs about items sold in the back of old comic books! I’ve been writing posts recounting the stories of the … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee officially releases our debut album, _Glows in the Dark_ on 1/14/12 at Radio in Somerville! We are very excited to perform live in the venue that we shot our “X-Ray Specs” video! We’ll have guest burlesque and theater … Read More
The Vivs’ 2nd Annual Holiday Bash and Benefit!Saturday, December 17th, 2011; 6:30 p.m. The Regent Theatre Featuring An All-Star Lineup of Bands and Performers: • Big Dipper• The Vivs• Tanya Donelly and Bill Janovitz• Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling• The … Read More
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 – http://wmfo.org. Send … Read More
Sleepover Shows (an awesome video sessions blog – with previous sessions with MJEML and a piece on Occupy that we participated in) has got the holiday spirit, and they are releasing a series of bands doing holiday-themed songs. Ours went … Read More
I’m pretty sure I didn’t really cook all week. It was a combination of no groceries and no time. but, here’s what I’ve got: Mid East Dinner 12/5 Veggie Galaxy Breakfast 12/5 Monday, 12/05/11: we had to drop the car … Read More
TIME Magazine Online has featured Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s music video for “Episode 1: Arrival” on their Top Ten Creative Videos for 2011! TIME LINK. We are so, so delighted to have received this incredible honor! here’s … Read More
Travis Simpkins delighted us a few months ago with an illustration of Michael and I in our various attires for three of our bands: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, and Space Balloons. … Read More
Sleepover Shows is one of my favorite things on the ol’ Internet. They record special acoustic sessions with great bands in interesting settings. They’ve done sessions with some of my favorite bands ever like: Cloud Cult, Frightened Rabbit, Walter Sickert … Read More
I’m tired of people asking me what Mike and I eat. Would an omnivore have an easy time answering this question? Mostly, we eat vegetables/grains/legumes/fruit. I cook everything I can in my trusty cast-iron pan. I tend to lean towards … Read More
Sure, I said we’d roll out one song a month, but in order to finish by the end of the year, we had to get a little bit ahead. So, as we had already presented a demo of this song … Read More
It’s time yet again for an examination of the item behind the Darling Pet Munkee song! There is sadly little of real consequence or excitement about the Jet “Rocket” Space Ship! Update 1/13/12 – Secret Fun Blog has some images … Read More
Shift Your Shopping is a large-scale campaign to get consumers to choose local and independent when making purchases this holiday season. From their “mouth” (i.e., website): As customers, we are about to collectively spend a large portion of our annual … Read More
This is in response to the saga of buying MJEML’s _Volume One_ on vinyl (when it doesn’t exist on vinyl). —- From: “Tristan Diesel” To: Epstein.Michael.J Subject: My Photo in your blogg = violation of copyright Dear Mr. Epstein, I ask you – … Read More
Our buddy Aviv (from the awesome band, Pray for Polanski) is making a movie called Pie Heaven! As is the new way, the funding is coming from a campaign via Kickstarter – so do check out their Kickstarter page and consider … Read More
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 – http://wmfo.org. Send your CDs … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is a feature interview in the November issue of The Noise (Boston’s longest-running music zine). Here is a link to physical locations that carry The Noise – and here’s a link to a PDF … Read More
Update: Kirk very kindly plugged our project on his blog: http://secretfunspot.blogspot.com/2011/12/darling-pet-munkee.html Borrowed from Secret Fun Blog You may be inclined to think that just because we in Darling Pet Munkee sing songs about Sea-Monkeys and X-Ray Specs that we don’t know how … Read More
Earth Children, Space Balloons appeared in your Earth newspaper, The Boston Herald! 2011-BostonHerald Earth children, Space Balloons are now beaming photos to your computer…they have arrived: Space Balloons are also proud to beam to you our visit to Planet Allston … Read More
Fred the Somerville Turkey has become something of a local institution. (Here’s a great piece about why there are turkeys in Somerville that also features our song.) Official Turkey spokesperson Rachel Leah Blumenthal has provided us with the photo on the … Read More
I’ve been meaning to resume The Story of the Song, a series highlighting the stories of individual songs (or groups of songs) for a long while. After reading this Rolling Stone article today, I was inspired to tell the story … Read More
This past weekend, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling played a superfun show as part of Projektfest 2011. Projekt is a specialty record label for “darkwave” music that has been around for 28 years. Projektfest is a sort of … Read More
While we have informally already allowed the recording of shows and numerous people have posted live video of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, a recent request from Brian H. to include an MJEML show on the etree.org Live Music Archive … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library had a blast sharing a 2-night run with Michigan’s Nervous But Excited and wanted to share some video to show you how awesome they are! The run with NBE was also a great time for … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is delighted to be one of this year’s local openers for Projektfest (presented by Dark Sky Productions)! “Projekt is America’s premier independent record label specializing in passionately intense music in the darkwave, shoegaze, ethereal, … Read More