Would you like to hear the best ever (i.e., only) surf/garage/punk songs all about items sold in the backs of old comic books live?Now’s your chance! This Halloween (10/31), you can come see the late-night, worldwide, debut of Darling Pet … Read More
Cute Little Tiny Artist Unknown I did already post this on Facebook and enjoyed much reaction there, but I thought this deserved a whole blog post! In what was probably the greatest thing to happen since my niece asked if … Read More
Our friends at AudioCotton.com have cooked up some pretty awesome new t-shirt designs for us! And, you can order right from them! Show the world your incredible taste in music AND fashion! Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling – … Read More
UPDATE: See the final video at: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2012/06/darling-pet-munkees-creature-double.html Darling Pet Munkee (a side-project from Michael and Sophia with Catherine Capozzi of Axemunkee) news is here! Boing Boing used another song of ours (“Darling Pet Monkey”) in a second Gweek Podcast! To celebrate we’re offering a free download of our entire 7-song record, Glows … Read More
Sleepover Shows: Occupy Boston: Music and ProtestSomething is wrong. If we cannot agree on everything, at least we can agree on that. For far too long people have been out of work. For far too long people have been losing … Read More
Nervous but ExcitedPhoto credit: Leah Schew The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is very excited to share two evenings with Michigan-based, Pleasantly Aggressive Folk Duo Nervous but Excited (Kate Peterson and Sarah Cleaver). [web][Facebook][Twitter] “ahhhh… organic and rich like good … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here. We return to the saga of buying The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library‘s Volume One on vinyl…only problem is…it’s not released on vinyl. Previous posts: 1 – ordered on vinyl; 2 – relay order; 3 … Read More
We just wanted to pass along a huge thanks to Berklee Pulse for including us in the BANDED project. We’ve spent the last six months or so being followed as we wrote, developed, received expert faculty coaching for, and premiered … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here. I like to put a face to the name. This is the best picture I could find of someone named Yokesh K. I will now assume that this is … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee – Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle UPDATE: See the final video at: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2012/06/darling-pet-munkees-creature-double.html Darling Pet Munkee (a side-project from Michael and Sophia with Catherine Capozzi of Axemunkee) has been getting some lift-off in these past few weeks! All of … Read More
Do you have ears? Do you want to put some ridiculously good Boston music in your ears? NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! Allston Pudding‘s free Fall mix is here and it contains tracks by:CamdenDirty DishesGentlemen HallMean CreekBell & The BeesPileThe Michael J. … Read More
Starting at 16:23, you can hear The Motion Sick‘s “Losing Altitude” Video: Season 9 Propaganda Leaflet,Tiffany Window & Spanish Civil War Eulogy Watch the full episode. See more History Detectives. Losing Altitude by The Motion Sick
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here. We return to the saga of buying The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library‘s Volume One on vinyl…only problem is…it’s not released on vinyl. Previous posts: 1 – ordered on vinyl; 2 … Read More
We of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library were very grateful to be one of the recipients of the Passim Iguana Music Fund in late 2010 to help us pay for mixing and mastering for our debut album, Volume One. … Read More
By now, you’ve likely seen our recreation of the opening sequence to the 1960s TV show, The Prisoner, and probably also heard us rambling on about how it took two years of planning and 11 days of shooting (link). And, … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Previous posts: 1 – ordered on vinyl; 2 – relay order; 3 – order shipped; 4 – Vinyl Received The lovely analog sound of MJEML – special thanks to Jon … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Previous posts: 1 – ordered on vinyl; 2 – relay order; 3 – order shipped After a bit of waiting, we return to the tale of buying The Michael … Read More
We’ve already tackled X-Ray Specs, Darling Pet Monkey, and Sea-Monkeys. A recurrent theme in the Darling Pet Munkee world is that most of the items sold in the back of comics were essentially giant rip-offs. The ads implied that these … Read More
For several months, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library has been under the lens of a crack team of Berklee PULSE documentarians! On October 6th at Brighton Music Hall, some of their work will be revealed! Here’s a trailer for the … Read More
We had a blast playing at the Philly F/M Fest this year and particularly in sharing the stage and the evening with friends! Here are some vids from the night and some links to the great artists that we shared … Read More
Just a quickie to remind you all about the Neutral Uke Hotel / MJEML showcase at the Philly Film and Music Fest this weekend! Check out the awesome acts on our showcase below and make sure you get there early … Read More
We are very excited to report some Space Balloons news! This week, the Balloononians make a rare live appearance with a short set at Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt: A Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Tribute, Thursday Sept. 22nd at Precinct (70 Union … Read More
“I don’t know what sort of perverse musical mind comes up with the idea of forming a nine-piece pop orchestra made up of eight girls who’ve never been in bands before and one guy who looks bizarrely like a young … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Background posts:Part 1: The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_ was for sale on Amazon on vinyl…only problem is, it’s not released on vinyl. So, I did what … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Those of you following along at home know that I found a vinyl version of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_ for sale on Amazon. The thing … Read More
As you likely are already aware, our band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling performs original music inspired by The Prisoner. Each song pays tribute to a particular episode of the show. We made this crazy music video recreation … Read More
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here. I decided to pay a visit to Amazon.com today to see how things were rolling with The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s material. When I arrived, I found … Read More
I hit you last time with an unexpected all-female dance songs from the ’80s mix: http://open.spotify.com/user/michaeljepstein/playlist/6JO7iAR5uW6F3iIbTV6k54. This time I am going to go the obvious route and present some of my favorite indie/undie rock/pop. As always, my stuff is available … Read More
Below is some video of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performs with BalletRox Out of the Box 2011 – Faith In Free at the Strand Theater. The process of creating this 3-song piece was documented by Berklee Pulse’s Banded … Read More
While it may be a while before we head off on a full-fledged tour, we do have this one travel show to reunite our Neutral Uke Hotel / Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library / Golden Bloom adventure. Before we head … Read More
Go “like” the OTTwMD 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 to the station … Read More
Sea-monkeys (official site) are perhaps the quintessential item famed for being sold in comic books. As soon as Darling Pet Munkee saw the light of day, I knew that we had to write a song about the Wonderful World of Amazing Live … Read More
I’m having some fun playing with Spotify lately. I’ve already put up two playlists of my own music: A Sampler of MJE’s MusicThe Complete MJE (Everything on Spotify anyway) I decided I might make a regular series of playlists I … Read More
We’re bringing Prisoner-rock to the people this weekend! Please join us/tell your friends to join us in Brooklyn & Philly! 9/3/11 SATURDAY$5 · Spike Hill Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (9PM)I Love Monsters(10PM) 186 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg -Brooklyn, … Read More
I think I had mentioned this once before, but I just can’t bring myself to block the hacked e-mail address of an admired friend (or at least an admired and very well-liked acquaintance) who passed away several years ago. There … Read More
This has been picked up over on Music Think Tank, so head over there! To Eleven has a nice follow-up post discussing some of these ideas as does Rhythm Hub. Earbits also opened discussion on the topic. There was also an older … Read More
As part of the Parlour Bells Heavy Dream Remix Project, I made this “Hurricane Mix” to help everyone dance safely through Hurricane Irene. Thankfully, we haven’t been hit too badly here in Boston, but I know a lot of people … Read More
Photos by Rachel Blumenthal
UPDATE: Still no response re: unfriending, but hey, The Somerville News wrote a piece on Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. I have to wonder who runs the FB page… I find this whole thing puzzling and disappointing, but … Read More
Some awesome photos of Space Balloons at The Rosebud via Daykamp Music. Space Balloons has lots of behind the scenes excitement brewing, but for the moment, we thought you’d just enjoy some photos of a rare live performance.
Navigator Joe and Admiral Sophia sat down to draw out plans for their new hovercraft – and only copied off each others plans a little bit! Navigator Joe’s Hovercraft Admiral Sophia’s Hovercraft Here’s the song! Hovercraft Full of Eels: Hovercraft … Read More
The 2nd release from Balloononian rock stars Space Balloons is here! Two more tales of Balloononian culture featuring new band member Captain Joe K! Don’t forget about our previous, Welcome to Balloononia (just reviewed on Daykamp Music) and join the band this Saturday … Read More
As several of us are Somerville (MA) residents, we’re always excited when we get a chance to rock our own neighborhood. We had two shots recently – first, the Somerville ArtBeat festival, which was a blast! …and our wonderful return … Read More
Very excited to present our second music video (for our first music video, which was a shot-for-shot remake of the opening sequence to The Prisoner, click here) for our cover of Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan” behind the scenes … Read More
Here is the result of this call – Parts I and III: Faith in Free by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Deadline: August 19th at Midnight! We’re putting the finishing touches on a recording of the three-song piece we … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee was originally a one-off (go here for the story of how it happened) recording project combination of Cathy Capozzi of Axemunkee and Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. We had so much … Read More
It’s Sophia’s Birthday Show! August 19th at TT the Bears Place, Cambridge MA Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling are planning an extra special set – and an extra special set means extra special guests – we’ll be joined … Read More
Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache just celebrated his third birthday. He was born the day after a family wedding in which no mustaches were permitted. Mustache had a quiet birthday as usual, but did receive one generous card from Eric Steven Roberts … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Librarian Tanya Palit recently appeared as a guest on the Jeff Jam show. She sang along with Jeff on a bunch of tunes and strummed her ukulele (the very same one as played in the … Read More
Some people may not realize it, but Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is just Sophia Cacciola rocking the drums and singing while I play bass. When people hear our record, they often ask me if I played the … Read More