‘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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 BattistonAssistant Shelver to the Dean of Mass Market Literary Literature, Bass Several years ago, Lisa was formerly playing a not-so-great guitar in … 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.
The very last day of our tour blog…sniff sniff. Tons of tour photos on Flickr at and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says: Finally! No hotel check outs or 6 hour drives! We got to sleep … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 This is perhaps our least exciting tour blog entry, so please read the others too! Sophia says: Pittsburgh to Rochester was quite … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says: Today we woke up extra super early because we had a radio appearance to make at the University of Pittsburgh station WPTS! It turns out … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia mostly (with a few additions from Mike) says: We woke up early to go visit the 62′ Touchdown Jesus statue in Cincinnati – Mike visited … Read More