We’re super excited that Mark Phinney’s Fat (IMDB) starring Mel Rodriguez, one of the most important, bravest films in a long, long time, has received a wonderful response at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival!  Read some of Mark’s … 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

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

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

“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 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

I already wrote a little bit about Song of Songs: A Love Romp before the opening nights when The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library played the opening slot, but now, having spent some time with the music and having seen the … Read More

The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Stranger” as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling videos … Read More

The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Lymph Nodes” as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling … Read More

The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Civil Engineering” at the World’s Largest Truck Stop as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do … Read More

The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Amylee” as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling videos … Read More

Here is poster #7 in The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library poster series.

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

Here is Poster #6 in the MJEML Poster Series!

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!)

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!)

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!)

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!)

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

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

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

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

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

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