The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 9: Andrew Laubacher
Andrew reveals that he his Taco Bell baby may be possessed by an evil force. Tanya asks the hard-hitting questions…
Tonight (5/5)!!! The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library (w/Brown Bird) records a live session for Local Music 101 at Porter Belly’s in Brighton – FREE to attend!!
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library joins Brown Bird (recently back from a tour with Devil Makes Three) at Porter Belly’s in Brighton (38 Washington Street Brighton, MA 02135 tel. 617-254-3300)to perform an intimate live set (will we all even fit in … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 8: Holly Collins
What is Kimchi? Holly Collins and Tanya Palit know.
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 7: Josh Cohen
Josh talks French with Tanya…
DNFMOMD: Around the World in 80 Toasts!
Glenn DiBenedetto (Killer Suit Creative) recently took a spin (via the Globe Bar) to the English countryside with Sophia. They talked about the Rumble, The Prisoner, our upcoming video, and Sophia shared her (no longer)secret recipe for the Do Not … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 6: Kelly Davidson
Tanya asks Kelly how she got into Mike’s pants…
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 5: Shawn Fogel
Shawn is put on the spot by Tanya and must name all of the tour participants…
DNFMOMD: Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble recap
Participating in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble this year was an amazing experience – so much hot music, new friends, and great times. Here’s a round up of photos/video/and press regarding Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s appearance in … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 4: Sophia Cacciola
Tanya quizzes Sophia Cacciola…
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 3: Susannah P.
Tanya gets down to the truth with Susannah P!
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 2: Rachel Leah Blumenthal
Another hard-hitting look at tour…this time, Tanya Palit sits down with Rachel Leah Blumenthal.
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Tour Correspondent Interview 1: Tanya Palit
More on the MJEML/Golden Bloom/Neutral Uke Hotel tour coming soon, but let’s get started with some of the hard hitting on-the-ground journalistic investigation of Tanya Palit. We’ll have a series of interviews coming up. Today, we start with Tanya Palit.
Sophia’s Rock Beat: The Rumble Semi-Finals!
This one is going to be short and sweet since I just want to get these videos posted! Every single band in the Rumble semi-finals was total awesomeness! From Semi-Finals Night 1: Spirit Kid – video 1, video 2Sidewalk Driver … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Night 6!
Last night was the final night of preliminaries of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble! Cradle to the Grave began the night with the most rocking fiddle of the week! AND they all wore matching western shirts. Video 1, Video 2. The … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Night 5!
So, Night 5, my band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling got to go to bat at this “competition” (while there is a “winner” every night – the real excitement of this is seeing new bands, seeing everyone play … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Night 4!
Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Night 4 was the most raucus yet! Tons of people and the single-craziest set I’ve seen so far! It was my first time seeing TRiPLE THiCK and I thought they were awesome – though I have a big soft … Read More
#ncmr11 – Local Media and Culture: What Does It All Mean for the Music Scene? at The National Conference for Media Reform
This morning, I am speaking on the panel, Local Media and Culture: What Does It All Mean for the Music Scene? (http://conference.freepress.net/session/505/local-media-and-culture-what-does-it-all-mean-music-scene) I am specifically on the panel to discuss how local media can be used to build up a … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble – Night 3
Holy cow are we ready for the day of rest! Night 3 of the Rumble was just as rocking as the previous two! Things started up with The Autumn Hollow Band (whose singer played barefoot – an offense that always … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble – Night 2!
It’s only Night 2 and this Rumble is kicking my butt…with so much awesome! Full Body Anchor started the ROCK right at 9 Video. Tijuana Sweetheart then charmed TT’s with their all-girl punk rock – Video 1, Video 2. A … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Week of 3/21 and 3/28/11
Sophia’s Rock Beat is devoted to taking video of local bands and posting it. Read previous Rock Beats HERE. It has been a busy couple of weeks since returning from Austin for SXSW. Our first stop was the BUFF (Boston … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Special Ed. – The Rumble Night 1!
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble is back and in a big way! There has been some great press leading up to the start:The Boston Phoenix (with a lot of trash talk from Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache)The Weekly Dig FlipbookThe Boston … Read More
Space Balloons “If You Want A Mustache” music video!
Space Balloons is the children’s songs project from Michael & Sophia (see previous bit about it). It was created as part of the pilot for a new show by Rob Potylo called Worried All the Time. They just released a teaser … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: SXSW 2011 – The Panels
This post is a little outside of my intended use of “Sophia’s Rock Beat” but I thought it was the best place to discuss all of my thoughts on SXSW in general. Here is the link to the post where … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: SXSW 2011 edition!
Sophia’s Rock Beat is where I blog video of local Boston bands that I saw the week before. (previous Rock Beats). This week is a bit of a departure because I’m going to include video of all the bands we … Read More
DNFMOMD: New EP Pre-sale!
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling has been very busy in the studio these past few months working on 7 new songs (previous post with video of me singing in the studio) – we’re releasing these at a very … Read More
DNFMOMD: In The Rumble! #rumble
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is excited to announce that we’ll be participating in the 2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble! If you don’t already know all about The Rumble it is a Boston institution – read the wikipedia … Read More
DNFMOMD: update on Arrival video and BUFF sneak preview!
Last October, http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2010/10/most-epic-video-shoot-of-all-time-with.html I gave an update on the bulk of the shooting for our epic music video that recreates the opening sequence of The Prisoner. We’ve had several days of shooting since then. We spent two days shooting the resigned cabinet … Read More
Special Friends Teasers!
Special Friends is coming! In addition to our musicalious opening – 2 teaser clips have popped up on the interwebs this week. Find out what it means…to be special: and, Goddamn Glenn:
Sophia’s Rock Beat: Week of 02/27/11
videoing Boston one show at a time. Sophia’s Rock Beat – the mission is simple – go to as many shows around Boston as possible and take video then post it here. Previous Rock Beats are here! Another slim rock … Read More
DNFMOMD: Back in the studio!
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling was back in The Moontower (in Q Division) studio with Mike Quinn this week recording bass and vocals for our forthcoming EP, Questions Are a Burden to Others. We recorded drums ALL THE WAY back in … Read More
What is Space Balloons?!
Space Balloons is yet another project from Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola. This one, though, is for the kids. We’re working on a collection of children’s songs, primarily on ukulele. Space Balloons was created as part of a TV … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library CD Sale (worldwide)!!!
Buy our CD for $10 + $2 shipping anywhere in the U.S. and Canada and $10 + $5 shipping worldwide. We will additionally offer a package deal of 5 copies (they make great gifts!) for the discounted price of $40 … Read More
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: Music for Fetishes + “Jean-Paul” + Awesome new Youtube feature that may help us sell some music to fetishists!
All right kids, you may remember the last time we posted an interesting fetish video from Youtube featuring the music of The Motion Sick as the soundtrack for a fully clothed guy soaking himself in the bathtub….well, now we’ve got … Read More
Huge thanks from The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library for being part of our sold-out CD release show at The Middle East Down!!!
A huge, huge thanks from all of the wings of the library for making our sold out CD release a smashing success!!! We really appreciate your kind and generous outpouring of support and we had more fun than we ever … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Week of 02/20/2011
This week’s edition of Rock Beat is, sadly, very slim. Sophia’s Rock Beat happens every Monday and is a repository for all of the video of local Boston bands I saw the week before. Previous Rock Beats are here. This … Read More
Help Us “Green” Our Tour! (The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library w/ Golden Bloom and Neutral Uke Hotel)
The MJEML is going on tour with our good pals Golden Bloom and Neutral Uke Hotel in April. Tour Dates: Wed. 4/20 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA (tickets selling fast!) – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182411545112392 Thurs. 4/21 – Cameo Art-Gallery – Brooklyn, NY – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115042465240542 Fri. 4/22 – The Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH … Read More
The Motion Sick – Past Shows
Live photos and video archives
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Week of 02/13/2011
As always, you can find other weeks of The Beat here. This week started out with Boston Band Crush’s One Night Band night at the Enormous Room. The ladies from my One Night Band from last Summer (10 Hours of … Read More
Ladies Rock Camp Boston 2011 Videos!
I was really excited to witness a new crop of female rock stars last night at the Ladies Rock Camp showcase. On Friday, around 30 women with little-to-no experience playing their instrument gathered together, formed bands, went through intensive music … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library on Sleepover Shows and coverage by Time Out Boston! Special acoustic session in our kitchen
As we approach our CD release show, we’ve got a lot of exciting stuff coming through the pipeline this week. This particular set of videos, from our Sleepover Shows session, is really exciting to us. We had a really awesome … Read More
Mustache Update 4: It’s A Christmas Miracle! Mustachey is back!
Photos by Michael Basu – http://michaelbasu.com First, I really want to thank everyone for their support. It has been a really rough couple of days. I really know now how many supportive and caring people there are in my life … Read More
Mustache Update 3: A Song With A Lesson About Mustaches
Right before I left for Switzerland, Sophia and I discussed the mustache situation in the best way we know possible, we communicated by song. It was mostly her idea and she started writing this number about wanting a mustache back … Read More
Mustache Update 2: Modern Hair Regrowth Science. (It hurts! …does it work? I don’t know.)
Well, I’m here in Switzerland and they do a lot of fascinating scientific work in this country. I feel like I’m in a spy movie. I’ve been sworn to secrecy about my precise location and who I am being treated … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Poster Series: “Read…it does your dendrites good!”
Here is poster #7 in The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library poster series.
Mustache Update 1: Sophia won’t go with me to the Winter Formal! Now my blue tux might go to waste…
In response to the loss of Mustachey… I am really sad to report that Sophia won’t go with me to the Winter Formal. She is now looking for a new mustached man to take. I was really excited about it … Read More
R.I.P. Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache (1892-2011) and Christoph Krey’s Mustache and Beard (1911-2011)
Photos by Michael Basu – http://michaelbasu.com There comes a time in every mustache’s life when we must wave goodbye to follicular joy and say hello to the bare, unprotected skin of an upper lip. Although I never wanted to say … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat – Week of 02/06/2011
In case you missed it – this is the column (this is the third installment!) where I talk about all of the shows I saw the week before and post video. You can read the previous two by clicking right … Read More
M-sli©k da ninjA: Aphorisms on Aphonia and Aphasia: Your Cure For Aphagia (A Collection of 39 Works 1994 – 2000)
Back in the 90s, I used to do a lot of sound collage work under the name M-sli©k da ninjA. The project started as a radio show on WHRW inspired by Ken’s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza and Over the Edge (and … Read More
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