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
Our visit to Foamhenge included two acoustic performances. Part 1 was posted a few days back. Now, we finally got enough bandwidth to get part 2 up for you. Tons of photos and more from Foamhenge and Natural Bridge, VA … 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 was a lot of boring, boring driving through the wasteland that is West Virginia (their new motto, coined by me is: Go Around) and the … Read More
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:Day 5 was an open (no show) date on our tour, so we were forced to do the right thing – the right thing being to help the … Read More
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’s Day 4 – we woke up at our friend’s Pia, Aaron, Annie (the dog)’s house. We made it to a breakfast place, Mark’s Kitchen that had vegan breakfast … Read More
Way more about Foamhenge and Natural Bridge, VA to come, but for now, here is the first of two live acoustic Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling performances at Foamhenge in 90+ degree weather (as always, it’s unusual for … Read More
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 (This entry is a mix of Sophia and Mike writing, so we’ll leave it to you to guess who the “I” refers to in each sentence.) We woke up … Read More
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 We’ll start things off with Sophia’s brief summary of the day before moving on to my rant: We drove and drove and drove. Learned never to take an exit … Read More
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 After much fighting with Thrifty (really not that much) about how we had a reservation, but they didn’t actually have a vehicle for us to take. I don’t really … Read More
If you’ve run into Mike or I in the last month (or, if you’re friends with us on any variety of social networks) you’ve undoubtedly been barraged with the fact that we’re headed out on our very first tour! We’re a little bit freaked … Read More
Thursday, July 15th we’re very excited to play our very first show in our hometown of Somerville at PA’s Lounge! We’ll be debuting two new songs we’ve been working on, Episode 5: Free For All, and Episode 8: The General! … Read More
We had the distinct pleasure of performing on Bay State Rock with Carmelita on WAAF on 06/27/2010. We took “acoustic” to its most epic and silly conclusion, ukulele and glockenspiel, of course! Because we didn’t think that playing our drums/bass … Read More
Show tomorrow, 6/25 at The Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, MA. It’s psychedelia-inspired 28 Degrees Taurus’ CD Release. The haunting and shoegazing Static of the Gods headline and Banditas open the night (we should be on second). FB Event – … Read More
Pick up a copy of The Boston Phoenix this week to check out our interview with Barry Thompson (or click the link to read it online)! We had a really fun (if evasive) interview with Barry in our kitchen – … Read More
Rob Potylo has shed his Robbie Roadsteamer moniker and character, but he still has feet in both the local worlds of comedy and music. Rob has been busy making a crazy reality sitcom about the arts scene (and his life) … Read More
Episode 1 – Arrival they had the flood lights on you saying you’re not gonna make it this time they beat your body took your will then they took your mind sent you back to me, said “get what you … Read More
Our EPs have arrived in the mail! We’ll be releasing them into the wild on Saturday, April 3rd at Church of Boston -we couldn’t be more honored or more excited for the night of music: Corey Tut from NYC starts everything … Read More
UPDATE: Don Pedro has canceled all bands tonight and will have a DJ set instead.While our show in Brooklyn is still scheduled to go on, we have decided that it’s simply not safe for us to try and make the … Read More
We’re very excited to make our NYC Debut this Friday, February 26th at Don Pedro (90 Washington Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) with Rumanian Buck,The Sounds of Kaleidescope, and Tennis System– we play at 9:00PM!Facebook Event
clockwise from left, ‘No.6’, painting by Simon Palmer, Patrick McGoohan on the set of Living in Harmony, Ian Rakoff at Comica, Michael Epstein and Sophia Cacciola a.k.a. ‘Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’ and the cover of the novel … Read More
Upcoming show – 02/17/2010a night of punk-cabaret, art-rock, and piano sorceryChurch of Boston HUMANWINEWalter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOysSarah RabDAU (solo) $8/21+ DNFMOMD on second. top flyer by HUMANWINE bottom flyer by Walter Sickert Facebook Event (Army of … Read More
SciFi Pulse did a very lengthy interview with us recently on the scope of our band and we shared opinions on a host of other sci-fi and spy-related tv and movies. From the SciFi Pulse press release, “featured in our … Read More
photo of Chris Mascara from Mascara On Friday, January 29th we got to open up Mascara’s CD release party at The Middle East. It was a really great night of arty, challenging (in a good way) ROCK. This was my blog … Read More
Episode 4 – The Chimes of Big Ben (Live WMFO 2010-01-06) by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling We were honored to be the very first band of 2010 to be on On The Town with Mikey Dee on … Read More
January 29th, 2010 – The Middle East Upstairs 9:00 SHARPThis show is going to be really awesome. Super-rock-trio Mascara are releasing their new CD, titled Fountain of Tears. More on Mascara from Mascara: MASCARA, led by “the real-life model for Rock … Read More
all links go to something interesting. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: In July we recorded 3 songs with Mike Quinn at The Moontower (download them here!), and had a kick-ass photo shoot with Kelly Davidson. In August, we … Read More
Mike and Sophia took to the studio last weekend to record the songs: Episode 4: The Chimes of Big BenEpisode 9: A. B. and C.and their Leonard Cohen cover, First We Take Manhattan Working with the esteemed Mike Quinn, we cruised through … Read More
and they are awesome: go here to buy: http://donotforsake.com/sales.htmlor grab one on December 10th at Harpers Ferry!
We play first on what starts out as a girl-rock band night and ends as a dance party explosion. The Sun Lee Sunbeam Jeddo Stars (former Charms members) Harpers Ferry, Allston MA
Church of BostonFRIDAY, November 6th with:Shoney Lamar and the Equal RightsMRS DANVERSJustin Shorey
We just received a coded message from HQ. The exchange was made in a secret location in the Boston area. We can’t tell you exactly what it means, but we have finally been given the go-ahead to complete the song … Read More
Download the first song, Episode 1: Arrival, of the 6-song EP, The New Number 2 here (also has links to buy other tracks/CD). Watch Episode 6 – Many Happy Returns (live at The Middle East 08/19/2009)
Hello Friends, It has been a while since you’ve heard from us. While Blitzkriegbliss is no more, we’ve got a new project called Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. This band is a two-piece, Sophia on drums and vocals … Read More
We’ve got an epic show planned for Wednesday, August 19th with:Apple BettyHighly Personal TrashSarah RadDAU and Self-Employed AssassinsThe Sun Lee Sunbeam at The Middle East Upstairs. It’s my birthday, and I’m bringing cupcakes. I’ll have more details soon!
This is a pretty extensive pentagon-flow-chart on how to name a metal band: Link
I’ve always (literally since I was a baby) liked this song. I feel like it represents hippie love and yet imparts a general mood of coming dread and the dark side of the hippie movement (that a little San Francisco … Read More
Not me, that’s for sure. Mike and I have been hearing this song everywhere recently, and it’s starting to grow on me. The video is a lame 80s montage of people you don’t care about walking around and looking serious. … Read More
So I read a few weeks ago that they were reissuing PJ Harvey records on vinyl. Any PJ Harvey fan knows that “Rid of Me” sounds like complete crap on CD. It was mastered so badly, with very, very loud … Read More
others don’t see it at all: I love the twin peaks music towards the end…
Link “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling, “First We Take Manhattan” Although they’re not part of the Stashe Wednesday line-up themselves, DNFMOMD are a Motion Sick offshoot worth keeping an eye on — especially if you have a predilection … Read More
Photos taken by Kelly Davidson (who you can find on flickr and at her blog)
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, video from our first live show at Arthur Ashe Wednesday, 8-13-08(see previous posts for more info) “First We Take Manhattan” (Leonard Cohen cover) “Ghost” “Bella” Thanks to Marianne & Patrick for videotaping.
Mike posted this over at The Motion Sick Blog I think it sums up where the band is at really well, and I thought it deserved to be posted over here:We in The Motion Sick land have all been involved … Read More
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So The Motion Sick are doing a series of themed shows for their August residency at Church. I will be debuting my new project, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, on the second night (Arthur Ashe Wednesday), August 13th. … Read More
I guess this is an internet meme that has been going around for awhile, most recently the boys over at The Motion Sick Blog have compiled their own lists, which is where I first saw it. The 80s were really … Read More
Mike from The Motion Sick created a video out of archive footage for their song “Jean-Paul.” For a twelve-hour project it came out pretty cool. I wrote this song at age 18, I originally called it “Jean-Paul Approximately” (a little … Read More