While we fight the space front against the evil dolphin conspiracy (dolphinspiracy 2012), things here on Earth are looking grimmer each day… Beginning in 2008, Iceland suffered from near complete economic collapse. In fact, the largest banking collapse (proportional to … Read More
Courtesy of local music scene satirist Richard Douche-ard. Used withouthis damn permission. Try and stop me! To free or not to free?I’ve been having a series of conversations on Facebook (1 – 2) about various components of the value of … Read More
Quiet Desperation Act 3 is here! We’ve made some cameos in episodes of Quiet Desperation previously, but the latest one includes Sophia and I visiting Rob at the Brighton Wellness Center, trying to cheer him up by bringing him his favorite action … Read More
This revelation will be presented at Earthfront headquarters:The Somerville-based Arts at the ArmoryMay 5th, 2012 at 2000 (8 PM for you civilians). We will be sharing the presentations for the evening with Earth-supporter Eliza Rickman, who will be releasing a CD … Read More
I am thrilled to say that I am serving as a one-day substitute mustache/player during the run of Liars & Believers and Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys’ 28 Seeds. I spent the last two days at rehearsals … Read More
Notice what appears right now on Ryan Seacrest’s web site under his Dick Clark tribute! We bring you another entry in our continuing series on the Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinpocalypse of 2012. As the dolphins move closer and closer every day toward the … Read More
TODAY 1 PMhttps://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ interview and performance on NEVER HOME RADIO with Marissa;Back in the mid ’90s, I was taught of the joys of Electrical Engineering at a place called SUNY Binghamton (or as they want to insist it be called, … Read More
Apr 9, 2012 – Allston, MA (US) @ Brighton Music Hall (also w/Oranjuly) -Facebook Apr 10, 2012 – Burlington, VT (US) @ Club Metronome – Facebook Apr 11, 2012 – Northampton, MA (US) @ Iron Horse – Facebook Apr 12, … Read More
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/‘s TEDxSomerville involvement was presented by C. Todd Lombardo, executive director of TEDxSomerville, at the TEDxSummit 2012 in the Innovations session. His “Custom Songs for each Speaker” presentation will be heard by an international audience in Doha, Qatar and will … Read More
April’s Wiretap Wednesday is here!! This page ( http://bit.ly/wiretapwed ) is the location of the videos for all performing acts. Nick Zaino was our feature performer this month! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, MA All Ages! Free! (Logistical Details) Also, connect with us … Read More
It has been a while since we’ve posted an entry in the Strange Vids Featuring TMS column. It’s not actually that there aren’t more videos to post, it’s just that other things have been higher priority…that is until this amazingly … Read More
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We bring you another entry in our continuing series on the Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinpocalypse of 2012. As the dolphins move closer and closer every day toward the destruction of humanity, we continue our fight on the space front. I can now reveal the … Read More
We are extremely excited to announce that Darling Pet Munkee‘s “X-Ray Specs” music video will be screening at the 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival! The complete schedule is available at: http://bostonunderground.org/2012-schedule/ (or as a PDF). The video was shot at Radio, mostly … Read More
A true story from The Motion Sick‘s 2006 tour…ah, the good old days…of me being hit in the face with stuff. From this book: http://amzn.to/GOeYzQ – Also previous appeared here: http://www.tourdeath.com/post/15554275385/tour-tales-michael-j-epstein-of-neutral-uke-hotel
We previewed our performance on The Steve Katsos Show (Facebook) recently! We had no idea that there would be such quick turnaround, but here, for your eyeballs and earballs is our television debut of “Amylee” on The Steve Katsos Show! We … Read More
One of the things I am working on for 2012 is reissuing all of the projects I participated in way back in my college days, prior to even The Motion Sick or any of the other bands covered here. Several … Read More
UPDATE – VIDEO OF PERFORMANCE AT: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2012/03/michael-j-epstein-memorial-library_22.html The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is excited to present a two-song performance this Tuesday evening (3/20) for a taping of The Steve Katsos Show (Facebook). Steve Katsos, the “Pauper of Late Night,” (see … Read More
The first part of our three-song “Faith in Free” trilogy was released today by MAGNET!!! (Free download there!) This was recorded for Berklee PULSE‘s BANDED project and for live dance performance with BalletRox!!! The amazing Sarah RabDAU supplies some fine additional … Read More
As it turns out this year, it was too expensive for us to actually make it down to Austin, so instead, we have been creating more than we ever could have created if we had gone… For The Michael J. … Read More
Space Balloons‘ debut album arrives officially in May, but interstellar technology sometimes allows things from the future to appear before they even exist! One of the things that helped inspire the release of our album was an event for which … Read More
While rock bands worldwide travel to Austin for music festival South by Southwest, Special Friends (Facebook) make the journey to the real SXSW – Stamp by Stampwest to find rare Star Wars stamps. Little do they realize, their plans have been foiled … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library took a trip back to high school to revisit the days of clique segregation at Radio in Somerville. Hall monitors were giving out detention, a prom king and queen were crowned, and the gym … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel A lot has happened since Neutral Uke Hotel first took up their ukes to pay tribute to the beloved In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. The ukulele is back in the limelight, with Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs … Read More
The Beginning The February West Coast Neutral Uke Hotel / Golden Bloom / The Michael J. Epstein MiXXXtape tour was amazing! Originally, I was slotted to open all the shows solo, but I managed to convince the amazingly talented players … Read More
Photo by Jenee Halstead http://instagr.am/p/HwV7Xmlp0u/ https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ had the pleasure of being the house band for TEDxSomerville yesterday. In honor of the event, we wrote 25 songs about the talks presented and performed them in blocks during the breaks between sessions. As … Read More
Read more about our TEDx experience… Tanya Palit’s Top Ten Reasons Why MJEML Being the House Band at TEDxSomerville Rocked! 1. When a band writes highly personalized theme songs about people, it makes them seem like superheroes who exist in … Read More
We woke up to a crazy sound today! We had thought that maybe a car drove into our front porch area. Instead, a tree had been partially knocked over by the wind. It hit our porch overhang causing minor damage, … Read More
We just wanted to pass along a huge congratulations to our friends at Sleepover Shows for hitting their 100th show today with the awesome Deer Tick! In addition to this fine 100th session, they’ve put out a ton of awesome sets … Read More
February 1 is the very first installment on Wiretap Wednesday!! This page ( http://bit.ly/wiretapwed ) will be the location of the livestream and time listings for performing acts. The amazing J-Krafty is our feature performer this month! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, … Read More
The TIME article, “Want to Be a Rock Star? You’ll Need $100,000” has been making the rounds recently and repeatedly infuriating me. Why? Well, it’s both horrific in its accuracy and its inaccuracy. The problem is, these stupid kids in … Read More
The full film is out. Because we don’t like to behave sensibly, we at The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library decided to shoot a short film (about 24 minutes) over a single weekend. We’ll be premiering the final product to the … Read More
A huge thanks friends for making our Darling Pet Munkee CD Release show a huge success!!! A tremendous thanks to all the bands, all in attendance, and to our burlesque accompaniment organized by Porcelain Dalya, featuring Strawberry-Cream Pie, Margaret, Tara Emory, and … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee wishes to thank the Academy…and remind you to come see our CD release on 1/14 at Radio!!!
The Dolphins Are Among Us!!! In Part I of our series, we examined the proof that dolphins will attempt (and most likely succeed) a complete takover over Earth by the end of 2012. We will do everything we can to … Read More
While our first music video, “X-Ray Specs,” was scooting past the 20,000-view mark in just a few weeks, we were busy finishing the third and final shooting day for our second video – “Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle” – directed by … Read More
2011 was a really amazing year for us on all musical fronts; we released more music and videos than ever before, and we’ve put ourselves in a position for 2012 that should allow us to be in a constant state … Read More
Michael J. Epstein vs. Eric Michael Cohen of Cancer Killing Gemini 2012 is the year of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s “Amylee” – the first track of our debut Volume One. In 2012, the song will be receiving extensive remix, video, … Read More
The first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM, Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein host The Arts at the Armory Café Wiretap Wednesday Open Stage. Performers (up to 20 per night) are invited to sign up and share their … Read More
The Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinocalypse Part I (of IV): 2012: The End of Humanity? Ecco the Dolphin is an example of the dolphins infiltrating human society and forcing us to portrary them as “defenders of the future” and creature that can save us. Notice that … Read More
We’ve already warned you that the dolphins are rising up against humanity! The remaining 3 parts in our shocking series about the connection between the Mayan-prophecized end of humanity in 2012 and the impending dolphin attack will be revealed soon. … Read More
We present to you – Kung-Fu Sandals – the final story and song of Darling Pet Munkee‘s debut EP, Glows in the Dark! (Other stories here.) While it was virtually impossible to track down any stories or examples of actual Kung-Fu … Read More
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We had to rush to get it out in time for the holiday, but here it is for your ears during Hanukkah season… <p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://music2.michaeljepstein.com/track/eight-more-days-of-hanukkah”&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Eight More Days of Hanukkah! by Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p> (Also don’t forget to … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel A lot has happened since Neutral Uke Hotel first took up their ukes to pay tribute to the beloved In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. The ukulele is back in the limelight, with Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee is a project for which Sophia and I have teamed up with Axemunkee‘s Catherine Capozzi to write songs about items sold in the back of old comic books! I’ve been writing posts recounting the stories of the … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee officially releases our debut album, _Glows in the Dark_ on 1/14/12 at Radio in Somerville! We are very excited to perform live in the venue that we shot our “X-Ray Specs” video! We’ll have guest burlesque and theater … Read More
We had a total blast at Edrie’s (of Walter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOys) birthday rock show with Rick Berlin and WS+tAoBT!!! (Preview I had written before.) Others enjoyed it too: A review in the Scout Photos by … Read More
Awesome flyer by Walter Sickert We are extremely excited to invite you all to join us in celebrating Broken Toy Edrie’s birthday with us at the awesome new rock club Radio in Somerville! We’ve been really enjoying seeing shows at … Read More
Sleepover Shows is one of my favorite things on the ol’ Internet. They record special acoustic sessions with great bands in interesting settings. They’ve done sessions with some of my favorite bands ever like: Cloud Cult, Frightened Rabbit, Walter Sickert … Read More