Sophia’s Rock Beat: 9/08/11-9/24/11
9/8 we went to Church – first of the night was Hayley Jane & The Primates – Hayley was in the Liars & Believers play, Song of Songs, that The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library opened up for – she has … Read More
Buying MJEML vinyl (that doesn’t exist) on Amazon Part 5: The Seller’s Reply
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Previous posts: 1 – ordered on vinyl; 2 – relay order; 3 – order shipped; 4 – Vinyl Received The lovely analog sound of MJEML – special thanks to Jon … Read More
Buying MJEML vinyl (that doesn’t exist) on Amazon Part 4: My “Vinyl” has arrived
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Previous posts: 1 – ordered on vinyl; 2 – relay order; 3 – order shipped After a bit of waiting, we return to the tale of buying The Michael … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee Issue 3: MONSTER S-I-Z-E MONSTERS
We’ve already tackled X-Ray Specs, Darling Pet Monkey, and Sea-Monkeys. A recurrent theme in the Darling Pet Munkee world is that most of the items sold in the back of comics were essentially giant rip-offs. The ads implied that these … Read More
10/6 at Brighton Music Hall – The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Premieres Full Performance of “Faith in Free” at Berklee PULSE presents BANDED show
For several months, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library has been under the lens of a crack team of Berklee PULSE documentarians! On October 6th at Brighton Music Hall, some of their work will be revealed! Here’s a trailer for the … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library and Neutral Uke Hotel at the Philly Film/Music Fest Recap!!!
We had a blast playing at the Philly F/M Fest this year and particularly in sharing the stage and the evening with friends! Here are some vids from the night and some links to the great artists that we shared … Read More
Neutral Uke Hotel and The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library rock Philly this Saturday!
Just a quickie to remind you all about the Neutral Uke Hotel / MJEML showcase at the Philly Film and Music Fest this weekend! Check out the awesome acts on our showcase below and make sure you get there early … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: 8/18/11-8/24/11
Oh hey! lots of live videos to share from the past month! On 8/18 we caught a very post-punk night at Church with 92 Protons (video 1, video 2, video 3) and Faux Ox (it was their CD Release; video 1, … Read More
Space Balloons – “(I Want) Dessert For Breakfast” (of champions???) and Kurt Vonnegut tribute!!!
We are very excited to report some Space Balloons news! This week, the Balloononians make a rare live appearance with a short set at Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt: A Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Tribute, Thursday Sept. 22nd at Precinct (70 Union … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is one year old!
“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
Buying MJEML vinyl (that doesn’t exist) on Amazon Part 3: Order Has Shipped!!!
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Background posts:Part 1: The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_ was for sale on Amazon on vinyl…only problem is, it’s not released on vinyl. So, I did what … Read More
Buying MJEML vinyl (that doesn’t exist) on Amazon Part 2: The Plot Thickens!
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here .Those of you following along at home know that I found a vinyl version of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s _Volume One_ for sale on Amazon. The thing … Read More
MJE’s Spotify Playlists 3 – Music Inspired By/Related to The Prisoner!
As you likely are already aware, our band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling performs original music inspired by The Prisoner. Each song pays tribute to a particular episode of the show. We made this crazy music video recreation … Read More
Buying The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s Volume One on vinyl on Amazon…only problem is, it’s not out on vinyl Part 1
The complete combined story has been presented in a single post here. I decided to pay a visit to Amazon.com today to see how things were rolling with The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s material. When I arrived, I found … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performs with BalletRox Out of the Box 2011 – Faith In Free at the Strand Theater
Below is some video of The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performs with BalletRox Out of the Box 2011 – Faith In Free at the Strand Theater. The process of creating this 3-song piece was documented by Berklee Pulse’s Banded … Read More
MJEML’s Tanya Palit’s “Things I Learned on Tour”
While it may be a while before we head off on a full-fledged tour, we do have this one travel show to reunite our Neutral Uke Hotel / Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library / Golden Bloom adventure. Before we head … Read More
Michael J. Epstein & Sophia Cacciola host On the Town with Mikey Dee on WMFO 8/31/11!
Go “like” the OTTwMD facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – http://wmfo.org. Send your CDs to the station … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee Issue 2: Sea-Monkeys
Sea-monkeys (official site) are perhaps the quintessential item famed for being sold in comic books. As soon as Darling Pet Munkee saw the light of day, I knew that we had to write a song about the Wonderful World of Amazing Live … Read More
MJE’s Spotify Playlists 1 – Female Dance(ish) Songs from the 1980s(ish)
I’m having some fun playing with Spotify lately. I’ve already put up two playlists of my own music: A Sampler of MJE’s MusicThe Complete MJE (Everything on Spotify anyway) I decided I might make a regular series of playlists I … Read More
DNFMOMD: on tour in NYC & Philly 9/3 & 9/4!
We’re bringing Prisoner-rock to the people this weekend! Please join us/tell your friends to join us in Brooklyn & Philly! 9/3/11 SATURDAY$5 · Spike Hill Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (9PM)I Love Monsters(10PM) 186 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg -Brooklyn, … Read More
E-mails from the departed…
I think I had mentioned this once before, but I just can’t bring myself to block the hacked e-mail address of an admired friend (or at least an admired and very well-liked acquaintance) who passed away several years ago. There … Read More
We do need curators, but we don’t need gatekeepers or why you should stop using Pandora
This has been picked up over on Music Think Tank, so head over there! To Eleven has a nice follow-up post discussing some of these ideas as does Rhythm Hub. Earbits also opened discussion on the topic. There was also an older … Read More
Parlour Bells “Heavy Dream (Hurricane Mix)” by MJE
As part of the Parlour Bells Heavy Dream Remix Project, I made this “Hurricane Mix” to help everyone dance safely through Hurricane Irene. Thankfully, we haven’t been hit too badly here in Boston, but I know a lot of people … Read More
Behind-the-scenes photos of the Space Balloons “Hovercraft Full of Eels” video shoot!!!
Photos by Rachel Blumenthal
Somerville News unfriended me on Facebook for challenging their status update
UPDATE: Still no response re: unfriending, but hey, The Somerville News wrote a piece on Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. I have to wonder who runs the FB page… I find this whole thing puzzling and disappointing, but … Read More
Space Balloons photos from Daykamp Music!
Some awesome photos of Space Balloons at The Rosebud via Daykamp Music. Space Balloons has lots of behind the scenes excitement brewing, but for the moment, we thought you’d just enjoy some photos of a rare live performance.
Space Balloons: Hovercrafts!
Navigator Joe and Admiral Sophia sat down to draw out plans for their new hovercraft – and only copied off each others plans a little bit! Navigator Joe’s Hovercraft Admiral Sophia’s Hovercraft Here’s the song! Hovercraft Full of Eels: Hovercraft … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: 8/5/11-8/13/11
Much awesomeness in music this Summer. Friday, August 5th was the Full Body Anchor Spectacular at TT the Bears- with: Full Body Anchor (video), The Future Everybody (video), Young Adults (video) and the local return of The New Collisions (video … Read More
Space Balloons – “Hug War” and “Hovercraft Full of Eels” – plus Captain Joe K and show at The Rosebud!
The 2nd release from Balloononian rock stars Space Balloons is here! Two more tales of Balloononian culture featuring new band member Captain Joe K! Don’t forget about our previous, Welcome to Balloononia (just reviewed on Daykamp Music) and join the band this Saturday … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library rocks Somerville!
As several of us are Somerville (MA) residents, we’re always excited when we get a chance to rock our own neighborhood. We had two shots recently – first, the Somerville ArtBeat festival, which was a blast! …and our wonderful return … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: 7/22/11-7/29/11
Oh hey! It’s another Sophia’s Rock Beat! 7/22 was Goddamn Glenn’s bday party at the Lizard Lounge. Merrily James opened the night – video 1, 2, 3. And Parlour Bells (video 1) video 2: Then 7/29 was a local show … Read More
DNFMOMD: music video for “First We Take Manhattan”
Very excited to present our second music video (for our first music video, which was a shot-for-shot remake of the opening sequence to The Prisoner, click here) for our cover of Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan” behind the scenes … Read More
You can be a guest singer on the new recording by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library!!!
Here is the result of this call – Parts I and III: Faith in Free by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Deadline: August 19th at Midnight! We’re putting the finishing touches on a recording of the three-song piece we … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee Issue 1: X-Ray Specs
Darling Pet Munkee was originally a one-off (go here for the story of how it happened) recording project combination of Cathy Capozzi of Axemunkee and Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein of Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. We had so much … Read More
DNFMOMD: Sophia’s Bday Show – 8/19 at TT’s
It’s Sophia’s Birthday Show! August 19th at TT the Bears Place, Cambridge MA Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling are planning an extra special set – and an extra special set means extra special guests – we’ll be joined … Read More
Happy Birthday Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache!
Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache just celebrated his third birthday. He was born the day after a family wedding in which no mustaches were permitted. Mustache had a quiet birthday as usual, but did receive one generous card from Eric Steven Roberts … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: Lady Drummer series – Theresa of Streight Angular
A while back, I did some short interviews with local girl drummers whom I admire. I’ve been sitting on these thinking I’m going to do something huge with them, but I’ve come around to thinking I should just post them! … Read More
DNFMOMD: Episode 1: Arrival Music Video News & Press – 50K views!
December ’11 update: We were very honored to have TIME Magazine Online select our video as No. 6 (we see what you did there) in its Top Ten Creative Videos of 2011 List – TIME LINK July 11 update: … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: 06/30/11-07/16/11
June 30th we headed down to Porter Belly’s to check out Northampton band, Bunny’s A Swine – as part of Local Music 101‘s podcast series. Video 1, 2, 3. 7/14 we caught the I, Pistol CD Release at TT the … Read More
Michael J. Epstein Memorial Librarian Tanya Palit moonlights…as a muffin!
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
DNFMOMD: The secrets of the bass sound…
Some people may not realize it, but Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is just Sophia Cacciola rocking the drums and singing while I play bass. When people hear our record, they often ask me if I played the … Read More
DNFMOMD: cover Sweet Dreams with Glenn di Benedetto of Parlour Bells
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling and Parlour Bells are playing tomorrow at The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA and we decided to collaborate on a cover song – it was all supposed to be a delicious secret, but in … Read More
Michael J. Epstein & Sophia Cacciola host On the Town with Mikey Dee on WMFO 7/20/11!
Go “like” the OTTwMD facebook page! OTTwMD plays local Boston music and is on every Wednesday from 9pm-Midnight and almost always features a live band around 10:30 – it’s on 91.5 WMFO – http://wmfo.org. Send your CDs to the station … Read More
DNFMOMD: New video: First We Take Manhattan released on 7/22
Last month we were very pleased to release our epic Prisoner-recreation music video for Episode 1: Arrival (read about it here and here). Watch that video here. Michael & Glenn hard at work microfilm props! But last July we were … Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Mikebook___+® Beta is Launching tomorrow
You may be hearing about the launch of new social networking sites, but Mikebook___+® is not just another social networking site. It’s an entire way of living. Members of Mikebook___+® (we call them awesomefacemonkeys®) know deep inside that they are different from … Read More
Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein on Citywide Blackout on UNregular Radio
Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein spent an hour talking about all of their projects and playing special ukulele versions of songs from Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, and Space Balloons on … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat : week of 06/20/2011
On 6/20 Special Friends aired our first episode at The Rosebud. The night was also video taped for a future episode and friends were asked to sing open-mic style songs about Star Wars. We had no idea that these songs … Read More
Michael J. Epstein & Sophia Cacciola host On the Town with Mikey Dee on WMFO!
Last night we hosted On the Town with Mikey Dee for the very first time! The show has been on for 22 years and every one of our bands have played on it (and, many, many other bands) so it … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library LaundroMatinee Session! (live video and MP3s)
We already told you how excited we were to record a video session for LaundroMatinee at French Pharmacie in Indianapolis when we were on tour in April. Now we’re doubly excited to share it with you!!! We love love love … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat: June 3 & 4th 2011
June 3rd was the final Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women show – I got 8 videos of them! below is the playlist. I also got video from Count Zero and MEandJOANCOLLINS (links go to videos). The next night … Read More