photo courtesy of RachelLeah Blumenthal We’re very, very excited to announce that Porcelain Dalya has joined the cast of TEN in the role of the “co-ed!” We’ve worked with Dalya extensively in our videos for Darling Pet Munkee – she’s … Read More
https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ has collaborated with five amazing visual artists to write five new songs based on their works while they created five new works based on our songs. Visit our project summary page for more information. Each day this week, we will … Read More
A very special Sophia’s Rock Beat solely dedicated to One Night Band 4 presented by Boston Band Crush! We walked in during SNUGGLZ (Bob Maloney, Kieth Pierce, Crystal Vraibel, Alison Murray, Kristina Parish) and unfortunately caught the last two songs but … Read More
UPDATE: Exclusive download of this song at: http://www.boston.com/ae/music/blogs/localmusic/2012/09/new_works_in_the_art_departmen.html The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library has collaborated with five amazing visual artists to write five new songs based on their works while they created five new works based on our songs. Visit … Read More
Kickstarter project link (with info/ref trailer): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists/ The most common question at the moment…How can I be in your movie TEN? Cast: ALL ROLES ARE CAST. Some of my thoughts on how to best apply / get a role:I am basically … Read More
Kickstarter project link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists Jade reads Jewel in her Jockeys!!! First and foremost, if we get to 100% funded by tonight at midnight, Jade Sylvan has agreed to read Jewel poems in “unflattering underwear” in Harvard Square. I don’t know quite what … Read More
TEN Kickstarter page: http://bit.ly/kickstart10We are EXTREMELY excited to announce that, thanks to a wave of contributions today, we have reached 75% funding (77% actually) and are now trending toward exactly 100% funded, according to Kicktraq. Your support means so much … Read More
t August Wiretap Wednesday is here!! This page ( http://bit.ly/wiretapwed ) will be the location of the livestream and time listings for performing acts. Paul Watts is our feature performer tonight, September 5th! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, MA All Ages! Free! … Read More
Sophia Cacciola (photo by Kelly Davidson) TEN Kickstarter page: http://bit.ly/kickstart10 We’ve only got 7 days left to get another $4000 in support. A huge thanks to all of you who have been helping us get the word out all along! … Read More
Kelly Davidson’s 365th day of her 2011 365 days project TEN Kickstarter page: http://bit.ly/kickstart10 We are extremely excited that Kelly Davidson, brilliant photographer and videographer to the stars has joined the crew of TEN. Sophia and I have worked with Kelly many … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is very excited to open for David J. (formerly the bassist, etc from Bauhaus and Love and Rockets!). Word on the street is that he will be playing music from both of those … Read More
A short and sweet rock beat while I continually try to catch up! Sophia’s Rock Beat (FB)! If you want me at your show, let me know-sophia@donotforsake.com, I’ll do my best. The big show for August was Bob Colby’s 60th birthday 8/12/12 … Read More
Saint of Glass Worms 2012by Walter Sickert SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU ALL!!!We had done this once before and it worked out wonderfully, so we’re giving it another go… This particular one is inspired by a Walter Sickert inkdrip and … Read More
A short and sweet rock beat while I continually try to catch up! Sophia’s Rock Beat (FB)! If you want me at your show, let me know-sophia@donotforsake.com, I’ll do my best. 7/1/12 was the MONSTER MASQUERADE at Radio – it was a … Read More
Go “like” the On The Town with Mikey Dee 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 … Read More
We’re now officially past the halfway point on the Kickstarter campaign for TEN. As I try and process my thoughts on this adventure, I figured it might be nice to share them in case they are useful to others considering … Read More
Thanks so much to the amazing folks who have contributed to our Kickstarter campaign! We’re always about 48 hours behind on sending out thank you videos, but we promise, they are on the way and apologize if you were looking … Read More
It is with great sadness that I announce the departure of Holly Collins from https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/. Holly has been an integral member of the band since the beginning, inspiring one of the most popular audience questions – “what is that thing that Holly is … Read More
Our campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists A huge thanks to our 122 backers and especially Phil Opitz, who stepped in when he could take us being $26 under 50% no more, for pushing us over the halfway mark! We’ve got a long way … Read More
Our campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists In continuing amazing casting news, we are thrilled to announce that Karin Webb has been added to the cast of TEN! What a movie this shall be if you all help make it happen! Karin starred in the … Read More
[The Motion Sick Home][Listen/Buy Music ] [ Lyrics ] [ Bio/Press ] [ Blog/News ] [ Past Shows] [ Live Photos/Video ] [ Video ] [Mailing List ] [Contact] “After suggesting another Chris Carrabba copycat, The Motion Sick overturn a … Read More
We’ve been losing our minds a little pushing our Kickstarter campaign for the film TEN: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists It’s a nerve-wracking process to say the least! So, we’re going to ease up for a few days and catch our breath (and celebrate Sophia’s birthday). In … Read More
Our campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twistsI promised tonight that if we reached $4000 on our campaign, I would sing a song in a pig mask. I never thought it would happen!!!
Our campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists We’re quite excited to announce the addition of Rachel Leah Blumenthal to our crew and cast. Rachel will be involved with production and, in keeping with my trend of killing her off in everything I make (see … Read More
Our campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists We just wanted to pass along a big thank you to the contributors to our campaign! We’re extremely excited to have you all be a part of this project and we look forward to sharing more news about … Read More
We’re very excited to be opening for AM & Shawn Lee at Great Scott on Tues. 8/28 (tix). The show is presented by Bowery Boston, and awesome music blog, Ryan’s Smashing Life. Facebook event AM & Shawn Lee, The Michael J Epstein Memorial … Read More
Our campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twists We are really pleased to announce that the amazing Catherine Capozzi will be working as a crew member on the TEN film shoot, AND, more importantly, will be working on scoring the film. Catherine was responsible for … Read More
Our campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaeljepstein/ten-b-movie-psychological-thriller-full-of-twistsTHANK YOU! We are blown away by all of the generous contributions that helped bring us over the 20% mark in less than 48 hours! We’ll be sending individual thank yous over the next few days, but, in the … Read More
Brent Grulke, Creative Director of SXSW music died at the young age of 52. I have had mixed feelings about SXSW for a long time, but it’s undeniably the case that it has become the defining showcase festival for young … Read More
Our Kickstarter for the film TEN has begun! We really want you all to be part of it!!! How you can help: 1) Every contribution counts. If you’re thinking of giving, but aren’t sure if you can afford it (or how … Read More
For the remainder of 2012, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be releasing one recording per week of the 25 songs created to honor the speakers at this year’s TEDxSomerville, accompanied by videos of their TEDx talks (see all … Read More
UPDATE 8/9/12 – “Grace Kelly” is now available on PS3 as well as XBox (“30 Lives” is available on both as well.) A very kind review: http://www.rockbandaide.com/17070/rbn-highlights-trial-by-fire-the-motion-sick-death-of-the-cool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rbn-highlights-trial-by-fire-the-motion-sick-death-of-the-cool http://www.rockband.com/blog/new-to-rbn-8912 We had previously unveiled “30 Lives” for Rock Band and I even gave … Read More
On August 9th, 2012, a small army of artists from the greater Boston area (and beyond) gathered at Precinct Bar in Somerville to pay homage to heartbreak by covering a wide array of break-up songs. This is the mix CD … Read More
UPDATE: a lot of people are having trouble with the widgets, so here are direct links. Better to use those I think: http://www.change.org/petitions/dear-friendshttp://www.change.org/petitions/ryan-s-smashing-life-coming-to-television — Help Arts at the Armory make changes to make it a better and more viable space! … Read More
For the remainder of 2012, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be releasing one recording per week of the 25 songs created to honor the speakers at this year’s TEDxSomerville, accompanied by videos of their TEDx talks (see all … Read More
All Bands https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling Darling Pet Munkee Space Balloons Neutral Uke Hotel
Complete Spotify Discography (for all bands) – all MJE/SJC discographies DARLING PET MUNKEE You Better Believe It! by Darling Pet Munkee Glows in the Dark! by Darling Pet Munkee
Complete Spotify Discography (for all bands) – all MJE/SJC discographies https://mjeml.michaeljepstein.com/ Full Length/EPs 2012 – Faith in Free EP – Lyrics/Chords – Additional Info – Buy: Bandcamp, Amazon, CDBaby – Listen: Spotify, Youtube 2012 – Swap Meet EP (split w/Golden Bloom) – Lyrics/Chords – … Read More
t August Wiretap Wednesday is here!! This page ( http://bit.ly/wiretapwed ) will be the location of the livestream and time listings for performing acts. Valentin Prince is our feature performer tonight, August 1st! Arts at the Armory191 Highland Ave.Somerville, MA All Ages! Free! (Logistical … Read More
For the remainder of 2012, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be releasing one recording per week of the 25 songs created to honor the speakers at this year’s TEDxSomerville, accompanied by videos of their TEDx talks (see all … Read More
Madame Psychosis (hip-hop alter-ego of poet, Jade Sylvan) threw down the gauntlet when she dared to dis Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache with this taunting video and facebook page: Well, with his team of GRANNYCORE Flygirls (played by jojo The burlesque … Read More
Another (really late!) installment of Sophia’s Rock Beat (FB)! If you want me at your show, let me know-sophia@donotforsake.com, I’ll do my best. 6/8/12 made it to Radio for Boston Band Crush’s night of INSTRUMENTAL ROCK! The Invisible Rays (I love their … Read More
Oh hey! It’s been a while since I’ve compiled one of these (since The Rumble, I guess!?) Anyway, still going to see bands, still taking video! Sophia’s Rock Beat (FB)! If you want me at your show, let me know-sophia@donotforsake.com, I’ll … Read More
We had a blast on our first day of the Darling Pet Munkee “Sea-Monkeys” shoot. As per the song, the video will present the worldwide invasion by sea-monkeys. In fact, many people will find themselves eaten by sea-monkeys. The wonderful … Read More
For the remainder of 2012, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be releasing one recording per week of the 25 songs created to honor the speakers at this year’s TEDxSomerville, accompanied by videos of their TEDx talks (see all … Read More
We’ve already told you all there is to know about the fake trailer that we made for the movie TEN for the Brattle Theatre Trailer Smackdown, but in addition to creating our own trailer, we acted in another entry in … Read More
For the remainder of 2012, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be releasing one recording per week of the 25 songs created to honor the speakers at this year’s TEDxSomerville, accompanied by videos of their TEDx talks (see all … Read More
A huge thanks to Mark Kaye (HearNowLive) and Lionel Brown (HearNowLive and Onslaught Promo) for putting together this really excellent night and making it a huge success!!! We had the pleasure of rocking for the last time with Tanya Palit … Read More
I realize that by posting this, it will seem that I am somehow complicit in the affairs of Frank the Glitter-bombing fox (Frank Fox’s facebook page). I assure you that I am not, but I do find the whole thing … Read More