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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Okay, so I’ve been really bad at updating this since getting back from the Neutral Uke Hotel/Golden Bloom/The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library tour at the end of April. Right when we got back, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My … Read More
Back in 1976, our foredancers signed the Declaration of Independence and permanently guaranteed that our dancing and facial would not be oppressed by totalitarian monarchy rule…or something. Why did I write this song? Watch the video below to find out … Read More
“Walk on Water” appears around 6:30 Gay Video & Lesbian Movies – Logo: Fierce TV <p>&amp;lt;a href=”http://music.themotionsick.com/track/walk-on-water”&amp;gt;Walk on Water by The Motion Sick&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</p>
Thursday, Doomstar! and DNFMOMD have the pleasure of opening up for White Fence (Tim Presley of DARKER MY LOVE/THE FALL) and The Strange Boys at Church Thursday, June 23rdChurch of Bostonwith: Doomstar!, White Fence, The Strange Boys$10adv/$12 day of, 18+, … Read More
Sometimes you find the most bizarre things…and this one wasn’t even on the Internet yet! While working on “music supervision” for Special Friends, I started digging around for weird songs about Ohio, particularly, and this was a longshot – Austintown, … Read More
Watch and find out… I mentioned that “30 Lives” was now on Rock Band a bit back… Update: For whatever it’s worth, I got a 99% the second time I played…but it will take at least 3 tries to get … Read More
6/18/11 – 7 PM BalletRox Springs Out of the Box Strand Theater (543 Columbia Rd. Dorchester, MA 02125)http://strandboston.com/ Tickets: $20 center / $10 side – http://bit.ly/balletrox2011 We were so excited about our dress rehearsal yesterday for this show that we have decided … Read More
Watch the video at Magnet! For those curious on just how close (it’s disturbing, really) we got it to the original – here is a link to a shot-within-shot video of The Prisoner (1967) and “Episode 1 – Arrival” (2011) and … Read More
I already wrote a little bit about Song of Songs: A Love Romp before the opening nights when The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library played the opening slot, but now, having spent some time with the music and having seen the … Read More
Special Friends Presents:Stamp By Stamp West (our SXSW escapades) Video Premiere and Episode Taping 6/20/11; $5; The Rosebud Bar, Somerville w/guests Sleepy Vikings (fr. Florida) check out their single, “Calm” at: http://sleepyvikings.bandcamp.com/track/calm-2 Special Friends is Somerville’s newest sitcom about a … Read More
Indie baroque-pop octet The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be joined by guest vocalist Sarah RabDAU (of Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins) to present BalletRox Springs Out of the Box, a variety dance show including live music accompaniment, designed … Read More
We are very excited to announce that “30 Lives” is now available for purchase and play for Rock Band on the XBox! (UPDATE 2/14/12: Also available for PS3!!!) Here’s a test run of the gameplay of the track in Rock Band! … Read More
CD cover art It’s a bit belated now, but we had an incredible CD Release for Questions Are A Burden to Others (officially out on 6/7/11) on 5/13/11 at a full Middle East Downstairs! We played with our good friends … Read More
An article in the Boston Herald about the ukulele revival:http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1341805&position=0 Plus a video of me playing a few songs at the Herald! The video also contains a brief appearance from Sophia Cacciola. Rumor has it that the full performances of … Read More
We explain a bit about the origin of Space Balloons here. The characters were created for Rob Potylo‘s children’s show, Worried All the Time. While napping after a particularly hearty meal of grapes, Balloononians Sophia (Sophia Cacciola) and Michael (Michael … Read More
It’s always fun to throw a cover onto your record. In the past, I’ve been involved in covering “First We Take Manhattan,” “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” and “Doomsday Devices.” For The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library‘s _Volume One_, I … Read More
What do you do when you’re a crazy bunch of people traveling in a 15-passenger van across the country? You record two sessions – one for Daytrotter.com and one for Laundromatinee.com – 6 hours driving apart, on the same day. … Read More
We headed out to Iowa City on Easter, expecting to play to absolutely no one. To our great surprise, a small, but solid and enthusiastic gang joined us to celebrate Neutral Milk Hotel’s _In the Aeroplane Over the Sea_. Before … Read More
We made the journey to Chicago and after a little bout of carsickness for some of our more drummerish members, we grabbed some food at Schubas and hung out a bit in the green room with the lowest ceiling in … Read More
by Rachel Blumenthal After a tricky day in NYC with the health inspector, we drove through a little late-April snow in Snow Shoe, PA to make it out to rainy Cleveland and rock a return visit to The Grog Shop … Read More
Indie baroque-pop octet The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library teams up with BalletRox to present: “BalletRox Springs Out of the Box,” a variety dance show including live music accompaniment, designed in conjunction with the Mayor’s office to break down racial … Read More
Liars & Believers (formerly The Performance LAB) presents a world premiere indie rock musical, Song of Songs – a LoveRomp, inspired by the Biblical text The Song of Songs. The show runs June 2 –18 (The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library opens … Read More
We started the rock in NYC (after Boston of course!) and had some Brooklyn fun times at Cameo Gallery after a few challenges and delays brought on by a sudden health inspection at the venue! Review by What’s Good in NY? … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library plays with The Boston Typewriter OrchestraThursday, May 19, 8:00 PMPassim Folk Music & Cultural Club47 Palmer St.Cambridge, MATickets: $15For tickets and information: 617-492-7679 or http://www.clubpassim.org The show is celebrating The Boston Typewriter Orchestra’s new single: “Entropy Begins … Read More
The awesome Local Music 101 show episode 8 includes an interview and live performance from 5/5 at Porter Belly’s Pub in Brighton by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Like Local Music 101 on Facebook!!!
Tanya gets the good word from superhero The Tick! See more interviews with Tanya.
The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Stranger” as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling videos … Read More
The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Lymph Nodes” as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling … Read More