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
I wrote a bit about my points of discussion when I spoke on the panel Local Media and Culture: What Does It All Mean for the Music Scene? at the The National Conference for Media Reform last month. I actually … Read More
When you see a giant cow in Iowa City, you naturally rock out in and around it. This is a two-part series with a performance by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library up soon, but for now, here are our … Read More
Our debut album, Volume One, is released today! Spinner/AOL is helping us celebrate by streaming the entire thing on their Full CD Listening Party this week along with Fleet Foxes, Manchester Orchestra, Pearl and the Beard, Okkervil River, The Cars, … Read More
The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Civil Engineering” at the World’s Largest Truck Stop as part of her live acoustic sessions series (see all sessions for more of MJEML and some Do … Read More
Tanya gets the inside scoop from Elm Street slasher Freddy Krueger. See more interviews with Tanya.
The final interview in the tour series…Michael J. Epstein.
A little post-tour wrap-up with Matthew Girard…
The beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson captures The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library performing “Amylee” 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
Episode 12 – Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling put your pen, to the papersave your heart for someplace laterthe ink twists and bendsdon’t you sign away your name again your mind is up and it’s walking aroundonly ever … Read More
Photo by Rachel Blumenthal This is the first in a series of tour blogs I’ll be posting recapping the amazing Neutral Uke Hotel / Golden Bloom / The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library 2011 tour! You can check out all … Read More
Walter Sickert’s delicious flyer for the show! The EP release show is coming up next Friday May 13th at The Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge MA. We’re playing with some of our favoritest bands: the power-steam-crunkers: Walter Sickert & The Army … Read More
Andrew reveals that he his Taco Bell baby may be possessed by an evil force. Tanya asks the hard-hitting questions…
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library joins Brown Bird (recently back from a tour with Devil Makes Three) at Porter Belly’s in Brighton (38 Washington Street Brighton, MA 02135 tel. 617-254-3300)to perform an intimate live set (will we all even fit in … Read More
What is Kimchi? Holly Collins and Tanya Palit know.
Josh talks French with Tanya…
Glenn DiBenedetto (Killer Suit Creative) recently took a spin (via the Globe Bar) to the English countryside with Sophia. They talked about the Rumble, The Prisoner, our upcoming video, and Sophia shared her (no longer)secret recipe for the Do Not … Read More
Tanya asks Kelly how she got into Mike’s pants…
Shawn is put on the spot by Tanya and must name all of the tour participants…
Participating in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble this year was an amazing experience – so much hot music, new friends, and great times. Here’s a round up of photos/video/and press regarding Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s appearance in … Read More
Tanya quizzes Sophia Cacciola…
Tanya gets down to the truth with Susannah P!
Another hard-hitting look at tour…this time, Tanya Palit sits down with Rachel Leah Blumenthal.
More on the MJEML/Golden Bloom/Neutral Uke Hotel tour coming soon, but let’s get started with some of the hard hitting on-the-ground journalistic investigation of Tanya Palit. We’ll have a series of interviews coming up. Today, we start with Tanya Palit.
This one is going to be short and sweet since I just want to get these videos posted! Every single band in the Rumble semi-finals was total awesomeness! From Semi-Finals Night 1: Spirit Kid – video 1, video 2Sidewalk Driver … Read More
Last night was the final night of preliminaries of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble! Cradle to the Grave began the night with the most rocking fiddle of the week! AND they all wore matching western shirts. Video 1, Video 2. The … Read More
So, Night 5, my band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling got to go to bat at this “competition” (while there is a “winner” every night – the real excitement of this is seeing new bands, seeing everyone play … Read More