Sophia collaborates with Anastasia Elfman on “Unhinged Valentine”
Anastasia Elfman had Sophia shoot her “Unhinged Valentine” concept video. Set to “Devil Take Away” by Danny Elfman.
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling covers INXS “Don’t Change” for The April Fifth Project
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (Sophia’s main songwriting project) covered the INXS song “Don’t Change” for The April Fifth Project. The April Fifth Project was created as a day to remember musicians who we’ve lost to depression/substance abuse/mental … Read More
Bring Us Your Women: EP release with songs Medusa, Hypatia, Leizu! Medusa features Sophia Cacciola!
Music video produced by Launch Over / Directed by & Starring Sophia Cacciola / Shot & Edited by Michael J. Epstein Bring Us Your Women EP: Catherine Capozzi and Axemunkee present: Hypatia, Leizu & Medusa by Bring Us Your Women Bring … Read More
Sophia plays bass and sings on new Drab band EP and video
Why Don’t Women Like Me by Drab Sophia played bass in a band in Boston called Drab. They just released an EP, WHY DON’T WOMEN LIKE ME, of lost material that was recorded in 2016 before Sophia moved to Los … Read More
Michael is the editor on the Watch Clark music video, “Consider the Titanic”
Michael had the pleasure of working with director Izzy Lee and artist Watch Clark as editor for the “Consider the Titanic” music video. Backscatter Effect by Watch Clark
Sophia is cinematographer on Lee DeWyze music video for “Let Go”
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ucr4w3CHRZBMyXjLAPiIG We had a wonderful time working with brilliant singer-songwriter and American Idol winner Lee DeWyze to shoot a series of live music videos. Sophia was the shoot cinematographer. Michael was AC/b-cam op. This was the last song of … Read More
Music Video for The Impulse Powers (shot and edited by Sophia and Michael)
Out today via a Vanyaland premiere is a music video for The Impulse Powers song, Knutsford that was shot by Michael and directed/edited by Sophia. The video was shot in the wilds of Knutsford, England (…oh wait, that’s just Waltham, MA) … Read More
Music Video for Anda Volley (shot and edited by Michael and Sophia) “If I Turn into a Black Rose”
Out today, a music video that we shot and edited for Anda Volley! We shot this in a few hours in the wilds of Cambridge one August afternoon: Read Anda’s blog about the video, excerpt: “Porcelain Dalya dances, making wavelets … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling ‘The Prisoner’ tribute “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death”
Debuting over at BoingBoing today is our brand-new music video for “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death.” It’s the second The Prisoner recreation we’ve done (“Episode 1: Arrival” was a nearly-identical recreation of the opening sequence) – this time … Read More
USA Today’s Popcandy premieres new Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling music video!
We are so excited that USA Today’s POPCANDY blog premiered our brand-new Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling music video for the song “EPISODE 10: LIVING IN HARMONY” The entire video was shot at 5 Wits “Espionage” immersive adventure at … Read More
Endation “Staab” music video produced by Sophia Cacciola, Directed by Michael J. Epstein premieres on Vanyaland!
Sophia and I have made a lot of music videos of our own and we’ve appeared in many music videos made for others. Now, however, for the first time ever, a music video we made for someone else! Endation‘s “Staab” … Read More
Space Balloons “Hovercraft Full of Eels” video
Hello Earth children! We Balloononians are in the final stages of completing a music-based TV show for your Earth television. In the meantime, we thought we should share some home videos we took while on an excursion in our favorite … Read More
Launch Over Casting Call – Music Video 7/21
casting extras for Endation music video July 21st – have 11am-4pm available Location: Allston 15-20 extras needed – must be available for the full time. Physical needs: must be able to fall down/collapse independently repeatedly. In addition we will need some extras to … Read More
So you want to be in pictures? Help us make a new music video for The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s “The Violinist”
PERCENT COMPLETE: 24% We’ve had a great time crowdsourcing vocals before for The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, so we figured we’d give video a shot! We’re making a new video in which the faces of 50 (or more) people … Read More
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What did we make in 2012? A brief recap
I’ll post a full year summary soon, but here’s just a quick recap of what we managed to put out this year. Our original goal was to release 10 albums/EPs in 2012. We got a little sidetracked making movies and … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee’s CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE: MONSTER S-I-Z-E MONSTERS and Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle hosted by Dayla, Mistress of the Munkee
Welcome to Darling Pet Munkee‘s Watch Dayla, Mistress of the Munkee host this double-header of terror and suspense! FEATURING: MONSTER S-I-Z-E MONSTERS and Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle Full Playlist Link Individual Videos Dalya, Mistress of the Munkee Part 1 MONSTER … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee – “MONSTER S-I-Z-E MONSTERS” music video shoot wrapped – video coming soon!
Poor Frankenstein’s monster (Frank, from here on in…) just can’t catch a break. He turns to online dating and goes on a series of bungled dates…until he finally meets the one… We hope to release this video and the video … Read More
MJEML: PROJECT A.M.Y.L.E.E. Part 2 – “Amylee” Music Video documents our battle with the evil space dolphins
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library’s “Amylee” music video has arrived! The “Amylee” music video is part of 2012’s 12-part PROJECT A.M.Y.L.E.E. for which we will present various versions of “Amylee” including covers, remixes, and session recordings! Most people are … Read More
The Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinocalypse 2012: Iceland is first! Who is next!?!?!?!
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
Sophia and Michael cameo in Madame Psychosis video
Michael J. Epstein (despite his mustache’s beef with Madame Psychosis – read more about that here) and Sophia Cacciola make quick cameos in the new video from Madame Psychosis along with other Boston rock luminaries: Jessica Sun Lee, Al Polk, … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee’s “X-Ray Specs” at the Boston Underground Film Festival!
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
The Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinocalypse 2012: The Dolphins Are Among Us!!!
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
Darling Pet Munkee: Day Three of “Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle” music video shoot!!!
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
The Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinocalypse 2012: The End of Humanity
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
Documentary about MJEML’s war against The Dolphinspiracy/Dolphinocalypse coming soon…
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
Darling Pet Munkee live Halloween debut, day two “Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle” video shoot, more Gweek podcast!
UPDATE: See the final video at: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2012/06/darling-pet-munkees-creature-double.html Darling Pet Munkee (a side-project from Michael and Sophia with Catherine Capozzi of Axemunkee) news is here! Boing Boing used another song of ours (“Darling Pet Monkey”) in a second Gweek Podcast! To celebrate we’re offering a free download of our entire 7-song record, Glows … Read More
Darling Pet Munkee – “Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle” video shoot, Boing Boing nods, and other exciting news!!!
Darling Pet Munkee – Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle UPDATE: See the final video at: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2012/06/darling-pet-munkees-creature-double.html Darling Pet Munkee (a side-project from Michael and Sophia with Catherine Capozzi of Axemunkee) has been getting some lift-off in these past few weeks! All of … Read More
DNFMOMD: our favorite Prisoner opening sequence references!
By now, you’ve likely seen our recreation of the opening sequence to the 1960s TV show, The Prisoner, and probably also heard us rambling on about how it took two years of planning and 11 days of shooting (link). And, … 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
DNFMOMD: new Music Video debut on Magnet!
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
The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives” music video in HD!
30 Lives HD (be sure to click the option to set it to 720p 30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix) HD (be sure to click the option to set it to 720p I honestly am not sure why I didn’t post these … Read More
“Thundarr” music video
Before “Thundarr” became a huge international hit for The Motion Sick, I used to play it solo. Back in those days (see brief history), I enlisted the help of Mickey Stahl, who shot and edited this fine video below… Thundarr … Read More
DNFMOMD: DNFMOMD on WAAF – Bay State Rock with Carmelita – video!
We had the distinct pleasure of performing on Bay State Rock with Carmelita on WAAF on 06/27/2010. We took “acoustic” to its most epic and silly conclusion, ukulele and glockenspiel, of course! Because we didn’t think that playing our drums/bass … Read More
DNFMOMD: Ad Frank and The Fast Easy Women “Winterthru” Video!
Mike and I had the distinct pleasure of participating as extras (ahem, “talent”) in this music video for the song “Winterthru” by Ad Frank and The Fast Easy Women. The video is great (certainly check out the other videos from Lost … Read More
Strange Vids Featuring TMS: “Aquaman’s Lament” performed by Miley Cyrus!
We are HUGE Hannah Montana fans, so when she decided to cover “Aquaman’s Lament,” we were delighted!
The Motion Sick: Novelty Songs: “I Grew A Mustache” and “Aquaman’s Lament” videos!!
Listen/buy audio over at: http://music.themotionsick.com/album/novelty-songs-volume-one Scroll down for “I Grew A Mustache”“Aquaman’s Lament” “I Grew A Mustache”
The Motion Sick: WBCN no more…Bastille Day…since 1789 – Jean-Paul since 2008
WBCN is officially shutting down: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/?s=http://www.bostonbandcrush.org/2009/07/uncrush-rumors-swirling-about-wbcn.html. You might recall what an awesome time we had playing the Rock N Roll Rumble this year and we are very sad that the event is now in limbo along with one of our … Read More
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” on Fuse’s Make A Star
A clip of The Motion Sick’s video for “30 Lives” aired yesterday on the Fuse TV Show Make a Star. After the clip, the hosts chat for a while with the song playing in the background. You can watch the … Read More
The Motion Sick: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
I just finished watching the DVD Director’s Series, Vol. 3 – The Work of Director Michel Gondry and it had some pretty awesome stuff on it. I’m a really big fan of “camera tricks” especially those associated with confusing the … Read More
The Motion Sick: ajax rayovac “love is a twisted melancholy disease”
Here is the awesome new music video from ajax rayovac for “love is a twisted melancholy disease” If you keep your eyes open, you will notice The Motion Sick’s very own Matthew Girard playing the trumpet. Mr. Rayovac may also … Read More
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: Ace of Full House
I don’t even know what to say…good thing Uncle Jesse was involved. More of the episode if you’re really masochistic… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: 15,000 and 200,000
The music video for “30 Lives” has hit 15,000 views on Youtube The combined DDR sales for the two games with “30 Lives” in them have hit 200,000. Most likely, those games will get our music/video in front of more … Read More
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution
This isn’t really all that great, but you all know how I love monkeys… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: Cloud Cult
Cloud Cult (http://www.cloudcult.com/) is a crazy indie rock band from Minneapolis. They tour in a biodisel van, maintain strict environmental practices, and paint live on stage. Their latest album Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) is pretty amazingly awesome. This … Read More
The Motion Sick: Silly Sundays: The Final Countdown (Kazookeylele Arrangement)
This is perhaps not the first Silly Sundays featuring Europe’s “The Final Countdown.” It may not be the last… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: MTVMusic!!!
now contains an amazing collection of music videos…damn! -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: “30 Lives” – Dance Dance Revolution Video Edit
Here’s the video/audio edit included in Dance Dance Revolution X (Playstation 2) and Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 (XBox 360). The video quality is relatively poor, but it’s just posted for the sake of seeing how they trimmed the song … Read More
The Motion Sick: Golden Bloom
You may remember a few months back at our 100th show, we were lucky enough to share the stage with Shawn Fogel. Well, Shawn and his pals have made it official and declared that their band shall forever forth be … Read More
The Motion Sick: More Literal Video…Head Over Heels
This is good stuff… See more funny videos at Funny or Die -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
The Motion Sick: Literal Music Video
This is pretty amazing… -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/