East Coast:
Mini Tour with the BURLESQUE-A-PADES:
Friday, November 19th
NEW HAVEN, CT
Helen Pontani, Albert Cadabra, Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, Corn Mo, Mstickle & more
Cafe Nine
250 State St
9PM
tickets @ www.cafenine.com

Saturday, November 20th
ASBURY PARK, NJ
Helen Pontani, Albert Cadabra, Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, Gal Friday, Corn Mo, Mstickle & more
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Ave.
8pm doors/9pm show
tickets @www.asburylanes.com

Monday, November 22nd
BROOKLYN
Angie Pontani, Helen Pontani, Albert Cadabra, Corn Mo, Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, MsTickle The Pontani Sisters & more
Public Assembly
70 N 6th St.
8pm doors/9pm show
tickets @ www.publicassemblynyc.com

Tuesday, November 23rd
NORTHAMPTON, MA
Starring: Angie Pontani, Helen Pontani, Albert Cadabra, Corn Mo, Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, MsTickle The Pontani Sisters & more Iron Horse
20 Center St.
7pm
tickets @ www.iheg.com

West Coast:
Monsters of Accordion Tour
w/ Jason Webley, Renee de la Prade, The Petrojvic Blasting Co.

Wednesday, December 15
SEATTLE, WA
Neumos
925 E Pike St.
8 pm
All Ages
$10 advance
$12 at door
guest: Amy Denio
Get advance tickets at the venue or HERE.

Thursday, December 16
PORTLAND, OR
Kennedy School Theater
5736 NE 33rd Ave
503-249-3983
7 pm
All Ages
$10
guest: Eric Stern

Friday, December 17
EUGENE, OR
Wow Hall
291 W 8th Ave
541-687-2746
8 pm
All Ages
$10 advance
guest: Aeon Now
Ticket info HERE.

Saturday, December 18
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Slim’s
333 11th St
415-255-0333
8 pm
All ages
$14
guest: Duckmandu.
Advance tickets HERE.

Sunday, December 19
LOS ANGELES, CA
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd
8 pm
All Ages
$10 advance
$12 at door
guest TBA.

Saturday, Sept. 4th
Philadelphia, PA
Johnny Brenda’s
1201 Frankford Ave.
The Late Nite Cabaret with Open-Stage Variety Show
FREE
doors at 9, show at 10, Lover at midnight
more info: http://latenitecabaret.com/Shows/Sept4.htm

My band, .357 Lover, was invited to play Our Hit Parade, a local show that covers the current top ten. We did “California Gurls”. The lyrics reminded me of David Lee Roth, so we did it in the style of Van Halen.

From the upcoming album: .357 Lover’s The Purchase of the North Pole
on a popular show with nice, funny fellows.

This video is taken from one of my short stories. I’m still trying to make the animation better.

I had a banner day.
sincerely,
Eighth Grade Mo
(at 2:30 mark)

I’m not good at it, but it’s fun. I like watching people who are good at it. Last night, I worked with some muppet fans who put on a show at the Knitting Factory called the Muppet Vault. They showed some rare footage including one with some improv between Jim Henson and Frank Oz. I did some puppet work. Really fun. Then, we drank across the street where I heard more muppet news.

check out their sites:
http://muppetcast.com/WordPress/
http://www.toughpigs.com/

Here’s Jim Henson’s Time Piece:

Here’s an article from an old Starlog magazine my friend Martin gave me.

If you missed the show on Saturday night, then you missed some excellent guests. Here are links to those who performed at the .357 Lover’s Diorama of Friends Variety Show. Go see them perform.
Lady Rizo
Anna Copa Cabanna
The Love Show
Seth Herzog
Pendulum Swings (Jason Trachtenburg)
.357 Lover

Here’s a video I made for the show this Saturday night.

Tonight, my colleagues and I will perform our respective songs based on the writings of Anais Nin at Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn.
8pm

July 2nd and 3rd

STRAIGHT UP VAMPIRE:
The History Of Vampires in Colonial Pennsylvania as Performed to the Music of Paula Abdul.

2 SHOWS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND!!

July 2 and 3rd, Joe’s Pub, 9:30 pm
Joe’s Pub,
425 Lafayette st, NYC

$15
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4995

It’s 1763 and there are vampires in Philadelphia.
Paula Abdul Blackwood is a beautiful young quaker girl being forced into marriage with the wheelwright’s son.
Jack Sheridan, a politically idealistic young vampire, is the man she loves.
Everywhere there is dissent. Fractious parties debate the future of the colony.
MC Skat Kat and Benjamin Franklin vie for power in the Assembly.
_______

A touching, informative, and spooky musical hayride through fake American history,
set to the music of Paula Abdul.

with performances by

Magin Schantz
Jason Quarles
Tanya O’Debra
Diane O’Debra
Nick Jones
Megan Stern
Justin Noble
Zak Vreeland
Peter James Cook
Drae Campbell
Corey Sullivan
Dr. Steam Whipple
Band members

and Corn Mo as Benjamin Franklin

is 66 today.

Lovely covers of Lollipop

http://www.paisajeselectricos.com/material/entre_357-lover_2010.html

My friend, James French, made this video. He also put out an album called Totally Not Completely Unfake. I’m listening to it right now. You can hear the tracks at his website: http://www.jamesfrenchmusic.com
I’m given albums made by people who come to my shows from time to time. I don’t listen to all of them, although I should. I’m glad I am listening to this one.
Sometimes I’m given a cd that I think is brilliant and I never hear from that person again. I hope it’s because they’re working on something. It’s always a shame to find out when someone who makes cool shit gives up because nothing “happened” with the music. If you make cool shit, you should keep making cool shit.

I’ve been playing in a group that meets on the first Tuesday of every month called The Bushwick Book Club. The creator, Susan Hwang, picks a book for everyone to read for the month and each member writes a song or two about the book. She released an album with some of those songs. It’s called The Bushwick Book Club, Volume 1, January-November 2009. Here’s a link to the website and the myspace site.
Here’s a link to listen to the song I did which is based on the book The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Her Own Sweet Vertigo