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  • Friday Night Intimate Show

    April 22, 2010 /

    I love the idea of playing in a room with no microphones. That’s a true intimate show. When Jonathan Wood Vincent told me he acquired a place with a piano for a parlor show, I immediately told him I’d love to be involved.
    This Friday I will be playing a set in this parlor room. Jonathan will play as well as Lily Maase. Oh, and they’ll have a potluck dinner.
    Friday, April 23
    NYC
    Papacookie Pinewood Timber Mill
    201 W. 86th St. #806
    8pm
    Here is the facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113310958690841

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  • “Ghost” from Alice Wakeman

    April 18, 2010 /

    This is a song from our rock opera called Alice Wakeman. This song is from the scene where Alice realizes that no one comes to see him play but the ghosts in his castle. We performed it on a show called Fearless. To ghosts.

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  • John Titor and Eloi Cole Fan Fiction

    April 12, 2010 /

    Some background information: John Titor is the Paul Bunyan of time travel. Eloi Cole is either the James Frey of time travel or the Billy the Kid of time travel.
    John Titor and Eloi Cole are sitting at a bar. John is drinking beer and Eloi is drinking 12-year-old single malt. Both are getting to the point of talking too much.
    At one point, John says, “Eloi, what year did you say you came from again?”
    Eloi responds, “That depends, John. What year did you come from?”
    The Price-is-Right strategy comes into play at this moment. If Eloi says 2016, then John will say 2017. John can say whatever he wants about the year 2017 because Eloi doesn’t know what has happened in 2017. Furthermore, John can ask Eloi who won the World Series in 2016. In addition, John can always use the future civil war to combat the World Series question. Yet, there are too many chess moves for both of them so it’s best that the subject changes.
    Eloi says, “What’s the best joke of the day from whence you came?”
    John says, “Two eagles walk into a bar full of snakes. The bartender says, ‘Hi, what can I get you?’’”?
    Eloi says, “And then what?”
    John says, “That’s the joke. When the civil war comes, nothing is funny. Uplifting stories are preferred.”
    Eloi can’t think of a move and says, “Bartender, I’ll have another Mountain Dew Code Red.”
    He then turns to John and says, “Thank God for time machines.”

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  • Franz Schubert’s “Im Dorfe”

    April 9, 2010 /

    Before going to bed, check out my version of “Im Dorfe” from Schubert’s Winterreise. It’s not quite a lullaby, not quite a party song. David Fairchild is on the piano. I’m still trying to master this.
    Im Dorfe

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  • Big Fan Fiction in the style of Old Josh’s Fan Fiction of Young Josh as Old Josh

    April 4, 2010 /

    Old Josh and Regular Susan had just come back from the Museum of Natural History. Regular Susan had just taken off her shoes and was hoping to take off more.
    “So, what do you want to do now?”
    “I have the Monster Manual under my bed.”
    “And?”
    “We can look through it. Together.”
    “That sounds fascinating.”
    “You have to be naked to look at it.”
    “Well, then. Let me take my clothes off.”

    At that point, Old Josh realized that Stormbringer was the only weapon he could use at this point. Yet, although he was all chaotic evil on the outside he was still neutral good on the inside. So, he feigned sickness and told regular Susan she should probably leave on account of his contagion.

    “So, yeah, you should probably go.”
    “Okay. I get it.”

    So, Susan left; and because of a good night’s sleep, she gave an excellent presentation the next day. Meanwhile, Old Josh played video games while thinking about Susan. That’s when he got the idea for a pause button on coin-op video games. His plan would be to wait until Young Josh caught up to the age of Real Time Old Josh before engineering the idea since an Real Time Old Josh would have the proper education for making it happen. However, by that time, Real Time Old Josh realized that not only was it a bad idea but also that no one played coin-ops anymore.

    Sadness enveloped Real Time Old Josh, for no one would believe his story in the World of Warcraft.

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  • April Fool’s To Do List

    April 1, 2010 /

    I’m gonna April Fool myself by bringing up a painful memory, trick myself into thinking it never happened and then say “April Fools”.

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  • Evelyn Evelyn’s “My Space” Available for Download

    March 31, 2010 /

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    “My Space” is a wonderful song from a project created by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. A host of gang vocals include Francis Bean Cobain, Andrew WK, Weird Al Yankovic and Neil Gaiman. My gang-vocal track was recorded here in my kitchen.
    Free Download at Stereo Gum: http://stereogum.com/322561/evelyn-evelyn-my-space-feat-amanda-palmer-jason-webley-frances-bean-cobain-weird-al-yankovic-andrew-w-k-neil-gaiman-et-al/mp3s/

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  • Paul Harvey/007 Fan Fiction

    March 29, 2010 /

    There was a regent who ate po boys every day. He was really proud of his lunches – so much so that daily he told everyone what kind of po boy he was having.
    “Guess what kind of po boy I’m having today?”
    “Do I know you?”
    “Oyster!”
    Sometimes he would strike up a conversation about his lunch with other po boy aficionados. One of those conversations was with a guy who jumped trains. He had to constantly remind others that he was not the definition of a hobo. He liked to eat smoked oysters on hot dog buns.
    That conversation lasted a long time and wasn’t repeated since the train jumper disappeared the following day.
    A few weeks later, the regent regaled a story to a stranger about the time he had a regular shrimp sandwich instead of a po boy.
    The stranger remarked, “Well, you are what you eat.”
    The stranger was being a bit distant because he badly wanted out of the conversation and didn’t give much thought to the anecdote. The regent, however, did give it much thought and began eating rich foods.
    The diet he switched to was considered rich food in some circles – cheeseburgers, meatloaf sandwiches, $7 sausages. Because of this diet, his health declined and he succumbed to gout. Because of the gout, his self-esteem grew since it was once considered to be a rich man’s disease and because his self-esteem grew, he no longer ate the rich foods. His gout went away and he looked much better.
    His looks changed so much that he quit his regent job and became an actor.
    His name was Mark but you know him as Daniel Craig.
    Now you know the rest of the story.

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  • Ben Franklin Werewolf Occurs Again

    March 26, 2010 /

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    I will be reviving the role of Benjamin Franklin this evening.

    STRAIGHT UP VAMPIRE
    Friday, March 26th
    NYC
    Joe’s Pub
    11:30pm
    $15
    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.
    Master Commodore Skat Kat and Benjamin Franklin vie for power in the Assembly.

    Tickets

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  • Tonight at Northeast Kingdom

    March 23, 2010 /

    I’m playing tonight at Northeast Kingdom, an excellent establishment a few blocks from my house.
    No mics. Parlour style.
    Show starts at 10pm.

    Northeast Kingdom is at 18 Wyckoff Ave. which is near the Jefferson stop off the L.
    Also playing are Susan Hwang, Preston Spurlock, Yoko and Sara Lautman.

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  • Last Day of Recording

    March 18, 2010 /

    Doing lead vocals on 4 songs and then some background vocals and then that’s it. Yesterday, we did lead and background vocals as well. Ron got an idea for a song that involved kicking an amp, sounding off the reverb coils. It’s going to sound really good. This album is going to sound really good – maybe not to everyone, but definitely to me.

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  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

    March 17, 2010 /

    I can’t drink today because I’m re-recording vocal tracks. To be sure, Ted Templeman once told David Lee Roth to go eat a couple of cheeseburgers and drink whiskey after his initial vocal takes were too good. As a result, we have the first Van Halen album which is perfect. But, for me I’ll stick with water and honey. Tomorrow night, though, I’ll sit in an empty bar and enjoy myself.
    For those who are embarking on a celebration today, I’ll repost this song. It’s called “I’m Going Out With My Friends Tonight” and was originally written for New Year’s but you are welcome to enjoy it on this day as well.
    I’m Going Out With My Friends Tonight

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  • Recording Day Number 2

    February 22, 2010 /

    Ron and John Davis at The Bunker
    We recorded yesterday at The Bunker in Brooklyn. Basic tracks were laid down for most of the album. Ron is playing drums with a glomus tumor under his left thumb. He won’t have it removed until after the session is complete. He’s also playing with a pinched nerve, causing muscle atrophy on his hands. He’s like the Hulk when the Hulk is David Banner with a glomus tumor under his thumb.
    Pictures are currently up on my Flickr site and Facebook.
    We’re going back in today. We will be putting more pics up on our Twitter page.

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  • We Sing Baby Dee! this Thursday

    February 3, 2010 /

    When I was in the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, we did a show in Ohio. After the show, Baby Dee invited the Fabulous Miss Una and me to stay at her house. She was living with her folks as they weren’t doing well. I’d only heard stories about her as she was in the Bindlestiffs before me. We stayed up late as she and Una caught up and then she gave us her bed. It wasn’t until the next day that I realized she slept on the floor of her dining room and was getting up at 5am to do her paper route. She’s a wonderful soul.
    If you’ve never seen Baby Dee perform, then I suggest you do so. It’s haunting whimsy.
    Those performing this show include myself along with Andrew W.K., Corn Mo, Aimee Curl, Little Annie and Paul Wallfisch, Curtis Eller, Mathew and Sarah, Phillip Raya and Lila (Rima Fand’s choir) and 9 year old Frannky Lou Hightower from Kansas City.

    The show is February 4 at 7pm.
    More info

    Speaking of Andrew W.K., here’s the Lover backing him up one day in Denton at Kittenpants’ birthday.

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