• May 7: 2 Shows, 1 Night

    April 21, 2011 /

    Saturday, May 7th
    First Show:
    NYC
    DROM
    7pm doors, 8pm show
    “Don’t miss this sassy and swinging dinner show at Drom restaurant and lounge, featuring the best in burlesque in a classy cotton club style showcase!
    Starring: The Italian Stallionette Angie Pontani, The Mystical Mistress of Tease MsTickle, The Maine Attraction, The Tappin Tornado Helen Pontani, with special guest Corn Mo and your hostess the Frankfurt Fraulein Miss Astrid. PLUS DJ MomoTaro and pick up artist, Bianca Dagga”
    More info and tickets

    Second Show:
    BROOKLYN
    Brooklyn Bowl
    61 Wythe Ave (bet N 11th/N 12th st)
    Classic Album Night
    .357 Lover covers the first Van Halen album in its entirety.
    More info and tickets

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  • Upcoming Dates (including a Van Halen Tribute)

    April 11, 2011 /

    April 19
    NYC
    Pitch!
    7 PM $5.
    Under St. Marks Theater
    94 St. Mark’s Place (between 1st Street and Avenue A)
    Pitch! is a show hosted by Greg Walloch and Mark Allen. Each show has a guest editor and the performers pitch ideas to the editor. The first one I went to was with the editor of Fangoria Magazine. I got an issue that contained their pick of the top 300 horror films ever made. This one will have guest editor Francesco Sedita of Penguin Young Readers Group. Not sure what I’ll do, yet. Also performing is Erin Markey, Mike Albo and David Commander. I like this town.

    April 21
    NYC
    DEALING WITH MY FEELINGS
    The Pit
    123 E. 24th St.

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  • Getting into Feldman

    April 10, 2011 /

    I went to see Monodramas on Friday night. My friend Duckmandu came to town and scored free tickets. The director took 3 one person/one act operas and beautifully pieced them together. The first two were written by John Zorn and Arnold Shoenberg respectively. The third one was written by someone I’d never heard of – Morton Feldman.
    A man who looked like a clownish version of Einstein (in a good way) sat in front of me. I couldn’t hear what he was saying after Feldman’s opera was finished but Duck told me that he was complaining that nothing good ever came from Feldman, railing and railing on about how much he hated the composer.
    I like an artist who brings this much hate to the listener. So now, I’ve been listening to more Feldman.
    Duck just sent me this interview Feldman did with Iannis Xenakis:
    http://www.vorden.no/becoming/?p=221
    It’s a good interview.
    I also like Marty Feldman.

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  • Le Squeezebox Cabaret Tonight

    April 4, 2011 /

    Monday, April 4
    Brooklyn
    Le Squeezebox Cabaret
    Public Assembly
    70 N. 6th Street
    9:30pm
    $10
    Accordions, magicians and dancers: Corn Mo (.357 Lover), Benjamin Ickies (This Ambitious Orchestra, The Ja Ja Jas), Juliet Jeske (Wham Slam Bam Variety Hour, Hard Candy Burlesque), Matt Dallow (Amour Obscure), Bobbie Horowitz (Horowitz & Spector), The Great Dubini (The Love Show), Evan Laurence (Sexahol, Carne Musica, Evan Laurence Presents), Julie Smith (The Love Show, Nutcracker: Rated R), Valton Jackson (The Love Show, Nutcracker: Rated R), Kalen (Ladybug Stingray), Jennifer Carlson (Axis Danz, The Love Show, Nutcracker: Rated R), Dangrrr Doll, Sarah Conrad (The Love Show, Group Hug, Nutcracker: Rated R), Lola “Luscious” Monroe (Silky Sirens Burlesque), Group Hug, Steve Dworkin, Amazing Amy (Yoga Contortion Dancing) and your host, David F. Slone, Esq. (cleverly disguised as Un Garçon Named Suzette)

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  • At the End of the Minotaur

    March 23, 2011 /

    The mini-tour was fun. It was booked last minute but every show was fantastic.
    Here are pics from the tour: facebook.com/357lover
    Here’s video of the Nashville show:

    Here’s a dog napping on my belly while I watched Drag Me to Hell:

    Here’s a dog watching Dave play Red Dead Redemption:

    Here’s us blowing out the sound of the video in Akron:

    Here’s the last show of the tour in Denton, TX:

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  • Good times in Hamilton

    February 26, 2011 /

    I played Colgate University a couple of weeks ago. It’s up in Hamilton, NY. Not having a car, I hitched a ride with my friend, Jerm, who had a show up in Potsdam. He wanted the company and some help with gas. It’s a really pretty drive from NYC to Hamilton. It was snowing on the way up and a few times we found ourselves in patches of blizzards.
    Neither of us had phone service at the point we past Sidney which meant that the gps on Jerm’s phone was gone. So, we bought an old-timey map which worked perfect.

    I neglected to find out where on campus I was playing, so I wandered a bit. I asked someone and she pointed me to downtown Hamilton. I had a nice walk.

    I got to the venue, The Barge, and camped out in the back. The manager, Susan, introduced herself and hooked me up with a place to stay, so I canceled my hotel.
    It was a fun set. Everyone was really pleasant. I met my hosts for the night and they took me to the beer store. Upstate NY makes really good beer.
    My new friends – showed me a good time with food from their respective jobs, beer and wine. Such lovely people. Randy and Joe have a band called Rabbit in the Rye. They played some songs in the kitchen. The kitchen is the best place for songs.




    Goodnight, Mo.

    When I got back, I got a nice handwritten letter from them.

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  • Shows this week

    February 16, 2011 /

    February 18
    NYC
    Rum House
    228 West 47th St.
    Corn Mo solo, piano-manning the songs of .357 Lover and Mo
    free. around 9.

    February 17
    NYC
    The Pit
    123 E 24th St.
    Reading stories and playing a song in “Dealing with My Feelings”
    tickets

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  • Coming to DC with .357 Lover on 2/4 and Other Shows This Week

    January 26, 2011 /


    .357 LOVER!!
    Corn Mo solo set added!
    Boo Boo Darlin!!

    2/3
    NYC
    Rum House
    “The Newest Old Cocktail Lounge in Times Square”
    228 West 47th Street, inside the Edison Hotel
    Playing piano set

    2/5
    8 PM
    NYC
    201 W.86th #806
    (the big archway between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave)
    Performing selections from Schubert’s Winterreise
    w/ Jonathan Wood Vincent, Sabrina Chap (Debussy) and Corn Mo w/ David Fairchild (Schubert)
    There will be potluck, as well.
    This house show is in the apartment of Jonathan Wood Vincent, formerly his late grandfather’s, who was the great baritone Theodor Uppman.

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  • Your Own Personal Anthem

    January 12, 2011 /

    Do you have a goal so huge that you need an anthem to get over the mountain? Then, please submit your goal or project to Thrillist.com.

    If we pick you, then you will have your own personal anthem written by my band, .357 Lover. When you find yourself in times of trouble, you can play your anthem. When the deep waters of despair keep you at bay, play the anthem. When you find yourself trapped in the caves of frustration, play the anthem. We will be the soundtrack to your struggles. If you fail to achieve your goal, then burn the anthem onto a cdr and immediately throw it away in the garbage. We’ll try again by being silent. Hopefully, everything will go as planned. Check Thrillist for details: Thrillist.com

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  • Beatles Weekend Correction

    January 10, 2011 /

    Roger Greenawalt is playing the entire Beatles catalog on ukelele at The Brooklyn Bowl. On my email, I said I would play at 5:45am on Sunday morning, thinking he was playing a 24-hour set. I was completely wrong. I am playing at 5:45pm on Sunday evening and am also playing Saturday night around 10pm.
    I didn’t think anyone would come hear me play a couple of Beatles covers before 6am, but just in case, since I’m a fan of am shows.

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