• Palace of Wonders Tonight

    May 20, 2010 /

    Tonight’s show is at the Palace of Wonders in Washington, DC.
    Here is the video flyer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4EpAon3qL0
    Here is the club’s website: http://www.palaceofwonders.com/
    They used to have a drink there called the Corn Mo-mosa (orange juice and Mickey’s malt liquor).
    They still have a wealth of fantastic things to look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk3glefsvAw
    Here is the website of the aerialist performing with me: http://www.circusuna.com/
    Some sloths
    Darkon
    Uncle Buck

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  • Robert Holiday and James French

    May 18, 2010 /

    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.

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  • Bushwick Book Club

    May 17, 2010 /

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    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

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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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  • Parkside Show on Friday, April 16

    April 15, 2010 /

    My friend, Geoff Berner, told me he was coming to town. So, I set up this show in order to show him off to my friends. We toured together as part of the Monsters of Accordion Tour. He is an amazing performer. One of my best friends, Magic Brian, has just returned from Australia. He will perform the prestidigitation feats that he is known for.

    Friday, April 16
    Corn Mo and Friends
    NYC
    Parkside Lounge
    317 E Houston (at Attorney)
    w/ Magic Brian, Geoff Berner
    $5
    doors – 7:45pm
    show – 8pm
    Corn Mo plays at 8
    Corn Mo is finished @ 8:45.
    Corn Mo gets two beers.
    Corn Mo watches Magic Brian around 8:50
    Corn Mo watches Geoff Berner around 9:05.

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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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