Our friend (and immensely talented singer-songwriter-producer-dad) Mark Bacino filmed us performing a new song, “Spider Sabich,” for episode 5 of his video show “Speakin’ the Queens.” We then backed Mark for “Who Are Yous?,” a track from his fantastic new album Queens English. Mark’s album (did we mention it’s fantastic?) is a song cycle about life in New York’s outer boroughs, and “Who Are Yous?” is the Williamsburg song, so we felt right at home.
Spider who?, you ask. Spider Sabich.
Daniel Johnston ranks as one of our favorite things in all of creation, and so we are honored, excited and probably a bit nervous to be performing three songs from his Hi, How Are You album in the next installment of Boog City’s awesome Classic Albums Live series. It’s happening Wednesday July 14 at the Sidewalk Cafe. Boog City (p.s. that link is actually a download of the most recent issue) has made the unusual pairing of Hi, How Are You (to be performed by Bob Kerr, Steve Espinola, Preston Spurlock, Christy Davis and yours trulies) and Paul Simon’s Graceland (to be performed by six other acts). Unexpect the expected.
On Thursday Nov. 6 we celebrate change with lots of new songs and one old new bass player named Pam.
The Delancey
8 pm – Hot Chelle Rae
8:30 pm – The Rakehells
9:15 pm – John Brodeur
10 pm – Trouble Dolls
On Thursday May 15, we’re putting our Radioheads on and covering three songs from “OK Computer” as part of a benefit for the literary journal Boog City (wait, do you really not have a website, David? How do we link to you?) at Cake Shop (who do have one). We and many of our literary-wannabe band friends will cover David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…” and Radiohead’s “OK Computer” in order, starting at 7 pm. Randi Russo, Dibson T. Hoffweiler, Todd Carlstrom & The Clamour, the Passenger Pigeons & more!
We’re coming out of hibernation, and we’ll be shaking off the dust and the rust Friday May 2 as part of the Baggot Inn’s final-week-in-business festivities:
Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St., betw Sullivan & Thompson, NYC
Friday May 2
$5
8 pm – Jenny Amlen
9 pm – Trouble Dolls
10 pm – The Bisbees
In an effort to imagine what it would be like to participate in a crazy 21st century world where all media was easily accessible, searchable, discoverable, listenable and viewable, we’ve posted our first album, Sticky, for streaming here on our fancy-ass new blog website blog. Here it is.
In an effort to imagine what it would be like to make money, we have also decided to continue to make Sticky available at highly profitable locations like iTunes and Rhapsody. Listen where you will. But please listen!
