noh -- live 100% improvised

Yes, back at Goodbye Blue Monday on Wednesday 1 December at 9pm:

NOH the 100% improvised spoken word free rock/blues band.

The lineup:

Mark Zebra Warshow: drums

Jesse Martin: bass

Charles Ramsey: guitar

Raymond Todd: spoken/vocals

That's at 1087 Broadway in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC...J train to Kosciuszko...FREE!

nor gloom of night...

This Sunday, 24 October at 7 pm I'll be playing with Nor Gloom of Night at ABC No-Rio.

The show is spoken word with musical accompaniment: the music being very atmospheric and ethereal (think sound: definitely no standard harmonic progressions will be heard). I've been lax about posting gigs since the summer but Nor Gloom did do one gig about a month ago: there are no rehearsals and the lineup changes and as a result predicting the outcome of a gig is not an easy chore...that's the fun.

ABC No-Rio is located at 156 Rivington Street.

some live video

Last Friday's gig -- which I didn't plug here on this blog because I've been too busy (read "lazy") -- was streamed live by the Yippie and then posted on USTREAM. I've linked to it here but you'll have to move the cursor around to these spots to see/hear the following:

19:45 John N. Johnson presents a great Monologue
46:13 General Slocum's Theater of Disaster
1:31:14 Naked Women Project
1:56:12 the moment where I break my high E string




Here's a link straight up if you'd prefer to see it on the USTREAM site.

The first performance is spoken word only (a great story about a man and his cat); the second mixes text with incidental music; the last music and spoken word.

naked women project at nublu

The Naked Women Project will be at Nublu tonight. Check it out: $10 for 2 sets. That's right: 2 (count them two) sets of high-energy jazz, free improvisation, afro-pop and psychedelia all strewn with spoken word.

The projected line-up is:

T-bone
bass
The Law
trumpet
M'tazz
guitar
Polashek
sax
Father Charlie
words
Zebra
drums

with special guest performance artist Jazmine...

Nublu is located at 62 Avenue C.

the naked women project at abc no-rio

The Naked Women Project will be kicking off the annual ABC No-Rio Gala fundraiser event tonight starting at 6pm. $5 gets you in (but they'll take more: remember this is to help them raise money so that they can stay open all year and have great, awesome music every Sunday).

The lineup:

T-bone
bass
The Law
trumpet
Swirly
electronic winds
M'tazz
guitar
Polashek
sax
Father Todd
'bone + words
Thabit
drums

ABC No-Rio is located at 156 Rivington Street (between Suffolk and Clinton Streets) on the Lower East Side. The F/J/M/Z station at Essex-Delancey is just 2 blocks away.

new york city pop band live again

A trio incarnation of the New York City Pop Band will be supplying some music for the opening reception of the art show "Dance, Sing and Eat" by Yori Hatakeyama and Sawaka Norii. That's at New Century Artists, Inc which is located at 530 West 25th Street, Suite 406. We start at 4pm, the opening proper at 3pm (and goes until 6pm).

The trio is:
Charles M'tazz Ramsey on guitar,
Tom T-bone Blatt on bass,
Nick Thabit on drums.

naked women once again at goodbye blue monday

Well, this is an after the fact post: Naked Women returned to Goodbye Blue Monday last night. Very nice show, great playahs. The lineup:

Tom Blatt: bass
Charles Ramsey: guitar
Lex Samu: trumpet
Tom Swirly: midi winds + spoken word
Nick Thabit: drums

The thinned-out ensemble worked even though we actually hand't really rehearsed as such. It's slight easier to listen to each other when there's less density.



The upcoming shows are: June 2nd at the Tank, June 6th at ABC-No Rio, June 13th at Yippie Museum at June 21st at MMNY (Make Music New York) somewhere outside in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. Also I'll be playing with the New York City Pop Band on June 5th at New Century Artists for the opening of Yori Hatakeyama and Sawaka Norii.

naked women at yippie museum tonight

Tonight Naked Women return to the Yippie Museum/Cafe. Check it out! The Yippie is located at 9 Bleecker Street (between Elizabeth and Bowery).

personnel:
T-Bone Blatt: bass
M'tazz the Great: guitar
Andy O'Neil: drums
Lex Samu: trumpet
Tom Swirly: ewi
Raymond Todd: trombone

and featuring GOLDIVA singing + dancing!

blues, high-energy experimental jazz, funk,
psychedelic afro-pop...

naked women back at goodbye blue monday

Yes, playing again with Naked Women at Goodbye Blue Monday.
Tonight at 9pm.

the lineup:
Tom Blatt: bass
Matthew Polashek: sax
Charles Ramsey: guitar
Tom Swirly: electronic winds
Raymond Todd: 'bone + spoken word
Zebra: drums

...and Goldiva handling the dancing chores...

spike hill williamsburg

Another one for you if you happen to be in the NYC area, this time here in Brooklyn...Spike Hill.

184 + 186 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY
718.218.9737

Take the L train to Bedford and you're, well, right there. I meant to look when I was there to see what the actual address was of the stage side, but I forgot. If you go and you're not on the side you wanna be on just cross on over near the back.

Lots going on here...

swirly radio international

Yes, check this site out:
swirly radio international
which is "broadcasting live from Williamsburg, Brooklyn"

Always a great selection of music.

otto's shrunken head

This is a cool joint. Lots of different music to be heard. Head to the back lounge for the live music. The only real issue is at times the music in the front room (the bar) gets competitive with the music in the back room. It's no problem unless there's a band in the back doing some dynamic stuff (as in at times playing quietly) at which point you'll be treated to some other music from up front. A largely minor issue.



So if you're in NYC check this place out. Oh, yeah: take the L to 1st ave.

c.o.m.a. at abc no-rio

A plug here: if you're in the NYC area please check out the excellent musical event called C.O.M.A. (Citizen's Ontological Musical Agenda) which happens almost every Sunday evening around 8pm at ABC No-Rio (located at 156 Rivington Street between Clinton & Suffolk...
here's their site). Usually two ensembles perform after which there's an open session, so bring your instrument of choice (or voice for that matter) and join in: it's very deep, and fun.
$5 Donation.