October 2011
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Gentlemen & Assassins in Ancona Italy Oct 23 2011
Bar Del Porto Oct 23 2011 Ancona Italy
The gig was booked in a hurry. Six days before we played as a matter of fact. Booked by avid fans of Dresden Dolls and Nervous Cabaret. As we pulled into town that evening we were struck by the beauty of the old port, the fortress like quality and the ancient dense narrow streets.
Flavia greeted us with an enthusiasm that balanced out an...
September 2011
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Watch@sxipshirey @brianviglione and I are @GentsAssassins (Gentlemen & Assassins). We are almost at the Half Way Mark of our Kickstarter goal to create our Debut Record!!! Help us cross the finishing mark. It will be so very worth it. And to all those who have backed us so far…we love you beyond measure and are itching to show you Just How Much.
Just click the link above. Bless you all our...
August 2011
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BEUKORKEST AND THE SOLAR FESTIVAL AUG 6-7 2011
Got called up by great Dutch artist Rik Van Iersel. He wanted to see if I was into diving into a three day rehearsal with 17 other musicians plus crew in preparation for a two day stint at the Solar festival in Holland. Rik directs the band much like he devises many of his paintings: a sort of spontaneous, stream of consciuosness collage work. I’ve been here before with him and a wonderful...
May 2011
6 posts
GENTLEMEN & ASSASSINS GET DOWN WITH DEAD SOULS IN...
London and Brighton anointed the crew with glorious adulation and much revelry. We were ready for the mainland, the continent. Good thing too, Prague was next.
This Gothic, Renaissance, Holy Roman Empire, global city was one we were all excited about. One never really knows what is going to go down in this shadowy, mysterious place . Although having Marika Provovotor of Provokotor Magazine at the...
Gentlemen & Assassins: Live Birth, Camden...
If you only have to deal with it for a day or so, the very particular sense of congestion, traffic, ceaseless movement and over all cacophony of a landscape in which, unlike New York, one can still clearly see a large chunk of sky, can be exhilarating. Stay any longer and prepare for a hustle unlike any other.
We were on our way to The Underworld in Camden London. Gratefully in good hands:...
Gentlemen & Assassins:Genesis....The Short and...
Two very jet lagged men met me in Berlin Germany. My old mate Sxip Shirey looked a bit spent since he’d had to haul his varied array of hybridized, re-imagined toy instruments, guitars, pedal boards etc… over here from NYC. Brian Viglione trailed just behind with an effiently packed case and drum ware. As always, he did his best to seem chipper though I could sense extreme fatigue.
No...
April 2011
3 posts
Thinking about singing...Syrup in my mouth
March 2011
2 posts
Prague Post →
Thanks to Prague for a great show and a warm kick off to the European leg of the tour!
February 2011
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January 2011
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Sxip Shirey, Nervous Cabaret, Prince & Dr John on...
Lovely interview w/ @Feloche on Radio Nova Cites @Sxipshirey & @Nervouscabaret w/ Prince, Dr John as influences http://tinyurl.com/6dplrr9
December 2010
10 posts
Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter →
CLUSTERF*CK made it in the rags. Let’s see what kind of derelicts publicity attracts. As an aside: I’m just waiting for the day some fabulously vainglorious couple names their daughter Publicity…
Excited about just playing the acoustic tonight and sharing the stage with the lovely Avital. Also, Schokoladen is a treat on any given night especially a snowy one.. Acoustic Moon Club presents: Avital Raz (Israel) + Elyas Khan (US) SCHOKOLADENAckerstrasse 16910115 Berlin
PROBLEMA Berlin Screening....
Joe Holden is an old mate of mine. We met on a gangster movie set in New York 2001. He was hovering around the set speaking with whomever he met. Pouring drinks, observing. He finally approached me with a cup of rum. I was working on some lines of dialogue. He took the script so I could get off book. Very quickly and bewilderingly we ensued in a conversation that would seal our friendship. Topics...
One bright day in the early 21st Century, there... →
Watch‘problema’ from Latin problema (genitive problematis) ‘problem’, ‘puzzle’, ‘enigma’, ‘question proposed for solution’, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (problema, ‘obstacle’), from προβάλλω (proballo, ‘to throw or lay something in front of someone’, ‘to put forward’), from prefix προ- (pro-, ‘in front...
November 2010
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Artists fleeing the city - Crain's New York... →
OK, WELL….VERY NICE THAT YET ANOTHER ARTICLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE NYC BRAIN/TALENT/ARTIST DRAIN ETC… NOT TO MENTION THAT MY PHONE INTERVIEW WITH MIRIAM WAS FUN…..HOWEVER…. I HAVE NOT NOR WILL EVER “GIVE UP” ON NYC OR LONDON, MINNEAPOLIS, KARACHI, PARIS, BERLIN OR ANY OTHER PLACE I HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO RESIDE IN. EACH CITY EXCITED THE NEED FOR...
October 2010
14 posts
Aristocrat's anger at Versailles Murakami 'manga'... →
I generally feel thrill and excitement, maybe even a bit of bemusement, when I witness striking contrasts and cultural mashups. Many traditionalists feel otherwise. Any thoughts?
BERLIN
“It is a new city, the newest I have ever seen. Chicago would seem venerable beside it. The next factor that strikes one is the spaciousness, the roominess of the city. There is no other city, in any country, whose streets are so generally wide. Only parts of Chicago are stately and beautiful, whereas all of Berlin is stately, and it is not merely in parts but uniformly...
“Pay no attention to what the critics say… Remember, a statue has never been set...”
– Jean Sibelius (via livejamie)
