Happy Birthday & CD Release, Ivan Lenin!

I wish I could keep up with Russian slang. It's so koolna, you have no idea. Neither do I, really. But my Russian is not only rusty, it dates to dorky Soviet-era textbooks. Sigh.

So I'll just say to my komrad Ivan Lenin: С днём рождения, дуд!

TONIGHT:

The Manson Family Singers...Country That Kills!

We'll be playing a 30 minute set at Ivan Lenin's CD Release (& Birthday) Party!

Thursday, September 13, 9 pm
Lava Gina
116 Ave C (betw. 7th & 8th Sts)
No cover

Also performing:
Zheka Koshmar & Koo Koo Formation
DJ Shorman
Ivan Lenin & His Communist Redneck Hip Hop Orchestra

Urban Hee Haw.

I will be drumming for the Manson Family Singers and schmacting in the Urban Hee Haw at the Bowery Poetry Club, Monday, March 12 at 8 pm. The Urban Hee Haw is coproduced by the Mansons' Tom & Hilary. We got this (kinda weird) write-up in the Voice.

And here we are are playing Dodge City last weekend (photo by Sarah Fisch):

"Whiskey Dick, Don't Let It Go Down Like This..."

I love the day or so after band practice, when snippets of Manson Family Singers songs rattle around in my head.

This week's killer Dodge City lineup:

A nutty character from Ann Carr
Smarcasm by Jeff Mac
Hilarity & mutton chops from Pat O'Shea
A sexy story by Greg Walloch
And a special longer set of megahits from the Manson Family Singers, with me on the drumkit! Yeah!

Dodge City
Sunday, March 4
9 pm
Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston @ Attorney
Between Aves B & C
F/V to Second Ave
J/M/Z to Delancey

No cover, cheap suds!

Get In On The Ground Floor Of A Cult Following.

Meet the Manson Family Singers. That's Tom Nevin & Hilary Schwartz to your right, the songwriting genius founders of the comedy-country supergroup.

Soon the photo gallery will include me sweating it like John Bonham/Bill Ward/Vince Nudo, on the 'kit.

BTW can anyone explain "Fairies Wear Boots" to me?

We had a warm-up, false debut some time ago. The secret's out, the real debut is March 4 at Dodge City. Damn it, we are getting tight! Come see us perform this dense roster of hits:

Whiskey Dick
Red State Woman, Blue State Man
Country Jews
Saggy Boobs
I Hope My Baby Comes Out White
Jesus Is My Designated Driver

& many others that are just as funny, but don't have as funny titles (Prison Song, Camp Song, etc.)!

Plus, COWBELL!

Cowbell, And So Much More.

This week, Debbie Shea takes over the Dodge City hostessing, so I can relax a little, do a set, and, finally, play drums for the Mansons (in public). We've been practicing a whole six hours for this, you gotta hear us!

It's the last Dodge City for two weeks, and if that isn't a jarring enough alarum to action, what about being able to say you attended my John Bonham debut? The Parkside has a drumkit, and I'm not afraid to use it!

Debbie Shea hosts:

Jacqueline Novak
John F. O'Donnell
Margaret Dodge
Manson Family Singers

Dodge City
Sunday Feb 4
9 pm
Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston @ Attorney
(between Aves. B & C)
F/V to Second Ave.
J/M/Z to Delancey

No cover