If you remember earlier in the fall we were approached by a Danish speaker company called Dali. Their slogan is “nothing added. nothing subtracted.” It’s a cool idea. They say that besides being excellent technical builders of speakers they are equally just passionate about great Read More …
Month: December 2008
Was it the Druids?
I used to live up in Ithaca where there were many more crunchy hippies than any New Yorker could cast a superior glance at. I remember once being out in the woods around Ithaca at a friend’s house for a party. I’m thinking this was Read More …
The Guggenheim Rotunda
Last night we had the pleasure of playing at The Guggenheim Museum Main Rotunda for the staff’s holiday party. It was a great experience on many levels. The environment (obviously) the folks we met, and even the sound equipment rental company all worked together to Read More …
Shanghai Mermaid New Year’s
Oh yes! So glad this party is happening. Tin Pan as the house band, of course… an underground speakeasy cabaret surfaces for New Year’s Eve . . . you are most cordially invited to the last installment of “shanghai mermaid in exile” of 2008. please Read More …
“Hound’s Tooth” Downloads Available
This just in – if you are of the digital persuasion and don’t care for a jewel case you can now purchase our new album from digstation. The album went live today so it is now available! The whole album costs just $9.99 this way Read More …
Hound’s Tooth Arrived Today
UPS are my friends. I just got 10 boxes of 100 copies each of our newest CD, “Hound’s Tooth”!!! It looks great. Sounds terrific. I love it! So happy! In a few days it will be available on CDbaby and then a few weeks later Read More …
Today Show Washout :(
Well, what can I say. I knew that there was no guarantee we’d be on but the fact that they filmed us for 45 minutes made me feel like they would certainly use something. Oh well. A reminder to only talk about things if they Read More …
Swing Dancers in Boston
As some of you know Rob Adkins and I went to Boston this weekend to play a swing dance event with Gordon Webster. This was the second time that the two of us have joined Gordon for an out-of-town run. Safe to say we had Read More …
Video from Moto
I just got back to town from Boston on the China Town bus. How come it costs me $22 to take a cab to LaGuardia but it only costs $15 to get to Boston? Anyway, I plan to write about our trip but maybe tomorrow. Read More …
The Empire Hotel
I had the pleasure of performing with Stephane Wrembel at the Empire Hotel last night. Stephane plays gypsy jazz guitar in the style of Django Reinhardt. As slow as Tin Pan can play a blues is how fast Stephane plays almost every dang song! Wow. Read More …