Tonight was the monumental world premier of our version of the Joey Reynold’s Show Theme Song. It occurred at precisely 1:44am on live national radio. We had been tossing around ideas for about a month. We were asked to write something for him on our Read More …
Author: Jesse Selengut
Mayor Mike
Through our associations with MUNY and the MTA, we occasionally get asked to do political, and community based New York City themed events. We did a street party to kick off a “go-green” initiative on the lower east side last year and this week we Read More …
A brief appearance on NBC news
We recently found ourselves being filmed by NBC for a segment on stress relief. Apparently Tin Pan music will make you live a healthier, happier, longer life.
New Widget from Reverbnation
Here’s a new easy way to purchase all of our music in one place. Let me know if you dig it.
Now Playing at Central Park
The first few times of the season we’re second guessing ourselves a little bit. It’s pretty darn cold. Clifton is just smacking at his strings because he can’t really feel his fingers. Our intonation is sliding around like a game of chutes and ladders. The Read More …
Shemspeed.com
Jewish? You betcha! My man Erez at Shemspeed really loved houndstooth and wrote about us on his Jewish Music Website! Check it out! You don’t have to be a Heeb to shemspeed.
Mosaics
All good things come to and end. Everything is in a flux. Prince says, “Sometimes is snows in April. All good things, they say, never last.” Barring some horrible disaster, the beautiful mosaics at the Times Square station will have a longer duration than most Read More …
Reflections on a Tonal Language
Finally Tuk Tik has a moment to help. I lofted the idea of just calling her Wendy but everyone ultimately just wants to hear the sound of their own name. I couldn’t pronounce it correctly. Yesterday, during rehearsal, I said it correctly after about four Read More …
Bangkok chill-out
The whole point of being in Bangkok is “Sanook.” The word loosely translates to “fun” or “pleasing.” Do you like sleep? Let me make your sleeping more Sanook. Do you like beer? Sanook. Everything moves very slowly here and in a strange non-linear way. This Read More …
MC Hammer and Shorty Awards
Yes, that is @MCHammer. My head is all a twitter with the events of last night. Where to start? Imagine us sitting on stage left at Galapagos Art Space. Behind us is a huge screen. On the screen is a steadily updating feed of tweets Read More …