Awaken the Music

I'd love it if you came, and gave me notes...

We humbly invite you to the Spot @ the Brooklyn Lyceum this Wednesday night (November 9th) for the final 2011 appearance of the Awakening Orchestra, our flagship ensemble bringing you all things epic since 2006. The band is rocking, as always, and the performance will include new music.

8pm
$10
2 sets, no repeats 

Featuring:
ks
mosher / cornelius / ryder / gutauskas / salles
urness / gorham / heflin / dizack
griffin / hamilton / musselman / seigel
dingman / macallister / kotler / paris / clark
hetherington / fruiterman 

alice. MARCH UPDATE!!

A big shout to Leighanne Saltsman and Page4Music for podcasting my Think Coffee performance back on February 3rd… I was unable to make it that night as I was assisting the FBI with a few details in the Mitt Romney affair, but the band did a fantastic job as usual. You can find the full podcast here.

Speaking of Think Coffee, the gang and I will be back on Thursday, March 24th with the continuation of our monthly alice. Thinks Coffee series. Here's the deets on that one:

alice. Thinks Coffee, pt. III - Where Can alice. Get a Whiskey in this Joint?
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Think Coffee
248 Mercer, NYC
8:15pm
free

Very exciting stuff. As I've said, we'll be back once a month for the entire calendar year of 2011, and continuing to bring the ehcp noize. Come check us out; further details below.

If you haven't already, I'd like to make sure you've had the opportunity to check out the alice. Merchandise store, here - sure to supply the best gifts for others or yourself. Nothing says 'Spring is Here' like a short-sleeved t-shirt, right? So it may as well be one with my name on it.
 

Toodles, kids.
a.

Images from Awakening Orchestra, 03-04

from the Awakening Orchestra site:

 

Many thanks to the gracious Barbara Kotler for the images herein; it appears that a tremendous photographic eye runs in the family (reference Dana Kotler's fantastic pics from a 2009 hit here) - audio coming soon, we hope.

This Wednesday!

Coming this Wednesday to the Brooklyn Lyceum:

the Awakening Orchestra
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Brooklyn Lyceum
(227 4th Ave, 11215)
8:00pm
$10



 

 

featuring:

ks

rob mosher
vito chiavuzzo
samuel ryder
alden banta
kurt bacher

daniel urness
michael gorham
nadje noordhuis
jonathan powell

michael boscarino
barbara hamilton
benjamin griffin
joe barati

seth fruiterman
james shipp
michael macallister
aaron kotler
joshua paris
will clark 

alice. This Weekend!!

 Good Lord, February already and me without my shovel. 

After three days spent last week coaxing the cat out of his new favorite hiding place (an economy-sized box of Strawberry Newtons), it's high time to get back on the horse and tell you about what the band and I have coming up:

Firstly, we're excited to come back at you this Thursday with alice. Thinks Coffee, Volume II: alice. Might Prefer a Nice Herbal Tea, courtesy my good friends down at Think Coffee on Mercer. As part of our monthly residence there, the gang and I will be back around 8 with our usual combination of rockin' music, witty banter, and L.L. Bean-worthy homemade undergarments:

 

alice. Thinks Coffee, Vol II: alice. Might Prefer a Nice Herbal Tea
Thursday, 02.03.2011
Think Coffee
248 Mercer, NYC
8:00pm
free

 

Also, we're proud to announce that this Saturday, in a gesture dearer to our hearts than Ms. Middleton's engagement ring, we'll be revisiting the Lily Pad in Cambridge - er, that's Boston, my people - in alice. Rocks Boston Like Mitt Romney Rocks a Fundraiser. For the first time since 2008, I'll be bringing the troops back to the Cradle of Liberty to remind our Puritan City that (a) she's missing a stiff dose of alice., and (b) Mitt Romney's family values ain't got nothing on an old-timey Sweet Child o' Mine:

 

alice. Rocks Boston Like Mitt Romney Rocks a Fundraiser
Saturday, 02.05.2011
the Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge St., Boston
8:30pm
$10

 

Hope to see you out there, my peeps. Stay warm and dry, and make sure you've got an extra shovel in the trunk. Er, for the snow.

 

Smooches,
a.

alice. January Update!

from our friends at alice.:

Greetings, all-

So much going on! I trust everyone had a blissful holiday season... I know I did. Though I was a bit put out at the loss of several of my cabana concubines (or 'cabanabines', if you will) during the building process, I'm pleased to say that I write to you now from the peace and tranquility of my own Igloo Mansion 'neath the waters of the serene Hudson River. It's a bit frosty, of course, but then true luxury does require sacrifice. But now it's back to work, and I do take my job seriously.

For starters, I'm pleased to announce a new partnership with our friends at Think Coffee, down on Mercer. As part of the 'alice. Thinks Coffee' series, the band and I will be appearing once a month at the NYU Locale of Leisure to spread our loving Chamber Pop across your eardrum like Nutella on a warm croissant. The first installment in this series will be:

Monday, January 17th, 2011

8:30pm

Think Coffee

free

featuring special guests Tom Swafford, violin, and Samuel Quiggins, cello

be sure to check the board over at alicetheband.com for all future series dates. Also, I'm very excited to say that for the second time in the band's much-storied history, we're leaving the (ahem) safety of our New York home and sallying forth to the fair port of Boston for some much-needed New England intimacy. Stay tuned for final details, but as of now, I can tell you that we'll be appearing on:

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

10:00pm

the Lily Pad (Cambridge)

$10

This will be the second time that we've rocked the Lily Pad, and I must say, the first was a most excellent time - it took us more than three hours to get all the syrup off the accordion. There's more in the works, my peeps, much more, so stay tuned. Also, don't forget that you can follow alice. on Twitter (twitter.com/alicetheband) and of course, on Facebook (right here), as well as alicetheband.com, your source for all things alice. Cheerio, a.

alice. This Friday!

From the alice. Blog:



I think this just about says it all:

that's right. Double Fist Pump.

Deets:

alice.
Friday, 12.17.2010
the Living Room
(154 Ludlow)
7pm
free.

 

Also, stick around for my good friend Russ Kaplan at 8pm, as he navigates his own special brand of psychedelic storyline trip-jazz, with a band that features alice. stalwarts Rohin Khemani, Moppa Elliott, and Kyle Saulnier.

See you Friday. Bring your fist pump.
a.

alice. Show 12-07

Show announced!

The Awakening Orchestra will appear at the Brooklyn Lyceum on March 2, 2011.

Ready, break.

 

alice. This Saturday!

courtesy your friendly neighborhood alice.:

"... and then I says to the guy, 'Look, you either get that car off of my grandmother's alpaca this very instant, or so help me God, I'm gonna shove this--- '


"What's that, Lassie? Huh, girl? Timmy's trapped in the well? What, again? 

"Well, look, I'm not walking six blocks to get his punk tuchus out of that well if he's gonna keep falling in there, I don't care how hungry he gets. Just 'cause your bleeding canine heart misses him doesn't mean I do...

"What's that, girl? Well, I certainly hope he can get his butt out on his own. Otherwise he just might miss the


alice. Hallowe'en Spectacular 2010
Saturday, 10.30.2010
the Living Room
(154 Ludlow, 10002)
7:00pm
$10

"There's guests, and seven fresh new covers, and another epic reading from the Book of alice. I even heard alice. herself is going to be there this time. And if that little imp wants to miss it, that's his own damn problem. I'm going. And you tell him I said that.

"What's that, Lassie? That's right. Screw Timmy. He's a punk. Now come on, girl, let's go get you a costume."

 



alice. is accompanied by:
seth fruiterman, accordion.
kyle saulnier, woodwinds.
leena waite, violin.
amali premawardhana, cello.
michael macallister, guitars.
moppa elliott, bass.
rohin khemani, percussion.