the archive of the me & jherek & friends NYC webcast! (Patreon)

hola comrades..!

it's THING TIME. this is THING #12!!!

city winery, NYC. march 29th. history.

people. i really, really loved this show. it was supposed to be just a warm-up show for the radio city music hall bowie gig, but it turned into so much more...a beautiful, string-y shambolic night (with plenty of mistakes, but good ones)...just so warm and special.....it ended up feeling like a truly family affair. if you were in the house, i hope you felt what we felt. magic. 

THE PERSONNEL:

jherek bischoff, and special guests david byrne, anna calvi, john cameron mitchell, lena hall,  MTV VJ (?!) John Norris and most important...

THE AMAZING STRINGS:

violin - finnegan shanahan

violin - josh henderson

viola - nathan schram

cello - andrea lee

it was all so wonderful.

SO....THANK YOU to everyone who actually attended the live webcast.

OVER 8,000 people tuned in!!! and from the feedback, the quality of the live stream was STELLAR. we keep raising the bar and i'm so happy it WORKED.

here is the promised archive (sadly, sans bowie tracks for copyright reasons - you had to be there!). enjoy and please....feel free to share it, you made this happen. it's free here on the internet because YOU you you.

youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArzDBwN-e0

vimeo (hi germans!):
https://vimeo.com/162622701

some more thank-yous and a peek into where the budget went:

-kathryn and the webcasting crew at virtualarts.tv KILLED IT! it's the first time we've worked with these guys (i met them because they streamed neil's live sandman event in NYC) and they were WONDERFUL. so pro. the cave they built downstairs looked like a SPACESHIP.

-our crew over at famehouse did a wonderful job cleaning up the video and editing it together for foreverness on youtube and vimeo - thanks guys.

-AND thanks to shlomo at city winery, who let this all happen, and to mayumi heider, who stage managed with aplomb, and to all the people who babysat the little man (including lola bates, who did the lions share of the diapers backstage).

here's the setlist from the archive:

Jherek's section:
Dae 2 - 34:05
Kule Kule (Congotronics cover) - 38:45
Your Ghost - 42:00
Eyes (w/ David Byrne) - 50:14
Cistern - 57:10

Amanda's section:
The Killing Type - 01:07:45
Missed Me - 01:13:30
Bed Song - 01:21:50
Bigger On The Inside - 01:37:30
Machete - 01:51:30

Anna Calvi:
Rider To The Sea - 02:02:30
Sing To Me - 02:05:30
Strange Weather (w/ David Byrne) - 02:11:20

John Cameron Mitchell:
Wicked Little Town (w/ Lena Hall) - 02:18:50
Midnight Radio (w/ Amanda Palmer) - 02:28:55

xxxx

.....

grab wine, WATCH AND ENJOY THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR.

we will have exciting news on the DAD record in the coming weeks....AND DRESDEN DOLLS tickets go on general sale this coming friday - wait for it.

AAAAND i have super new and exciting news about a thing-video i am making SOON with a special visual artist that you all will love that i wasn't expecting to see happen, but it's happening...more on that soon. sorry so vague, but basically, shit is happening and art is being made and yay ay ayayayaaya.

x

AFP

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p.p.s. the webcast cave photo is by jherek bischoff