Sweet Soubrette Seduces Audience at Bowery Poetry Club

That's what CultureMob's writeup of the release show says.

Also: "What makes a Sweet Soubrette? Speculatively, one part circus performer, one part poet, and third part rockstar...a Sweet Soubrette show is much like badass adult story time."

Check out the full article here.

Release Show Aftermath

The CD release show was a big success. A packed house, a hot band, and everyone had a great time.

Here's a piece of video from the show -- Avalanche featuring the horn section. That's Cecil Sheib on the trombone solo.

More pix, etc. to come...

First review of "Days and Nights" is in!

Rock NYC says:

"Take Amanda Palmer covering Radiohead and then take Phoebe Legere and drain out the jazz and replace it with Jenny Lewis circa The Execution Of All Things and then throw on some fishnet stockings and you have Sweet Soubrette...this time she has a full band and the songs have texture and beauty."

In other news, 7 days until the big album release show!

Roosevelt Island show report

Stacy Rock and I played a shared set in a festival on Roosevelt Island on Saturday, which was really less a festival and more a comedy of errors. First we learned that our set was to be reduced from 10 or 12 songs to 4. Then we started an hour later than planned. Sound/tech issues included a PA that we discovered couldn't handle our 4 modest inputs (2 mics, 1 keyboard, 1 uke) only after we began our first number, along with mic stands that can only be described as comical: no boom stand for Stacy, who had to straddle the straight stand holding her mic and play keyboard around it, and my mic stand was wrapped in tape that secured it at a height more suitable for a small child or an average-sized monkey than a grown woman in high-heeled boots, forcing me to affect a profound stoop. Finally, after our third song (of four), an old man wearing hearing aids and a navy blazer rushed the stage to brandish a flyer at Stacy, bellowing at her that the event after the one we were in was supposed to have started already and we needed to hurry up and get off the stage. We graciously performed our final number and beat a hasty retreat.

Oddly, for all that, it was kind of a good gig. The audience loved our four songs; one woman kept closing her eyes to listen with a look of great pleasure on her face, and all the people milling around the gallery stopped in their tracks to hear us when we started to play. We sold CDs, people signed the mailing list, and Stacy and I may have even scored a couple more gigs out of the experience (at different venues). And I got to visit Roosevelt Island for the first time. My only big regret was that the tram is still undergoing repairs, so I didn't get to take a ride.

Seven Second Delay - 60 Guests in 60 Minutes - 9/29/10

Seven Second Delay - 60 Guests in 60 Minutes - 9/29/10
Originally uploaded by notladj

My 60-second performance in the Seven Second Delay world record show on WFMU!

A new song, performed with violin and marimba at the American Folk Art Museum. If you like sad songs, you will love "Gonna Miss Me."

Uke-Ooh-La-La Photos and Art!

The Uke-Ooh-La-La show on Feb 11 was documented by some amazing artists.

PHOTOS: Darren Mayhem, a photographer best known for her live coverage of Roller Derby matches and NYC burlesque performers, took some amazing photos during the show. (For the complete NSFW set you need a Flickr account, but it's totally worth it.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenmayhem/sets/72157623335726033/

DRAWINGS:
Robin Hoffman, a Brooklyn artist who often sketches the people who perform at Jalopy (and who has exhibited her work there) captured almost all of the performers who were in the show. Some great drawings!
http://blog.ukulelechicken.com/2010/02/uke-ooh-la-la-021110/