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Thanks for reading jimnolansblog.com! Thanks, Isabella, for the cartoons and illustrations. Thanks, Ken Meyer, for the audio engineering. Thanks, Kanad Banerjee, for the book and CD designs. P.S. New CD coming soon. Here's a look. 

Ken Meyer's Band Plays Tonight 1/14 in Montclair, NJ

 

Ken Meyer on drums. A terrific song and band. The Thousand Pities will be playing tonight at Tierney's Tavern, 136 Valley Road in Montclair at 8PM.

Life in a Blender New Yorker plug

Ken Meyer's band Life in a Blender was written up in "Goings On About Town: Nightlife" section. 

They are playing July 30 at the venue below. They rock.

Venue: Barbès

Venue Address: 376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Venue Phone: 347-422-0248

External URL:barbesbrooklyn.com

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/life-in-a-blender-barbes#ixzz1TUxlamJ2

The Thousand Pities, Ken Meyer's Other Band

 

My friend and audio engineer Ken not only plays drums with Life in a Blender, but also The Thousand Pities. They are terrific, too. The beautiful animation in the video is by Jelani John.

The Secret Life of Ken Meyer, Revealed

 

The band Life In A Blender. Ken Meyer is in the front to the right, hatless.

Ken Meyer has been kind enough to record and engineer over 20 audio commentaries for me over the years. I have been wise enough to rely on his judgment in all matters. Now I find out he's also a drummer in a totally hip band playing at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater this Friday at 7 PM.

Here's what the Joe's Pub website says about them:

Life In A Blender come equipped with a violin, cello, horns, and a touch of absurdism, bringing a vaudevillian energy to their much-loved stage show. The New Yorker says: "The band's new album, The Heart is a Small Balloon, is rife with Ralph's signature wit, but it is also a richly reflective affair that exudes a poignancy and maturity one might not expect." The NY Daily News says: "The band's orchestrated music is a covert beauty, cleverly disturbing lyrics and askew music....an event worth cheering." Jersey Beat calls the band's latest: "A terrifically dark and despairing work of beautifully bleak20and burnt-out oddball art."

Tonight's CD release is for Life In A Blender's 7th album, Homewrecker Spoon. It will feature Colony Collapse Horns.

I'm going! Who else? Leave a comment.