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Words, oh so sweet
The latest Secret Society News-Letter has gone out to our loyal subscribers. It includes info about some just-announced 2010 gigs (see left sidebar), including our upcoming Boston debut on Feb. 25. If you'd like this monthly missive delivered to your inbox, you need but click here .
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SECRET SOCIETY LIVE
25 November 2009 Iridium Jazz Club 1650 Broadway, New York NY 8:30 PM & 10:30 PM $25 featuring special guest Kendrick Scott , drums
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A Thousand Evenings Deep
Coming soon from Greenleaf Music -- I Tre Trombe present The World's Most Romantic Ballad Album of Trumpet Love Songs Ever -- a timeless collection of eternal melodies that linger in the heart forever, as performed by the latest sensational cylindrical brass supergroup, I Tre Trombe : Franco ...
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Yeah we gotta little ol' convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?
I am not sure whether UnitedCDL sells t-shirts with this design, but if so, you'd think they'd at least have had the courtesy to send me one: Source (scroll down)
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CMJ Postscript (or, the Importance of Opening Bands)
So, uh, yeah, that was my week at CMJ -- a couple of very different Secret Society shows for very different audiences, with the off-days spent checking out as much live music as my schedule and my rapidly deteriorating meatbag would allow. All told, I had a grand old time and it would be ...
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CMJ Postmortem
So, uh, yeah, that was my week at CMJ -- a couple of very different Secret Society shows for very different audiences, with the off-days spent checking out as much live music as my schedule and my rapidly deteriorating meatbag would allow. All told, I had a grand old time and it would be ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - part six (CMJ Day Five)
I spend closing night at CMJ in the cozy confines of Union Hall's basement. I can't really see shows there without thinking of time (over three years ago , now) when we somehow managed to squash Secret Society into that space. Good times. Anyway, Saturday was kind of an unofficial ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - part five (CMJ Day Four)
My own personal CMJ companion and guide, Amanda Marcotte , had to fly back to Austin Friday AM, so for the last two days I was left to my own devices. It was impossible to resist returning to the scene of the crime -- I elected to revisit Le Poisson Rouge and the Bell House to see what the ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - part four (CMJ Day Three)
On Thursday afternoon, I was out at Queens College, running through some of my music with the student bigband. This was fun but also unbelievably draining, and by the time I got home and dropped off the music folders, it was already getting kinda late -- but it was also Amanda's last night ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - part three (CMJ Day Two)
Wednesday night was Secret Society's actual CMJ showcase night, a co-production between our label, New Amsterdam Records , and Cantaloupe Music , which is of course part of the Bang on a Can empire. The evening began with a lovely piece of solo piano music by last year's Pulitzer Prize ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - part two (CMJ Day One)
On Tuesday, for the first night of CMJ proper, I picked up my badge and put myself at the mercy of Amanda Marcotte , who was up visiting from Austin. Amanda is a veteran of countless SXSWs and is exactly the kind of hardcore concert companion you want for this kind of event. She suggested ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - Part Two
On Tuesday, for the first night of CMJ proper, I picked up my badge and put myself at the mercy of Amanda Marcotte , who was up visiting from Austin. Amanda is a veteran of countless SXSWs and is exactly the kind of hardcore concert companion you want for this kind of event. She suggested ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - part one (CMJ Day Zero)
(Photo: Lindsay Beyerstein ) My week at this year's CMJ Music Marathon unofficially began a day early, with our bigband three-way Monday night at the Bell House -- this one of my favorite venues in town and a hotbed of CMJ activity later in the week. It's a pretty sweet room, as ...
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Now isn't this an excellent adventure - Part One
(Photo: Lindsay Beyerstein ) My week at this year's CMJ Music Marathon unofficially began a day early, with our bigband three-way Monday night at the Bell House -- this one of my favorite venues in town and a hotbed of CMJ activity later in the week. It's a pretty sweet room, as you ...
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