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(Singing and dancing catch-up post, one of three.) With Aunt Cindy, earlier today. Raffi, avant-garde style.

1) Ben Brantley wrote a review of my sister’s most recent show, The Truth: A Tragedy, which ran at Soho Rep for a few weeks back in May (“Excavating What Dad Left Behind,” 14 May 2010). Whatever you think of Brantley’s assessment of the show—whether you think it’s a fair, insightful, and useful review or [...]

(Ten-year-old Web site birthday week catch-up post, five of five.) The Radio David Byrne playlist for the month of February, titled “Sharing Is Caring,” includes seven of Cindy’s songs: four tracks from Gloria Deluxe albums (one from the eponymous LP, three from Hooker), plus three from Devotionals (Songs for Shunkin). I played on “Little Piece [...]

…I think. What Cindy’s e-mail from last Wednesday said: “We need to raise $5,500 by July 15th – that’s 6 days away, folks!” What the “Accidental to Edinburgh – PHASE 1: REBUILDING THE SET” page of the Accidental Nostalgia Kickstarter site says: “This project will only be funded if at least $10,000 is pledged by [...]

(Catch-up post, three of five.) Summarizing the news in the most recent Gloria Deluxe mailing list announcement (which you may already receive in your inbox?); some amazing stuff: 1) A clip from the new show on YouTube. 2) This coming Saturday (the birthday of Matthew Broderick and Bridget Jones): a work-in-progress showing of the new [...]

(Catch-up post, four of five.) Good Gloria Deluxe-related things I’ve not yet mentioned in this space: 1) Must Don’t Whip ‘Um had performances last Tuesday in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and last Saturday and Sunday in Zagreb, Croatia. 2) The album of the show is now available for purchase online. 3) Cindy has a song on The [...]

More opportunities to see and hear Cynthia and the band doing Must Don’t Whip ‘Um: this weekend in Philadelphia, and in late September in Los Angeles, and in November in Chapel Hill. Huzzah! (And have you seen the beautiful new Accinosco site, designed and built by Maggie Hoffman of Radiohole? And did you hear that [...]

Accidental Warholia! If you live in Pittsburgh, or will be there this weekend, or live within a thousand miles of the city (especially if you’ve never seen the show before, or have only heard the songs in their recorded form on the completely stunning album, etc.), you should really go see Cynthia and the band [...]

For anyone reading this who lives in Columbus, Ohio—or, for that matter, anyone within two days’ drive of Columbus—you really, really should go see Accidental Nostalgia at the Wexner Center this weekend. Have you seen the show yet? Do you realize how good it is? You know it won a Bessie, right? In addition to [...]

Philadelphians (or New Yorkers, for that matter, or anyone who hasn’t seen the show yet): go see Accidental Nostalgia at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival this weekend. Really. I know, I’m biased, but honestly, it’s a completely brilliant piece of theater.

To my mention of Cynthia’s new Accidental Nostalgia album; it’s now available for purchase at Amazon.com, and at CD Baby. (Also, note to self: performing music in front of an audience, after not having done it in a while, is not like getting back up on a bicycle. Unless you’re getting on a bicycle with [...]

Laurel’s review of the Accidental Nostalgia record, here. Lyrics pages now up on the GD Web site, here. (Line breaks screwy, but no time to fix CSS.) Amazon and CD Baby pages TK. (I know, lousy Buy Blue rating for the former, but there’s only so many battles a girl can fight with a self-produced [...]

Modesty aside—and barring waking up tomorrow morning and saying, “that’s hideous”—I think this is probably the coolest album cover I’ve ever designed. Going to press now in order to make it back in time for the revival of Accidental Nostalgia at St. Ann’s Warehouse in January: