we are spending all of next weekend in recording sessions in Gloucester, and we could use crash space so we don't have to trek back and forth from Boston. If you know of anyone willing to put up any number of musicians, please let us know. We are friendly and make good house guests. ;)

Here's a highlight from our excursion to Seattle in April for HONK! West. we did some busking during the day on Saturday of the Fest, and this is us hanging out in the park at Seattle Center playing our mellow version of Matador.



more videos to come!

Last minute surprise ENSMB performance! we invite you to join us for a Memorial Day Picnic on Boston Common at 1:30 PM tomorrow! we provide the music and you bring the picnic! bring your family! bring your friends! bring strangers you meet on the way!

This will be a pretty casual affair with the band playing and hanging out throughout the afternoon. this picnic is BYO everything, so bring anything you'd like to have for a picnic; blankets, chairs, food, beverages, etc. we encourage you to do this potluck style and bring a bit to share, the band will be bringing some contributions to share with you, so you should return the favor. ;) or don't and just come frolic with us in the park.

we're not positive where we're going to set up to do this, as it depends on what other buskers are on the Common, but once we start playing we imagine we'll be pretty easy to find. :)

we hope to see you tomorrow!

anyone who loves us, loves HONK! it is a glorious celebration and all out musical extravaganza, and it's coming again this fall OCT 9-11 for it's biggest iteration yet! but in order for it to be a success, we need your help!

Please join us next Thursday at the HONK! Community Meeting, May 28th 7:00-8:30 PM at the West Branch Library in Davis Square. This meeting is a great way to learn about this year's festival and find out what little (or big!) things you can do to help out.

HONK! is community-driven action, and that means we need your help. The local love and support of our festival continues to grow, and we're certain that with your help, this year's festival will be the best yet.

Among other things, we need folks who are available before and during the festival to:
- promote the weekend's events
- make sure bands get where they're going
- house musicians
- feed, transport, wrangle, inform, collect donations and so much more!

This year is going to be a wonderful combination of the HONK! veterans you know and love, and exciting new bands coming to HONK! for the first time. there's an all women's band from New Orleans, bands from Italy and Amsterdam, new friends we made at HONK! West in Seattle, and some of your local favorites too. ;)

For HONK! updates visit http://www.honkfest.org

Please join us and be a part of this amazing experience! Hope to see you May 28th!

Volunteer for HONK!
HONK! Community Meeting, May 28th, 2009
7:00-8:30 PM at the West Branch Library in Davis Square, 40 College Ave.

Print out and distribute a copy of our flyer

Become a fan of Honk! on Facebook.

Apparently ENSMB made an appearance on a very charming cable access show. Check out this video of the first two songs from our set at the Odditorium in March.






Check out our others videos too while you're at it!

Every year we've been in existence, we've been delighted to be a part of JP's Wake Up The Earth Festival, and this year is no exception. It's a huge event with lots of great music and activities for kids and adults alike.

We'll be taking part in the parade which kicks off the festival at 11 AM at the monument on Center St. The parade makes it's way down Center St and ends up at the Stony Brook T station, so you can catch us anywhere along the route. If you're feeling extra festive, feel free to dance in the streets along the way with us!

But the day doesn't stop there! We'll also be performing later that afternoon at 4 PM at the Popular Theater stage in the Southwest Corridor Park (by Stony Brook T station), and we'll have the circus with us in full force. expect to see performances by the Madcap Rumpus Society, the Boston Hoop Troop and the Grasshopper Collective. it will be an astounding show, so come down, lay out on the grass and enjoy!

Wake Up the Earth Festival
http://www.spontaneouscelebrations.org/wuteposter09.pdf
11 AM parade down Center St
4 PM Popular Theater stage
off Stony Brook T Station near the corner of Amory and Boylston

We've got Spring Fever!!!!!!!!!!

In a celebration of the Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees,
we've got a musical event for you that will put you in a state of Twitterpation that Walt Disney never imagined!

Goli + The Steamy Bohemians + ENSMB = SEXYFUNTIME!!!!

3 Hot Bands that will make you laugh, cry, shake your groove thang, and wish you could make out with them all simultaneously!

We've got some special musical cross-pollination planned that would make your mother's Azaleas blush! If this line up doesn't charm the pants off you, then nothing will!

-The Steamy Bohemians will start the evening off with a virgin
sacrifice at 9:30.
http://www.myspace.com/thesteamybohemians
-Goli will follow up with responsible agrarian activities such as
composting your coffee grounds and making plant/chocolate bar hybrids.
http://www.myspace.com/golimusic
-Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band will put the Sexy Back in
Spring as they close out the night as you move it or lose it.
http://www.myspace.com/ensmb

Spring never felt so good!

Lizard Lounge http://www.lizardloungeclub.com
Doors 8PM
AGES 21+
TIX ADV/DOS $8/$10
Advance tix available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/60963

also, we're trying to develop some online promotional material to use for increased press and more bookings, and we need your help! have you ever had a good time at an ENSMB show? then please tell us about it! go to http://www.reverbnation.com/ensmb#tab=comments and let the world know of your love for ENSMB!

ENSMB is proud to be a part of one of the most spectacular vaudeville events Boston has ever seen. Join us tonight for...

THE ODDITORIUM!!!

An evening filled with sideshow delights and vaudeville theatre. For one night, the New England circus world comes out to play. After spending some quality time with the belly dancers, conjurors and the Human Floor, you'll walk out feeling not only totally normal, but perhaps a little bit boring. In fact, the show is so freaky that it's 18 and up only, we wouldn't want to scare the kiddies.

In addition to the amazing array of dancers, circus weirdos and sideshow freaks, you can also peruse the cabinet of curiosities that is EIGHT CORNER GLOBE!

EIGHT CORNER GLOBE works diligently to preserve the lost art of the American Dime Museum. They will be set up within the theatre for your freakish amusement. The cost to enter the museum is $3.00/person…a donation that will be used in the conservation and continuation of this unique collection. Be sure to check them out before the show & during intermission! This yet another way for you to unleash your wicked fascination!

For more information, visit their website

http://eightcornerglobe.com/

More info: http://www.zehara.com/odditorium

CHECK OUT THE COMMERCIAL!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XalkzuKqa9Y

ENSMB will book end the night, so get there early to be sure to get your tickets and stay through all the way to the end to get the full mind blowing sensory experience!

You DO NOT want to miss this!

DOORS 7PM
SHOW 8PM
TIX $15
AGES 18+

-Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
http://www.reverbnation.com/ensmb
http://www.ensmb.com
http://www.myspace.com/ensmb
http://www.myspace.com/madcaprumpus
http://ensmb.livejournal.com
http://www.last.fm/music/ENSMB

Thanks to everyone who was a part of our outrageous love fest at Johnny Blazes' Bday Benefit last week!  it was the best party we've all been to in a while. if you had a good time at this or any other ENSMB show, please take a second to share your story with us on our ReverbNation comments page.  We LOVE to hear about your experiences at shows!!!

 

Come out with us again this Friday as ENSMB rocks the Precinct in Union Sq. with Walri, who bring us their Love Rock on this stop of their Cotton Candy Tour, and The Doctors Fox (plural nonpossesive, like their love for you).  you'll want to be a part of this charming and diverse night of entertainment in this suave Union Sq. spot.

Come down early to hang out with the circus and avail youselves of the bar's excellent bourbon selection! ;D

ENSMB w/

Walri  www.myspace.com/walrimusic

The Doctors Fox www.myspace.com/thedoctorsfox

& Abbie Barrett www.abbiebarrett.com

Friday March 6

The Precinct

http://www.precinctbar.com/

8 PM 21+ $10 

-Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
http://www.reverbnation.com/ensmb

http://www.ensmb.com
http://www.myspace.com/ensmb
http://www.myspace.com/madcaprumpus
http://ensmb.livejournal.com
http://www.last.fm/music/ENSMB

TONIGHT come on out to Spontaneous Celebrations for Johnny Blazes' Birthday Bash Benefit. The phenomenal lineup includes local aerialists, jugglers, burlesque dancers, bands, and performance artists!

This is A HUGE fundraiser to celebrate Johnny's quarter-century and to raise money for hir wo(n)man show, featuring performances from Boston's hottest drag, burlesque, dance, circus, poetry and musical stars, including Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band and the Madcap Rumpus Society, Big Moves, TruthSerum, The Femme Show and much much MORE!

Come on out for an evening of spectacular entertainment and frolicking! and help out a very talented performer and good friend of ENSMB!!!

When: Friday, Feb. 20th, Doors @8p, Show @9p
Where: Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., JP
Cost: $10-15 donation at the door
Cash Bar for 21+

there are some personnel changes in ENSMB in the coming months and we very much want to record a studio album before this happens. We've got a top notch engineer that loves our band, so that is the first big hurdle we've overcome. now the big issue is location, which is why i come to y'all in the hopes you might have some suggestions.

what we need is:
-a big room that can comfortably fit our band and gear. while an acoustically nice room is good, it is not essential due to how we will be recording. think dens, basements, large attics, (heated) garages, barns, warehouses, function rooms, church halls, theaters, etc.
-we need unfettered (or close to) access to it for about 48 hours. ideally we would come in on a Friday and set up everything (a 3-4 hour process), maybe get some recording done, then return sat. and sun. to record throughout the day and into the evening. we may need a 2nd weekend too, but let's plan for one to start off.
-noise needs to be tolerable, because, well, we're loud.
-outside noise needs to be negligible. nothing that is near major highways, trains or construction.
-preferably within an hour of metro boston
-free or super super cheap. our budget is almost nonexistent for this, and what money we do have needs to pay our talented engineer and fund the actual manufacture of CDs. we are more than willing to barter for this with free CDs, t-shirts, entry to shows, etc. we will entertain suggestions.

as you can see, this is a pretty tall order. if money were no object, this would not be a problem and we could rent out a place for the weekend. however, the cost of that is nearly astronomical, so it's my hope that through our massive network of interlocking communities someone somewhere out there has a space that works that they will be gracious enough to let us use.

please help us by spreading the word on this, and letting us know about anything you think fits the bill

thanks!

Our last Bummer & Lazarus performance at the Lily Pad was such a hit with everyone that you demanded we do it again, so we are! This time we will be creating an improvised score for the 1920 German Expressionist classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

This film is an intense journey that follows the deranged Dr. Caligari and his prognosticating somnambulist, Cesare. it is dark and bizarre, and if you've never seen it before you're in for a real treat! We're exited to share with you our musical impression of this influential and inspirational film.

Friday Jan 9th
The Lily Pad
http://www.lily-pad.net
Doors 7:30 Show 8:00
All Ages
$7 suggested donation


also, ENSMB/Bummer & Lazarus make be making an appearance Friday night at Arisia! more info on this as it develops...

Greetings and Glorious Wintertime to you all!

things have been a bit quiet here on the ENSMB front, as you may have noticed. but worry not! we are hard at work on several special events and performances for 2009!!!

as the year is coming to a close, we sincerely want to thank each of you for making 2008 an incredibly kick ass year for ENSMB. with Mischief in the Machine, not only did we put on the biggest and most dramatic homegrown circus performance Boston has ever seen, but we also expanded the ENSMB family to include a lot more wonderful and talented people. A lot of love was put into that show, and thanks to you it was all returned to us ten-fold by making the show a huge success. that alone would have made 2008 great, but thanks to you, every single show we played was filled with a tremendous amount of fun and exuberance.

and there were some really great shows! from HONK! Fest to RiverSing, from What the Fluff? to Folly Day, from the Wake Up the Earth Festival to our amazing shows with the Army of Broken Toys...and so many more. we are so grateful for all the people who we played with this year, every guest musician, every band we shared a stage with and everyone in our HONK! family.

we truly appreciate everyone that comes to see us play, that tells their friends about us, that takes pictures or shoots videos, and that stops to say hi at our shows. In appreciation, we've got a special holiday gift for you! We now have available for free download one of our shows from 2008 in it's entirety. This is TWO FULL SETS of music all for you! We heartily encourage you to download it and share it with everyone you know.

May 4, 2008 Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band at The Nave as part of Boston Jazz Week

Through the link above, you can download individual songs, the entire show, and put a widget player on your blog or myspace. spread the love! share it with everyone!

thanks again everyone! we look forward to rocking out with you and filling your life with more circus in 2009!!!

Last Mon. & Tues. ENSMB had the distinct pleasure of making an appearance at the "Who Killed Amanda Palmer?" shows at the Paradise. When they launched the tour, a call was put out for horn players/sections in the hopes that they could find some in each city they were playing in. Apparently throughout Europe and so far in the US they haven't had much luck, at which point ENSMB swooped in to save the day!

Miss Palmer's tour is quite the artistic and logistical endeavor, and with the help of our good friends the Army of Broken Toys and Vermillion Lies, both of whom were on the tour and in the trenches, we made our way into being a part of the spectacle.



This is every one of the musicians that were a part of the Amanda Palmer shows on Mon. & Tues at the Paradise, including a chunk of ENSMB, the Army of Broken Toys, Vermillion Lies, the Builders & the Butchers, and, of course, Amanda Palmer.

( It was a stunning experience and a veritable extravaganza of entertainment...for not one but TWO nights! oh Boston, we're just too good to you. )

all in all, it was a spectacular two nights and we were delighted to have the WKAP tour crash through our lives! apologies to those of you that missed it, but fret not. Amanda called us "the biggest and most pleasant surprise of the tour so far", and is interested in doing something a bit more elaborate with us (ah the intoxicating power of a stationary marching band!) so keep your appendages crossed, and we'll see what's in store for the future!

Come see Bummer & Lazarus play an improvised film score to this 1920 silent horror classic!

Bummer & Lazarus is an improvisational offshoot of crazed musicians from ENSMB that formed around an interest in sonic textures, rhythmic complexity and musical exploration. Drawing inspiration from a wide variety of sources, we utilize an array of instrumentation that is driven by found-object percussion and eclectic noise. We've performed in the past as musical support for our good friends and circus sideshow group Oddchild Uprising, but now for something NEW! On Friday Nov. 21 at the Lily Pad, we will be performing an improvised film score!

For this performance, we will be playing for the 1920 German silent horror film, The Golem: How He Came Into the World. The film tells the tale of the legendary creation of the golem, a mythic creature from Jewish folklore. In 16th-century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the Golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution. Unfortunately, his evil assistant manages to take control of the Golem for his own purposes, and finally has it kidnap the rabbi's beautiful daughter. However, the Golem--which had been given human emotions by the rabbi--finally rebels against the assistant's mistreatment.

There's fire, magic, prophetic visions, death, violence, love, lust and a powerful creature made out of clay! This one has something for everybody!

Bummer & Lazarus is:
Handsome Chuck
Grantley Smith
Richard Tarantino
Ry Strohm-Herman
Sara Honeywell

Friday Nov. 21st
The Lily Pad
http://www.lily-pad.net
Doors 7:30 Show 8:00
All Ages
$7

as you may or may not know CA passed Prop 8 last week, which will amend the state constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman, and thus eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state of CA. this Sat. in cities all around the country people will be rallying at protests to demonstrate their opposition of it's passing.

The Boston rally will be happening tomorrow from 1:30-4 at Boston City Hall/Gov't Center and ENSMB will be there to add our own raucous voice to the many others that are appalled at the passing of this proposition. Please come out to show your support!

We're super excited to be headlining a superb lineup this Thursday Oct. 23 at TT the Bear's in Central Sq. Please come out to support us for this one because a strong showing on our part will lead to bigger and better opportunities for us. we promise to rock you!

Doors open at 8 PM and then don't miss our good friends, the very talented, What Time is it, Mr. Fox? going on at 9 followed by us later in the evening.

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
Black Fortress Of Opium
Garvy J
What Time Is It Mr. Fox?

$8, 18+.
Doors at 8PM Show at 9:00pm

HONK! Fest is coming this weekend, and we couldn't be more excited!!!

we've believed in the spirit of HONK! since it's beginning, and it keeps getting bigger and crazier ever year. This year boasts 24 of the best radical/activist street, marching and brass bands of every flavor from all over the country, as well as many other surprises...and we are proud to be a part of the mayhem! all weekend music will be pouring out of every crevice in Davis Sq, so come down and join the party.

You can expect to see the Madcap Rumpus Society in full effect, as well as a slew of guest musicians making appearances. it's all free and it's all awesome, so clear your calendar and just plan to spend your weekend in Davis Sq. ;)

In particular, we'd love to have our friends & fans join us in the fun on Sunday for the HONK! Parade: Reclaiming the Streets for Bands, Bikes & Feet! If you come prepared to make some noise and show your love & support of ENSMB, preferably with signs and banners ;), then you can take to the street with us and march in the parade. Shoot us an email or comment for more details!

The full schedule can be found here, and the specifics of when we're appearing are below

Sat. Oct 11
4-5 PM 7 Hills Park (behind the Holland St. T station)
8-9 PM Davis Sq. Plaza (beside Starbucks)

Sun. Oct 12
Noon-2 PM HONK! Parade
ALL the bands plus tons of other performers and lunatics will parade from Davis Sq. to Harvard Sq. down Mass Ave.

8 PM-Midnight HONK! Fest Finale Concert at the VFW Dilboy in Davis Sq.
this will be one joyous orgy of horns and drums and love and dancing!

Don't miss out on all the fun! Bring your family, your friends, your internet crush and any strangers you pass on the way!

We've got a recording of our very special performance of the Squirrel Nuts Zippers' classic, "Hell", which we performed with the assistance of the talented Mr. Walter Sickert at the Casualty Menagerie a few weeks back.

Not only is it today's Sepiachord Song of the Day, but you can also listen to it on our myspace page, or, because we love you, you can download it RIGHT NOW!

how can you not love it? ENSMB sings!

what are you waiting for? go tell your friends!

We're really excited to be a part of Rick Berlin's eclectic CD release show tonight! It's certain to be a jam packed night of entertainment. ENSMB goes on around 10:00, but you're going to want to catch all of the amazing performances. See the full details below!

PROSPECT HALL • 1803 MASS AVE. CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Tickets are $10 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com • $15 at the door
7 pm door 8 pm show

Point B Entertainment and RicK Berlin proudly present
RICK BERLIN'S TORN POCKET
An OLD STAG CD release
of music and curiosities (snake oil included)

FEATURING RICK BERLIN on PIANO accompanied by
THE OLD STAG STRING QUARTET
(meredith cooper, joe simcox, katie franich + marnie given-hall)
CONDUCTOR/ARRANGER BRENDAN COONEY
piano JANE MANGINI
THE OLD STAG SINGERS - SAND MACHINE

FRIDAY OCTOBER 3
PROSPECT HALL • 1803 MASS AVE. CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Tickets are $10 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com • $15 at the door
7 pm door 8 pm show

with
THE LOW ANTHEM
THE BOSTON HOOP TROOP
EMPEROR NORTON'S STATIONARY MARCHING BAND
THE CELLO CHIX
LEON SCHELHASE (harpsichord)
THE SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY SHOW
(bill, paul hough + sue goldberg)