Summer is firmly upon us, and what better way to celebrate than to get outside and party in the streets with ENSMB! This weekend you can catch us in not one, but TWO parades and performances!!!

We are proud to be a part of this year's Revels SummersDay taking place this Saturday and Sunday at Fort Point Channel (In front of the Children's Museum). It's a FREE family-friendly outdoor festival featuring art, music and circus for everyone!!!

As for our part in the festivities, we're leading the Moon Procession at 5 PM, which will be made up of the members of Circa di Luna, a special one-time troupe coming together specifically for this weekend (featuring many members of the Madcap Rumpus Society)!

The Moon Procession will begin at the corner of Dorchester Ave. and the Congress Street Bridge and will head over the bridge and through the main festival area. After an introduction from Mayor Manino, we'll parade back over the bridge and around the channel where we'll take up some space and rock out until about 7 PM. here's a map of the event

There will be music and puppets and dancing and circus and reverly a plenty!!! So come outside and spend TWO lovely summer evenings with ENSMB and the Madcap Rumpus Society!

REVELS SummersDay
Fort Point Channel (In front of Children's Museum)
FREE!
SAT & SUN June 21 & 22
5-7 PM

the biggest craziest thing we've ever attempted! get you tickets NOW before they are gone!

Mischief in the Machine: a Circus Folktale
May 30, 31 & June 1

"Through our signature blend of live music, theater & circus arts, Mischief in the Machine tells a tale of the re-emergence of hope in a dilapidated world where everyday life has been crushed under an oppressive regime of silence. The story follows a haphazard hero who uses playfulness and absurdity to rally a misfit resistance.

Mischief in the Machine is an adult theatrical-style circus performance, which includes acrobatics, aerial performance, dance, and an all-original musical score composed and performed by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band.

Due to mature themes and imagery, Mischief in the Machine is recommend for ages 16+."

BU Dance Theater
915 Commonwealth Avenue
Entrance on Buick Street

General Admission: $25
Students/Seniors/Artists/Performers: $20
Tickets on sale now!
tickets@ensmb.com
Call 617.358.2500

We're still getting the finer points of our ticketing worked out, so Please Please PLEASE be certain to indicate which show (FRI SAT or SUN) you are purchasing tickets for.

( paypal buttons behind the cut )

We made a trip to NYC on Apr. 26-27 and words can't quite capture the marching band insanity that was Folly Day! so we bring you pictures and video! it was a glorious day roaming around Prospect Park (usually lost) and playing music. highlights included playing Happy Birthday & Sesame Street to a little girl's bday party, leading an entourage into the forrest on a narrow trail, marching into a fence, climbing over said fence (while playing!) much to the confusion of joggers on the running path on the other side, and, of course, the rumble!


Folly Day - RMO Advances
Originally uploaded by LarimdaME

This is a great shot of one of the most fun moments of the day. As each band wandered around the park playing, when you encountered another band you were supposed to "borrow" some of their members. what this turned into was a marching band show down. in this picture we have just exited a tunnel, and from the hill above RMO came down the path at us. what followed was a blazing free for all as we battled song for song. they had a bigger band, more drummers and choreographed dancers, yet we fought valiantly and refused to concede. the pinnacle of this 'contest' was when they played their crowd pleasing standard Push It, complete with dance routine, and they perhaps expected us to give in. ;) But no! We retorted with our version of Sexy Back, and several of them nearly peed their pants.

convergence
Originally uploaded by threadseven

and lest we not forget one of the most astounishing parts of the whole event, The Super Secret Attack Band, which must be seen to be believed! Watch as they mount their final assault on the Allied forces of ENSMB, RMO & HMB

Attack of the Top Secret Attack Band!
..

here are a few of the pics we took on flickr

what an awesome day! thanks so much NYC crew for inviting us down!!!

-ENSMB

Greetings!  there's never a dull moment under the reign of Emperor Norton, so come out and get in on the calamity!

Sat. May 3
Wake Up the Earth Festival in JP

ALL FREE

Parade 11 AM we're marching in the parade that kicks off the festival

we still need more revelers to help bolster our parade presence.  please get in touch if you want to dance and march alongside us...or just meet us at the monument on Center St in JP at 10:30 for the start of the parade.  bring a colored flag to wave, a can to beat or silly hat to brandish!

Stage performance 4:30 PM we play the festival closing set on the Sun stage

The Sun stage can be found at the corner of Minton and Lamartine.  If you think of the 'front' of the festival as the Stony brook T stop, then this stage is at the 'back'.  It will be tough to miss as it will be the giant hydraulic stage with a freestanding aerial performance rig next to it. ;)

Sun. May 4 7:30 PM
$5 suggested donation
Somerville Open Studios Music Festival

in conjunction with Boston Jazz Week
The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville

We're excited to close out the week long festivities of Boston Jazz Week and the weekend extravaganza that is Somerville Open Studios...all in one show!  The Nave gallery performance space is an acoustically beautiful room that we'll fill with our signature clamor.  ;)  They are billing us as an evening of jazz & circus, and we aim to deliver just that.  We're playing TWO full sets, so don't miss out on this special ENSMB treat!

Also, this weekend we'll be handing out flyers for our upcoming theatrical circus debut, Mischief in the Machine running May 30 - June 1.  Be sure to come get some info from us, because you're going to want to jump on tickets as soon as they are available.

Don't forget to bring your friends and come up to say HI! 

-ENSMB

Our huge auction and fund raiser was such a tremendous event that I'm just now recovering, and sitting down to document how it went.

We really can't fully explain how wonderful it was to have so many people; fans, friends and strangers alike, come to show their support, cheer us on and give their money to help our cause. All of the band and the performers had a fabulous time mingling and frolicking throughout the night, and it was very nice to spend some time chatting with the people that came to see us perform and believe in what we're doing. We're still tallying the exact numbers, but we're estimating that we made about $4500! wow! that really is so close to the goal we had for this, and we're so gratefully to have made that much.

There's so many people that helped make this possible and I know if i tried to thank everyone individually here, i'd most certainly miss some. if only because there was so much happening, i'm not even sure who did what.

Heaping truck loads of gratitude and respect go to bbbsg who did a monumental amount of work in making this happen. while i handled the performance aspects and did a few odds and ends, she did nearly everything else. To list everything little thing she did would be a huge task, so you can just be certain that most of what you saw there was because she made it happen.

( just scratching the surface of the the thank yous that people deserve )

( What went down that night )

after all that, i still feel like i missed so much of the amazingness that occurred. Thank You Thank You THANK YOU!!! please know that everyone that participated in whatever way, did their part to help us lay the foundation for our group to become a beautifully rambunctious and joyous force in Boston and the world!

You can read an article written by the interviewer who talked to so many of you that night here at the Somerville Journal blog.

Here's a video interview taken at the event. (just listen to that music provided by daft!)


and finally here are some pictures of just some of the insanity that occurred
photos by qwrrty
photos by moominmolly
photos by magickcat

In case you missed us at the Sideshow Ball on Sunday, here's Mad Squirrel March featuring a straight jacket escape from CT circus punks, Odd Child Uprising.



and here's us debuting a brand new tune!

Those Grimy Little Stars

Boston Burlesque Expo & Vintage Fashion Fair
8 PM Newcomer's Showcase
9 PM ENSMB
Followed by the Sideshow Ball

Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 Memorial Dr.,
Cambridge, MA




We're thrilled to be a part of The Great Boston Burlesque Exposition & Vintage Fashion Fair this year. Come see us Sunday night when we play in between The Newcomer's Showcase and the Sideshow Ball!

www.myspace.com/burlesque_expo

ENSMB has a flurry of upcoming events, and each one is going to be crazier than the last!  Don't forget that you can always check our myspace page, or our website calendar for up-to-date info.

Sunday, March 23rd
Boston Burlesque Expo & Vintage Fashion Fair
8 PM Newcomer's Showcase
9 PM ENSMB
10 PM the Sideshow Ball
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 Memorial Dr.,
Cambridge, MA
Get Tickets here!  Hurry 'cause there aren't many left!!!
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Sunday, March 30th
The Boston Babydolls present...
THE DOLLHOUSE
with Special guests...
Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band!
The Paradise Lounge
969 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02134
Tickets: $10 Doors at 8 PM 18+>
9 PM ENSMB 10 PM Boston Babydolls
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and if you come out to nothing else this month, please come to this!
we really need your love and support!!!
Thursday April 3rd
ENSMB Benefit Auction & Fund Raiser
7 PM at the DILBOY VFW HALL
371 Summer St, Davis Sq.
Somerville, MA
Tickets $20
Tickets@ENSMB.com
or by clicking here

Donations can be made by contacting
Auction@ENSMB.com

We can't wait to see you!  Tell everyone and bring along your friends!

In case you missed the splendor that was the Carnal Carnival, or if you were there and want to relive the memories check out the pictures we've posted to our myspace page. Many thanks to Jim Leonard for the photos!

and to complete the experience of feeling like you were there, listen to this recording of Flight of the Winged Serpent from this show, while you look at the pictures! :)


( several more of my favorites behind the cut )

please repost this far and wide, and tell everyone you know!

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band & the Madcap Rumpus Society
Benefit Auction & Fundraiser
Thursday April 3rd!

Come One Come All!!!

Immerse yourself in carnivalesque calamity!
Associate with acrobats! Converse with contortionists!
Dine with dancers! Fraternize with freaks!
Be prepared to part with your money in the name a good cause!!!
We'll honk and holler for you and
you'll help us bring our circus mayhem to the Greater Boston area!


A full evening of entertainment has been planned including
Silent & Live Auctions, Dinner generously catered by
Whole Foods,
Custom Truffles inspired by ENSMB & MRS from Truffleupagus,
Cash Bar, Chair Massage from Major Massage,
Sepia-hued party music from DJ Ethyl Cannes,
Circus Performances throughout the night, a Full Set by ENSMB,
and a chance to Win the Band for your own party or event!


Thursday April 3rd 2008
7 PM at the DILBOY VFW HALL
371 Summer St, Somerville, MA
Tickets $20 Tickets@ENSMB.com
( or by clicking here )

( more info about our auction behind the cut )

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band & Madcap Rumpus Society
Benefit Auction.

Please come out to help us make our crazy circus dreams a reality!

Come One Come All!!!

Thursday April 3rd 2008
7 PM at the Dilboy VFW Hall
371 Summer St, Somerville, MA
Tickets $20
Tickets@ENSMB.com
Donations can be made by contacting
Auction@ENSMB.com


We are raising money to fund the first of what will be many large scale theatrical style circus performances. Production is well underway with a cast of 25+ performers creating an inspiring story with an original score by ENSMB. While our talent level is high, our finances are stretched. Through this auction our goal is to raise the money needed to jump start our organization, make a uniquely creative spectacle and bring more splendor to the cultural landscape of Greater Boston.

This is a limited ticket invitation. Tickets can be purchased for $20/person for the full evening of festivities by emailing Tickets@ENSMB.com. Whether you are a fan of the band or a newcomer to our unique brand of entertainment, if you enjoy supporting your local arts community this is a night not to be missed. Please join us at DILBOY VFW HALL at 7:00 PM to kick this event into high gear.

Additionally, we are still seeking donations of goods and services to add to our ever increasing selection of auction items. If you or anyone you know or are affiliated with (bands, theaters, small businesses, restaurants, community groups, etc.) are interested in helping us out by contributing, we'll take whatever you're interested in giving! Please do not hesitate to contact us at Auction@ENSMB.com. Furthermore, if you'd like to make a direct monetary donation, we would gratefully accept those as well, so please contact us for more information.

We cannot contain our excitement for the Carnal Carnival this Sat! it is going to be a spectacular event in the truest sense of the word. and it is SOLD OUT! after initially selling out, the venue opened up more seating, it sold out AGAIN and so they made available standing room tickets...and those sold out!

for those of you that got your tickets, we're looking forward to blowing your minds and rocking your socks this weekend. for those of you that didn't get tickets (post to craigslist and see what you can find!), we'll miss seeing your lovely faces, but as a consolation, go check out our brand new full length songs up on our myspace page.

We're just two weeks away from the Carnal Carnival on Sat. March 1st and the tickets are disappearing quickly! You absolutely DO NOT want to miss the chance to see ENSMB and the Army of Broken Toys along with a horde of crazed circus performers, so get your tickets right away. Trust us, you don't want to get to Framingham only to find out that you can't get in. Save yourself that pain, and buy your tickets right away. call the ticket line at 508-405-ARTS (2787). be sure to specify you're there to see ENSMB!

All helpful info and details about the show can be found at www.ensmb.com/carnalcarnival.html

Tell your friends! Tell your family! Tell your neighbors! Tell a stranger on the train! Tell everyone on the intarnetz!

The Carnal Carnival
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys
ENSMB feat. The Madcap Rumpus Society

Advanced Tickets Strongly Suggested
$15 (Stu/Sen $14)
508-405-ARTS (2787)
Mention ENSMB by name!

Saturday March 1st
Doors at 7:30 Show at 8
ALL AGES
The Amazing Firehouse
160 Hollis St
Framingham, MA 01702
Visit the event homepage!

Come One Come All!!!

To an evening of sensual delights and sensory stimulation!
An event guaranteed to shock & awe, terrify and titillate!
An extravaganza like no other you've ever seen nor are likely to ever see again!
We present to you with the utmost enthusiasm....

The Carnal Carnival!!!

Featuring Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys

with special guests Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band

Saturday March 1st 8pm
The Amazing Firehouse

$15 Advanced Tickets Strongly Suggested
email: tickets@ENSMB.com

It is with great honor and frilly wiggly delight that Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys brings you the Carnal Carnival sponsored by The Amazing Things Art Center at their wonderfully decadent Firehouse Theatre in Framingham. At this ALL AGES carnival of carnality you can expect to see a burlesque poetess, belly dancers, snake charmers, fire breathing mutants, hula-hoopers, contortionists, jugglers, sideshow freaks, acrobats, and the brazenly boisterous Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band!

We are so very excited to be a part of this lively and lascivious event and we ardently hope that each and every one of you can be there to share in the experience with us! This is going to be a non-stop cavalcade of craziness with over 30 performers of every imaginable variety! You WILL NOT want to miss this, so get your tickets now! For the benefit of the band, we also strongly encourage you to get your tickets though us by emailing tickets@ENSMB.com. We're kicking off the party, so be sure to get there early to catch every wonderfully chaotic moment!!!

love & circus!
-ENSMB

The Carnal Carnival
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys
ENSMB feat. The Madcap Rumpus Society

tickets@ENSMB.com
Advanced Tickets Strongly Suggested
$15 (Stu/Sen $14, Members $12)

Saturday March 1st
Doors at 7:30 Show at 8
ALL AGES
The Amazing Firehouse
160 Hollis St
Framingham, MA 01702
http://www.amazingthings.org/frontpage2.asp?DC_ID=840

Other featured performers include

The Madcap Rumpus Society - Lovable Circus Freaks
Diva Jutta – Circus Barker
Oddchild Uprising – Circus Sideshow Troop
Beth Biller – Belly Dancing Astrophysicist
Badriya al-Badi'a, Raqs Sharqi and Gothic Belly Dance
jojo lazar - Burlesque Poetess
Zehara Nachash - Tejedora Belly Dancer & Snake Charmer

( See the Poster behind the cut! )

The band has been hard at work perfecting our particular blend of style and insanity, and at last, we're happy to announce two upcoming shows that have us bouncing just thinking about them.

Saturday March 1st - Once in a Lifetime Extravaganza!
with Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys

We're huge fans of these delightfully inscrutable performers, and we're scheming to help them create a spectacle unlike any you've ever experienced!  Expect carnal carnival acts, belly dancers, fire breathing mutants, hula-hoopers, contortionists, jugglers, acrobats, and of course, the brazenly boisterous ENSMB!

Get your tickets right away because if you miss this event, you may never forgive yourself. ;D  More info on the show can be found here.

Sunday March 30th - ENSMB & the Boston Babydolls at the Paradise Lounge.

We are once again ecstatic to be sharing the stage with the lovely ladies of the Boston Babydolls!  It guarantees to be an evening of unbridled sexiness beginning with the undulating euphoria of ENSMB and finishing with the signature sassiness of the beautiful Babydolls.

Mark your calendars now!  These shows will be sure to entice and entertain, so don't miss out on your chance to experience the exhibitionism of ENSMB!!!

i feel like we mostly use this community to give show info, so i thought i'd give y'all some actual content for a change.

( what's up with ENSMB? )

that's what we're up to now! thank you so much for supporting what we do. every hoot and holler, every stomping foot and every kind word shared after a show mean a lot to us, and help us believe in each new and crazy thing we undertake. :D

Dearest Fellow Marching Band Aficionados,

Please pardon this intrusion into your existence, but your assistance truly would make a difference. I humbly seek to enlist you in voting for my twisted outsider gothic filk comedy song Vampire Surprise, which is in the running for the Mad Music Demented Top 20 Songs of the Year 2007.

Vamp Surp has been a Sepiachord.com Song of The Day, as well as being voted The Best New Halloween Song of 2007 @ The Mad Music Archives.

Your weekly vote can keep the momentum going and would indeed make a difference in the outcome of this quest for Mad Music Infamy.

All pertinent info needed for your participation is found in my blog here:

http://veroniquec.livejournal.com/

Deepest gratitude for your kind consideration,

~Veronique~
MADstermind behind Vampire Suprise
(This ain't yer Grandpappy's Polka!)

Calling all freaks! Actors, dancers, aerialists, contortionists, jugglers, acrobats, puppeteers, hula-hoopers, stilt walkers, acrobalancers, object manipulators, sideshow spectacles -- if you have a talent and a desire to perform, we want to see it!

( The Madcap Rumpus Society is holding auditions for our spring show )

Auditions will be held on Dec. 1 and 2. Email ringmaster@ensmb.com to schedule an appointment, or to find out more. Please bring a 3-5 minute piece demonstrating your technical and creative talents, as well as resumes, description of performance experience or artist’s statements if you have them.

Please spread the news far and wide!

x-posted

We've got a really exciting show coming up this Thurs. 10/18 at the Lizard Lounge starring us and two other absolutely fabulous bands.

First up is the amazingly gifted Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade. She evokes an old time sound through her original music, and conjures forth Billy Holiday and Patsy Cline with her rich voice. she's backed by a tiptop band of local musicians on clarinet, drums, guitar and upright bass (paul dilley of HUMANWINE, Beat Circus, Rev. Glasseye...)

Second, The Juan Prophet Organization from Tennessee. You won't want to miss the stunning vaudevillian art rock that these out-of-towners will be churning out for your listening pleasure. we're really excited to be sharing a bill with this group. they blend together a wide variety of instrumentation and musical styles and we can't wait to hear what comes out of their live show!

...and wrapping up the night...US!!!

This would be a great show to see even if we weren't a part of it! :D
So come out and show your love for eclectic original music!!!

ENSMB
with special guests
the Juan Prophet Organization
and Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade

Thursday Oct. 18th 9:00 PM 21+
at the Lizard Lounge $10

pics and video are just starting to make it on to the intarwebz, so here's a collection of what i found so far. some of these are ENSMB specific, but there's a lot of other performers too. to get the full effect of actually being there, you should surround yourself by at least 5 monitors, run slide shows on all of them and turn the volume up really loud.

ENSMB on youtube!

these are just of us, but there are a bunch from the other bands on youtube as well. this sequence actually does a good job of giving you the first person feel of being in the crowd.

(walk up) Dusty Bones
Bella Ciao
Flight of the Winged Serpent
(walk away) Mesecina

pictures!

honkfest.ning.com
HONK! Fest on flickr
gallery on smugmug.com
pics from Sat.
pics from Sun.
photos from a Davis Sq. native

if you know of any others, please point me at them.