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poem: the bees are dying now

Evan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:09:00 +0000

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to lee: 2006.11.28 00:50

the bees are dying now. i can see them dropping out of the air – no carefully designed spiral descents for them – no no – i follow the bees with my eyes from the wall to an invisible poison sphere hanging a foot away and then shes and hes dive down down down – kamikazes attacking my precious feet! i’m careful not to step on them. not careful enough. all my honey jars are growing hideous fungi – even my sacred tupelo reserves. there’s no one left to serve me my sweet things – i walk outside and wash my eyelids in the abandoned combs and their failed children. perhaps death shall offer no boundary as i absorb the shining golden recipe straight from the tomb.

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saturdaynight songluck

Evan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:50:24 +0000

on saturday i went into the night with a jacket full of song lyrics and a growler full of beer, and headed over to a friend of a friend’s songwriters’ potluck. more of a songluck than anything else. the music was great – ranging from a folksy sci fi song cycle taking place 300 years in the future, to a tune whose words i couldn’t make out but everybody seemed to be singing along to, and one about a bear and an otter in different decades of their married life together. peculier indeed.

Lyrics from The Lion For Real:
There’s a lion lying by herself
Beside our open bedroom door.
She gazed up at me with
Those rheumy yellowed eyes,
I screamed out Lion For Real!
And I rushed out onto the fire escape,
Looking in I noticed it withering away,
And when she coughed and wheezed,
I cried Eat Me Or Die!
But she stood up, roared, and limped away.
If you walk in and find me wasting away,
Will you still hold me in your arms?

i sung two of my new songs – “The Lion For Real” (whose semitheme comes from the eponymous Ginsberg poem) and “We’re All Disappointed”. though i’m not usually one for singing my own songs, i enjoyed the evening thoroughly. i also played an old tune from 1947, “Cigareetes, Whusky, and Wild, Wild Women,” which I had first heard from the Low Anthem.

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quad lake studios

Evan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:15:38 +0000

i’m heading over to the Grand Prize Winners From Last Year show in a bit, and i figured i would take a few minutes to send you all an update. although news has been pretty quiet on the BMAL front, we did just have two new songs come out – Harold Called This Morning and Glistening Girls.

Jarett and i headed upstate a couple of weeks ago to mix the tracks with Rob Ignazio. he has been engineering and co-producing the new tunes. the studio, Quad Lake, was on a large lake, frozen solid, with ice fishers and snow mobiles out on it.

Jarett, Rob, the owner of the studio (Lou), and i were eating pizza on a piano during a break, when Rob casually mentioned that the piano was used by John and Yoko for their albums, by Nora Jones for her first album, and was used to write Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer. and there we were, eating pizza off of it!

well we mushed through the long day with few breaks, Sam conference-called in for his good words, our super-focused ear drums and lobes…and now there is new music. so enjoy it and be in touch.

cheers…hammer

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our first EP & boston-providence this weekend

Evan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:22:50 +0000

with this letter, we bring awesome tidings: Bury Me A Lion is releasing our first album on October 10th. the celebration will be at ‘Kennys Castaways’ in New York and everybody who attends will get a copy of it. we’ve been laboring over this ep for quite some time – its development is that of the band’s, right since its beginnings in february when we recorded the preliminary tracks.

this weekend we’re taking our festive spirits up to Boston and Providence (Friday at ‘Cantab Lounge’ in Cambridge and Saturday at ‘The Spot on Thayer’…and then down south to Augusta and Atlanta for the first week of october. you can see all the details below (or check out our myspace for last minute additions – www.myspace.com/burymealion).

take it and care for it,
b. mal

——–GIG CALENDAR———

Fri, Sept 18th – BOSTON @ Cantab Lounge, 11:30p, $8
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174432017976

Sat, Sept 19th – PROVIDENCE @ The Spot on Thayer, 9p, $5
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132184498737

Fri, Sept 25th – PHILADELPHIA @ The Khyber – (TBA, check myspace)

Thu, Oct 1st – AUGUSTA @ Sky City, 8p

Fri, Oct 2nd – ATLANTA @ Picaflor Studios, 8p

Sat, Oct 10th – NEW YORK CD RELEASE @ Kennys Castawawys, 9p, $10

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this friday in boston and next week in new york city

Evan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:11:39 +0000

after leaving Atlanta at 5:30 sunday morning (having stayed up the whole night) and driving 17 hours to get home (you can blame new jersey traffic for much of that) we’re mighty exhausted.

but we must press on. practice wednesday, Long Island on thursday (Lulus Village Pub 9p), Boston on friday (McGanns Pub 9:30p), and then we are back in the New York City for a show at Santos Party House on july 31st (7:30p).

we had a great time in georgia with the Grand Prize Winners From Last Year (www.myspace.com/gpwfly) – they were marvelous hosts. and who knew that luca could sleep for 13 hours straight?

EP release update: jarett is finishing up the vocals for metabolism and we are shooting for a september release…details to follow.

Long Island
———–
THU JULY 23RD: 9p
Lulu’s Village Pub (1509 Main St, Port Jefferson, NY)
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107087232349

Boston
———–
FRI JULY 24TH: 9:30p – $10
McGann’s Pub (197 Portland St, Boston, MA)
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102829077378

New York
———–
FRI JULY 31ST: 7:30p – $10
Santos Party House (100 Lafayette St and Walker St, New York, NY)
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105033032545

take it and care for it,
evan, sam, jarett, luca
www.burymealion.com

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introducing bury me a lion

Evan — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:44:28 +0000

it is my unique pleasure to introduce you to my new band called Bury Me A Lion – specifically to sam einhorn, jarett gilbert, and luca pironti. now we’ve been working real hard over the last few months to create music – both new and good – and i think the other guys would agree with me, when i say it has been both a struggle and, coming from a man who appreciates some healthy productive tension, a lot of fun. i’m extraordinarily happy with the music we’re playing and for those of you who have been getting these updates from me for some time now, i hope you enjoy our performances of my songs – i’d love to hear what you think.

we have our first big new york city show this friday night at The Bitter End. you’re attendance is requested, desired, and necessary to make the evening be what these evenings can sometimes turn out to be.

btw – we recorded a few demo tracks and put them up on the interwebs for you to partake in: www.myspace.com/burymealion

and lastly, telly and i also wanted to thank everybody who came out to the Middle East in Boston last month…it was a super-shindig and a rainy-evening-riot smashed together…although we don’t have any shows coming up, we still have some surprises in store for you…

BURY ME A LION SHOWS:

05.08 (fri) 6:30p @ the bitter end – $10
147 bleecker st, new york, ny 10012
(between laguardia and thompson)
www.bitterend.com

05.22 (fri) 9p @ lulu’s village pub
1509 main st, port jefferson, ny 11777
www.luluslive.com
opening for Movement

ps…if you can’t make it on friday, we are also playing wednesday evening (05.06, 6p) at the brooklyn brewery…it’s 25 bucks, but open bar…email me for the details…

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evan & telly on long island this friday

Evan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:03:32 +0000

we’re videotaping our show this friday at Lulus Village Pub. if you can make it, please come out and bring fellow music lovers. if you know people in the area, tell them about it!

03.06 (fri) 9p – lulu’s village pub – $5
1509 main st, port jefferson, ny 11777
www.luluslive.com
w. Milan, Sheehan, and the Katie Pearlman Band

and one last thing – just booked the first boston show for april 10th…details to follow.

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three february shows

Evan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:39:13 +0000

telly and i hope that you’ll be able join us for one (or more) of our three february shows. the illustrious lucas ives will be on drums.

the first is in Port Jefferson, long island this thursday (02.05) at Lulus Village Pub. milan karunaratne will be opening the night around 9p and we should be on by 10p.

next week (tuesday the 10th) we are playing at the National Underground in New York City. ‘evan & telly’ will be on at 9:30 and ‘telly and friends’ will be before us at 8p.

on feb 27thth (friday), we are back at Desmond’s Tavern in New York City. we’ll be playing from 9 to 11.

lastly, thank you everybody who voted for me in revolutionartist.com’s artist of the year…i just wanted to let you know that we won it.

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revolution artist and two shows

Evan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:01:22 +0000

this past weekend i won revolutionartist’s ‘artist of the year’…thank you to everybody who voted. now my song, ‘harold called this morning,’ is in the running for song of the year, so please vote: www.revolutionartist.com

in other news, telly & i are playing two shows this week – thursday at desmond’s tavern in new york (9p) and friday at lulu’s village pub in port jefferson (9p).

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