Dan Fishback (alternatively, Dan Fishback's American Doll Posse: Nelson, Roger, Charlemagne, Papaya & Dan)
Influences
Tony Kushner, Roland Barthes, Deb Margolin, Edward Albee, Laurie Anderson, Helen Stratford, Lynda Hart, Judith Butler, Toby Goodshank, Kimya Dawson, Kathleen Hanna, Karen Finley, PJ Harvey, Anne Carson, Dibs, Yoko Kikuchi, Virginia Woolf, Chris Yang, Diane Cluck, Ani Difranco, Joyce Conner, Dave End, Andrew Hoepfner, Jeffrey Lewis, Rachel Shukert, Justin Bond, Casey Holford, The Leader, but, really, mostly, for better or for worse, Tori Amos (1991-1998, 2007).
Dan Fishback has been writing and performing in NYC since 2003. He is a recipient of the 2007-2009 Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. The resulting play, You Will Experience Silence (Stephen Brackett, dir.) debuted to critical acclaim in April 2009 at Dixon Place, where Fishback was an Artist-in-Residence. The following summer, he began a fellowship at the MacDowell Artists Colony to develop two new plays, The Material World and The Mattachine Project.
In 2006, Performance Space 122 presented a mini-festival of his work in NO DIRECTION HOMO: The Many Identical Personae of Dan Fishback. Earlier pieces, including Please Let Me Love You and Boi with an i, have been performed at venues like Galapagos Art Space, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Arts Exchange and the Sidewalk Cafe.
Fishback's band, Cheese On Bread, has toured Europe and North America, and released its sophomore album, "The Search for Colonel Mustard," in 2007, in the United States and Japan. As a solo artist, he has released several recordings, including "Sweet Chastity" (Luv-a-Lot Records, 2005) and "Calendar Boys" (Off-Stage Fright Productions, 2008). He will drop his new full length studio album, "Mammal," in 2010. Fishback fronts grunge band The Faggots, and has shared stages with Ani Difranco and Kimya Dawson as part of the punk dance troupe Underthrust.
His essay, "Times Are Changing, Reb Tevye," was published in "Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer" (Alyson Books, 2004). He regularly visits colleges all over the country to speak on queer and Jewish issues.
Dan Fishback also works as a freelance life coach. Email him here to get organized.
P.S: Fishback continues to play solo shows all over the place, and particularly enjoys COLLEGE GIGS. Bring him to where you're at: booking@danfishback.com
OK, i put it here too... I hope to see you next week. If anyone here is curious of the French pop-folk scene, I wanted to tell you that I would play at Sidewalk Café (94 av. A, Manhattan) next tuesday at 11 pm. xxx isabelle
today was my last class with karen finley. she made us have a "graduation ceremony" and presented us each with signed drawings with personalized messages. Mine was a gold and purple heart with 1968 scribbled inside a bunch of times, and on the outside it said "Song. Challenge. At Your Best"
do you want to stick it in a blender and snort it with me?
Oh Mr. Fishback:) What wonderful new pictures you have! I don't think I even knew you had a head with out a hat:) Ya look great! Anywhoo... You are cordially invited to come, party and celebrate with me:)! Cheers E Elizabeth Devlin"All Are Relative"Album Release Video-12/6/2008
I love calender boys. It is smart and sexy. Listened to it multiple times yesterday as I was going through piles and piles of stuff being busy in artland. Hey, I want to be your roommate! Yes. Love, Josepha
