Mr. Huxley Vertical (aka Seth Bedford), chanteur, cello, harmonium, sometimes accordion, some percussion, mandolin, songs, arrangements.
Madame Ariel Black (aka Kamala Sankaram), accordion, coloratura soprano.
Signor Braggadocio (aka Daniel Baer), violin I.
Lady Perpetua (aka Suzanne Lipkin), violin II.
Ms. Lucida Console (aka Laura McIntire), viola.
Mr. Brenton Scrawl (aka Mike Darnell), bass.
Mr. Bernhard Modern (aka Adam Levine), trumpet, some percussion.
And a rotating cast of pianists.
Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau has included:
Tom Hollingshead, Piano;
Mike Brown, Bass;
Elizabeth Warren, Violin;
Karla Manzur (Deep Edward), Accordion;
Vicky Chow, Piano;
Kat Sherell, Piano;
Aaron Horn (Foureyes Studios);Bass
Influences
Kurt Weill, Weimar Cabaret, tango, Ute Lemper, Annie Lennox, The Eurythmics, The Decemberists, T.A.T.U., Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega, The Magnetic Fields, Dolly Parton, The Asylum Street Spankers, Tosca Tango Orchestra, The Tiger Lilies, Benjamin Britten, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Karla Manzur, The Dresden Dolls, Philip Glass, Bernard Hermann, Michael Nyman, Blonde Redhead, Sam Philips, ABBA, Antonio Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Ben Charest, k.d. lang, Claude Debussy, Eric Satie, Les Tetes Raides, Franciose Hardy, Lionel Belasco, and some others who I will think of later...
Sounds Like
the 20's meet the 80's in a classy cocktail lounge. They chat, laugh, hit it off really well. Then they go back to his place for a few drinks. Of course, we all know what "a few drinks" at his place really means. Anyway, a few months later Huxley Vertical is born. Oh, and he never called her after that.
*Huxley Vertical*: 1892-1920s. An erstwhile proprietor of a popular night club in San Antonio, Texas. Dreamt of singing, but was stuck administrating. On a night of some import, Club Vertical (or Club Horizontal--historians are unclear)was set aflame. Vertical manages to escape, but the business, along with his wife and child are lost to the inferno. Foul play is suspected. Huxley Vertical vows never to love another woman again, and takes to the road to find solace in the performance lifestyle he never had.
women who shoot their boyfriends? Uh oh! Do they throw them off buildings too? I'm glad I live on the first story now. :D looking forward to seeing you back in town.
Great show last night! Everytime, I see & hear you perform, I am even more impressed with your talents! You also looked fabulous! Love the hat! One can always judge a singer's talent by the quality of his accompanists! Yours are firstrate! Thank you for an evening of fine music!
The Doors: Alabama Song Juan Prophet Organization: Disappointment/Reflection Christian Williams: Buffalo Jump White Stripes: In the Cold, Cold Night The Other Flesh: Waltzing Down the Road to Hell Princeton: Eminent Victorians Make a Rising: Sneffels Yokul ECPE: Sunrise Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau: Acquiesce Slim Cessna's Auto Club: Red Pirate of the Prairie Jo Gabriel: How the Devil Falls in Love Festival: Even in the Light Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Black Rain Kim Vermillion: Organ Donor's March Emilie Autumn: Liar Paul Mercer: Emak-bakia Voltaire: Land of the Dead Fern Knight: Bemused Demonika and the Darklings: Everyday is Halloween Sterilize Stereo: Annie McGee Barry Black: Tropical Fish Revival The Scarring Party: See Evil
Yes, I am now a Silver Candelabra Member of the Liberace Museum & Foundation :) I am actually a big fan of his playing and showmanship. The museum is interesting... I got to see the world's largest rhinestone! When in Vegas, visit. Try the waitress. Tip the veal.
THANKS for the ADD!!! So what did you think of the tunes?? We are working on heading your direction soon. Keep in touch. Viva la SKA!!! -Bruce- SELECT FIVE
Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau: Engine No 9 Juan Prophet Organization: Factory Big Fish Ensemble: I am Woman Nap Hayes & Matthew Prater: Prater Blues Festival: Hold off the Earth Andrew & Jim Baxter: The Moore Girl Demonika and the Darklings: Everyday is Halloween Make a Rising: Sneffels Yokul ECPE: Sunrise Princeton: Leonard Woolf Painted Saints: Paladin Whine Jo Gabriel: Vacant Little Stare Taylor's Kentucky Boys: Soldier Joy Alabama Sheiks: Sittin' on Top of the World Fern Knight: Loch Na Fooey Paul Mercer: L'Etoile de Mer Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Crowns make Pigs Sterilize Stereo: Mary's Doll The Other Flesh: Waltzing Down the Road to Hell Kim Vermillion: Organ Donor's March Bauhaus: Who Killed Mr Moonlight? Grey DeLisle: Bohemian Rhapsody Slim Cessna's Auto Club: An Introduction to the Power of Braces: Faith Ex Reverie: Clouds? or Smoke? Susan Voelz: Ode to Billy Joe Kansas City Strummers: Broken Bed Blues Ditty Bops: Sister Kate Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Deus Ibi Est Voodoo Organist: Ain't Dead Yet Vic Chesnutt: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
we're showing the softer side of Teletextile at MONKEYTOWN in williamsburg tonight at 8pm (sharp!). it's located at 58 N 3rd St (btw. Kent & Wythe)
it's a seated show where the performers play in the middle of the audience and there are 4 projectors simultaneously showing on all four walls. pretty amazing.
we'll be contouring our set a wee bit to fit the space and the mood, so we'll be doing some stuff that we don't normally do at our "normal" shows. it should be interesting...
we'll have some abstract videos done by our friend josh balgos using painting by oscar oriquel and also playing are some more good friends of ours, aderbat, from doylestown, pa (our favorite band to play with during the last tour).
the whole show is only from 8pm-9:30, so make sure to be there on time! we hope to see you...
Del Rey and the Sun Kings: I am the Light Ex Reverie: Cloud? or Smoke? Huxley Vertical Cabaret Nouveau: Acquiesce Jo Gabriel: Fable Honey Juan Prophet Organization: Birthday Dirge Grand Archives: Miniature Birds R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders : Singing in the Bathtub Demonika and the Darklings: Who? Joe Black: Curl Mcgee Th' Legendary Shack Shakers: Bible, Candle & SKull Munly & the Lee Lewis Harots: Jacob Dumb Jill Tracy: Torture Miss Moonshine: It's Only a Paper Moon Slim Cessna's Auto Club: That Fierce Cow is Common Sense in a Country Dress ECPE: Winter Song Princeton: Leonard Woolf Thomas Nola et son Orchestre: Gloomy Sunday Make a Rising: Your Karmic Obstacle Orion Rigel Dommisse: Alice & Sarah Paul Well
