Dimitri Mugianis (lead vocal)
Glenn Johnson (drums, etc.)
Dan Porvin (guitar)
Al Korosy (guitar)
Dave Boonshoft (bass)
Russ Johnson (trumpet)
Bob Marx (tenor sax, flute)
Pat McCarty (trombone, PVC didgeridoo)
Paul Romero, Kevin Weist, David Lawton, Angel Jemmott (vocals)
previously... guitars:
Chris Hunt, Marc Dannenhirsch, Sal Monella (aka Michael Tudor), John E. Louder (aka Howard Glazer), James Myers, Dave Rice, Ted Moniak, Jeff Mullins bass:
Randy Landau, Chris James (aka Chris McGorey), Greg Gilmore, Scotch Hiballs (aka Bob Godwin), James Myers, Dave Rice, Brian Garwood mandolin:
Ted Moniak violin:
Joan Matuszczak, Bruce Davison saxes:
Mike Walters, Ric Frank, Joey Lajoie, Brian "Chumley" Longshaw, Dan "the Carp" Matuszczak trumpet:
Glenn Makos, Leif Arntzen, Meg Montgomerey, Leonard Belota, J.J. Silva, Guy Zublin, Stan Johnson trombone:
J.J. Silva vocals:
Melissa Schaffer, Mike Errico, Mark Palermo, Bryan Webster, Don Smith, Dena Raptis, Sophia Raptis, Sal Monella, Ted Moniak, Glenn Johnson moral support:
Mr. Unique
Formed in Detroit in 1977 as Mr. Unique & the Leisure Suits, they got their start as the opening act for The Mumps (featuring Lance Loud) and local favorites like Flirt and Destroy All Monsters. In the following years, they managed to amuse, annoy, and antagonize all manner of audiences before finally releasing their four-song EP, Mr. Unique & the Leisure Class in 1983. The record received generally favorable, though puzzled, reviews from Dennis Loren in the Metro Times, who found "something to offend everyone," and Ira Robbins in Trouser Press.
The band moved to New York, making their debut at CBGB in 1984, and evolved into the ever-changing Leisure Class, launching a musical and visual assault on the comfort and sanity of those poor unfortunate souls who wandered into the East Village bars and performance spaces of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Their performances featured, at various times, legendary writer Herbert Huncke, a custom-built two-story prison, impaled goat's heads, and Abraham Lincoln.
On August 23, 2005, Leisure Class was profiled on the National Public Radio show, Day to Day. "The Rise, Fall and Reunion of the Leisure Class" can be heard here:
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4811940
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
Edible Onion is proud to announce its first vinyl release, a 7" single from Br'er, featuring alternate recordings of "I'm a Kid Again" and "I'm Sorry Mom." The two tracks orginally appeared on Br'er's debut full length "Of Shemales and Kissaboos," and have long been audience favorites in Br'er's live sets.
The version of "I'm a Kid Again" featured on the 7" was orignally recorded by Audio Confusion in Mesa, Arizona, during Br'er's first US tour. "I'm Sorry Mom" was recorded mostly live by Dan Angel in Philadelphia on his digital sixteen track. The songs as they appear here capture the raw, chathartic sound that characterized the group's early live performances, and differ dramatically from their melancholy readings on "Of Shemales and Kissaboos."
As with every Edible Onion release, each "I'm a Kid Again/I'm Sorry Mom" 7" is packaged in handmade art. For this release, each record jacket has a hand painted outer jacket, with vellum windows cut out to reveal a hand painted inner jacket. The painting was done with a mixture of acrylic and watercolor paint on oak tag (outside) and American Masters printmaking paper (inside). As well, all of the text is handwritten.
Thanks for the friendship. Brotzmann 2009 USA Tour begins this week. Seattle, Houston, Austin, Grinnell, Chicago, Milwaukee, Lexington, Detroit, Philadelphia, DC, New Haven, Baltimore, NYC
Tonight, April 21 10:00 PM EST tune in to hear our selected tunes and a live chat with Babs Martin on "Howl" with host Nik Beat on CIUT 89. 5 FM or streaming live on CIUT.FM from the University of Toronto. "Howl" streams live and you can listen on-line! If you haven't heard Nik Beat's "Howl" then you are in for an hour of great entertainment!
Saw you cats back in '83(ish) Maybe the EP release... kind of a 'Hollywood Squares' set up... awesome! (AND I got lucky that night) Now I gotta go pick up dog poop... man I miss 83! ~b.h.
