Hey Y'all. I started playing piano in a rock 'n roll band with my best pal Howard Pope in Toronto when I was 13, playing Iggy Pop and David Bowie tunes,(of course!). But I "quit the band" to learn jazz and blues once I discovered Billie Holiday's vortex of beauty and pain. Right after high school my brother Daniel and I formed a sorta Punk-Cabaret act that crossed over onto Toronto's Queen Street Indie scene playing with folks like Jane Siberry etc.
Later on, (1989), I joined the Pop Acapella group "The Nylons" to make records and tour the world...(working with favorite soul stars like Roberta Flack and Gladys Knight), which made me happy for a while.
When I left the group and landed on Venice beach I started developing the "Rock meets Electronica" sound of my first solo C.D. "Loudboy Radio" inspired by L.A.'s spoken word and performance scene, (see MICAHBARNES.COM).
That dark and nasty club-oriented sound led to my work with Thunderpuss on "Welcome To My Head", (which suprised us all by climbing to NO. 1 on the Billboard club chart as an unsigned record!).
After a few years of creating evening-length word and music works over at Highways Performance Theatre I started to boil the material back down to the current crop of piano and voice songs I am performing and recording these days. The new C.D. "Micah Barnes" has a Cabaret-Noir vibe and is produced by my former Loudboy band-mate Clint Yeager (of Speedqueen) and mixed by the legendary Geza X.
Lickaotta's it's time to start planning for Lickalotta Fest 09' to be held June 19, 20, 21st .
It will be held at Etowah River Campground, Dahlonega, GA. 706-864-9035
This year's theme is Lickalotta-PESSIMISM. And, boy! is there a lot of that out there this year. We would love to see ALL the Lickalotta's out there this year showing their support for Camp Lickalotta and licking-a-lotta-of PESSIMISM that weekend.
Here are the websites to make your reservations. www. lickalottafest. com and www. etowahrivercampground. com 704-864-9035 Jaki and Darrell are expecting your call. Just let them know you want to make a reservation for Lickalotta Fest 09' and they will take care of you.
Arrival time is 3 PM Friday, June 19th and Departure time is 3 PM Sunday, June 21st. The BANDS will be playing Saturday night and vendors will be on hand as well. Vendors that are interested in being part of Lickalotta Fest 09' we encourage you to let us know at camplickalotta@aol.com We will walk you through the process of registration and reserve your vending spot.
Let's get together this year, June 19, 20, 21st and Lickalotta-PESSIMISM together. It will be a fun weekend NO DOUBT!
The cost for the entire weekend is $25 per person. So, whether you are a tenter that wants to make reservations early to get the best tent sites available or you are bringing an RV, by the way there are over 50 RV sites to choose from it it $25 per person. Etowah River Campground has Gated Security, handicapped accessible, washers/dryers, showers/toliets, fire wood available, ice, and tubing.
We will be having a 50/50 drawing with the proceeds going to Camp Lickalotta and one lucky winner. There will also be some free give a ways.
It's the video for our new single, "Brigitte Bardot".
It's starting to get airplay all over the place including KROQ-FM in L.A. , and it just showed up on the NME's website! It's from our new album "Lola Dutronic In Berlin", and it's available exclusively from iTunes and CDBaby. com You can download it today by clicking here: If you fancy a proper cd, click here: http://cdbaby. com/cd/ldutronic
Hey Micha - how are you? Thought we'd drop by to say hello and to share our latest news...
land of giants original 1982 single cannibal dolls/seven men (along with nine previously unreleased tracks) was re-released worldwide on iTunes this month.
Hey you - in Chi-town doing what you've been doing in Toronto. (well, not exactly - can't keep up with you :) Some of it's been absolutely great, some challenging, some of it illuminating - I am forever changed. Headed out to L.A. 4/4 TO 5/20 - doing the Highways thing and seeing my friends.
Micah your song "Boy With a Secret" is one of my absolute favorite songs... still this many years later. It's brilliant, naughty, and HOT. You've done good... I mean you've done bad! :-)
wow i cant believe she crashed her car this bad on christmas eve. its even more messed up that this girl posted all the pictures on her myspace. i hope she is ok
