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Mark Rubin's Interests
General
Alternate Oud tunings.
The influence of Greek Rebetic musical traditions on Litvak Orthodox devotional chanting.
IOOF and other Secret Societies.
The hammer dulcimer in Texas-Bohemian dance bands.
Any culture that utilizes the accordion regularly.
Turning a coin without having to screw over somebody else to get it.
That and Tikkun Olam.
Music
Angry Samoans, King Bennie Nawaii, Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, McKinney's Cotten Pickers, East Texas Serenaders, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks, Jimmy Martin
Romica Puceanu, witness her glory below:
Movies
"Shepsil Kanarek fun Poughkeepsie"
by the great Michl Rosenberg from the odd 50's Jew-sploitation film "Catskill Honeymoon"
"F" is for Fake, by Orson Welles, and
The Bad Sleep Well by Akira Kurosawa, the titles say it all.
Television
Daily show.
The History Channel, which my wife calls the "Hitler Channel."
Books
White Trash Manifesto by Jim Goad,
Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Counterfeiting, Stealing, and Cultural Plundering: A Handbook to Applied Ethnomusicology by Hank Bradley
I Hate the Man Who Runs This Bar by Eugene Chabourne
The Autobiography of Pops Foster, New Orleans Jazzman
Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner
Book of Job
Heroes
Don Walser, German Goldenshteyn, Bal Shem Tov, The Haidouk, Orson Welles and Tuba Fats.
But most of all I will cite
1st Sgt. Sam Dreben: Jewish Warrior.
He fought the morros in the Phillipines, the Boxers in China, rode a time with Pancho Villa and black Jack Pershing, both he counted as personal friends. For many years he proved skilled machine gunner for hire in multiple central American revolutions, and ultimately the distinguished himself as a hero of St. Etienne campaign of WW1. Inspired by his exploits, Damon Runyon wrote a poem in his honor "The Fighting Jew, concluding "THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A FEW, LIKE DREBEN, A JEW." Visit (http://www.jewish-history.com/WildWest/dreben.html) for the whole story.
Music Supervisor: The Newton Boys (20th Century Fox) 1999, Last Man Standing; Texas Politics (PBS) 2004.
Music Consultant: Infamous (Warner Independent) 2006
Music Production: Setting The Woods on Fire (PBS) 2002
Mark, thanks for the updates on all the guys in the band at the Broken Spoke Saturday afternoon. That was a lot of fun and something I hope will continue!!!
There's another interesting Okla. dude I know. Loved food. PHD in solid state physics, played football a year at Okla state, total Star Wars nut - still had all his costumes, Software guru. His max. cholestrol was close to 500 before he was 30. Take care of yourself.
yo thanks for correcting me in regard to the street guy. that was a far out scene. bob g is in guitartown, he bought a cool little pad in east nashville and has a dog the size of yeti.
Thanks for the cool t-shirt...so sweet of you. You know that a slap bass is my favoritest! See you in November at the folk festival. I promise to be more articulate then. Maybe.
Gee, if the Livers are making the scene at Hardly Strictly, I just may have to make a pilgrimage... been seeing a lot of Danny, but haven't set eyes on you in years. Not that you'd remember a weird gal like me, but I'll never forget you all! Greetings from New yawk
Mr. Rubin, you have been nice enough to provide the radio station I work for (KDUR-DURANGO CO) a lot of your music. You even sold me some Bad Livers on yellow vinyl....thanks for that. I am looking forward to coming to San Fran to the Bad Livers play. I was not in Junior High 8 years ago, I was 30, and had never seen you. 8 years later I still haven't. I will remedy that. As luck would have it, said event is on my birthday. Happy Birthday to me!
Hey Mark so sorry for the delayed response. Ivan and Entso where touring as a duo in order to promote the band, because of low budget. I wish I was there but hopefully next time! When r u gonna be in NY again?
hey mark thanks for the ad, and sorry for the delayed response! I'm sorry i haven't contacted u, but I lost your card and belive I looked for it with no chance in "balkanically"organized room! So please send me your info again so we can keep in touch!
