Mike Marcellino, songwriter & vocals. Abe Olvido, composer, guitars, drums, typewiter. To check out more of Mike's writing visit http://www.myspace.com/bondisurf68
Split Pea/ce formed in the fall of 2007 performing poetry and music in Cleveland, Ohio. Mike Marcellino reads, talks his poetry and Abe Olvido plays electric or acoustic guitar, drums and typewriter, etc.
Split Pea/ce has played in Cleveland at Visible Voice Books in the Tremont, Global Feast at the Zen Sculpture Garden in the Waterloo Arts District, Macs Backs bookstore on Coventry and The Barking Spider, a very cool spot for music of all kinds seven nights a week at University Circle in the heart of the campus of Case Western Reserve University. Split Pea/ce was also invited to be a part of the Cleveland 100 which showcased experimental and new acts throughout the region. Six tracks, best of remixes from 2008 are up on Myspace now.
Split Pea/ce will be putting together a Split Pea/ce Live CD after its upcoming show at the Barking Spider February 21, 2009.
In November 2007, Mike read his poetry at Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village and ABC NO RIO on the Lower East Side in New York City. Mike is a writer and veteran journalist, photographer and editor for the Cleveland Reader. Mike and Abe published a limited editon chapbook of prose and art titled "New York Revisited."
Mike's work currently appears at www.outsiderwriters.org and www.hecale.com
Abe is a musician, artist, producer and co-founder/director of groop multimedia collaborative.
SPLIT PEA/CE does most of its work in or near The Algebra Tea House on Murray Hill Road in the Little Italy nieghborhood of Cleveland.
All prose and spoken words copyrighted by Mike Marcellino. All music copyrighted by Abe Olvido. "Split Pea/ce" is copyrighted by Mike Marcellino and Abe Olvido.
Videography for variations for all performances except the Barking Spider by Hashim El-Ra-Mun, poet, artist, storyteller from Cleveland. All photo-documentation by Ashley Perry except where noted. Huge thanks to all that have helped to get the performances in Cleveland to happen including John Olvido (electric geetars), Jeff Berlin (Amps), sculptor Dan Grantham (use of acoustic guitar), producer Ken Chapin (lighting effects/roadie/support), groop co-founder Mike Moritz (roadie/props), Marc Dechristofaro (roadie), Emily Tan of Cleveland Metro News, (roadie/producer of Global Feast), Nic Chapin (photo-documentation of var. 2 @ Global Feast) and Ayman of Algebra Teahouse. Huge huge thanks to Danny Fleming for fixing the sound up on the Pirate's Cove show and knowing what the hell to do about recording.
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We are playing a FREE SHOW next Sunday @ Peabody's with Punchline and Socratic, we'd love to see you out there. Its free, so there is no excuse not to come to hang out and have a great time!
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We wanted to stop in and say hi. We have a few updates for you. We have been working on our new album. Our first single off of it is on our myspace page. It is called "Your Body", go check it out and let us know what you think. We love hearing the feedback. We hope your year is going well so far. As for us, we have been keeping busy. We are getting ready to take off on our first tour. We are crossing Canada. Never forget that it is people like you who allow us to continue on the road we are on. You can check out our latest blog to see how you can get some FREE Makeshift Innocence shirts and cd's....Anyways, hope the rest of 2009 treats your right. Don't be shy, we would love to hear back from you.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
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