I just spent at week in Gucca, Serbia at a crazy ass gypsy brass band festival...it was unreal. I really got into Kurdish House remixes you can buy from cart vendors on the docks of Istanbul and the Arabic music with the filter sweeps on the saz .Southern Romanian Gypsy music is hot as hell.In New York I go see Nervous Cabaret ,Krystal Warren ,Slavic Soul Party ,The Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar ,Romashka ,Curtis Eller ,Corn Moe ,aWry ,Gogol Bordello , The Zagnut Orkestar, The Circus Amok Band , Project Jenny Project Jan, The Wiyos and The Hungry March Band .For Dj's Joro-Boro, Eugene Hutz of Gogol and DJ Reyka and Balkan Beat Box....I also fall to the feet of Baby Dee......The Dresden Dolls, Human Wine and Mishkin also make me really happy.
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"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good and just and beautiful." ~ PLATO
"Damn everything but the circus!
...damn everything that is grim, dull,
motionless, unrisking, inward turning,
damn everything that won't get into the
circle, that won't enjoy, that won't throw
its heart into the tension, surprise, fear
and delight of the circus, the round
world, the full existence..."
e.e. cummings
"Sxip conjures a world of infernal calliopes and cotton candy machetes wielded by Gypsy crones with angel feet."--Silke Tudor, SF Weekly
**SXIP SHIREY**
MAESTRO of
THE BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS,
THE DAREDEVIL OPERA COMPANY
and THE LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII
PLEASE FRIEND MY BAND THE LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII!!!!!!!!!!!!!
****HEAT, BEAUTY AND MADNESS****
an evening of INCREDIBLE MUSIC and SOUND SCULPTING
featuring THE INDUSTRIAL FLUTE, MUTANT HARMONICA, GLASS BOWL AND BALL, REGURGITATED MUSIC BOX, ORCHESTAR BELLS, SECRET CIRCUS ORGAN, BROKEN FINGERED GUITAR, LAYERS OF BREATH and a CLUTCH OF CURIOUS OBJECTS
A real life circus composer, Sxip Shirey has appeared at The Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Adelaide Festival in Australia and at Bonnaroo. In New York City he has performed at The Knitting Factory, Tonic and many underground parties in Brooklyn.
"I've heard Sxip crank out gypsy-thrash tunes on his Mutant Harmonicas that would prompt the contents of your bowels to wriggle out of your colon and cut a goddamn rug"
--Cadmus Onesie, Arts Journal
"Sxip has the incredible ability to turn the minds of his audience almost entirely inside out..."
Ola Sxip!!Bienvenida a nuestro mundo curioso!! Gracias por el add and your good trip in the world song!! Hasta pronto amigo!!! Saludos de los curiosos!!!
Sxip Shirey is looking for folks to help out financially with his upcoming CD: "SONIC NEW YORK -15 Punk Rockers Pounding a Piano Into Junk" details here
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Hello! I've been listening to your last album a lot lately so I thought I'd stop by to say hi and send you some love and wish you the best in all you do!
...i'm SOOO glad i decided to have a random adventure tonight to see Luminescent Orchestrii... It was seriously one of the best shows I've ever been to. I've been waiting a while to check you out, so happy I finally got to... totally worth the wait, and the hour drive. <3<3<3<3<3<3
Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Viktagraph Regina Spektor: 20 Years of Snow Nick Cave: (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? Birdeatsbaby: Shiver Up the Spine Jason Webley & Sxip Shirey: Regurgitated Lullaby Waves Under Water: Nothing More 127: Doktor Peculiar Pretzelmen: Midnight Sophe Lux: Sophie Song Bad Dream Good Breakfast: Footsteps Voodoo Organist: If I Make It Skeletonbreath: The Combustible Man Jam: That's Entertainment Danny Price and the Loose Change: Those Good Ol' Death Metal Days Gogol Bordello: Start Wearing Purple This Bike is a Pipe Bomb: A Hundred Dollars Dropkick Murphys: Barroom Heroes Wisteriax: Doves Never Sleep Thunder in the Valley: Rooftops & Streets James Gang: Shut It Down Bone Orchard: Dancing with the Ghost of William Bonney HUMANWINE: 1st Amendment Hail Seizures: Song for the Ride Neko Case: Don't Forget Me ghostfire: Vaudevillian
* LUNA TART? I THOUGHT THIS 30's SINGING FILM STAR HAD DIED BACK IN 1981 ! BUT, ALAS, NOT AT ALL! AND SHE IS STILL HOT & NAUGHTY! LUNA IS MAKING HER NYC CLUB DEBUT at Joe's Pub on Monday, May 18, 9:30 PM. COME ONE! COME ALL! They used call her The Crazy Circus Lady! COME ONE! COME ALL! *
