4/4/01
Latest tour information:
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Bonfire Madigan
April
5 CHICO, CA @ the Senator Theater
16 SF, CA @ the Attic (24th & Mission) 9pm
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Madigan performs solo:
as part of the
"Best of the Bay Area Acoustic Tour"
April
20 NYC, NY @ Postcrypt -Columbia University
21 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Pontiac Grill
22 ALBANY, NY Valentines (evening) and
WOODSTOCK, NY Flying Saucer Cafe (matinee)
23 NYC @ Living Room
24 BALTIMORE @ 14 Karat Cabaret
25 WASHINGTON DC @ Velvet Lounge
26 NYC @ Sidewalk Cafe
27 PROVIDENCE @ Met Cafe
28 BOSTON @ Kendall Cafe
29 PORTLAND, ME @ Skinny Space
30 ASBURY PARK, NJ @ The Saint
May
*4 BRYN MAWR, PA @ Bryn Mawr College
*Madigan only show
"darling,
the composer has stepped into fire." - anne sexton
2/15/01
View new photos for 2001 here...
Spring tour dates announced!
March
2 - Eugene, OR @ Red Lion Inn (UofO music fest) a/a
3 - Portland, OR @ Meow Meow w/ Enemymine a/a
4 - Portland, OR @ MMMM House - 5027 NE 12th - early 6pm
9 - San Francisco @ Edinburgh Castle - Opal Music Night
10 - Oakland, CA @ Gallery 21 Grand a/a
12 - Los Angeles @ Fais Do DO w/ Eleni Mandell
13 - Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture a/a
15 - Austin, TX @ Emo's - SXSW KRS showcase w/ Unwound, Deerhoof, XBXRX
16 - Denton, TX @ Mabel Peabody's
17 - Albuquerque @ TBA
April
5 - Chico, CA @ the Senator Theater a/a Nowhere
X Nowhere
12/12/00
•madigan, christine + tomas are in the Bay and sheri is in LA after weeks of shows around the country during the fall. madigan then played a handful of solo shows in the NW and NYC. the band is now working on new songs + recordings and tentatively planning shows around the west coast & CA throughout the winter, with more scattered touring in the spring: possibly with just the strings and madigan's big mouth (er...voice that is). we hope you're digging into the Bridge record and letting it melt some of the daily deep freeze off of you. madigan has been calling it her "watershed record" and with good reason. you can order Saddle the Bridge, ... From the Burnpile + various other BMad sounds + sights from the KRS catalog
•the BMad tune "snowfell summer" is featured as the end titles credit music to a new documentary called Chain Camera that is premiering at Sundance next month with a subsequent showing on HBO. it's the story of a dozen or so high school people in LA filming their own lives. madigan has been invited and plans to attend the Sundance premier. ..maybe you'll catch her singing + playing her cello on a desert street corner littered by art house theaters or flirting with Mormon locals.
•some of you may know that the song "glass vase cello case," which madigan penned while in Tattle Tale, was featured as the love theme to the movie But, I'm A Cheerleader, which was released this summer (& is out now on video). a lot of people have been writing wanting to know where to get a copy of this song. as far as we know it's only available on the one and only TT full length CD, Sew True. contact Leland at St. Francis (the label that put it out) to order: lemonk@earthlink.net or go to http://www.naildistribution.com
• madigan plans to start up the monthly MoonPuss New Music series again in 2001 (in either SF or LA). if you are in these towns or plan to be touring through (or have friends who might) and are a performance poet or artist, experimental dj, underground composer, songwriter or bandmember, or simply write any variety of innovative sounds that you would want to share --please send us your stuff! (to mp address below) we plan to release a compilation CD of the series in the near future. big shout out to Scarnella, Kit Clayton, Ian Callas & Co., Soundchaser, Erin Mckeown, Tarentel, Pinkyring, Polywog, Johnny Random, + Timeblind for making the 2000 New Music SF an irradiant experience. Thanks again for all your feedback + support.
MoonPuss MEdia
3128-16th street
PMB 244
San Francisco, CA 94103
MoonPuss2@aol.com
8/21/00
View new live photo of Madigan, Christine, and Sherry by Chris Woodcock
Fall Tour Dates:
September
17 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord w/ Tarentel
18 Arcata, Ca @ Humboldt State University (TBA)
22 Minneapolis, MN @ Entry
23 Chicago, IL @ Schuba's or Fireside Bowl (TBA)
24 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
25 Bloomington, IN @ Firebay
26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Millvale Industrial Theater
27 Buffalo, NY @ Nishi's
28 Boston, MA @ TT's the Bear w/ Mary Lou Lord
29 NYC, NY @ Mercury Lounge w/ Juliana Hatfield *early show 18+
30 Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber Pass (TBA)
October
1 Washington DC @ Black Cat (TBA)
2 Chapel Hill, NC @ Kings
3 Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum
4 New Orleans @ Tipitina's (TBA)
5 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's w/ 764-Hero
6 Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ 764-Hero
7 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
8/12/00
We have a new
member!
Christine Lehmann is an extraordinary violin player adding the treble end to
Sheri & Madigan's bass clef beginnings. Christine is a recent California transplant
from Massachusetts where she performed with the New England Conservatory of
Music and toured Italy in 1997 with their Youth Symphony. She has had quite
a lot of improvisational experience as well with various jazz, pop & rock stylists.
She is an emotive performer with a dynamite ear and superb delivery for backing
vocals -- enhancing Madigan's powerful, soulful croon. She made her BMad debut
at Madigan's New Music series in SF this past June. She made her first touring
appearance at their LA show July 21st at the Smell. Expect to hear more from
Christine on BMad's national tour (Sept-Oct) and on future recordings: as your
favorite punk-rock-chamber-pop group stretches and fleshes out.
*Stay tuned for the new track "Swarm." Madigan and Christine just finished laying down tracks at the Home Recording Studios in Berkeley, CA.*
Summer 2000 Tour Dates
July
14- Portland, OR @ EJ's -2140 NE Sandy 503-234-3535
15- Vancouver, BC @ Brickyard -315 Carral St 604-885-3922
17- Seattle @ I Spy -1921 5th Ave 206-374-9492
18- Eugene, OR @ John Henry's ?
19- Eureka, CA @ Vista -91 Commercial 707-443-1491
21- Los Angeles @ The Smell 213-825-4325
22- Santa Ana, CA @ Koo's Art Cafe 714-648-0937
23- San Diego @ TBA
24- LA @ Silverlake Lounge -2906 Sunset blvd. fold@loop.com
5/14/00
Madigan plays cello on film composer/sound editor Blake Leyh's new CD, Shadow Economy. Blake produced one of the tracks on BMad's new record, Saddle the Bridge. for more info, to hear audio samples or to order Shadow Economy go to: http://www.BlakeLeyh.com
June 4 Sunday: Bonfire Madigan will be playing a short set at Dolores Park in SF to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Food Not Bombs. With Michael Franti (Spearhead), the Ali Kahn Band, and Fugazi. free, all ages, 1pm
May 27th record release show in SF has been cancelled. The Santa Monica show on the 26th is still going on.
4/27/00
New mp3 is up
- listen to "Scraps"
from KRS-357 Saddle the Bridge CD
Marci Blackman on the song:
"The first time I saw Madigan play, I thought: Oh Shit! How can she do all that with the cello and sing at the same time!? Then I saw Bonfire Madigan perform "Scraps." Just when I thought I'd seen the cello take on all forms possible, Madigan picks it up and starts playing it like a guitar. Solo and ballad-like through the first verse and chorus (accompanied by Madigan's heart-wrenching, intimate vocals), before strumming it in the bridge over a straight-ahead rhythmic groove. This recording of "Scraps" comes as close to capturing that live performance as any could."
MADIGAN'S NEW MUSIC MONDAYS in SAN FRANCISCO + OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:
April
29 - Eugene, OR @ University of Oregon - Agate Hall 6pm a/a
30 - Bellevue, WA @ Ground Zero - acoustic music night 7pm a/a
May
6 - Berkeley, CA @ KALX live on air 11am-Noon on the "women hold up half the
sky" show
6 - San Francisco @ New Music Mondays KICK OFF PARTY! at Cafe Du Nord
- (2170 Market Street 415.282.8876 9pm $5) - BONFIRE MADIGAN, Scarnella (nels
+ carla of the geraldine fibbers), and guests
8 - San Francisco @ New Music Mondays at Cafe Du Nord - (2170 Market Street
415.282.8876 9pm $5) - BONFIRE MADIGAN and guests
22 - San Francisco @ New Music Mondays at Cafe Du Nord - (2170 Market Street
415.282.8876 9pm $5) - BONFIRE MADIGAN w/ Ian Callas & TBA
26 - Santa Monica, CA @ Arcadia - Record Release party for SADDLE THE BRIDGE
a/a w/ Scarnella
27 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA - Record Release party for SADDLE THE BRIDGE
a/a
June
5 - San Francisco @ New Music Mondays at Cafe Du Nord - (2170 Market Street
415.282.8876 9pm $5) - BONFIRE MADIGAN w/ Kit Clayton & Erin Mckeown
19 - San Francisco @ New Music Mondays at Cafe Du Nord - (2170 Market Street
415.282.8876 9pm $5) - BONFIRE MADIGAN w/ Tarentel
2/12/00
Spring tour dates:
March
14 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress*
15 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Launch Pad*
16 - Austin, TX @ 33 Degrees Records (matinee in-store)
17 - Austin, TX @ Hole in the Wall (SXSW)
(KRS showcase - SEE ABOVE FOR FULL LINE-UP)
19 - Dallas, TX @ Bar of Soap
20 - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA*
21 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
22 - Los Angeles, CA @ the
Fold/Silverlake Lounge w/ TWO TON BOA, DOS
24 - San Francisco @ the Coco Club (early show 7:30-9:30pm)
*tentative
2/10/00
"monkey gone to heaven" For this recording, bonfire madigan consists of cellist, vocalist and visionary madigan shive and contrabassist and knob-twiddler sheri ozeki. their update of 'monkey gone to heaven' is a gorgeous combination of new century beats with old century string-fueled grandeur. This album is available from Life Like Records.
12/30/99
Bonfire Madigan appear on Pixies Fucking Die! a brand new tribute compilation from Life Like Records which comes out Jan 1 - more info here. Sheri's bio has been added to the press page. Happy New Year.
11/8/99
There's a new
Yahoo! Club named "Bonfire Madigan".
To become a member of this club, just go to the Web address below:
http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/sjg?.k=754382241e1gHfbe
You need to go to the address above to join the club, but you can take a look at the club by going to: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/bonfiremadigan
NEW TOUR DATES:
November
12 Buffalo, NY @ Squeaky Wheel Une Femme Joan of Arc Festival +
13 Northampton, MA @ Smith College - Chase House Piano Room +
14 NYC, NY @ Blue Stockings Women's Bookstore & Cafe 212-777-6028 7pm +
24 Los Angeles @ NAYARIT- 1822 Sunset Boulevard (between Alvarado and Echo Park)
in Echo Park 9pm all ages!
December
2 San Francisco, CA @ TBA*
4 Palo Alto, CA @ Cubberly Community Center
* tentative date
+sheri & madigan only = the bonfire madigan string duets
10/19/99
Album news: Basic tracking for Saddle the Bridge is underway. Projected for a May '00 release on Kill Rock Stars. Here are the details:
Bonfire Madigan
Saddle the Bridge [with Onion Thin (Cello) Skin]
a peace of the pieces
written on, for and around the cello by Madigan Shive
produced by Madigan, Sheri Ozeki and Tomas
the personnel:
Madigan Shive - vocals, cello, guitar
Sheri Ozeki - contrabass
Tomas - percussion, drums, dj
with appearances
by:
Raphael Heatly - beat box
Shannon Funchess - percussion, vox
Aolani Beere - violin
Sadie Kratzig - piano
tentative track
listing:
(The Running Water Trilogy)
1) Running
2) To Find the Women in the Ocean
3) Awake
4) Where the Sky Below Meets the Sea Above
5) 7 Mile Lane
6) The Debut & Debauchery of Anna Magdalena
7) Scraps >(A Trilogy for Rachel/Middlenamed)
8) Rachel's Song (kicking giant)
9) Rachel's Song (blade runner)
10) Mad Skywriting (Rachel Ruth's Song)
11) 1st Time
12) Onion Skin Thin - Onion Thin (Cello) Skin
13) Vigil
14) Come Ask Her
15) Downtrodden Up
P.S. New T-shirts are being made...
10/6/99
Bonfire Madigan is participating in Ask a Band a Question on the KRS site - go here to get those burning questions answered!
NEW TOUR DATES
Bonfire Madigan
October
14 Palo Alto, CA @ Stanford University
19 Portland, OR @ The Glass House w/ IQU +
21 Olympia, WA @ Evergreen State College +
27 Portland, OR @ Albina Coffeehouse - 2601 NE MLK 7:30pm
28 Olympia, WA @ Metropolis 8:30pm w/ Unwound & Yind (from Sweden)
29 Bellingham, WA @ Western Wash University
30 Seattle, WA @ Habana - 210 S. Washington 10pm
November
11 NYC, NY @ NYU *+
12 Buffalo, NY @ Hallwalls 7:30pm Une Femme Joan of Arc Festival +
14 Philadelphia, PA @ TBA*+
December
4 Palo Alto, CA @ Cubberly Community Center
* tentative date
+sheri & madigan only
= the bonfire madigan string duets
9/17/99
Madigan's next record is scheduled for May 2000!
Bonfire Madigan have begun their sophmore full length release and hope to have it out by Spring 2000. in the meantime they are the Sept. kill rock stars mail order freaks singles of the month club 7". this is available only through KRS mailorder or from the band directly at a show (- which you will be able to do as they're planning west coast dates for late Oct. - confirmed dates to come). one side is a Mad original made thick and moving by Sheri + Tomas' production expertise and the B-side is their first cover release made especially slow and haunting (who can name the artist and movie the song debuted in??). + their first video a live performance of Backseat Buoy (thanks Kat & Jen!!) is up. + check out this most recent article
BMad had a great time playing the YoYo music fest in Olympia last month along with other NW dates. thanks to everyone who came out! if you saw or have any reviews, snapshots, napkin poems or thoughts you wanna share feel free to send them to us. and please let others know that they plan to be back before the end of the year sharing stuff from the forthcoming release - tentatively entitled Saddling the Bridge!
MoonPuss PMB 244 3128 - 16th St. San Francisco, CA 94103
BMad cohort and our all time favorite guitar diva, Shelley Doty will be bringing her group the Shelley Doty X-tet as well as solo performances to towns all along the west coast throughout the month of September. For details on her tour schedule as well as her just released & eagerly anticipated full length debut, Possible Reasons for My Insomnia go to: www.shelleydoty.com
And lastly, we've been helping SF's premire independent press Manic D in the publicity department for powerhouse author Marci Blackman. We are honored to be sending you the haps on her upcoming west coast readings and much deserved critical attention...
Marci Blackman
reads from acclaimed debut novel Po Man's Child
September
2 Thurs Portland, OR @ Powells Books (Hawthorne Store) 7:30pm
5 Sun Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot (Literary Stage) 3:30 - 4:45pm
7 Tues Bellingham, WA @ Village Books 7:30pm
16 Thurs San Francisco, CA @ Alexander Book Co. 12:30pm
out now on Manic D Press
"Po Man's Child tramples on taboo and ignores limits. Blackman shrinks from neither pain nor explicit connection, twisting both into something new and illuminating." —San Francisco Chronicle
"A stunning novel about family, history, memory, and coming of age… stark and honest enough to make me suck in my breath." — Feminist Bookstore News
"Blackman’s tale of a family’s bleak and twisted history strikingly illustrates the way even a wounded heart will expand to accommodate the many kinds of love (both nurturing and frightening) it craves." — Publisher’s Weekly
"The literary accomplishment demonstrated in this debut novel, indicates that Blackman could be the next Toni Morrison. Or Katherine Dunn. Or William Faulkner. Or, plainly put, Marci Blackman." — Albuquerque Weekly Alibi
"Po Man’s Child reads like A Raisin in the Sun on acid—or perhaps Thorazine." — OUT Magazine
"It’s a woman’s story about a girl, and the tragedy of the American family and along the way it demonstrates how totally new a novel can be in the hands of a true poet. Po Man’s Child is some kind of band new classic." — Eileen Myles
"Po Man’s Child perfectly captures the trapped-in-a-nightmare, slow-motion sensation of helplessly watching bad things happen to people you love." — Southern Voice
"Blackman is an unpretentious writer with a keen ear for dialogue and sharp insight into the human heart." — San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Po Man’s Child stands as one of the best debut novels I’ve read this year." — Boulder Weekly
**Feedback is invaluable to any grassroot effort. so don't be shy in sending MoonPuss yours. but also be patient & realize that we are only a few people womaning this correspondence - at least for now. + remember to help spread the word on these vital artists and their beauteous contributions - this is how their work can evolve and exist. ~ speacial thanks to alissa and harmonee for keeping the MoonPuss vision ablaze these past months. ~ till then conspire the bonfire!!! madigan and marleen **
