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xoxnomy

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The “NEW ROAD HOME TOUR 2011″ is the culmination of ongoing collaborations between DavEnd, Nomy Lamm, Erin Daly and Melodie Younce, exploring new possibilities for the embodiment of dreams. This performance includes multi-part harmonies, multi-media displays of affection, badass costumery, storytelling, accordion, bass, guitar, violin, live looping, improvisation, audience participation, and good ole fashion queer magic. Weavi…ng each artists’ music into a cohesive vision, this show will remix notions of gender, sexuality, dis/ability, community and family, while tenderly, ferociously touching into themes of forgiveness, hope, and empowerment in these supposed “end times.” Everyone is implicated.

Friday, July 22nd- San Francisco
@ Chez Poulet (3359 Caesar Chavez)
doors at 7:30, show at 8
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=23156536354216​3&view=wall&notif_t=event_​wall)

Thursday, July 28th- Denver
@ 27 social center (2727 w 27th ave)
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=12355376106853​8)

Saturday, July 30th- Lawrence
@ The Side Yard (11th and Tenn)
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=14058554934922​2)

Tuesday, August 2nd- Chicago (826CHI)
826CHI @ The Boring Store (1331 N. Milwaukee Ave)
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=24231880244695​4)

Friday, August 5th- Portland, ME
@ Lucid Stage (29 Baxter Blvd)
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=14247850916427​4)

Tuesday, August 9th- Boston, MA
@ The Aviary Gallery (48 South Street)
w/ Molly Allis and the Light Warrior Orchestra
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=17765438896364​1)

Wednesday August 10th- Brooklyn, NY
Re/Dress NYC (109 Boerem Place)
Doors @ 8, Show @ 8:30, $7-10 Sliding Scale
w/ Glenn Marla and the World Famous *BOB*
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=23788009623737​8)

Friday, August 12th- Philadelphia
@ The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street)
Doors @ 8
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=24331501236344​6)

Sunday, August 14th- Pittsburgh, PA
Irma Freeman Center for Imagination (5006 Penn Avenue)
7 pm, openers tba
(http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=17591834580593​2)

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sunday may 8.

eprhyme.
with nomy lamm & THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
annah anti-palindrome
conspiracy of venus

@ The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St., San Francisco
$12/10.
door at 7.  show at 7:30.


hello dear friend.  my other dear friend, the mystical jewish rapper eprhyme, is bringing his humble hip hop sideshow to town to celebrate the release of his new record, dopestylevsky.   joined by horsewhisperer annah anti-palindrome, underwater sea creature choir conspiracy of venus, and me, myself, nomy lamm, and you – THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.  you think i’m kidding?  i need you to be there because there is a rumor that the whole wide world will be collaborating with me on a cover of pat benatar’s “invincible.” (all of those links are videos, and if you watch the one for “invincible” – which i recorded myself playing for the second time ever today – you can see my bear head peaking out over the giant accordion – then you can practice with me and be ready for our big show on may 8th.)

…more info…
facebook event

The kabbalists say that the great work

is to align your thoughts with Will, and your feelings with Love.

You integrate it all in the body, and the way you can do that, is with music.

EPRHYME-
Eprhyme (pronounced E-prime) is a Renaissance Rapper, representing a profound resurgence of depth and dope within an all too often formulaic, uninspired and commercialized art form. Whether rhyming about Current Events, Altered States of Consciousness, or Cutting-edge Kabbalistic Commentary, Eprhyme’s “rapid-fire word salads are a humanist vision of spirituality fused with social engagement.” (The Forward). Eprhyme is celebrating the release of his new album, ‘Dopestylevsky’, being released on legendary Northwest indie label K Records. ‘Dopestylevsky’ will be the first rap album released on K Records in over a decade! This is bold new music that is both thought provoking and body rocking.

Annah Anti-Palindrome- is an Optical Sound-Smith, and queer/femme antagonist from Oakland, CA. Annah performs using a variety of different mediums including a Line 6 (DL4) looping system, kitchen utensils, gas-masks, raw eggs, blood pressure cuffs, found objects, her body (mostly her throat), and more!

Conspiracy of Venus is a women’s community a capella group based in San Francisco. CoV sings original arrangements of contemporary music. Under the artistic direction of Joyce Todd McBride, the 40 women of CoV interpret her daring and inventive arrangements of songs ranging from the classic (Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi) to the cutting edge (Bjork’s Possibly Maybe) with dazzling technical verve and tons of personality. the groups repertoire also includes works by Bill Withers, Rufus Wainwright, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. Wherever the group performs, Conspiracy of Venus is hailed by audiences as a groundbreaking musical experience.

this is the third annual Sins Invalid show that i’ve had the honor of performing in (you can see videos from previous shows here).  this year i’m doing a piece called “God Wrestling” with alex cafarelli, and a beautiful underwater singing mermaid fantasy piece called “Belly Up.”  i don’t really know how to tell you how much this show means to me, what it could mean to you, what it does mean to this culture.  these connections – disability, sexuality, social justice and embodiment – have been happening so deep underground in the individual consciousnesses of so many people, in such extreme isolation for so many hundreds of years, and it is the magic of this moment that allows us to bring this beauty and pain and passion and possibility to light, to weave together these stories across barriers of time and geography… i recommend that you get your tickets ahead of time, and bring your whole heart, ready to get shattered and remade in the image of deep transformative justice, liberation, beauty and sensual experience…

buy tickets here

for more info:  sinsinvalid.org

both workshops have limited space, so please email dave_end@yahoo.com to enroll in one or both of them.  if you are interested in applying for one of the $30 scholarships for the second workshop, please include a little bit of info about your situation, and why you want to take the workshop.  i hope to sing with you soon…
xoxnomy

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I have been working on this show with these artists since last spring, and we have put together a really amazing collaborative theater piece exploring deep subjects around “imagination, hospitalization, our bodies, and the land we live on.”  Come see what we’ve created.

ASL Interpretation will be provided on Saturday, January 29.  Tell your deaf friends!!!

Also – we are still fundraising for the show, and we can really use anything you can offer.  Programs like this, offering significant development opportunities to queer and of color artists with disabilities, are not exactly abundant in the world.  And the world needs our voices, our visions, our beauty and perspectives!  So if you can afford to support these emerging artists with disabilities, please go HERE, select “Sins Invalid” from the list of options, and write “AIR Program” in the memo.  Thank you!!!

“Nomy! You are awesome and so full of love. Thank you so much for sharing it!! I learned alot, grew as a person, and had a fabulous time in your workshop. So much in just a couple of hours…

You are on the bleeding edge with this vanguard attempt to engender individual expression in a group context, which typically demands conformity. It became mischievously exciting to hear and feel all the unique expression around me and to carry on doing my own thing as well.

At times I could reach out and collaborate with another. Whether they were aware of the collective creation or not, I was, and I felt connected. No burden was imposed on the person to continue the connection. Epiphanous moments came and went, like waves washing away the footprints of a journey so new ones could be made.

I feel priveleged to have shared the space with each of you and to have felt you as unique and wonderous beings finding your voices, collectively working together for our utopian tones to collide.

love, darin”

and then i received this amazing message from a girl named Renee Dunn in portland.  she is also a beautiful singer…

“Subject:  you helped heal a piece of me…

thursday night at Disjecta. I had no idea who you were until Wed night when a friend of mine, knowing Im going through a really painful time, insisted I come out of the house and see your show. I am eternally grateful to him for ever more.
I saw myself in you. I saw the me that I will be when I finish working out my shit and claim my power to the bone and back out again. I am told that I touch hearts with my voice and now I know what they mean, you touched my very heart. Thank you for your strength. Thank you for not crumbling. Thank you for not apologizing. Thank you for daring the world to tell you that you arent beautiful. Thank you for lending me a little of you….I think I will be okay.

With all the sincerity and gratitude in me,
~Renée”

thank you so much to everyone who feels where i’m coming from and has a space for it.  i really appreciate it.  much love.  xoxnomy