Have Moicy!

Wow, yet another Public Service Announcement. This one for a book launch/gig.

fig. a: indeed!

Tonight only, Friday, May 6th, 2011, not only will you get the proto-freak folk stylings of Boone & Jocko, but you'll get a lineup that includes Thomas Hellman, Emilie Clepper, Gabriel Levine, Jessica Moss, Nadia Moss, Keiko Devaux, Marcus Lobb, Matt "Doc" Dunn, Jessica Moore, Marie Frankland, Myriam Gendron, Annie Goulet, Justin Karas, David Sheppard, Hannah Rahimi & Greg Burton (phew!), all interpreting the work of Michael "Mike" Hurley.

The occasion? A triple book launch by the good, good people at l'Oie de Cravan Publishing, Inc., in support of these three titles:

Byron Coley, C'est la guerre: Early writings 1978-1983 (with a foreword by Mike Watt)

Jeff Ladouceur, Holy Moly (a new collection of drawings)

and, yes, you guessed it!

Michael "Mike" Hurley, The Words to the songs of Michael Hurley (with a foreword by Byron "C'est la guerre" Coley)

fig. b: the artist formerly known as Mike

We're pretty big fans of Mr. Hurley in general, here at AEB. (Can't you tell?) But among many, many other accomplishments and accolades (Nick Tosches: “…I don’t know what else to say about what he writes and sings, other than that it is gosh-darned great. What kind of music is it? Hell, what kind of weeds does God grow? Let’s just shut up and listen and go to where Michael Hurley is. After all, we can always turn around and come back. He can’t.”), Hurley & Co.* may well have recorded the single greatest song ever dedicated to the hamburger.** Top that.

fig. c: burger by Hurley & Co.

Will someone be interpreting "What Made My Hamburger Disappear" at tonight's function? Chances are slim (see ** below), but there's only one way to find out.

Michael Hurley/Byron Coley/Jeff Ladouceur Book Launch
Sala Rossa, 4848 Saint-Laurent, Montreal
Friday, May 6th
Doors @ 8:30 PM, music @ 9:00 PM
$10 at the door

For more information, take a look-see here.

aj

p.s. Unfortunately, Mr. Hurley will not be in attendance. "The world's longest friendly border," my eye!

* Have Moicy! combined the talents of Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, and Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones.

** Hurley didn't write it, mind you--the song is a Jeffrey Frederick composition.

AEB @ CBC

fig. a: Michelle! Live!! On Air!!!

Actually, it was more like "MM @ CBC," because that's where Michelle was to be found today at about 7:40 am: on air, with the CBC's Jeanette Kelly. I was in-studio, too, but only to lend moral support (and to snap a photograph or two).

The occasion? Well, Michelle has a cooking class on candied fruits and how to use them tomorrow evening at Dépanneur Le Pick Up, and when the good folks at All in a Weekend caught wind, they asked her down to the studio to say a few words about candied fruits, holiday baking, being in the restaurant biz, and how she got into this pastry chef racket in the first place.

If you're thinking to yourself, "what's the point of telling us after the fact?," well, Michelle specifically asked me not to advertise her guest spot on AEB. She told me she was shy. Then she went ahead and tweeted all about it, unbeknownst to me. Go figure.

Anyway, I bring up the matter only to tell you that if you're interested in taking Michelle's class, you might still be able to. The class was SOLD OUT, but as of this morning, there was one spot available because some unlucky soul had to cancel. So if you contact Natasha at "natasha DOT pickowicz AT gmail DOT com"--in a hurry!--you might just be able to join us for the fun. And, if you missed this morning's broadcast, our friend Graham at "All in a Weekend" told us that they'd be archiving Michelle's interview later this week, so we should be able to post the link sometime soon.

How'd the interview go? Great. Michelle was a little more buttoned-down than usual, and 7:40am is a little early for a pastry chef/night owl like her, but she loved talking to Jeanette, and Jeanette really enjoyed talking to Michelle, and the fact that Michelle brought in some treats (ginger cookies!) didn't hurt either.

Can't make the class? Missed the radio show? Feeling shut out? Well, you can find an AEB-approved recipe for panforte (with candied fruit) here.

Now we're back at home, having a coffee, enjoying the morning, and listening to Michael Hurley sing about having tea and listening to the CBC...

aj

Top Ten #38

1. Metal Mountains, "Structures in the Sun" (Amish Records)

2. Errol Morris' First Person: The Complete Series



3. Tartine basic country bread

4. W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage



5. Destroyer, "Archer on the Beach/Grief Point" 12" (feat. Tim Hecker and Loscil) (Merge Records)

6. Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France



7. Michael Hurley, Blue Hills (Mississippi Records)

8. Soirée Choucroute, Pop!, feat. James MacGuire, Nov. 29, 2010

9. Anvil: The Story of Anvil, dir. Gervasi



10. Black Mountain, Wilderness Heart (Jagjaguwar)

aj