From moogymusic at myway.com Wed Oct 5 04:18:36 2005 From: moogymusic at myway.com (moogymusic) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 20:18:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Awizard] Free CD's with each movie ticket for Moogy's film, Message-ID: <20051005001836.7FF52233F4@mprdmxin.myway.com> Free CD's of all the great songs from Lindley Farley's "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat" for the first 25 customers each nite to buy tickets at the theater or online and ask for a CD. Just ask the ticket seller at the theater for the CD after you've purchased your ticket and you'll get a free CD of "The Rodness" with all the great songs from the film, if you're one of the first 25 people that nite to buy a ticket and request a CD. *********************** Friday nite, Oct. 7th meet "The Rodnees", director/writer - Lindley Farley and star Moogy Klingman at the theater after the show. After the 9 pm show, they'll be answering questions, autographing posters and CD's and singing some of their songs. *********************** Sunday nite, Oct. 9th - John Lennon's birthday and the closing day of "The Rodnees", Lindley and Moogy will be back at the theater after the 9 pm show to sing John Lennon songs, and answer questions and hand out and autograph posters and CD's. So please make it down to the show. Monday Oct. 3rd thru Sunday Oct. 9th, 2005every nite, one show at 9 pm, one week only! see Moogy Klingman starring in Lindley Farley's musical comedy - mockumentary feature film,"The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat!"Tickets only $8! at the Anthology Film Archives movie theater. 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd st) Manhattan, NYC (212) 505-5181 http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.orgwww.rodnees.com for film clipswww.moogymusic.com for further infoRecent review excerpts from Lindley Farley's film, "The Rodnees -We Mod Like Dat", starring Moogy Klingman The New York critics are in. Everyone's talking about "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat!". Excerpts from New York Times A Dangerous Caper Imitating the Beatles By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS Published: October 3, 2005 "Striving to be a mockumentary and succeeding ..............four young African-American men from Brooklyn whose failure to succeed in hip-hop prompts a change of direction. Discovering the Beatles, they decide to reinvent themselves as a modern-day British Invasion-style band, complete with horrendous wigs and psychedelic shirts. ............Wm. D. Kappelmeyer (Moogy Klingman), (is) a squawking former stockbroker who has abandoned family and career to promote his heroes. Working from the historically accurate premise that the Fab Four's music was heavily influenced by the likes of Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the Rodnees (Charles Harding, Alexandre Baptiste, Mike Hunter and Davin McLeod) view their conversion as artistically appropriate. ("What the Beatles took, we'll take back" is their motto.) They even have their own Brian Epstein in the form of an ex-Marine called Roy (Sweet) Bailey (C. F. Jarmon), an irascible dry cleaner whose customers unwittingly provide the band with most of their outfits. .............. sparks of surreal wit - a Rodnee grooving to Herman's Hermits in an inner-city bus shelter, a strategy session overlooked by a huge pinup of Jim Morrison." **************************************** Excerpts from Time Out Magazine - Oct. 3rd, 2005The Rodnees: We Mod like Dat!Dir. Lindley Farley. 2005. N/R. 77mins. Moogy Klingman........ Four African-American youths from Brooklyn trade their hip-hop aspirations for mod madness by starting a Beatlesque group that becomes an overnight middle-school sensation. Number-one adult fan Wm. D. Kappelmeyer (Klingman) traces their meteoric rise and inevitable fall. .......... scenes are interspersed with cameos from local celebrities (music promoter Sid Bernstein, radio personality Joey Reynolds) Raven Snook Excerpts from the Village Voice, Oct. 3rd, 2005 The Rodnees: We Mod Like Dat! Written and directed by Lindley Farley"..mockumentary in which a group of failed Brooklyn rappers switch gears after listening to the Beatles.......Some conceits are amusing (most of the Rodnees' gigs are for grade-schoolers)............ The obsessed narrator (Wm. D. Kappelmeyer), (is) a man who's thrown away his family and professional life in order to spend his days parsing the glory of the Rodnees."******************************************************************* below was written after the Downtown Film Festival at Arlene's Grocery 4/27/05Hi Folks, I have the lead role in a film written and directed by Lindley Farley. "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat", as shown at the Arlene's Grocery's Film Festival on 4/27/05, and it went very well. The show was packed and the people loved the movie. Below are some reviews from internet sites and a few emails that came my way. The film should be opening in NYC this fall, hopefully. Have a good read. Moogy - 6/07/05 ******************************************************* Here's a review from idleatwork.blogspot.com Monday, April 25, 2005 The Arlene Grocery Picture Show Listen up y'all whether you agree with the Lower Eastside as the mecca of hipsterdum are not, you got to check out The Arlene Grocery Picture Show . .............The Rodnees is musical mocumentary in the spirit of Spinal Tap and tells the "true" story of one man's quest to find out why the greatest rock band of all time broke up. This shit is seriously hilarious, because it flips the whole white people stole rock and roll music from black people thing on its head, and has two wanna-be rappers discover The Beatles Revolver and interpret it as some gangster shit. "Before Biggie and Tupac was getting waxed off the streets, John Lennon was all over that shit." Here's a review posted on IMDB, written by Solomon The Rodnees: We Mod Like Dat! Writer/director Lindley Farley hits a home run again with his new film "The Rodnees: We Mod Like Dat!" The film pays homage to the Beatles as well as the films "A Hard Days Night" and "This is Spinal Tap." The style of the film is a cross between mocumentary and music video. The film was shot in digital and focuses on the rise and fall of a rock group, The Rodnees, who are influenced by the music of the Beatles. The film focuses on and explores the effect of the music of the Rodnees on their fans and the parents of their fans. The music and the music videos of the Rodnees are funny and unique. The style of the music videos and songs are portraits of Lindley?s homage for the Beatles. Just like his last film, "Bulls Night Out," the focus of the film is the ensemble cast. The characters are all vibrant and colorful, reminiscent of any Joel and Ethan Cohen brothers film. Some of those characters include the Rodnees?s manager Roy "Sweet" Bailey and the ventriloquist act of Pablo and Luis. Lindley?s dialog is very clear, crisp, and original and reminds me of dialog that David Mamet or Quentin Tarentino would use in their plays and films. If you are a Beatles fan then you will really love this film. Lindley Farley is an incredible filmmaker and I look forward to his future films. I highly recommend it! Emails to Moogy by folks who saw"The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat" on 4/27/05 Just wanted to say again, I thought the movie was a lot of fun and your performance was great -- very entertaining altogether. -- Matt Hey Moogy, Loved the movie! I was in town with my girlfriend and her son to see a show on Saturday so I was able to see the film. I thought it very clever indeed You did a great job! Cheers, Mark monicashaw enjoyed the movie...you rock! Written and directed by Lindley Farley; directors of photography, Michael Dennis, Mr. Farley, Andre Middleton and Derrick Hill; edited by Kate Cunningham, Joshua Geisler and Elizabeth Bouiss; music by Mr. Farley; produced by Stuart Rifkin; released by LSM Productions. At the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street, East Village. Running time: 75 minutes. This film is not rated. WITH: Moogy Klingman (Wm. D. Kappelmeyer), Charles Harding (Rodney Barnett), Alexandre Baptiste (John Rodney), Mike Hunter (Rodney York), Davin McLeod (Rodney "Modney" Wolcott), C. F. Jarmon (Roy "Sweet" Bailey). For more about the movie, "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat"check out the website - www.Rodnees.com _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.trconnection.com/pipermail/awizard/attachments/20051004/a1a3e5ce/attachment.html From moogymusic at myway.com Fri Oct 7 17:54:29 2005 From: moogymusic at myway.com (moogymusic) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:54:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Awizard] David Peel at the Rodnees movie tonite at 9 pm, - Oct. 7th! Only 3 nites left!! Message-ID: <20051007135429.D2E5E3986@mprdmxin.myway.com> Hi Folks, With free CD's of all the songs from the movie, and some free autographed posters when you go see the "Rodnees", we'll also be having a special treat - Legendary folk/rock performer and close friend of the late John Lennon, David Peel, will be at the show tonite to perform a few songs after the movie and answer questions about John Lennon. "Up come a man with the guitarin his handSinging "have a marijuana if you can"His name was Davis PeelAnd we found that he was realHe sang "The pope smokesdope everyday" These are John Lennon's lyrics from "New York CIty" , a song on one of his solo albums. Lennon also produced David Peel's "Have a Marijuana" album back then as well. Free CD's of all the great songs from Lindley Farley's "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat" for all patrons each nite who buy tickets at the theater or online you'll get a free CD of "The Rodness" with all the great songs from the film at the theater, *********************** Friday nite, Oct. 7th meet "The Rodnees" - director/writer - Lindley Farley, star of the film, Moogy Klingman and David Peel - Beatle cult hero - at the theater after the show. After the 9 pm show, they'll be answering questions, autographing posters and CD's and singing some of their songs. *********************** Sunday nite, Oct. 9th - John Lennon's birthday and the closing day of "The Rodnees", Lindley and Moogy will be back at the theater after the 9 pm show to sing John Lennon songs, and answer questions and hand out and autograph posters and CD's. So please make it down to the show. Monday Oct. 3rd thru Sunday Oct. 9th, 2005every nite, one show at 9 pm, one week only! see Moogy Klingman starring in Lindley Farley's musical comedy - mockumentary feature film,"The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat!"Tickets only $8! at the Anthology Film Archives movie theater. 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd st) Manhattan, NYC (212) 505-5181 http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org www.rodnees.com for film clips www.moogymusic.com for further info A letter to the New York Times defending "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat" from a fan who just saw the movie this week. To the New York Times about the Rodnees movie After reading Jeannette Catsoulis's review (Mon. Oct. 8th, '05) of "The Rodnees (We Mod Like Dat!)" I nearly skipped the screening at the Film Anthology on Rosh Hashona Eve. Thank goodness I went anyway. I hope that the hissing reviewer did not discourage too many of your readers from experiencing the 73 minute laugh riot that I experienced along with perhaps 30 other serious filmgoers at the film's premier. The song "Semantics" had me wiping the tears off my eyes! The audience was rocking with laughter!Comparing the quality of music to the Beatles or the parody to the Rutles misses the point entirely. The Rodnees is unique and they were "taking the music back." Black hip-hop musicians dubbing and copying the Beatles copying the black pioneers of rock is a double reversal that sets the premise for layers of non-sequitors. It is not the quality of the production and it is not the chops of the musicians alone ... it is much more the personalities of the director Lindley Farley, the star Moogy Klingman and quality of the idea that gives "The Rodnees" its comical set and setting. The valid political edge of the significant premise is ridiculed by the affectionate mocking of the most frivolous psychedelic video. It is the most superficial Carnaby Street clothing and Beetle hair that turns on the adoring 10 year old fans, and it is the sound that gets the adult narrator to "freak out." "That Sound," exclaims Wm. D. Kapplemeyer, the narrator.The fact that the costumes and hair are only slightly more believable that Halloween costumes is part of its charm. The unapologizing attempt to capture the "kiddie" market is part of the parody. Their is humor in their preposterous humility in the midst of, the music business which is all about money. Herman's Hermits were stars and their music was beautiful. The Rodnee singing along and digging "Henry the Eighth" in the bus shelter was hysterical.Enjoying satire, or any art for that matter, is a lot like enjoying Chinese food, or any food, it is largely a matter of taste, and sometimes you just have to be in the mood. Viewing the "Rodnees" was time well spent. Shooting the Rodnees for $13,028.75 was a miracle.Remembering the Beatlemania of...was it 1963(?) the teenage fans that I knew were all about the hair and the boots. The girls would look us 13 year old boys over and decide who looked like Paul and who looked more like John. Who was cuter? Etc. Remember, the music was great, but we were kids and the kids in the Rodnees are not sophisticated yet. They just know what they like.The premise is fresh and the satire is tastey. The pace is fast and the edge is manic. The Rodnees pays tribute and never insults as it parodies the Monkees, Beatles, and the early psychedelic videos.Going out with the cast after the screening on Rosh Hashona Eve we found that Stanton St. and its surrounding neighborhood was lively with small rock clubs and kids hanging out. The music was reminding us of the origins of rock and roll and garage band sounds. The rudimentary rock that we used to play was pouring out the windows and onto the street. It was like McDougle St. 40 years ago when we hung out looking and listening to the earliest blending of folk and rock. This is the atmosphere and these are the kids that will love the Rodnees. It will become a "cult classic"!Steve Sloane ***************************************************** Here's a review from idleatwork.blogspot.com Monday, April 25, 2005 The Arlene Grocery Picture Show Listen up y'all whether you agree with the Lower Eastside as the mecca of hipsterdum are not, you got to check out The Arlene Grocery Picture Show . .............The Rodnees is musical mocumentary in the spirit of Spinal Tap and tells the "true" story of one man's quest to find out why the greatest rock band of all time broke up. This shit is seriously hilarious, because it flips the whole white people stole rock and roll music from black people thing on its head, and has two wanna-be rappers discover The Beatles Revolver and interpret it as some gangster shit. "Before Biggie and Tupac was getting waxed off the streets, John Lennon was all over that shit." Here's a review posted on IMDB, written by Solomon The Rodnees: We Mod Like Dat! Writer/director Lindley Farley hits a home run again with his new film "The Rodnees: We Mod Like Dat!" The film pays homage to the Beatles as well as the films "A Hard Days Night" and "This is Spinal Tap." The style of the film is a cross between mocumentary and music video. The film was shot in digital and focuses on the rise and fall of a rock group, The Rodnees, who are influenced by the music of the Beatles. The film focuses on and explores the effect of the music of the Rodnees on their fans and the parents of their fans. The music and the music videos of the Rodnees are funny and unique. The style of the music videos and songs are portraits of Lindley?s homage for the Beatles. Just like his last film, "Bulls Night Out," the focus of the film is the ensemble cast. The characters are all vibrant and colorful, reminiscent of any Joel and Ethan Cohen brothers film. Some of those characters include the Rodnees?s manager Roy "Sweet" Bailey and the ventriloquist act of Pablo and Luis. Lindley?s dialog is very clear, crisp, and original and reminds me of dialog that David Mamet or Quentin Tarentino would use in their plays and films. If you are a Beatles fan then you will really love this film. Lindley Farley is an incredible filmmaker and I look forward to his future films. I highly recommend it! Emails to Moogy by folks who saw"The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat" on 4/27/05 Just wanted to say again, I thought the movie was a lot of fun and your performance was great -- very entertaining altogether. -- Matt Hey Moogy, Loved the movie! I was in town with my girlfriend and her son to see a show on Saturday so I was able to see the film. I thought it very clever indeed You did a great job! Cheers, Mark monicashaw enjoyed the movie...you rock! Written and directed by Lindley Farley; directors of photography, Michael Dennis, Mr. Farley, Andre Middleton and Derrick Hill; edited by Kate Cunningham, Joshua Geisler and Elizabeth Bouiss; music by Mr. Farley; produced by Stuart Rifkin; released by LSM Productions. At the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street, East Village. Running time: 75 minutes. This film is not rated. WITH: Moogy Klingman (Wm. D. Kappelmeyer), Charles Harding (Rodney Barnett), Alexandre Baptiste (John Rodney), Mike Hunter (Rodney York), Davin McLeod (Rodney "Modney" Wolcott), C. F. Jarmon (Roy "Sweet" Bailey). For more about the movie, "The Rodnees - We Mod Like Dat"check out the website - www.Rodnees.com or www.moogymusic.com _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.trconnection.com/pipermail/awizard/attachments/20051007/6b49108c/attachment.html From roger at RoCeMaBra.com Fri Oct 14 02:22:15 2005 From: roger at RoCeMaBra.com (Roger D. Linder) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:22:15 -0700 Subject: [Awizard] Awizard Update, October 2005 Message-ID: <58794c030510131522g47bb4194udf536d7de789d64c@mail.gmail.com> While it's generally a slow news time when Todd's not on tour, there are a few significant items of interest to make for a general announcement to the Awizard list. - The best news, perhaps, is that the Liars Live DVD is finally scheduled for release. The actual date still is a matter of confusion, but I've seen both November 15 and November 29 listed. TRBazaar.comand Amazon.comare two sources taking pre-orders. - A new Best of Todd Rundgren Live CD will also be coming out in early November. TRBazaar.com also announces a new Something/Anything? Deluxe Edition to be released in Japan in November and later in the US. - The TR Cookbook, "Give Them Love, Give Them Bread" is still available as well as special associated merchandise, including a TR Postage Stamp. A special bumper sticker has been designed to help support recovery efforts from the gulf hurricanes. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/trcookbook for additional information. - The TR Connection Forums have been revamped with a new software version and a fresh feed. If you were previously a forum member and have not yet signed up on the new forums, feel free to visit http://forum.TRConnection.com/ - The TRConnection ToddCast is now in full swing and new episodes are appearing on a regular basis. Visit http://TRConnection.com/ToddCastto learn more. If you are a musician and have original recorded works in the spirit of Todd Rundgren, the ToddCast may be able to feature your efforts in upcoming episodes. Contact ToddCast at TRConnection.com. - A special Hallowe'en episode of the ToddCast will be released next Monday (October 17). We are also issuing episodes of "A Brief History of Todd" monthly. A lot more exciting content is on the way! Short and sweet. For continuing TR news, visit the TR Connection as well as the many other fine TR sites found at http://TRConnection.com/trconn.php/article=playthisgame.art -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.trconnection.com/pipermail/awizard/attachments/20051013/26ef0e54/attachment.html From moogymusic at myway.com Tue Oct 18 02:32:11 2005 From: moogymusic at myway.com (moogymusic) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:32:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Awizard] Don't miss Moogy Klingman's Halloween Bash at the A & M Roadhouse - Oct. 29th Message-ID: <20051017223211.D099B396C@mprdmxin.myway.com> Hi folks! - We're gonna have a great time Saturday, Oct. 29th, at the A & M Roadhouse in downtown Manhattan - it's a great bluesy room with a great stage, good southern barbeque and we're gonna bring three hours of great music and fun on the eve of Halloween. I'll be there with my band and my buddy and rock legend Danny "Kooch" Kotchmar, one of America's hottest guitarists and songwriters will be there with his new band, Midnite Eleven. And don't miss my friend, Josh Walker, who is making a big buzz in Manhattan with his shows all over Manhattan............ Moogy 10/16/05 The Moogy Klingman Band's Halloween Bash Saturday, Oct . 29th - 8 pm to 11 pm at the A &M RoadHouse57 Murray Street (between Church & W. Broadway) just below City Hall in Manhattan w/ Danny Kortchmar's band, Midnight Eleven (8 pm set), rocker Josh Walker & costume contest with kool prizes! $10 cover & 2 drink min. reservations:moogyking at aol.com Go to www.moogymusic.com to see photos and poster of the gigwww.amroadhouse.com phone: 212.385.9005 The Moogy Klingman band - his band with Even Steven Levee, Jim Satten, and Ido Friedman will be playing my songs from Moogy's whole career. Songs Moogy wrote when he was a founding member of Todd Rundgren's "Utopia". Songs from his Capitol and EMI solo albums - songs that went on to be recorded by people like Johny Winter, Eric Clapton, Barry Manilow, and others. Moogy's band also be playing other songs he wrote like "Dust in the Wind" which Todd Rundgren recorded on his "Something, Anything" album and Axel Rose and Guns & Roses does live in concert (on their very occasional gigs). He'll also be doing Bette Midler's theme song that he wrote with Buzzy Linhart, "You Gotta Have Friends". Moogy has played and recorded with many rock legends, including Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Luther Van Dross, Bob Dylan, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Allan Woody and Warren Haynes from the Allman Bros & Gov't Mule. Moogy has worked with great female rockers like Bette Midler, Cindy Lauper, Shawn Colvin, Irene Cara, and Thelma Houston. www.moogymusic.comDanny Kortchmar's Midnight Eleven with Danny Kortchmar:guitar Mark Grandfield:vocals, harmonica Zonder Kennedy:electric, national steel and baritone guitars Joe Bonadio drums. Midnite Eleven is a hot rockin' bluesy ensemble. With all songs written by Danny and Mark, Midnite Eleven could be the next big thing. Danny "Kooch" Kotchmar is a rock and roll legend. Kooch formed the Flying Machine with James Taylor. And he formed the City with Carole King. After they left these bands Danny toured and recorded as lead guitarist for both James Taylor and Carole King for many years. In the following years, Kooch played guitar and wrote songs for a who's who's of the music biz. Jackson Browne, Crosby and Nash, John Lennon, Linda Ronstadt, etc.......His biggest successes came in the 80's to 90's, when he co-wrote, co-produced and played lead guitar on three of Don Henly's platinum solo albums. Kooch has also played guitar on and produced many classic rock artists, including Van Halen, Joe Cocker and Billy Joel's last rock album. www.dannykortchmar.com Josh Walker is a hot new young artist. A great singer and songwriter, he's built a large NYC following in an amazingly short time. Josh has been playing and packing them in at all of Manhattan's hottest rock clubs including Arlene's Grocery and the Cutting Room. He'll be sitting in with Moogy's band and doing some of his rocking songs. www.joshwalkermusic ********************************************************* If you don't want to get any more emails from Moogy Music, just email us back with "cancel email" in the subject line _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. 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