Polly Moller

Polly Moller
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This charming frontman...

A very happy 20th birthday...

...to the most wonderful Dusky Pionus parrot in the world, Murphy Soren. So glad you were born!

One week from tonight!

It will be Wednesday, March 14th, at the Hemlock Tavern -- 1131 Polk Street, San Francisco.  ReCardiacs Fly will blast through its third gig.  We go on at 10 pm but you should really arrive at 9 pm when the doors open so you can hear PG13 (Phillip Greenlief, John Shiurba, and Thomas Scandura) and after us the marvelous Surplus 1980.

Order "Remove Before Flight" directly from ALRY

In the past you could only get "Remove Before Flight" by mail order but now ALRY Publications, under new ownership, has a snazzy new web site where you can order online.  Checking now I find that Remove Before Flight is there and ready to be ordered.

This Thursday night

Thursday, Mar 1 2012 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series 1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF T.D. Skatchit & Company - "Skatch Surveillance" CD Release ShowTom Nunn and David Michalak - skatchboxes Guests performing with the duo:Phillip Greenlief Polly Moller Tom Djll Aurora Josephson Opening solo - Tom Bickley - Recorder

"Thomas Skatchit continued to design and construct new skatchboxes while his cousin David mixed the various waveforms that had been recorded. The Skatchits had been seen at concert halls, bar rooms and dives, listening to and making note of the growing potential of Skatch."

And so continues the mythology of T.D. Skatchit & Company - Tom Nunn and David Michalak playing skatchboxes in trios with various Bay Area improvisers.

"A secret Society of Skatch was formed to celebrate the wondrous sounds of the Skatchbox. Covert arrangements were made to meet and record the new skatch music you hear on this recording!"

Are you listening?

Skatch Surveillance, their 3rd release, celebrates the ongoing development of skatchbox techniques pioneered by Tom and David and is an exploration of the varied influences guest musicians bring to the music of Skatch. The 16 tracks include – We Do Know, Detective Skatchit, Skatch Surveillance, Your Brain on Skatch and others. Guest musicians include: Aurora Josephson, Chris Brown, Jonathan Segel, Karen Stackpole and others.

"Skatch Surveillance is a seasoned expression of a unique instrument ~ the Skatchbox." Walter Ruffman, S.F. Monical

Cost : $6-10 sliding

Meet Reconnaissance Fly

Here we are in a break from recording sessions.  Thanks very much to Larry's lovely wife Angela for the photo!  We are on Facebook, by the way...