HOTNS 8: featuring The Theater Fire

The Theater Fire from Fort Worth stopped by The House of Tomorrow Night Show to infuse the "country" in Stephin Merritt's songs with some bluegrassy twang. There were banjos, violins, mandolins, horns, keyboards, guitars, and drums, as well as some impressive falsetto (that is, there were no female vocalists). In addition to being some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, they're great musicians, and I'm very happy to have had them perform on this show.

The Theater Fire "All My Little Words"
The Theater Fire "Busby Berkeley Dreams"
The Theater Fire "Yeah, Oh Yeah!"

HOTNS 7: featuring Peter and the Wolf

Wow... another amazing show. Thanks to Red and Steve for playing some beautifully rearranged Magnetic Fields songs. Poor Red was suffering from the sniffles, but he managed to blow out some exquisite vocals anyway. And some of Steve's guitar parts still baffle me, especially during the chorus of Sunset City. Anyway, me like. Me like a lot. You like, too. Check it or (train)wreck it:

Peter and the Wolf "Sunset City"
Peter and the Wolf "My Sentimental Melody"
Peter and the Wolf "Born on a Train"

HOTNS 6: featuring Jerm Pollet and The Lovely Sparrows

This show was out of control and totally silly. Local funny man/musician Jerm Pollet stole the first half of the show with witty banter regarding bunnies, toast, and guacamole, while the Lovely Sparrows graced the airwaves during the second half with a couple of nice renditions of Stephin Merritt songs, including a very pretty "World Love". Due to a rather unfortunate miscommunication, we didn't record the first 10 minutes of the show, including most of Jerm's version of what he refers to as "The Bunny Rabbit Song" (aka "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits"), but the parts of the show we did get sound like gold. Have a listen!

Jerm Pollet "The Bunny Rabbit Song (end)"
Jerm Pollet "Papa Was a Rodeo"
Jerm Pollet and The Lovely Sparrows "I Wish I Had an Evil Twin"
The Lovely Sparrows "The Book of Love"
The Lovely Sparrows "World Love"