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NYC – Free Rock Show This Friday Nov 14!

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NYC come see us this week for free!
Say, “Uh huh and OH YEAH” UNCLE MONSTERFACE IS TOGETHER AGAIN AT LAST! First full-band show since our summer tour!
Friday, November 14
FREE (though 21+…sigh and sorry)
10pm
Otto’s Shrunken Head
presented by RockEm SockEm, Nerdapalooza, and Monsterface Industries
538 East 14th
Between Ave A & B
with Sudden Death
and Shael Riley (of Grammar Club)
These other bands are really truly super cool, AND this is the first time there has a been a full band rock show since we…gasp…played PHILLY ON TOUR! Check this out! Moreover we’re dragging out some classics for a new set, AND we despearately need your attention! Yar!

(boston) UMF videos @ coolidge thursday – martysongs in jp friday

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ATTENTION BOSTON!

hello-ha boston!
TWO DAYS OF MONSTERY MAYHEM!
yes – YOU! you! can have two days of monsterface(ish) excitement!
without having to bother with seeing silly olde uncle monsterface themselves!
near-monsterace excitement!

on thursday we have several ‘best of monsterface tee vee’ ( youtube.com/unclemonsterface shorts as well as a ‘best of perfect jimmy gone wild’ featured as part of a super cool show at the legendary coolidge corner!

and on friday marty from uncle monsterface plays a rare solo show at jamaica plain’s midway!
deeeets:

Thursday, September 11
“EXPERIMENTALLY ILL 2” : An Indie Showcase of Alternative Film
Coolidge Corner Theater
Theatre at 290 Harvard Street in Brookline, MA
7-9PM
Funky animation, quirky cult flicks, comedy and non-pretentious art movies featuring the work of Mike Phelan O’Toole, Quincy Brisco, Orrin Zucker and Jerry Zucker’s EMMY-winning “It’s Jerry Time!”, and lots more!
SUPPORT INDIE ARTISTS!
http://coolidge.org/

Friday, September 12
Goode Anatomy Burlesque presents
“The Cradle Will Drop”
10pm
$7 | 21+ (which is sad for the kids, but means that marty can swear)
at Jamaica Plain’s Midway Cafe
3496 Washington St
Martysongs
Boston Boylesque + Miss Madison West
Super Spy
Aquanet Jones
SUPPO RT SAUCY DANCES!
myspace.com/goodeanatomy

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Puppet Portraits Make Songs!

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Greetings, TEAM!

It’s me, marty, the guy from Uncle Monsterface who also makes the sock puppets and their portraits!

And it’s high time I got back to selling puppety portraits on the streets on NYC!
So: I’m back on the streets hocking my wares in Union Square (mostly Saturdays, current schedule is inconsistent…), and mail orders are once again being accepted!

And to celebrate my return, guess what? The first of the SERIES 2 Myspace profiles has launched!! AHOY! That’s right, go become friends with
Spot the Elusive Dinosaur!

AND listen to his original song! (Um, BTW it’s kind of dark. Most of them are turning out that way. Heh…) That’s right, everyone from the SERIES 2 SOCK PUPPET PORTRAITS will not only have their own myspaces, they will be their own myspace bands. (Monsterface’s own Paradise Dan helped engineer this one!)
And remember – you don’t have to BE on Myspace to check them out and download the song!

So we’ve got 8 more to go…
I also plan to have all of those guys available for sale online before the year is up!

And hey – while you’re checking out Spot and everthing, go become friends with some of his brethren, too – start with the good olde duchess of spitmeadow? or maybe the trusty Sock Puppet Presidents? They’re under-loved.

THANKS FOR BEING AWESOME!

lovemarty  

NINE MORE DAYS OF ENTHUSIASM!

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hello to team members new and olde!
tour is amazing! thanks for coming to see us and hug us and rock with us and be awesome and such!
we still have NINE count them NINE more shows to go – COME AND SEE US!!! EMBRACE YOUR MIGHTINESS!

07/28/08 Denver, CO Hi-dive
07/29/08 Lawrence, KS the Granada
07/30/08 Omaha, NE the Slowdown
07/31/08 Minneapolis, MN The Triple Rock Social Club
08/01/08 Chicago, IL Stan Mansion
08/02/08 St. Louis, MO the Bluebird
08/03/08 Bloomington,IN Rhino’s
08/04/08 Cleveland, OH the Grog Shop
08/05/08 Ann Arbor, MI the Blind Pig

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we are so pumped to be on this tour – we are having so much fun!

seeee youuuu thereeeeeee.

ever your loyal,
uncle monsterface

3 more days of free new album! amazing review on hipsterplease.com ! write yours on itunes, because the album is available there now!

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TEAM!
the free album only has 3 more days of freedom! (still available here: www.mediafire.com/?n0buo12gl8f – Parental CAUTION there are swearwords on this album…)
we’ve seen hundreds of downloads! downloads that came with a promise…a promise to tell us and the world what you think about “This is an Adventure!”
but we’ve only seen a handful of reviews!

now is your chance to be heard! you are a part of TEAM MONSTERFACE – shout it out loudly!
the album was released today on itunes – put your review on up!
Please Review This is An Adventure! on Itunes!

do you need inspiration?
our AMAZING new friend Z from hipsterplease.com has given us what amounts to the coolest review we’ve ever seen. seriously, we’re just stunned. this guy took out his review hammer and nailed us square on the rock and roll head and heart and hands with it. he’s seen through our smoke and mirrors! seriously, z is WICKED AWESOME, and so is his review. check it out and check out everything that he does.

you need more inspiration?
check out the amazing comic cover by our incomparably talented friend and collaborator jesse farrell on our myspace page. it’s there in honor of one of the lead tracks on the new album, “Save Our Superheroes!”, now available as a free download on myspace (while supplies last).

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Summer Tour with Harry and the Potters and Math the Band – UNLIMITED ENTHUSIASM – kicks off June 25 in BOSTON!!!

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YES!
The DIY traveling summer camp circus is coming to town!
WE ARE GOING ON THE ROAD FOR SIX WEEKS!!!!!
The UNLIMITED ENTHUSIASM Exposition 2008 (aka Camp Jump & Yell for Boys an Girls and Young Adults and Wizards) is coming soon to an abandoned campgroundcircus near you!
us rocking out with HARRY AND THE POTTERS and MATH the BAND!
WOAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! get plenty of rest before you go to this show!

IT KICKS OFF in our home town JUNE 25 at the MIDDLE EAST BOSTON!!!

this tour is going to be epic and amazing! more details soon, but many of the dates are up for now, the unlimited enthusiasm web site is live, the poster totally rules, and we are gearing up for an insane show with our best friends of rock, supporting our new full length album –
THIS IS AN ADVENTURE

SEE YOU SOON, AMERICA!

more news soon!

MAY 2 – KNITTING FACTORY with Fishboy

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friday, may 2, 2008
we rock
The Knitting Factory
(tap bar)
with the amazing
FISHBOY
and the super cool besties
doors at 7pm | $8 | all ages
74 Leonard Street in NYCNYCNYCNYCNYC

there are a variety of compelling reasons to go to this show.
first of all, fishboy released what is seriously our favorite album of 2007. seriously. he’s amazing, amazingly nice, and touring from denton, TX. he sings songs about buddy holly’s ghost!

next of all, it’s the knitting factory. but it isn’t just the knit. for some inexplicable reason, we’re headlining the tap bar, or medium capacity room. so please come to show the knit that we belong there.

but most importantly…
it’s PARADISE DAN’S BIRTHDAEEEEEEE! curiously enough, this will be our second monsterface birthdae at the knit…bring him presents…

and as ever, we promise you a sock puppet rock band cover of madonna’s like a prayer…

Links

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We have friends!

Let us see. Well start with in-house related stuff that we the Monsterfacers do that isn’t specifically monsterface.

marty makes sock puppet portraits and stuff here:
martystuff.com

(perfect) Jimmy makes other cartoons and all manner of craziness here: www.bigcastleproductions.com

marty also made a song a day a while ago, many of which have become monsterface-songs here. more recently he’s been doing a weird solo project called ‘peanut butter & jellery’. it seems to be taking forever:
martystuff.blogspot.com
and then more of his songs and drawings on the myspace here:
www.myspace.com/martysongs

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We also have been lucky enough to collaborate with some fellow superhumans!

Shannon Casey Splain is an amazing human being and photographer. She took our sassy-professional photos, and she can take yours, too!
www.shannoncaseysplain.com

Ryanne Hodson is the video blog maven who collaborated with Marty to make the video for Lobster Bulding and made the video for Pets
ryanedit.blogspot.com

Ms Emil Jean Gobeille is a sproingy visionary, and she made us a supersweet video for CAPES . she is head marshall of the
zanyparade.com

those crazy kids at infehnite design have made way too many cool things for us, including an insane video for bring back the eggplant wizard

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BANDS are also our friends!

Harry and the Potters are the best! WIZARD ROCK ROCKS!

Math the Band rules the planet!

Lemon Demon is so awesome it hurts, and Marty was a guest on one of his songs!

The Lima Research Society is a confetti cannon of unbridled awesomeness!

Corn Mo i so talented it hurts, and has been an enormous friend and inspiration all of us at MONSTERFACE INDUSTRIES.

James Kochalka is another mountain of inspiration and support. YAY!