Here’s my latest video blog. Take a ride to and from the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria with me on the N and the R as I head out to play for a school group screening of Charlie… Read More »video blog posting – riding the rails to Astoria for a Chaplin show
Here’s a new installment of my video blog, in which we visit the historic Eldridge St Synagogue for a Max Davidson show, the 1938 Indian Lake Theater and “Safety Last”, and the gala re-opening of the Museum of the Moving… Read More »belated blog post from Eldridge St, Indian Lake and Astoria
I’ve found in numerous in Chaplin films that certaiin sequences and routines fit a musical beat and structure, that a bit of business will fit nicely an 8 or 16 bar phrase. It may have been an innate thing with… Read More »was this sequence timed to music? could be…
Here’s a rare 1927 comedy short that I’ve just scored and uploaded to YouTube. I used a virtual piano software from Native Instruments, and chose the Steingraeber upright instead of one of the grands (e.g. Steinway D), as it seemed… Read More »
I’ve just discovered that Naxos’ music download site, ClassicsOnline.com, has my chamber piece available. There are a few other sites that have the CD available, including iTunes, but you have to buy the whole CD to get my piece. On… Read More »“Spice of the Program” downloadable MP3
Here are some photos I took of the Indian Lake Theatre in Indian Lake, NY. They brought me up to present and accompany Harold Lloyd’s “Safety Last” on Sunday, November 21st. The theatre was built in 1938 and was a… Read More »views of the Indian Lake Theatre, Indian Lake NY
This very nice article appeared in the Nov 17-23, 2010 issue of the Lake Champlain weekly, a feature story promoting the “Safety Last” show I did for the Champlain Valley Film Society on Nov 20. In the CVFS’s 8-year history,… Read More »article in “Lake Champlain Weekly” re Safety Last show
I know, I know…it’s two months later, but anyway here is my video blog entry for my trip to Boise, ID in September. Enjoy!
Here’s a cool video profile on me, just posted on the Time Inc. website, and made by Jim Fields. This was shot in the early spring, but I will actually be playing for “Schreck” in December during MoMA’s “Weimar Kino”… Read More »Nosferatu at MoMA, on Time Inc website
Here is a new videoblog entry from my first day (back) in Tromsø, Norway. You’ll get to see what the Verdensteatret theatre looks like, and get a glimpse at one of the three shows we did for groups of 5th-graders.