First Friday at the Arden!

Come down and groove with us at the Arden Theatre Company this Friday! We are doing two shows, and the first one will be for kids! Cupcake Sandwiches!

Shows at 6:15 & 7:15

Milkboy Philly This Saturday 4/20 !!

We are so excited to return to Milkboy Philly this Saturday, April 20th. Get green for the scene, then come groove with the mystic ticket!!
Get yer tix here

Also, not to be missed is our glamsex opening guests, MOTHER FEATHER
DIG::::

Family

Our 7/28 show at Underground Arts was nothing short of transparent. Transparent? Translucent. Transcendent! Here is a photo of the group before the show.

Sadly, it was the last performance of the Half-Truth (known to some as Jamie McKittrick...not me, of course), who has left us for adventures beyond. We will miss her dearly, as demonstrated in the on-stage presentation of this Carvel ice cream cake.

It was also the release of our new EP Mystic Ticket I: The Pump Fake, which we played in its entirety, with some help from my emotional extension, The Six Lady Dancers.

It was such a killer show... setlist below:

intro (Shakin' Your Hand)
Octopus
Chairman Mao
Hit it
Golden handshake/ Hip Ship
Coconut Water
Bored
Rumi Kitchen: Stop Fooling Around
The Truth: The Whales
Mystic Ticket:
Screwdriver
Rubber Glove
Forget about the World/Scorpion
Shalaman
Sensual
Encore:
Woman you my Woman
Fingernail Clipping of the Moon
Cocaine Sandwich

Underground Arts / MYSTIC TICKET

Psychedelic soul cabaret crooner Johnny Showcase is pleased to announce his return to Underground Arts, 12th and Callowhill, on Saturday, July 28th at 9pm. (tickets!)
The July 28th show will coincide with the digital release of his four song EP MYSTIC TICKET I: The Pump Fake.
On the 28th, we will play the EP in its entirety, front to back!
A follow up to his 2011 soul/ comedy masterpiece LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, Johnny turns in his 8-track 70’s sound for a futuristic fantasia, putting the analog aside for an almost completely digital synthetic-sound.
Each track nibbles on a different genre of spacey funk, from the Herbie Hancock kinetic shuffle of Screwdriver (I’m Sorry Michael) to the Prince / D’Angelo- drenched ballad Rubber Glove, finishing with the anthemic Bowie-flavored disco of Forget about the World. Also included is a dub-heavy reworking of Johnny’s stalker love song, Shalamon (Future Mix).

I began work on MYSTIC TICKET after a terrible bicycle accident left me with a fractured elbow. Jobless and stranded at home, I spent the winter of 2010-2011 with Dotty on my lap, self-producing the record, enlisting friends such as Rumi Kitchen, guitarist Vinnie Federici and bassist Andrew Nelson to help create this futuristic deliciousness. It was mixed/ mastered at Waterfront Studios by blood sister/ collaborator Rachel Alina, who co-produced Love is the Message with us and Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz, Madonna).
Starting July 28th, Screwdriver (I’m Sorry Michael) will be available for a free download in exchange for following Johnny on Twitter and liking Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret on Facebook.

Johnny in Exile

Last week we played Theatre Exile's annual cabaret benefit. They are our good friends, and we were excited to lend our celebrity to their cause. It was also our very first gig with our dreamy new drummer, Charlie Heim. We have been in the incubation stage with Charlie, feeding him tubes of funk and injecting his soul into our sound. Also working on new stuff! Bam, I said it.
Here is Charlie's nasty silhouette, in a photo by Christopher Collucci.

We also got to share the stage with someone very special. Senator Arlen Specter came to perform his hilarious stand up act.

I finally got to shake his hand and tell him how much I loved his earlier work with the Beatles.

I have to admit, I am a little disappointed that he cut his hair.