i'll be in LA, but you should go to this

It's more songs about books than you've ever heard in one sitting, unless you were here in August when we played songs about The Bible, because that night was aptly biblical.  It's been a year of Bushwick Book Club, and to celebrate our year of ground-breaking, literary songwriting dare-devilry, we're having a night of highlights from the whole year.  Come hear Corn Mo sing about "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," Liv Carrow's take on "Breakfast of Champions" and Phoebe Kreutz's perspective on "James and the Giant Peach."

All proceeds from the night will go toward production costs of The Bushwick Book Club compilation CD to be released in January 2010.

Tuesday, December 1st, 8pm
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway (JMZ to Myrtle or J to Kosciusko)
www.myspace.com/goodbyebluemondayinc

See below for the full list of songwriters:
Anna Leuchtenberger likes to make all sorts of stuff! She can be spotted at the bimonthly Puppet Playlist, and she loves improvising (songs, lyrics, stories, recipes). She's always open to last-minute collaborations with strange/nice people who've got ideas and plans, so give her a ring.
Ben Krieger reads, makes music and raises his daughter. He operates within various, interwoven underworlds of power and corruption."
Dave Novak writes songs for his band Habit Trail, a project of folky dirt which has followed him from Indonesia to Portland, Oregon to New York, and which is close to its 20-year anniversary. The most recent release Drifting On Off Of The Shoulder is available on Deterioration Tapes; the next album will be released on 12" vinyl in Winter 2009.
Dibson T. Hoffweiler - The latest in a long line of quirky anti-folk ingenues, including Beck, Adam Green and Jeffrey Lewis, Dibs applies that time-honored tradition of off-beat songwriting to his own private world of sugar factories, laundry baskets and ducks.
Jonathan Wood Vincent is the most expensive green tea at the tea cup, but you can buy him at the same price as all the other teas if you order him to go. His music resists depicting some formative moments. These involve psychiatric wards, duels, knots, cock fighters, sewing, brow beating, bead sweating, wet needles, truth, groceries, and ritual smooth skin. He was awarded The Nobel Prize for Cheerful Sincerity in 1997. You can dribble on his music at myspace.com/jonathanwvincent or just give him a call at 202-316-3280 for a friendly chat.
Maria Sonevytsky was handstand champion of the first grade. Her prowess for physically demanding feats of grace made her a natural accordion player. She's squeezed with the Main Squeeze Orchestra, Anti Social Music and various NYC groups. Her current band is The Debutante Hour, an accordion, cello and drum power trio she formed w/ Susan Hwang in 2007.
Susan Hwang plays accordion and write songs about zombies, books, books about zombies, parking, her mother and the Devil himself. She plays in accordion/drum/cello power trio, The Debutante Hour.
Sweet Soubrette features the vocals and ukulele playing of NYC's Ellia Bisker, whose songwriting has been described as "Liz Phair meets Leonard Cohen." She performs frequently in NYC and Brooklyn with her band, and is working on her second album, "Days and Nights," scheduled for release in 2010.
Victor Varnado Victor Varnado is a filmmaker and comedian who has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and My name is Earl. His upcoming Comedy Special The Awkward Kings will begin airing on Comedy Central in February. Currently he he has two cats, Ding Sing and Patty.
Dan Costello: "Dan Costello knows how to make an impression. Fusing folk and hip-hop, his unmistakable songs convey an unforgiving sense of the world, life, love, and getting arrested for hanging flyers on a lamppost. Straight-up!" - Dan Dipollito (Attention Driver)

Liv Carrow: Idiosyncratic guitar playing, navel gazing, highly biographical, cathartic lyricism, obnoxious punning, moot metaphor, unabashed self-consciousness, and run-on sentences of self-promotion are qualities nary as compelling as in the case of NYC's Liv Carrow.

Laura Brenneman: Smart, funny and engaging; she sounds like the love-child of Stephen Sondheim and Joni Mitchell, raised by Muppets.

Joe Crow Ryan: Also known as "The Greatest Living Subway Musician in New york City," he sounds like Mr. Rogers doing a Louis Prima impersonation, but it depends on the song...."
Rachel Devlin:  Rachel is a singer-songwriter in Brooklyn who collaborates with many local musicians including Dan Costello.  She most recently graced the stage of the 2009 OJ All Day Festival.
Buffie Roseanne:  Local singer-songwriter with a powerful, soul-inspired style.  If you have a soul, her voice will draw it out.

Phoebe Kreutz: "Phoebe Kreutz's chanteusey delivery and comic writing were genuinely funny." - The New York Times  "No matter how often her lyrics may shock and offend, she is endearingly cute and wise." - Queens Amongst Idiots (U.K.)  "Musically, her simple song structures are lifted to near-genius level by her clear, bright vocals and vivid personality...as melancholy as they are witty." - Sandman (U.K.)
Corn Mo: Corn Mo is an accordion-playing rock giant.  He performs solo and also with his awesome band, .357 Lover.  He's toured with Polyphonic Spree and David Bowie.  He's toured a lot with They Might Be Giants, Ben Folds and David Cross.