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Klezbians for the Weekend

June 15, 2007 - 4:00pm — lisa
There's a story in The Villager this week about the Isle of Klezbos, the all-female klezmer band from New York City. These Klezbians, if you recall, were featured in The L Word during season 2 with their song "The el Al Word." I was smitten then (who doesn't love klezmer music?) and happy to be reminded of the Klezbians, who are about to head out for Vienna, Austria, to play in the KlezMORE festival on Monday.

I couldn't find any video clips of the Isle of Klezbos (which one critic has dubbed "the best-looking nonconformist Eastern European Jewish party music band on the planet"), but I did find this splendid video of another band in which several of the Klezbians also play (including the way cute drummer - look for her closeup about halfway through): Metropolitan Klezmer.

So, because it's the heart of wedding season (I'm off to one myself this weekend), and because we could all use a little more klezmer in our lives, let's launch into the weekend with a wedding song.

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11 Comments

June 20, 2007 - 7:36am — annemarlen

pü,

dann eben nicht. ;-P

June 16, 2007 - 4:31pm — Mademoiselle_Merde

That's neat but

are they willing to (w)hora?

June 16, 2007 - 12:27pm — the B.W.

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I hadn’t heard about Klezmer music before, but it sounds interesting and as a music freak I always like to discover new things. Thanks for posting this, Lisa! And a nice weekend to all!

xo

June 16, 2007 - 10:53am — Andreapcm82

Comedy of Errors: The Flying Karamazov Brothers

While reading the blog and then watching the video, i was thrust into memory lane... and went googling for something that always makes me happy:

Comedy of Errors The Flying Karamazov Brothers

This is where my love of Shakespeare began... 1987... PBS special on Lincoln Center...

If anyone has this on DVD or whatever, please please please contact me. i had it on VHS, but i don't think I have it anymore... (i've moved so much i can't find it! help)

this is the thing i'd watch when i was home from school sick, this performance really changed my life. and until i moved to france, i'd watch it often (my bad old vhs tape). but since i've moved, and my parents moved... i've lost it. not to mention i don't have a vhs player... but if i found the tape, i'd go out and buy one. no questions asked.

thanks Ms. P, funny how things can trigger memories!
Andrea the Redhead

June 16, 2007 - 8:29am — Scarlet Globe

I like the gal on

I like the gal on squeezebox.

Hey...I once had dinner with "the world's most famous klezmer fiddler" (from her site description) Alicia Svigals, co-founder of the Klezmatics, and her then-girlfriend. When I reminded her of this a couple of years later, she looked at me like I was an insane stalker.

Yeah, so?

Oh well...

For my current Klezmer needs, Freylach Time! rocks!

-sg.

"It's easy on the Moon."

June 20, 2007 - 7:38am — annemarlen

Klezmer

always turns me on to dance. There should be definitely more Klezmer clips on youtube. ;-)

Here is a hasidic dancer:


Metropolitan Klezmer - Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder, swing vocal

and here just a very special youtube clip with an other hasidic dancer for Lisa, to force once again her great will to richness! ;-) "If I were a rich man..."

June 15, 2007 - 9:16pm — JazzyManda

woo

They're pretty good. This is fun. I feel like dancing!

Amanda

June 15, 2007 - 6:57pm — Meffle

K;ezmer

Why do I have a sudden urge to play Tetris?

Wicked clarinet lead!

There's a thin line...

June 15, 2007 - 6:24pm — minniesota54

I love a little

K-lez-mer music! And that drummer too.

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Still searching for signs of emotional intelligence in the universe

June 15, 2007 - 7:12pm — rovermom

Doesn't the Drummer look like...

The Beave? Just a wittle?

rovermom :)

Life is a 3D puzzle and everyone has a piece! :)

June 15, 2007 - 5:15pm — loveshtoned

First the wedding cake and now this

Lisa I don't know what you're trying to do to me but I can't take much more of this wedding talk. I've just come home from a night out so please excuse me for the following spelling mistakes that i am about to probably make. Anyways yeah Lisa I already can't wait to get married and you're making it unbareable.
I always tell my mum how excited I am to get married and she bluntly tells me that I have to find someone first...DUH!
I mean as if I am excited to get married on my own. But that's just my mum for you, she's openly admittted that she's worried I am going to get left on the shelf.
She's the type of mum who at family get togethers tries desperately to pair me off with some so-called-hunk. It is truly and utterly cringey and embarrassin. Through her own deseration she makes me look desperate and that is something I am not.
But luckily I'm pretty cool about it, roll my eyes and tell her that it should be me the one worrying and I'm not, I'm too busy enjoying life and if someone comes along then wahey but in the meantime i'm happy being me.
I'm sure she has other plans up her sleeves she's been pretty quiet lately I wonder what's in store!

Enjoy the wedding. Take care. Have fun.

xxx
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