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NERVOUS CABARET CMJ SHOWCASE @ FONTANA'S - October 30, 2006

Nu-Artskool Presents NERVOUS CABARET Givin' It @ FONTANAS CMJ SHOWCASE
YOU'VE WAITED ALL YEAR FOR THIS SHOW - COME LEND SUPPORT THIS SATURDAY AT FONTANA'S
105 Eldridge (between Grand / Broome) in the Lower East Side

12 MIDNIGHT NERVOUS CABARET
11PM B-Monster
10PM Deat Of fashion
9pm Saints and Lovers
8pm BM Linx
7pm Superfortress

NERVOUS CABARET ROCKS THE EUROPE 2 POP WORLD! - July 6, 2006

Nervous Cabaret's very own Elyas Khan a.k.a. KiD [SiC] was rocking Radio Europe 2 (103.5 fm in Paris) this afternoon in an interview that covered everything from last nights semi-finals win for France to why it's great to drink at his favourite Parisian watering-hole Truskel
Look back to the website soon for a posting of the interview... and in the meantime feel free to call up or email and request Mel Gibson in rotation!

WHAT HE SAID ??? - June 26, 2006

For the many who have asked... the Lyrics to the album "NERVOUS CABARET" are now on the website!

Click over on the menu bar... read em, come out to the shows, and SING ALONG!

SEE US GETTING LIVELY EVERYDAY ALL WEEK ON CANAL PLUS TV-ALBUM DE LA SEMAINE - May 31, 2006

This was a real treat for us when we were in Europe. Elyas got free Chinese food, Greg got lost doing his laundry somewhere in Paris and the boys got to ogle at Scarlet and all the cute make up girls. Ah, the wonderful world of TV land.

Big "MERCI" to Stephan Saunier, the mastermind behind this legendary show. This one Rocked Hard!

ALBUM DE LA SEMAINE Airing 05/29/2006 thru 05/04/2006 06:15 PM (18h15 : PARIS Time)

"Hey, Listen Here...We're Totally... Together" (Jakie Mittoo)

MAY TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED FOR FRANCE AND BRUSELLS!!!! - April 19, 2006

4 May La Lune des Pirates (Amiens, FR)

5 May PARIS La Scène Bastille - nuits zébrées radio Nova (Paris, FR)

6 May Maison Folie (Maubeuge, FR)

7 May Festival Les Nuits Botaniques - Le Cirque Royal (Bruxelles, BE)

9 May La Maroquinerie (Paris, FR)

10 May La Condition Publique (Roubaix, FR) (Roubaix, FR)

11 May Chalon

12 May Des Lendemains qui Chantent (Tulle, FR)

13 May L'Ampli (Pau, FR)

14 May El Castel Embrouxiat (Perpignan, FR)

17 May Geneva

18 May Le Matahari - Festival Stereomobile (Evreux (27), FR)

19 May Festival Les Portes de L'Enfer (Brasparts, FR)

20 May Festival Ouest Park (Le Havre, FR)

21 May Fleche D'Or (Works on Flesh Festival) - (Paris, FR)

22 May Festival Au quart de Tours - Bateau Ivre (Tours, FR)


More details to follow! For further info also visit 3C TOUR and NAIVE!

CHARCOAL BOY IS "HERE"! - March 24, 2006

THE ADVENTURES OF CHARCOAL BOY is a dark, musical journey where an unlikely hero - a charred stick - becomes a star and incites a revolution!

The theatrical journey is all set to an original music score by Elyas Khan which is performed LIVE by NERVOUS CABARET!

Nervous Cabaret musicians in this performance: Brian Geltner, Matt Morandi, Fred Wright are honored to be joined by Gwen Snyder (a.k.a. Blueberry) singing the part of Flame Girl and adding her considerable mucical talents to the performance.

Found object and original puppets by Eric Novak, Directed by Sarah Provost.

The show is presented at HERE Arts Space from April 1st to 17th with three matinee performances for all the early birds out there! All show dates and times are listed under "shows".

For further information, photos and MP3s please visit: CHARCOALBOY.COM

NERVOUS CABARET ON TOUR! (FEB-MAR, FRANCE) - January 24, 2006

Following the tremendous experience at Trans Musicales Nervous Cabaret head back out to tour France!

Elyas Khan.. a.k.a. KiD [SiC] will start the voyage solo on January 28th and the full band will follow beginning February 27th. Check show pages for details from January/Janvier 28th through March/Mars 12). For Booking Info please visit: 3C TOUR
Here's what the French Press have to say (warning... one magazine has naked ladies):

"LE GROUPE LE PLUS ATYPIQUE DU MOMENT" - EPOK

"SURPRENANT, ATTACHANE ET DIABLEMENT EFFICACE" - ROCK MAG

"INTENSE, BROUILLON, INSPIRE ET HAUTEMENT RECOMMANDABLE!" - MAX

"PUISSANT, DETONANT, DESTABILISANT" - GUITAR PART

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - January 4, 2006

2005 was a pretty packed exciting year!

Finishing the album, signing the record deal with NAIVE!, playing the TRANS MUSICALES FESTIVAL, and finishing developemnt of The Adventures of Charcoal Boy.

Many great things are on the horizon for 2006:

Nervous Cabaret will be back on tour in Europe in February. There is an entire world of new countries to release the CD in... and maybe even a little US tour action (you never know!)

Charcoal Boy will be back too for a run at HERE in April.

Overall things are already shaping up to be extremely busy and it's only 3 days into 2006!

SALON.COM IN AN INSTANT... LADY! - January 1, 2006

Nervous Cabaret's INSTANT LADY is on SALON.COM Thomas Bartlett's Audiofile TOP 20 Downloads of 2005 list!

It's huge honor to be included in this list...
Here them all and support these artists by buying the top 20 (links below will open in itunes!):

Animal Collective: Grass The National: All the Wine Toms: Sun M. Ward: Fuel for Fire Dave Deporis: Swan King in the Snow: Buy on iLike The Robot Ate Me: Bad Feelings Ed Askew: Fancy That Spoon: I Turn My Camera On Albert Ayler: Ghosts Dwight Yoakam: Blame the Vain Richard Swift: As I Go CocoRosie: Beautiful Boyz Dungen: Panda Imogen Heap: Hide and Seek Xiu Xiu Larsen: Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw: Get it at BeeMP3 Destroyer: The Music Lovers Aimee Mann: Dear John Prefuse 73: Hideyaface The Books: It Never Changes to Stop

WE´RE OFF TO RENNES FRANCE TO ROCK THE 27TH TRANS MUSICALES FESTIVAL! - December 5, 2005

Heading off to TRANS MUSICALES... Needless to say, titilation has ensued amongst the band members!

Sharing the stage with likes of THE FUGEES, CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, SHOUT OUT LOUDS, PRIMAL SCREAM, GANG OF FOUR, DIPLO, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, JULLIETE AND THE LICKS...

THE ADVENTURES OF CHARCOAL BOY RETURNS! - December 3, 2005

Nervous Cabaret perform the score of this awe-inspiring spectacle!

A limb from a tree struck by lightening and turned to charcoal in the ensuing forest fire rises to great adventure and audience delight!

The show and the puppets have been featured in Vogue, Good Morning America, Time-Out.

SHOWS:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2005 AT 9:3-PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2005 Matinee AT 4:30PM

VISIT Theatre for The New City for details and/or Charcoal Boy.com

NERVOUS CABARET IS FEARLESS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM! - December 3, 2005

NERVOUS CABARET kicks off a third episode of FEARLESS MUSIC
Saturday, December 3rd
For NYC Television viewers it's
Monday, December 5th at 8:30pm EST

There's another great line-up in store for you and Nervous Cabaret starts it off… so get your butt on the couch early!: Cut Copy, The Go! Team, Crash Convention, Koufax, and Sons and Daughters
Check Fearless Music for you local station (NYC: Time Warner Cable 35)

NERVOUS CABARET INTERNATIONAL RELEASE! - November 8, 2005

IT'S OFFICIAL! NERVOUS CABARET RELEASES IN FRANCE ON NOVEMBER 15TH!

You can see from the little picture below that it's a different cover... but don't be jealous... the "fans only" CDs you bought, and are still buying at shows, are now LIMITED EDITIONS and have a BONUS TRACK not included on the commercial release! You can still buy these LIMITED EDITIONS on CD BABY!
France is the first country of release... look for upcoming release dates in other countries, and tour info!

CHECK IT OUT ON NAIVE!
COME ON OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH A FRENCH THEMED SHOW AT PIANO'S ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12TH (with Les Sans Culottes, Moi, Rasa Radiata and Black Male)

"INSTANT LADY" GOES TO THE SALON! - October 26, 2005

Check out the latest media words on Nervous Cabaret.
This time brought to you by the highly reputable Salon.com
Thomas Bartlett offered up "Instant Lady" as the daily download in his Audiofile column for October 25th.

"… taking the spiritual and making it gleefully profane"

How do you like that… He thinks we´re naughty!

Read the review, download the song, and leave comments for Thomas!
You can either subscribe to Salon, or watch a commercial and get your Instant Lady for FREE!

NERVOUS CABARET FEARLESS IN NOVEMBER! - October 24, 2005

NERVOUS CABARET kicks off another episode of FEARLESS MUSIC

Saturday, November 5th - for NYC Television viewers it's
Monday, November 7th at 8:30pm Time Warner Cable Channel 35

Also performing on the show are: Longwave, The Redwalls, Lucy Woodward, Izler, and Troubled Hubble ...NERVOUS CABARET kick starts the show so grab your popcorn and tune in on time!

Check the Fearless Music website listings or your local for listings in your area.
www.fearlessmusic.com

NERVOUS CABARET IS FEARLESS TONIGHT! - October 8, 2005

Nervous Cabaret performs on tonight's Fearless Music show! The show also features: The Giraffes, Longwave, The 22-20's, Group Sounds, and Anna Nalick
Check the Fearless Music website listings or your local "I" Independent Network listings for listings in your area.

www.fearlessmusic.com

NERVOUS AT THE ALTER! - October 6, 2005

Nervous Cabaret's own Donny Undeen is getting hitched to the Lovely Liz from far away Calgary on October 22nd.

There will be heavy celebrations at the North 6th show on the 18th (as long as he's still not green in the face on Saturday! Come'on down and bring ya'll ball & chains...

NERVOUS CABARET THROWS A WORLD EVENT! - September 9, 2005

They're Up! Two mini-documentary style music videos about NERVOUS CABARET shot for SONY World Event Village, at the NERVOUS CABARET CD Release Party.

"Being gorgeous, darkness, and "nervousness"

Directed by Masako Tsumura! Filmed by Valentina Caniglia, Brian Murphy, and Andy Biscontini

"One night about 350 people got together in a basement space. People were there to see 'Nervous Cabaret'. Their live performance was quite incredible. A wall of sound with elements of jazz, punk and energy rock music, full of raw energy and passion that's guaranteed to get the audience's feet moving."

From the World -ニューヨーク- 華麗でダーク、そして「神経質な」キャバレー -Nervous Cabaret CD Release Party at D.U.M.B.O. Brooklyn- 世界で見つけた風景や人々、旬な情報などをご紹介。アナタも世界の街角を覗いてみませんか?

HELP NERVOUS CABARET WITH DISASTER RELIEF & GET SOMETHING BACK - September 1, 2005

NERVOUS CABARET is proud to be part of the CD Baby Disaster relief effort for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

This program allows artists to donate ALL (100%!) of the profits from CD Sales directly to the Red Cross.

BUY THE CD FOR YOURSELF AND HELP OUT AT THE SAME TIME!

We were sad to learn that Danny Kadar, who recorded, produced and released Ecstatic Music for Savage Souls has lost his home, and his NOLA based recording studio.... but we are happy to learn that he and his wife fled on time and are reported safe. Danny... There's ALWAYS couch space in Brooklyn!

As for our many other friends in New Orleans... if you're reading this... leave us a message!
BUY NOW AT

NERVOUS CABARET MAKES THE CUT AT THE 28th ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL! - July 15, 2005

The results of the MTV 72 Hour Shoot Out are in!

"CLOUDS" directed by last years winner CS Lee with score by NERVOUS CABARET'S own Elyas Khan made it to this years top 15 cut! The short also features an on screen appearance with KiD [SiC] performing NERVOUS CABARET's newest song "LUNA-TICK"

Sunday, July 17th, 2005 the top 15 shorts will be screened at 28th Annual Asian American Film Festival in New York City.

I WAS SHOT IN THE EYE - July 4, 2005

KiD SiC Lyric from "Furious Bed" used to title the latest work by artist Angela deRosette
The painting "I Was Shot In The Eye" will be unveiled at the exhibit "Dead Kids Do Nothing" opening Thursday, July 7th, 2005. For further info visit 31 Grand

NERVOUS CABARET BBC Sessions - July 4, 2005

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 Listen Live to NERVOUS CABARET on the BBC New York Sessions! 20:05 (UK/Scotland Time), 3:05PM (NYC Time)

Missed the show? Listen at your leisure for the entire week!

NERVOUS CABARET FEATURE BY ROBERT KRUSE: QUADRAFOIL MAGAZINE - June 26, 2005

NERVOUS CABARET is featured in the Summer issue of Quadrafoil Magazine! The feature is written by Robert Kruse with photo by Mark Veltman.

"The energy was immediately explosive... They had attacked on all sides with their music... washed clean by an onslaught of authentic, inspired sounds"

Read the rest: Pick up Quadrafoil on your local NYC or LA news stand or click over to Quadrafoil Magazine

DOCUMENT OF NERVOUSNESS! - May 17, 2005

The latest film to feature Nervous Cabaret, both musically and in on-screen performance, has won the Best Documentary Jury Award at the 6th Annual (2005) Malibu Int'l Film Festival!

"Between the Bridges", directed by Adam Ross, documents the Brooklyn artists' community, D.U.M.B.O. (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) and its struggle against development and gentrification on the Brooklyn waterfront: a microcosm of our post 9/11 world.

NERVOUS CABARET CD RELEASE PARTY! - SATURDAY, MAY 14th, 2005 - May 7, 2005

9pm, $5 CHEAP DRINKS!
Nervous Cabaret launches the brand new self-titled full length CD Saturday May 14th!
Matching Records is hosting the party at their unbelievable underground digs in the basement of Nervous Cabaret headquarters in DUMBO. This is one of the finest places to hear music anywhere in NYC! THIS IS A PARTY NOT TO BE MISSED!

Very Special Guests for this Evening!

DJ Sets by:
RICHARD FEARLESS (Death In Vegas)
DJ DAVE ELLIOT (Fearless Vampire Killers)

DAVE DEPORIS (10PM)
DYNASTY (11PM)
NERVOUS CABARET 2 SETS (Midnight & Late Night)

Directions: 65 Pearl Street (at Corner of Front), DUMBO, Brooklyn. Go through the door and down into the basement... wind around till you hear the music.
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