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Maria Christina

I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun, I want to be the one that you want to see, I want

About Me

Maria Christina Eisen, aka Chrissy Dub, aka Mimi, aka the MVP, aka Pituca, aka Steve Eisen's Daughter-----I play saxophones....I have played with Dub is a Weapon, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Fu-Arkist-Ra, The Schmendricks, The Woes, The Chris Conly Trio+1, The Medicine Women Roots Ensemble, The Monster Zero Orchestra, The Ideas, Benny Reitveld, Thought, HiLoFi, Kyle Jason and the Soul Power Movement, Soul Be It, Fire of Space, Eagle Ager, and The Dirty Gauchos. I have recorded with Kiss Kiss, TV on the Radio, Irv Irving, and The Pimps of Joytime With Chris Conly at the 507 bar with Lee Scratch Perry and Dub is a Weapon at SXSW With Schmendricks Klezmer at Flushing Library

My Interests

some random ones include architecture, dancing, birds, wheat ales, danish-modern design, used Chanel, the yiddish language, NPR, Fellini movies, Missoni, shoes, afrobeat,and food...personally I think they all fall under the category of aesthetics. Me in a fashion show!!! (i'm at the end)

I'd like to meet:

Switters

Music:

The music of my peoples, including Thought, Beyondo, Volney Litmus, Fire of Space, The Barbarians, BQP!!!!, Slavic soul Party, the Woes, Michael Bellar and the As Is ensemble, Kiss Kiss, Little Grey Girlfriend, Peter Apfelbaum and the New York Hiroglyphics, Kalimba Kollective, Danjizone...favorite saxophonists/ major influences include Peter Apfelbaum, Oscar Noriega, Stewart Bogie, Colin Stetson, Jay Collins...everyone i know and look up to.... also Yerba Buena, Antibalas Afro-beat orchestra, Jason Linder Big Band, Tony Williams Lifetime, Betty Davis, Tom Waits, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Daniela Mercury, Maraca e y Otro Vision, NG Labanda, Yoruba Andavo, They Might Be Giants, Can, Ornette Coleman, Claudia Acuna, Prince, yusef lateef, ozomatli, olodum, t-bone burnett, rahsaan roland kirk, chevere, maria schnieder, eric dolphy, carlos santana...its tough to ask a musician what music they like....

Movies:

Talk to Her, Sex and Lucia,Brick, Space is the Place,The Royal Tannebaums, Pulp Fiction, Amelie, Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), and Lost in Translation, and Big Trouble in Little China...the greatest work of art the western world has ever brought forth. JUST SAW AND NOW TOTALLY LOVE: Manhattan, Annie Hall, Masculin Feminin, La Dolce Vita, and Orlando

Television:

"Does it not possess the power of a totem pole and the heart of a rat? Die demon box, die!"

Books:

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon, both by Jorge Amado,Still Life With Woodpecker and Fierce Invalids Home from Warm Climates by Tom Robbins,anything by Toni Morrison, or Margaret Atwood, and Shopgirl, by Steve Martin

Heroes:

my grandmother, and minha Avó

My Blog

Stony Island

It's like, the best movie ever. About a south side of chicago soul band tryin to MAKE IT! Only movie i have ever seen that is about a band, and has tons of music in it...in fact, its mostly music....r...
Posted by Maria Christina on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:27:00 PST

ROYAL CURIOSITY PRESENTS: SPEAKEASY BOUTIQUE!!!!

When: Saturday, January 26th, 2008Time: 4pm-9pmPlace: 838 Riverside Drive 2D (See flyer in our photo album for directions)What is Speakeasy Boutique?Royal Curiosity was created in late 2007 by a group...
Posted by Maria Christina on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:40:00 PST

realization

So, like, a week ago i styled my first photo shoot. It was amazing. Super challenging, but also really fun. the models were lovely, and the pictures turned out great. I really enjoyed it. I have been ...
Posted by Maria Christina on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:19:00 PST

Happy New Year

This NYE was a little different. I can sometimes be like, a total romantic, and so for new years i dream of like, some crazy hot kiss at midnight...like, thats the prize or something. this enw years w...
Posted by Maria Christina on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:47:00 PST

christmas in New York

Christmas in new york....3rd year in a row. Man, each one has been so different, you know? But also so much the same. I always get really lonely. Its too expensive to fly during the holidays, so i hav...
Posted by Maria Christina on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:10:00 PST

sick

man, this past weekend i had a ton of shit to do. I had a really intense thrusday and friday at work, recording session and two gigs on saturday, and another recording session on sunday. well, fate ha...
Posted by Maria Christina on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:22:00 PST

Back from the Road

Isn't it funny that, when you go on tour for a few weeks, everyone seems to think that A) You have been on tour for the past two years of your life, and B) YOU'RE NEVER COMING BACK. I was on tour for ...
Posted by Maria Christina on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:53:00 PST

OUCH

so, for those of you who don't know, i recently had some serious eye damage. I accidentally shoved my thumb up my eye...not fun. I had a huge corneal abrasion, which basically means i scraped a layer ...
Posted by Maria Christina on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:01:00 PST

WEST COAST TOUR.....AGAIN!!!

THis time it was different. This time i was confident, and comfortable with the music. I wasn't shy around people...or Scratch....i felt like myself...and i played like myself too. I didnt have to wor...
Posted by Maria Christina on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:58:00 PST

Donations

So, i work in a thrift shop, and an event today made me want to put the word out about donations, and some things you really shouldnt donate to charity shops, for various reasons. -The big one, that w...
Posted by Maria Christina on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:48:00 PST