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Joe Black

Sex, Drugs and Vaudeville

About Me

"Hilarious, uncomfortable, brilliant!"
"Now THAT'S entertainment!" - RANT magazine
'Makes me want to burn down an orphanage, drink whiskey and stow away on a pirate ship!' - Curtis RX of Creature Feature
'Never again will I have to wonder "What would it sound like if the Mad Hatter made music?"' - sepiachord.com
Dear reader,
Hello. I'm Joe Black. I'm a vaudevillian performer, armed complete with piano, accordion and a whiskey soaked growl, i persist to entertain, shock and amuse audiences.
The live show tends to be a theatrical performance, complete with child catchers, failed marriages, human puppets, tales of romance and murder.
I write songs about seedy characters, about murder, about malice, about puppets
and fish.
Yours sincerely
Mister Joe Black
PS - if you wish to contact me just drop a message or email me at
[email protected]
the above email can also be used for updates, just email with your name and contact email, and you will be added to a mailing list.
PPS - Gigs? ofcourse, i would love to! *hint*
Ode to a dead fish live at the wedgewood rooms, January 15th 2008
Slap goes the weasel live at the wedgewood rooms, January 15th 2008
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/12/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/misterjoeblack
Band Members:

Cast of Characters

Joe Black:
Vocals
Piano
Accordion

Naomi Hartridge:
Child catching
Percussion
Miming

Maddie Peet:
Theatrics
Miming
Tea party host

The rotating cast of talented musicians:

Amybelle: Violin

Lizzy Lewin-Diani: Clarinet

Matt Clark: Guitar, banjo

Emma Longhurst-Gent: Violin

Influences: Sideshows, Skeletons, Vaudeville, Cautionary Tales, Musicals, Gramophones, Childrens Books, Rag Dolls, Circus.
Sounds Like: Walt Disney, for the estranged.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ANNOUNCEMENT! : track listing for ’The Bible of the Waltzing Cynic’

and here it isthe final track listing for the debut album!!!1. the waltzing cynic2. house of bones3. puppet boy4. child poison5. the cuckoo clock song6. worst day in the world7. slap goes the weasel8....
Posted by Joe Black on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:14:00 PST

June 5th @ The Fat Fox, supporting Thomas Truax!!

hello there!the title is right, i shall indeed have the chance of supporting one of my musical heroes!and one of the reasons i started doing this in the first placehooray!come and see the spectacle fo...
Posted by Joe Black on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:42:00 PST

Submit your artwork to be used for The Bible Of The Waltzing Cynic album!

hello all!i wanted to do some kind of art submission for the upcoming debut album!and ive finally decided what i needrightyho!send a picture of yourself, a painting, or a picture based around one of t...
Posted by Joe Black on Thu, 15 May 2008 06:03:00 PST

Confessions Of A Waltzing Cynic

how long has it been since a proper ramble?whenever 'the story so far was posted' thats when!!things have changed so much since then, in both my own life, and in terms of music.right now i am sat in t...
Posted by Joe Black on Tue, 06 May 2008 04:26:00 PST

AN INTERVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEW!

aha hello there!this was an interview i did in mid 2007, so a few things have changed, but the heart remains stroooooooooooooooong.btw, the EP isnt available any morejust the ones i have on the myspac...
Posted by Joe Black on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

Ode to a Dead Fish music video

and here we have it, a home made video for ode to a dead fishusing nothing more than windows movie maker, a small olympus digital camera, and too much timeenjoyJoe Black - Ode to a Dead Fish ...
Posted by Joe Black on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:05:00 PST

Into the recording of an album we go

Indeed, you read it rightover the coming months, we are slowly going to piece together a piece that we are calling'The bible of the waltzing cynic'unlike the previous EP and demo recordings, the finis...
Posted by Joe Black on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:42:00 PST

15th January, GOSH charity show review

review by www.myspace.com/dirtyprettyalcoholic'An eclectic mix of acts make up Bumblechook Promotions event for tonight, 5 acts, 5 pounds, and it's all for Great Ormond Street Hospital, so, it's a gre...
Posted by Joe Black on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:42:00 PST

The story so far...

This is a blog i've been thinking about doing for some time, and today seems the day to do so...I feel ill, really ill, not like "i have a cough" ill, more "i just passed out at a bus stop" ill.Either...
Posted by Joe Black on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:37:00 PST