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Stars Explode into Bears

About Me


Jennifer Ann Started out as a solo act by the name of Albert Einstone playing at local coffee shops, house shows and open mics around Philadelphia. Then one day, she got in a bar fight at Dawson's Street Pub with Johnny Bee. There was blood everywhere. When they stopped to catch their breath, they saw that the blood stains were in the shape of the Ursula Major, the cluster of stars that is shaped like a bear. They knew from that moment that it was a message from the heavens and they started playing music together, sending the message to as many people as possible through song. It wasn't long before they found Hoagy Wing, their long lost drummer brother. Their first rehersal was actually a show at Crossroads, that went so smoothly, he was hired on the spot. And that leads us to now... playing at local bars and coffee shops and working on their first recordings as a three part band.
Jenny and Johnny playing "Titus Andronicus" and "I See Wholes" at a Christmas ever party. There were a million drums bouncing around the room and even a little girl and boy slapping gleefully on a Jembe. Priceless.
Venues we've played...

Trochadero Balcony, Tritone, Grape Street, Milkboy, Dawson's Street Pub, Hinge Cafe, Crossroads Coffee House, Clark Park, Green Line Cafe, The Haunted Cream Egg, Gorgas Park, Overbrook Park Library,

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/03/2006
Band Members: TOPEKA VOLCANOS WROTE
A SONG ABOUT OUR BAND!!! Check it out...
http://www.myspace.com/topekavolcanos2

Jennifer Ann - Vocals, guitar, violin, hooliganess and love

Johnny Bee - Bass, "Yarg!"s, and general catness

Hoagy Wing - Dumbek, banjo, and satifying sips... "ahhhh"

Michelle Armour - Vocals, tamberine and aluminium foil

E J - Mandelin, and eating fortune cookies

Influences: Pink Floyd, Phish, Soul Coughing, Rusted Root, Theivery Corporatoin, Gogol Bordello, Gus, Iron & Wine, Ravi Shankhar, Bela Fleck, Alash, The Mountain Goats, Ladysmith Black Mambaza, Kimya Dawson, Neutral Milk Hotel and other freak and fuzz folk artists
Sounds Like: yoga smile tribal floyd
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

It's official- frat boys spread meningoccal infection!!!

Health Advisory Notice at University of PennsylvaniaPlease be informed that a third student has now been hospitalized with a confirmed case of meningococcal infection. As a precaution, and to ensure t...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Love Park Live Website

Check out out website for the upcoming show of peace on 9-11.... It's still in progress, but you can find some info about some of the artists.  Also, be listening to XPN for our "add" about the s...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:54:00 GMT

folk fest!

and it would be really cool to have a big camp site this year at folk fest.  it's just 40 buck for the whole week if you volunteer and they feed you.... lots of campfire jams... check out the web...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:45:00 GMT

welcome home from the jungle party for meeeeee!

I'm coming back to civilization in a couple days... let's eat drink and be merry!  I think we should play some texas holdem, too.  It's at my parents house, you konw the 34 St. Paul's Rd one...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:24:00 GMT

Next part of the journey

Hello all,I just finished volunteering at a Biological Reservation Station, Jatun Sacha, for four weeks.  We did things like planted an organic garden and built a free range chicken farm.  W...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Oh! And new photos!

Migusta Ecuador.  Esta moi mucho mucho beuno!Supa Coolio!  (he he)
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:31:00 GMT

New Recording!

Check out a last minute show that I played with my friend Bilk just before I left Philadelphia.  Down load at ... http://bilkmusic.com/ .... hope you like!
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:54:00 GMT

Donday esta el beday?

I'm off to Ecuador with just me, my hiking back pack and my guitar.  Off to go live with the squirrel monkies, otters and couch surfers!  Here's my address while I'm there if anyone wants to...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 06:38:00 GMT

Psychology Experiments in Peurto Rico

I'm going to Peurto Rico to go hiking, run on the beach, play music with the yocals and perform psychology experiments on them.  I'll be wearing a fancy ball room dress the entire trip.  SP...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:28:00 GMT

New recordings

Ah... so many awesome new recording.  I know... I know... it's been the same songs for over a year... I know.  But soon.... I swear... I'll put up new songs.... I swear... I won't put it off...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:25:00 GMT