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Beth Thornley

as seen in Paste Magazine's "4 to Watch"

About Me

Hey - I'm Beth. I write songs. I have a band. I have a couple of albums. Some of my songs have been in film and TV. That made me very happy. If you're interested in the full scoop, hearing more songs and knowing more about what I'm up to, please go to my websitewww.BethThornley.comwww.BethThornley.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/18/2006
Band Website: BethThornley.com
Band Members: Some or all of the following depending on the gig: Beth Thornley, Rob Cairns, Rob Disner, Karen Teperberg, Maria Scherer, Sheldon Gomberg, Mark Browne, Vivi Rama and The East-Side Clappers.
Influences: The Beatles, Bowie, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello
Sounds Like: Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Kweller, Beth Orton, Aimee Mann, Rilo Kiley, Sheryl Crow,
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Getty gig and 2008

I'm way overdue (again) in my blogging.  Who knew it would be so difficult to do?  I like typing.  But I don't think I like editing.  Takes too long.  Makes me think too hard....
Posted by Beth Thornley on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:47:00 PST

Live! on Hunnypot Radio!

Last week, I was interviewed and then played live on Hunnypot Radio.  Here are some pictures from the day I played:  http://www.hunnypotunlimited.com/?page=hp97  Hunnypot is a weekly in...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

Summertime Newsletter

I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to write a newsletter.  I think it's the tequila.  Anyway, it might be incoherent but it will be brief.  We all have too much email these days. ...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:55:00 PST

a cat, 4 dogs, 2 goats and a horse

And I thought I was going to be a good blogger! Ha!  It takes far more discipline than I've got to do this regularly.  I can't believe how long it's been between posts but, I do have a coupl...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:10:00 PST

I don't know who you all were, but I love you.

We packed the house at Molly's last Tuesday night.  The first song was our wacky tango (accordion and megaphone included) followed by our quirky waltz (we added glockenspiel and Maria Scherer on...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:53:00 PST

I'll take some bugs with that

Rob and I took a road trip/gig to San Francisco.  We played an office gig for Keyboard Magazine.  They had already written a fine review of the album so I wasnt trying to score favors. ...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:01:00 PST

photoshoot

My first ever photoshoot for a national magazine was SO much more fun than when I usually have my picture taken.  When I usually have my picture taken, its by Rob (producer and bandmate) because ...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:38:00 PST

underwear and megaphones

The show is over but the party isn't.  We had a great time last weekend playing our "We Finally Finished the CD" gig in LA.  Rob showed everyone his underwear.  We also managed to play ...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Fri, 12 May 2006 01:24:00 PST

trampoline moments

I used to belong to the Y.  I had a class there that I wasa a part of.  First you swim and then you go the the gym.  On this particular day after swimming, they had set up the trampolin...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:24:00 PST

mimes, clowns and zombies - oh my.

As I said in an earlier post, now that the album is finished I have a little more time on the weekends.  I'm happy to report that this past weekend I had enough spare time to be a downtrodden mim...
Posted by Beth Thornley on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:47:00 PST