MICHAEL MUSIKA'S CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION OF CREATION THROUGH WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PERFORMANCE ON VIDEO.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
This music video was shot in Ypsilanti Michigan in the early winter of 2017. The song is called "It Doesn't Matter Much at All." It is a song on The Light Switches' record that was created during that same period. The title of that record is: "Skulls."
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
On Sunday August 12 I joined DJ Alex Webbles on the radio to play music by my friends and several songs from The Light Switches' new record which is due out on Sept 1st. You can listen to a podcast of the full show here, and/or check out my setlist below. Enjoy...
German Family, Super G
Psychic Reality, Grasses
A Bone in the River Bed, Silian Rail
What I Need, Eric + Erica
Farewell My Friend, Kathryn Jensen and Matt Mccluer
It's in My Mind, The Blank Tapes
Riding Bikes Song, Sleepy Todd
Shut Up and Kiss Me, Bob Thayer
In & Out of Trouble, Obo Martin
Let's Go Look at the Comet, Super G
Cult Leader, The Light Switches
Chuck Berry, The Light Switches
Muhammad Ali, The Light Switches
The Magician Never Reveals Her Tricks, The Light Switches
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
The Octopus Literary Salon. 2101 Webster Street at 22nd St., Oakland, CA. w/ Eight Belles and Jacob Aranda.
THE BAND:
Sterling Shlegel, Bass. Jason Ciremel, Drums + Guitar. Michael Musika, Guitar and Vocals.
SETLIST:
I Don't Need Occult, Look up the Number, La Escondida, Sad Vacation (Johnny Thunders), Pearl Street, Tia, Morning, Sleep (Assateague), Awakening Spirits / loop experiment.
PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA
This is an appearance I made on the Bruce Latimer Show, on the Pacifica Public Access Television network. I am very grateful to have been a part of Bruce’s program.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
This was Michael Musika's fifth amateur stand up comedy performance as part of the V.V. Variety show. The event was held at the Red Victorian on Haight Street in San Francisco. In this performance Michael scolds his friend Jerome for being shy of internet exposure, tells a series of inscrutable, off-putting jokes, and then a ghost story about a long night and day in Oslo, Norway.
SETLIST:
(0:00) Vanessa Verlee Introduction (3:00) Disclaimer / Thank You Audience (3:52) Jerome You Were Right (6:31) Salad Dressing on the Side (7:21) Instagram Dancers (9:46) Invisible Dog Sign (10:30) Crazy People are Sexy? (12:59) Norweigian Ghost Story (26:29) The End / Vanessa Verlee Closing Remarks / Putting the crowd on Youtube
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Obo Martin, Sleepy Todd & The Light Switches: a night of songs & stories. The Lost Church 7:30PM. 65 Capp St, San Francisco, California, 94103.
THE BAND:
Michael Musika - Vocals, Guitar.
SETLIST:
(0:00) Brian Bellknap introduction (0:41) I Don't Need Occult (2:27) The Dictionary is the Book of Love (5:34) La Escondida (8:42) I Know I Have a Skeleton (11:51) Colorado (15:37) Tia (18:59) Look Up the Number Again (22:49) *I'm the Only One I Know (25:53) Muhammad Ali (27:50) Good-bye Josefina
ART WORK WAS CREATED BY MATT ADAMS OF THE BLANK TAPES.
