Rachel's 17th Birthday, Todd Rundgren vs. Jon Montgomery

You're invited to Rachel Trachtenburg's 17th birthday party! And it's also her dad's 41st birthday party!

And they have a new record deal! And Rachel has a new keyboard player in her band Supercute! And to find out all the latest news, just watch the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWPVQ5xrouY
I sure wish I had a woman to go to events and interview people with,
but Checker Phil did the best he could (not being female and all).
Thanks, Phil!
And thanks to Tina and Rachel for inviting me to the swell party!
Tina's tamales were delicious.
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Watch ANGEL YAU as a little girl!
Find out why Todd Rundgren refused to produce Jon Montgomery's band--
and what Liv Tyler's mom had to do with it!
Wait till Monday latenight to watch it in Manhattan,
or view it right here and now on the web at this url:
http://209show.com/209show/122110.html
The Moon is a Disco Ball
will return to the show NEXT WEEK!
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Tohm Lev/Jason Trachtenburg Live @ Sidewalk 9/21/2010

 Tohm Lev performed at Sidewalk last night along with Jason Trachtenburg and other of Tohm's talented friends.

 Here's a song by Jason from the show:

Fishing for Dollars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGt6IgyKNzk

Jason in my mind holds the reigning title of "Greatest Living Songwriter."
And he's just as good without his glasses as with them, haha.
But this night belonged to Tohm Lev.

In Tohm's moving set, she performed a song about how someone you used to be so close to after a few years is like a total stranger, she performed a song about two people having entirely different views of the same relationship, she performed a song about being in love with someone who loves trivial things more than they love you, and she performed an incredible piece on piano about a couple who fought so much that finally they had to stop speaking entirely.That one is called, "No Words" and by far it was the standout performance of Tohm's part of the show. Sitting, playing piano and singing, Tohm commanded the attention, imagination and emotions of the audience in a way a full band never could. It was during this song that you could feel the Tohm Lev of the near future, who I think is about to become somebody.

If Tohm does become a star, it couldn't be happening to a nicer or harder-working person.

The Warped Frank Sinatra

"A warped Sinatra.
Highly recommended."
--Time
Out New York


JASON TRACHTENBURG
&
The Pendulum Swings
July 30 · 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Lit Lounge
93 2nd Avenue
New York, NY
Big Band Indie Jazz with the "Dad" of the Trachtenburg
Family!!!
Jason is one of the greatest
songwriters alive today.
He has co-written songs with everyone from kate Nash to Checker Phil,
and I hope soon he will be recognized for his decades of fine work.
Go see his new band and support a true artist and a good man.
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Watch Jason perform while The Moon is a Disco
Ball dances!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v9K3FPY3DU
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TONIGHT ON TV:
The MOON is a DISCO BALL
perform to entertain
ANGEL YAU!
That's tonight at midnight in Brooklyn
Channel 56 or 69
or 2 am in Manhattan
Channel 67 or 85
http://209show.com

All the Pretty Girls

LISA PETERS 2nd RUNNER-UP
in MISS HOTSPOTS .ie Beauty Pageant!
More about this down bottom!
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!!!NEW VIDEO!!!
JASON TRACHTENBURG & The MOON is a DISCO BALL
Together again for the very first time!

Yesterday was the gathering of the 209 Show tribes
in Manhattan
at Frank Wood's
Wind-Down Sunday @ Otto's Shrunken Head.
Above, Jason Trachtenburg of The
Pendulum Swings
meets Noel Avello from The
Moon is a Disco Ball.
All my friends have band names which are too long!!! haha
Why can't someone call themselves Blort or Freem
or something short
and easier to type over and over?? Haha

We have a historic new video on YouTube today featuring BOTH
The Moon is a Disco Ball
AND
The Pendulum Swings!
It's like the Justice League of music videos!
It's called, All the Pretty Girls!
CLICK
HERE to watch it now for free!

But it wasn't all about kicking up your heels.
There was ROMANCE in the air as well...

Lucy DeLeche made a very forward proposition to an obviously shocked Angel Yau
(above)!

This led to an onstage fight between Lucy and Noel which could only be resolved
by making the confused Angel (above)sit on stage though a song,
not knowing what to do with the tambourine she was given.
I might make a YouTube video out of the dramatic love triangle
if I can figure out how to edit it down from the 4 cameras.

Angel also performed her "audition" routine, which is sort of ironic
because she just texted me from an audition for some kind of NBC comedy thing.
She asked me what she should do, she only has a minute in front of them.
I asked her if she had a bucket to puke in.
Sadly, she did not. But they would have loved that!
GOOD LUCK TODAY, ANGEL!

The lovely and talented MICHELE
CARLO (above)
told us a story about drugs and rock'n'roll
from her forthcoming book,
Fish Out of Agua!

Frank liked The moon is a Disco Ball well enough that he's already booked them
to perform at one of his birthday shows coming up in November!
Thanks Frank for throwing the great party for us and thanks also for
giving the Moon girls an excuse to come back to NYC!
To see the videos from this event as I get them done, bookmark the show's blog at
http://209show.blogspot.com
or just go to http://209show.com
and click on "LATEST NEWS," which will take you to the blog.
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The Moon is a Disco Ball!!!!!
LIVE!! In historic Tompkins Square Park!
Performing their loveliest and most fun song ever,
"TOYS!"
Watch it HERE!
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Our own lovely LISA PETERS
came in 2nd runner-up in the Miss Hotspots beauty
pageant in Ireland.
It's a fairly big deal over there. See below, this is Lisa in yesterday's Sunday
paper in Dublin:

Last night Lisa and the first runner-up (her new buddy) got let in for free
and put in the VIP room at a Leona Lewis party.
I think Lisa's mad at me today because last night instead of just congratulating
her, I was lecturing her
about how to extend this into longer-lasting fame. Every time in my life I was
in the VIP rooms, I never cared.
And that's why I'm typing this myself instead of having my hot secretary do
it, you know?
I was totally in Professor Bernard mode, I can become very didactic, but I want
to see Lisa succeed
more than I want to be liked or be popular.
Lucy DeLeche says that when Lisa doesn't understand me, it's because
she's probably expecting me to behave like a normal guy, haha.
That's a good way to put it.

Uh-oh, NOW I've done it! Lisa's leaving.
I talked about myself too much. Beautiful women hate it when you talk about
yourself.
CONGRATULATIONS LISA!!!

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Lisa Live TONIGHT! The MOON Live Saturday!

LISA PETERS in BEAUTY CONTEST TONIGHT

ABOVE: With one foot in America and the other in Europe, Lisa looks to the Universe.
TONIGHT in DUBLIN, 209 Show co-creator LISA PETERS will be competing in theMISS HOTSPOTS.IE 2010 competition! It looks to be a big deal, held at a swanky place called Lillie's Bordello. Big name judges and guests, and the winner gains an automatic entry in the Miss Universe Ireland pageant! So obviously we're all very excited for our own Lisa Peters!
New York is rooting for you, Lisa!
You're very loved here and to us, you're already a winner!
GOOD LUCK!!!
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LIVE INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SIMULCAST
THE MOON IS A DISCO BALL
in historic TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK
THIS SATURDAY 6/26/2010
@3:30 PM
The MOON IS A DISCO BALL will be IN NEW YORK this Saturday, June 26, 2010
to lend some support to
Bobbi & The Strays
Who are having a PET ADOPTION EVENT
in Tompkins Square Park from Noon- 5pm
If you've been thinking of adopting a pet, this is the event for you,
as these doggies really need a home.
And if you come down at 3:30 PM, you'll get to see an entire set by
209 Show co-stars
THE MOON IS A DISCO BALL!
If you CAN'T make it to New York this Saturday,
you can (hopefully) still watch the event ANYWAY as we will be
(again, hopefully) streaming the event LIVE over the internet!
We definitely will be on the air at 3:30 PM Saturday
LIVE from Tompkins Square
technology permitting,
but to find the exact address to watch,
keep checking http://twitter.com/moondiscoball
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The breast cancer charity event on Saturday night has been canceled due to death.
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SUNDAY NIGHT on 14th STREET in NYC
Frank Wood presents:
209 Show Party!
starring

ANGEL YAU!
The MOON is a DISCO BALL!
JASON TRACHTENBURG & The PENDULUM SWINGS!
MICHELE CARLO!
OTTO'S SHRUNKEN HEAD  
538 East 14th Street
Show starts INSANELY early at 6 PM <-- For real!
The Pendulum Swings perform at 7:30 PM
Come ask Jason about his daughter's new feature film!
Oops, is that a secret?
I am supposed to talk to Frank today to see if we can also
do a live broadcast of parts of this event--
so once again, follow @moondiscoball on Twitter
for all the latest updates!!!
Or if you're not on Twitter, just go to:
http://twitter.com/moondiscoball
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209 Show News 6/21/2010

TONIGHT ON TV
Angel Yau answers YOUR
phone calls!
Lotsa phone calls tonight
PLUS

The Moon is a Disco Ball!
PLUS
Angel talks about
The Moon is a Disco Ball
COMING TO NEW YORK THIS COMING WEEKEND!
TWO SHOWS ONLY IN NYC!
Saturday 6/26/2010: ROSE 345 Grand St., Brooklyn
Cliff Ferdon presents:
CHARITY Event for Breast Cancer
Entire evening hosted by The Moon is a Disco Ball!
10 PM: ANGEL YAU
10:30 PM: THE MOON IS A DISCO BALL
11 PM: THE RAVERS
12 MIDNIGHT: WORMSMEAT
The club's web site says "Afro Dub Sessions" instead of "Breast
Cancer Charity,"
don't ask me why. I also STILL don't know what the cover charge is.
Great way to draw a crowd for a rock event!
Because all rock music fans love "Afro-Dub."
Just come down, it'll be a great night,
and it's right in the heart of Williamsburg (very convenient!)!!!
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SECOND AND FINAL SHOW
Sunday 6/27/2010 Late Matinee 6 PM Start <-- Early!
Angel Yau! The Moon is a Disco Ball!
Michele Carlo! The Pendulum Swings
featuring Jason Trachtenburg!
Presented by FRANK WOOD!
FOR MORE INFO: http://209show.com/events.html
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LISA in MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT?

209 Show co-creator Lisa Peters is NOT going to be
coming to perform at the 209 Show Live events, but she has a good excuse:
Lisa is in Ireland getting ready for the MISS HOTSPOTS.ie
BEAUTY PAGEANT being held THIS THURSDAY in Dublin!
The winner of this contest is automatically entered in the Miss Universe Ireland
pageant, so obviously we're all very excited for Lisa and I'm very proud of her.
She's been working mostly in modelling and acting lately (below).

A friend of mine commented that Lisa's beauty surpasses these contests,
and that he didn't even need to look at the other contestants to know who he
felt was the winner.
I told Lisa this, and while she accepted the compliment graciously,
she said she wanted to be known more for her music than her looks.
I asked her if I should mention she's a singer or musician on the website?
She said, "No, let it be a surprise when they find out!"
I asked, "So then you want me to just say you're beautiful?"
And she said, "Yeah, defo!"

There's a happy-looking leprechaun.
For more about Lisa, go HERE.
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WHO IS ANGEL YAU?

I first encountered Angel back a few years ago when I had been told by two different TV people that they might want to use my cartoons if I had teenagers in the cast or college students in the cast.
I went searching on not Facebook, not Myspace, but FRIENDSTER (yeah it was that long ago)
and found her by searching for college students who wanted to act or do comedy.
I talked her into playing a voice of a character and a promo thingie got made
for one network.
We would email alot and she asked me what I thought of different comedy scenes
in NYC. I told her about this one toxic comedy scene which locked people in and killed their careers, and I also told her about the UCB scene.
I told her that the UCB scene would get her hired and get her work and a chance
to be known,while the other scene would get her laid and people would write books about having sex with her.
The next thing I knew, Angel was in Los Angeles studying with the UCB and getting
bit parts in TV shows and movie trailers with Sandra Bullock.
We kept in touch and when she was in New York,
Angel would always come on my show.
Fast-forward a bit and I found myself working with a crazy girl from the
aforementioned toxic comedy scene.
She spent a week quitting my show, then apologizing, then quitting again, then
calling me from in front of clubs she was performing at to cry that I was
just like her ex-boyfriend and that I was going to hypnotize her and abuse her.
(I was NOT dating this girl, and she lived with her bf!!!!!!!)
I accepted one of her many resignations and was really
completely and totally ready to never do another public access
television episode ever again with ANYbody.
I sent out a mailer to a limited list at 6 am on a Saturday,
announcing that if anyone on that short list wanted to host the show,
they should contact me before noon that day, a 6-hour time window.
I also think I cursed and was rude in the letter because I honestly
didn't want anyone to take the gig, but I didn't want them saying later
that I hadn't offered them the chance.
In my mind, the show was canceled and I could go back to a real life.
Anyway, Angel wrote back at 9:30 am, which was 6:30 am in Los Angeles,
asking if she could host the show.
When I first met Angel, she was really shy.
I was so proud of her for wanting the gig even though I was
acting grouchy, my heart melted.
I loved the idea of doing the show with Angel-- not just because she's Angel,
but also
because she's someone from the UCB system.
I had worked with the originals in the first season of my show, in 1996,
so I figured, okay, but Angel will be the LAST hostess.
This way I started in the first year with the UCB and I end it with a modern
UCB student.
Angel's humor is mostly quiet, but if you follow along,
then she often surprises you in very unladylike ways!
Here is a case in point:
http://209show.com/angel/angel6192010web.html
That's Angel at the UCB Theatre this past Saturday.
She says she's going to put that on the UCB site, but in the meantime,
you can watch it at the above link.
Angel is also a really good person-- she probably gives me more advice than
I give her.
She's taught me that I don't need to take it personally
when people go crazy or get angry, or say terrible things to me or about me,
and that I CAN have NICE people in my life.
And so can you!
So come meet Angel Yau this coming Saturday and Sunday night
as she does back-to-back shows with
The Moon is a Disco Ball!!!
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