Ray

drumming, producing, writing, music making, husbanding, acting, fooling. artistic director of Motherlodge

(Photo by Michael Arthur)

UPCOMING...
Dawn Landes and The Hounds
1/19/10 Club Passim Cambridge, Massachusetts
1/21/10 - StageOne - w/ Justin Townes Earle! Fairfield, Connecticut
1/22/10 - Mercury Lounge New York, New York
1/23/10 - IOTA Club Arlington, Virginia
1/25/10 - Zanzabar Louisville, Kentucky
1/26/10 - Radio Radio w/ Justin Townes Earle, Indianapolis, Indiana
1/27/10 - Mercy Lounge w/ JTE, Nashville, Tennessee
1/28/10 - Barley’s Taproom w/ JTE... Read more...

T'wit...

• Raskizz: Shows with JTE end 2 nite. Thank you Justin, Bryn, & Josh for good rowdy times. I fly in a.m. to NYC to finish Corporal on Monday.

Blogs

  The Book of Steve
(Steve Trimboli of Goodbye Blue Monday)

• pictures from BAM “Sounds Like Brooklyn”
  the moment after taking this photo with my subjects, maria from debutant hour and liv from huggabroomstik, i knew this would be the “opening” shot – for the flash of a moment, i’m papparazzi editor of a hifalutin blog whose world includes the doings in bushstuy, brooklyn; don’t they look partyingly fabulous? there’s a smattering of pictures [...]... Read more...

  Bullseye
(Paul Megna of Oxygen Ponies)

• Friday Night Secret Show Series in Dumbo!
  Hidden Target is hosting a FREE Friday Night Secret Show Series in Dumbo in preparation for the Oxygen Ponies UK Festival trip.
  

  The Oxygen Ponies will be playing every Friday with two or three other special acts!! Read more...

Noun 1. constellation

an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"

The Rudyard Kipling

The People's Garden

Mooselamp Recordings

• Lady Rizo and The Assettes Orchestra - Confidential. Explicit.
• Less The Band - Bear
• A Late Freeze By Danica Novgorodoff
• Motherlodge Vol. 1 - A Tribute To The Rudyard Kipling
• a.m. Sunday - Ladies and Gentlemen
• Click here to order any of the above titles.

fRomUNDerTHefLoOd.blog

Dawn's "Young Girl" video premiered today. Sassy. For the line dancing I nudged myself to the third row so Pascal and Hunter had more room to swing. And because I sucked.



Dawn Landes and The Hounds start our tour NEXT WEEK!!!

January 19-Cambridge, MA-Club Passim
January 21-Fairfield, CT-StageOne*
January 22-New York, NY-Mercury Lounge (presented by Brooklyn Vegan)
January 23-Arlington, VA-Iota Club and Cafe
January 25-Louisville, KY-Zanzabar
January 26-Indianapolis, IN-Radio Radio*
January 27-Nashville, TN-Mercy Lounge*
January 28-Knoxville, TN-Barley’s Taproom*
January 29-Asheville, NC-The Grey Eagle*
January 30-Carrboro, NC-The Arts Center*
January 31-Atlanta, GA-Eddies Attic*
February 1-Mobile, AL-Callahan’s*
February 3-San Antonio, TX-Sam’s Burger Joint*
February 4-Austin, TX-Stubb’s*
February 5-Houston, TX-McGonigel’s Mucky Duck*
February 6-Dallas, TX-Granada Theatre**
February 9-Chicago, IL-Beat Kitchen

*Supporting Justin Townes Earle
**Supporting Justin Townes Earle and Chris Knight


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For more shows from Motherlodge Louisville Spring 2009 and updates on the Fall 2009 Motherlodges (Brooklyn and Louisville) go to motherlodge.com.

Rough mixes from Corporal's first recording, out in Fall 2009.Corporal is Michael Shannon and Ray Rizzo with Rob Beitzel and Kevin Meeker. corporalband.com

The Moose Lamp adorns the shelf above an eight channel Tascam recording console in the back room of a Bushwick apartment in Brooklyn. It's light reaches as far as Louisville, Freedonia, and the white noise between the stations. Wattage is provided by drummer, writer/producer Ray Rizzo and creative teams that include musician/producer Kevin Meeker, bassist/webmaster Matt Scobee.