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FAMILY : My Cartouche

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Younger sister Frarajaca (Erin Markey) made a video for art class. She also wrote the song. She’s kind of an art star. And she’s totally going to the art fair. Spell my name in heiroglyphics!!

Performed by: Erin Markey
Music & Video: Chris Giarmo
Lyrics: Tina Satter
Half Straddle Productions

i created the above music and video for Tina Satter’s new play FAMILY at the Ontological Theater. i also will be performing in / choreographed / composed music for the actual show too. woo hoo!

check out the new Half Straddle website (that i also designed) for more info.

double woo hoo!

the knockout blow

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

the knockout blow video still

so i just recently worked on this amazing piece by kristina satter called, ‘the knockout blow.’ the above image is from a video i made for the piece featuring jess looking like a freak. this piece was fucking amazing (if i do say so myself). i should have posted about this four days ago to tell you all to come see it (’you all’ - who reads this anyway?) but alas i was too busy working on it.

aside from doing some crazy video (which i’ll hopefully be able to post on this site soon) i also wrote a bunch of songs from the amazingly ridiculous text that tina wrote. it was an utter joy. the score ended up being kind of soul-funk-jazz-musical theater-ass jams, and was received very well.

don’t feel bad if you missed it though, we’ll be back at the ontological hysteric theater in august, with some new songs and awse moves.

(btw, tina is a genius who uses words like “awse”)

the piece also featured eliza bent and julia sirna-frest - two kick ass performers with kick-ass pipes - and of course the ‘diminutive and charming’ jess barbagallo playing a fucking werewolf slut. how is this not the coolest thing in the world?! oh wait.. it is.