Happy St. Patrick’s Day. This trio from Boston came into our kitchen with homegrown produce and organic chocolate and a willingness to help begin the restoration of our ad-hoc badminton court in the backyard. They’ve opened for the Avett Brothers and their album, “The Carpenter Bird” was listed by the Boston Globe as [...]

Back in the days, Joshua and I used to do what we called “work” at a pizza joint. Work usually consisted of running a pizza in the morning for breakfast, collecting cigarette boxes and 20 oz bottles of soda in our cars and when it was really slow Josh would bust out his Saxophone [...]

Here’s something I’ve been looking forward to for months. Thanks in large part to our neighbor Heather and the kind staff of the Weatherspoon Art Museum we gained access to the inner workings of the art installation process and were able to interview Leo in our kitchen.
This was a collaborative effort as part of our [...]

Two songs just aren’t enough.  They came to our kitchen, braved the cold and the drizzle in the back yard and ate Indian food with us before returning to Brooklyn, NY.  Fear not, they’ll be returning to Greensboro on March 13th as part of our Monkeywhale presents series …
Many thanks to Jocelyn, Emily and Jeremy [...]

For the past 2 years monkeywhale and our kind neighbors have thrown a Halloween party.  Nothing fancy.  A couple of gazebos, a keg, strings of lights across the lawn and a few lanterns.  We also project films on the barn that have fallen into the public domain … like, Nosferatu for instance. Creepy and a [...]

An Apache Relay is the pre-colonial version of a courier system.  Chiefs would compete against each other to see who could have a message delivered in the shortest amount of time.  A Relay of 8 scouts could hand a message over a quarter of a mile in 3 minutes.  Apparently.   Just imagine if they [...]

Lyndsay, a neighbor to our fellow monkeywhalers in Asheville, NC came to our attention due to the insistence of Dulci, Shane and Jason of Now You See Them (a prior visitor to the kitchen).  Dulci and Shane actually accompany Lyndsay on this song along with the very talented Matt Williams.
Who is this Lyndsay Wojcik? (pronounced [...]

Here’s another song from a very special evening that began with a lovely set by Bruce Piephoff (a longtime friend who inaugurated the Harvey’s Kitchen series).  Jim Avett is father to Scott and Seth Avett, of the Avett Brothers who were recently signed to Columbia Records.
The dotmatrix project is a monthly concert series which is [...]

Jim Avett, father to the Avett Brothers (Seth and Scott) and native of North Carolina plays live with Scott Manring (a guitarist that many revere) a song which they recorded together in 1973 and stowed away as life moved on.
Thirty years or more later, they rediscovered the demo and decided to revisit the song. The [...]

No musician was harmed in the making of this kitchen session.  Signed to Compass Records and hailing from San Francisco, the Waybacks have performed all across the United States.  On a short southeastern stretch of their tour they climbed the stairs to our apartment, lugging an upright bass and a few other unwieldy instruments.  Apparently [...]

A session with Greensboro Folk-Legend, Bruce Piephoff began the Harvey’s Kitchen Series in October of 2008. He has published 17 albums and several books of poetry. Here he is playing Notes from Knoxville as part of the on-going dotmatrix project. This constitutes the first of four videos we produced as part of [...]

Twenty-one year old Nate Nelson has been playing in the Athens, Georgia scene since he was 17 years old (if not younger) and he popped by our kitchen with Thayer Sarrano to accompany and be accompanied.  There’s something about this music that makes me want to buy a blue airmail envelope and write some old [...]

At the end of a long week of vastly different musical guests into our house Thayer Sarrano and Nate Nelson arrived with a tiny amp.  They seemed to tiptoe into our apartment.  Unassuming with easy smiles.  Thayer confessed to not enjoying having her picture taken.  I thought perhaps she had turned up at the wrong [...]

The Waybacks are an eclectic group of musicians based out of San Francisco.  They’ve played with the likes of Bob Weir, and performed tributes to Led Zeppelin.  The fiddle player auditioned for American Idol.  Here’s a little taste of what they can do.
Keep an eye out for another track they recorded in our kitchen in [...]

Here’s a second song from Jill Andrews.  Things were going well in the kitchen so we recorded another song as a single take.  We’re really happy that Jill chose monkeywhale.com to preview her new material.  Really fabulous stuff.  We think you’ll be hearing a lot more about her in the coming months.

Jill is a born musician.  You can hear the twang of Tennessee roots music in her melodies.
Some people may recognize Jill from her contribution to the Everybodyfields, a band which gained considerable favor from both a strong fan base and a host of influential music critics including Paste Magazine.  Sam Quinn played opposite her, who [...]

It rained a great deal this summer. It rained. It poured. The groundwater rose. In a few short hours it rained almost 7 inches. Flash flood warnings all over the county. Latham park, a small patch of grass dotted with electrical pylons and the occasional tennis court with a long winding creek running through its [...]

In case you can’t view this HQ video …  and here’s a link to the YouTube file.
Colin Hay, lead singer of Men at Work takes time out of his tour schedule to call the monkeywhale studios on his day off. He recently released his new solo album, “American Sunshine.”
Business as Usual was one [...]

Brought to you in low-resolution.
Starting tonight at 9pm,  we bring you the first ever Save the Monkeywhale Festival.  Stay tuned as we narrowcast performances from some of the best north carolina bands for the next 3 days.  Want to go?  Tickets still available here.

Animations created by the very talented Monkeywhaler, Zach Hadgraft.

Natives of Greensboro and High Point NC, House of Fools has been playing for 5 years. After a brief hiatus they re-formed to hit the road again. Here they are performing, Spirit of the Bear in the kitchen.
The band will be playing this Saturday as part of the Save the Monkeywhale Festival at the Blind [...]

Here’s another great blues trio from Greensboro, NC. Tim Betts, Chuck Cotton, and Chris Carroll have played with the likes of Sting, Don Henley, Robert Cray, Bob Margolin and B.B. King. Along with the Tim Betts Band, Tim also plays with Zydeco Legend, C.J. Chenier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band.
Chris was suffering from either [...]

Here’s Claire, Suny, and Page performing a new scandalous track. All audio and video was recorded live in a tiny kitchen in Greensboro, NC.
Many thanks. Claire and Page thought the session would be audio only on a radio station.
We’re glad they came.
Hope For a Golden Summer.

Claire and Page, granddaughters to the legendary Eddie Campbell perform with Suny Lyons the kind of song you’d like to see in watercolors, or in the highlights of a morning-lit dandelion.  Self-produced and managed they live in the legendary music town called, Athens Georgia making music and soap.
There’s something in the quality of those Campbell [...]

So.  We might have a bit of a mosquito problem in our back yard.  Disregarding the bloodsuckers, it’s a lovely spot.   Here, Now You See Them perform Baby Rhymes with Maybe at the tail end of a lovely visit.  They hail from Asheville but have traveled and played like wandering minstrels all over the world.  [...]

It involved a tophat.  I was around 11 or so.  Dave Marshall’s former wife, Grace, had made a lovely spread of food suitable for people over 35 and I was talked into dressing up as a punk-rocker which turned, sadly,  into a rather odd looking androgynous parakeet.  I’m pretty certain I wanted to dress up [...]

Here’s another great band from Asheville, North Carolina. They’ve played Bonaroo and Bele Chere with all manner of great musicians and artists. They’re also playing as part of the Save the Monkeywhale Festival in Greensboro, NC alongside some of Greensboro’s finest (October 1st, 2nd and 3rd). Signed to the Nine Mile Records Label out of [...]

Mark Sandman died of a heart-attack at the age of 46 while performing and being filmed on stage in Italy. Musicians from all over the Triangle came together in July to contribute to a cover of Tomorrow, originally released on Sandbox: The Recordings of Mark Sandman. The song will appear on a compilation album to [...]

Father to Seth and Scott (leads for the former Ramseur Records band and now recent Columbia Records signing) The Avett Brothers, Jim graciously invited me into his home for an interview and then followed up by visiting our kitchen. The night I drove to his Concord, NC farm it was raining buckets. So, naturally I [...]

Here’s Jay, Joe and Mike current and onetime residents of Greensboro, NC playing We eat together and shit alone in our kitchen.
“Invite me over to eat some dinner.
We eat together.
We shit alone.”
Indeed.

They’re a family of army brats not unaccustomed to moving from place to place who found themselves in Greensboro at one time or another: Joe, who currently lives in Greensboro and is a fixture of the Greensboro music scene, Jay who now resides in Charlotte, NC and plays with the band poprocket, and Mike who [...]

Mark Dougherty, Resident of Greensboro and son to a salesman,  arrived in our kitchen late one evening.  We’re glad that he did.
The Lake Isle is the musical project of North Carolinian, Mark Dougherty. To date, The Lake Isle has penned a double A-Side single, which consists of early demo versions of?Into the White and Sinners [...]

Natives of Michigan, and recently signed to the influential Concord, NC Ramseur Records, Frontier Ruckus plays another song in our kitchen. This posting comes on the same day that National Music and Entertainment Magazine, Paste, gave the Harvey’s Kitchen series a big nod. We’ve worked tirelessly with no pay and some really supportive followers. Thank [...]

Spring 2009 in Greensboro, NC has been marked by torrents of rain. Mosquitoes are now happily frolicking in flocks awaiting a warm vein. Watering tomato plants can be hazardous and a few residents found their cars underwater in parking lots after thunderous thirty minute lunches.
Frontier Ruckus, now signed to the Concord, NC Ramseur Records arrived [...]

Here’s another video … Samantha and Frontier Ruckus were at the house at the same time so here they are together.  Songs in the Night.
When focused, Ms. Crain — with turquoise tights screaming out from between a beige print dress and red cowboy boots — was captivating. Her pleading, slightly distant intonation recalled early-1990s Britpop, [...]

Samantha arrived on the same day as Frontier Ruckus, both bands on the influential Concord, NC based label, Ramseur Records.  The music was so lovely all afternoon I had a difficult time remembering why I was ever frustrated or stressed out about anything at all.  As my friend Vijay would say, “Harvey, what a life!”
Samantha [...]

Originally from Long Island, a graduate of Loyola University and now editor of the most read triad weekly, Brian Clarey sits down in the kitchen for an interview.
When he first moved to Greensboro Brian and I used to work together at a great little restaurant on Tate Street, The Exchange (sadly no longer with us).  [...]

Constantly juggling mulitiple projects, Lovinder Gill, Faculty member of UNCSA sat down for an interview in the kitchen.  An MFA Screenwriting recipient of Hollins University, Lovinder began his scholastic journey as an engineering student only to discover that his elective classes in Journalism and Film Studies were a source of greater curiosity and joy.
He was [...]

Here’s another one called Lucky from Katharine Whalen’s new project with the same title, Lucky. Just a quick note the opening segment includes  an original number composed and sung by Katharine’s daughter.
A lot of talent in that family. Also, we got our camera back stage at the Cat’s Cradle so you’ll get a small taste [...]

Probably best known for her role in the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Katharine Whalen plays Chief Thunder in our kitchen, a track from her new project with Will Dawson. Lucky.  We spent a day at her lovely farm and read Steinbeck on a hammock, ate spinach fritatas, and sipped on champagne while musicians played on her [...]

Resident of Greensboro, NC, Stephen Van Vuuren has taken on the colossal task of piecing together millions of photographs taken by NASA satellites traveling our solar system into a 40 minute IMAX  film with nothing but fabricated machines in his basement. The film will be a first time glimpse of our solar system in three [...]

We first met this crew when I was bartending and booking at the Flat Iron. They’re hard working craftsmen. Many moons later, I helped shoot their music video alongside Mark Wagoner and the Mitre Agency.
Donkey Faces and smoke bombs.
It was cold but there’s nothing like jumping around the forest with a production camera backwards tracking [...]

Veteran Journalist, Jeri Rowe talks about the Triad music scene over the past 30 years. I’ve been acquainted with Jeri for a little over a decade. A consummate reporter with a mind for names, dates, associations, conversations verbatim together with a disarming smile. As newspapers begin to lose viewership and advertisers I can’t help but [...]

Matt Hill leads this blues Quartet. This is part 2 of maybe 3.
“Max is in the truest sense a professional musician. With his successful band Arhooly, he did shows for 15 years with Blues greats like B.B. King, Robert Cray, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Carey Bell, and Freddy King. The list is too long so will just [...]

Guitarist for the Triad’s Black and Blue for the past 40 years and member of Sophisticated Blues, Ray Burnett is originally from Chatham County, NC but now resides in Greensboro. “The Jazz players call me a Blues player and the Blues players call me a Jazz Player, and there’s a whole lot of players who [...]

So. This is part one of two. Albina Savoy: A dash of Toulouse-Lautrec, Django, the flicker of gas lamps and Jack the Ripper all sweetly punctuated with harmony, upright bass, and a blood soaked saw. I do hope this trio comes back to the kitchen.
Another great band from Greensboro, NC.
Jon — Upright Bass
Crystal — Accordian, [...]

The Buzzkillz, lead by Matt hill has been playing the blues circuit for some time. Since there’ll be a few of these. I’ll disclose the information in pieces.
“People in not just North Carolina rave about Chuck Cotton. People from Greensboro to Finland eat up anything this man has to offer. Oh, yeah he’s also one [...]

Originally from Knoxville Tennessee, Sam Quinn, also of the Everybodyfields is on the Concord, NC based label Ramseur Records which introduced the Avett Brothers to the world.
On this, the first hot day of the year, in a tiny room with 4 musicians, a snaggly cat and myself the temperature quickly became uncomfortable, so we took [...]

The Never. Another great band to emerge from the Trekky Records Collective.
The Never are currently touring in support of the release of their second long player album, entitled ANTARCTICA. It’s a storybook album: a full length CD literally coupled with a fully illustrated storybook by guitarist Noah Smith. The story is centered around a young, [...]

The Never. Another great band to emerge from the Trekky Records Collective.
The Never are currently touring in support of the release of their second long player album, entitled ANTARCTICA. It’s a storybook album: a full length CD literally coupled with a fully illustrated storybook by guitarist Noah Smith. The story is centered around a young, [...]

ArtBeat Greensboro is a weeklong celebration of the Arts.  May 1st-10th.
For the kickoff of ArtBeat on May 1st, Josephus will hold an open mic at Festival Park next to the Greensboro Cultural Center.
“Josephus III can often be found on stage accompanied by dancers, singers and musicians that help tap the rhythm of life and bring [...]

ArtBeat Greensboro is a weeklong celebration of the Arts.  May 1st-10th.
Full disclosure.  I did formerly work with the Touring Theatre of North Carolina and Brenda Schleunes for around 8 years as an actor.  It was an unusual role reversal.  A true pleasure.
This collaboration between Barbara Presnell and Brenda is the kind in which Touring Theatre [...]

Chapel Hill based folk Orchestra, Lost in the Trees is another great band to step out of the Trekky Records collective, a label created by Martin Anderson and Will Hackney while they were still in High School selling cds out of the back of their car.
We hope to interview both Martin and Will sometime soon.
More [...]

Chapel Hill based Lost in the Trees had the second shortest stay in our kitchen next to Blind Pilot.  They’re currently on the ambitious Trekky Records along with The Never who also performed a session here.
I’m so glad I learned a few things about audio.  Unfortunately we couldn’t fit the entire ensemble in such a [...]

Hiram, born and raised in Ghana to a family of missionaries, found us in the morass we call the interwebs.  He’s young and extremely savvy.  He drives around in a compact car with his guitar from one coffee shop to the next with his tiny video camera and laptop.  It took me some time to [...]

Filthybird.  Now, I know better.
This marks the 50th Harvey’s Kitchen video since we began in the final week of October, 2008.  It has probably been the steepest learning curve in all manner of aspects in my life.  Work.  Play.  Relationships.  Audio.  Camera Technique.  Business. Lack of business.  Joy.
This band, is a collection of really talented [...]

Filthybird is currently recording a new album following their debut Southern Skies at the aptly named, Pinebox Recording Studio.  There’s a sense of hopeful decay in these songs that stay with you long after the melody transitions to silence, like kudzu on a long forgotten telegraph pole.
A Greensboro gem.

Greensboro-based Filthybird has always been a remarkable phenomenon.  Witness a live show and you’ll be immersed in the sonic equivalent of Tim Burton in a lullaby riddled with reverb.  Best I could come up with.
During the session a bass string broke and during the break, Renee sang a few songs.  Stephen Dedalus.
More to follow.

ArtBeat Greensboro is a weeklong celebration of the Arts, May 1st-10th.
Company manager of the Greensboro Opera Company, Elena DeAngelis is a native of New York from a family of railroad employees.  A graduate of UNC-G, she now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
In this interview she talks about her love of Metallica, Performance and the strong [...]

ArtBeat Greensboro is a weeklong celebration of the Arts May 1st-10th, 2009.
Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the regional not-for-profit Triad Stage, Preston Lane sits down in our kitchen to talk about Matadors, Polka, Peanut the Horse and the creative process.  Together with Laurelyn Dossett he has authored, Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity, Bloody Blackbeard and [...]

ArtBeat Greensboro is a weeklong celebration of the Arts, May 1st – 10th 2009.
He was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to violinist Julian Sitkovetsky and pianist Bella Davidovich. His father died in 1958, when Sitkovetsky was three years old. He grew up in Moscow. He studied there at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1977, aged twenty-two, he [...]

Local filmmaker and graduate of UNC-G Andy Coon sits down in the kitchen to reminisce about his life in the corporate world, his introduction to film production and his web series, Corporate Assassin.
Originally from New Jersey and brother to Sean Coon of the Dotmatrix Project, Andy directed Greensboro’s Child, an insightful documentary about the Klan/Communist [...]

So, we took part in something called the International Documentary Challenge which is another one of those, “here’s a ridiculously small amount of time to make something” contests.  We drew 2 genres … art and first person with the themes of hope and fear.
Since we’d never made a documentary on any scale we decided to [...]

This was by far the fastest kitchen session.  Pete Schroth of Giant Invisible Cyclops had booked the band for a show at Studio B in Greensboro and some last minute calling to the manager brought them by our place.   I was nervous.  The all important third mic I thought was going to solve a lot [...]

Emily Moore.  Justin Huey.  Prolific musicians from Charlotte, NC.  They brought themselves and a Rhodes piano into our kitchen and reminded us of the reason why we ventured into this project.  Simple.  Honest.  Music.  Our cat was sick at the time, and while we relaxed with a glass of wine or two and ate General [...]

Resident of Greensboro.  Found sound artist.  Inspired by artists such as Negativland and late seventies post-punk.   Bart Trotman plays with instruments salvaged from thrift stores.  Hidden beneath his personable demeanor is a sense of purpose about our cultural identity, our environment.  This particular art movement has parallels in the readymade of Marcel Duchamp’s Bottle rack [...]

There’s nothing like the sound of a fresh spring when you’re thirsty.  Bruce Molsky, a magician on the fiddle and banjo is not unaccustomed to time signatures as peculiar as parallel universes to a Newtonian.  44/16.  11/16.  He played for a few minutes in a wicker chair that often makes the recordings twitch, warming up, [...]

Here are the Radials again, in one take.  Funny thing is there isn’t an audio file in this entire series that isn’t one take.
A page from the Corbett Lyric book:
My baby went down to the Chop House to get herself a fix.
My baby went down to the Chop House to get herself a fix.
I found [...]

Residents of Greensboro, The Radials have been floating around for about 2 years beginning as a duo at the Flat Iron Open Mic Night.  Most recently they played with Larry Keel at the Milennium Center in Winston-Salem.
A few months ago these guys played as part of the dotmatrixproject ongoing series of live recordings at the [...]

Resident of Greensboro, North Carolina and excecutive editor of the Business Journal, Justin came to our kitchen to talk about his book My Cousin the Saint a spiritual journey told through the eyes of a life-long and Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist.
When this series began in October of 2008 I had no idea where it would [...]

Originally from Buffalo, New York, Frank Stasio now resides in Durham, North Carolina with his wife.  He’s host of North Carolina Public Radio’s The State of Things.  Carolyn and I have been avid fans of his show for some time, often staying in the car to listen to the end of a terrific interview with [...]

Here’s the last of the bunch for Greensboro Resident, Sam Frazier.  It’s been a pleasure listening to his music this past week.

Greensboro Resident, Sam Frazier. More to follow.

Musicians in Greensboro know Sam Frazier. He’s been playing music for decades with the likes of Scott “Scooter” Manring, Bruce Piephoff, David Driveway Moore, Walrus, the boys from Bus Stop, Tornado, Martha Bassett, Laurelyn Dossett, along with his own band, The Sam Frazier Band and the Hall Monitors with Lisa Dames.
He’s currently working [...]

It’s been over a year since Come Hell or High Water has played together. Suzanne is an old friend of ours and we look forward to her playing again. If you get a rare chance to hear them, you won’t be disappointed.
This is Part 1 of 2 Parts.
Thank you Suzanne, Julie, Matty, Gael, [...]

That’s right. One take. Bonus.

Suzanne Stafford. She’s been in Greensboro for some time and used to be lead singer for a band called, “Scarlet Harlot” which is no longer with us. Come Hell or High Water hasn’t played out in over a year due to the rigors of motherhood and working full time as a bartender at [...]

Brian, a graduate of UNC-G who trekked to Chicago to take classes with both Improv Olympics and Second City (springboard for Saturday Night Live) returned to Greensboro to peform with The Idiotbox. He worked as an improv trainer and went on to put on his own one-man show of comedy songs ostensibly to finance [...]

Here’s the first part of a two videos we shot this weekend. The hours went by quickly and so did the 6 pack of beer. The second part is a single take of another song. Hope you enjoy them both.
There’s nothing quite like making new friends. This Saturday Carolyn and I listened [...]

There’s nothing quite like making new friends. This Saturday Carolyn and I listened to great music, ate wonderful food with our neighbor Julie, and then to top it off we sauntered, happily over to the Flat Iron to watch Eating the Invaders and Sirius. B play together in what turned out to be a [...]

Resident of Greensboro. Army Brat. Child of a musical family. Promoter. A food enthusiast. An accomplished drummer. He told me the other day he wants to start a live Karaoke band. He means it. For several years he’s been running the Joe G Cover Band Explosion which has drawn [...]

Laurelyn Dossett, is a resident of Greensboro and a prolific songwriter. In addition to playing in the award winning Polecat Creek, she’s written songs for Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star and Bloody Blackbeard, all original productions co-written by Triad Stage Artistic Director, Preston Lane.
For Brother Wolf, Laurelyn composed the song “Anna Lee” which through an [...]

Laurelyn Dossett, is a resident of Greensboro and a prolific songwriter. In addition to playing in the award winning Polecat Creek, she’s written songs for Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star and Bloody Blackbeard, all original productions co-written by Triad Stage Artistic Director, Preston Lane.
For Brother Wolf, Laurelyn composed the song “Anna Lee” which through an [...]

Jimmy Tremor, Slim Pickens, and Stretch Armstrong make up this Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Punk Trio.  Close your eyes and you can hear the tin din of a tiny black and white tv screen, the hum of a jukebox brought to life by a dime and the smell of axle grease.  There’s the unmistakable influence of Jerry [...]

“Baffi Lungi,” aka Snags of the feline Rockabilly alt-punk jazz ensemble “Salmonella,” makes his debut in this video along with the very talented Greensboro-based Crap Rock All Stars.  These guys really aren’t crap and our cat approved.  You can catch this trio all over the triad playing crazy crazy music.

Kit Dean, Tom Tinnitis, and Mikey Roohan play in this sweet act the name of which comes from a Simpsons reference about crap rock.  Often confused as novelty performers, this band has been surprising audiences all over the place with their driving radio glitz.
They are not known for their easy-listening acoustic lilt but they unplugged [...]

One just wasn’t enough.
Here’s what Big Bang Boom has to say about themselves:
What happens when professional musicians become parents? They play and write children’s music. This is the path taken by Big Bang Boom, a children’s music group from Greensboro. After 20 years touring clubs and playing parties, Chuck Folds (younger brother of piano rocker [...]

Here’s what Big Bang Boom has to say about themselves:
What happens when professional musicians become parents? They play and write children’s music. This is the path taken by Big Bang Boom, a children’s music group from Greensboro. After 20 years touring clubs and playing parties, Chuck Folds (younger brother of piano rocker Ben Folds) and [...]

Michael Tourek, native of Omaha Nebraska and current resident of Greensboro North Carolina, divides his time between managing McCoul’s Restaurant and peforming at Triad Stage, in commercials and short films. You might have caught a glimpse of him in Citizen Ruth, or the Producers (2005), or most recently in Beautiful Star.
A member of the [...]

Barry Staples, monkeywhale superstition expert and drummer for Eating the Invaders gives us today’s lucky number and the latest curse victim.

Barry Staples of Eating the Invaders fame collects his ancestral powers of Cajun Voodoo together with a hat with a bunch of names in it to curse some unsuspecting victim.
Music by There is No Creature Music.

Eric Robertson, formerly of Greensboro North Carolina’s Beaconwood and now lead singer and Mandolin player for the Boston Boys stopped by our kitchen to play a couple of songs.

Eric Robertson, lead singer and mandolin player for Beaconwood, a Greensboro-based newgrass band is also lead singer and mandolin player for the Boston-based, Boston Boys who will be touring across the United States this summer.
He along with other members of the Boston Boys currently attend Berkley college of music.  A number of people thought Eric [...]

A star for the new year. Sirius.B, self-proclaimed Gypsy Absurdist Metal Folk Funk Punk are based out of Asheville, NC. They packed themselves into their van and drove a total of 6 hours to play in this kitchen. Not only did I end up having a Young Ones quotation match with the Charango player but [...]

The rush of a cool autumn breeze making contact with your pupils as you hike through a cedar forest.  They’ve been called Altoids for the eyes.  People trade gaming systems just to procure them.   Santen Neo FX eyedrops not only make you feel more alert, but more attractive too and younger.  That’s right.  Younger, more [...]

Throughout this interview were 5 people constantly playing music. I’d ask a question. Contemplation. The silence would be interrupted by a contemplative melody on a banjo or guitar. In the 2 hours we had the pleasure of listening to these guys, they displayed the kind of energy you only see in [...]

These guys came into our kitchen and played so many songs and told so many stories we couldn’t fit it all into one piece. Plus, the world of warcraft addiction was too good to skip.

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia Pete now lives in Greensboro, NC. He and his wife own and operate the Green Bean, a coffee shop/gallery/performance venue. It was one of the first downtown businesses to emerge that sparked a mini cultural renaissance which now includes a host of bars, a regional theatre, together with a [...]

Born in Dodge City, Kansas with a penchant for using her slingshot on old companions, Molly McGinn now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. After a brief respite from singing she has returned with a vengeance. You may recognize her from Triad Stage’s production of Black Beard or as a co-worker at the King’s [...]

Molly wrote 2 songs. Here’s the 2nd one. We don’t normally do multiple postings but these chansons from this chanteuse were so good we couldn’t resist. This one will be played at the Greensboro Urban Ministry sometime very soon.

The flatiron, 221 Summit Avenue in downtown Greensboro, has hosted an open mic night for the past 15 years. In that time, along with musical amateurs, first-timers, poets, comedians and the like, a long list of professional musicians have stumbled through the doors.
For full disclosure, I did used to work at this bar for 5 [...]

Josh has been floating around the blogosphere and college airwaves for some time.  His own blog is a veritable treasure trove of insights, inspiration and musicians you may have heard of or were glad that he introduced you to.  He also is one of three writers for the highly influential music blog Aquarium Drunkard.
WQFS Greensboro [...]

We were going to delay this episode by 5 days, but instead we’ve delayed it by 3. That’s 3. Not 5. We investigate wolf garments, inaugural couch leasing, Dumas, Mozart and the car industry bail-out. Um, loan. Car Industry loan.
Lately we’ve been deeply involved in a rather large experiment that [...]

Mikey, a native of Brooklyn who now resides in Greensboro North Carolina has been crafting songs for a number of years.  His previous classics, “Jerking Off Tonight,” and “Bar of Soap,” have both been aired on the Howard Stern show, unless we’re making that part up.  Some of his songs have definitely been aired on [...]

It all began one summer morning when the dog ate the biscuit.  A tall man took his coffee black in the absence of sugar.  Afterwards there was naught but the sound of … We’ve all had it.  Writer’s block.  An old teacher used to say that he’d never experienced it.  Writer’s block just means that [...]

A number of our photographer friends have been talking about time-lapse photography lately.  Since I’ve had the crud that’s going around I’ve had a lot of time on my hands to see just how much quality material is out there.  So many great photographers, filmmakers, musicians.  It boggles the mind.
I also spent a good deal [...]

So, the past few days since Thanksgiving I’ve been suffering from one of those winter colds that creeps up on you and never seems to want to die. Along with the cold and the snot and the cat with the cold and the snot my cellphone was laundered. It probably needed cleaning but [...]

Our friend told us about this video and we have to admit it makes us laugh. Every time.

A friend of ours sent us this video. Gone are the days of the harpoon and longboat. Ahab. Moby Dick. Sometimes it’s just a lady with a rifle and a little tiny net. Something doesn’t quite add up here.

Were Bruce Lee still alive, we’d ask him to join us in our kitchen. Forget that Chuck Norris doesn’t believe in the periodic table because he only believes in the element of suprise. Bruce + Ping-Pong + Nunchucks = badass. Even though he’s dead and gone we’re making him an honorary Monkeywhale [...]

Sean Coon, the creative and administrative force behind the dotmatrixproject checks in with us on the progress of his collaborative experiment. The pressures of an extremely heavy workload combined with personal struggles and attempts to balance the two are common themes in this industry.
Despite the fact that there are many succesful examples of collaborative [...]

Citified, a 4 member Shoegazer rock band took time out on a sunday to drink beer and play acoustically in this kitchen.  Initially Chris suggested we use pre recorded music as Citified’s sound is about reverb and melodic noise which isn’t necessarily translatable in an acoustic medium, but after seeing the results with Eating the [...]

Six members of this North Carolina based band, piled into my kitchen elbow to knee and performed “Carpet and Tile,” from their upcoming EP Elbows up, Strings Down. Eating the Invaders usually rocks it out, plugged in, gritty with a sound that alludes to a strong Piedmont-based musical heritage and something new, dissonant and tangential.  [...]

Martha Bassett together with Bassist Pat Lawrence play Leave Me Behind , a signature track from her upcoming album with working titles, Shake, or, Whisper.  She is also due to release another album, Moonshine and Starlight sometime soon.
Her current tour schedule boggles the mind with bookings in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina [...]

Greensboro native, Kristen Leigh, whose evocative voice has entertained audiences all over the United States ruminates about her travels, her family and her music.  Her most recent album “Still Apt” is in micro circulation.  You can catch a rare opportunity to hear her at Tate Street Coffee on November 21st.

It’s Election Night. Yes, Election Night.

Robin Doby Easter, Greensboro Resident, singer, actor, sits in for an interview and talks about the Gate City, her life and her struggles as an artist.  Robin is the lead singer for one of the hottest Blues bands around, “The Stovepipes,” who are playing at the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday for the election night Obama [...]

November 1st, 2008. Literally.

Greensboro native, Bruce Piephoff talks about his 40 year long, 17 album career, his poetry, and why his home town has so many great musicians.  For complete clips of great songs go to www.brucepiephoff.blip.tv.  Look for Bruce’s new album out in early 2009 on Flyin’ Cloud Records.

A little greeting card titled, “Le Tarot,” with an unpublished subtitle, “I lost my flip-flop.”  Hope you enjoy it.  Shot with friends and neighbors.  Happy Halloween. Music by, “There is no Creature Music.”
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Monkeywhale.com reports on the 2008 Beardtoberfest.  Great Music.  Great Beards. Cheap Beer and Charitable donations.  Good times.

Wayne Reich, violinist talks about past and future projects with monkeywhale.com.

Everything is completely fucked.  Monkeywhale takes us to a transcendental plane far far removed from the woes of the stock market.  Shot with a GY-HD110 JVC camera.

B-roll shot in Japan for editorial use.

Obama and Biden at the Depot in Greensboro, NC attract a crowd of more than 20,000.

Matty Sheets and David “Driveway” Moore discuss their contributions to the Monkeywhale.

Michelle Obama visits the Carolina Theatre stumping for her husband, Barack.

Realms of Despair is a text-based adventure game. Visit www.realmsofdespair.com and log on, for free, using their java client.  All elements shot by Harvey Robinson using a JVC-GY HD110.

Unaware of the rockpool dangers on Bear Island, Chunky, the Whale and baby chunky frolic amongst the sea snails and seaweed. Shot exclusively in Maine by Harvey Robinson.  Score by There is no Creature Music.  Assisted by Carolyn de Berry.

Field Reporter, Carolyn de Berry takes the crew of Monkeywhale.com on an excursion to attempt a sighting of the elusive Monkeywhale.  Shot exclusively in Maine.

Written, Produced, Shot, and edited in 48 hours as part of the 48 hour film festival with an extremely dedicated and talented crew, all lovers of the Monkeywhale. Shot using the JVC GY-HD 110 at 720/24p and native adjustments for a more filmic appearance. Hope you enjoy it. Unfortunately, due to some erroneous mystery of [...]

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Freedom Park, Charlotte NC.  Experts in the field of tree care and tree climbing gather for an international tree climing contest.

Monkeywhale investigates the relatively new sport of Recreational Tree Climbing

Monkeywhale investigates the relatively new sport of recreational tree climbing.

Monkeywhale investigates the relatively new sport of Recreational Tree Climbing.

Monkeywhale investigates the relatively new sport of recreational tree climbing.

Monkeywhale members make art, travel to foreign countries, promote Greensboro, petition local government, and do their very best to protect the North Carolina Monkeywhale.

Monkeywhale visits the Greenhill center for Artbeat. Artbeat is a citywide Arts festival, April 27th – May 4th in Greensboro North Carolina.

Triad residents brave the weather to collaborate on a synchronized umbrella opening in Center City Park. ArtBeat is a citywide arts festival, April 27th-May 4th. For tickets and schedule please visit, www.artbeatgreensboro.org

This saturday, April 5th, at Center City Park, join us with friends and strangers
and strange friends armed with umbrellas prepared to open them in unison. We’ll interview people in the 30 minutes prior to the opening, so come early, bring friends, bring your dog. Be sure you know what to do! Look forward to seeing [...]

Local artist, Christopher Spence, petitions the city council on his other passion, the plight of the monkeywhale. ArtBeat Greensboro is a citywide event which takes place between April 27th-May 4th.

Artbeat is a citywide Arts festival from April 27-May 4th. Go to www.artbeatgreensboro.org for schedules and tickets.

Arbeatgreensboro.org is hosting over 30 events in the month of April. Check out www.artbeatgreensboro.org for information. Monkeywhale.com asks greensboro residents the meaning of art as a fruit.

Artbeatgreensboro.org hosts over 30 events this year. Monkeywhale.com interviews Greensboro residents and reenactors during this year’s Battle of Guilford Courthouse at Price Park. Keep an eye out for the cannibalistic immortal Germans.

Monkeywhale.com rides the bullet train in the name of Art and for the sake of Artbeat.

Eddie Franklin shows off his cat.

Matty reflects on his contribution to the Save the Monkeywhale cause.

Monkeywhale covers the 4th Spelling Bea Arthur hosted by Erica and Cedric of the Greensboro-based gossip blog, hypepipe.net. May there be many more to come.

Alex instructs Jenny on the mysterious curative effects of the Neti pot. This was shot with a JVC GY-HD110 at 720 60p, downconverted to standard def. The crew was a bit lubricated, as was Alex who takes the Neti pot seriously and may have admitted to abusing it.
Toward the end of the master shot, and [...]

Monkeywhale.com hits the streets of Greensboro, North Carolina on the anniversary of the last known sighting of this endangered species.