Martha and the Muffins-In Concert/This is the Ice

[schwenko]

just received this e-mail from MATM:

MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2005


MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS TO PERFORM AS A DUO AT THE DRAKE, TORONTO,
FEB. 19TH

Members of Martha and the Muffins will be returning to their Queen St. W. roots when Martha Johnson and Mark Gane perform "reinterpretations" of the MatM songbook as a duo in The Underground at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Saturday, February 19th. This will mark the first time in 17 years they have performed a full set of MatM songs since the band played its last show in Toronto in 1987 at The Diamond Club.

"We'll be doing a mix of songs from various periods, many of which we
haven't done in more than twenty years", says Martha. "The idea is to
eventually record the best versions of the selected old songs as a duo with some new material as well and release that on CD and doing this show is a great starting point."

Ticket prices and set time to be confirmed. The Drake Hotel is located at 1150 Queen St. W. in Toronto. For more information phone 416.531.5042 /1.866.372.5386 or visit www.thedrakehotel.ca Updates will also be posted at the official Martha and the Muffins website, www.marthaandthemuffins.com

"ICE AGE" UPDATE

Warren Stewart, Director of Catalogue Marketing at EMI Music Canada, has confirmed that MatM's third and most sought-after album THIS IS THE ICE AGE will be reissued on CD in spring 2005. Originally released in 1981, this was the first of three ground-breaking albums that MatM recorded with Daniel Lanois, legendary producer of U2, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and Bob Dylan,among others.

In addition to the original track listing, two bonus cuts from the same recording sessions will be included: TWENTY-TWO IN CINCINATTI and I'M NO GOOD AT CONVERSATION , both originally released on vinyl as B-sides. More ICE AGE info coming soon.

[Sean]

Funny cause I just had this big thing for Echo Beach this week.

[British]

Glad to see Mark Gane took my advice for releasing their other stuff on CD.

[schwenko]

So did anybody on the board go to this? Or listen on the web? I totally forgot about it, and didn't listen.
For those NWO citizens in the Toronto area you ave a second chance later this week to catch M+M:



For those of you who missed Martha & Mark'

[xtc-1957]

I love Martha & the Muffins! First song I ever heard by them was on the radio......"Suburban Dream". And at the time 1980ish.....I remember I had a hard time getting past that "off-tune" sax....after my 6th or 7th listen........I knew I was on to somethin