this is me solo at the beautiful new rockwood stage in nyc. thanks to David Buccola for these videos !

teaparty liked our cmj show !! thanks girls …

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The only thing more disarming than the pipes on Mieka Pauley of The Mieka Canon was the sheer number of diehard fans packed into the tight space of Rockwood Music Hall. Lyrics were sang, requests were shouted, and the band happily obliged by switching up their setlist to pack it with crowd favorites.

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The title of this blog entry is a direct quote: “I don’t know how to do this,” is something that Mieka said to me on stage during a show at Rockwood Music Hall, recently. I can’t remember if I actually heard the words come out of her mouth. I’m pretty sure that I saw her mouth move in the shape of the words, but…well… it’s just not that important to the story, ok? You see, Mieka has a certain magic about her. She has the power to express, whether she wants it or not. She need not speak. She need not gesture. She needn’t do anything at all, and you are bound to feel her fury; her joy; her despair; her mind-bogglingly neurotic panic. Much of the time, it’s her eyes that do the talking. Mieka’s eyes are beautifully expressive. Even when they are wide with incensed rage, you can’t help but admire their depth. They’re just so big. Often, I’ll find myself gawking in astonished wonderment as Mieka rips me a new one about one thing or another. It’s best not to drift too far out. The sea is uneven. Jagged shards of broken ice bob helplessly amongst inconsistently spaced white-capping waves that head in all directions. Unexplained shipwreck debris finds itself battered into kindling as it claws its way amidst the loosely packed ice, beneath a foreboding and thunderous sky. Lo! A voice; an unseen siren song beckons from the dark horizon… “Are you fucking kidding me?! Have you been listening to anything that I’m saying???” Sorry, Mieka.

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here’s another audio recording of a live show – this time, of me & the band at Rockwood last thursday. and wow, the band & I had such a good time – it was an amazing show. check out tracks 1, 2, & 7 in particular because those are the songs going on the new ep we’re working on.

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Mieka Pauley & Band Live at Rockwood Music Hall on April 23, 2009
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here’s an audio recording of a live solo show I just did last friday. hallelujah was captured pretty well … a lot of you have been asking for a recording of that … well, here you go. and for free to boot.

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Mieka Pauley Live at Rockwood Music Hall on April 10, 2009
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I recently did an interview for NBC LXTV (video), as part of the New York Songwriters Circle and that piece is now on Taxi TV in nyc. anyway, I played rockwood last night, and I had a good number of unrelated people come up and tell me they saw me on their cab ride. I had no idea it would be so pervasive, this is wild.

too bad I ride the subway.

what a fun time last night, the show was amazing, great crowd – just love playing rockwood. my friend sarah versprille was gonna to join me to sing, but unfortunately, a plane in the hudson prevented her from making it in from jerzy (man sarah, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that excuse … ). my other buddy dan torres did make it, and jumped on stage with his voice & a snare drum for the end of the set.

here’s a picture that completely sums up the band dynamic (thank you robbie !!):

Mieka, Brian, Andrew after the show
photo by robbie michaels

you can check out more photos here and here’s a video of a song (Faster) from last night (thank you tony !!):

Faster- Mieka Pauley at Rockwood Music Hall
video by Tony Maceli (whosthebass)