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Jeremy X. Halpern Brings the Weirdos to R Bar 3/5

By: Feb. 02, 2010
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Visionary composer Jeremy X. Halpern brings his psychedelic-powered band to R Bar in NYC on March 5. Mysterious and electric, Jeremy X. and the Weirdos will infect your brain with with bizarre beats and strange synth sounds. Live processed cameras and trippy videos accompany the ritualistic performance of the masked Weirdos musicians and their ranting insane frontman, Head Weirdo Jeremy X. Some of the songs are familiar...Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" and the Beatles "I Want You, She's So Heavy" are performed in radical new versions with deeply weird vocal interpretations. The original material is eclectic, with drum beats morphing into spacey atmosphEric Shimmering.

Jeremy X. and the Weirdos are the house band for the Weirdos TV show, broadcast nightly on the web site www.Weirdos.TV and will be simulcast from each concert they play live. On the TV show, Jeremy X. takes live callers to the 1-800-Weirdos (800-934-7367) line, but he doesn't answer the phone when he's on a club's stage, does he? Of course he does! And of course, some forms of audience participation are included in the show.

For more information, please go to: http://weirdos.com/band

Jeremy X. Halpern (Founder) is also the sole proprietor of 1-800-Weirdos. He founded Verge as a multimedia performance group in 1987; they performed their first gig at CBGBs in 1988. At 1-800-Weirdos, he performs a LIVE interactive musical reality Internet TV show EVERY NIGHT at MIDNIGHT on http://www.Weirdos.TV. As an actor, he has performed on stage and in films and video including acclaimed Iranian director Amir Naderi's "Sound Barrier". As a theatre director, he has masterminded such bizarre epics as "Speak of the Devil (A Satanic Cabaret)" and "Battle of the Dead Celebs". As a composer, he has invented soundtracks for Verge, as well as having scored many short films. As an actor, he has worked with such notables as Anne Bogart, Jerzy Grotowski, and Eugenio Barba. He recently performed the NTUSA's highly acclaimed show, "Chautauqua!" in its return engagement at The Public Theatre for its "Under the Radar" festival.

Jeremy X. and the Weirdos will play the R Bar, 218 Bowery between Prince & Spring Streets on March 5. Admission is $8 with ID, 21+. For more information visit www.rbarnyc.com or call 212-334-0484.



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