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Artist Information
Biography
Phat Man Dee was voted one of the Best Local Jazz Acts in the Pittsburgh City Paper Reader's Poll of 2010 and 2011.
Frank DeBlase of Rochester, NY's City Paper had this to say about Mandee in 2011:
"This woman is as zaftig as she is zany. It's the perfect marriage of a beautiful voice and a twisted mind, kind of like Karen Black in a more cabaret setting. But it isn't all high-brow low-jinx; Phat Man Dee has a set of powerful pipes behind her exquisite phrasing."
She sings and duets her compositions and eclectic repertoire of standards in English, Spanish, French and sometimes German and Hebrew.
In the last year Phat Man Dee released her third album "Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa Vol 1.1" with a stunning multi media dome performance featuring Guaracha Latin Dance Band at the Buhl Planetarium at the Carnegie Science Center.
Webby Award Winning Culture Blog Laughingsquid's preview:
http://laughingsquid.com/phat-man-dee-friends-merry-christmachannahkwanzaa-vol-1-1/
Buy the disc online!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/phatmandee4
Phat Man Dee performed as "Janet", one of the lead roles in "How to Survive the Apocalypse, a Burning Opera" which sold out a month long run at San Francisco's Teatro Zinzanni.
Molly Freedenberg of the San Francisco Bay Guardian had this to say about her performance in the opera:
"Not only were “Andy Stack’s” Geekbird and Phat Man Dee’s “Janet” some of my favorite characters, but their jazzy electronica collaboration during the second act was one of the highlights of the show."
To purchase the cd of the San Francisco cast recording:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nicholsdavis
She also appeared as a special guest on Formula 412's release "Reality Show"
http://www.say412.com
In 2011 Phat Man Dee partnered with The Toonseum & the Carnegie Science Center to present "Lifesize Mousetrap" on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, PA, and she then joined "Lifesize Mousetrap" with an appearance at the World Makers Faire in NY in 2011. She regularly appears as emcee for the "Bridge City Bombshells" (Pittsburgh, PA) and for Bella Sin's "La Femme Mystique Burlesque" (Cleveland, OH). She was the emcee for the First Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival in 2011 and is scheduled to do so again in 2012. She is also booked to emcee "Pyrotopia", the East Coast's first ever Fire Arts Festival slated to occur at the Pumphouse on April 28 in Homestead, PA.
She has appeared with "Burlesque-A-Pades" featuring the Pontani Sisters (founders of NYC Burlesque Fest), "Foxy Moxy's Cabaret Risque" (Winston Salem, NC), "The Boiler Bar Stage" (San Matteo, CA), "Mathew Tembo" (Zambia, Africa), "Guaracha Latin Dance Band" (Pittsburgh, PA) "The Neverwas Haul Steampunk Exposition Stage" in the Black Rock Desert (Burningman), "The Madagascar Institute" (Brooklyn, NY), "Alex Skolnick of Testament" (NYC, NY), "Zafira Dance Company" (Pittsburgh, PA), Carolina Loyola-Garcia of "Alba Flamenca" (Pittsburgh, PA), National Blues Award winning "Candye Kane" (San Deigo, CA), "Goddess Perlman's Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad" (NYC, NY) , "Fat Bottomed Girls Burlesque Review" (San Francisco, CA), Chicken John's "Circus Ridiculous" (San Francisco, CA), medieval Germanic bagpipers "Wolgemut" (Germany & Sweden), "Jazz Mandolin Project" (Burlington, VT), "Bindlestiff Family Roadshow" (NYC, NY), "The Bull Seal! Collective" (Pittsburgh, PA), "SEEMEN" machine arts group (San Francisco, CA), "Flaming Lotus Girls Fire Arts Collective" (San Francisco, CA) and "Heavy Pedal Cyclecide" (San Francisco, CA).
She is currently raising funds to complete her first live performance dvd to be filmed at Church Recording Studios in Pittsburgh, PA, featuring her own original compositions as well as new jazz compositions by Pittsburgh based musicians. Her first cd "Life Just Goes On", her second "Torch of Blue" (produced by Tony DePaolis) and her third "Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa Vol 1.1" are available on CD Baby and iTunes.
For more up to date and stream of consciousness transmissions:
http://www.twitter.com/phatmandee
Instrumentation
Phat Man Dee - lead vocals
The Liquitones currently include:
Colter Harper - guitar
Tony DePaolis - bass
Miguel Sague III - conga
The Liquitones have included and may include again at any time:
Pennsylvania John Purse 2000 - guitar
Monogahela Tall Paul Leech 3.1 - bass, mandolin
Keystone Nathan Peck - bass
King of Prussia Alex Peck - drums
Punxatawney Paul Cosentino - clarient
Susquehannah Richard Strong - drums
Korel Tunador - saxophone, accordion
Kenny Paagler - piano, organ
Johnstown Flood Survivor Jeff Cubeta - piano
Reginald Watkins - trombone
Ian Gordon - trumpet
Ben Opie - saxophone/ clarinet
Gerald Haymon - guitar
Simon Jaeger - middle eastern percussion
Nick Ragheb - middle eastern percussion
Anthony Fugate - bizarre mouth sounds and percission
Chris Parker - drums
Mike Murray - organ, accordion
Jacob Yoffee - horn
Discography
"Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa Vol 1.1"
released December 2011
Multicultural holiday album featuring original and traditional holiday tunes in Mandee’s native Picksburghese, as well as French, Spanish, German, Hebrew, Latin and English.
Featuring musicians Miguel Sague III, Craig “Izzy” Arlet, Tony DePaolis, Tom Wendt, Hugh Prentiss, Mark Custer, Abby Gross, Simon Jaeger, Tall Paul Leech & Geña Eugenia N Escoriaza.
Cover illustration by Rob Rogers.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/phatmandee4
http://laughingsquid.com/phat-man-dee-friends-merry-christmachannahkwanzaa-vol-1-1/
She is incredibly proud of her work as a featured soloist on "How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera"
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nicholsdavis
She also appeared as a special guest on Formula 412's release "Reality Show"
http://www.say412.com/
"Phat Man Dee - Torch of Blue" released 6/28/2007
a full length album with 16 tracks by Phat Man Dee, Tommy Amoeba, Christiane D, Colter Harper, John Purse, Damon Griffith, and musically directed by Tony DePaolis was recorded at George Heid Studios in Aspinwall, PA It features musicians: Colter Harper, Tony DePaolis, Chris Parker, Jacob Yoffee, Kenny Peagler and Michael Murray.
"Burning Disc - a playa compilation 2006"
a 4 song ep distributed at Burning Man with songs about different artists and their creators.
"Phat Man Dee, Life Just Goes On" was recorded at Mr Smalls Funhouse 2002 and re-released again in 2005. It features musicians John Purse, Tall Paul Leech, Nathan Peck, Alex Peck, Korel Tunador, Paul Cosentino, Rich Strong, Reggie Watkins, Ian Gordon, Simon Jaeger & Anthony Fugate.
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Two Tone Tattoo
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Ay Linda Amiga
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Gandhi Lives!
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Torch of Blue
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Jones Beach
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Heavy Roads
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King of the Flower Men
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What Kind of Woman
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Ascending Curves
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T.G.I.D.K.U
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Neverwas is Forevermore
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Poly Resin Icon
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Dona Nobis Pacem
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Life Just Goes On, by Christiane D./Nathan Peck
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Pepe
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Mr Fix It Man
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Dreamland
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Photo Gallery
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Photo by Adam Blai 2010
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From Circus of Self photo shoot with Brent Isaac and Kim Rullo Photography October 2008
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Phat Man Dee , Torch of Blue, photo by Renee Rosesteel, layout by Mike Saxman
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In Pittsburgh Cover Story
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PhatMan Dee, Big Daddy Bull Seal! & Pennsylvania John Purse
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Mistah Sistah Phat Man Dee circa 1997. with Circus Redick-u-less @ La Festivale Internationale a Lafayette, LA. Costumery by Bella Bestia.
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Phat Man Dee by Margaret Stanley, live @ First Night 2007
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Press
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JAZZ: Phat Man Dee (11/19) By Frank De Blase on November 15, 2011
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This woman is as zaftig as she is zany. It's the perfect marriage of a beautiful voice and a twisted...This woman is as zaftig as she is zany. It's the perfect marriage of a beautiful voice and a twisted mind, kind of like Karen Black in a more cabaret setting. But it isn't all high-brow low-jinx; Phat Man Dee has a set of powerful pipes behind her exquisite phrasing. Fans of stuff like The Lobster Quadrille are going to cream their jeans over this one.
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Best of 2011 City Paper Readers Poll
Best Jazz/Blues Band or Performer 2nd place :Phat Man Dee
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Critics' Picks - Andy Mulkerin
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ChristmaChannaKwanzaa is Pittsburgh legend Phat Man Dee's answer to December sectarian strife: Each ...ChristmaChannaKwanzaa is Pittsburgh legend Phat Man Dee's answer to December sectarian strife: Each year, she has a show centered around the catch-all holiday. This time around, she's releasing an EP, Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa Vol. 1.1, so that you can keep the holiday spirit all season long. The CD opens with "Picksburgh Xmas," which posits the Steelers as a unifying holiday theme. ("Rudolph's a yinzer, or maybe yinz ain't been told / When the Steelers are in the playoffs, his nose blows black and gold," she warbles in a Pittsburgh accent.) It's followed up by five more tracks with help from friends like Miguel Sague III, Geña and Tony DePaolis -- spanning numerous languages, styles and denominational boundaries
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Phat Man Dee & Friends Merry ChristmaChannahKwanzaa Vol 1.1 By Rusty Blazenhoff on December 9, 2011
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Jazz diva Phat Man Dee has released her festive “multicultural holiday album”, Phat Man Dee & Friend...Jazz diva Phat Man Dee has released her festive “multicultural holiday album”, Phat Man Dee & Friends “Merry ChristmaChannahKwanzaa Vol 1.1. It features both “original and traditional holiday tunes in Mandee’s native Picksburghese, as well as French, Spanish, German, Hebrew, Latin and English”. Phat Man Dee will be performing with Guaracha Latin Dance Band at the Intergalactic Holiday Spectacular, the CD’s science and music-filled release party, at the Buhl Digital Planetarium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Carnegie Science Center on December 15, 2011 starting at 8 PM .
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Pop Filter Hot Pick: hot jazz, merry-making and the Milky Way at Carnegie Science Center
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You may have seen her light up the room at cabaret clubs, in museum lobbies and on opera stages, but...You may have seen her light up the room at cabaret clubs, in museum lobbies and on opera stages, but have you ever seen local jazz superstar Phat Man Dee perform inside a planetarium? Scratch that: have you ever seen anyone perform in a planetarium? We haven't, and we think this concept is one of the most distinct we've seen yet.
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Music Preview: Phat Man Dee's 'Torch' songs strike 'blue gold'
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Once you get beyond the awe of Phat Man Dee, you quickly realize she has a positive personality and ...Once you get beyond the awe of Phat Man Dee, you quickly realize she has a positive personality and can really sing. Really.
All you need to do is check out "Jones Beach" and "T.G.I.D.K.U," two songs from "Torch of Blue," her latest recording.
It combines elements of jazz with Middle Eastern hooked rhythms, electronic music and mandolin guitar, poetry and improvisation. Eclectic to say the least, but Man Dee keeps it interesting and funny. She sings of Gandhi being alive and living in a hotel and raps about lies and propaganda.
"Ah, for crying out loud, Peaches," she screams on the song "Polly Resin Icon."
The album features mostly original material, with the exception of "Ay Linda Amiga" and "Dona Nobis Pacem," two songs that were written in the 15th century.
"I really wanted this CD to focus on musicians from Pittsburgh playing music from Pittsburgh," said Man Dee, who was in New York attending the Coney Island Mermaid parade. "There are musicians in my immediate community that I really respect. Tony Depaolis assembled some of the best musicians in Pittsburgh, and his touch on the recording turned it into blue gold."
South Sider Man Dee said she, her husband, Tommy Amoeba, and friends marched in the Coney Island parade as bottom-feeders. She said Amoeba was dressed as a giant squid while she donned a vampire-spider queen costume.
"It was fun," she said. "We walked and sang calypso tunes."
"Torch of the Blue," which consists of 16 songs, was supposed to be the title of Man Dee's 2001 recording, but she said the band wasn't feeling the music when they entered the studio.
"We recorded the day after 9/11, and we were all in a terrible head space," she said. "We could barely function. We wouldn't have gone into the studio but I had already paid for it."
Six-years later, the band is feeling the music, and "Torch of Blue" is a wonderful document for a musician who is not so quietly carving out her own musical territory.
Recorded at George Heid studio in Aspinwall, the album features Colter Harper, Chris Parker, Kenny Peagler, Mike Murray, Jacob Yoffee, Paul Leech and Simon Jaeger. Man Dee said she has worked before with many of the musicians selected to perform on the recording.
And that's obvious, because the chemistry is great throughout, particularly on "Gandhi Lives!," which is a combination of jazz and bluegrass.
"I try to make a point of performing original material," she said. "As much as I love the standards, and I don't know as many standards as I should, but people seem to enjoy my music."
Man Dee said she performed "Gandhi Lives!" at a roller rink in Harmarville last week and more than a 1,000 people were there enjoying the music. "They were clapping and having a good time," she said.
Another fan favorite is "Two Tone Tattoo,"' a song Man Dee performed a decade ago with Big Daddy Bull Seal.
"He and I had a performed in a troupe a decade ago where we would do weird performance poetry with lots of drumming, and I played cello. That was one of our popular tunes but it was never recorded."
Anyone who has followed the career of Man Dee knows she's a little different.
But she's also a charismatic artist with a clear sense of musical purpose.
By Nate Guidry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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CARRYING THE TORCH
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Colorful and outrageous, South Side diva Phat Man Dee has released her debut CD, Life Goes On (self-...Colorful and outrageous, South Side diva Phat Man Dee has released her debut CD, Life Goes On (self-release), a modern take on torch song jazz. Recorded at Mr. Small's Fun House, the CD features her band, Margalit and the Liquitones (John Purse, Korel Tunador, Nathan and Alex Peck), and a number of guest musicians performing a fine mix of standards and new songs in an intimate, warm setting. But with all this instrumental fire power, it's Phat Man Dee's voice that is the star. Expressive and passionate, Phat Man Dee's sensual voice pulls you in and takes you away to where the words no longer matter and you float along on pure emotion. Took my breath away. [Philip Harris]
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When times are tough, musicians respond with benefit concerts
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By Jason Cato PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Friday, February 19, 2010 Buzz up! There's something...By Jason Cato
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, February 19, 2010
Buzz up!
There's something about tragedy that strikes a chord with Pittsburgh musicians.
From hurricanes and tsunamis to terrorists and earthquakes, artists often come together for benefit concerts to raise money for those in need.
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, they rocked Mellon Arena and Hartwood Acres. When three city police officers were slain last year, they took the stage at Station Square.
Now local musicians are focused on helping Haiti recover from a Jan. 12 earthquake that crumbled its capital, killed more than 200,000 people and left millions more destitute and damaged — physically and emotionally.
"I always try to help out the underdog," said Jay Donaldson of the Muddy Kreek Blues Band, who organized a benefit last month at Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead.
Other benefits have been held Downtown at the August Wilson Center — it raised $1,200 — and at the Shadow Lounge in East Liberty, which brought in $5,600. Last weekend, the Hollywood Theater in Dormont collected $1,174 through a variety show. The owner then matched the amount, raising the total to $2,348.
This weekend, the Map Room in Regent Square will have "Haiti Rising," which will include more than 30 musicians in an effort to raise money for St. Damian Hospital and Orphanage in Port-au-Prince. Weather postponed a Valentine's Day concert featuring The Clarks, Bill Deasy and others at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland until Feb. 28. Proceeds from that benefit will go to the American Red Cross.
Events are planned next month at Palisades in McKeesport and at FATE Ultra Lounge in the Strip District.
And the efforts aren't restricted to Pittsburgh, even though the money comes through here.
Fourteen bands in Lyons, Colo., performed a tribute to The Beatles in January that raised $1,100 for the BRESMA Orphange in Haiti after hearing the story of two Ben Avon sisters who helped run the center and brought more than 50 orphans to Pittsburgh.
A Feb. 27 benefit concert in Harrisburg is set to raise money for The Friends of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, a North Side-based nonprofit.
"Musicians have big hearts, and it is hard to do a benefit without music," said Ray Werner of the Irish band Hooley.
Werner is one of the organizers of the Map Room benefit, which will feature Haitian food and music as well as stories from people connected to Haiti, including locals who lost loved ones and friends.
"We're going to be passing the hats and baskets," Werner said. "This is on everybody's minds."
Jazz singer Mandy Kivowitz-Delfaver, also known as Phat Man Dee, helped organize January's event at Shadow Lounge. Proceeds went to Yele Haiti, a foundation backed by internationally renowned Haitian musician Wyclef Jean.
"Musicians are a notoriously poor lot. It's not like any of us can write a check for $5,000," Kivowitz-Delfaver said. "But we can donate our time and talents."
The Clarks have played numerous benefit concerts over the years, from Katrina and 9/11 to shows for cancer victims and animal shelters, said guitarist Rob Hertweck.
"Any time something like this happens, there is a call," Hertweck said. "How are you going to respond? How is the world going to respond? I've seen on a number of occasions where this region steps up and answers the call.
"Sometimes, I think we need to step out of this cultural Novocaine and do something. Things aren't good in Haiti, and they won't be for a long time."
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Shadow Lounge hosts Haiti benefit concert
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y Christen DiClaudio / For The Pitt News published: Thu, 21 Jan, 2010 Between the decorated burn...y Christen DiClaudio / For The Pitt News
published: Thu, 21 Jan, 2010
Between the decorated burnt orange and Dijon yellow walls of the Shadow Lounge, a quickly growing crowd of about 50 people openly received jazz diva and host Phat Man Dee’s words of encouragement and an a capella song of peace.
“When I think of Haiti, I think of a beautiful country with beautiful religion and beautiful art,” PhatMan Dee said. “We must support them through this tragedy.
The event, a Haiti benefit concert, was called Sending Back the Spirit — and spirits were high among toe-tapping attendees of all ages.
“I feel sad for the kids in Haiti,” 11-year-old Caitlin Eirene said as she waited by the stage for the first band, Yours Truly, to play.
She said she was excited to drop her raffle tickets, sold for $1 each, into a variety of bags representing prizes ranging from free tarot readings to restaurant gift certificates.
Mary Gibson stood in the back of the lounge, by the bar. She is the co-worker of Phat Mann Dee’s sister and was waiting to film singer Christiane D.
“As soon as we heard about the event, almost everybody wanted to volunteer,” Gibson said of those in her Coldwell Banker office.
Everyone working at the event was a volunteer.
Irish folk singer Terry Griffith, soul singer Joy Ike, Rusted Root front man Michael Glabicki and trumpet phenomenon Sean Jones also performed in the concert.
“The tragedy of [the earthquake] was just so, like, ‘holy f**k, really?’ Haiti is poor but has so much culture and beauty,” Man Dee said. “The support tonight is great.” -
How To Survive The Apocalypse: A Burning Opera at Teatro ZinZanni
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How to Survive the Apocalypse, a Burning Man-inspired rock opera opens Monday, October 5th and runs ...How to Survive the Apocalypse, a Burning Man-inspired rock opera opens Monday, October 5th and runs through October 20th at Teatro ZinZanni in San Francisco.
There will be performances for three weekends only (the last weekend was just added due to high demand). Ticket details are on the Teatro ZinZanni website.
Delivering the outrageous and transformative culture of Burning Man to wider audiences, “How to Survive the Apocalypse” is a freak fable that combines rock opera, vaudeville, and a Dionysian revival show as it follows three people, each with their own baggage of fears and expectations, through their first experience of the erotic, psychological, and apocalyptic minefield of this temporary city in the desert. A kind of “Hair” for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes.
The official Burning Man blog has a writeup about the show with lots of great photos. The fantastic cast photos shown here are by photographer Michael Rauner and there are many more on his site.
Back in January, I wrote about the debut run of this show at Stage Werx Theater in San Francisco. It was a very short, very sold out run in a 49-seat theater, with the workshop feel of a collaborative piece that was evolving in real time.
People involved in those initial shows, in both the cast and audience, had diverse levels of Burning Man experience: from some of the earliest participants to current BM staff; from those who have just discovered the event to many who stopped attending long ago. The take on Burning Man and its history is as varied as that mix of viewpoints would suggest.
Candy ravers mingle with art freaks, manic minigolf, bull-horned rabbits, and the abstract caricatures Moustachio and The Stetson. Happily the event and its history is not romanticized, but neither are the profound aspects of experiencing Burning Man (especially for the first time) under stated or estimated.
Clearly a fun, freaky art experiment, at its best the show has a “vibe” to it that resonates with all in attendance; an infrequent but not quite rare occurrence like the best moments at parties, events, or temporary desert municipalities. It is something from which you can almost literally catch a buzz, and maybe a flashback or two.
The text was written by Erik Davis (star of the penultimate instance of Laughing Squid’s Tentacle Sessions series). Erik is a journalist and culture critic, and a long-time Burning Man attendee who covered Burning Man for Wired more than a decade ago. His most recent book is The Visionary State about “California’s spiritual landscape” is a good example of his style: thinking deeply about the weird and freaky.
The music is composed by Mark Nichols, originally from the Seattle area, who first attended Burning Man more recently, which is where the idea for this rock opera began to evolve from a chance meeting at the porta-pottys one night.
After its short successful run in January, the show went off the grid, preparing for a bigger, more polished return. The ultimate plan includes a tour at some point after this second San Francisco run.
The ensuing months have included lots of work on the show, the inevitable fund-raising of an independent production, and expansion of the cast and crew and the overall scale of the opera.
The new set was designed by Shannon O’Hare, one of the mad anachronistic geniuses behind “Neverwas Haul”, the steam-powered mobile Victorian house which has travelled to Burning Man the last few years.
The cast now includes Phat Mandee (another Tentacle Session star) who has come all the way from Pittsburgh, PA for extended rehearsals prior to the opening. See her blog post about the show and her history with Burning Man (plus rehearsal pix).
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"Burning Opera": The fire's almost out
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By Molly Freedenberg. Photos by Michael Rauner. Time is running out on the beloved (and only a bi...By Molly Freedenberg. Photos by Michael Rauner.
Time is running out on the beloved (and only a bit controversial) Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, the Mark Nichols/Erik Davis vehicle that attempts to both explain and capture the ethos of SF’s favorite (and favorite to ridicule) festival: Burning Man. The wildly popular show that opened October 5 at Teatro Zinzanni ends its three-week run (extended an extra week due to demand) tomorrow (Wed, Oct 21) night, with a limited number of tickets still available for tonight and tomorrow’s shows.
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Librettist Erik Davis opens the Burning Opera by transforming from middle-aged geek to heckling dessert bunny "Bulldada," whose commentary throughout the show is not only funny, but accurately captures one element of playa culture: irreverence for everything, including Burning Man itself.
Despite some technical difficulties (sound is hit-or-miss, and some lyrics are hard to decipher) and occasionally coming off as unpolished, the show has been delighting audiences with its remarkable range, combination of history and present-day culture, inside jokes, and a surprising mix of earnestness and irony.
Of course, most of those delighted are burners – people who get the jokes. If Burning Man were a summer camp (and in many ways it is), this opera would be what the counselors do for each other at the end of the year talent show – if the counselors were trained in musical theater. Which is exactly what makes it fantastic and hilarious, but potentially off-putting to non-burners, jaded old-schoolers, and anyone who doesn’t genuinely enjoy musicals and satire. I’d also argue that the longer one has gone to Burning Man and the more one knows about it, the more you’ll get from the show. (In particular, even my veteran burner friends had questions about historical references, most of which I could answer because I’d read Brian Doherty’s fantastic book This is Burning Man.)
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Not only were “Andy Stack’s” Geekbird and Phat Man Dee’s “Janet” some of my favorite characters, but their jazzy electronica collaboration during the second act was one of the highlights of the show.
But my complaints about the show are far outweighed by my praise for it. It’s hard enough to describe an event as personal, massive, contradictory, multi-faceted, and ever-changing as Burning Man (believe me, I’ve tried), much less distill it down into a cohesive musical. But the geniuses behind this show have done the damn near impossible with their soon-to-be roadshow.
What’s remarkable about this opera is how much ground it manages to cover, and cover well. The story centers around two sets of newbie burners: one a newly single woman whose friends convinced her that Burning Man would “heal her” and change her life; the other a hetero couple who believe they’re going on a camping trip and are challenged by what they find.
Through these main characters, the musical explores a dizzying array of themes, experiences, and aspects of Burning Man, including (but certainly not limited to): drugs, art cars, Thunder Dome, punks vs. e-tards, monogamy vs. polyamory, costumes, spirituality, nudity, sexual boundaries, marching bands, The Cult of Larry Harvey, trouble among the BORG bigwigs, legal issues, cops, and, most importantly, ambivalence about each of these things.
In fact, it’s the ambivalence that makes this show work. For example, in one song, the female newbie – freshly costumed and topless – sings an admonishment at a man for taking her picture without asking, angry that he’s sexualizing her. At the end, however, she glances at the picture and remarks, “But I do look hot.” The existence of contrasts and paradoxes (e.g. selling coffee at a non-commercial event) is one of the hardest things to explain to non-burners, but is one of the most consistent aspects of the Burning Man experience. That the musical takes on this tricky-but-essential attitude is what makes this show more than a love letter to, or advertisement for, That Thing In the Desert.
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“Brook” (played by Jenneviere, whose diminuitive frame belies her impressive set of pipes), finds transformation and acceptance when she’s finally costumed in fur, sequins, wings, and boots. Though some may find fault with this Grease-reminiscent “Sandra Dee must conform” conclusion, it’s hard to argue that it’s not an accurate representation of the Burning Man experience – (and many will argue that Brook, as well as many burners, really are finding their true selves and styles through costumery).
The feel of the musical itself is all over the map, sometimes jazzy, sometimes reminiscent of rock operas like Hair, sometimes invoking Rocky Horror Picture Show (with our very own playa-bound Brad and Janet), and, at its best, nodding to tropes of classical musicals (such as the a capella quartet of singing lawyers). And, like most musicals, it gets a bit slow after the intermission.
But whatever is lost through inconsistency or exposition is more than made up for by the emotions the show evokes. As the cast walks the audience through the experience of Burning Man, from greeting at the gate to the dying embers of the burned man, so do they lead the audience along an emotional journey – and one that, as it is on the playa – isn’t always pleasant. The transformation that burners talk about isn’t gained easily, and the musical portrays the doubt, fear, self-loathing, confusion, grief, and physical strain that many (if not most) burners experience in Black Rock City – culminating in the song “I’m Just a Man” that literally brought me to tears.
All in all, this is a show by burners about burners, and bares the mark of aesthetic and emotional accuracy that's necessary for its success. Whatever the Burning Opera’s short-comings, they pale in comparison to its numerous and unlikely achievements – most of all, winning over the highly-protective and skeptical audience of burners, and me.
Oct 20-21, 6:30pm
$35-$300
Teatro Zinzanni
Pier 29, SF
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Cover Story/Music Preview: Phat and happy
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Chinese rap artist? No, Phat Man Dee is just your average bald-headed, pig-tailed jazz singer and ci...Chinese rap artist? No, Phat Man Dee is just your average bald-headed, pig-tailed jazz singer and circus freak
Friday, February 15, 2002
By Ed Masley, Post-Gazette Pop Music Critic
Once you get beyond the freak-show trappings, the first thing you're likely to notice about her act is that the girl can really sing -- and not just hit the notes but put the story of the song across. With personality. And charm. And emotion. And substance. And humor.
And sometimes a fist in the mouth.
It's (Life Just Goes On) a beautiful album, guaranteed to baffle those who'd like to write her off as an abomination.
"I want to make people happy," she says. "And I want to help other people realize that it's beautiful to be yourself. You can still be beautiful and sexy and be a big, fat bald mama with two pigtails and tattoos and piercings and brandings."
And doing the national anthem with a mouthful of your fist?
Of course.
"It's called engaging in the sacred art of fat-chick fist mastication. That's a form of prayer for me, actually," she says. "It's a meditative state for me where my fist is actually filling my face and I'm praying for the future of our country. I'm not happy with the way things are. I want them to be more strange."
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Maecenas XIX Gala de Bienfaisance
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Monday, May 19, 2003 By Marylynn Uricchio, Post-Gazette SEEN Editor Bohemian Paris was the set...Monday, May 19, 2003
By Marylynn Uricchio, Post-Gazette SEEN Editor
Bohemian Paris was the setting, transplanted in time and space to the stage of the Benedum Center, for Saturday's Maecenas XIX Gala de Bienfaisance.
The French theme of this annual affair celebrated Pittsburgh Opera's production of "La Boheme,"....C'est magnifique! In the midst of it all hung chanteuse Phat Man Dee, who made a dramatic entrance on a swing while artist Kevin Wenner created his own little Left Bank by painting a giant canvas.. -
One phat singer
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“The beauty of jazz is that you can put your own mark on it,” Phat Man Dee says. With her noticeable...“The beauty of jazz is that you can put your own mark on it,” Phat Man Dee says. With her noticeable eccentricities, this certainly isn’t a problem for her. She continues, “Jazz isn’t a what. No one can tell you what jazz was or is. It’s not what you’re doing it’s how you’re doing it.”
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City Paper Best of 2004
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Local performer most likely to become the Wayne Newton of Pittsburgh’s casino: Phat Man Dee 2nd: D...Local performer most likely to become the Wayne Newton of Pittsburgh’s casino:
Phat Man Dee
2nd: Donnie Iris
3rd: Frankie Capri
Hottest local personality (female):
Julie Bologna, weather girl, WPXI
2nd: Phat Man Dee
Setlist
Phat Man Dee and the Liquitones generally play 2 or 3 sets of about 45 minutes in length.
Songs from the albums featured are:
Two Tone Tattoo,
Life Just Goes On, My Round Eyes, Blue Like Billie, Pepe, Ride the Rotor, Sweet Freedom, Wet Eyes, Man Be Man, In the Pines, Mon Vieux Paris, Torch of Blue, Thank God I Didn't Kill You and Gandhi Lives (Shakes).
These songs are mixed in with a very eclectic blend of other tunes by such composers as Kinky Friedman, Nina Simone, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Black Sabbath, Willie Dixon, Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell, Cab Calloway, Willie Nelson, Billy Strayhorn and Billie Hoilday. Though my repetoire maybe slightly schizophrenic, we promise to provide you with a phabulous show.
Basic Requirements
Calendar
| Date | Time | Venue | City | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2012 Saturday | 5:00 PM | SAVOY Restaurant | Pittsburgh, PA, US |  |
| Fundraiser for ProMusica Pittsburgh's Summer Young Artists Residency Program Show features Lilly Abreu, Maureen Budway, Phat Man Dee, Gene Stovall, Michael Jackson Tickets online www.showclix.com/event/afternoontimejazz Tickets $10 Adv $15 door For more infowww.promusicapittsburgh.webs.com | ||||
| Jun 1, 2012 Friday | 10:00 PM | BRGR 5997 Penn Circle South Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Come enjoy the dulcet tones of Phat Man Dee with Miguel Sague III & Carlos Peña at BRGR - a fine, meatly establishment, which offers a variety of specialty burgers with a sexy blend of angus chuck, sirloin, NY Strip and ribeye, American Kobe Beef & salmon also available. 10 pm - midnight! No cover! | ||||
| Jul 5, 2012 Thursday | 12:00 AM | X Day Subgenius event at Wisteria Campground, 39617 Ohio 684 Pomeroy, OH 45769 | Pomeroy, OH, US | |
| The Amino Acids, Bobtisms, Evolution Control Committee, Rev. Ivan Stang, Dr. Philo Drummond, Dr. Hal, Priestess Pisces, Dr. K'taden Legume, Rev. Frodis "Suds" Pshaw, Col. Sphinx Drummond, Kaosmic BobKat, Dr. Dark's Drive-In, 24-7 Grindhouse, Ministry of Slack. http://subgenius.com/newdevivals.html | ||||
| Jul 12, 2012 Thursday | 12:00 AM | Starwood at Wisteria Campground, 39617 Ohio 684 Pomeroy, OH 45769 | Pomeroy, OH, US | |
| The Starwood Festival is the largest Pagan/Magickal/Consciousness gathering in North America. I will be singing in the Pufferdome. http://www.rosencomet.com/starwood/2012/entertainment.php | ||||
| Jul 26, 2012 Thursday | 7:00 PM | Summerfest at Brushwood Folklore Center, 8881 Bailey Hill Rd. Sherman NY 14781 | Sherman, NY, US | |
| I am performing Thursday night on the mainstage w/ Foxy Moxy, Macabre Noir, Deville D'Eggs & my jazz trio! Workshops, Sacred Fire, Entertainment & more! Bring a tent! http://www.brushwood.com/summerfest.html | ||||
| Aug 4, 2012 Saturday | 6:00 PM | Beachland Ballroom & Tavern | Cleveland, OH, US | |
| I'm emceeing the 2nd Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival, the biggest night of Burlesque, Vaudeville & Sideshow in the Buckeye State. Headliners: Trixie Little and Evil Hate Monkey-NYC Go-Go Amy- NYC Lola Spitfire- Colorado Springs, CO The charity beneficiary this year is Cleveland Food Bank! | ||||
| Aug 8, 2012 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Phat Man Dee with her trusty trio of jazz warriors at one of Pittsburgh's most delicious destinations. If you can't get to the 504 then check out the most bonafide gumbo in the 3 Rivers and listen to one of the best jazz singers in the region! | ||||
| Sep 1, 2012 Saturday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Phat Man Dee with her trusty trio of jazz warriors at one of Pittsburgh's most delicious destinations. If you can't get to the 504 then check out the most bonafide gumbo in the 3 Rivers and listen to one of the best jazz singers in the region! | ||||
| Oct 24, 2012 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Phat Man Dee with her trusty trio of jazz warriors at one of Pittsburgh's most delicious destinations. If you can't get to the 504 then check out the most bonafide gumbo in the 3 Rivers and listen to one of the best jazz singers in the region! | ||||
| Dec 8, 2012 Saturday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Phat Man Dee with her trusty trio of jazz warriors at one of Pittsburgh's most delicious destinations. If you can't get to the 504 then check out the most bonafide gumbo in the 3 Rivers and listen to one of the best jazz singers in the region! | ||||
| Dec 15, 2012 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Hollywood Gardens | Rochester, PA, US | |
| Good times & great music at this beautiful restaurant and soon to be brewery! Join Phat Man Dee with her trusty trio of jazz warriors as they light up the night in in blue jazz in Rochester, PA! | ||||
| Date | Time | Venue | City | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2012 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Rex Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Atrocity Exhibition by Morose and Macabre. Phantasmagoria.... more details as they become clearer in the crystal ball...... | ||||
| May 4, 2012 Friday | 12:00 AM | Jergels Rhythm Grille | Warrendale, PA, US | |
| Burlesque-A-Pades, After Dark returns to the Pittsburgh area with this special performance featuring the Pontani Sisters and all live music from the Brian Newman Quintet & special guest Phat Man Dee! http://www.jergels.com. | ||||
| Apr 28, 2012 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Historic Pump House | Homestead, PA, US | |
| The East Coast's 1st ever Fire Arts Festival! Fire dancing, fire sculpture & more! Pyrotopia will entertain and enchant attendees with the use of fire and related media such as electricity and light in artistic ways. I am sharing the duties of emcee w/ Andrew the Impaled! Info: http://pyrotopia.net/ | ||||
| Apr 21, 2012 Saturday | 5:00 PM | Backstage Bar | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Come hear Phat Man Dee en trio with 2 of her favorite jazz warriors at one of downtown Pittsburgh's finer establishments! No cover, delicious cocktails, tasty treats and most the dulcet tones of this original Pittsburgh jazz diva! | ||||
| Mar 31, 2012 Saturday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Phat Man Dee with her trusty trio of jazz warriors at one of Pittsburgh's most delicious destinations. If you can't get to the 504 then check out the most bonafide gumbo in the 3 Rivers and listen to one of the best jazz singers in the region! | ||||
| Mar 30, 2012 Friday | 8:00 PM | Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am appearing as back up singer with Christiane D's project "OOTE" at the Sunstar Women's Music Festival! | ||||
| Mar 23, 2012 Friday | 10:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Pittsburgh's premier burlesque troupe Bridge City Bombshells plus special guest Paco Fish of Sticky Buns Burlesque from Baltimore, MD! | ||||
| Mar 20, 2012 Tuesday | 7:00 PM | Rex Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| **Due to unexpected conflicts PhatManDee is unable to appear, please support this cause anyway** Pittsburgh’s Jazz & Blues Divas Program to Honor Anne Feeney! Our Headliners are Etta Cox, Maureen Budway, Freddye Stover, Tania Grubbs, Donna Peck, Sweaty Betty & Jenny Wilson! MC'd by Natalia Rudiak | ||||
| Mar 15, 2012 Thursday | 6:00 PM | Birmingham Square, S 12th and E Carson St | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join us as we hold our dawg's heads high and blusteringly bleat as the shofar sounds! Since the year 1995 the freaks in South Side gather to parade in celebration of nothing in particular. Meet us at 6 pm sharp for a departure at 6:30 pm. Bring your horns. Bring your drums, even bring your mums! | ||||
| Feb 11, 2012 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Tin Fron Cafe, 216 E. Eighth Ave | Homestead, PA, US | |
| Celebrate Valentine's Day Weekend with some delicious vegetarian fare w/ the smooth groove stylings of DJ Brother Strawberry & Phat Man Dee. Enjoy Sister Shortcakes special vodka infusions at one of the most animal friendsly & romantic nights in town! Reservations not required, but recommended. | ||||
| Feb 10, 2012 Friday | 9:00 PM | Rex Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| A Burlesque-a-pades Valentine's special featuring THE WORLD FAMOUS PONTANI SISTERS with some of NYC's hottest talents Angie Pontani, Albert Cadabra, Helen Pontani, Maine Attraction with local feature act Phat Man Dee! Advance Tickets: http://www.showclix.com/event/s20120210pont | ||||
| Feb 4, 2012 Saturday | 3:00 PM | Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society Benefit Preview Screening at The Yost Theate 307 N Spurgeon St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 | Santa Ana, CA, US | |
| My cousin Jon Alloway made a movie called "Into the Zone" http://www.intothezonemovie.com/ I'm singing at the later exhibition "The Cacophony Society Zone Show" http://www.grandcentralartcenter.com/ArtGallery_gcartgallery.php Grand Central Art Center 125 North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701 | ||||
| Jan 21, 2012 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Pittsburgh's Premier Burlesque Beauties as we celebrate the colors that surround us! The Bridge City Bombshells Burlesque Troupe will be shaking it up with all of the colors of the rainbow. | ||||
| Jan 16, 2012 Monday | 9:00 PM | Bloomfield Bridge Tavern | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| An annual concert on Martin Luther King's birthday featuring Pittsburgh based musicians and artists to benefit the homeless shelter "Duncan and Porter House" which is run by Vincent Eirene. | ||||
| Jan 14, 2012 Saturday | 8:00 PM | The Space Upstairs (above Construction Junction) 214 N. Lexington Street. Pittsburgh, PA 15208 (the black door opposite Thomas Blvd) | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| The Pillow Project's monthly jazz-happenings w/ Vie Boheme joined by sounds spun by Brotha Free w/ Phat Man Dee, Gene Stovall, Jacquea Mae, Anquenique Wingfield, Ricardo Iamuuri. Spontaneous jazz physicality by The Pillow Project, new works by Kaylin Horgan, ongoing live art by Jordan Bush. | ||||
| Dec 17, 2011 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Morose & Macabre's House of Oddities Presents.... BLACK DECEMBER an Atrocity Exhibition 2012 Fundraiser Event Featuring a dark & twisted holiday cabaret with performances by: PHAT MAN DEE CHERRI BAUM MACABRE NOIR COUNTESS VON TELLA PENNY DE LA POISON THE HOUSE OF DEVILLE with DJ CALLISTO | ||||
| Dec 15, 2011 Thursday | 8:00 PM | Carnegie Science Center | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee to release her new holiday EP "Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa Vol 1.1" at the Carnegie Science Center as they present the most rockin’ holiday happening this side of the Milky Way! One show: $15 advance / $20 door Two shows: $25 advance / $35 door For tickets call 412.237.3400, | ||||
| Dec 10, 2011 Saturday | 2:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Special holiday happening at NOLA on the Square with Phat Man Dee, Carlos Peña & Miguel Sague III. Join Santarchy for a ridiculous debaucherous afternoon of food, drinks and jazz. Did I mention the 100 or so Santa's joining us? You could be one too! http://www.facebook.com/events/222383674482212/ | ||||
| Dec 4, 2011 Sunday | 8:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Benefit for #Occupy Pittsburgh movement, More info tba. | ||||
| Nov 27, 2011 Sunday | 8:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Pittsburner Decompression w/Phat Man Dee, Christine Hamer Andrews, SunBear Coe, Miguel Sague Jr & Miguel Sague III, Geña, Sneaky Mike, Andrew the Impaled, Trundle Manor's Creepshow, Amoeba Knievel, dj's , fire spinners & more! Proceeds to benefit Climate Ground Zero, http://www.climategroundzero.org | ||||
| Nov 25, 2011 Friday | 7:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Pittsburgh based artist Christiane D, August Wilson Center Fellow, releases first solo album, Obliquity of the Ecliptic, w/ live performance release party w/ DJ Selecta special guest Jack Wilson.The Obliquity of the Ecliptic live band features Craig Arlet, Tony Thomas, Chris Belin, Phat Man Dee. | ||||
| Nov 19, 2011 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Abilene Bar & Lounge | Rochester, NY, US | |
| Very excited to play Rochester, NY! Ben Tucker's bringing in Phat Man Dee and her trio! Rochester is home to musical greats like Hypnotic Clambake & more! Come on out for this musically stunning evening of original jazz w/ Afro Cuban percussion & harmonies galore! http://www.abilenebarandlounge.com/ | ||||
| Nov 18, 2011 Friday | 6:30 PM | Union Project, 801 North Negley Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Initiative for Transgender Leadership, in partnership w/ Union Project, will host a Commencement Celebration to honor the ITL’s first fellow, Rayden Sorock in celebration of the completion of the fellowship program dedicated to the professional development & leadership of transgender youth in Pgh. | ||||
| Nov 5, 2011 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Christine Frechard Gallery, 5871 Forbes Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I'm performing with Bella Sin of La Femme Mystique Burlesque (Cleveland, OH) She is just a gorgeous dancer. Her bump and grind is muy delicioso! Joining me are my wonderfully talented friends Carlos Peña on guitar & Miguel Sague III on vocals and conga. Shows at 8 and 10 pm. | ||||
| Nov 4, 2011 Friday | 7:00 PM | Tin Front Cafe, 216 E. Eighth Ave Homestead, PA 15120 | Homestead, PA, US | |
| With DJ Strawberry, Phat Man Dee sings new and classic standards in one of SW Pa's most delicious vegetarian eateries! Jazz and butternut lasange, what more can one ask?? http://www.tinfrontcafe.com/ | ||||
| Oct 28, 2011 Friday | 9:00 PM | Cattivo Sotto | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Featuring Pittsburgh's Favorite Devilish Dames, The Bridge City Bombshells Burlesque Troupe, The eerie enchanting sounds of The Devilz in the Detailz, A Killer Costume Contest, DJ spinning all your favorite Spooky-ooky tunes and our emcee Phat Man Dee! | ||||
| Oct 15, 2011 Saturday | 11:30 PM | Carnegie Library Main in Oakland, 4400 Forbes Ave. | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will be reading for 10 minutes from one of my favorite Science Fiction authors, in celebration of a 24 hour reading event at the Library! Follow them on twitter #read1440 http://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/programs/readaloud/ | ||||
| Sep 27, 2011 Tuesday | 8:00 PM | Andy Warhol Museum | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing with Carlos Peña & Miguel Sague III for the NewVillager, a collective of multi-media artists from San Francisco and New York. It shall be a wonderful evening of art & music! Read more at warhol.org: http://www.warhol.org/webcalendar/event.aspx?id=3815#ixzz1UeLjlEhs | ||||
| Sep 24, 2011 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Zen Center of Pittsburgh 124 Willow Ridge Road - Sewickley, PA 15143 | Sewickley, PA , PA, US | |
| A benefit for Japanese Tsunami victims. I will be singing poetry written by Tadashi Tadashi, sword dancer as accompanied by Jeff Berman. | ||||
| Sep 23, 2011 Friday | 7:00 PM | Tin Front Cafe, 216 E. Eighth Ave Homestead, PA 15120 | Homestead, PA, US | |
| I am singing at this beautiful Vegetarian friendly restaurant and bar in historic and futuristic Homestead, PA! I hear it's Bernie from Mostly Mod's Birthday, so come on down and buy him a drink! Also with DJ Brother Strawberry! | ||||
| Sep 16, 2011 Friday | 8:00 PM | Square Cafe, 1137 South Braddock Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Stories of Emergence. More info to come. | ||||
| Sep 16, 2011 Friday | 5:30 PM | Backstage Bar | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing with Carlos Peña and Miguel Sague III. Come start the weekend right with original jazz, Spanish guitar and Afro Cuban percussion. | ||||
| Sep 3, 2011 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Regina and Michael's Wedding! | A little hideaway, PA, US | |
| Private event. I am officiating and singing at the wedding of Regina and Michael. | ||||
| Aug 31, 2011 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Andy's at the Fairmount Hotel | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Live Jazz with Phat Man Dee, Tony DePaolis, Carlos Peña & Miguel Sague III at Andy's Wine Bar at the Fairmount Hotel downtown Pittsburgh, PA. http://www.andyswinebar.com | ||||
| Aug 27, 2011 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Kerouac Fest at the Grand Midway Hotel | Windber, PA, US | |
| Check out details on the web! http://www.iliveinahauntedhotel.com/Kerouac2010/Kerouac2011.html | ||||
| Aug 20, 2011 Saturday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Live jazz at Pittsburgh's prettiest club with that nouveau creole cooking we are coming to depend on! More info tba! | ||||
| Aug 13, 2011 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Toonseum Presents the Lifesize Mousetrap at the Carnegie Science Center! 1 Allegheny Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15212 | Carnegie Science Center, PA, US | |
| Kick off this SMASHING exhibit with the ‘cheesiest’ party in town. For the first time,Life-Size Mousetrap will perform in Pittsburgh w/ Phat Man Dee, Andrew the Impaled, David Apocalypse, bellydancers &Guaracha Latin Dance Band! http://members.carnegiemus?eums.org/site/Calendar?id=?68256&view=Detail | ||||
| Aug 5, 2011 Friday | 8:00 PM | Beachland Ballroom | Cleveland, OH, US | |
| I am emceeing the 1st Annual Ohio Burlesque Festival! Featuring the midwest's finest burlesqueperformers such as Bella Sin and more! http://ohioburlesque.weebly.com/1/post/2011/07/ohio-burlesque-festival-benefits-the-domestic-violence-center.html http://www.beachlandballroom.com/ | ||||
| Jul 29, 2011 Friday | 9:00 PM | Cattivo Sotto | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Happy Birthday Bridge City Bombshells!!! I am hosting a wonderful evening with The Bridge City Bombshells, The BCB Princess Teasers, Bella Sin (Cleveland, OH), Miss Lola Veronica, Solarburn, The Typewriter Girls Cabaret and more! | ||||
| Jul 23, 2011 Saturday | 10:00 PM | The Rock Room | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing at Porterfest, an event to celebrate and commemorate Bobby Porter, one of Pittsburgh's mst powerful vocalists. Also performing that night is ATS. | ||||
| Jul 20, 2011 Wednesday | 9:00 PM | Summerfest at Brushwood Campgorund, 8881 Bailey Hill Rd. Sherman NY 14781 | Summerfest, NY, US | |
| I am singing at Summerfest with whomsoever may be there and will play with me..... Details tba. http://www.brushwood.com/summerfest.html | ||||
| Jul 14, 2011 Thursday | 10:00 PM | Sirius Rising at Brushwood Campground, 8881 Bailey Hill Rd. Sherman NY 14781 | Sherman, NY, US | |
| Singing with Carlos Peña & Miguel Sague III at Sirius Rising at Brushwood Campground. More info: http://www.brushwood.com/sirius.html | ||||
| Jul 9, 2011 Saturday | 1:10 AM | Starwood at Wisteria Campground | Pomeroy, OH, US | |
| Performing with Mathew Tembo and Miguel Sague III in the Pufferdome at Starwood XXXI. | ||||
| Jul 2, 2011 Saturday | 9:00 PM | X Day at Wisteria Campground | Pomeroy, OH, US | |
| The X ists are coming to take us away before the Rupture! Join us as we plan for eternity in the Pleasure Domes as we begin our eternal journey witnessing the pinks and norms burn as we reclaim our Almighty Slack! Praise Bob! | ||||
| Jun 23, 2011 Thursday | 8:00 PM | Club Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Stop on over for a magical evening of music as Phat Man Dee and th' Bullfrog once more share a stage together. Whether playing some old songs or sharing some new, when these two voices blend with the country blues finger picking of the Bullfrog a small slice of heaven is brought down to share with the fine folk of Pittsburgh, PA. | ||||
| Jun 18, 2011 Saturday | 5:00 PM | Mr. Small's Funhouse | Millvale, PA, US | |
| An evening to honor the legacy of Reeva Kelly,12 year old angel, recently passed away. Proceeds benefit The Reeva Charitable Fund & The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. Rusted Root, Phat Man Dee, Bill Deasy, Drowning Clowns, Lightning Box, Liz & Katie Berlin. http://www.ticketweb.com/mrsmals | ||||
| Jun 11, 2011 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Magpie's Legendary Meadery, 1849 State Highway 41 • Bainbridge NY 13733 | Bainbridge, NY, US | |
| "Luv 4 Laurie" benefit fundraiser. Admission includes Complimentary tasting of Legendary Magpie Meads, Tarot Card readings, Door Prizes, a Silent Auction, and all day entertainment by The Cheeky Monkey Side Show, Phat Man Dee, Musica Universalis, Kwannon! http://www.magpiemead.com/ | ||||
| Jun 5, 2011 Sunday | 9:00 PM | MoDaddy's | Asheville, NC, US | |
| With Tall Paul Leech at MoDaddy's in Asheville, NC! Come on over after American Burlesque and Sideshow Festival! After a weekend of glitz, glamour and more, wind down with some cabaret jazz with Phat Man Dee and friends! | ||||
| May 27, 2011 Friday | 8:00 PM | Little E's Jazz Club | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| am singing with Miguel Sague III and Carlos Peña of Guaracha Latin Dance Band in an evening of international jazz! | ||||
| May 25, 2011 Wednesday | 12:00 AM | August Wilson Center for African American Culture | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing back up for Christiane D's newest solo project "OOTE"! | ||||
| May 21, 2011 Saturday | 12:00 PM | Grand Midway Hotel, 1303 Midway | Windber, PA, US | |
| Blair Murphy hosts the 3rd Annual Draculacon in his wonderfully creepy and definitely haunted hotel just 2 hours east of Pittsburgh. Visit the link for the full list of performers and speakers......http://www.iliveinahauntedhotel.com/Dcon/Draculacon2011.html | ||||
| May 14, 2011 Saturday | 5:00 PM | ELJAY'S USED BOOKS 3233 West Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. 15216 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Come celebrate Eljay's Grand Reopening. We're full of books and ready to party. We just need you. Music from the lovely Tommy Amoeba and even lovelier Phat Man Dee! Other special guests tba! Cheap Books! Food and Drink! More Books! Door Prizes! And did we mention all the Books? | ||||
| May 13, 2011 Friday | 12:00 AM | Rex Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing for Sticky Buns Burlesque from Baltimore, MD as they make their Pittsburgh debut in South Side's Rex Theater! Special guests members of the Bridge City Bombshells! More info tba! | ||||
| May 6, 2011 Friday | 12:00 PM | Diesel | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing a Care-Eokie benefit competition to raise funds for Animal Firneds. Other celebrities there shall include Lynn Cullen, Mickael Glabicki of Rusted Root and more! More info tba. | ||||
| Apr 30, 2011 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Christine Fréchard Gallery 5871 Forbes Avenue (between Murray and Shady) Pittsburgh, Pa. 15217 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Wonderful gig at Christine Fréchard Gallery with Phat Man Dee, Miguel Sague III & Carlos Peña. Kids are free. New and classic standards in English, Spanish and French. | ||||
| Apr 29, 2011 Friday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing for the Bridge City Bombshells monthly burlesque extravaganza! Tickets: $8 before 10 pm, $10 after More details to follow! | ||||
| Apr 23, 2011 Saturday | 8:00 PM | NOLA on the Square, 24 Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Tickets: $5 voluntary donation, 100% of the proceeds benefiting, MAKE IT RIGHT "helping to rebuild New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward" and THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION GULF OIL SPILL RECOVERY FUND. Phat Man Dee sings international jazz with Carlos Peña & Ralphie of Guaracha Latin Dance Band. | ||||
| Apr 16, 2011 Saturday | 5:00 PM | Backstage Bar | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Come out to hear the dulcet tones of Phat Man Dee and see why she was voted #2 best jazz act in Pittsburgh, PA! Enjoy a multi cultural musical journey in English, Spanish, French and even sometimes Hebrew and Danish, her mystical trio will enchant your aural fixations and Ryan at the bar will fulfill your oral libations..... | ||||
| Apr 15, 2011 Friday | 7:30 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Pittsburgh Artists Rally to Raise $$$ for the Tragedy in Japan. Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210202135673199 All proceeds to benefit International Medical Corps relief efforts in Japan. More information at: http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/ | ||||
| Apr 1, 2011 Friday | 7:00 PM | Gateway Clipper Fleet , docks at and departs from Station Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing as the boat loads from 7:30 to 7:55 pm, so if you want to hear me be there on time!! Rock Cruise with Rusted Root! Rock the Rivers with Rusted Root! Come on out and Board the Gateway Clipper Majestic on Friday night at 7 PM and we'll cruise around and jam out to some of your favorite Rusted Root songs! Board: 7 pm Sail 8 – 11 pm Friday, March 11 MUST BE 21. Valid Photo ID. | ||||
| Mar 26, 2011 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Christine Frechard Gallery 5871 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh 15217 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Let me sing to you with 2 of my favorite musicians (and not to backing tracks in smoky loud clubs) live and in person in a great art gallery check out the Facebook event page! Only $10 and ALL AGES! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138847262850421 | ||||
| Mar 25, 2011 Friday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing for the Bridge City Bombshells burlesque extravaganza at Belvedere's! With Olga Watkins Band! | ||||
| Mar 25, 2011 Friday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing for the Bridge City Bombshells burlesque extravaganza at Belvedere's! With Olga Watkins Band! | ||||
| Mar 25, 2011 Friday | 8:00 PM | Hambone's on Butler St, Lawrenceville | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will sing as an opener act for the lovely Miss Tess, the Twilight Brigade and Elliot Sussman at Hambone's in Lawrenceville, at 4207 Butler Street. $7, 21 and over. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169910736393317 | ||||
| Mar 17, 2011 Thursday | 12:00 PM | Smiling Moose | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Bushwalla with special guests Phat Man Dee and Caleb Lovely Band! I saw him while he was emceeing last year's Jason Mraz tour, he was spectacular. http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1600463BA0D55F1E | ||||
| Mar 5, 2011 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Howler's Coyote Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With local Irish balladeer Terry Griffith & internationally acclaimed Coyote Run! "Coyote Run is one of the hottest bands on the Celtic music circuit today" - Louise Dunphy, Entertainment Coordinator, Celebration of Celts Host of WMUA's Celtic Crossing, Amherst, MA http://www.coyoterun.com/ | ||||
| Mar 4, 2011 Friday | 6:00 PM | Standing Rock Cultural Arts | Kent, OH, US | |
| I am singing for the 4090th birthday of Halim El Dabh, composer and Ethnomusicologist. For more info about him and his magical music: http://www.halimeldabh.com/bio.html | ||||
| Jan 28, 2011 Friday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Emceeing for Pittsburgh's premiere burlesque troupe, The Bridge City Bombshells! I will also be performing with my trio, with Miguel "Cha" Sague III on congas and Carlos Peña on guitar! | ||||
| Jan 28, 2011 Friday | 5:30 PM | Gallery Crawl in Pittsburgh's Cultural District | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing with dancer Carolina Loyola Garcia and guitarist Mir Ali of Flamenco Pittsburgh at the Gallery Crawl. Exact info to follow. | ||||
| Jan 17, 2011 Monday | 8:00 PM | Bloomfield Bridge Tavern | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing at an event to commemorate the life of Dr King. More info tba. | ||||
| Jan 8, 2011 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Andy Warhol Museum | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing the First Annual Pittsburgh Rock Music Awards at the Andy Warhol Museum! For info on the bands being honored check out the event! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123656977699836 | ||||
| Dec 31, 2010 Friday | 9:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Shhhhh..... Speak Easy at Shadow Lounge! Me with Carlos Peña, Miguel Sague III, & burlesque/ circus stars Foxy Moxy &David Doyle..... I don't know much about the event except that I am singing, I have heard all kinds of rumors about costumes and passwords.... http://www.blindtigerpgh.com | ||||
| Dec 11, 2010 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Benefit to help Dr Kofi build music school in Ghana. Performers: Christiane D., Colter Harper, Preach Freedom, Phat Man Dee, Machete, Timbeleza, Staycee Pearl, Joy Ike, Miguel Sague Jr & Miguel Sague III, Emay, Emily Pinkerton, Anicet Mundundu, Dj. Soy Sos, Megadef Pitt African Drumming Ensemble!! | ||||
| Dec 11, 2010 Saturday | 5:00 PM | Backstage Bar, 655 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | Pittsbugrh, PA, US | |
| Celebrate the season by starting your weekend right with Phat Man Dee and friends at the lovely Backstage Bar at Katz Plaza and the CLO Cabaret. Musicians tba. Candy canes available for your swizzle. | ||||
| Nov 27, 2010 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Rex Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Zafira Dance Company hosts a performance featuring a line up of some of Pittsburgh's most beautiful dancers and variety acts. Don't miss this special evening of art music and beauteous debauchery! | ||||
| Oct 23, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Trundle Manor | Bradock/Swissvale, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee is performing at a private party for the Secret Society of Odd Acquisitions at Trundle Manor in Braddock/Swissvale. http://www.twistedeyephoto.com/Trundle/1919151/SSOASites/Title.html | ||||
| Oct 22, 2010 Friday | 7:00 PM | Parkway Jewish Center, 300 Princeton Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee joins Cantor Rick Berlin's Friday Night Fusion musical journey into new versions of the sacred music and prayers of Judaism. Phat Man Dee will be supporting this musical endeavour as a backup cellist, and dumbek player. | ||||
| Oct 21, 2010 Thursday | 8:00 PM | August Wilson Center | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Women Who Rock is an annual event hheld at the August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Featured singers this year include Kenia Ashby, Phat Man Dee, and Genia of Machete Kisumontao. | ||||
| Oct 12, 2010 Tuesday | 8:00 PM | The Gershwin Hotel, 7 E 27th St, NYC, NY | New York City, NY, US | |
| Neke Carson and Michael Wiener host an evening at the Gershwin Living Room Theater, featuring Phat Man Dee! With Kenny Peagler, pianist w/ special guests Tommy Amoeba & Sharon "Mama" Spell. The Gershwin Hotel is online at http://www.gershwinhotel.com/ | ||||
| Oct 9, 2010 Saturday | 8:00 PM | The Wonderland Collective, 3801 23rd Ave., Astoria NY 11105 | Astoria, NY, US | |
| Big Subgenius devival! So dubbed "The Night of Cool Shit"! SubGenius Preachers include: Rev. Susie the Floozie, Rev. Ivan Stang, Rev. Bleepo Abernathy, Pope David Lee Black, Priestess Pisces Music by Phat Man Dee, Fat Free, DJ 2Beans, The Duke of Uke | ||||
| Sep 17, 2010 Friday | 5:00 PM | Backstage Bar at CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Cocktails in the Cultural District, jazz from an intergalactic perspective. With Phat Man Dee and musicians tba. | ||||
| Sep 11, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Speak Easy Cabaret | Ithaca, NY, US | |
| Singing my songs with special guest Tommy Amoeba at this wonderful circus inspired cabaret curated by Heather Christ Halligan in Ithaca, NY. More info tba. | ||||
| Aug 28, 2010 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Bloomfield Bridge Tavern | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Come to a benefit for Malik Rahim as he rides his bicycle from New Orleans to Washington DC to demand restoration of the Gulf. Performances by Phat Man Dee, Christiane D, Olivia Kissel and Typewriter Girls! http://phatmandee.blogspot.com/2010/08/benefit-tonight-for-malik-rahim.html | ||||
| Aug 7, 2010 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Kerouac Fest at The Grand Midway Hotel | Windber, PA, US | |
| The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn...Other performers incl Bridge City Bombshells, Raquy & the Cavemen & Damien Youth. | ||||
| Jul 20, 2010 Tuesday | 12:00 AM | Summerfest at Brushwood Campground, 8881 Baily Hill Rd, Sherman, NY, 14781 | Sherman, NY, US | |
| Beautiful pagan campground. Brushwood SummerFest promotes an open, accepting and safe environment giving participants the freedom to have fun, be creative and follow their own path. http://www.brushwood.com/ | ||||
| Jul 16, 2010 Friday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Belvederes in Lawrenceville, 4016 Butler St., Pgh, PA Happy Birthday to the Bridge City Bombshells! Come celebrate with us and Agnes Wired for Sound, David Doyle, Miss Direction (magician), Davon Magwood (comedian), The Typewriter Girls, DJ Hates You, MC Lioness, $2 Yuenglings, $3 well drinks | ||||
| Jul 9, 2010 Friday | 12:00 AM | Starwood Festival at Wisteria Campground, 39617 State Route 684 Pomeroy, OH 45769-9636 | Pomeroy, OH, US | |
| I am hosting Phat Man Dee's Cavalcade of Stars at Starwood Festival. I will be emceeing and featuring the other artists and musicians who make me happy at this wonderful event! | ||||
| Jul 8, 2010 Thursday | 7:00 PM | Starwood Festival at Wisteria Campgrounds, 39617 State Route 684 Pomeroy, OH 45769-9636 | Pomeroy, OH, US | |
| I am making my debut at Starwood, one of the regions largest consciousness raising festivals. With Miguel Sague III and Carlos Pena, we shall be opening for the Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of the Subgenius. | ||||
| Jul 3, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | X Day at Brushwood Campground | Sherman, NY, US | |
| X Day. The Aliens are landing. They have my Pleasure Dome. Praze Bob! I have been waiting lo these many years. Be with Reverend Ivan Stang and Princess Wei R Doe at this cataclysmic juncture. | ||||
| Jul 1, 2010 Thursday | 8:00 PM | Rex Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Born from the saloon vaudeville that toured the Wild West in the late 1800's and slammed into the underworld of modern American road culture. The Yard Dogs create a timeless space for the union of ancient theatrical alchemy and modern pop culture. W/ Zafira Dance Company & Phat Mandee | ||||
| Jun 27, 2010 Sunday | 11:00 AM | Istanbul Grille | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Jazz. Brunch. Phat Man Dee. Turks and Yinzers getting down in the name of music and delicious food. Be there. Jam session. Bring your axe and be prepared throw down. | ||||
| Jun 20, 2010 Sunday | 11:00 AM | Istanbul Grille | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Jazz. Brunch. Phat Man Dee. Turks and Yinzers getting down in the name of music and delicious food. Be there. Jam session. Bring your axe and be prepared throw down. | ||||
| Jun 13, 2010 Sunday | 11:00 AM | Istanbul Grille | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Jazz. Brunch. Phat Man Dee. Turks and Yinzers getting down in the name of music and delicious food. Be there. Jam session. Bring your axe and be prepared throw down. | ||||
| Jun 6, 2010 Sunday | 11:00 AM | Istanbul Grille | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Jazz. Brunch. Phat Man Dee. Turks and Yinzers getting down in the name of music and delicious food. Be there. | ||||
| May 30, 2010 Sunday | 7:00 PM | The Regent movie theater 1035 S Braddock Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Burning Man brings together people who are attracted by the festival's promise of seven days of community, artwork. Documentary by Olivier Bonin; USA; 2008. This is a $10 special event followed by a reception, no passes are accepted. Proceeds benefit Doctors Without Borders. | ||||
| May 29, 2010 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Brillobox | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Opening for Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade! More info about her music: http://www.misstessmusic.com/ | ||||
| May 25, 2010 Tuesday | 7:00 PM | Dr Sketchy's at the Beachland Ballroom ! | Cleveland, OH, US | |
| See, Drink, Draw! Me, in my frillies, posing for you with your pencils and pens! Art and alcohol always make a fine combination! http://drsketchycleveland.com/ Beachland Ballroom! | ||||
| May 16, 2010 Sunday | 6:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| "Go Tell it on the Mountain" A benefit show to help with the legal defense fund of Climate Ground Zero. These brave activists are protesting the illegal mountain top blast coal mining operations in W VA. Performers tba! | ||||
| May 15, 2010 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Cattivo Bar, 146 44th St, Lawrenceville | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am honored to emcee as Zafira Dance Co. Presents: ZiahAli | ||||
| May 15, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 PM | Pop Up Pittsburgh! | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| An afternoon of music and dance! W/ Roland Ford, Phat Man Dee, Yours Truly , Gena-Pena, Elliott Sussman, South Hills Baptist Church in Beltzhoover , In Acchord , UMOJA and Bhutanese dancers from Carrick, Carrick HS Jazz Choir! On E Warrington St in Allentown neighborhood of the Hilltop area of Pgh! | ||||
| May 8, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Draculacon | Windber, PA, US | |
| Hosted by Blair A. Murphy of the Grand Midway Hotel, featuring the Cadillac Creeps, Damien Youth, Butch Patrick and David J! | ||||
| May 8, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Draculacon II | Windber, PA, US | |
| With Butch Patrick, Bridge City Bombshells, David J and Damien Youth..... don't ask me why we're going to central PA, because I don't know. Magnetic pull I think.... | ||||
| May 7, 2010 Friday | 7:00 PM | Istanbul Grille | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With the Typewriter Girls and Tony DePaolis! Poetry, jazz, and burlesque and the best Turkish food in town! | ||||
| May 1, 2010 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Grey Box Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| A benefit for the Spanish speaking grammar school. More info tba. | ||||
| May 1, 2010 Saturday | 5:30 PM | Backstage Bar, 655 Penn Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Happy hour with Phat Man Dee, Colter Harper, Tony DePaolis & Miguel Sague III. International standards and original jazz for a new generation with some of the finest musicians I have ever known. | ||||
| Apr 30, 2010 Friday | 8:00 PM | Little E's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Colter Harper and Miguel Sague III. No cover, $15 minimum for food and / or drink. A wonderful place to hear music, Little E's regularly hosts the best jazz in Pittsburgh! | ||||
| Apr 24, 2010 Saturday | 11:45 PM | Art All Night | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| As part of Beth Keating's installation. More info tba. | ||||
| Apr 24, 2010 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Club Cafe, the Return of Yawp! A Carnevale Poetica. | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Featuring Salena Catalina, Bingo Quixote, Alexi Morrissey, ErinEvanErin, Kevin "the nerve' Wenner, Borderless Puzzle, Phat Man Dee, Dr. Awkward, Gary Musisko, Jim "DOG" Cvetic, Over Responding Monster, Leslie Ann McIlroy and more guests TBA... plus the return of yawp Magazine. | ||||
| Apr 17, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Private Party | Espinole, NM, US | |
| I am singing for Mark Hannemans 40th Birthday party! With The Bull Seal! Collective and others! | ||||
| Apr 9, 2010 Friday | 5:30 PM | Backstage Bar, 655 Penn Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Happy hour with Phat Man Dee, Colter Harper, Tony DePaolis & Miguel Sague III. International standards and original jazz for a new generation with some of the finest musicians I have ever known. | ||||
| Mar 27, 2010 Saturday | 4:00 PM | Carribbean and Latin American Festival at University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing with Maria-Eugenia of Machete and Carlos Pena a beautiful song Alondras en el Bosque" to celebrate the wonderful Caribbean and Latin American communities in Pittsburgh! | ||||
| Mar 27, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | CLAS Festival | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Cameo appearance with the lovely diva Maria-Eugenia of Machete! | ||||
| Mar 27, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Frost Burn DeCompression at Birmingham Bridge Tavern | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Winter, Burners, Beer. What more is there? Random DJ's (Dug/Kip/Tom): 8-930 Powell: 930-10 Keeb$: 10 - 11:15 Hood Gang - 11:15 - 12 Mandee - 12-12:15 Sonny Cheeba Cheeba - 12:15 to close (1:45 or 2AM) $5 | ||||
| Mar 15, 2010 Monday | 6:00 PM | 15th Annual Ides of March March | South Side, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Hang you dogs heads high and beat the drum soundly, sound the bass bells and hob knob with the swells of lunacy in this annual madness! | ||||
| Mar 13, 2010 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Bellefield Auditorium | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Benefit for Chile, with Copihue Chile, Musuhallpa, Indira Corales, Flamenco Pittsburgh, Christiane D., Phat Man Dee, Marcia Moreno y Emily Pinkerton, Coro Latinoamericano de Pittsburgh! http://www.chileanbenefit.com/press.html | ||||
| Mar 12, 2010 Friday | 9:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will be sitting in with Guaracha for a couple tunes at Food Bank Fiesta! $7 entry, 18 and over, bring some non perishable food to get in for $5. | ||||
| Mar 11, 2010 Thursday | 11:00 AM | The School for the Blind | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Private school function. With Tony DePaolis, Colter Harper and Miguel Sague III. | ||||
| Mar 4, 2010 Thursday | 12:00 AM | Halim El-Dabh's 4089th Birthday Party | North Water Sreet Gallery, 257 North Water Street, Kent, OH, US | |
| Ohio premiere performance! Halim's new vibraphone piece Sailing Wind Performed by Blake Tyson Lively African drum performances by both Kent State University School of Music African Ensemble and the Kent African Drum Community. | ||||
| Feb 28, 2010 Sunday | 5:00 PM | Mullen's Bar and Grill | 200 Federal Street Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join us for an evening of music, dance, poetry and craft in honor of Trevor Spiers - who was wrongfully taken from us in Portstewart, Northern Ireland on December 13, 2009. A great lover of music and mirth, Trevor's spirit cannot be extinguished. | ||||
| Feb 23, 2010 Tuesday | 8:00 PM | The Gershwin Hotel | New York City, NY, US | |
| With Kenny Peagler. Hosted by Neke Carson and Michael Wiener. 7 E 27th St, between 5th and Madison, NYC, NY | ||||
| Jan 21, 2010 Thursday | 7:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Sending Back the Spirit! A benefit to raise $$ to donate to Yele Earthquake relief fund. With Sean Jones, Joy Ellis, Joy Ike, Colter Harper, Tony DePaolis, Christiane D, Ben Alper, Yours Truly, Terry Griffith, Zafira, DJ Flex , Ben Hackett , Mike Glabicki, Phat Man Dee! | ||||
| Dec 19, 2009 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Istanbul Coffeeshop (formerly Your Inner Vagabond) | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Dance & groove as Colter's baritone bass & Phat Man Dee's liquid vocals attack new songs, standards, & multicultural musical celebration of the seasons. New menu , new ownership of Coskun Goklap, owner of Istanbul Grill Downtown & in East Side. All ages, $10 door, BYOB | ||||
| Oct 31, 2009 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Point Arena Theater | Point Arena, CA, US | |
| I'm opening a great show "Lord Loves a Working Man" @Point Arena Theater. With Chris Campbell (drums) John McManus (bass), other players tba. Costume ball at 8 pm , Doors are at 7 pm, tickets $15. 214 Main Street, Point Arena, CA 95468 http://www.arenatheater.org/ | ||||
| Oct 28, 2009 Wednesday | 11:00 PM | Jellyfish Gallery, Tom Kennedy Memorial Art Auction | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| Please come to the show at the Climate Theater and then follow me to the gallery! Tom and his art mean a great deal to me and though he is sorely missed, bringing his message of peace and art to the world is in some way very healing. http://www.tomkennedyart.com/ | ||||
| Oct 28, 2009 Wednesday | 7:30 PM | Climate Theater Music Box Series | Climate Theater, 285 9th Street @ Folsom, San Francisco, 94109, CA, US | |
| Doors 7:30, musicians tba. Come hear me sing a lovely evening of original jazz classics! The series is in it's 2nd Smash Year! Most shows are $7-15 sliding scale. The Music Box Series is curated by David Kaye. Call 415-704-3260 for reservations for any show http://www.musicboxseries.com/ | ||||
| Oct 14, 2009 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | How to Survive the Apocalypse, Burning Man Opera @ Teatro Zinzanni | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A kind of "Hair" for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes. http://love.zinzanni.org/burningopera.htm | ||||
| Oct 13, 2009 Tuesday | 8:00 PM | How to Survive the Apocalypse, Burning Man Opera @ Teatro Zinzanni | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A kind of "Hair" for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes. http://love.zinzanni.org/burningopera.htm | ||||
| Oct 12, 2009 Monday | 8:00 PM | How to Survive the Apocalypse, Burning Man Opera @ Teatro Zinzanni | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A kind of "Hair" for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes. http://love.zinzanni.org/burningopera.htm | ||||
| Oct 9, 2009 Friday | 8:00 PM | Red Hot Burlesque @ El Rio | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| With Dottie Luxx and the super hot mama's of the SF burly q scene! | ||||
| Oct 9, 2009 Friday | 7:30 PM | El Rio with Red Hots Burlesque | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A different show each week, incl. bizarre beauties, sideshow, drag, burlesque & comedy! Hosted by DOTTIE LUX w/ film stimulus by VAL KILLMORE Seating is limited to reserve seating please email redhotsburlesque@gmail.com myspace.com/redhotsburlesque | ||||
| Oct 7, 2009 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | How to Survive the Apocalypse, Burning Man Opera @ Teatro Zinzanni | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A kind of "Hair" for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes. http://love.zinzanni.org/burningopera.htm | ||||
| Oct 6, 2009 Tuesday | 8:00 PM | How to Survive the Apocalypse, Burning Man Opera @ Teatro Zinzanni | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A kind of "Hair" for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes. http://love.zinzanni.org/burningopera.htm | ||||
| Oct 5, 2009 Monday | 8:00 PM | How to Survive the Apocalypse, Burning Man Opera @ Teatro Zinzanni | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| A kind of "Hair" for the new millennium, the show explores the conflicts and paradoxes of the Burning Man event, while inviting the audience to tap into the festival’s spirit of collaborative culture-making at a time of immense world changes. http://love.zinzanni.org/burningopera.htm | ||||
| Oct 2, 2009 Friday | 6:00 PM | Yinz Fest | Mt Lebanon, PA, US | |
| Clearview Common @ the intersection of Washington Road and Alfred Streets. From 6-9 pm with Colter Harper and Tony DePaolis. | ||||
| Sep 12, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Dragon's Breath | Anchor Bay, CA, US | |
| Dragon’s Breath festival, more info tba. | ||||
| Sep 7, 2009 Monday | 12:00 AM | Burning Man | Somewhere in the Black Rock Desert, NV, US | |
| I will be somewhere at Burning Man, I will be camping with other members of "How to Survive the Apocalypse, A Burning Man Experience" at 3:30 between C/D if you want to try to find me......I’ll be the one with the blinkie light... | ||||
| Aug 22, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Grand Midway Hotel | Windber, PA, US | |
| This is a coming together of music, poetry & magic. Come chant with the ghosts of the living & the shadows of the dead as we partake in a wonderful weekend of art and revelry. Also appearing: Damien Youth, Amoeba Kneivel, Dylan Fornoff, the Typewriter Girls, David J & more. | ||||
| Aug 15, 2009 Saturday | 10:30 PM | The New Hazlett Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee and Tommy Amoeba sing & dance to take your mind off your troubles! Come be part of a live tape for a new podcast hosted by Phat Man Dee, featured entertainment Amoeba Knievel! | ||||
| Aug 8, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Private Event, officiating a wedding | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Jul 20, 2009 Monday | 12:00 AM | Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am modeling with some of Pittsburgh’s finest, more info tba. http://www.myspace.com/drsketchypgh | ||||
| Jul 18, 2009 Saturday | 10:30 PM | New Hazlett Theater | One Allegheny Square East Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Live taping! This the 2nd in a 3 part experiment to have your hosts Phat Man Dee & Tommy Amoeba bring Pittsburgh to the world via the interweb! Featuring Patrick Arena w/ Mark Lucas (jazz) and Joe Wos (live cartoonist & storyteller) Free but for the EGRESS! | ||||
| Jul 17, 2009 Friday | 9:00 PM | Belvedere's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Bridge City Bombshells, Pittsburgh finest burlesque troupe! | ||||
| Jul 11, 2009 Saturday | 10:00 PM | 31st St Pub | 3101 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| For my and Tommy’s 7th Anniversary we will be singing together with his guitarist Bill Sperrie. We will be singing a set of classic duets, in an evening put together by Zombo to celebrate Pittsburgh’s worst bands. | ||||
| Jul 3, 2009 Friday | 12:00 AM | X Day, the End of the World, Subgenius Gathering | Brushwood Campgrounds, 8881 Bailey Hill Rd, Sherman, NY, US | |
| Cost:$30 for registered ministers of Subgenius Description:I have no idea what to tell you, except when the Aliens come to take me away, I don’t want them to miss me.... see the website for details...... http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/fun/devivals/12XDay/12X-Day.html | ||||
| Jul 2, 2009 Thursday | 10:30 PM | Pegasus Lounge | 818 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| inging at Pegasus, loving life and living it up in the underground of moves and grooves.... | ||||
| Jun 27, 2009 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Miner’s Park in front of Grand Midway Hotel | Windber, PA, US | |
| I am joining Blair Murphy’s production of "A Midsummers Night Dream" by Bill Shakespeare. I am appearing as "Fairy". http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2009/05/28/news/local/news693.txt | ||||
| Jun 20, 2009 Saturday | 9:00 PM | The New Hazlett Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, PA, US | |
| I am starting a new webcast monthly variety hour , we will be showcasing different Pittsburgh treasures and presenting them to the world! | ||||
| Jun 19, 2009 Friday | 6:00 PM | Altar Bar | Pittsburgh, PA, PA, US | |
| Shining All Star Awards, benefit for PERSAD. http://www.myspace.com/greatstars | ||||
| Jun 14, 2009 Sunday | 12:00 AM | Pittsburgh Pride in the Streets | Pittsburgh, PA, PA, US | |
| I am singing at the 7th St Stage at 5 pm! http://www.pittsburghpride.org/ | ||||
| Jun 8, 2009 Monday | 6:30 PM | Hard Rock Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| The Boob Tube Follies with Patrick Arena. Come kick off Pride Week at the Hard Rock Phat Man Dee, Patrick Arena and Mark Lucas! | ||||
| Jun 6, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Motorcycle and Mayhem | Greensburg, PA, PA, US | |
| Bag Lady Sue's Biker Rally, a benefit to Operations Troops Assist! http://www.motorcyclesmetalandmayhem.com/ | ||||
| Jun 4, 2009 Thursday | 10:30 PM | Pegasus Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, PA, US | |
| With Ms Anglique Young, currently reigning Miss Pegasus 2009 and introducing Ivanna DeVaughn Browne! | ||||
| May 30, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | 10 Year Celebration of Dark Passages & Madagascar Institute | Brooklyn, NY, US | |
| The Madagascar Institute and Dark Passages are celebrating ten years of artistic oddity and exploration. Come join us, if you can find us, scavenger hunts will be involved in locating the party, I will be singing on something very scary. | ||||
| May 27, 2009 Wednesday | 9:00 PM | Otto's Shrunken Head | New York City, NY, US | |
| With Sharon Mama Spell, Tommy Amoeba and more!!! | ||||
| May 9, 2009 Saturday | 9:00 PM | The Note w/ Peek A Boo Revue! | Philadelphia, PA, US | |
| Guest appearing with America's hottest honies! Voted best burlesque troupe of the year in 2008 at Miss Extic World in Las Vegas, NV, I am so excited to appear with these gorgeous ladies of song and dance! | ||||
| May 7, 2009 Thursday | 10:30 PM | Pegasus Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee hosts an evening at Pittsburgh’s hottest dance club, helping to keep the community grooving and moving! 18 + with ID | ||||
| Apr 25, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Arcadia Theater | Windber, PA, US | |
| I am singing and emceeing for my friend Blair’s very exciting first ever Dracula Fest, more info tba! | ||||
| Apr 24, 2009 Friday | 5:00 PM | Backstage Bar @ Theater Square | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Free, with mike Murray, light menu, delicious cocktails, start you weekend off beautifully with free jazz downtown! | ||||
| Apr 18, 2009 Saturday | 5:00 PM | Backstage Bar @ Theater Square | 655 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| :Phat Man Dee and friends, new jazz for a new world. | ||||
| Apr 18, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Arsenal Park | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am singing at a tree planting to memorialize the life Jay Bernard, an artist , community organizer, and friend of mine. We still miss you very much, Jay. | ||||
| Apr 2, 2009 Thursday | 10:00 PM | Pegasus Lounge | 818, Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Celebrate Spring with Phat Man Dee in Pittsburgh’s favorite nightclub, Pegasus Lounge! | ||||
| Mar 14, 2009 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Dreams of Hope Charity @ Edgewood Club | One Pennwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Dreams of Hope develops lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied youth leaders who promote social change by educating audiences. With Patrick Arena, Mark Lucas, Etta Cox and Lisa Ferraro! One Pennwood Ave, Pgh, PA! | ||||
| Mar 14, 2009 Saturday | 7:30 PM | Dreams of Hope at the Edgewood Club | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Dreams of Hope develops lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied youth leaders who promote social change by educating audiences. With Patrick Arena, Mark Lucas, Etta Cox and Lisa Ferraro! One Pennwood Ave, Pgh, PA! | ||||
| Mar 7, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Rex Theater, Bellydance Show for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | 1602 E Carson St Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With dancers Olivia and Maria of Zafira, Lizzie and possibly Molly Evers. Maybe Sadiqa, and a bellydancer bake sale!! More info tba! | ||||
| Mar 5, 2009 Thursday | 10:00 PM | Pegasus Lounge | 818 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Songs and sweet grooves in Pittsburgh deepest gay bar, Mandee's favorite since she was old enough to break out and go, Pegasus!!! | ||||
| Feb 21, 2009 Saturday | 7:00 PM | NIMBY | 8410 Amelia Street, East Oakland, Oakland, CA, US | |
| The largest do-it-yourself industrial art space in the Bay Area known as NIMBY will be opening its doors to celebrate it's new location. Art and Entertainment will include The Cyclecide Bike Rodeo Band "Los Banos", Cyclecide Klowns, Cookie Mongoloid, Big Daddy, Phat Man Dee, etc etc | ||||
| Feb 14, 2009 Saturday | 8:00 PM | The Erotic Arts Ball, Studio B, Downtown, (Behind the Broach Theater) | Greensboro, NC, US | |
| Brought to you by Lyndon St. Artworks & Foxy Moxy, in sizzling artistic collaboration! "The Erotic Arts Ball", the hottest Valentine’s dance party in the Triad! With Foxy Moxy, Smokin’ McQueen PhatManDee - and performance mural painting by LivingBrush certain to enhance the air of romance! $15 | ||||
| Feb 14, 2009 Saturday | 12:00 AM | with Foxy Moxy | Greensboro, NC, US | |
| More info coming soon! I know it's an art show about exotic and erotic subjects, so bring your honey dust and get ready to buzz buzz buzz! | ||||
| Feb 13, 2009 Friday | 8:00 PM | Eros 5, an Erotic Arts Show @ Lyndon St Artworks | 205 S Lyndon St, Greensboro, NC, US | |
| New erotic art in a wide variety of media, sexy burlesque & cabaret by Foxy Moxy w/ PhatManDee. Also featuring a live bodypainting by Scott Fray of LivingBrush, and more!!! Door prizes provided by Adam & Eve and The Intimate Lens Photography. | ||||
| Feb 8, 2009 Sunday | 12:00 AM | Lagunitas Beer Circus - with the Boiler Bar and Giant Snail of Form and Reform [Edit] [Cancel] 1280 N Mc Dowell St | Petaluma, CA, US | |
| I am singing with the Boiler Bar theater, dancing girls, & the snail art car, the Golden Mean, at the Lagunitas Beer Circus Feb 8th. As of last notice, this event is sold out, sorry!! | ||||
| Feb 5, 2009 Thursday | 10:00 PM | Pegasus Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Olivia Kissel, 2 saucy ladies who will sashay themselves right into your hearts! Cabaret dance and new original jazz in one of the hottest night clubs in Gay PA! | ||||
| Jan 23, 2009 Friday | 7:00 PM | Red Hot Burlesque @ El Rio | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| With Dottie Lux and her cavalcade of Red Hot Mamas! 3158 Mission St , SF, CA | ||||
| Jan 19, 2009 Monday | 8:00 PM | Howler's Coyote Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| In celebration of Dr King’s birthday and of the Inauguration of President Obama, come check out a gig with me, Duane Jones, Bobby Porter, Evan Knauer, Ukulizzy and more!! | ||||
| Jan 18, 2009 Sunday | 11:00 AM | Frost Burn at Coopers Lake | Slippery Rock, PA, US | |
| Naked Mr Rogers Sing a Long in the snow with local Pittsburners and whoever else is crazy enough to join us. Be there! Get your burning museum go round on baby! I like you just the way you are! more info: http://frostburnpgh.com/ | ||||
| Jan 8, 2009 Thursday | 10:30 PM | Pegasus Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, PA, US | |
| I will be singing & bringing a birthday cake for my friend Suz Pisano, she’s turning even more lovely than ever before! Debuting new music and new mixes every month at Pittsburgh’s favorite underground home to dj’s, divas and more. Ages 18 +, be there and prepare to shed your inhibitions !!! | ||||
| Dec 31, 2008 Wednesday | 12:00 AM | First Night, 905 Liberty Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Cosmic jazz for the instellar traveller and the interspatial subrealist within us all.... Join Phat Man Dee and friends for an most excellent evening of multi media music and mayhem. With Mike Murray, Chris Parker, Buddy Nutt and more!! | ||||
| Dec 13, 2008 Saturday | 5:00 AM | Backstage Bar @ CLO Cabaret | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| W/ Colter Harper & Tony DePaolis, 5-7:30 PM, no cover, great cocktails, light menu & Phat Man Dee. Lots of original new compositions & some favorite classics. A Tisket A Tasket and War Pigs mixed in with some Hoagy Carmichael....get a stiff one and enjoy the music. (I meant a drink, you perv....) | ||||
| Dec 11, 2008 Thursday | 12:00 AM | New Hazlett Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Jacob Yoffee, Colter Harper & Tony DePaolis, I will be leading an international sing-a-long of holiday tunes. Merry ChristmaChannaKwanzaa everyone and get ready to explore world peace through song. | ||||
| Dec 8, 2008 Monday | 8:00 PM | The Gershwin Hotel, 7 E 27th St, btwn 5th and Madison | New York City, PA, US | |
| Cosmic jazz for the instellar traveller and the interspatial subrealist within us all. Neke Carson presents Phat Man Dee and friends for an most excellent evening of music and mayhem. BYOB baby. $10, Wheelchair Accessible, and Senior Citizen discount!! | ||||
| Dec 4, 2008 Thursday | 11:00 PM | Pegasus Lounge , 818 Liberty Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Marsha Mellow!! Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between, come on down to the basement and let me sing you to the stars in Pittsburgh's very own Pegasus. Be there baby and let's drink til it don't hurt no more! | ||||
| Nov 29, 2008 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Rex Theater, on E Carson btwn S 16th and S 17th St's | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Zafira Dance Co hosts Vaudeville Carnevale III!! For more info see http://www.zafiradance.com Tix $10 advance and $15 at door, 21 + | ||||
| Nov 17, 2008 Monday | 8:00 PM | Pegasus Lounge , 818 Liberty Ave | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Marsha Mellow!!! Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between, come on down to the basement and let me sing you to the stars in Pittsburgh's very own Pegasus. Be there baby and let's drink til it don't hurt no more! | ||||
| Nov 1, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | IOOF Lodge #420 | Point Arena, CA, US | |
| Private event at the Oddfellows Hall on Main St in Point Arena. | ||||
| Oct 31, 2008 Friday | 12:00 AM | private event at Don and Tracy's house | Richmond, CA, US | |
| Big Halloween fun in the Bay Area baby.... bring your baby and we'll slap a fake pirate mustache on it, it'll be great. | ||||
| Oct 2, 2008 Thursday | 11:00 PM | Pegasus, Liberty Ave, Downtown | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between, come on down to the basement and let me sing you to the stars in Pittsburgh's very own Pegasus. Be there baby and let's drink til it don't hurt no more! | ||||
| Sep 27, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | private birthday party at Warhol Museum | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Mr Clyde Jones is turning fifty and he has booked yours truly to sing him into the second half of his first century. Lucky duck, don't you wish you had thought to book me at YOUR birthday party???? | ||||
| Sep 18, 2008 Thursday | 10:30 PM | Starshine Burlesque @ Lucky Chen's | New York City, NY, US | |
| Creamy Stevens and Little Brooklyn have so kindly asked me to sing for a guest appearance for their tassel clad cavalcade of stars. Ok I begged and pleaded and to get me to stop calling they said yes, but hey, after my show at the Gershwin, follow me there, the night will be so young...... | ||||
| Sep 18, 2008 Thursday | 8:00 PM | The Gershwin Hotel, 7 E 27th St, NYC NY | New York City, NY, US | |
| Neke Carson Presents: Phat Man Dee accompanied by Kenny Peagler! Special guest Little Brooklyn! Great jazz, sexy ladies , BYOB. $10 in the Big Room, so Kenny can play the grand piano. You know you want it, gotta have it, see you there. | ||||
| Sep 4, 2008 Thursday | 11:00 PM | Pegasus, Liberty Ave, Downtown | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between, come on down to the basement and let me sing you to the stars in Pittsburgh's very own Pegasus. Be there baby and let's drink til it don't hurt no more! | ||||
| Sep 4, 2008 Thursday | 7:00 PM | Club Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Opening for Alex Skolnick Trio, with Alex Skolnick from Testament, he plays with with harmonious and holistic hometown heroes Nathan Peck on bass and Matt Zebroski on drums! I shall sing with musicians tba. Brilliant musicians who like to rawk.... | ||||
| Aug 23, 2008 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Hothouse, a Sproutfund event at the Oliver Building | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will emcee the Vaudeville Carnevale show by Zafira Bellydance Co for the VIP and peasant portions of the party. Featuring, Zafira, Midge Crickett, Khafif, Fawn and Phat Man Dee. More info: www.sproutfund.org/hothouse/ | ||||
| Aug 22, 2008 Friday | 9:00 PM | (the haunted) Grand Midway Hotel's Annual Kerouac Festival | Windber, PA, US | |
| Singing with Colter Harper and friends at the Haunted Hotel’s Grand Midway Hotel in Windber, PA, going on after Jim Donovan of Rusted Root. Real ghosts, real poetry, real jazz and lots of beat..... It’s so beaty, it like the emotional and rhythmical borcht of central Pennsaylvania...... | ||||
| Aug 16, 2008 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Club Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Chicks Who Rock Music series, featuring the lineup :Tangerine, Una de Luna, Debutante, Lovebettie, Soma Mestizo! Accompanying me shall be Chris Parker, on guitar. 21 and over, tix at door. Get there on time, I am first! | ||||
| Aug 16, 2008 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Club Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Chicks Who Rock, artist series with : Phat Man Dee Soma Mestizo Debutante Lovebettie Tangerine Una de Luna | ||||
| Jul 26, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | private Caliente Resort | near Tampa, FL, US | |
| With Foxy Moxy and her beautiful southern Burlesque Beauties! Poolside, in the tiki bar, or in your private cabana.... if you live at Caliente Resort, that is!! | ||||
| Jul 25, 2008 Friday | 12:00 AM | private Caliente Resort | near Tampa, FL, US | |
| With Foxy Moxy and her beautiful southern Burlesque Beauties! Poolside, in the tiki bar, or in your private cabana.... if you live at Caliente Resort, that is!! | ||||
| Jul 24, 2008 Thursday | 12:00 AM | private Caliente Resort | near Tampa, FL, US | |
| With Foxy Moxy and her beautiful southern Burlesque Beauties! Poolside, in the tiki bar, or in your private cabana.... if you live at Caliente Resort, that is!! | ||||
| Jul 21, 2008 Monday | 8:00 PM | Garfield Artworks | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am opening for a show featuring my good friend Trademark (think godfather of mashup from San Francisco) Evolution Control Committee and These Are Powers. http://evolution-control.com/ http://www.myspace.com/thesearepowers http://garfieldartworks.com/ | ||||
| Jul 18, 2008 Friday | 12:00 AM | Kelly Strayhorn Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Mike Murray in celebration with WYEP of 250 years of music in Pittsburgh, PA. I shall sing a song by Billy Strayhorn, Bob Marly and yours truly. | ||||
| Jul 5, 2008 Saturday | 7:30 PM | Your Inner Vagabond, 4023 Butler St, Lawrenceville | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am hosting Zafira’s belly-variety sensation that’s shimmying the nation, featuring the incredibly talented dancers of Zafira, Khafif and Sadiqa with more tba. Fore more info and to purchase tickets visit: http://www.zafiradance.com/ | ||||
| Jun 20, 2008 Friday | 6:00 PM | Phat Squared @ Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Market Square! | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am hosting an evening of music, dance and and art with Mike Murray, Andy Bianco, and Chris Parker. From Zafira: Olivia, Christine, & Maria!! Also w/ Midge Crickett and Kevin "the nerve" Wenner!! 6-7:30, 9-11 pm. Free outside, all ages. | ||||
| Jun 16, 2008 Monday | 7:00 PM | Hard Rock Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Some like it Hot... Pink!! A benefit for PFLAG on the opening night of Pittsburgh Pride Week! With Out jazz singer Patrick Arena with guitarist Mark Lucas, & celloist Elliot Anderson, performances by Tracy Drach, Brenda Jean Searcy, and Phat Man Dee. $20 | ||||
| Jun 13, 2008 Friday | 6:00 PM | The Mattress Factory | North Side , Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Urban Garden Party, VIP fashion show with Bob Sendell, this years theme is Versailles, gild the lilly baby! I will emcee the fashion show and sing in french. Vive la France! With Colter Harper! | ||||
| Jun 7, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Some tunnel under one of the 5 boroughs | New York City, NY, US | |
| I will sing for the World Premeire of Justin Fournelle's latest cinenemagraphic creation.... more tba. Event done in conjunction with Dark Passages. | ||||
| May 31, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | private event | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will be officiating at the wedding of John Ogden and Michelle Lane. | ||||
| May 24, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Peekaboo Revue | Philadelphia, PA, US | |
| I will be making a guest appearance with the Peek-A-Boo Cabaret, burlesque variety show superstars!! More tba! | ||||
| May 11, 2008 Sunday | 11:00 AM | Your Inner Vagabond | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Mother's Day Brunch , I shall sing with Tony DePaolis, and Your Inner Vagabond will provide a tasty spread with a latin themed menu. Reservations recommended, limited seatings. Call 412-683-1623 for more info. | ||||
| May 3, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Makers Faire | San Matteo, CA, US | |
| More info to follow, all I know right now is that I will be with the Neverwas Haul crew, helping show off their 3 story victorian house that drives itself around. | ||||
| Apr 25, 2008 Friday | 8:00 PM | Remedy, 5121 Butler St | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| The T & A Ball, a benefit for my friend Dana Dolney, diagnosed with breast cancer. $ 10, with Jay Shields, DJ' s Mary Mack, James Gyre. Finger foods, drink specials, raffle and photography auction. | ||||
| Apr 22, 2008 Tuesday | 8:00 PM | The Gershwin Hotel, 7 E 27th St btwn 5th and Madison | New York City, NY, US | |
| Phat Man Dee w/ Tony DePaolis , multi lingual jazz duet at the Gershwin Hotel. With sweet tremolos in french and twisted tangos and an occasional foray into turkish rock from the 70's. With special guest, comedienne Sharon "Mama" Spell. | ||||
| Apr 22, 2008 Tuesday | 12:00 PM | Gershwin Hotel | New York City, PA, US | |
| Neke Carson and Michael Weiner Present and evening with Phat Man Dee | ||||
| Apr 19, 2008 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Mattress Factory | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am doing fire safety for Lady J, fire eating bellydancer. | ||||
| Apr 11, 2008 Friday | 8:00 PM | Your Inner Vagabond | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing an event with Ishtar and Between Liberties, all proceeds from this event go to getting those bands into the recording studio! $12 | ||||
| Mar 29, 2008 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Meter Room | 60 Greenway Dr, Pgh 15204, PA, US | |
| "One Night, One Cause", at the Meter Room for a benefit for The Heart of Gold Foundation for Sarcoidosis. Also with Liz Berlin, Felonious Denmark, Birdman Dancing, Ian Green, Denis Wamer, Robert Bell, Tom Jefferson, and others. $10 | ||||
| Mar 26, 2008 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Your Inner Vagabond | Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing an event to support the campaign of Senator Barack Obama’s bid for presidency as a democratic candidate. | ||||
| Mar 26, 2008 Wednesday | 12:00 AM | The Meter Room | Sheraden, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| "One Night, One Cause", at the Meter Room for a benefit for The Heart of Gold Foundation for Sarcoidosis. Also with Liz Berlin, Felonious Denmark, Birdman Dancing, Ian Green, Denis Wamer, Robert Bell, Tom Jefferson, and others. $10 | ||||
| Mar 17, 2008 Monday | 6:30 PM | Smiling Moose, 1306 E Carson St, South Side | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am providing eye candy with myself, Lady J, bellydancer, and Andrew the Impaled for pre show for Fu Manchu at the Moose. Get down, baby, or I'll sit on ya! | ||||
| Mar 15, 2008 Saturday | 8:00 PM | The Rex Theatre | 1602 E Carson St, Southside, Pgh, 15203, PA, US | |
| After the Ides of March March I am singing and emceeing at Zafira Dance Troupes show with Mardi Love! Show is 21 and over, under agers come with parent to be admitted. There will be cake. http://www.zafiradance.com | ||||
| Mar 15, 2008 Saturday | 6:00 PM | The 14th Annual Ides of March March! | 12th and Carson , Birmingham Sq, Pgh 15203, PA, US | |
| Beware the 14th Annual Ides of March March! Be there and BEWARE! After the march march join us at the Rex Theater for a show with Zafira and Mardi Love. Specially discounted tix available for March Marchers, $10 at the door. For more info check http://www.zafiradance.com/ | ||||
| Mar 14, 2008 Friday | 7:00 PM | The Warhol Museum | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Opening for Neke Carson, one of the original anal realists, watch his footage from his Warhol days also, new work. Neke books me in NYC, I am thrilled to open for him in da 'Burgh! | ||||
| Mar 9, 2008 Sunday | 7:30 PM | Club Cafe | 56-58 S 12th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, PA, US | |
| Opening for the Alex Skolnick Trio, former guitarist for Testament, with his jazz trio which includes hometown heroes Nathan Peck and Matt Zebroski. | ||||
| Mar 4, 2008 Tuesday | 8:30 PM | Howler's Coyote Cafe | 4509 Liberty Ave , Pittsburgh, PA 15224, PA, US | |
| I am emceeing for another wonderful show produced by Manny Theiner. My favorite belly rawk band , Ishtar, is opening for Shtreiml, from Montreal, described as an “Ottoman-Jewish-Roma-Blues-A-Thon”. It is going to be a great evening. We will be dancing all night long. | ||||
| Mar 1, 2008 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Frick Fine Arts Building University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Baby Dee is coming to town, and I get to mc!! She & I used to be in the circus together, today she is on Drag City Record and I can't wait! Also performing Patricia Wake! | ||||
| Feb 22, 2008 Friday | 7:30 PM | Borders Books and Music | 5986 Penn Circle South , Pittsburgh 15206, PA, US | |
| Free show in East Liberty! Come listen to some music, it’s all kinds of free, and we can buy books when were done! If you are really good, I’ll hold your hand while we ride the escalator after the gig. And they have coffee..... | ||||
| Feb 15, 2008 Friday | 10:00 PM | The Winder Hotel, 502 15th St, Windber, PA 15963 | Winder, PA, US | |
| Beautiful 110 year old hotel, now hot night spot in Windber. Just 100 miles north of Pittsburgh, come celebrate Valentine's Day with your sweetheart with Phat Man Dee and the Liquitones!$10, 21 and over | ||||
| Feb 9, 2008 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Cabaret Risque @ Greensboro Fringe | 520 S. Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, US | |
| with Foxy Moxy's Cabaret Risqué as part of : "The ValenTease Burlesque Show" *Playing 2 dates with The 6h Annual Greensboro Fringe Festival plus special encore Valentine's Day Show* | ||||
| Feb 8, 2008 Friday | 8:00 PM | Cabaret Risque @ Greensboro Fringe | 520 S. Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, US | |
| with Foxy Moxy's Cabaret Risqué as part of : "The ValenTease Burlesque Show" *Playing 2 dates with The 6h Annual Greensboro Fringe Festival plus special encore Valentine's Day Show* | ||||
| Jan 27, 2008 Sunday | 6:30 PM | Mr Smalls Funhouse | 400 Lincoln Ave, Milvale, PA, US | |
| With Ishtar, Ana Vey, Cello Fourte and Una Bicycleta Blanca! We will appear on Comcast On Demand with footage shot live from this very show! Be there to be a part of a very exciting live studio audience! | ||||
| Jan 26, 2008 Saturday | 4:00 PM | Head Trip movie premiere at Rythmix Cultural Exchange | Alameda, CA, US | |
| What do 3 giant Doggie Diner heads, Hevay Pedal Cyclecide, John Law and Dick Cheney have in common? Phat Man Dee sang to them when they drove East, among many other things of course... Big movie premiere! | ||||
| Jan 21, 2008 Monday | 8:00 PM | Bloomfield Bridge Tavern | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Bloomfield Bridge Tavern, CONCERT FOR PEACE, a benefit in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Roganized by Duncan and Proter House and Music Without Borders $10 admission/ 5 bucks for the not so rich For the benefit of Womens Shelter of New Orleans. | ||||
| Dec 31, 2007 Monday | 6:45 PM | 937 Liberty Ave @ First Night Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Mike Muuray on piano, and producer Tony DePaolis on bass, and guests Olivia Kissel of Zafira and Bob Ziller! Featuring Kevin "The Nerve!" Wenner. Sets at 6:45 pm, 9 pm and 10:10 pm. 1st Night Buttons avail $8 @ Giant Eagle. www.firstnightpgh.com. | ||||
| Dec 19, 2007 Wednesday | 9:00 PM | Lava Lounge , 2204 E Carson St | Piiitsburgh, PA, US | |
| Benefit for Breena! Hit by a bus on her bicycle, she needs the help of her friends and community! Also a good bye party, she is heading to her folks in Mexico for a while! | ||||
| Dec 15, 2007 Saturday | 10:30 PM | Your Inner Vagabond | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I shall appear at NOMADS a benefit for the Womens' Shelter of New Orleans, along with Olivia of Zafira and EMay, just to name a few. $25 will go along way to help out our sisters, and sisters don't see borders. | ||||
| Dec 15, 2007 Saturday | 7:00 PM | The Union Project | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| $5 to attend this annual holiday party, Winterfest by the East End Food Co-Op, with full band! Players tba. Catered by the Co-op Cafe, yum!Get your winter groove on and eat healthy in lovely Highland Park! | ||||
| Dec 14, 2007 Friday | 12:00 AM | Gershwin Hotel, 7 E 27th St in Manhattan btwn 5th and Madison Ave's | New York City, NY, US | |
| New tunes from Torch of Blue, with Colter Harper and Tony DePaolis. | ||||
| Dec 13, 2007 Thursday | 12:00 AM | tba | Philadelphia, PA, US | |
| With Colter Harper and Tony DePaolis. | ||||
| Nov 28, 2007 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | 31st St Pub | 3101 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| What a phabulous line up, I will be playing with Ishtar, Pittsburgh’s favorite classical turkish bellydance band, and together we shall be opening for Polka Freakout! | ||||
| Nov 24, 2007 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Kelly Strayhorn Theater | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Join Zafira Belly Dance Troupe, # 1 troupe in America (per Zaghareet magazine!) as they feature yours truly and many others in their annual Vaudeville Carnevale! http://www.zafiradance.com for more info. | ||||
| Nov 4, 2007 Sunday | 8:00 PM | Howler's Coyote Cafe | 4509 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Northern Aggression, River City Rebels, and the Low Budgets. $7, a steal, be there! | ||||
| Oct 29, 2007 Monday | 5:30 PM | Caligiuri Senior Highrise | Warrington Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| There is an unveiling of a new mural in my neighborhood, by Lucas Stock. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Speeches at 5:30 and reception, featuring me with Tony DePaolis, Reggie Watkins, James Johnson III. | ||||
| Oct 28, 2007 Sunday | 6:00 PM | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | 542 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am starring in a new play "The Only Good Artist is a Dead One", written by Rage Stevenson. Directed by James Wong, this short piece is part of the Black White Festival, produced by Mark Southers. Tix $15 advance or $20 at the door. | ||||
| Oct 27, 2007 Saturday | 2:00 PM | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | 542 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am starring in a new play "The Only Good Artist is a Dead One", written by Rage Stevenson. Directed by James Wong, this short piece is part of the Black White Festival, produced by Mark Southers. Tix $15 in advance or $20 at the door. | ||||
| Oct 25, 2007 Thursday | 8:00 PM | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | 542 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am starring in a new play "The Only Good Artist is a Dead One", written by Rage Stevenson. Directed by James Wong, this short piece is part of the Black White Festival, produced by Mark Southers. Tix $15 in advance or $20 at the door. | ||||
| Oct 21, 2007 Sunday | 2:00 PM | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | 542 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am starring in a new play "The Only Good Artist is a Dead One", written by Rage Stevenson. Directed by James Wong, this short piece is part of the Black White Festival, produced by Mark Southers. Tix $15 in advance or $20 at the door. | ||||
| Oct 20, 2007 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre | 542 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I am starring in a new play "The Only Good Artist is a Dead One", written by Rage Stevenson. Directed by James Wong, this short piece is part of the Black White Festival, produced by Mark Southers. Tix $15 in advance or $20 at the door. | ||||
| Oct 5, 2007 Friday | 11:00 PM | Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Ishtar, Nick Ragheb and Colter Harper. Turkish folk meets American Jazz, it'll be hot. And dusty. And full of love. | ||||
| Oct 4, 2007 Thursday | 11:00 AM | School for the Blind | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Private show for students. | ||||
| Sep 1, 2007 Saturday | 5:00 PM | The Center Cafe Stage for the Burning Man Fashion Show with Dr Howland Owll!!!! | Black Rock City, NV, US | |
| As co-host with the very good Dr Howland Owll we shall strive to present the very best the the playa denizens have to offer in the way of fashion. Come hither and stay late, don;t forget your respirators and your goggles! | ||||
| Aug 31, 2007 Friday | 10:00 PM | The Center Cafe Stage @ $teven Ra$pa'$ Great Big Cabaret!! | Black Rock City, NV, US | |
| Who knows what this mad man has in store? Not I, I am but a cog in this mad scientists perpetual motion machine. | ||||
| Aug 30, 2007 Thursday | 9:00 PM | Steam Stage , Neverwas Haul 5 pm and Esplanade | Black Rock City, NV, US | |
| As grande dame of the Steam Stage I shall endeavour to present the Major and his Report, Zero Boy, Dr Howland Owll, Krob, the Burner Choir and various and sundry characters of questionable repute. | ||||
| Aug 29, 2007 Wednesday | 9:00 PM | Steam Stage , Neverwas Haul 5 pm and Esplanade | Black Rock City, NV, US | |
| As host and grande dame of the Steam Stage I shall help present the Major and his Report, Dr Howland Owll and various and sundry others on our stage at the burning man...... Gather as we meet and great the citizens of this fine city and try and open trade agreements to build the bridge to Mexico. | ||||
| Aug 28, 2007 Tuesday | 12:00 AM | Steam Stage , Neverwas Haul 5 pm and Esplanade | Black Rock City, NV, US | |
| Thousand trek year after year to the alkali salt flats of Nevada to meet with tribal leaders and engage in trade of the mind, body, and spirit. If you are there, I will see you, and if not, you will later wish you had. Buy your ticket now and read the first timers guide. www.burningman.com | ||||
| Aug 11, 2007 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Private Wedding Event | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Aug 1, 2007 Wednesday | 9:00 PM | Steam Stage , Neverwas Haul 5 pm and Esplanade | Black Rock City, PA, US | |
| Pre burn concert at the camp of the Neverwas Haul. | ||||
| Jul 26, 2007 Thursday | 12:00 AM | Starwood at Brushwood Folklore Center | Sherman, NY, US | |
| I will be sitting in with Imani & Rhythm Shamen. It will definitely be my honor to share stage time with folks like Billy Woods and Imani at such a wonderful event. | ||||
| Jul 18, 2007 Wednesday | 12:00 AM | Sirius Rising | Brushwood, NY, US | |
| With Foxy Moxy of the Living Brush. | ||||
| Jun 28, 2007 Thursday | 8:00 PM | The Rex Theater, 1602 E. Carson St, Pgh 15203 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Long awaited cd release party . join me with Tony DePaolis, Colter Harper, Jacob Yoffee and Chris Parker as we play the night away. $20 entrance fee also gets you a brand new copy of "Torch of Blue", featuring new compositions played by some of Pittsbugh's hottest musicians. | ||||
| Jun 23, 2007 Saturday | 12:00 AM | The Mermaid Parade | Brooklyn, NY, US | |
| I shall join withe Madagascar Institue of Arts and Sciences as I sing as a piece of Hackett's spider/octopus robotic scultpture. This is the year that Astroland at Coney Island is dying, so I go to see it in it's full glory one last time. I want to be mermaid, and I want to be one right away! | ||||
| Jun 16, 2007 Saturday | 8:00 PM | FLUX | 310 Smithfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| An aggregious evening of fun, frivolity and madness. Art abounds and cockles and joy slip slide through time. With me, Andrew the Impaled, Olivia of Zafira, Amoeba Kneivel, Weird Paul, Marci Gehring, Kevin the NErve Wenner and more! More! More tba!!! $10 | ||||
| Jun 16, 2007 Saturday | 6:00 PM | Bladerunner's, 66 Alpha Dr W, Pgh PA 15228 | Harmarville, PA, US | |
| The Steel City Roller Demons have invited me to sing at the Roller Derby! Watch in titillating horror as the Hot Metal Hellions and the Bitch Doctors battle in out in the venue venue that matters, the roller rink! Be there or be scared! | ||||
| Jun 13, 2007 Wednesday | 6:30 PM | New Hazlett Theater | Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Women in the Arts Festival, Founders, Pioneers, & Instigators, fundraising gala with Phat Man Dee, Christine & Maria of Zafira, Erin Carey - aerealist, Lady J, the Liquitones and more. Celebrate the creative women in Pittsurgh. | ||||
| Jun 12, 2007 Tuesday | 12:00 PM | Three Rivers Arts Festival | Main Stage @ Stanwix St, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I shall sing with the Liquitones and Kevin the Nerve! Wenner shall paint at this lovely lunchtime concert. Bring a lunch, and keep yo' 40's in paper bags, we are gonna have a good time!Public intoxication is not condoned, but rather understood, @ Phat Man Dee Productions. | ||||
| May 30, 2007 Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Andy Warhol Museum | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Private party. | ||||
| May 20, 2007 Sunday | 3:00 PM | Benefit to Beginning with Books @ The Shadow Lounge. 5972 Baum Boulevard, Pgh 15206 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Bring a childrens book to donate to "Beginnnig with Books" an Americorps project affiliated with Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Donate one new childrens book to gain entrance. Featuring: Phat Man Dee, Christiane D, Brother Tom, Stephen Dei, Chai Baba & Amoeba Knievel. | ||||
| May 13, 2007 Sunday | 7:30 PM | Central Train Terminal on Paderewski Dr | Buffalo, PA, US | |
| Don Paul Swain has gathered artists from all over the country, including Phat Man Dee, to give experiential focus on the "ghosts" of the vanished industry that still haunt Buffalo and the impact this may have on our regional character and that of all Rust Belt communities. | ||||
| May 12, 2007 Saturday | 7:30 PM | Central Train Terminal on Paderewski Dr | Buffalo, PA, US | |
| Don Paul Swain has gathered artists from all over the country, including Phat Man Dee, to give experiential focus on the "ghosts" of the vanished industry that still haunt Buffalo and the impact this may have on our regional character and that of all Rust Belt communities. | ||||
| Apr 27, 2007 Friday | 6:00 PM | Backstage Bar @ CLO Cabaret | 655 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| 2 wonderful and FREE sets, 6 - 7:30 and then again from 9-11! Phat Man Dee appears with 2 of her trusty Liquitones (actual players tba.) New songs from the new disc, be one of the first to hear some of Pittsburgh latest aural creations. | ||||
| Apr 21, 2007 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Zafira Dance Co. presents Vaudeville Carnivale! With Phat Man Dee, the Ukulady Liz Hammond, Dishwater Cocktail Trio, Pgh Centro Flamenco, Springwood Forest, burlesque by the Triplets of Bellevue, and Zafira! $15 adv tix thru www.proartstickets.org or $18 @ door | ||||
| Apr 14, 2007 Saturday | 9:00 PM | Bloomfield Bridge Tavern | 4412 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| An evening of food, family and fun, Manny Theiner Presents: Kid Durango, Marvin Dioxide, Amobe Knievel and I, the one and fortunately only, Phat Man Dee. I'll be hitting 2nd in the line up, so do get there early and purchase a polish platter and enjoy! | ||||
| Apr 10, 2007 Tuesday | 10:00 PM | Redrum Saloon | 401 Sabine St., Austin, TX 78701, TX, US | |
| My good friend Miss Maulie, one of the Southwest's sweetest belles, has invited me to appear as a guest at her show "Games Dames and Texas Hold'em"! Also Cardinal Cyn, Dim Twittey, Bon Bon Vivant, and Serendipity! Hosted by Maverick, music w/ Cass Naumann! | ||||
| Apr 7, 2007 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Art Outside @ The Enchanted Forest | 1412 W. Oltorf, Austin, TX 78704, TX, US | |
| We Are Here To Create The Irresistible Revolution, and we need you. Art Outside March 30th - April 14 2007 " This outdoor festival featuring art and artists from all over the counrty. www.artoutside.org | ||||
| Apr 6, 2007 Friday | 12:00 AM | Art Outside in the Enchanted Forest | Austin, TX, US | |
| I am making my E Texas debut in one of Austin's most unique and lovely settings. Austin is frequently described as the music capital of the world, and I can't wait to add my song to it's complex harmonies. | ||||
| Mar 31, 2007 Saturday | 9:00 PM | The Chocolate Moose | 5830 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Chocalte, sex toys , live music... what else could you ever need? I shall lift my voice and palate into the air with the musical aid of Colter Harper. Come join us for a delightful evening in Squirrel Hill! Call 412-422-2208 for more info. | ||||
| Mar 24, 2007 Saturday | 5:30 PM | SPACE | 812 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Bob Ziller is curating Space Gallery for the Pgh Cultural Trust's and my dear friend Marci Gehring, of the Rainbow Castle, will be displaying her new line of afghan clothing, and she has asked me to model. Comeone out to check out the rotating and afghan frivolity. | ||||
| Mar 23, 2007 Friday | 6:30 PM | Backstage Bar at the CLO Cabaret | 655 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| 2 wonderful and FREE sets, 6 - 7:30 and then again from 9-11! Phat Man Dee appears with Tony DePaolis (bass), Kenny Peagler (keys) & Chris Parker (drums). | ||||
| Mar 18, 2007 Sunday | 7:00 PM | Mr Small's Funhouse | 400 Lincoln Ave, Milvale, PA 15209, PA, US | |
| I will be singing for a fundraising concert to send a group of people, mostly college students, to Peru to build a shelter for young mothers aged 12 to 18. Most of the mothers are victims of sexual violence. themselves and their children. http://www.myproworld.org/ | ||||
| Mar 15, 2007 Thursday | 6:30 PM | 12th and Carson @ Birmingham Plaza | Pittsbrgh, PA, US | |
| The 11th Annual Ides of March March! (Ok so last year was the 12th, but I got confused and accidentally skipped a yr, so next year is the 13th Annual, sorry, but since when do we worry about linear time?) Wear a costume, beat your drums, protest reality in general. After party tba. | ||||
| Mar 9, 2007 Friday | 7:00 PM | The Rex Theater, 1602 E. Carson St, Pgh 15203 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will be emceeing "Aid for AIDS" a concert to benefit the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force! Featuring Japanese sword dancers, bellydancers, flamenco dancers, blues singers, choral groups, rock and roll artists and many other guests! $10, 21 + For more info visit: http://www.healingartsbyamethyst.com/ | ||||
| Feb 23, 2007 Friday | 12:00 AM | Clarion University at Oil City | Oil City, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee sings with the Liquitones in her Oil City debut! Come celebrate Presidents weekend with the Phat and Phriends in a phit of patroitic phervor! All event details tba! | ||||
| Feb 14, 2007 Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Gypsy Cafe | 1330 Bingham Street. Southside. Pgh, PA 15203, PA, US | |
| I'll be singing w/ Jim Barr, pianist of Omega Love in what I consider to be one of the most romantic places to have a super sexy dinner. Very small, call for a reservation. Flaming cheese and Phat Man Dee spells LUV. 412-381-GYPSY (4977) http://gypsycafe.net/ | ||||
| Jan 25, 2007 Thursday | 8:00 PM | Ladyfest South 2007 | Atlanta, GA, US | |
| Eyedrum 290 Martin Luther King Jr Dr S Atlanta, GA 30312 Ladyfest South 2007 will be raising money for two beneficiaries: Fund for Southern Communities and Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls. http://www.ladyfestsouth.com/ | ||||
| Jan 15, 2007 Monday | 9:00 PM | Bloomfield Bridge Tavern | 4412 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| In celebration of the life of Dr King Jr, we shall sing at the BBT and all proceeds to benefit the survivors of Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi. Please come and enjoy the evening and donate to this very deserving cause. | ||||
| Dec 31, 2006 Sunday | 6:00 PM | First Night Pittsburgh, 937 Liberty Ave | 937 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee, Tommy Amoeba & the Liquitones: Colter Jesus Harper, Tony DePaolis and Chris PArker. will be debuting songs from the soon to be released album "Torch of Blue". With Foxy Moxy & Scott Fray of the Living Brush, & Xtreme painter Kevin "the Nerve!" Wenner! | ||||
| Dec 20, 2006 Wednesday | 11:30 AM | Positive Health Clinic, Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Description: Private holiday party at the Poisitve Health Clinic. Keep your T Cells high and your virals low.... Ho , ho, ho! | ||||
| Oct 31, 2006 Tuesday | 12:00 AM | Private Event | Richmond, CA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee will appear as the "Pirate Queen" at a private party. | ||||
| Oct 28, 2006 Saturday | 12:00 AM | State Day Parade | Carson City, NV, US | |
| Phat Man Dee will appear with the Neverwas Project in the Carson City State Parade, representing Burning Man. | ||||
| Oct 14, 2006 Saturday | 12:00 AM | Therm Studios | San Francisco, CA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee shall emcee a staged battle of robots and alien monsters between artists Pierre Pressure and Vance Curley. | ||||
| Sep 30, 2006 Saturday | 7:30 PM | Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (across from Carnegie Library in Oakland) | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Cirque Gothique $8 @ door, $5 w/student ID MATURE audiences ONLY. Featuring: Khafif, Phat Man Dee, Elise's Playground, & more! Be dazzled & amazed by performers of the highest calibre! Enter the jugglers & a thousand undulating ladies. http://www.khafif.com/khafif/durgatour.html | ||||
| Sep 16, 2006 Saturday | 6:00 PM | Union Project | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Dance floor, live music, arabic percussion workshop, an intro to bellydance workshop, people selling clothes and hookahs and things & more! www.jalsah.org 1st workshop @ 6:00 pm Music by Phil and the Destroyers, Phat Man Dee and Ishtar! 801 N Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 $5 | ||||
| Sep 8, 2006 Friday | 8:00 PM | Quiet Storm Coffee House, 5430 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Tinkling ivories , w/ Phat Man Dee, Nicholas Megalis of Cleveland, OH & Ratty Scurvics & Stix duh Clown of New Orleans, LA. I'm thrilled to work with these gentlemen, I've known Ratty & Stix through my circus family and Nicholas I know through his pop, Tom Megalis, professional freak ball. | ||||
| Aug 28, 2006 Monday | 12:00 AM | The Playa | Black Rock City , NV, US | |
| There shall be songs sung, torches burned in prayer, artistic celebration whilst exploratory vehicles are launched & new mission statements formed. Signatures in blood required by all, and no spectators shall be permitted. See you @ Burning Man, bring your own water. | ||||
| Aug 12, 2006 Saturday | 8:00 PM | Rex Theater, 1602 E. Carson St, South Side, Pgh, PA, Beatles Tribute Night | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| I will be making a cameo appearance with the band of Pittsburgh Guitar! 8/12/1960: Pete Best took over the drum seat and the name The Beatles was born. This Saturday, 46 years later, Pittsburgh Guitars presents an evening all about the fab four. Don't miss it ! | ||||
| Jul 20, 2006 Thursday | 10:15 PM | Starshine Burlesque @ Ra Fi Fi | NYC, NY, US | |
| Phat Man Dee to appear with the luscious lovelies of Starshine Burlsesque. 332 East 11th Street at 1st Avenue | ||||
| Jul 8, 2006 Saturday | 9:30 PM | Cabaret at Theater Sq, 655 Penn ave, Pgh, PA 15222 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| With Ken Peagler, Tony DePaolis, and Chris Parker. New music from the cd in the studio, & new stylings of song stylings. Check out the Liquitones, version aught aught 6. New gown by Iman B, check out Phat Man Dee as the Sun Queen! Call 412-456-6666 for $8 advance tickets, or $10 at the door. | ||||
| Jul 1, 2006 Saturday | 6:00 PM | Private Event - Wedding | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Billy Ross is taking Kimberly to be his bride, we are very happy for the couple, and pleased to be included in the festivites. | ||||
| Jun 14, 2006 Wednesday | 10:00 PM | Images | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Come Celebrate Gay Pride week with Phat Man Dee and the Liquitones! 965 Liberty Ave, Downtown! Free lapdance by Phat Man Dee to anyone dressed as Rick Santorum in bongade gear! | ||||
| Jun 6, 2006 Tuesday | 12:00 PM | 3 Rivers Arts Fest @ Dominion Plaza | Downtown Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee with Colter Harper, Kenny Peagler and Tony DiPaoles. Outside, free, all ages, bring a lunch! | ||||
| May 21, 2006 Sunday | 8:00 PM | Mr Smalls Funhouse Theater - 400 Lincoln Ave | Millvale, PA, US | |
| Phat Man Dee , at Emergenza, goes where no jazz act has gone before, with her trusty Liquitones by her side, she intends to take on this festival of music and ride it as far as it wants to go. | ||||
| May 6, 2006 Saturday | 7:00 PM | Botanicals By Leone in Bloomfield | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Susan Banahasky is running for PA state house of representatives! www.susaninthehouse.com This benefit will raise money for her campaign. | ||||
| May 5, 2006 Friday | 9:00 PM | The HKAN, a hookah bar | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| 2210 E. Carson St Go to Misah, on the 2nd floor. Order a hookah and puff the night away. Be the hookah smoking caterpillar Grace Slick always knew you could be. Full menu and bar. Cabaret jazz with Phat Man Dee and the Liquitones. $5, 21 and over | ||||
| May 3, 2006 Wednesday | 4:00 PM | Speakeasy Jazz Club, 410 West 4th Street | Winston-Salem, NC, US | |
| I will be performing with Foxy Moxy at this Media event for the Shiner Bock Twin City Rib Fest. Bar-b-que provided by The Checkered Pig and liquid refreshments by Shiner Bock. | ||||
| Apr 21, 2006 Friday | 5:30 PM | Artist Upstairs Gallery - 911 Penn Ave, Downtown | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| Project of 1000 Stories Opening of photographic works by Renee Rosensteel, all photos inspired by the survivors of Katrina. Peformers to include Phat Man Deem Mama Spell, Jack Erdie and Tribe Taksim. | ||||
| Mar 24, 2006 Friday | 10:00 PM | REX THEATER , 1602 East Carson Street | Pittsburgh, PA, US | |
| $10, 21+ Theresia's Birthday Bash w/ yours truly, Adam Evil and the Outside Royalty, Birdman Dancing, Paul Tabachneck, Gary Musiko, Terrence Degnan and Aridne. | ||||