http://www.gnomonsong.com/

MOUNTAIN OCEAN SUN  "PEACE CONFERENCE" is out now on HOME NORMAL

HELLO​ FRIEN​DS

IDA IS PLAYI​NG A "​HOT"​ SHOW!​!​
YOU ARE INVIT​ED TO
THE FIRST​ "​FULL BAND"​ SHOW OF THE YEAR.​

EVERY​ONE IS WEARI​NG UNITA​RDS,​ JUST LIKE VAN MORRI​SON IN THE LAST WALTZ​!​!​


JOE'​S PUB
NYC
SATUR​DAY NIGHT​
7:30 PM
FEBRU​ARY 28th 2009

http:​/​/​www.​ joesp​ub.​ com/​compo​nent/​optio​n,​com_​artis​ts/​task,​view/​Itemi​d,​40/​id,​2265

COME OVER AND SAY HI
WE'​LL BRING​ LOTS OF VINYL​ AND SING TOO MANY SONGS​!​!​

THANK​S TO EVERY​ONE WHO CAME TO THE SHOW LAST WEEKE​ND!​
YOU MADE LIVE MUSIC​ HAPPE​N AGAIN​!​!​!​
AT A MOVIE​ THEAT​ER IN WOODS​TOCK!​!​

fine print​:​
proba​bly no unita​rds at the show
we are just tryin​g to gener​ate "​inter​est"​

PEACE​-​
IDA
2009

Hello
The first three Ida albums, originally released on Simple Machines, have been re-issued for the first time ever in beautiful, gatefold, 180 gram vinyl editions. These records were made to be heard this way. Thanks to Polyvinyl for making this happen! We hope you enjoy them!!
Tales Of Brave Ida 2xLP $15
I Know About You 2xLP $15
Ten Small Paces LP $12
Please go to http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/
All vinyl comes with free digital download codes.
peace in the new year-
Ida
2009

IDA's Daniel Littleton is playing a rare solo set at THE LIVING THEATRE (21 Clinton St. NYC) on Sunday, February 24th at 8pm. He will be playing songs from his album "NOBODY"S FAULT BUT MINE" on guitar and harmonium, with some help from Jean Cook (IDA, ASM) on violin. Daniel will also play electric thumb piano in the world premiere of Warn Defevr's new composition, THE SILVER PIANO. The show is the first night of a three night residency by HIS NAME IS ALIVE + ANTI-SOCIAL MUSIC called "COME TO THE FRONT", and is part of the VISION FESTIVAL/RISE UP CREATIVE MUSIC AND ARTS Series.

Find out about the other two HNIA+ASM shows here:
http://www.hisnameisalive.com/
http://antisocialmusic.org/

Find out about other VISION/RUCMA Series events here:
http://www.livingtheatre.org/livingmusic.html

Jan Kotik, 1972-2007

hi friends

As many of you may know, Jan Kotik, drummer for the band Beekeeper, Church Of Betty, and The (original) Mommyheads, passed away in December. He collaborated with Ida on many occasions, live and in the studio. Jan had lived in Prague since 2000, where his career as a visual artist was blooming. He leaves behind his wife Gaby and two sons, Armand and Taber.

Some of you may have seen and heard his drumming during our many tours
with Beekeeper in the late nineties. He was in every way an extraordinary human, and one of the greatest musicians we ever heard or had the privildge of playing with. Night after night, in city after city,
our jaws collectively dropped as we listened to him creating new language out of the air, new ways of navigating time and space, sound and rhythm. Nobody played like him, and he never played the same way twice. His life and his work will always be an inspiration for us. For anyone who heard him play or knew him, the depth of this loss is beyond words.

We invite you to join us tonight. Ida, Beekeeper, Babe The Blue Ox, The Mommyheads, Eliot Sharp and many others will be performing short sets tonight in memory of Jan. The show will be a benefit for Jan's family.

peace-
Ida

JanNight
Magnetic Field
97 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
7:30-11:30 PM


If you can't make it, but want to donate, you can send any amount,
large or small, with paypal to tony_lockwood@yahoo.com , and mark
"Jan" in the memo.

you can also check out this tribute page to Jan
http://schickele.net/JanKotik/

happy new year to you all!!

we have some news.

Ida's new album "Lovers Prayers" is out on January 29th.
It will be available on CD and on vinyl in a handsome limited
edition gatefold double LP. You can pre-order either one or both (!!)
from Polyvinyl, or you can find them in stores. The vinyl has extras
- two bonus tracks, and some other stuff you can find out about at
the Polyvinyl website.

https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/index.asp

We will be celebrating the record release with a show at Joe's Pub on
Friday, January 25th. Its an early one, starting at 7PM. We hope you
will join us.

http://www.joespub.com/caltool/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail&performanceID=3702

we'll also be playing a show in woodstock at the colony cafe on january
20th. come up to the mountains!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=192119817

These shows will be intimate, super quiet affairs that are taking
place in venues where people like to listen to intimate super quiet
music!!

See you there!!

Peace,
ida

Our old friend Pat Graham has put out a beautiful book of his
photographs called Silent Pictures, it features pictures of Fugazi,
Outkast, Modest Mouse, Ted Leo, Bikini Kill, The Secret Stars and many more.
There is a full page of Ida photos- an entire roll of film shot in upstate New York
from the session where he shot the pix for "Will You Find Me".

We're so honored to be in Pat's book and so thrilled that it has come
out. We couldn't recommend this book highly enough. Check it out!

Silent Pictures is published by Akashic Books, "a Brooklyn-based
independent company dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction
and political nonfiction by authors who are either ignored by the
mainstream, or who have no interest in working within
the ever-consolidating ranks of the major corporate publishers."

http://www.akashicbooks.com/


Peace
ida

IDA IS PLAYING 3 SHOWS THIS WEEK!!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15th
KNITTING FACTORY, NYC
W/TARA JANE ONEIL, CHRISTY AND EMILY
8PM!!

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17th
ROSENDALE CAFÉ, ROSENDALE, NY
YETI NIGHT!!
W/READINGS BY LUC SANTE & JANA MARTIN,
MUSIC BY IDA & TARA JANE ONEIL
8PM!!
http://www.rosendalecafe.com/music.php

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18th
WOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY WILLOW, NY
THANKSLIVING CELEBRATION!
1PM!!
http://www.woodstockfas.org/

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

A NEW IDA SONG, "MOONFLOWER", IS AVAILABLE NOW IN THE VERY FINE MAGAZINE, ESOPUS. ALL THE BANDS WHO PARTICIPATED WERE ASKED TO CHOOSE FROM A LIST OF DREAMS SUBMITTED BY ESOPUS READERS AND THEN TO WRITE MUSIC INSPIRED BY WHATEVER DREAM THEY PICKED! THE CD INCLUDES SONGS BY THE DIRTY PROJECTORS, CALIFONE, AND MANY OTHERS!! AVAILABLE AT ALL GOOD INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES AND ALSO AT http://www.esopusmag.com/