Re: Klezmatics on Sex...

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Mazel tov Lorin and gang
How Exciting!! How Brilliant!!
I am a huge Sex and the City fan and have loved the Klezmatics since 
Jews with Horns.
I will be glued to the set august 10th... but sometimes we don't get 
the same air dates up here in the wilds of Toronto.
May you get many residuals in reruns and syndication.



How
On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 01:32 PM, Lorin Sklamberg wrote:

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Klezmatics to Appear on HBO's Sex and the City on August 10
> Klezmer pioneers, The Klezmatics, known for blurring the lines of 
> tradition with a modern sonic aesthetic, will be featured on this 
> season's eighth episode of HBO's Sex and the City. While the details 
> of their appearance have not been disclosed by HBO, suffice it to say 
> that the band performs in a scene with Samantha Jones, played by Kim 
> Cattrall.
> "We found out that the program's music supervisor, Dan Lieberstein, is 
> a longtime fan of the band. We're flattered that he sought us out for 
> the part," said lead singer Lorin Sklamberg. "It was great fun... 
> hobnobbing off-camera with Kristin Davis."
> Band members were outfitted by costumer designer Patricia Field. "That 
> was fun," Sklamberg continued with a chuckle. "They made us look... 
> East Villagey."
> The Klezmatics' latest CD, Rise up! Shteyt Oyf! (Rounder Records), 
> continues the unlikely combination of ancient shtetl party music with 
> an innovative consciousness that could only arise from the 
> experimental and intellectual East Village. On the release, samples 
> from a 1948 Jewish archive combine with avant horn riffs. A homoerotic 
> love song sits beside traditional Hasidic songs. And the CD title 
> comes from a powerful gospel-tinged revision of Holly Near's "I Ain't 
> Afraid" in both Yiddish and English. Not the repertoire of your 
> grandmother, and yet it may be the very bridge connecting us to the 
> past.
> The Klezmatics' appearance on Sex on the City airs on August 10, 2003 
> at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on HBO. See local listings for details. Visit the 
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