Grab a copy of the latest Happiness Pony and smile along with this gentleman. Curing depression, Zardoz, ponies, Hermes.
(Couldn’t do this mural justice in black and white.)
The Snow Ghost presents “The Snow Ghost”
The Snow Ghost: a new song from Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell and Matt Marcel.
Happiness Pony September 2011 is out
The September edition of Happiness Pony, a special “split single” with Woodaddy Waffles, is out now. If you want a copy, stop by the Woodaddy brunch at Moynihan’s Sunday afternoons this month.
Happiness Pony for August is out!
What is today?
August 31.
Is it a legitimate day to publish the August issue?
YES.
8-bit Zardoz
Silver Mountain #4: Fr. John Madden
An interview with Fr. John Madden, pastor of St. John’s Catholic Church in Worcester. Fr. John talks about being a priest, organizing a soup line, Dorothy Day, and the Catholic Worker movement.
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Happiness Pony for July is out!
The July 2011 issue of Happiness Pony is out. I’m going to try to get some to the show at Forbes tonight. The most reliable spot to pick up any issue of HP is the lobby of WCCA TV13, 415 Main St, Worcester MA.
We are very happy to welcome PKP to our editorial board this month.
Silver Mountain #3: Women of Worcester punk
Cha-Cha Connor and Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell interview an all-star panel about Worcester’s punk scene. Featuring: Cathy Cah, Lauren Cain, Kae Collins, Yukiko Fujii, Joanne Hart, Lysie Nagorski, Toni Ostrow, Annie Paquette, Mariah Pariah, Kelley Parsons, and Erin Riley.
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Silver Mountain #2: Mystery Band 2009
Choice clips from the 2009 Worcester Mystery Band concert.
Here’s how Jacob Berendes described Mystery Band in 2007:
mystery band is a worcester activity in which everyone who is interested in being in a band submits their name and contact information (and any previous musical experience) to a central organizer, who then organizes the list of people into however many five or six person bands. these bands are given a certain amount of time (usually 2 months) to have a few practices and write between 5 and 20 minutes of original material that is not a waste of everybody’s time. improvisation is prohibited. participants need not have any prior musical experience, just the desire to be in a band and the ability to step up. mystery band culminates in a series of shows for all the bands that pulled it off.
See also: Mystery Band 2008
Nice words from Mothers News on Happiness Pony
From the latest Mothers News “Mothers Top Ten”:
8. HAPPINESS PONY: best new newspaper since this one (sorry, Fuck Yea Gazette). Top headline last ish: How Many Teeth Do Women Have? get this from a kid on the street (kid will have rat tail, homespun poncho)
Both MN and FYG were inspirations for Happiness Pony. Thanks for the good words!