Last April the Conspiracy of Beards traveled to New York for a long weekend tour of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Our first show of the tour was at Jack Hanley Gallery, where a fan captured this video of our take on Leonard Cohen‘s often covered Hallelujah. Enjoy!
As you may know, Conspiracy of Beards is a non-profit organization, and we strive to contribute our voices to good causes. To help offset the cost of our practice space and travel expenses we sell merchandise at our shows. Now you can find all of our merchandise right here on our website. Check out our Merchandise page here. Beard gear is perfect for holiday gift giving!
Men’s and Women’s style t-shirts, engraved flask, self titled CD, A Midnight Choir DVD documentary
Check out our December Newsletter for details about our upcoming shows and other Beard related updates! You can sign up to receive this monthly correspondence here:
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Here are the next few opportunities to catch Conspiracy of Beards:
Live in studio performance – Saturday, December 8th – 3pm
Holiday concert – Thursday, December 13th – 7pm
Saturday. January 26th – 9pm
There are still three chances to catch the Beards before the new year!
This Thursday, November 29th, at the historic Vogue Theatre in San Francisco, Conspiracy of Beards will perform a lovely set of Leonard Cohen songs followed by a showing of the 1971 Robert Altman film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” which features a few Cohen songs. Music starts at 8pm sharp and the film is at 9pm. Tickets here.
Saturday, December 8th at 3pm, the Beards will conspire to fill the KALW public radio airwaves with our sweet harmonies. We will perform live in the studio on KALW’s weekly show Folk Music & Beyond. Tune in at 91.7 FM.
Thursday, December 13th, at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. We are honored to once again sing in Goldman Hall at the CJM this holiday season. We may even diverge from our usual exclusively Leonard Cohen set and add a couple Hanukkah songs! We sing from 7-8pm. Reserve your tickets in advance because this show always sells out. Tickets here.
Hope your holidays are filled with cheer!
We are working on a new arrangement of Avalanche and something tells me we’re into something good.
(((FolkYEAH!))) and CinemaSF present City Scenes VIII @ The Vogue Theatre Thursday, November 29th at 8pm with Conspiracy of Beards and a showing of the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller.
What a cool event series this is! Live music followed by a movie. We are excited to kick off the night with a set of Leonard Cohen classics, and then we’ll sit back, sip on our flasks, and enjoy the movie. Here’s an interesting tidbit about the film, which features a few of Cohen’s songs…
During post-production on this film, ‘Robert Altman‘ was having a difficult time finding a proper musical score, until he attended a party where the album “Songs of Leonard Cohen” was playing and noticed that several songs from the album seemed to fit in with the overall mood and themes of the movie. Cohen, who had been a fan of Altman’s previous film, Brewster McCloud, allowed him to use three songs from the album – “The Stranger Song“, “Sisters of Mercy” and “Winter Lady” – although Altman was dismayed when Cohen later admitted that he didn’t like the movie. A year later, Altman received a phone call from Cohen, who told him that he changed his mind after re-watching the movie with an audience and now loved it.
Another fun fact is that the name of the band, Sisters of Mercy, was influenced by the Robert Altman‘s film McCabe & Mrs. Miller. (From Wikipedia)
You can watch the trailer for McCabe & Mrs. Miller here.
Last spring 28 Beards flew to New York for a one weekend whirlwind tour, and it turned out to be a huge success and an inordinate amount of fun. This video, the latest in a series, captures a glimpse of the good times we had wandering the streets, singing on the subway, and taking the Manhattan Inn at midnight.
Check out the other videos that document our 2011/2012 season here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ConspiracyofBeards
Our DVD project is complete and the finished product is being sent out now. Our supporters report that they are receiving their engraved Conspiracy of Beards flasks and DVDs.
We’re thrilled with how the film came out and hope you enjoy it too.
We are unreasonably excited to kick off our 10th anniversary season at San Francisco’s Brick & Mortar Music Hall at Mission St. and 13th St. on October 25th!
Conspiracy of Beards, The Beauty Operators, & Condorosa – Thursday, October 25th @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall – Doors at 8pm – $7-$10
We’re getting back in the groove with regular rehearsals and lining up some great gigs for our landmark 10th season! Stay tuned for more updates.
