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Salon has partnered with the critically acclaimed variety show, Cabinet of Wonders, to launch the companion podcast for the event series. Hosted by celebrated author and singer/songwriter Wesley Stace, the Cabinet of Wonders podcast brings together collaborators from the worlds of music, literature and comedy – for one night only, whenever you like.
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The curtain raises to find our hero, Mr. Stace, alone onstage, reading poetry of welcome, before telling a revealing story about Hugh Bonneville (AKA Earl of Grantham on TV’s Downtown Abbey) who wrote precisely one line of Stace’s next song, “Wrong for the Part.” The delightful Amber Tamblyn, actress/writer, reads poems from her new collection “Dar…
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After poetry of welcome, much of which turns on the fact that the host is unable to pronounce the surnames of either of his female cabineteers, Mr. Stace and Mr. Eugene Mirman discuss the doomed concept of the post-reading Q&A. Mr. Stace is then joined by The English UK for his love song to the city, “We Will Always Have New York”, before chanteuse…
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You can’t stop the readings: nobody can stop the readings! Mr Stace performs his classic “Makin’ Love to Bob Dylan”. Bob’s Burger’s own Eugene Mirman takes center-stage to tickle the City Winery’s collective funny bone, before Cabinet favourite Kristin Hersh sets about “Krait” from Crooked and Throwing Muses classic “Devil’s Roof”. Siri Hustvedt il…
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After the time-honoured opening prayer, Mr. Stace and Eugene Mirman discuss recent good fortune with regard to a pair of gloves thought lost at a Boston hotel. Mr Stace then tests the sound system with a song of welcome entitled “When I Knew”. The Dove and the Wolf - all the way from Paris (and later to sing in French) – entrance the audience with …
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In which the show must and does go on! Imagine, if you will, a world where Southside Johnny, the godfather of the New Jersey Sound, shares a bill with Andrew VanWyngarden, lead singer of MGMT: only in the Cabinet! Andrew sings the MGMT classic “I Love You Too, Death” along with covers of beautiful psych by Les Baroques and the Brazda Brothers, whil…
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After the time-honored opening ceremony, Mr. Stace, Das Kabinettmeister, tests the sound system with a song of welcome. The Milk Carton Kids, all dry wit and breathtaking harmonies, then treat us to a profoundly beautiful three song set, sung and played into one microphone as nature intended. So taken is Janeane Garofalo by this performance, that s…
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