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Saturday, October 31, 2009 //
Happy Halloween
Hey everyone,
Tonight Gabby La La (with Zach and Josh) will be performing at Ravenous Cafe in Healdsburg!!! Surprise! Best Halloween party ever! Also, Kit'N'Tenders will be rocking the kitten world so don't miss this bliss!
Chick it out! Gabby La La
Thursday, October 22, 2009 //
get ready to go
I am kinda crazy right now, packing and preparing for 3 shows in the NY area! Very excited to get goin' on my adventure with the Sippy Cups and beyond. I am trying a new packing method and it is somewhat semi-scientific. I am trying to pack my personal stuff in my gear box! What a novel idea. I never thought of doing that before:) We will see if it works once I put my toothbrush in tomorrow morning. I hope that some of you peeps will show up at these NY shows... I rarely get out of California, and if anyone complains after this, I will start complaining! hahahhahaha. Anyways, wish me luck and give me the high sign when you see me:)
Many thanks,
see you on the east coast,
Gabby La La Gabby La La
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 //
Being the New Kid
I recently joined a band called "The Sippy Cups" and we did our first show together last weekend. I have known about the group for a couple of years now, and always wanted to get involved in some way. I couldn't believe it when I actually got a chance to audition. The thought of auditioning makes me very nervous. I don't like being picked apart (even though I sometimes pick others apart). If you are new to my world, you might not know how much I enjoy watching American Idol. I have been watching and voting for many years and as I observe the painful process of making it to the top 12, I am reminded of the reasons I am not cut out for that type of competition. Did you hear about Paula Abdul leaving the show? This is sad:( I always liked her positive comments. I guess Ellen DeGeneres is supposed to be her "replacement" but I don't know if she is really qualified for the position. I remember when she was a guest judge (was that on Idol, or So You Think You Can Dance...I don't know) and she mostly said that she thought the performance was incredible, then she made a funny. Anyways, what I'm trying to say, is that auditions make me sick to my stomach! I am really glad that it all worked out because the suspense was killing me. I love playing with "The Sippies", they are totally poppy, I get to sing lead and contribute to four part harmony. I am also, getting in front of a new family audience and tapping my toes. I hope that you can come to a show sometime and experience some new magic. p.s. I even get to do a couple of my own songs and that is groovy:) Gabby La La
Thursday, October 8, 2009 //
The Sippy Cups
The Sippy Cups Welcome
New Member Gabby La La
Multi-Instrumentalist Will Join The Band In Time For Fall Tour
New Album The Time Machine Wins NAPPA and Parents' Choice Awards
The Sippy Cups are welcoming a new member, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Gabby La
La, to their lineup. La La will join the acclaimed children's rock band on their national
Time Machine 2009 Tour, with dates this fall in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Albany and other cities. See reverse for a list of tour dates.
Gabby La La is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who plays the accordion, ukulele,
theremin and sitar. She studied North Indian classical music with master Ali Akbar Khan
at his college in San Rafael and received a BFA in Sitar Performance from the California
Institute of the Arts. In the pop realm, she has backed artists including Primus's Les
Claypool, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray and Bob Weir & Ratdog, and collaborated with producers
Prince Paul and Don Newkirk and keyboardist Bernie Worrell on Baby Elephant's album "Turn
My Teeth Up." Along the way, La La developed her own unique style, and has been sharing
her kooky and spooky music with audiences of all ages. She released her solo debut Be
Careful What You Wish For... in 2005 on Claypool's Prawn Song Records. The All Music
Guide wrote in a review of the album, "La La is such a captivating, bubbly, and
commanding presence and seems to be enjoying herself so unconditionally that the disc
can't help but produce a smile on the grouchiest face." Her website is www.gabbylala.com.
She joins the band as longtime Sippy Cup Alison Faith Levy leaves to spend more time with
her family.
Gabby La La says of joining The Sippy Cups, "I always wanted to be a real Sippy Cup! I
imagined that I would be playing music and sharing my love of poodles and the colors pink
and blue with all of the kids, but I didn't really think it would happen! I guess it just
proves that you can never dream too big!"
Sippy Cups co-creator and lead singer Paul Godwin says of his new bandmate, "Sippy La La
will add some sweet new sounds, sights & flavors to our Mix-In. We welcome her kooky
songwriting, space-age vocal stylings and bevy of unique instruments. See you in the
next dimension."
The Sippy Cups' new album, The Time Machine, recently won two prestigious awards: an
Honors Award in the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Children?s Products
competition, and a 2009 Parents' Choice Recommended Award. (More information at
nappa.parenthood.com and www.parents-choice.org.) "Seven is the New 14" -- the first
single form The Time Machine -- hit #1 on Sirius XM Radio's "Kids Place Live" in August
and was recently the first-ever free "Discovery Download" in the Children's Music genre
on the iTunes Music Store, receiving 90,000 downloads in one week.
Juggler/performer Zack Bernstein will also appear with The Sippy Cups on the Time Machine
2009 Tour. In his native San Francisco, Bernstein teaches at the SF Circus Center,
performs with Scott Wells and Dancers, and works at the SFMOMA. In 1997, he co-founded
the performance group Capacitor, touring on the university circuit and abroad in Europe,
Latin America, and Asia. Closer to home, Zack has appeared as featured guest artist for
KQED-FM, BMW Films, Jane's Addiction, the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Earth Circus, and
the New Pickle Circus.
The Sippy Cups - Time Machine 2009 Tour
Saturday, Oct. 24: Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown NY
With local family fave Graham Clarke opening
Sunday, Oct. 25: Kingsborough College, Brooklyn NY
Saturday, Nov. 7: House of Blues, Hollywood CA
With opener Didi Pop
Sunday, Nov. 15: Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco CA
With opener Frances England; two shows, 12 PM and 3 PM
Saturday, Dec. 5: The Fillmore at Irving Plaza, New York NY
Sunday, Dec. 6: The Egg, Albany NY
Sunday, Dec. 13: Ashkenaz Music and Dance Center, Berkeley CA Gabby La La
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