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WELCOME to the MIDGE website & Congratulations on Your Gorgeousness!!!(THIS WEBSITE IS ADHD ENHANCED!!!) MIDGE makes original music, like juBefore the Beginning, playingif you're not a fan of TEXT, skip all this NONSENSE & go to MP3s to left or live stuff below) LiSA MICK - Songwriting/vocals/ keyboards/ guitar/ trombone PAUL GRDEN - Guitar, ebow/ vocals/ bass/ percussion/ trumpet etc.Mick's original songs and the duo's arrangements incorporate varied musical influences & loves-- rock, bossa nova, folk, traditional & alt-country, jazz, psychedelic, lo-fi, funk, lounge, classical,& other good stuff--to make new music: Indie (InDIY ) Baby! Lisa's songwriting defies easy categorization. Her sly lyrics and inventive melodies portray stories of love, loss, connection, and things that fall between (so much falls between, n'est ce pas?). She's also been known to write songs about horses, astronauts, trains, treachery...........& MURDER! Paul's innovative guitar-playing occupies many different moods, styles, and spaces, from gritty & raw to sublime & ethereal. He can make a glass or steel slide sound like a pedal steel (which he wishes he could afford), a spaceship (ditto), or other cool stuff. Midge's live shows tend toward acoustic these days, but that can change on a dime. Their music captures elements of the dreamworld, the intangible. They create a sound that is dynamic, textural, intimate & emotionally evocative. (More adjectives available upon request.) (Invisible Casanova , Muse or Nemesis?)

Midge: WELCOME TO THE POSTFUTURE!Please ENJOY!! these features and come back for updates on the band's jet-packing ways, complete with carbon offsets, solar panels, &, um, public trans.. This site is still in its adorabletoddler stage, so let us know if you can make out anything herein. Make yourself at home & stop by to say hi on the guestbook (email addresses remain private) or on the "contact lisa/midge" page. The entire enterprise will be upgraded frequently w/ the following: music, movin' pitchers, sundry fun, chattiness, games, and hi-jinks.Please visit often to see what's new and to learn the most recent of trendy trend-setting trends.* IKIW-- (I know I will) !!!!... .. (Just one example).... Stay tuned! (BONUS interview!) (BOGUS interview!) *TTST

BIOs: There's been tragedy, injury, illness, poor judgment, & penury, but you don't really want to hear about that, do you?... Or maybe you do. Maybe you really care... or you just enjoy Schadenfreude. If so stay tuned for the tell-all. It's JUICY! For now, musically-speaking:Lisa got a degree in piano performance (studying with Jose Ramos Santana, Nancy Roldan, & Robin Kissinger Virizlay) after switching from English Lit & before realizing she needed to do something PRACTICAL, like write songs. (Prior to this she was torn between her love for boxing & her love of the violin.) She's been a chamber musician & teaches piano. She has the good fortune of being under the tutelage of lyric soprano Martha Randall.Lisa's proud to have placed in the finals on CELEBRITY CHECKERS WITH THE STARS!!!Paul's a natural &"trained" musician, multi-instrumentalist ,& math wiz. He started on trumpet, then quickly moved on to become a guitar virtuoso. He can pretty much play anything & was in the epic struggle known as "BATTLE of the BANDS" as a teen where his band placed in the top 3!!! Sadly, the band wearing Spandex won the title. He can play any style: metal, jazz, funk, bossa nova, country, classical, & what-have-you. Luckily he digs the latter, which comprises the bulk of MIDGE's ouvre. He can also teach anything, but you must pay attention!PEDIGREES/Nepotism/Hobnobbing: It's RUMORED that Lisa is the great granddaughter of Bill Haley & the Comets (different sources cite different Comets). It's KNOWN that Paul is the great nephew of Jazz great Albin Grden, who played toe-tappers for Tony Bennett and Judy Garland, among others. (Brain-teaser: One out of two members of the band is a statistician! At least one is a fan of exclamation points!!!)

What with people being what they are nowadays and everything and whatnot, you may well be wondering-- Who is this Midge? Is it someone, or something, that I can or should trust? Can I trust them with my children? With my pets? How about watering my plants?What sort of music does this "Midge" play? How will I, the discerning listener, categorize it?In short, Midge: What is it?In an attempt to help answer some of these incisive questions, Midge member Lisa Mick sat down with the editor of the much- acclaimed “Midge magazine” for a friendly interview. The following is a transcript of what transpired. Actions are in parentheses. All other words are quotes. No sections have been redacted:Editor: Who is Midge, really?Leesa: Midge is the name of my band/duo.Editor: You’re waffling. Band or duo?Leesa: Well, it’s both. We've mainly been a duo but we've at times played with other musicians, making us on those occasions a trio.Editor: That’s disgusting. Let’s move on… It seems like everywhere one looks these days, there are large bands full of boys, or young men, whether it be on your Lettermans, your Lenos, your Conans, your Craigs or even your Kimmels…. Sometimes these bands contain upwards of 6 to 10 members. Especially if they’re from NYC or Europe. Why does Midge take a contrarian stance with its band size and demographics?Leesa: Well, I’m not sure it’s contrarian, actually…Editor: See, you’re doing it now…Leesa: Yeah, I guess… But I was born as a baby girl, then I became a woman, so that’s the main reason I’m not in an all-boy band. As for the number of people…Editor: Excuse me. I need to break in here. I’m on a deadline and I have a life. If you were a tree what kind of tree would you be?Leesa: I wouldn’t be a tree.Editor: That’s not an answer.Leesa: OK, I guess my answer is I’m not sure. There are so many great trees. It’s hard to say. Editor-- (rolls eyes, throws arms up, throws pen down, storms out… 5 minutes later storms back in with coffee and donuts) OK, I believe we were discussing pastries. If you were a donut what kind of donut would you be? By the way, do you mind if I take the Dutch Crumbs?Leesa: Not at all. … I’d definitely be a honey-glazed donut. Those are my favorite.Editor: Good God! Isn’t that boring? I mean, HONEY-GLAZED??? Leesa: Well. It’s not boring to me. I love them.Editor: (Glares while finishing Dutch Crumb donut. Storms out of office again…Storms back in carrying a bottle of Vodka.) Alright, I think we were discussing mixed drinks. What’s your favorite?Leesa: Well, this answer really IS boring. I don’t drink alcohol. It’s not even for a glamorous reason, like an addiction or past brawls or anything. It’s just that I get lousy migraines and I don’t really enjoy drinking since that started. Plus my friends tell me I’m more or less naturally drunk. But I like drinking out of martini glasses and I'm a fan of olives.Editor: (drinking vodka straight, staring into space) I’m sorry, were you talking? Because I was incredibly bored.Leesa: (blushes) …SorryEditor: Whatever. What’s Paul’s favorite drink?Leesa: You know, I’m not sure. He never drinks when we play out either.Editor: (snickers) You mean you can’t answer without his lawyer present? (slurring words)Leesa: Well, w/o Paul present.Editor: You seem to be avoiding discussing your music.Leesa: I’d LOVE to discuss the music. We’re desperately trying to get our equipment to stop breaking so we can record more--Editor: (interrupting) One last time-- will you or will you not discuss Gwyneth Paltrow?Leesa: Sure! Ask away!Editor: (passes out)**An Industry-insider, much too famous & inside to be named, had this to say: "Scientific studies have shown that people who like & listen to Midge's music have GREAT taste and live longer, better lives."

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MIDGE

THOUGHT FOR 2010: 1-07-10"These days it seems you have to hit people over the head with subtlety."(courtesy of Frannie)Also, in the news, I (Frannie) am no longer the webmaster's personal assistant-- I'm now the official WEBMISTRESS!It feels good to be promoted. Thanks for your support & for texting those votes!xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo(Below is from last year. It kinda feels First decade-y now, but it's still pertinent, except for my job-title. Luv yas!Important Informative Informationfrom Frannie, webmaster's personal assistant: Hey Gorgeous!***CHECK OUT AMAZIN TALKIN MIME PAGE-- Go to that page's far right top to find tantalizingly titillating & timelessly current article on Mimes and the Olympics!!! AND CHECK OUT politicky entry: "POLITICS: Joe Biden's Lawn,8-23-08" on FRANCRONYMS page, where you'll also find Frannie's world-famous all-purpose Acronym Guide, designed for the modern, on-the-go, no-nonsensecyber-generation, which has neither the time nor the inclination to spell out words. Everything you need to understand the 21st century lingo, or "texting, the modern Morse code," can be found there...General important note:Even if you have looked at this website, you might want to (probably should) look at it again every day or more because you would be surprised how many new features might be added that you might enjoy. Not just goldfish which there is still LOTS of room for, but also more MUSIC, words, VIDEOS, pictures, and informative information! Even on the same article/page, if I remember something that I forgot before, which does happen a lot.For example, just today, these colors changed!LUV YAS!,Frannie(Second cousin, Midge fan, Volunteer Assistant to Web-Master; they didn't even have to ask me!)

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Today's original quotable Frannie quote:"3 TRILLION wrongs don't make a right!" (copyright, franniefrancine, 1-29-09)BRAND NEW 2009 FRANNIE on TRASHBALLon 2009 Blog page. (a sportslovers special)Coming Soon, Frannie's take on recent study findings that"HONESTY IS ACTUALLY NOT THE BEST POLICY"(once again-- this report made b4 release of movie: "The Invention of Lying" --I need a TINFOIL HAT!!!!!Keep an ear out for the upcoming HUGE CD: MIDGE, Too Big To Fail/Welcome To The Postfutureto be followed by a full-length RINGTONE- ONLY CD!!Calling All Political Junkies: SARAH PALIN REPORT & JTP on 2009 blog setlists pg. (I know it's old but it's HISTORICAL).Also Inside Biden (I know it's yucky but he's historical), Francronyms pg ALSO, TOO!!:Today's Acronym of the Day (TAOTD) is TMSIDAKEor "Tell me something I don't already know, Einstein." (Chris Matthews stole this slogan!)And WWNC (will wonders never cease), here's something!!!!:(THE E CHannel stole the title of JSYK....) (i'm serious)...Get me that tinfoil hat, STAT!

Just So You KnowI left your roses on the bureauWrote in lipstick on the mirrorPut your letters on a floppy diskNames and dates and other listsFlew across the lawn just like a birdWithout a word, with just these wordsJust like a bird Without a word, with just these wordsJust so you know I crossed my name off all of our treesJust so you knowThe space is blank, fill as you pleaseThe space is blank, fill as you pleaseI told our friends to never mindClosed the windows, pulled the blindsI’m starting clean as soon as sunBut there’s a chance it will not comeJust so you knowI packed a bag, I took no cashJust so you knowThis train goes to another placeThis train goes to another placeI might be back another timeI might not make it down the lineI know it’s wrong, I know it’s rightI might go down without a fight

*Note to visitors: This website puts it all out there, on account of it won't internavigate yet. Instead, its pages are extra huge. Each scrolls WAY DOWN & goes WAY far over to that side -->, so please check em out, especially if you're into "that sort of thing," & unless you're too damn lazy to scroll. Has it really come to that?Coming soon--INTERACTION!! There will be interactive holograms of magic maps, celebrities, rocktards, charming & attractive meteorologists, unattractive & unbearable political pundits, & NAKED GHOSTS!!! This will be the FIRST website that will allow you to electronically interact with supernatural beings AND ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE!Do NOT be fooled by imitations!!! Oh yeah, we're also trying to figure out how to put up video of shows but it's not as easy as those naked holograms of Chester Arthur (scroll all the way right) were.Till next time, Enjoy!==================>

THIS SPACEFOR RENT

Lovely cyberloft with view of attractive text. Pets welcome, reasonable rates. Unreasonable neighbors. NO WEIRDOS.Undesirables, misanthropes, & Polly-Annas considered. No residential ceramics allowed in building. Glazing Room is off limits except to staff!ABSOLUTELY NO quilters. No knitting or crocheting after 11. No cuddling on weekends.Free indoor Rollerblades & Heelies given to each tenant on registration. Bowling ball & pins also available on request. Each live-in unit has a lane! Bowl or skate all hours. No restrictions!!!Willing to paint to your specifications.* Cement-grey, artifical-turf-hue, or olive green Indoor/ outdoor carpet included. Free Tupperware & motivational tapes available to first 25 respondents."Make 50,000 the first month!!!!!!!!!!!!!"Help with move ??--Sometimes, but no promises all your stuff will get there in one piece. Or at all. Also there will be an extra charge. Don't blame us; this is the management's decision. We just have a really creepy guy on the staff who enjoys enforcing it.And don't forget the "condo, can-do motto" (copyrighted): "It was nice meeting you!"For further info contact Lydell: webmaster@midgemusic.com*(Specifications must be mauve.)

If anyone knows what this is, or if I should be concerned about it, please let me know.Thanks, Fran

Uh Oh, there's another one....And it's bigger!Send info if you have it!

But Not For YouWhen you stopped believingyour heart's secretsIt kept on beatingBut not for youNo more to dive or soarNo more, no moreNo more for me or youWhat to do? What to do?Come back my secret heartFly to me, swiftCome back in day or darkBring back your secret gift,Your secret giftCan love really end so strangely, so strangely?Can a heart really change?Can its beat rearrange?Can its beat rearrange?[bridge]Someday will it speak again?Will it know your true name?Will it whisper the secrets of a friend?Come back from high or lowSpeak the words no one else knowsFrom blue of sea or black of skyBring back the secrets of the nightThe secrets of the night...

Once

NEW- Bring It

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SOME Original LYRICS

A note about live performing arts:(For the purposes of this discussion, lip-synching is not considered live performance). A live performance cannot be installed.A Live Performance is, by nature & definition, a transitory & ephemeral event contained in a specific time & space. It is possible to capture or cage a live performer; however, in some states, remarkably, this practice is illegal.* Also it may be difficult to get him or her to "perform," once you've got them in there. (*Music slave labor is still legal in all 50 states & the protectorates. American hero Woody Guthrie helped the crop-pickers, but didn't seem to give a damn about his own ilk, sadly. However, Kung-fu did a great job playing him, & "This Land Is Your Land" always gets you "right here.")FacsimilesOne can record a performance, but though reviewing a recording is often a rewarding experience, it is still not the same experience as witnessing or "participating in" a live event. (And YES! Your just being there is participation, you lovely patrons of live art who applaud, tip &/or pay the cover!) (The rest of you are TIGHTWADS who totally suck. Take it OUTSIDE!).Also, a recording's verisimilitude depends to a high degree on the quality of the recording medium & the skill of the technician.VariablesThe variables for the live performer are highly unpredictable, & often unwelcome & unwelcoming, but this element of chance is part & parcel of the live experience. Indeed, such is the beauty of the beast (this is what we must tell ourselves). Or is it the devil in the detail? Well, it's at least one of those cliches. The current cliche for real life or live art is "face time." Happily, the live performance is the least cliched performance art possible, & it is the soul of all performance art. It's coming to a venue near you. I recommend it!Most of it will NOT be televised.Kenneth Oberlin, Ph.D., Professor of Musicology, Philosopher of Life, Amway Distributor

Just Added 3-26-09: COVER CORNER, scroll right!

Hello! Welcome to LIVE COVER CORNER!!! This entire site is soon to be New & Improved, with fancy internavigational...ness. So you can find stuff! Midge is still working on the new CD and I'm told it's coming along doggy-paddlingly. In the meantime Leesa got a yen for some oldies. Kept hearing all this razzmatazz about "TWEETING" & it reminded her of a song in an old (now lost) piano book that she absolutely adored called "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street." She thinks there may be more verses but has to find the score somewhere to know for sure...An impromptu session of just guitar & voice ensued, recorded live, rough, no redos. So far. L may ask Paul to add some harmony vocals & kazoos or megaphones or the like so they can do more chestnuts up real top-drawer. L says Paul's slide guitar on "Sugar" is excellent but she's not thrilled with her part & may want to change the key next time. (What else is new?) For now it's AS IS; let the speakeasy chips fall where they may. UPDATE- There's now a new vocal take, so that makes 2 versions, one in E flat & one in D. America, vote today! (More updates ahead!!!!)Keep an ear out for evolutions & also for "I'm in Love with you, Honey," "Loverman," & maybe "Violets for your Furs." It's like being live in the studio! Except there's really no studio, per se, which is a shame, cuz they need one & would make good use of it. (You might want to get in on the ground floor of this investment! in fact, if you are a very good, smart person with good taste & want to invest in the cause of a real studio for Midge, &/or in the upcoming CD (totally way-more-connected, rich, & successful types like JILL SOBULE are now BEGGING for donations-- believe me, MIDGE needs it MORE. Yeah, it's on, Sobule, Ditto John Doe!!!) Please contact me, Frannie, at webmaster@midgemusic.com) To hear "Sugar" Just Click arrow & go go! You'll be transported to the days when songs were songs, Ha cha cha was 23 skidoo, & every party had rootbeer & confetti. , Luv yas, Frannie

* Midge is ready to discuss J Phoenix & BB Thornton's acting careers! Also, Midge WILL say that to Tom Petty: "You're Gonna get it" is one of our fave albums ever, Tom... Would NOT say thatto BBT.

THIS just in:Midge has collapsed from "exhaustion"& is in "rehab." Best of luck & get well, MIDGE

SOME Original LYRICS

OnceOnce you had a loveSun and rain on earth and flowerOnce you had a lovelike the crest of a waveat highest tideSaid: Oh, don't you know mein the desperate hour?Oh, don't you hear mewhen I call out your name?I'm callin now...Once you had a loveVoice like salvetouch like balmOnce you had a loveYou promised tall trees and sparrowsYou promised allSaid: Oh, don't you know mein my time of dark?Oh, how you called meSweet mystery, Sweet loveYour own heart...

Pic to left?? Pic to right: April 25, 09 gig, MIDGE LIVE! at benefit for S.O.M.E.Below is a picture of Lisa enjoying some floral art at the famed UpsideDownArt Museum in the Catskills on UpsideDown Art Appreciation Day.

Above picture was taken by Pat Padua

Midge has produced a limited-edition six-song EP called "Heavenly Revolutions" (pictured below), & is busy-- very very busy-- couldn't possibly come to the phone, but please leave a message, especially if you like nice people & fun things, or are interested in producing CDs-- recording a NEW CD, current working title:

Sugar x 2

But Not For You

Just So You Know

All The World

ATTENTION LADIES!!!It's a knotty pine DREAM!!!

BRING ITYou got that thingBaby, come on and bring itYou got that songBaby, go ahead and sing itYou got that thingBaby, come on and bring itI'll show you my bellIf you promise to ring itEvery night you drive by my houseBut you never will come to my doorI like your smile, I like your waveBut didn‘t you come with something more?It’s your moveBaby, go ahead and make itWhat I’ve got to giveWell, I know you wanna take itEvery night you call my houseBut you never will say helloI like to hear the sound of your breathBut if there’s no more then I’ve got to goIt’s so realBaby, I know you wanna feel itIf I walk it on byWon’t you beg, borrow, or steal itYou got that thingYou got that thingDarlin, bring that thing

Winning StreakI can’t stop winningI’m on a winning streakThere are just beginnings And it feels so sweetIt never ever rains on my parade, No way!The clouds burst openAnd pour down rainbow bouquetsSuch sunny daysWe pick wildflowersAnd sip lemonadeI can’t stop serendipityIt just happens to meI live with felicityOn easy streetMy feet can’t seem to touch the groundI can’t find downKaleidoscope horizons aboundNow that I‘ve foundThe way throughI’m just throughI can’t seem to loseNo matter what I chooseAces up both sleevesOh Baby-- One plus threeI just can’t seem to get the bluesThey don’t ring trueNo up down over or aroundNow that I’ve found The way through to the other sideWhat a rideI’m on a winning streakI’m on a winning streak

Eclipse

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TOO MUCH

HYAMLC

Summertime, live w/ B.Patrick on bass

True

ECLIPSEearth eclipsed the moonearth eclipsed the moonjust like thatthe sky went blackyou turned your backyou turned your backjust like thati faced the factsanyway, even with my best...even with my foolish face forward,shining forward....it's more than i...more than i can standbeaming such lighton a blind manfickle blind mannothing to expectthere are no blank checkslife taught you thatand to face the factsthat people do as they please, these daysno one stays on his knees, you saya thing takes its coursewithout remorseand it's ok, yeah it's out of sightwhen you're throughyou turn out the lightbaby it's alrightplanets shiftin the milky waycelestial revolutions everydayearth eclipsed the moonnone too soonangels and foolsacknowledge the rulescome crashing downto cold hard groundwhere gravity's clearyou there, me hereit's ok, baby it's alrightthe stars are realigning every nightsay, what's your sign?the universe, expanding out in spaceheavenly revolutions taking placeit's okit's ok....

Before the beginningBefore the endLove was a fortune...Time was a friendNow you know betterYeah, now you've grownYou've seen them cominYou see them cominYou've seen em comeYou've seen em goYou say "I used to know you,to know you so wellI mean I thought I knew youBut who could tell..."Yeah, now you know betterSo now you've dropped outAnd love is a whisperLove is a whisperLove is a whisperTime is a shoutYou say "I used to know you,to know you so wellI mean I thought I knew youBut what the hell..."Before the beginningBefore the endLove was a fortuneLove was a fortune...Love Is a FortuneTime Is a FriendTime Is a Friend

Lisa "Velvet Rope" Mick of MIDGE

Paul "Ps &Qs" Grden of Midge

LIVE! 1.)Something To Cry For & 2.) The Gift

MIDGE CD!

Something To Cry For(live, see below)

Sofa-Sized Paintings 4 Sale!

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The Gift, live

The Scenic Route (just added)

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You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, 1. practice2. live, ska version?

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