LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!...
Coming to you live from the heart of Astoria, Queens
may we present to you on this Tuesday, April Fools Day 2008,
the brand new EP of all new recordings, produced entirely in his living room on 42nd street...
(& featuring the psychotropic rhythmatics DJ Little Girl and Ms. Ebony Femme)

A Fistful Of Ickies -by Mickey Zetts

Has anyone noticed lately just how long our troops have been over there?

Sincere gratitude and thanks for the gift basket!
I'll write more songs if you send more cheese, salami and prosciutto!
*holding up a cracker with Trugole and Pesto*
CHEERS! :-)

Talked to my old friend Eddie Gresley over the weekend. Him and I have a way of waxing nostalgic about all things Ick. This is for anyone who knew us, or never knew us alike:

The Original Classic-  "Life Is A Dream" in it's entirety*...


*the special features track of the "Bloodsucking Bimbo" is available separately at Imeem.

you can download this song HERE. ;-)

STREAM COURTESY OF IMEEM...

Available for Download: How Can I Make You Go Away? (Radio Edit)

This version is a slightly different mix than the Life Is A Dream version. The intro is shorter, their is more presence in the low end, and the ending is faded quite a bit early. Also, the sound of a gong is more present in verse three. (I don't remember us putting a gong in there, but ..there you go. Gong!)

( Pleased to meet you, won't you guess my name... )

For those who may stumble upon this and have no idea who the heck I am, this is the bio I've been using:

"Formerly of South Florida, Mickey Zetts began writing songs while attending Dillard School of the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale. His first musical play, Say AH, Mrs. Forebusher was produced at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, and was the highest attended summer event in the University Center’s history. Luckily, the faculty and staff never bothered to check Mickey’s enrollment status since the school completely funded and produced the project without ever realizing that he didn’t actually attend school there.  :P

 

His next show, APATHY-the Gen X Musical  was the longest running late night show in the history of Florida Playwright's Theatre in Hollywood, Florida and actually elicited Jack Zinc, theatre critic for the Miami Herald, to label Mickey as a “harrowing, rabid nihilist!”
Of course, Mickey felt that was a compliment.

In late 1997, Mickey took a long break from the theatre and formed Mickey's Ickies (Originally Them Ickies). Known locally as a wacky-theatrically fun variety show, the alternative band Mickey's Ickies had a high-profile career, with recognition among MP3.com listeners (Mickey's Modern Irish Drinking Song was voted into the top 40) and winning the Baywatch Battle of the Bands competition in 1999. That year also saw the completion of the Ickies full length CD, Life is a Dream, and "The Curse Of the Bloodsucking Bimbo", which, many years later, has a cult following all it's own.

Since relocating to New York, Mickey revived Apathy as both a full production and a concert version for the 2005 Midtown International Theatre Festival and 2005 Spotlight On Theatre festivals, respectively. The show received a citation from Talkin' Broadway.com for Outstanding New Musical. Just this past year, he also received an award for Best Original Song for “Mr. Bitters’ Blues” at the 2006 Spotlight On Awards.
Earlier in 2007, Mickey teamed with Brad Fryman of the Oberon Theatre Ensemble to create a new rock n roll vision of William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Performed at Theare Row, right in the heart of Manhattan's theatre district, this production became Oberon's most financially successful show in it's 10 year history."



Ok, ok...so basically, I'm really just another poor starving schmo writing songs and being a musician in NYC.
We try to make those credits (see above) sound really hip and professional and all that kind of stuff, but the truth is: I still have dayjob to support "the dream" ...like most folks I know, actually.
Let's see, what else can I tell you...hmmm...

• I'm currently writing music for the Holla Holla Production of 12th Night which opens August 4 at Clinton Cove Park. W. 55th Street & the Hudson River NYC (More info to come for that)

• I'm also moonlighting these days; playing bass for the band Blue Lights In the Basement

You can find samples of my music at various social networking sites, such as:
http://www.myspace.com/zettsmusic
and, my personal favorite  http://zetts.imeem.com/
I also will post various downloadables to this journal, but I ask you for an Add request so that you can view those entries.
 
So, what can be expected from this Journal? Well, here I'm going to announce shows and performances, post MP3 demos of things I'm working on (as mentioned above), and generally bitch and dish about music in general (both professionally and as a genre free lover of all styles)
Well, that's about it for now, except I have one last final comment to make:

Gladys Knight & The Pips version of "I Heard It Through The Grape Vine" kicks Marvin Gaye's (& not to mention CCR's) ass!   :-P