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MUSE
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sets? Or anyone you regret
inviting?
BW: Anytime I’m on
stage, it’s outlandish.
EW: Everything Ben
Wasserman does is outlandish.
CB: The only time we
regret inviting someone
is when you didn’t know
them and it turns out
they’re really rude.
EW: One time, I did Side
Ponytail after a bar crawl
and pulled out my butt on
stage. I think it was funny,
but I don’t really remember
it. Long story short, I
probably shouldn’t have
invited myself to perform
that night.
Side Ponytail’s Fifth Anniversary
at Friends and
Lovers 641 Classon Ave.
between Pacifi c and Dean
streets in Crown Heights,
(917) 979–3060, www.fnlbk.
com. April 17 at 8 pm.
Free.
for the last four years.
Transforming the formerly
run-down spot took
“blood, sweat, and tears,”
said Buccinni Butch, and
ongoing maintenance has
been a substantial fi nancial
burden on her and
her team of about eight
staffers, as they installed
emergency exits and
sealed the windows so
guests would not freeze.
“We’ve spent over
$400,000 in the past four
years of upgrades to the
buildings,” she said.
Because of the high
costs of the building and
some ongoing problems,
Buccinni Butch and her
team are looking for either
enough money to resolve
their space’s issues
once and for all, or help
with moving somewhere
more suitable.
Buccinni Butch is
optimistic that her cultural
space can stay alive
somewhere in the fi ve
boroughs.
“We’re here to stay,
we’re fi ghting to stay.
The fear is if we can’t fi nd
those resources, but our
focus is turning it into a
long-term sustaining solution
to allow this kind of
work to be in New York,”
she said.
“ABCirque and Play”
at the Muse 350 Moffat St.
at Irving Avenue in Bushwick,
(929) 400–1678, www.
themusebrooklyn.com.
May 12 at 4 p.m. $25–$55.
Anyone who would like to
help or advise the Muse
can get in touch at themuseevents@
gmail.com.
Bisker, who used to play
with a circus show, promised
that the concert will
be as wild as the duo’s music.
“The shows are highly
theatrical and pretty interactive.
For example, we’ll
go out into the audience
and sing in the middle of
people,” she said. “We like
to break the fourth wall.”
Visitors to the show
can get an advance listen
to Charming Disaster’s
upcoming third album,
“Spells and Rituals,” set
to debut on June 9. The
11-track album, fi lled with
songs like “Soft Apocalypse”
and “Be My Bride of
Frankenstein,” represents
an evolution of the band’s
music, said Morris.
“It’s a natural progression.
It’s defi nitely in the
spirit of the fi rst two, but
I think it’s more sophisticated
and more ambitious,”
he said.
The gothic-folk duo
formed in 2012, after the
pair met in a Park Slope bar
and decided to write music
OFFBEAT: Goth folk duo Charming Disaster will bring a dramatic
show to Coney Island on April 19. Lippe
together, as a side project to
their respective bands. The
musical chemistry soon
led to Charming Disaster
becoming their primary
focus, said Morris.
“It was quickly taking
up a lot of our creative energy,”
he said. “We found
that we work very collaboratively
and complement
each other really well.”
The new band allowed
each of them to focus on
the gothic, noir source material
they both enjoy. But
working together has not
been without challenges,
said Bisker.
“As a two-piece band
we have to do a lot more
with a lot less,” said Bisker.
“There’s less instruments,
but this project focuses a
lot more on storytelling
that we fi nd interesting.”
Charming Disaster at
Sideshows by the Seashore
1208 Surf Ave. at W. 12th
Street in Coney Island, (718)
372-5159, www.coneyisland.
com. April 19 at 9 p.m. $20.
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BAND
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CIRCUS KIDS: A performer
teaches a kids how to replicate
tricks. Alexander Rivero
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