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THE LATEST NEWS ..Updated November 26, 2007
NEW CD release by DEBI SMITH
"The Soprano"
Debi Smith's
new CD: "The Soprano" is now available! To order, just Go to
www.DebiSmith.com and click
on the album picture (you can also go to
www.CDBaby.com/cd/debismith5). Thanks to the people who asked
for a recorded version of "O Holy Night" after hearing Debi
perform it last holiday season. Debi decided to record a Christmas
CD and a regular CD of favorite soprano music. She will be
performing in the Four Bitchin' Babes on November 30 and December 1
at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, and celebrating this new CD
release with the Babes! Sally Fingerett, has gone Mental. "Mental Yentl" that is.
Catch
Sally's "Mental Yentl Radio Hour, a Musical Celebration
Honoring the Next Generation of Jewish Mothers," December
9th 2007 at 3:00pm EST. On XM Satellite's "Radio Hanukkah
channel 108" Sally, and her 106 year old special
guest/co-host "Uncle Bernie," offer up humorous
stories and songs (including her composition Home Is
Where The Heart Is, recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary)
from her 5 solo Cds and 7 Four Bitchin' Babes CDs, while
Uncle Bernie shares his tale of actually knowing the guy who
invented Plastic Slip Covers!
Hey the Babes now have a myspace page We just got it started. Click to visit our new page. Be our Friend and check out the photos and other stuff we post there. A Mood Swinging Musical Revue BRAND NEW CD NOW AVAILABLE THE FOUR BITCHIN’ BABES ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THEIR LUCKY # 7 CD To order your copy, Click Here!
Produced with conviction by Hem and Haw Productions, this CD opens with a full choral version of “Oh No” the perfect babe song written by founding member Christine Lavin. The New Hormonal Imbalance Musical Revue welcomes two new cast members; Philadelphia’s comic goddess, Deirdre Flint, showcasing her wry wit and charm with “Cheerleader,” “Boob Fairy,” along with the ever so smooth “Taxidermal Therapy” and Nashville’s studio singing, magazine editing, songwriter, Nancy Moran, who lets loose and pumps it up on “Honestly,” while soulfully wishing us all “Unconditional Love.” She also does a straight up killer version of the Camille West/Scott Wodicka hit “Viagra in the Waters.” Longtime Babes, Sally Fingerett and Debi Smith are back with those “Babe Tunes” they’re most known for. Sally accepts the inevitable and heats things up with “Hot Flash,” calms down while pleading for “One Easy Day” and then finds her balance as she honors ancestors and family with her haunting “Faces on My Wall.” Debi Smith once again takes that 5 octave range voice of hers out for a stroll with “Walk the Walk,” while paying tribute to her walking partner (her mom) with “Just Ask Your Doctor,” a hilarious diatribe of pharmaceutical warnings that Debi co-wrote with her mother Vivian Smith. This new project wouldn’t be complete without Debi’s Babe hit “Pass it On” an ode to her son featuring her magnificent Bodhran (Irish drum).
TWO BABES JOIN "ONE MEAT BALL" PROJECT ON APPLESEE RECORDINGS The Babes' founding mother and dearest pal, Christine Lavin, has produced yet another wonderful compilation of great singer/songwriters. This delightful CD includes 19 songs all centered around food and it's joys, written and performed by contemporary singer songwriters, as well as composers from the Cabaret and Broadway communities. Also included is an innovative 97 page spiral bound "Cook Booklet." Two of Chris' guests are current Babes Sally Fingerett with her song "Ten Pound Bass" (with guest vocalist Jonathan Edwards) as well as Debi Smith's delicious "Pie" (with guest Doc Watson). For more info: Christine Lavin One Meat Ball
BITCHIN BABES DO DECEMBER! Yep, it was only a matter of time that someone would ask the Babes to "artfully" do something for charity! Check out this wonderfully fun and campy 2007 calendar by the kind and loving photographer Jayne Touhy. All proceeds to uninsured musicians in need. Order yours at:
DR. DEMENTO INCLUDES THE BABES ON HIS ANNUAL SAMPLER!
Well, as it happens, the very wonderfully sick and twisted Dr. Demento, has invited the Babes' very own Deirdre Flint to lend "Taxidermal Therapy" to his next "Dr. Demento Basement Tapes No. 15." This annual sampler will be available to members of his Demented Society, (join now at www.drdemento.com) and we're tickled that he found the Babe's newest CD "Hormonal Imbalance...A Mood Swinging Musical Revue" and asked if he might include Deirdre's song for his fans. The Dr. Demento Show is radio's weekly two-hour festival of "mad music and crazy comedy" heard on stations coast to coast. It is a free-wheeling, unpredictable mix of music and comedy. Along with legends like Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer, Stan Freberg, Monty Python, and Frank Zappa, the Doctor plays new funny songs sent in professional singers and comedians. And now...The Four Bitchin' Babes! BABES SPEND A DAY AT THE NEW AND EXCITING XM RADIO STUDIOS! After doing a live studio concert for The Village, with hosts MarySue Twohy and Robert Aubrey Davis, the Babes walked down the beautiful hall to chat and schmooze on the Take Five Channel's "Broadminded", with hostesses Molly, Christine, and Shari. What great fun! If you're not hip to what XM Radio is...you must see, we mean, hear this! XM Satellite Radio - America's #1 Satellite Radio Service
BABE SONG "HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS" FINDS ITSELF THE SUBJECT OF A THRILLING NEW DOCUMENTARY ON TRANSGENERDERING IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. "Home Is Where The Heart Is" is a short film directed by K J Jackson Prince and produced by the "Gender Advocacy Board" (GAB). It features local transgender citizens and the people who love and support them, discussing the challenges these brave individuals face each day. The film educates the general public about the positive contributions they add to our society. Original screening in Salt Lake City November 29, 2006, followed by a screening of "Transamerica" (starring Felicity Huffman, directed by Duncan Tucker. Watch for screenings in your area. NPR : Changing Parties -- and Sexes -- in Utah KUER: 12/1/06: A Journey of Gender (2006-11-30)
DEBI "LUCKY BABE" SMITH NABS KISS ON THE LIPS!!!! Debi Smith nabs a kiss (ON THE LIPS!) from Mr. Smooth and Wonderful himself, Wayne Newton, at his show at the Birchmere in DC. How did she get backstage? Hmmmmm, could it be because the Babes play there she might know someone? Deb...is he in a bathrobe? Where was your husband?????
SALLY FINGERETT BUYS NEW WINTER COAT SO SHE CAN WRITE MUSIC FOR A NEW CANADIAN ORIGINAL STAGE PRODUCTION. Sally has been commissioned by the Winnipeg Studio Theatre to compose songs for a new musical work by and for women. The script for "My Good Company," (working title) will be written by celebrated playwright ("Molly's Veil") Sharon Bajer, (Sharon Bajer actress) (Welcome to the Sharon Bajer Profile playwright), and directed by Association for Jewish Theatres' Excecutive Director Kayla Gordon (Jewish Ensemble Theatre). Good luck girls. Stay warm Sal.
DEBI SMITH NOMINTATED FOR WAMMIE !!
Debi was
(AGAIN!!!) nominated for two Wammies (Washington Area Music Award)
this year. One for Best Contemporary Female Vocalist and another for
Best Recording for her latest release “Cupid.” In the past Debi has
won 7 awards, including best contemporary vocalist, best new artist,
and best contemporary recording. Past show participants include
Debi, Emmylou Harris, Joan Jett, The Clovers, The Orioles, Bo
Diddley, Jorma Kaukonen, Jimmy Dean, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sweet
Honey in the Rock.
SALLY PERFORMS WITH "THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES" When the National Touring Company of Eve Ensler's award winning play "The Vagina Monologues" got ready to perform in Columbus, Ohio, they invited our own Columbus Babe to join the cast. That's a huge honor and adds Sally to a world-class alumni list. The Vagina Monologues gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, brave, highly original and thoroughly human stories. Based on interviews with a diverse group of women - from a Long Island antique dealer to a Bosnian refugee - the play brazenly explores the humor, power, pain, wisdom, outrage, mystery and excitement hidden in vaginas. Having seen The Vagina Monologues, no one - woman or man - will ever look at the world the same way again. The Vagina Monologues was originally produced in an Obie Award-winning run in 1996 by HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art at HERE. Since that time, it has toured the country and internationally, with performances in Jerusalem, Berlin, Athens, Zagreb and a hit run in London. The text of The Vagina Monologues has also been used in two wildly successful benefit performances entitled V-Day (1998 in New York and 1999 in London), in which Eve Ensler was joined by such stars as Glenn Close, Cate Blanchett, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez, Lily Tomlin, Kate Winslett, Melanie Griffith and Calista Flockhart. V-Day raises funds for organizations that combat sexual violence against women.
When Michael Feldman's nationally syndicated radio show, "Whad'Ya Know," was broadcast live from Ohio State's Mershon Auditorium, they invited Sally to appear as the musical guest. Sally grabbed this photo op so Babe Fans could see that Michael Feldman is way cute, a total babe, and who knew he'd be so tall? Photo: Michael and Sally |
Writer &
Filmaker
Starla Benford, Sally Fingerett, Sherri Parker Lee
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