This video is a series of stills I had collected in three fat scrapbooks that loosely 'remember' parts of my childhood, my family, my friends and my bizarre career.

This video is a series of stills I had collected in three fat scrapbooks that loosely 'remember' parts of my childhood, my family, my friends and my bizarre career.

music/lyrics/video RICK BERLIN string arrangements BRENDAN COONEY cello KATIE FRANICH viola JOE SIMCOX v2 CHRISTINA HORNBY v1 MEREDITH COOPER recorded by JOE STEWART (in Rick's living room) mixed by DAVID MINEHAN @ Woolly Mammoth Sound special thanks to MARY SUE MUGGE & BRETT COVENEY from the cd OLD STAG release date 9/16/08 on HI-N-DRY Records

Orchestra Luna was one unusual band. If nothing else OL was innocent of the industry. We just made it up from nothing + did whatever we thought would be true or funny or kinda nuts. It was rare + beautiful + as my first band, perhaps, my best. DORIS DREAMS was based on the names of absurd hair rinses that I found in the Ritz Carleton beauty salon I was asked to wall paper + paint. 'Frivolous Fawn, White Mink, Chocolate Kiss', etc. Peter Barrett was amazingly able to string a story line together for the piece which in toto, live, lasted easily 12-14 minutes. We played Doris at Frank Zappa's 10th anniversary. When it was over, Frank rushed the stage + lifted Randy (our guitar player) into his arms. (Randy's short.) The song was choreographed by Barry Keating + recorded for Epic by Ruppert Holmes. OLnow has a new, re-mastered SONY/UK CD release. The long story of how we formed can be read here: It can be purchased via secure server at www.marketsquarerecords.com Market Square Records if yr interested. This video I made in my old lady's apartment. I shot mostly odd objects just to see if I was able to relearn a new version of Final Cut Pro. The result is a sort of loose, psycho-psychedelic dreamscape.

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

berlin himself from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

berlin himself from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)

from the ME & VAN GOGH CD release @ The Lizard Lounge, Two Nights Only. January '06 'From Orchestra Luna thru the Shelley Winters Project & all things in between. Rick's friends & guest artists perform one song of their choice (any version any song) a wild and unpredictable show culled from the entire Berlin songbook. Emotional, funny, embarrassing - a cross between a roast + a celebration. Not every performance made the cut. (Sound/video problems, some with 2 camera, some with 1 only, et al)