SHOWS: 2008 ARCHIVES
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12.13.09: What's The Matter With Mommy?
Performance Night/Closing Party

Salon Oblique, Venice, CA
Performances by Mrs. Hobbs, Milo Martin, Grace Zabriskie, Jim Marquez
11.26.08: Private Party
Irvine, CA
With Jerry the Priest, Luz, and Annabelle
11.16.08: Private Party
Topanga, CA
With Jerry the Priest
11:15.08: What's The Matter With Mommy?
Opening Reception with Performances

Salon Oblique, Venice, CA
Art show curated by Shana Nys Dambrot with performances by Mrs. Hobbs, Milo Martin, Amy Kaps, and Jim Marquez.
  11.13.08: The Hive
Downtown LA, CA
With Jerry the Priest
11.9.08: Onyx 10-Year Reunion/Revival
The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Massive list of poets, musicians, and other performers, including Mrs. Hobbs, hosted by Milo Martin and Kennan Raines to celebrate/inaugurate the 10-year Reunion/Revival of the Onyx gatherings of such performances.
10.31.08: Halloween House Party
Los Angeles, CA
With Jerry the Priest
9.28.08: Abbot Kinney Festival: Robin's Sculpture Garden
Venice, CA
With Quentin Josephy on percussion and Jerry the Priest on trombone and vocal harmonies
9.13.08: ATTACK OF THE UTOPIAN NIHILISTS
Skylight Books, Los Feliz, CA

seven los angeles writers
(and an accordion diva)
speak bleak audacity.....
Milo Martin, King of the Utopian Nihilists,
Mrs. Hobbs, the accordion diva (that would be me),
Jerry The Priest, Brad Listi, Rich Ferguson, Mary Otis, Hannah Wehr
8.15.08: MONSTERS OF ACCORDION
SAFARI SAM'S, Hollywood, CA

Featuring:
JASON WEBLEY - mysterious accordion cult leader.
Mass-hypnosis, beware!
MARK GROWDEN - dark, seductive squeezer returns after years of silence!
AMY DENIO - legendary experimental performer conjures the spirits!
DUCKMANDU - classical virtuosity gone horribly awry!
COUNT SMOKULA - the 496-year-old rockabilly vampire!
MRS.HOBBS - the edgy, elegant "post-pop diva"!
6.1.08: 2008 FIRST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES ACCORDION FESTIVAL
Eagle Rock, CA
Mrs. Hobbs & The Q & A
Launched my new band, The Q & A, featuring Annabelle Cabrera on violin and Quentin Josephy on percussion. Also featured a shadow puppet show by Poli Marichal and tango dancing by Stefan Fabry & Mitra Martin. Part of a 3-day festival.
5.11.08: "AN EVENING OF MOTHERS" hosted by Mrs. Hobbs
The Talking Stick, Santa Monica, CA

A Mothers Day event featuring women musicians, actors and writers on the topic of motherhood
Mrs. Hobbs: "Squeezebox" (The Who)
Ashley Maher, singer/songwriter
Lisa Robins, actress
Mrs. Hobbs: "This Tree Called Love"
Lynn Rosenblood, singer/songwriter
Marnie Castor, writer
Mrs. Hobbs: "Mother's Little Helper" (The Rolling Stones)
Kaye Resnick, singer/songwriter
Loren Segan, writer
Mrs. Hobbs: "Let's Not Dwell On It"
Ellen, singer/songwriter
Mrs. Hobbs: "Each Day"

3.12.08: Milo Martin's book launch "Poems for a Utopian Nihilist"
Book Soup, W. Hollywood, CA

This event was Milo Martin’s book launch for his new book, "Poems for a Utopian Nihilist", and I accompanied him with my accordion on one of his poems. Milo is considered to be one of the main progenitors of the Utopian Nihilist poetry movement of the early 21st Century.

1.18.08: "Married to the Accordion" night 2:
Karma Coffeehouse, Hollywood, CA

Mrs. Hobbs and Mrs. Brown's Lovely Daughter
Two Mrs.s
Two Accordions.
One night.
What's not to love?