Another sizzling set at the Knitting Factory! We had a good crowd (not our biggest but not our smallest, either) and a nice long sound check. The current Lemon line-up is pretty tight and the fans seem to dig it; Chris Moran is working out really well as our drummer.

But.

Kipley has announced that he’s moving to Chicago in 2011 and will be stepping back from the Lemons to focus on the move. This is pretty devastating news; there’s no…

Finally, we’re back on our home turn in Hoboken. And what’s more, we’re on stage at one of the greatest rock clubs in NJ history! You can keep your Stone Pony, we’ve got Maxwell’s!

We’ve played Maxwell’s before; we were part of a big Haiti fundraiser last Christmas. But this is the first time we’ve headlined our own show. We hyped…

Happy Halloween! It’s time for our annual fright-fest and this year we haunt the Knitting Factory!

But first, a note: Last time we played here, Brandon Miller was our drummer. That turned out to be his last show with the Fuzzy Lemons. He’s decided to hang it up (for now) and we’re sad to see him go. Thank you, Brandon,…

I’ve actually been in touch with Rocknoceros for about a year now, since my sister introduced me to them (she and her family are fans in the Rockno’s home state of Virginia). I met them face-to-face at Kindiefest and found them to be sweet fellows. Their albums are highly listenable.

Way back in the early summer, I got an e-mail from Rocknoceros’ booking guy. He said the band was going to be in Philly on Sept. 18th, and did I know of any…

UC MusicFest has been on the calendar for months, marked with a big red circle. This is a seriously cool show put on by This Is It! Productions, three stages, two days, and LOT of bands, rides and attractions. We did it last year and couldn’t wait to come back. These guys erect a huge stage and bring in an amazing sound crew, and DJ Mickey G is…

Despite threatening grey skies, the weather held out and we had a lovely evening in Ridgewood at the Ben & Jerry’s. It was back-to-school night and the patio held a friendly crowd of families, with kids of all ages grooving to the band and enjoying their ice cream. It wasn’t our tightest gig, maybe, but we got good feedback from the audience and autographed a couple of CDs. Spencer was there with his family; we love seeing those familiar…

It’s back-to-school time! Our old friends at All Saints Day School invited us back to help them celebrate at their big kick-off BBQ. We haven’t played for these guys since April of last year, but they always throw a great party and this was no exception. We played two 30-minute sets for the assembled throng, taking a break in between for burgers, dogs, cookies, brownies… in short, a delightful picnic on a gorgeous September evening!

What a treat to be back in the groovy little KZTV studio, located at Mt. Sinai hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The staff (Gerard, Alayna and Deepika) were so cheerful and happy to have us there, and set-up took almost no time at all.

The whole thing felt very comfortable (for me, anyway), as if we’d done it a hundred times, when in fact the opposite…

We’d been looking forward to this gig for weeks, a chance to get back into Manhattan and rock a proper NYC crowd. And what a venue, a gorgeous patio overlooking the East River. Meanwhile, Time Out NY Kids and a bunch of other sites had listed tonight’s event as their Top Pick (apparently not much happens in town on Mondays).

So it was a real shame when the skies opened up and rained us out!

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Wow! We just played an amazing show at the Knitting Factory to a huge crowd! What a thrill!

To be honest, we didn’t know what to expect today. Our last few Knit gigs have trended downward, attendence-wise, a phenomenon we attributed to the warmer weather. (Who wants to sit in a bar on a good beach day?) In fact we were scheduled to play a set there in July and we cancelled it, anticipating an empty house.

But then something cool…

Today was the first of our three gigs with This Is It! Productions’ Traveling Kids’ Kingdom, and what a start it was! Deanna Hunt and the good folks at This Is it! really know how to pull out all the stops and put on a great show.

Our friend DJ Mickey G was there, doin’ his thing as MC. He knows what the kids like! We talked about collaborating with him; Dana has a new song that might be a perfect match for his skills at the turntable. I…