Tag: Andrew Simpson

  • Found at “Mostly Lost”: volume 2 – new DVD

    Found at “Mostly Lost”: volume 2 – new DVD

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    Ben Model
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    My DVD label Undercrank Productions has a new release, the second in a series that showcases the identification fun we have every year at the “Mostly Lost” workshop at the Library of Congress at it’s Packard Preservation Campus in Culpeper, VA. Attendees each year receive a “swag bag” when they arrive and register on day…

  • Slapsticon 2008 photos

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    Ben Model

    Haven’t had a chance to post since returning from Slapsticon, and am squeezing this post out. There’s lots to report, but this posting of photos taken last week will have to suffice and I’ll post again soon. Here are (L to R) yours truly, Richard Roberts, Philip Carli and Andrew Simpson posing at the Kohler…

  • Harry Weiss, new altscores, band premiere

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    Ben Model

    Had a nice long chat with 91-year-old silent film accompanist Harry Weiss the other day. When I began accompanying silent films at the Cinema Arts Center (formerly known as the New Community Cinema) in Huntington, NY, Vic Skolnick spoke fondly of their first accompanist, Harry Weiss. Harry played piano for their silent film shows for…

  • Andrew Simpson (from DC)

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    Ben Model

    Today got to hear and hang out with Andrew Simpson, a film accompanist from Washington DC. I’d met Andrew, who’s been playing for silents for a few years, at Slapsticon last year. Andrew and his “Snark Ensemble” recorded scores for many of the films on the new Harry Langdon DVD set, and has played for…