A Klingon Christmas Carol

Friday night was officially the longest night and to celebrate my band, the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project (otherwise known as bomwI'pu' on the planet Qo'noS), opened for Commedia Beauregard's Chicago production of a Klingon Christmas Carol (thlIngan ram nI' tay bom).  Klingons obviously do not celebrate Christmas, but they do have a "Festival of …

Wookiee Bellydance + Klingon Band

UPDATES: (Oct. 8, 2012) Word of the Nerd Podcast interview with me about the Wookiee Bellydance video! (Oct. 22, 2012) Just signed a release for the usage of the video on Objective Scotland's "50 Funniest Moments of 2012" programme to appear on Channel 4 in the UK. Several months ago Deserae, a wonderful bellydancer dancer …

on Klingon weddings and playing the Sci-Fi/Fantasy circuit

So, as I mentioned in the previous post, there is an embarrassment of riches as far as performing options are concerned, if you're willing to think outside the box.  The past few years I've been playing the Sci-Fi/Fantasy circuit.  I hesitate to call it the "Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention circuit" if only because some of the best …

Klingon Music Theory (part 1): Intro

Featured Image: The late Ron Taylor (1952-2002) as the Klingon Chef, Kaga, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Kaga frequently serenaded his customers with Klingon folk songs. Ok, here it is, the post you've all been waiting for! Kinda. So yeah, as many of you know I've been playing "Klingon Music" for some time now …

“Spaced Out: Klingon music? It’s just one of the many languages mastered by this inventive band”

So the interview with me about the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project is out now (see the online version at this link).  We've got a pretty busy weekend as we'll be making an appearance at a local production of The Pirates of Penzance (in Outer Space) given by the New Albany High School choral department …

Final Count: 8,263

That was the official number of paying patrons that attended the Sci-Fi Day Celebration at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis that I performed at this past Saturday.  Granted, the performance was just a small part of the total event and there were many activities for the patrons to participate in--the Frog Prince play; all the …

on Klingon costumes and Klingon ballets…

As I mentioned in my previous post, I was up all night finishing a Klingon costume.  I'd been working on it intermittently for a few weeks now but needed to get the bulk of the work done by today.  I haven't posted much here about the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project as it's still a …

tlhIngan QoQ

This Friday and possibly Sunday I'll be heading to Starbase Indy (the 15th Generation). Partly to network and schmooze, partly just to be a fanboy rather than a performer or vendor, but mostly so that I can give out free copies of il Troubadore's Klingon music demo, "tlhIngan QoQ" to whomever will take one. Cover …