Vintage Houdini! circa 1920: Ways of Hollywood

Happy New Year, Houdini!

tad neuhaus, ukelele

joanna dane, vocals

From the Appleton Improvisation Underground Comes HOUDINI, an All Genre Rock Opera Biography about the World's Favorite Escape Artist

My father Rabbi Weiss

stood before the minion

his sarcastic glances glimmering

his confusing humor shimmering

he liked to laugh at pain

My father, Rabbi Weiss

stood before the minion

as they told him to move on

his German was too old fashioned

my father Rabbi Weiss

stood upon the bema

weeping under the vaulted ceilings

of that cold cold Temple Zion

goodbye Temple Zion

goodbye Appleton

goodbye Mr. Hanauer

it’s time for Rabbi Weiss to move on.

tad neuhaus: ukulele, organ guitar, steel drum

joanna dane: vocals
(other tracks with matt turner)

Thank you John Adams for curating Feather and Bone at this year's most fabulous Mile of Music

and thank you Ronald and Christoph Wahl of Wahl Organbuilders, current residents of Temple Zion

*HOUDINI now available at record stores near you

Coming Soon on the Mile of Music Underground

this track:

tad neuhaus, drums, chains, and other stuff

joanna dane, vocals

other tracks with matt turner

Houdini: Exhibit A

matt turner, electric cello
tad neuhaus, guitar
joanna dane, vocals

Most watched his hands

but I watched his eyes

so many secrets he hoards

So much fame

we all the thousands roar

we surge closer

Houdini!

We pay you to renew our belief

that there is indeed a way

always a way out

No matter how dire

no matter how bound we are

We cheer to see you

free your bonds

Houdini!

Your eyes shining

Houdini!

we cheer

escape we all desire

still struggling

not knowing

the way

Houdini - How Will You Escape Death?

matt turner, electric cello

tad neuhaus, turntables

joanna dane, vocals

The world will never know
what I have lost
I lay awake dreaming of his escape

And how much I am still bound by his love
Oh, Houdini!
Houdini!

How my heart is still bound
No more chains nor locks to escape from
Oh my dear

just death
just death

the final locks are closed

a grip so tight it's permanent
that my last hope is all but gone

how will you escape Houdini,
how will you escape?

how will you escape death Houdini?
how will you escape death?

Houdini: Dearest Love

Listen to this Houdini love ballade:

joanna dane, vocals

tad neuhaus, guitar, bass drum, toy organ, chains

I can't fight anymore
Halloween is here

Make a pillow of my mother's letters
for my head to rest for all eternity

Sweetheart, when you read this, I will be dead
Do not grieve
I have loved only two women in my life
My dear mother
And my wife

Yours in life, death, and the ever after,

Sincerely,

Houdini

who was once Ehrich Weiss

Houdini: Letter to the Dead

Matt Turner, electric cello

Tad Neuhaus, electric bass prepared with chains

Joanna Dane, vocals

Who do you see when you see me?

How will you know when I'm gone?

Where do you go when I can not see you?

How do you disappear?

Where do you go when you leave me?

What do you conceal?

What binds will you put me in?

How many more days do I have left to live?