M Gallery at 406 Main St. in Truth or Consequences, NM will present WATERTOWERS –
40 paintings by DAN BERN - November 8 – November 30, 2008, with an opening reception during Truth or Consequences’ monthly Art Hop on Saturday November 8th, from 6-9pm.
Better known for his songs - some 12 albums-worth - and major contributions to movies such as "Walk Hard-the Dewey Cox story" and "Jimmy Carter, Man From Plains," Dan Bern is very pleased to present "WATERTOWERS," his first-ever art show, at M Gallery in Truth or Consequences, opening November 8, 2008. The TorC Herald's "Outtakes from the bleachers" guy painted the old watertower next to the Veterans center over and over in the last couple of years. "It was like a meditation," he says, "It kept pulling me back."
Opening Reception for WATERTOWERS is Saturday, November 8, 2008, 6-9pm
at M Gallery, 406 Main Street, Truth or Consequences, NM.
Dan was in Cedar Rapids, IA during the 2008 floods. He was involved with several charity events to raise much needed funds for flood relief. One of these projects was "Moving Home," a musical production. Dan wrote much of the music for this musical, and he also appeared in the production singing many of these songs.
The soundtrack for "Moving Home" is now available for downloading on most major music sites (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.). ALL proceeds will go to the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation's Flood Relief Fund.
Please help this cause and download this soundtrack!
Dan made a short film, titled "Booo." Please check it out!
Please check out this animated video of Dan's song President, which was made by Dan Bern fan, Sex Mahoney. We love it and we hope that you like it too!
You can also view this video on YouTube. Please give it a good rating and pass the link along to your friends as well!
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is now available on DVD! Please go rent it, or buy your own copy today!
We would highly recommend the "2 Disc Special Edition" of the DVD. There is some great Dan Bern content on the bonus disc! Dan is featured in the on screen interviews in the "Music of Walk Hard" section. In the "Song Demo" section, you can hear Dan singing demo verions of 2 songs from the film (and 1 song which is not in the film). There are also additional full song performances of several songs that Dan wrote, including Dear Mr. President, Farmer Glickstein, Hey Mr. Old Guy, Royal Jelly and The Mulatto Song.
And when you watch the film, be sure to keep a close eye on the piano player during the Beautiful Ride scene.... ;-)
Dan Bern will have 3 paintings featured in the new Brooklyn art gallery, Art Break Gallery, from March 29 - April 29, 2008.
Here's an article from Spinner.com, regarding Dan recent appearance at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Here's an article from Chronological Snobbery, regarding Dan's unreleased song "Zero Effect," in honor of the 10th anniversary of the release of the film, "Zero Effect."
Please check out this great interview with Dan on Pen's Eye View.
Dan's song "Baby Bye Bye" was featured on the "Your 3 Words" segment on "Good Morning America", on Saturday, December 29. If you missed it, you can see the montage video here.
We are happy to announce that the soundtrack for Walk Hard : The Dewey Cox Story is now available for sale and for download on iTunes. The regular edition cd features 15 tracks from the film. However, iTunes also has a deluxe edition, which has 30 songs on it, 14 of which were written or co-written by Dan Bern. All songs are performed by John C. Reilly as Dewey Cow.
Walk Hard was released on December 21, 2007. In addition, here are some video and audio clips for you to enjoy:
* The internet only R rated trailer for Walk Hard can been seen here.
* A video clip from the film featuring the song "Royal Jelly" (which was written by Dan), can be seen here.
* John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox performs "Let Me Hold You (Little Man)" (which was co-written by Dan) at the Roxy in West Hollywood, as part of his Cox Across America tour, can be seen here.
* Interview with writer/director Jake Kasdan and John C. Reilly from NPR's Fresh Air, can be heard here.
* Dan wrote this song parody of "Walk Hard," called "Block Hard," which Dewey Cox performed on Monday Night Football. Also, check out the "Howard Cosell" voice in the intro!
* A video clip of Dewey Cox performing "Dear Mr. President, " which Dan wrote. Sadly, this scene doesn't appear in the film, but I expect to see it on the DVD release! Until then, you can see it here.
Dan has decided to make a few of his previously unreleased albums available for downloading. They are all currently available on iTunes, and they will also be available on several other popular digital music sites (eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody).
* Macaroni Cola - 18 tracks - recorded in 2000 - 2001
* The Burbank Tapes - 11 tracks - recorded in 1998
* Divine and Conquer - 10 tracks - recorded in 1994
Happy Downloading!
Here is an announcement from Dan:
some cool film projects coming out soon. "man from plains," the jonathan demme documentary about jimmy carter, prominently uses the song i wrote for the picture, "the ballad of jimmy carter/man from plains." mr. demme is a very cool guy. i got to meet the prez at the toronto film festival, where i sang the song before the screening. it was worth missing the u.s. open final....there will be a soundtrack album, with all 3 versions of the song i recorded in new york, with mike viola producing, and paul kuhn, among others, playing. in december, sony pictures will release "walk hard: the dewey cox story" starring john c. reilly as dewey cox. it was written and directed by jake kasdan and produced by judd apatow. i spent well over a year writing songs for this movie, and wrote more songs than i can count, many of them with mike viola. it was the most fun project i've ever been associated with. the movie will have several songs i wrote or co-wrote, and there will be a double-album of dewey cox songs, which will have a bunch more that i wrote or co-wrote. so, see these movies! get the soundtracks!
Dan has made his self-released album, Smartie Mine, available for download through iTunes, and several other online sites (such as Rhapsody and Napster). Smartie Mine was originally released in 1998, and is currently out of print. The only way to obtain the album is to get the downloadable version! I have had MANY people looking for copies of Smartie Mine, so I hope this this is helpful!
Dan has made his self-released album, Smartie Mine, available for download through iTunes, and several other online sites (such as Rhapsody and Napster). Smartie Mine was originally released in 1998, and is currently out of print. The only way to obtain the album is to get the downloadable version! I have had MANY people looking for copies of Smartie Mine, so I hope this this is helpful!
Dan has written the foreward to the book "Midnight For Cinderella"
by James Campion. For more information on the book, please visit James
Campion's Website.
Dan's
new full-length cd, Breathe, was released on September 19,
2006! You can order your copy NOW in the store!
Dan
Bern's sixth long-playing album, Breathe—which again reunites
him with big-league producer Chuck Plotkin—is something entirely
new for the artist. It takes the personal and finds in it a seedling
of renewal. This isn't music that has 'big balls;' instead, it has
a big, beating heart. In a way, Bern had always been 'arriving'
prior to this, but with this album he has finally Arrived. The songs
are not merely preternaturally observant, as they have always been,
but feel fully present and made from flesh
and
blood. They trade in the verbal fireworks of the past and make a
touching investment in the lives of their characters, who are often
burned out and beat down by their overwhelmed lives—even the Messiah,
who reappears in the title track for His third act, seems more than
a little downcast—but who nevertheless somehow find the strength
and courage to beat back at the world, even if only in small or
symbolic ways. With a gesture of selflessness, Dan disappears into
these song-sized narratives and allows his characters to voice their
own—and, by extension, our shared—lives. In the process, he has
given them and his songs and himself a reason to hope. And room
to breathe.
Here
are a couple of tracks from the album, in MP3 format:
Dan's
new 5 song EP, Breathe Easy, is available now! This EP contains
the title track, Breathe, as well as 4 other recordings that are
not included on the full-length cd, Breathe. To get your
copy now, please visit the store.
All
of you MySpace users, please visit Dan's
MySpace Profile and join his circle of friends. His profile
is regularly updated with new songs to download and his blog, so
don't miss out!
Here
is an announcement from Dan:
we
are happy to present, at long last, 'quitting science,' the
odyssey of cunliffe merriwether's travels as a man of science. with
a preface by dan bern and an introduction by the esteemed
critic carmela houndstooth, and containing some 60 illustrations,
'quitting science' will surely grace your bookshelf for years
to come, alongside such comparable tomes as 'gulliver's travels,'
'the catcher in the rye,' 'cobalt--its forms and uses,' and other
great works of the english language. a limited supply of copies
of 'quitting science' ordered from this site will be signed
by dan bern himself, who, in penning the preface to 'quitting science,'
is perhaps as proud as anything he has ever done--short of winning
that spelling medal in the second grade. but never mind that.
QUITTING
SCIENCE, published by Kababa; 340 pages. $10. To order your
copy, please visit the store.
We
have started a regular feature on this site where anyone can send
whatever they wish, and the best ones, well,anyway, the ones we
like, will be featured in FAN'S CORNER.
it can pertain to db and the ijbc or not. of course, if it does
pertain to db and the ijbc, it will be more likely to be featured
in FAN'S CORNER. photos, drawings, stories, anecdotes, antidotes,
cures for aids etc. are all welcome. perhaps there will be prizes.
we're not quite that far yet. to submit, please send stuff to danbern@gte.net.
Since
people have been asking, we have added a Bio
of Dan to the page.
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Dan has made a new short film called "Gentile Athletes of the 60's and 70' ."
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