DAGMAR: NEWS/JOURNAL

BEVERLY, MA -- Two tectonic plates that rub against each other on a Dagmar fault line cause the earth to shake and casualties to mount. 

NEW YORK, NY -- It was announced that Dagmar duo Bauer & McGeary are one of 15 new artists admitted to the MTA's Music Under New York (MUNY) program this year after an audition on May 15 by 70 artists before a panel of 30 judges in the middle of Grand Central Station. "Dagmar2" now has a lifetime license to perform with amplification in the NYC subways under the MUNY banner.

YOUTUBE, USA -- Episode 5 of The Dagmar Diaries is posted. We see the before, during and after of the Dagmar duo's audition in Grand Central Station for the MTA's Music Under New York (MUNY) program. Featured is veteran MUNY artist THEO EASTWIND, who tells us all about his "10 Rules of Subway Busking".

YOUTUBE, USA -- Episode 4 of the Dagmar Diaries is posted, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage showing the carefully guarded secrets of the making of Dagmar sparkle bugs, followed by a Halloween night gig at THE LIZARD LOUNGE in Cambridge, MA.

YOUTUBE, USA -- Ten months after beginning the project, the "I, I, I" video is finally completed and posted on YouTube. Infinite thanks to BERT ESENHERZ, for his artistry, endless work, patience and determination. A million thanks, too, to the talented CLAYTON DEAN SMITH for his role as the dancing "Perfect Human".

NEW YORK, NY -- At the urging of good friend BERT ESENHERZ, who has been much-loved pillar of the street artist scene in NYC for over ten years, Dagmar the duo begins playing (music) in the streets and subways of NYC.

WESTMINSTER, MA -- PETER BREVIS joins friend and LIZARD LOUNGE OPEN MIC CHALLENGE host TOM BIANCHI on a road trip to western Mass for a peculiar and very entertaining open mic at a steak house in the middle of nowhere. Brevis sings "Babylon" and makes some new friends.

SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA -- Meghan heads south for six weeks to play the role of Dolly in "Hello Dolly".

HAVERHILL, MA -- Dagmar 2 does the open mic at THE CHIT CHAT LOUNGE with witty and talented host Bob Beale. We make lots of new friends in this New Hampshire border town, and meet for the first time, future friend and sometime Dagmar drummer SKWERL.

BEVERLY, MA -- DAGMAR 2 entertains the lively student body at THE MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART.

YOUTUBE, USA -- Episode 3 of the Dagmar Diaries, "Cartage", is posted. It chronicles a typical Dagmar duo NYC gig-pack, the blow-by-blow steps necessary to haul equipment out of the Greenpoint studio, down to the car, into the club, in this case, THE LIVING ROOM on the lower east side, and back home again after the gig. Meghan shows how she likes to "go through the beads", and we meet Aussie vacationers who gamely join in the Dagmar broo-ha.

LYNN, MA -- Dagmar the duo celebrate the lunar eclipse at THE GULU-GULU CAFE.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- PETER BREVIS enters the LIZARD LOUNGE OPEN MIC CHALLENGE, hosted by the inimitable and ever cheerful TOM BIANCHI, and wins! "Celebrity Guest" and new friend & fan WILL DAILEY judges the contest, swayed to Brevis' corner by the off-tempo end of Bauer's song "China Boat".

MEDFORD, MA -- The Dagmar duo does their first live radio appearance on WMFO's storied and venerable show "On The Town With Mikey D", hosted by Dagmar friend and bass-player-to-be, JOEL SIMCHES.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The Dagmar duo enters the LIZARD LOUNGE OPEN MIC CHALLENGE, hosted by the tireless and ever cheerful TOM BIANCHI . . . and wins!

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- PETER BREVIS, apparently Bauer's alter-ego-doppelganger, makes his first appearance, at the Squawk Coffeehouse, singing a collection of Bauer and Dylan songs. Henceforth, you can call him "Jim" or you can call him "Pete". It's not clear what the difference is, or if there is a difference, or what it means.

NEW YORK, NY -- To celebrate a new Blue Flower production, Bauer and McGeary reconvene THE WEIMARBAND, Bauer's "house band" for The Blue Flower, at Joe's Pub for its first performance together in four years. In addition to Bauer & McGeary, the band includes vocalists JEN CHAPIN and DAVID DRIVER, MARK RUBINSTEIN on accordion and piano, ERIC HOLTJE on bassoon, JOHN WIDGREN on pedal steel guitar, STEPHAN CRUMP on bass, ANN KIM on cello, Dagmar drummer DAVID ROZENBLATT on percussion, and PATRICK CARMICHAEL on drums. The band played songs from The Blue Flower in the style of music Bauer created for the show: "Sturm n' Twang", or "Kurt Weill going tete-a-tete with Hank Williams," a blend of American country & western and 1920's Berlin cabaret music.

NEW YORK, NY -- Dagmar the duo hosts a gig at MO PITKINS' HOUSE OF SATISFACTION for Boston friend MISS TESS, shortly before the club folds its wings and closes its doors

NEW YORK, NY -- Tremors are felt along a Dagmar fault line, causing everyone to run for cover. The year ends with a bang. Out with the old, in with the new.

NEW YORK, NY -- Due to a family tragedy, Bauer & McGeary's attempt to re-craft The Blue Flower into a fake "pataphysics" science lecture has to be aborted just after rehearsals for a series of performances at THE HERE ARTS CENTER in NYC get under way. You win some, you lose some.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Dagmar the duo does a double set in its first visit to Toad. Arriving for the gig from Providence are some of the friends we made in October at the AS220 open mic. One of the women provides Bauer with a finger "condom" from the bar to stop his guitar index finger from bleeding (injured earlier in the evening by a brand new tomato-slicing knife)

NEW YORK, NY -- DAGMAR the band has its first gig at The Cutting Room, and decide it may be our favorite place in NYC to play, mainly because the owners are such dedicated music lovers and are such a pleasure to deal with.

YOUTUBE, USA -- Episode 2 of the Dagmar Diaries, which chronicles Bauer & McGeary's first visit to the infamous SQUAWK COFFEEHOUSE Open Mic, is posted on YouTube.

YOUTUBE, USA -- The first installment of the Dagmar video diaries, "From Here to Where" is posted on YouTube. Episode 1 follows Dagmar duo Bauer & McGeary to one of their first open mics at The Milkyway Lounge in Jamaica Plain, MA. You'll meet some of the new friends they make in the Boston area. Shot and edited by Jim Bauer, the documentary series follows the adventures of Dagmar, drawn to the flame in a quest for the lightness of being.

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Dagmar the duo make many new friends at an open mic appearance at AS220 in Providence, RI.