Welcome, please excuse our dust

Welcome from the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. A couple of weeks ago our main site was hacked, requiring us to restore from an archived copy. As we’re just a bunch of guys on manual typewriters, this has taken a bit more time than we’ve liked. Please be assured, we’re still around and playing, and we’ll have our web presence up and going just as soon as we figure out how to load the archive disk into our newest Smith Corona. Until then, if you need to contact us, please email: bto@bostontypewriterorchestra.com

Thank you,

Alex for the Boston Typewriter Orchestra

BTO plays IDEAS festival

width= The Boston Typewriter Orchestra plays the IDEAS Boston conference October 20, 2011.

IDEAS Boston’s mission is to promote innovation and contribute to the economic vitality and competitiveness of the region. Through a unique conference, dissemination of new ideas after the event, and connecting cutting-edge thinkers across sectors, IDEAS Boston serves as an important resource to individual innovators throughout the community, and from a civic perspective helps to build the region’s brand as a hub of innovation attractive to businesses, college students, and workers.

For more information, go to http://www.umb.edu/ideasboston/entry/about“

BTO at the MFA

MFA

Boston Typewriter Orchestra will be performing on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from 11:00 AM -12:00 noon in the first floor Galleria in the new Linde Family Wing. We’ll be debuting some new material at this fantastic event, not to be missed. Admission is free.

http://www.mfa.org/programs/special-event/linde-family-wing-contemporary-art-open-house

RRKennison video

Thank you to RRKennison (do we know you?), who created this really awesome typewriter porn montage using our latest single “Entropy Begins in the Office”

Entropy Begins at the Office single

Enjoy our latest single, “Entropy Begins at the Office.” Rumors that the song lines up with the 1988 romcom classic “Working Girl” are completely unfounded.

Credits:
Chris Keene, recording @ Zumix, East Boston. Mixed at The Home Office.
Rob Gonnella & Nick Zampiello, mastering @ New Alliance East.
Jonathan Haeber, cover art.

DownloadEntropy Begins At The Office

BTO Plays Club Passim, May 19, 2011

Join us Thursday, May 19, 2011

Club Passim,

47 Palmer St., Cambridge MA

$15 at the door. $13 for Passim members.

With Special Guests, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library. Because, after all, if you don’t read, THE TERRORISTS WIN.

Tickets can be pre-ordered here . We sold out last time– get your tickets quickly!

BTO plays Visual art installation created by Peter Schumann

Visual art installation created by Peter Schumann

Monday, Jan 24 – Sunday, Jan 30

Free and open to all

Bread and Puppet Theater Artistic Director Peter Schumann’s most recent visual art exploration, ranging from very large paintings to very small string booklets, which depict matters that concern us all.

Exhibit details:

Monday, Jan 24 | 6 – 9pm: opening reception, with refreshments, an art talk given by Schumann, short skits performed by the touring company, and live music performed by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and the Dirty Water Brass Band

Tuesday, Jan 25 through Friday, Jan 28 | 9am to 5pm

Thursday and Friday hours extended up to and after the evening performance and Saturday and Sunday the exhibit will be open one hour before and after each matinee and evening performance.

Link to BCA Website