Duets With Deni

Duets With Deni's second season has a very impressive lineup of guests, including:
Jill Sobule
John Wesley Harding
Patti Rothberg
Syd Straw
Christine Ohlman (from Saturday Night Live)
Mary Lee Cortes (of Mary Lee's Corvette)
And more to be announced. Details are on the "Gigs" page. By popular request, the show is now available on cable in Brooklyn as well as Manhattan, and it is broadcast live over the internet.

Clips from previous shows, in RealPlayer format:
.	"De Chirico Street" featuring Robyn Hitchcock and Deni Bonet. DSL/Cable users click here 56k dial-up modem users click here *Mac users may experience problems viewing these clips on RealPlayer. Let me know if you do
	"The Notion " featuring Sean Altman and Deni Bonet. Formatted for 56k dial-up modem users. Click here to view it
"Duets With Deni" showcasing talented and entertaining musicians from New York and beyond.
It's also broadcast live over the internet. See below for details. Deni is no stranger to TV, having appeared as a musical guest on shows such as Late Night With Conan O'Brien and NBC's The Today Show, so it was only logical that the next step was to get her own show! DUETS WITH DENI is a new, weekly music performance TV show, showcasing the best in emerging songwriting and performing talent from New York and around the world. The show is part "Sessions at West 54th" and part "Wayne's World". Filmed in Deni's West Village apartment, Deni and her guest play and sing each other's original songs. Each show ends with a cover of a well-known classic from sources as diverse and eclectic as Aerosmith, Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, Frank & Nancy Sinatra, The Who, Sonny and Cher, The Rolling Stones, the Willy Wonka soundtrack, Annie Lennox and Perry Como, re-worked into an unpredictable but highly entertaining duet format. Between songs, they discuss everything under the sun. If you've seen Deni live you know she's outspoken, funny and entertaining, and this show is all that and more. The show is an opportunity for audiences to discover musicians that they might not get to see on ordinary network television. Guests on the first season included Robyn Hitchcock, Richard Barone, Kimberley Rew, Sean Altman, Jenny Bruce, Lach and 7 others.
Channel Information:
MANHATTAN: SUNDAYS AT 10:00 PM Time Warner Cable (Manhattan) Channel 56. RCN Cable (Manhattan) Channel 108. NOTE: In some buildings you may be able to view the show even if you don't have a cable box. Give it a try, though the channel numbers will probably be different. BROOKLYN: TUESDAYS AT 2:30 PM AND 10:30 PM Time Warner Cable (Brooklyn) Channel 35. Cablevision (Brooklyn) Channel 68. INTERNET SIMULCASTS: The MANHATTAN show will be broadcast worldwide live over the internet at the same time as it is being aired (see above). To view the simulcast you must have RealPlayer software installed on your computer. The show can be seen at www.mnn.org (click on the little TV icon saying "Channel 56". MNN occasionally has problems with simulcasts of very popular shows, so it you get error messages when trying to connect it's possible their servers are overloaded. Try again in a few minutes. The BROOKLYN show is also broadcast live over the internet at www.bcat.tv/bcat (click on the little TV icon for Live Stream 2 (channels 35 and 68). Requires Windows Media Player.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
The complete broadcast schedule for the New York area, as well as Internet simulcasts, can be found on the "Gigs" page of the website. Click here for the schedule
REVIEWS OF "Duets With Deni"

From Gil in New York:
That's right you have a new fan , not just a palm branch but one who rushed in to order your CD. Caught your show on cable last night and really enjoyed what you're doing , and now realized I've been hearing you in the background for some time. Live and learn. Anyway be well and carry on.

From Bonnie in Pennsylvania:
You must be so happy, having your own show now! I watched it online and was quite impressed. Not as good as seeing you in person, but it served the purpose. Nice going. Keep it up.

From Mark in New York:
Deni, I hope this congrat has a lot of company in your mailbox. Friday's debut was one of the most satisfying indiemusic showcases to appear on cable, and not just because of the strength of the material and performances. The duets by Sean and yourself would have made for a great half-hour on the Times Sq. IRT--what kicked "Duets With Deni" several bars above the current standard was the show's format. What hurts practically every other cablemusic show is its lack of connection with the viewer. Indiemusic has depended for too long on its garage-demo legacy to bond with its audience, and tedium and predictibility have set in. Worse, it has had the side-effect of making indie acts seem shallow and interchangeable. That's why the more garagey a cablemusic show appears, the more an attuned listener is liable to think, "I've seen this before and done by better people." "Duets With Deni" was charming and refreshing and, compared to other cablemusic, a window thrown open on a dark and musty dungeon. In addition to the ease with which it engaged its audience, DWD also boasted production values light years beyond what passes for audio on cablemusic today. I have a Cambridge SoundWorks Model 88 stereo radio (eat yer heart out, Bose) handling the audio on my television and I put it through its paces during the show. I'm happy to announce that DWD possessed no noticeable hiss, hum or noise during any of the five songs, nor during the banter that bridged them (this can't be said for many typical broadcasts by the major networks--sometimes their signal is almost unlistenable). The strikingly high level of material, performance and production has made me an instant fan of Duets With Deni, and based upon Episode One, I would recommend that anyone fond of home recording step up from VHS to DVD to keep copies for posterity. It's that good. There, I got all that said without once resorting to an eat-your-vegetables plea of "watch Duets With Deni and support indie music."