I perform at Sidewalk Cafe. I do one of my routines and then I blank out, the rest of the performance is me dealing with the blank out. Getting pissed at myself, because I already put soo much work in it. Most people at Sidewalk thought it was part of the performance. At the end of the performance Me and Jonathan Berger dance to Dancing Queen. Everybody sings with us.

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    When

    Friday, January 27, 2012
  • Time

    8:00pm until 11:30pm

• Description

  Friday the 27th of January at A Gathering of the Tribes 285 E 3rd Street, 2nd Floor beginning at 8pm Rayvon Browne – the exploratory and sometimes semi-lewd freaky folk trio brain-child of Cal Folger Day and Morgan Heringer, with Joel Kruzic on upright bass performs and presents a night of top-notch songwriters seen around “the scene” including Solid Goold – Albert Goold and family, like if the Von Trapps were cool and could blow changes instead of just singing solfege Matthew Silver – performance artist seen around Astor Place (the only place he’s allowed to busk without being accused of “disturbing the peace”), known to wear women’s clothing and literally lasso an audience http://www.maninwhitedress.com/ Free Advice – our good lookin friends from Swan Loft Jim Flynn – gentle literary giant of the lower east side, knows how to spit a rhyme and have a good time The Sneaky Mister – this young lady makes a ukulele look downright intelligent, and that’s no small task Come check out the Erin Carmody’s mind-blowing exhibit, “ZERO, INFINITY, AND THE GUIDES” and have a smoke with legendarily infamous Mr. Steve “the blind guy” Cannon, Tribes director and resident couch-occupant

A Gathering Of The Tribes

New York, NY

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We live in a material world.  So now we must feel the material objects that are upon us.  Are they alive?  Are they talking to us?  We know they’re energy, moving particles.  At least that’s what I saw in that Science documentary about NOTHINGGGG.  Nothing is an interesting subject, because it creates this whole on and off idea. Two plains of existence.  Polarities.  Sometimes polarities effect my world.  Sometimes I’m able to let go of that idea.  For some reason our brain split in two segments, according to FART scientists. At the end of the mayan calendar our brains are suppose to become one again.  A magnetic pull will effect our pituitary gland releasing the chemical that helps us dream.  I find that quite fascinating rather then that lame doomsday explanation.

Performing requires focus, being aware. Everything is holy. When performing we tend to be more in the moment. Feel and observe people watching. They will communicate to you. What’s what what what what what. So I’m observing, many people, this is it. This is where you will find what you already have, the process what you are creating. We are creating something. Magic is real. observe this MOMENT, IT IS YOUR LAST

BOING

BOING

WACKY TONSIL breath

Flux Factory, probably my best performance now because of the audience energy. Great people. Audience energy is part of it.

Crazy Guy AT ASTor Place!!!

Opinions are like assholes everybodies got one.

Jim Gaffigan on WhoSay

And now he believes NY is great place to raise children..

click here for actual blog post:  Flux Thursday: January 12, 2012

January 12th, 8pm+
Flux Thursday, our monthly potluck dinner and art salon, is back! Please join us for dinner, which starts at 8 in the kitchen, and then around 9:30 we’ll head to the gallery for artist presentations.

Drew Hamilton will show Ergonomic Sculptures, a project blending interactive processes, photography, and sculpture. Flux/Residency Unlimited artist-in-residence Anastasios Logothetis will perform Seacaustics, a piece that will propel the viewers into his larger body of work through performance. Friend of Flux Matthew Silver will perform an absurd study of a mental breakdown. Arthur Brum will discuss his latest curatorial endeavor, Status! Status! Status!, a recent group exhibition that explored artist visas and how “the gloom of administrative and quotidian preoccupations can make the life of artists brash and tiresome.”

Bring drinks or something delicious to share!

I perform at Sidewalk Cafe, first Sunday of every month.  In between music acts.  They call them interludesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!  Shows usually start around 7-8pm.  Be there or fart!!!

Man goes beserk in a pink bra. This guy is awesome! His name is Matthew Silver. Notice the people walking by hardly noticing him. Gotta love New York. www.dawngallagher.com

Article is from the Local East Village Blog!  Read the original Here

Feel My Enlightenment!!!

SPACE COW MAN 

BOOBIE HEAD MAN

Classic Masterpiece theater. I use to do this in Bushwick about 7-8 months ago. Runaround in a Batman costume.

I followed my dreams, I started out as a douche head and now I’ve become a boobie head!!!!
:-s)

Could this be the Black hole into more shit? The kind of shit you get stuck in and you can never come out? I’m scared, I don’t want to go but its sucking me in. Filmed at the Gowanus Ballroom.

I ask a crowd of people for love and nobody gives it to me, so I try to convince them to chant LOVE ManTRAssss. Ohm nama shiva YA.

Filmed at the Gowanus Ballroom. http://gowanusballroom.com/

This is a film I made in NJ during my indecisive period. It was shot on the Sony DV 1000 on Mini-DV tape. The film ended up being really funny. Enjoy!!

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• • When

    Saturday, January 7, 2012
  • Time

    8:30pm until 11:30pm

  Come celebrate the first Saturday of 2012 at Cafe Orwell with some of the most talented songwriters and musicians in the NYC area!! FREE SHOW/ALL AGES MATTHEW SILVER will be hosting the event and doing interludes between sets. A comic genius of our time, filmmaker extraordinaire, and avid street performer. Prepared to be ‘enlightened’ http://www.maninwhitedress.com/ THOMAS PATRICK MAGUIRE (8:30-9:15) Unbelievable songwriter who has played all over the globe. Has been steadily writing songs and making albums for nearly a decade. http://www.myspace.com/thomaspatrickmaguire RAYVON BROWNE (9:15-10:00) Just finishing their first self titled album, this long brewing collaboration of songwriter’s Cal Folger Day and Morgan Heringer with stand-up bassist Joel Kruzic; has been on a roll, playing shows all over the Brooklyn and Manhattan area. Their sound is complex, heartwarming, rich and truly endearing. One of the most original and captivating acts in the area! http://rayvonbrowne.bandcamp.com/ RANDI RUSSO (10:00-10:45) ‘Mixing indie rock, New York garage rock, and singer/songwriter sensibilities, Randi Russo has drawn comparisons to fellow New Yorkers Patti Smith, the Velvet Underground, and Sonic Youth for her chaotic and pensive songwriting.’ http://randirusso.bandcamp.com/ BEN PAGANO (10:45-11:30) Mixing elements of folk,indie-rock, punk, funk, blues, jazz, ambient, and psychedelic, using a piano, synthesizer and voice creates multi-faceted sound that covers all aspects of human emotion. New to the scene, just starting playing his own material in 2010, Ben has been playing all over the Brooklyn and Manhattan area. Will be coming out with his first album in 2012. Special guests Charles Mansfield, Morgan Heringer, and more TBA http://soundcloud.com/benpagano This event happens every first Saturday of the month. Come support this growing talented community!

Cafe Orwell

247 Varet, Brooklyn, NY 11206-3823

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    When

    Sunday, January 8, 2012
  • Time

    7:00pm until 11:00pm

• Description

  **Starting january 8th, I will be doing interludes the first Sunday of every month** Every Sunday at Sidewalk Cafe will be known as BLACKOUT SUNDAYS!!!!!JANUARY 8TH BLACK OUT SUNDAY LINE UP MATTHEW SILVER – will be performing between all acts, hence Interludes 7pm Steve Espinola – Songwriter, pianist, prankster, melodic shortwave radio virtuoso and inventor of the 19-string “Grand Slam” Electric Tennis Racket. http://www.steveespinola.com/ 7:40pm Will Hunt 8:20pm Dan Costello – Costello writes and performs vividly-worded folk songs in the anti-folk tradition: smart, funny, quirky, powerhouse songwriting, distinctly New York. http://dancostellomusic.com/ 9:00pm Honeybird & the Birdies – Three unique musicians, quirky like birds and sweet like honey, born and raised in three unique beach-side cities with very diverse backgrounds. http://www.honeybird.net/ 9:40pm Chink Floyd – starring Master Lee (member of legendary Asian boy band, Boys II Chinamen — as seen on MTV, Live At The Apollo, Sesame Street, Seoul Train and Asian-American Bandstand) with revolving group of talented buffoons on real instruments!! http://www.myspace.com/chinkfloyd 10:20pm The Bee Keeper – AKA as Ben Krieger- Record and performs in New York City. Sometimes under the name monker Yossarian Feedback. Active within the music scene that has thrived at Sidewalk Cafe, in there East Village. Sound Engineer, Musician and Great Dad. http://www.benkrieger.com/ http://www.sidewalkmusic.net/ ________________________________________________________________________ For more information: http://www.sidewalkmusic.net/sidewalkblog/?page_id=784 Blackout Sundays started at Sidewalk in the fall of 2010 as occasional performance events with an unusual twist: no power (PA, stage lights, amps), a ton of candles, and an intimate vibe. 6 artists perform each night, and in place of the “setup music” that usually blasts from the PA in between sets, the audience is treated to brief interludes of instrumental music, spoken word, or performance art. The nights have been such a success that we’ve turned Sundays over to them entirely starting in January 2012. Hosted by The Bee Keeper, Blackout Sundays feature some of our favorite Sidewalk performers.

Sidewalk NYC

94 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

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    When

    Friday, December 23, 2011
  • Time

    8:00pm until 11:00pm

• Description

  My first Gigged Performance at Goodbye Blue Mondays. It’s gonna be a thrill ride of multiple exposures. The SCHEDULED PROGRAM: 8pm: Eli Wolf-Christensen http://www.myspace.com/wolfchristensen When the most amazing thing in your life is gone, music will always be there to help you keep pushing, Music is my passion. 9pm: Jeury San http://jeurysan.tumblr.com/ Defined as the True meaning of an artist, rapper, & producer. Songs ranging From Maria Sharapova to Love and Other Drugs all the way to Atlas show his ability to hit each and any type of demographics 9:45pm: Matthew Silver http://www.maninwhitedress.com/ I am a Performance ARTist FARTist!! 10pm: Dead Hot 10:45pm: Matthew Silver Check Goodbye Blue Monday’s Reverbnation Calendar: http://goodbye-blue-monday.com/

Goodbye Blue Monday

1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221

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• • When

    Friday, December 16, 2011 at 8:00pm until Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 5:00pm
    -Matthew Silver performs midnight Friday and Saturday.
    
    
    Where
    Gowanus Ballroom
    55 9th Street #61, Brooklyn, NY 11215

• Description

  Friday and Saturday December 16, 2011 $10 suggested donation after 8pmPerformances & Bands: Morgan O’Kane–bluegrass king Aerialist Seanna Sharpe–notorious Williamsburg Bridge high-flyer Flambeaux Fire–fire troupe extraordinaire Kelvin Daly–musical performance ritual with aerialists Liron Dahan & Brie Burke Sullied Accolades–acoustic animals of the night Performance artist Matthew Silver–you know he’s gonna get naked Artists include: Jordan Eagles, Leandro Flaherty, Shani Frymer, Robin Hill, Jeremy Holmes, Serban Ionescu, Integrated Visions, Margaret Krug, Kate Raudenbush, Cecelia Rembert, Matthew William Robinson, Charlotte Schulz, R. Justin Stewart, Melanie Vote, Dustin Yellin, and Joshua Young. For more information: http://gowanusballroom.com/

So I’m performing at Gowanus, people are paying attention. My friend heckles me. I get so angry, i want to punch him in the face. Afterwards I forgive him. Next opportunity please.

A group art exhibition that is all about paying a bit of Brooklyn-style homage to the winter solstice. Drawing inspiration from the longest night of the year, the show explores darkness and light through artworks that mesmerize and sometimes deceive the eye.
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Music by Morgan O’Kane – Bluegrass kinghttp://www.morganokanemusic.com/

I made this film with Trey Kirchoff.  Together we teamed up, he used his awesome filming skills, combined with my street performing skills, both of us edited it to create a masterpiece.  We had 8 HOURS of footage!!!!  To create something that’s only 2 min. and 50 sec.  Something short and sweet for the entire world to enjoy.  We both had girlfriends at the time who broke up with us and we decided to make fun of the entire experience PLEASE ENJOY!!!!  Because we know you will!

Man braves the cold in a pink bra at Astor Place to warm the hearts of onlookers.

• • When

    Friday Decemeber 9, 2011 and Saturday, December 10, 2011
  • Time

    8:00pm until 2:30am

• Where

  Gowanus Ballroom, 55 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY

• Description

  Art Show Solstice Celebration The Longest Night–A multimedia art exhibition of darkness and light Gowanus Ballroom invites you to The Longest Night, a group exhibition that is all about paying a bit of Brooklyn-style homage to the winter solstice. Drawing inspiration from the longest night of the year, the show explores darkness and light through artworks that mesmerize and sometimes deceive the eye. Solstice Celebration Saturday, December 10, 2011 $10 suggested donation after 8pm 8pm: Performances start Midnight: Matthew Silver, and the power of FART** Performances & Bands: Morgan O’Kane–bluegrass king Aerialist Seanna Sharpe–notorious Williamsburg Bridge high-flyer Flambeaux Fire–fire troupe extraordinaire Kelvin Daly–musical performance ritual with aerialists Liron Dan & Bree Buryk Sullied Accolades–acoustic animals of the night Performance artist Matthew Silver–you know he’s gonna get naked For more information: http://gowanusballroom.com/

Disclaimer:  This is an inside performance.  So it has a PG-13 – R rating .  It’s all in good fun and towards the enlightenment of farting.

This is what I put up with while waiting for the F train on the Lower East Side

Dancing with three new friends. OHHHH Yeaahhhh. Cosmic portals are being opened FART = FUN ART

I believe in creating my path.  To be grounded is to be aware of every thought and not be taken away.  Today is rehearsal day.  I’m going to perform at the Gowanus Ballroom next Saturday.  Coming up with the outline now.  My performances on stage, I let go a little more.  Parts of the human anatomy are a central theme.  Penis, Vagina, booby, Farting, burping, shit, I can’t help it I think its funny.  Everytime I go to Open Mic performers have said worst.

When I’m outside, I hold back, I become aware of children, police officers, Traffic laws, I’m not an anarchist, I’m a performer.  And I want to be the great one!  I like performing on stage a lot, because your allowed to let go more then  Performing on the street.  You should respect the environment, because you haven’t been given permission by everybody.  Some people want you to be free as a bird.  Others want you to walk like everybody else.  It’s smart to be aware of that and don’t take it personally.  You’ve been given permission by the entire universe to be free as you want, which will always be the more important thing.  The relationship between you and the entire universe.  Everybody else is a part of the universe, but remember not the entire universe, you are. Always go back to the relationship between you and the entire universe and try to feel it in your body, start with heart consciousness.  Always a beautiful place to start.  The heart is the holy grail, Salvation, Everything you’ve been looking for.  Now the heart alone is ok, but what we’re really trying to do is find a way to reflect your heart to people.  Your heart is your tool.  I believe in the game.  I want to be a great entertainer, so I meet as many people as I can.  By meeting people, I will learn to use the heart more efficiently.  Love is kind of a little Anarchist.  When of the best kinds.  I can’t open the love portal without people.  So I see myself as an alien trying to figure out the human consciousness beyond an intellectual level.

Telepathy is not just through the brain, its through the body as well.  We all have the ability to feel.

crazy guy dancing to daft punk in astor place

A perfectly sane man in a white dress expresses himself in a completely rational manner on the streets of New York. Move along, nothing to see here.

Hi I haven’t written in awhile.  My ultimate goal is to open up the love portal.  And I realize I can’t do it without people.  We need people.  People need us.  But it’s this game that we all play that we’re trying to break.  We are mirrors for other people.  In NY some of us walk around like broken mirrors.  And so what happens, the light doesn’t reflect back to the others.  And we feel a huge disconnect.  Our main goal here I think, I believe, and we can see it as an awesome game, which will help our perspective and have fun.  Is to make as MANY POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.  but not just the ordinary way.  Like lets see a movie, lets eat china’s food, lets see a play, lets do nothing.  Which there is nothing wrong with that. BUT too many of us do the causal thing too much. WE need too GET REALLY CREATIVE.  We need to believe in ourselves. and we need to connect.  Human beings have the holy grail inside of them and so do you, lets treat eachother with respect.  The HEART is a delicate thing. its as simple as that.  The MAYAN’S GAVE US A DEADLINE lets use it.  BEcause I think that we’re at a new tipping point and we all want to see the MAGIC that’s inside.

• Written by Cassidy Gard.  Check out her Blog at http://www.dontforgettohavefun.com/

  My 22nd birthday was on November 26. I don’t really like birthdays because there is too much pressure for the day to be great. What if someone asks me what I did for my birthday and I don’t have a really fabulous response? I usually say something like, “Woke up, got a tea, walked to the high line, hit some thrift shops, and went to the Whole Foods salad bar.” I just like simple birthdays. Lowkey. Days that feel like any other except you replay your new age in your head to remind yourself to say it correctly for the next time someone comparatively wonders your age.

  This birthday felt like slipping into an old cardigan that’s perfectly worn in. I have fully contemplated what I want to work on this year and it goes something like this; I want to unapologetically be myself. The self that doesn’t always fit in with other people. It’s that little voice inside my head that spits, don’t be stupid. I’m going to silence that voice and remind myself that we all have it. That irrational fear to not fuck up.

  But what if you do? Oh, what if you do. Have you ever noticed that sometimes mistakes make for the most glorious change that comes completely unexpected? It’s that little thought that creeps in and thinks, “Ah, this wasn’t so bad after all.”

  Well, on this particular birthday I went shopping in the East Village and passed by my old stomping grounds at Astor Place when I came across “Matthew Silver: The Great Performer.” He was so free. His energy is infectious. He reminded me of a chaotic toddler with a charming sense of humor. I’m inspired by his fearless performance that would stop at nothing for a laugh.He had cut the ties to all inhibitions.

  Most of all, he looked like he was having fun. My continual reminder in life is, “Don’t Forget to Have Fun” because it’s not surprisingly a giant drag trying to sustain the fun to fit into some semblance of a thriving adult.

  The world would be a happier place with the sound of laughter if we all stopped acting so serious all the time.

  xx C

Saw this amazing human sharing his talent with all of NYC!