"Mother" Miriam WON'T be Performing at Her 86th Birthday Party

Who Will?

Billy Vera, Debby Boone, Tony DeSare, James Torme, Musical Director LC Powell, Mark Winkler, Marsha Bartenetti & Joseph Leo Bwarie

The goal at Martini in the Morning is to prove that whether the songs were recorded decades ago or weeks ago, we could create a sound that was fun, fresh and full of hit songs, as contemporary as anything on AM/FM, satellite or Internet radio."Mother" Miriam plays a major role in that mission and has for almost 15 years. Apparently the "Martini Mother" was quite a singer "back in the day." But she was supposed to perform at her 75th birthday party and when accompanist John Proulx started playing the song they picked and rehearsed, "Mother" Miriam started singing a different song. So we all decided that she'll enjoy all these great entertainers from the comfort and safety of a table near the stage.

When you buy your tickets, not only do you get to enjoy a great show, celebrate the birthday of a great (ish) lady (ish), but you too are playing a role in our mission to insure that the songs of the Great American Songbook are available on the radio 24/7/365 and not relegated to a display in museums or a chapter in music history books. After the all the performers are paid, any and all profits go toward the enormous expenses we incur to keep Martini in the Morning on the air playing the Greastest Songs Ever Written.

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ZOOM THIS MORNING!

It's our weekly Zoom session THIS MORNING at 8:00 AM PDT. ING at 8:00 AM PT. "Mother" Miriam is off today so I'll be counting on you to help keep the conversation lively.

Friday Zoom Call:

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific Time

11:00 AM - Noon Eastern Time

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UK Time

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Central Europe Time

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Istanbul, Turkey Time

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It's the PARTY Before The Party

Unlike the rest of the party goers, "Mother" Miriam and I will get very little time to mingle and socialize at the Monday night event. Most of the evening we're working on the show. So we invite you to join us Sunday afernoon, June 23rd 4:00-6:00 pm at Vitello's, 4349 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, CA 91604. It's a no-host cocktail party where we can visit, welcome our out of town partiers and generally do all the things we won't be able to do Monday night.

By the way, and this is NOT part of the "official activities;" some of us will be staying for dinner at Vitello's that evening. We're making reservations (reservations are STRONGLY encouraged (818) 769-0905 or go online to make reservations here.) for 6:15 pm. Again, this is optional but it is a chance to hang out with her highness "Mother" Miriam a little longer.

It's Been a Week, Quite a Week!

It's a good thing Al the Engineer was here anyway to install our new audio console replacing the one we'd been using since 2007. It died almost a year ago and the temporary replacement left us unable to do a lot of the things that radio stations need to do to present an entertaining product for you. In the middle of activating the console, our primary audio server, the computer with all the audio, all the music, everything that makes MITM what it is, CRASHED. We're operating on a back-up and waiting for a part to arrive today to, hopefully get us back to what is quasi normal around here. You can see the "broken" machine under the "ring light."

Today, June 7 is the 107th anniversary of the birth of Dean Martin, "The King of Cool." All day today (and frankly every day) we salute Dean Martin. Got a favorite Dean Martin song? Use the request link to request your favorite! Finally, I hope you'll join the conversation as we open our "Zoom Room" THIS MORNING at 8:00 AM PDT.

Cheers!