Andrew Todd RosenthalMartini Ranch / REACH "Holy Cow" Sire/Warner Brothers Records 1988 Official Video Director : James Cameron Featuring : Bill, Andy & Rob WRITERS : MUSIC & LYRICS by: ANDREW TODD, BILL PAXTON, ROBERT OHEARN Better music here : ANDY/ANDROGYNE (remastered) 2020 ANDY/TRANSFORMATION (remastered) 2020 Both albums, available on iTunes and more
Martini Ranch / REACH (Official Video) Bill Paxton-Andrew Todd-Director James CameronAndrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-10 | Martini Ranch / REACH "Holy Cow" Sire/Warner Brothers Records 1988 Official Video Director : James Cameron Featuring : Bill, Andy & Rob WRITERS : MUSIC & LYRICS by: ANDREW TODD, BILL PAXTON, ROBERT OHEARN Better music here : ANDY/ANDROGYNE (remastered) 2020 ANDY/TRANSFORMATION (remastered) 2020 Both albums, available on iTunes and moreAndy & Bailey Jay play BagelAndrew Todd Rosenthal2019-02-27 | Andy & Bailey Jay play BagelAndy & Bailey Jay play MouseyAndrew Todd Rosenthal2019-01-16 | Andy & Bailey Jay play MouseyDJ ANDY / WEHO Halloween Carnaval 2018_La Peer Stage 10.31.18Andrew Todd Rosenthal2018-11-03 | DJ ANDY / WEHO Halloween Carnaval 2018_La Peer Stage 10.31.18 Music : Stop It / FISHERANDY/ BABY (featuring Andy & Bailey Jay.)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2018-10-30 | OFFICIAL VIDEO * Song "Baby" available on iTunes Andy/Androgyne itunes.apple.com/us/album/androgyne/1003242908 Andy & Bailey Jay. Some things are really priceless ! xoxo Love Pets they are the Best ! Soooo much fun !Martini Ranch / Your Pal HHAndrew Todd Rosenthal2018-03-02 | Martini Ranch / Hopefully still Your Pal
real life = real art 5.30.13REACH Martini Ranch_NEW EDIT 2018_dir.James Cameron (OFFICIAL VIDEO) Andrew Todd & Bill PaxtonAndrew Todd Rosenthal2017-11-17 | ------------- Martini Ranch / REACH "Holy Cow" Sire/Warner Brothers Records 1988 Official Video Director : James Cameron Featuring : Bill, Andy & Rob WRITERS : MUSIC & LYRICS by: ANDREW TODD, BILL PAXTON, ROBERT OHEARN Better music here : ANDY/ANDROGYNE and ANDY/TRANSFORMATION.(remastered)2020 Both albums, are available on iTunesANDY / GHOST THRILLER_2017 West Hollywood Halloween CarnavalAndrew Todd Rosenthal2017-11-02 | ANDY_WEHO 2017 GHOST THRILLER mashup by ANDY La Peer Stage www.andyandrogyne.comNew Wave Theatre Dead Kennedys, Martini Ranch, Killer Pussy, Mnemonic Devices, Fear, PlugzAndrew Todd Rosenthal2017-09-05 | Martini Ranch from 1982 !! Line up was Andrew Todd,Cliff Roman of "The Wierdos" & Billy Bones of "The Skullz". This was a fun time. I was 22 years old.Martini Ranch / Reach Outtakes Directed by James Cameron (Official Video)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2017-09-04 | Video : Directed by James Cameron. Starring Bill Paxton & Andrew Todd and an All Star Cast Music : "Elegy for Bill" by Andrew Rosenthal publisher: Martini Ranch BMI
Behind the scenes look into the 30th Anniversary Of James Cameron’s Music Video “REACH”. Starring Bill Paxton & Andrew Todd. From Progressive New Wave Band Martini Ranch.
All Star Cast Featured Includes Andrew Todd,Kathryn Bigelow, Paul Reiser, Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar, Bud Cort, Mark Rolston, Lance Henriksen, Brian Thompson, Phillip Granger, Jenette Goldstein, Bobby Brat Among Others.
Better music here : ANDY/ANDROGYNE and ANDY/TRANSFORMATION.(remastered)2020 Both albums, are available on iTunesANDY_Rock With You / Lets Get It On_(Original Mash Up)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2016-10-20 | ANDY_Rock With You / Let's Get It On_(Original Mash Up) andyandrogyne.com
Michael Jackson_Rock With You Marvin Gaye_Let's Get It On Bee Gees_Stayin' Alive Earth Wind & Fire_September Debbie Harry_Rapper's Delight Rick James_Mary Jane Eazy E_Creep and I CrawlANDY / Brick Lighters (Original Mash Up)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2016-10-19 | Commodores : Brick House Lil Kim : Put Your Lighters Up Rick James : Super Freak Andy : additional instruments and production Mash Up Produced and Mixed by ANDY / andyandrogyne.comSpace Oddity Variations_Mike Garson w/ Swiftys BazaarAndrew Todd Rosenthal2016-01-12 | Space Oddity Variations (not for sale) by David Bowie www.andyandrogyne.comANDY/Milk,Milk_West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval 2015Andrew Todd Rosenthal2015-11-04 | ANDY/WEHO Halloween Carnaval 2015_Milk,Milk http://www.andyandrogyne.com facebook.com/ANDY-725020740919195ANDY / FunhouseAndrew Todd Rosenthal2015-01-13 | *single available on iTunes,cdBaby,amazon & more. Mastered Version of song will be available on the Andy / Androgyne album (13 song album)
"Funhouse" Composed arranged performed mixed & produced by ANDY Cover art concept and design by Stephen Rowan
ANDY, “Baby” / “Funhouse” You know him by any number of aliases. As Andrew Todd Rosenthal, he was the auteur of Martini Ranch alongside award-winning actor Bill Paxton, creators of KROQ rotation mainstays “How Can the Labouring Man Find Time For Self-Culture?” and “Reach.” As Ice Berg, he was one-half of the groundbreaking Heeb-Hop group M.O.T., whose self-titled Sire/Warner Bros. album produced such still-classics as “Town Car” and “Emmes G,” their kosher homage to Chinese food and java beans. As ANDY, he’s now spinning chill/trance Chicago/Detroit house music with this pair of soon-to-be club-floor classics. “Baby” is the first song with that name to sample the sounds of an actual infant, incorporated into a white-hot EDM smash featuring its own musical nod to the “If I should die before I sleep” lullaby. The sinister “Funhouse” offers a salacious carnival barker with a come-on to a sinister side show that doubles as a pole-dance anthem. “This is ridiculous!” Ridiculously good, that is.
Roy Trakin ALL ACCESS
Something about ANDY :
Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.
by Roy Trakin _____________________________________________________ANDY / Fudge FactoryAndrew Todd Rosenthal2015-01-13 | *available on iTunes,cdBaby,amazon & more. Mastered Version of song will be available on the Andy / Androgyne album (13 song album)
ANDY, “Baby” / “Funhouse” You know him by any number of aliases. As Andrew Todd Rosenthal, he was the auteur of Martini Ranch alongside award-winning actor Bill Paxton, creators of KROQ rotation mainstays “How Can the Labouring Man Find Time For Self-Culture?” and “Reach.” As Ice Berg, he was one-half of the groundbreaking Heeb-Hop group M.O.T., whose self-titled Sire/Warner Bros. album produced such still-classics as “Town Car” and “Emmes G,” their kosher homage to Chinese food and java beans. As ANDY, he’s now spinning chill/trance Chicago/Detroit house music with this pair of soon-to-be club-floor classics. “Baby” is the first song with that name to sample the sounds of an actual infant, incorporated into a white-hot EDM smash featuring its own musical nod to the “If I should die before I sleep” lullaby. The sinister “Funhouse” offers a salacious carnival barker with a come-on to a sinister side show that doubles as a pole-dance anthem. “This is ridiculous!” Ridiculously good, that is.
Roy Trakin ALL ACCESS
Something about ANDY :
Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.
by Roy Trakin _____________________________________________________ANDY / BabyAndrew Todd Rosenthal2015-01-13 | *available on iTunes,cdBaby,amazon & more.
Mastered Version of song available on the Andy / Androgyne album (13 song album)
"Baby" Composed arranged performed mixed & produced by ANDY Cover art concept and design by Stephen Rowan
ANDY, “Baby” / “Funhouse” You know him by any number of aliases. As Andrew Todd Rosenthal, he was the auteur of Martini Ranch alongside award-winning actor Bill Paxton, creators of KROQ rotation mainstays “How Can the Labouring Man Find Time For Self-Culture?” and “Reach.” As Ice Berg, he was one-half of the groundbreaking Heeb-Hop group M.O.T., whose self-titled Sire/Warner Bros. album produced such still-classics as “Town Car” and “Emmes G,” their kosher homage to Chinese food and java beans. As ANDY, he’s now spinning chill/trance Chicago/Detroit house music with this pair of soon-to-be club-floor classics. “Baby” is the first song with that name to sample the sounds of an actual infant, incorporated into a white-hot EDM smash featuring its own musical nod to the “If I should die before I sleep” lullaby. The sinister “Funhouse” offers a salacious carnival barker with a come-on to a sinister side show that doubles as a pole-dance anthem. “This is ridiculous!” Ridiculously good, that is.
Roy Trakin ALL ACCESSANDY / Milk, MilkAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-11-04 | *available on iTunes,cdBaby,amazon & more. Mastered Version of song will be available on the Andy / Androgyne album (13 song album)
Composed arranged performed mixed & produced by ANDY Cover art by Stephen Rowan aka Luke Georgous...
Available November 10 2014 on iTunes CDBaby Amazon & more
Something about ANDY: Swifty’s Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the ’80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, “How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?” which was produced and engineered by DEVO’s Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band’s Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), “Reach,” was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the ’90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis’ WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as “Town Car,” “Viva Oy Vegas” and “Oh, God Get a Job.” (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band’s beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman’s oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul’s late wife Edie—he is now Swifty’s Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can’t stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It’s a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty’s Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.
by Roy Trakin HITS Magazine / Billboard / The ReporterANDY / LemonadeAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-10-24 | *available on iTunes,cdBaby,amazon & more. Mastered Version of song available on the Andy / Androgyne album (13 song album)
Composed arranged performed mixed & produced by ANDY Cover art by Stephen Rowan aka Luke Georgous... Something about ANDY :
Swifty’s Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the ’80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, “How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?” which was produced and engineered by DEVO’s Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band’s Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), “Reach,” was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the ’90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis’ WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as “Town Car,” “Viva Oy Vegas” and “Oh, God Get a Job.” (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band’s beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman’s oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul’s late wife Edie—he is now Swifty’s Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can’t stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It’s a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty’s Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.
by Roy Trakin HITS Magazine / Billboard / The ReporterIve Never Been Anywhere / Swiftys BazaarAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-10-22 | Swifty’s Bazaar, “I’ve Never Been Anywhere”: Erstwhile M.O.T. Andrew Todd Rosenthal continues to work tirelessly on his enterprising prog-funk conflation of Frank Zappa, Steely Dan and Firesign Theatre. This song revolves around chanting the name of the town of Tehachapi, backed by Rosenthal’s own tongue-in-cheek jive, horn blasts, a chunky organ, splattering guitar riffs and a sturdy drum beat. Mimicking his mentor FZ, the once and future Ice Berg belies the comedic spiel with disciplined musical acumen and swirling rhythms that suck you in and spit you out, as you wonder what just happened.
by Roy Trakin _Hits Magazine / Billboard / The Hollywood Reporter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Swifty's Bazaar is Andrew Todd Rosenthal & Michael Sherwood. *Composed, Arranged, Mixed and Produced by Andy & Mike at Martini Ranch. Santa Monica, Ca.
MS...... Piano,organ,keyboards,bass,percussion,sfx,vocals AR.......Guitar,synthesizers,drums,percussion,sounddesign,vocals Horn on the Cob....... All things brass & woodwinds Queen Crimson as Bobby Brogan...Vocals,original voice material Heather Carter..........Vocals Nancy Gardos...........Vocals Gina Jourard.............Vocals
He’s never been anywhere He doesn't go anyplace Bobby just sits in a chair Staring out into space Dreams of this cute little town up in Kern County California Where he’d like to plunk down
Tehachapi Mountain lion, black bear, raccoon and coyote Tehachapi Apricot, nectarine, Bobby and plum tree
He dreams of taking a taxi So that he can relax and see The land of four seasons For a number of reasons There's a world of discovery out in Kern County California Like a fresh rainbow trout
Tehachapi Artichoke, Broganberry, bobcats and goat cheese Tehachapi Raspberry, apple pie, condors and queen beesPoly Nation / Swiftys BazaarAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-10-22 | Swifty's Bazaar / Poly Nation available on iTunesRU Ready for This ? / Swiftys BazaarAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-10-22 | Swifty's Bazaar / RU Ready for This ? available on iTunesSwiftys Bazaar / Everything You Hear Is For SaleAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-08-08 | Swifty's Bazaar / Everything You Hear Is For Sale
Available now on iTunes and other digital download distributors.Swiftys Bazaar Commercial 140407Andrew Todd Rosenthal2014-08-04 | Swifty's Bazaar / Everything You Hear Is For Sale
Available now on iTunes and other digital download distributors.Saturday (Reprise) Peaceful Kitty Dreaming / Swiftys Bazaar (The Official Video)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2014-08-04 | Saturday (Reprise) Peaceful Kitty Dreaming Swifty's Bazaar / Everything You Hear Is For Sale
Andrew Todd Rosenthal & Michael Sherwood’s Musical exploration in genre blending. more music available on iTunes CDBaby Amazon and more...
"Buy this and tell a friend"I Dont Have Any !Andrew Todd Rosenthal2014-04-27 | The story begins as Kevin, Head of the McMafia Family is driving too slow in his Bentley as he is 3 hours late to oversee his daughter's wedding with his dog "Glocky". They went to Mc Donald's to use the restroom and... His beloved son Mitchell has just came home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his Grandmother's business. All of a sudden Kevin's life is renewed when the nature of the family business becomes foggy. He gets pulled over by a CHP on PCH and they become Framily.Martini Ranch / Our LivesAndrew Todd Rosenthal2014-02-23 | Music By Martini Ranch Photos by Alexxandra Gumienna --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------notes:
Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.Merry Christmas My Friend James Schmidt Author of the poem. Video by Andrew Todd RosenthalAndrew Todd Rosenthal2013-12-11 | This musical tribute to The Men & Women of the United States Military is adapted from the poem, Merry Christmas My Friend, written by former Marine Corps Scout Sniper, James Schmidt. This is my personal nod to the my Marine brothers & sisters serving far from home this Christmas. Semper Fi! Music by: Brian Becvar - Video Directed by: Andrew Todd RosenthalSwiftys Bazaar / Swiftys Bazaar Part I (The Official Video)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-29 | Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale. by Roy TrakinSwiftys Bazaar / L.O.L.Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-28 | phase 3 of Swifty's Bazaar "EYHIFS"
Composed by Andy & MikeThe Doors & Swiftys Bazaar / 20th Century Fox (Swiftys Lounge Mix)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-28 | A very "top secret project" Andrew Rosenthal & Michael Sherwood worked on in 2011. Not For Sale.
www.andyandrogyne.comThe Doors & Martini Ranch / 20th Century Fox (Martini Ranch Mix)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-27 | A very special project I worked on in 2004. Not For Sale.Martini Ranch / G.P.M.Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-27 | Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.M.O.T. (Members Of The Tribe) / 2nd ComingAndrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-27 | Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.Martini Ranch / (Brother) Take It OutAndrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-12 | Martini Ranch / (Brother) Take It Out "Holy Cow" Sire/Warner Brothers Records 1988 Official Song/Video PhotoMartini Ranch / New DealAndrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-11 | Martini Ranch / New Deal "Holy Cow" Sire/Warner Brothers Records 1988 Official Song/Video PhotoSwiftys Bazaar / Everybody Is A Liar (The Official Video)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-11 | Swifty's Bazaar / Everything You Hear Is For Sale "Everybody Is A Liar" (album available on iTunes)
Swifty's Bazaar, Everything You Hear Is for Sale: Once every decade, Andrew Rosenthal comes up with a watershed pop breakthrough. In the '80s, he formed Martini Ranch with actor Bill Paxton, an L.A. version of British new wave synth-electronica, yielding the KROQ perennial, "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" which was produced and engineered by DEVO's Bob Casale, featuring cameos from the band's Mark Mothersbaugh and drummer Alan Myers. The video for the song, directed by Rosenthal and Paxton with Rocky Schenk, offered a dystopian vision right out of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, including cameos by Paxton cohorts Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Biehn and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A clip for a second track from that Holy Cow album (on Sire/WB), "Reach," was directed by James Cameron and boasted appearances from Terminator collaborators Lance Henrikson and Paul Reiser as well as Judge Reinhold, Adrian Pasdar and Bud Cort. In the '90s, Rosenthal discovered his Jewish heritage and morphed into hebe rapper Ice Berg and, along with his cohort Hillel Tigay aka Dr. Dreidel, formed the groundbreaking, before-their-time hamishe hip-hop group M.O.T., acronym for Members of the Tribe, whose 19.99, also on Sire (thank you, Seymour Stein) through Bob Merlis' WB comedy imprint, doubled as the year of release and bargain-basement price, sporting such never-to-be classics as "Town Car," "Viva Oy Vegas" and "Oh, God Get a Job." (Editorial disclaimer: I served as the band's beleaguered, much-aggrieved manager Meshugge Knight.) For the 21st century, Andy has reinvented himself once again. Peering through Lew Wasserman's oversized glasses—given to him by the mogul's late wife Edie—he is now Swifty's Bazaar, and his magnum opus (with longtime cohort in sonic crime Michael Sherwood) is prog-rock for people who can't stand prog-rock, a brilliant, concept album set over a three-day weekend whose libretto narrative combines a satire of the clash between art and consumer culture with twisted stoner humor, recalling the intricate musical excursions of Frank Zappa and Steely Dan. It is a mind-bending head trip, Dark Side of the Moon for the post-techno generation, touching on such disparate sources as Charles Ives, Vince Guaraldi, Return to Forever and Firesign Theater and practically begging for an accompanying laser light show, or at the very least random-generated computer graphics. It's a work that has to be absorbed in a single sitting—preferably after a half-dozen or so bong hits—and sounds like nothing else out there. In a world of a la carte iTunes appetizers, Swifty's Bazaar offers a full meal, from soup to absolutely nuts—and, for all you film, TV and commercial music supervisor types out there—Everything You Hear Is for Sale.
by Roy Trakin Hits MagazineMartini Ranch / Winter In OldenburgAndrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-10 | "Winter In Oldenburg" by Martini Ranch.
Horse Farm Hopping in Northern Germany with Andrew Todd Rosenthal in December
unreleased "Martini Ranch" musicMartini Ranch / How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture ? (The Official Video)Andrew Todd Rosenthal2013-07-10 | Martini Ranch / How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture? "Holy Cow" Sire/Warner Brothers Records 1988 (The Official Video) Directed by friend Rocky Schenck. More Martini Ranch music : ANDY/ANDROGYNE and ANDY/TRANSFORMATION.(remastered)2020 Both albums, very martini ranch style. Available on iTunes
Martini Ranch It's A Wild West Showdown At Martini Ranch Martini Ranch were a studio project conceived in 1982 by Los Angeles based duo Andrew Todd Rosenthal and Bill Paxton - yep that’s right Bill Paxton - the actor. Martini Ranch has been variously described as avant-garde pop with a twist of new wave pop and jazz fusion elements for good measure. Their influences not surprisingly ranged from Oingo Boingo to Devo to B-52’s - quite a cocktail of musical eclecticism. Don‘t make the same mistake as I almost did and confuse Andrew Todd Rosenthal with Andy Todd of The Chills and later Republica.
They released a their debut album in 1988 titled ‘Holy Cow’. Take one look at the cover art and you have to assume there’s a certain amount of tongue in cheek to this project. But humour aside Martini Ranch does offer up a solid melodic basis in their work. I found that to be the case on the single ‘Reach’ which I found to be so catchy I purchased it on vinyl 45 - not for the comic value but for the song itself. Yes there’s an eccentric aspect to it but at its heart is a solid rock/pop song. I’ve not heard the entire album but it contained a number of quirky and eminently danceable rock/pop numbers - and this was 1988 so why not build on the foundation laid by the likes of Oingo Boingo, Talking Heads, Thomas Dolby etc. I mean who said rock music has to be serious. Martini Ranch did stop short of going to Weird Al Yankovic’s extreme.
The group drew on a wide range of contacts within both music and film industries to contribute to the album, from members of Devo and B’52’s (Cindy Wilson) to actors Bud Cort and Judge Reinhold. Track titles give and insight into the eclectic mix on offer; stand outs include ‘Hot Dog’, ‘Fat-Burning Formula’ and ‘How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self-Culture?’, the last featuring three members of Devo (Bob Casale, Alan Myers and Mark Mothersbaugh).
The promo video for the single ‘Reach’ was suitably quirky but yet had that Hollywood sheen that stamped it a cut above the pack. It was directed by none other than James Cameron - talk about a Hollywood heavyweight. Cameo appearances in the video came from Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Jenette Goldstein, Judge Reinhold and Adrian Pasdar. It was a favourite of mine from that year and yes it probably did influence me a bit in going out to buy the single. Sadly, it didn’t influence too many others and neither single or album found a niche on the mainstream charts for Martini Ranch. Judge Reinhold is credited with the ‘Good, Bad & Ugly’ style whistle on ‘Reach’.
The second single ‘How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture?’ (very Devo-esque) was also backed by an all-star promo video accompaniment featuring Anthony Michael Hall (who starred with Paxton in 'Weird Science') with cameos from Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton of ‘Terminator’ fame - there’s that James Cameron connection again.
Post Martini Ranch actor/musician Bill Paxton went on to star in a number of hit films, the biggest of course being ‘Titanic’, but ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘Tombstone’ also feature in his extensive filmography. Paxton has also kept his hand in the music biz contributing to a 1993 album by Seattle Men’s Chorus and New Order’s 2005 album ‘Item’. Andrew Todd Rosenthal has continued to be a prolific song-writer, worked in marketing at Del Fi Records and tried his hand at acting and sound editing. In between times he has recorded as one half of M.O.T. (Members of the Tribe).
The following YouTube clip is the full version of the promo-vid for Reach. Following it is the clip for 'How Can The Labouring Man'. This is the way music videos were meant to be made. Enjoy!