Collapsible Three

Collapsible Three nominated

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:42:16 -0600

Vote for Collapsible Three in this years Turtle Boy Music Awards
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=365163205102

WoMag article on Steve

Thu, 25 May 2006 12:58:22 -0500

Songwriter Steve Mossberg off to study

By Chet Williamson

When talking about Worcester with singer/songwriter/pianist Steve Mossberg, he says the big town is the place where he learned to play. “It’s been a friendly and cozy environment where I’ve been allowed to make mistakes. People are supportive here. It’s nurtured the kind of player that I am.”

Originally from Washington, D.C., Mossberg came to town in 1997 to study at Clark. While there, he played in a variety of on-campus and local groups, most notably with The Arthur Dent Foundation. He recently found out that he has been accepted into the Boston Conservatory grad school program. “I won’t be living here, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not going to play here,” he says. “I enjoy Worcester and I’m sure I’ll continue to play in town as long as it is fun to do that.”

WoMag Interviews Steve

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:51:10 -0500

Collapsible Three
Winner of the Funk/Soul category

A local “super group” of sorts, for lack of a less corny term, Collapsible Three is composed of Steve Mossberg on the organ, Duncan Arsenault on drums and Craig Rawding on vocals/percussive oddities. Known for their flights of experimentation and improvisation, they’re not your crushed-velvet-sporting uncle’s funk band.

Five with Steve Mossberg:

Along with all of your original material, you guys cover stuff from Kiss to The Super Mario Brothers’ theme song. Plus, you sample 1950s-era sex education records. Why are you so weird?

We also cover hits like “Easy Lover” by Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey and sample Phil Collins interview clips. We play funny songs and use weird samples to crack each other up and have a good time. Our mission statement has always been to be fun and free and do whatever we think is cool.

The “new look” for 2006: Fat or fatter?

Fatter. We’re offering a super-size option on future Collapsible Three shows.

You got that sizzurp?

We prefer amaretto on the rocks.

Fair enough.

Describe the best concert you’ve ever been to.

I was at a Rush concert once where they had a giant CG dragon light the whole stage on fire. That was pretty awesome.

If you were a crow, what would be something you loved about Worcester?

The wide selection of delicious and competitively priced hot dog stands. From Coney Island to Hot Dog Annie’s, I would snatch up a myriad of tasty crumbs in my beak.

WoMag link

Turtle Boy Music Awards

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:34:05 -0600

Collapsible Three has one first place in the category of "Best Funk/Soul" group in the Worcester Magazine Turtle Boy Music Awards. Thank you Worcester Magazine and everyone that voted for C3. We have been asked to play the awards party at Tammany Hall. We will have details on that soon.
link to the award results

Land Battle

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:13:12 -0600

There is a new song called "Land Battle" and "Have Fun Storming the Castle" available in the music section. These are from the last night of Collapsible Three's Tammany Hall residency on December 26, 2005.

Enjoy

download
Land Battle (live at Tammany Hall 12/26/05)
Have Fun Storming the Castle (live at Tammany Hall 12/26/05)

if you are already subscribed to the C3 Podcast you will get these new songs automatically.

Tammany Monday's have ended

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:32:01 -0600

Since October Collapsible Three has been playing Monday nights at Tammany Hall in Worcester. It has been a great experience, and we thank all of the people who came to check it out. C3 is going to spend the winter rehearsing new material and heading into the studio for their first release. You can still see C3 playing live at various places, be sure to check out the Tour Dates section of the website and sign up for the the mailing list to know what's up.

update

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:59:31 -0600

Tammany is still moving along and Collapsible Three is just about ready to hibernate and plan for their first studio recording. In addition to Monday's C3 has been playing some fun shows. The Festival of Lights in Downtown Worcester was fun and the Green Street Christmas Show was a blast.

(photo: Doug Chapel)

thank you everyone for the continued support.

Festival of Lights

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:51:26 -0600

Collapsible Three will be playing in Downtown Worcester this evening as part of the festival of lights. There is a lot going on so please check out www.worcestermass.org and www.dsquared.org for schedules and information about artists and performers.

C3 will be on at 7:00PM in the Chamber of Commerce Building, Main St. Worcester next to Mechanics Hall

Playing on a Monday

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:28:26 -0600

Thank you Michael from the Bee's Knees for playing a great set of music last night and letting Collapsible Three get up and play a couple songs with you.

New Music

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:18:55 -0600

A couple new tracks from 11/07/05 at Tammany Hall in the Music section and in the podcast

Collapsible Three will be at Freud's Coffeehouse at Clark University on Saturday, come out and play.

Roger and another Monday

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:59:32 -0600

Thanks to Roger Lavallee of Duncan's other band The Curtain Society for opening up the night tonight with a great set of acoustic songs.

You are too kind

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:41:33 -0500

another fantastic Monday evening at Tammany Hall. Thank you all for coming out. It was nice to see all the new faces and meet some of our MySpace friends.

Thanks to Scott Riccuiti for playing such a great set and giving us the honor of playing a few songs with him.

Monday's

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:30:47 -0500

Thank you everyone for coming out the show Monday. Dan Levine was fantastic. We hope to have him come and play with us again sometime soon.

Next week we welcome the wonderful Scott Ricciuti of the band Huck, who will be playing acoustic starting at 10:00

see you Monday!

Tammany Monday's have begun

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:24:08 -0500

A Monday after a long weekend, a rain storm and Collapsible Three's first Monday night at Tammany Hall still didn't keep it from being a good night. Thanks to Craig for playing and getting people up on their feet. C3 played a long set, complete with encore, we look forward to trying out some new songs for you all this Monday.

Telegram article 9/29/05

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:24:25 -0500

The Collapsible Three, as the combo is known, ate up its half-hour of open-mike time airing three spaced-out pieces of music steeped in funk, soul and the sort of fractured sound craft one finds on the last few Radiohead records. The music was too huge-sounding and focused to be written off as ambient, yet it was also fairly untethered from convention.

fr. telegram.com