The lineup in Lakewood is ex-
pected to include Josh Rouse,
Dean Friedman (Ariel), Kristen
Hersh & Fred Abong (Throwing
Muses), Alec Ounswirth (Clap Your
Hands Say Yeah!), Robert Pinsky
(former US Poet Laureate), Daniel
Wolff (4th Of July, Asbury Park),
and comedians Eugene Mirman
and Dave Hill. It’s not only a spe-
cial show because of the holidays,
but it will mark the 100th Cabinet
of Wonders production.
“I’ve been a musician for years
and then started writing novels,”
explained Stace. “At some point
my agent said to me, ‘When you’re
doing the novels and so forth, you
steer away from talking about the
music.’ I was doing the music un-
der John Wesley Harding and I
was writing novels under Wesley
Stace. So he said, ‘Why don’t you
put them together a bit and we
can use them as the X marks the
spot and you’ll be in the middle?’”
Stace decided to revisit a show
he ran many years ago at The
Mean Fiddler in Harlesden, Lon-
don called “The John Wesley
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