From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #333 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, December 9 2009 Volume 14 : Number 333 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... 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She has until tomorrow to raise her goal, and if she doesn't meet her goal she doesn't get *anything*. Last night she did a fundraising concert at The Living Room in NYC with a 12-piece band (including Noe Venable as one of her 4 backup singers :), and it was *fantastic*. Horn section, organ, the works. The record is going to be amazing, and it's well worth the support. So please, if you support good independent music, please consider throwing a few dollars Greta's way today. I can guarantee you it'll be worth it. Meredith :) - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: penultimate email Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:58:26 -0500 From: Greta To: Dear Friends, It's now or never! - Please help us make "The Universal Thump". We're down to the last 3 days of this fundraising campaign. I will soon be posting one last Kickstarter video and update about shows in December, but then I take long vacation from your Inbox! We are currently at 59% of our goal budget and have raised pledges so far totalling $8,785! However, if we don't reach the goal by WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, we will receive ZERO. "The Universal Thump" is indeed an ambitious, orchestral pop project; one that I have been working towards for many years. The collective musical experience of the musicians who will be performing on "The Universal Thump" is truly mind-blowing, having worked with artists such as Elvis Costello, Levon Helm, Jeff Buckley, Deborah Harry, David Byrne, MeShell Ndegeocello, Jack White, Norah Jones, John Wesley Harding, Thomas Dolby and more. I am incredibly grateful to all the amazingly generous backers, and those who have helped spread the word (eg) Irene Trudel at WFMU radio, Bernard Zuel at the Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/money-for-jamming-as-busking-takes-a-digital-turn/2009/11/16/1258219799888.html), Brooklyn Paper (http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/41/32_41_dc_greta_gertler.html?comm=1), Sea Fever Blog (http://sea-fever.org/2009/11/23/moby-monday-greta-gertler-passes-the-tarpaulin/) and all of our friends on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. As mentioned before, it's really easy to make a pledge. And there are rewards for Pygmy Sperm Whale Backers to Narwhals, including "The Universal Thump" Shoulder-Rubbing T-shirt, Songbooks, original whale watercolours and my Secret Guide to Survival in New York City (including book, map & supplies!) We now urge you to visit!: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/GretaGertler/the-universal-thump-the-new-album-by-greta-ger And if you are in NYC, please come to THE LIVING ROOM (154 Ludlow Street) this MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 at 9pm for "The Universal Thump" FINAL FUNDRAISING SHOW for a preview of songs from the album with a 12-piece band (a rare treat!), plus PRIZES from VESELKA for Backers. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." - - Melville, "Moby Dick" Greta & The Universal Thump Team http://www.Facebook.com/greta.gertler http://www.Myspace.com/gretagertlermusic http://www.GretaGertler.net To edit your subscription preferences, visit: http://giraffegiraffe.com/gg/r/P3q/8te15M ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 01:05:49 +1000 From: heidi maier Subject: Re: Thea Gilmore live in London, an unreliable witness argh. i'm sorry your thea experience was ruined by those morons, adam. unfortunately more and more morons seem to be turning up to shows and ruining them for others. i've had a couple of wretched experiences recently with people who were either singing along loudly (hello! i paid to hear the performer sing, not you!) or spending most of the gig waving their stupid mobile phone around trying to take photos or record footage that i am sure will end up being completely crap anyway. i saw tori amos' brisbane show on her australian tour and it was brilliant. you could tell she was having some difficulties with her voice towards the end, but oh how i enjoyed seeing her solo again! the girl sitting behind me who felt compelled to loudly sing along? not so brilliant. i finally turned around and asked her very politely if she could please shut the hell up. thankfully three other people also did the same thing then, not that it deterred her from continuing to sing along. . and, also: while the tori show was reserved seating (thank god) i've noticed an increasing amount of people at general admission shows who not only talk really loudly throughout the support acts but also during the headliner. what is that about? surely if you've forked out money for the show and bothered to trek to the venue then you're there to experience the performer, not stand there and chat loudly with your obnoxious friend while getting more and more drunk as the night progresses? perhaps, at the ripe old age of thirty-one, my complete lack of patience for such stupidity indicates that i am turning into a grumpy old woman? who knows ... ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #333 ***************************