From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #225 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, September 18 2010 Volume 15 : Number 225 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Jesca Hoop's Hunting My Dress on NPR [] Susan McKeown project on Kickstarter [Michael Curry ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:38:00 -0700 From: Subject: Re: Jesca Hoop's Hunting My Dress on NPR Did you see my message a while back?? She told me YES and they will be on her www. www.myspace.com/birdiebreeze - -----Original Message----- From: Doug Subj: Re: Jesca Hoop's Hunting My Dress on NPR Date: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:32 pm Size: 57 bytes To: ecto@smoe.org Yes but will the _official_ lyrics be available? (sigh) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:38:11 -0400 From: Michael Curry Subject: Susan McKeown project on Kickstarter Susan McKeown has started a Kickstarter project for her upcoming album, 'Singing in the Dark" here: http://kck.st/d3I0zi Among the incentives for pledging are advance signed copies of the CD, post-show meet & greets, and even a private concert for you and 30 friends. Here, as posted on the project page, are the details: "'Singing in the Dark' is an album of songs that explores Creativity, Suffering and the Pursuit of Happiness. Taking as it's theme creativity and madness, the lyrics come from poets of the last thousand years who, for the most part, were writing through the lens of depression, mania and substance abuse. I came up with the idea for the album seven years ago when I read Kay Jamison's book 'Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament' and have been developing the project ever since. New music for the poems was written by myself, Elaine Agnew, Lisa Gutkin and Frank London, and there are songs from John Dowland, Violeta Parra and Leonard Cohen. The recording began on Achill Island on the west coast of Ireland in August 2008 and is now almost complete - you can hear some of the tracks in the video. Having financed the project to date on my own, I still need additional funding to finish the recording and for duplication, distribution, publicity, and a video project for the tour. The national tour kicks off with the launch of the album in New York on October 30 and many of the performances will feature discussions on the topic of creativity and mental health which will be streamed or recorded for posting on YouTube. (Tour dates in Ireland are planned for February/March). I've partnered with the non-profit organizations NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Fountain House, BringChange2Mind, MDSG (Mood Disorder Support Group, NY) and Shine (Ireland). These groups will benefit from a portion of the proceeds raised from the sale of the album. The tour dates are taking shape and so far include: Portland, ME (pre-release: Oct 16); New York (Oct 30); Boston (Nov 13); Baltimore (Nov 18); Eugene, OR (Nov 26); Portland, OR (Nov 27); San Francisco (Dec 1/2); Denver (Dec 3); Taos (Dec 4) and Albuquerque (December 5). I need at least $10,000 to accomplish these goals, but I'm setting a funding goal of $7,500." ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #225 ***************************