Dondero Drops from the Sky
I’m thrilled to announce that an amazing short-notice show has dropped from the sky:
I’ll be sharing a bill with indie folk legend David Dondero next Thursday, July 21, at the Wormhole in Savannah.
Get in your car and drive. And I’ll see you at the show.
Kick Me: Pre-order My New Record
Okay, gang. I’ve launched my very first Kickstarter campaign to make sure my new record, Thugs and China Dolls, makes it out of the studio and into your ears.
Don’t know what Kickstarter is? Well, Kickstarter.com is a cool website that allows artists and other imaginative people to raise critical funding to make sure their neat ideas make it out into the world.
I’m aiming to raise $5,000 (a small portion of my overall budget) by selling pre-ordered copies of Thugs and China Dolls. There’s all kinds of other cool stuff you can buy, too (a pair of Jim White’s loafers, anyone?), but pre-orders of the record are the main thing. So check out my video, then click through the link and order your copy today!
Prepared Piano (in the Forest)
Suny Lyons “prepares” pianos the old fashioned way: by hurling them into the woods behind his studio, breaking them apart with hammers, then miking the pile. This in service of building the chaotic ending for the song “Thugs and China Dolls.”
More photos of Suny’s handiwork after the jump.
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Ah Shucks: Best of Savannah 2011
Thanks to all you music nerds who voted us Savannah’s best acoustic band of 2011 in the Connect Savannah readers poll. You guys are nice.
Collaboration in My Attic
I’m working very, very hard on a cover of Brian Eno’s “Some of Them Are Old,” a song I have adored for many a moon.
Poof: Show with Holopaw and Ten Cent Poetry, March 25
Sometimes shows just drop out of the sky and plop onto my show calendar. That’s how this amazing bill worked: Dare Dukes + the Blackstock Collection will be playing a show Friday, March 25, in Savannah at the Sentient Bean with Sub Pop wonders Holopaw and Asheville’s Ten Cent Poetry.
All Ages.
$8 General
$6 with Student ID
Whoa. This one is not to be missed.
Stopover Festival Poster: Ben, Where Are You?
One of the neato things about the Savannah Stopover Festival, which starts today, is the poster contest. I just went to the reception and saw all the amazing entries (the ones that were chosen among the many submitted). There were even a couple cool ones with my name on them. This one, in particular, I think is the bees knees. (I’m a sucker for mustard, bikes, and DIY jet propulsion). It’s designed by a Savannah College of Art and Design student named Ben Gephardt.
Ben, where are you?
