[Jamie-news] Jamie Anderson Newsletter
TsunamiInc at aol.com
TsunamiInc at aol.com
Wed Jul 2 14:41:52 EDT 2008
The Jamie Anderson Newsletter
The Broad Street Band! We’ll be at the Festival for the Eno in Durham this
Saturday, July 5, 12:15 – 1 on the Meadow Stage
and 5 – 6 pm on the Grove Stage. www.enoriver.org
1. Tour schedule
2. Welcome and general blabbing
3. Free songs at _www.jamieanderson.com_ (http://www.jamieanderson.com/)
4. Why I’m voting Republican. Video! It’s a video!
5. Article about Fanny, groundbreaking all-women’s rock band
6. Articles in Curve
7. Help for Indie-Music.com
8. Contest! Here’s your chance to win a CD.
9. Looking for Midwest venues for November
10. Mailing list business
11. Ending quote
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1. Tour schedule
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7/5 Durham, NC, Festival for the Eno, with Broad Street, 12:15 – 1 pm
Meadow Stage, 5 – 6 pm Grove stage, _www.enoriver.org_ (http://www.enoriver.org/)
8/1 Pittsburgh, PA, 7:30 pm, Square Café, 1137 S.Braddock Ave in Regent
Square, (412) 244-8002 _www.square-cafe.com_ (http://www.square-cafe.com/) ,
with Tracy Drach
8/2 Indianapolis, IN, 7 pm, Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,
1818 W. 57th St, _www.cuuf.org_ (http://www.cuuf.org/) , _dan at danhenkel.com_
(mailto:dan at danhenkel.com) , 317-446-2666
8/3 Hart, MI, 7 pm, Comfort Inn, annual pre-fest concert, with Ruth
Barrett, tickets at http://www.jamieanderson.com/tour.html
8/5 -- 10 Hart, MI, Michigan Women's Music Festival, teaching bellydance
and songwriting, _www.michfest.com_ (http://www.michfest.com/)
9/26 Fredericksburg, VA
9/27 Baltimore, MD
9/28 Carrboro, NC, Carrboro Music Festival, with Broad Street Band
11/14 Rockford, IL, with Kara Barnard
11/15 Ann Arbor, MI
11/21 Downers Grove, IL
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2. Welcome and general blabbing
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I always cry at least once at the National Women’s Music Festival. This
time, it was at the round robin, the event that ends the festival, where all of
the performers get up to do one song or spoken word piece. Andrea Gibson had
just done this incredibly moving poem about the importance of art and how it
connects us all. It was all I could do to hold it together when I came up
afterwards to lead everyone in a final song. To honor women’s music pioneer
Maxine Feldman (who passed away last year), we did one of her songs, “Amazon.” As
we began the opening chords, the audience, already standing after Andrea’s
amazing performance, grabbed each other’s hands and started to dance across
the room. As the song gained in intensity with gospel voices, drums and
harmonies, I swear we all levitated. Damn. Just damn.
The rest of the festival was wonderful too. I heard some great music, from
Nicole Reynolds charming songs to the smooth harmonies of Cris Williamson and
band. I got to bellydance with Middle Eastern / Latin band Paprika. Tret
Fure's band played, Ellis was her adorable self, Karen Williams made me laugh so
hard I had to press my thighs together to prevent myself from peeing my
pants. Martine Locke blew us away with her rock-infused solo set. If I’d have
cloned myself I could’ve heard everyone and gone to everything.
Y’all need to come next year. Really. Yeah, it costs more than some of the
other fests but it’s still more affordable than an Olivia Cruise. Your male
friends can go and best of all, there’s no camping unless you really want to do
it. I slept in a comfortable hotel bed that made me very very happy.
In othe news -- I’m very excited to play with my band, Broad Street, at
Festival for the Eno this weekend. In August I’m doing a short tour that includes
Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Hart (MI). Hope to see y’all out at a gig!
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3. Free songs at _www.jamieanderson.com_ (http://www.jamieanderson.com)
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_http://jamieanderson.com/music.html_ (http://jamieanderson.com/music.html)
Well, almost free. If you really don’t have the dough or if you’re new to
my music, you don’t need to pay. But if you’re a fan who doesn’t plan to buy
an album, please consider using the Paypal donation button. You’ll help keep
my cats in kibble.
I just re-recorded “Her Problem Now” with my band. It’s the first song on
that page.
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4. Why I’m voting Republican. Video. It’s a video!
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It’s hard to laugh in these times but this oughta do it for you:
_http://youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU_
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU)
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5. Article about Fanny, ground breaking all-women’s rock band
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Here’s an article I wrote about one of the first all-women’s rock bands to
be signed to a major label. They recorded at the Beatles Apple Studios,
partied with Mick Jagger and kicked some serious musical booty:
http://www.afterellen.com/music/2008/7/fanny?page=0%2C0
At the same site, I’m writing recaps of my fav reality TV show So You Think
You Can Dance:
_http://www.afterellen.com/blog/58173_ (http://www.afterellen.com/blog/58173)
I’ve also penned an article about women’s music:
_http://www.afterellen.com/music/2008/4/womensmusic101_
(http://www.afterellen.com/music/2008/4/womensmusic101)
I’ll be writing more for them. Stay tuned.
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6. Articles in Curve
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I’ve also written a couple of articles for Curve for their July music
issue. It’s out now. I’m not sure yet if you’ll be able to read it on line (if
so, it’ll be at _www.curvemag.com_ (http://www.curvemag.com/) ) or just the
paper version.
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7. Help for Indie-Music.com
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I sometimes write for Indie-Music.com, a great website featuring the work of
independent musicians. The folks who run it, Suzanne Glass and Paul Bultman,
recently lost their home and business in the flooding that hit Columbus,
Indiana. They’re currently living in a borrowed home and slowly building their
lives up again. If you can help with a small donation, I’m sure they’d
appreciate it greatly. You can send them something via Paypal using
_billing at indie-music.com_ (mailto:billing at indie-music.com) . You could also send a check to
Indie-Music.com, PO Box 602, Columbus, IN 47202. If you’re in the music
business, consider supporting their site by purchasing an ad.
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8. Contest! Here’s your chance to win a CD.
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Supply a funny caption for each of these photos and send them to Jamie at
jamieanderson dot com. The winning entries will be published in the next
newsletter and win a CD. And yes, these are my cats.
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9. Looking for Midwest venues for November
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If you know of a great venue in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa or Wisconsin, please shoot me an email. It needs to have a listening
crowd, a PA and more than pass-the-hat-pay. I’ll consider a house concert too
(and I don’t need a PA for those) but I’ll book those later. E me: Jamie at
jamieanderson dot com.
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10. Mailing list business
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You are on this list because you signed up at a concert or went online and
signed yourself up. If neither of those things happened then someone has
forwarded you this newsletter. I do not add anyone without their permission nor is
this list sold to anyone else. If you'd like to unsub, I'll cry but I won't
make you pay my therapist bill. You can do it yourself at
_www.jamieanderson.com/newsletter.html_ (http://www.jamieanderson.com/newsletter.html) . Likewise
if you'd like to change your address. Please don't forward virus warnings,
news items, jokes or petitions. With over 2,000 of you on this list it'd be
too much to keep up with the extra mail. However, I love getting mail from
fans and answer when I can: tsunamiinc at aol dot com.
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11. Ending quote
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In Larry King's interview with Jon Stewart, Larry brought up the subject of
the primaries and asked him if America was ready for a woman or a Black
president.
Jon looked at him quizzically and said, "This is such a non-question. Did
anyone ask us in 2000 if Americans were ready for a moron?"
Peace and chocolate,
-- Jamie
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