From TsunamiInc at aol.com Tue Aug 31 08:59:30 2010 From: TsunamiInc at aol.com (TsunamiInc at aol.com) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:59:30 EDT Subject: [Jamie-news] The Jamie Anderson Newsletter Message-ID: <3cfff.6de51280.39ae56b2@aol.com> The Jamie Anderson Newsletter Concert at the Comfort Inn in Hart, MI August 1, 2010 1. Tour schedule 2. Welcome and general blabbing 3. Updated website! 4. Do you live in Florida or the Midwest? Want a concert in your living room? 5. Articles in Curve 6. I?m on Facebook 7. Mailing list business 8. Ending quotes If you?d like to contact us, please don?t use the reply function, write to office at jamieanderson dot com. If you want to unsub or otherwise change your subscription, please see the instructions at _www.jamieanderson.com/newsletter.html_ (http://www.jamieanderson.com/newsletter.html) . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Tour Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9/4 Bethlehem, NH, 8 pm, Highlands Inn, _www.highlandsinn-nh.com_ (http://www.highlandsinn-nh.com/) , free for guests 9/9 Toronto, ON, 8 pm, Slacks, 562 Church St, _www.slacks.ca_ (http://www.slacks.ca/) 9/11 Kingston, ON, 8 pm, Girls Night Out at Ben?s Pub, 105 Clergy St, with Jenica Rayne, 613-546-7600 10/24 Belleville, ON, private engagement 11/19 Las Cruces, NM house concert 11/20 Albuquerque, NM with the NM Women?s Chorus 11/27 El Paso, TX, house concert 12/3 Phoenix, AZ Fiddler?s Dream Coffeehouse, with Wayward Maggie 12/4 Apache Junction, AZ private engagement 2011: April Florida / Midwest May/June PA, VA, NC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Welcome and general blabbing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It?s been so warm here in Canada that I swear I didn?t leave North Carolina. Now if I could only find some grits. What am I thinking? I don?t even like grits. I just tried poutine, though and that should count. It?s a French Canadian, um, delicacy ? french fries loaded with gravy and cheese curds. It looks like something from a horror flick but I gotta say, it sure was tasty, even if I could hardly hear above my arteries slapping shut. In August I spent a week in the woods in Michigan with a few thousand of my friends. Had a freakin? blast. I taught a songwriting workshop, worked for Goldenrod and got to play on the day stage with Nedra Johnson and again, on the night stage for ?Chix Lix.? Sure was fun telling everyone I was Nedra?s guitar player. I wish I had a photo of the prom dress I wore for the second gig but y?all will just have to imagine it?s loveliness ? a vision of teal ruffles, satin and butt bow. A butt bow, people. As I was rehearsing ?Testimony? with Nedra?s band, Nedra says ?Look over there.? I look up and there?s Ferron listening to us. After we finished, she said in a matter-of-fact way, ?That was good, guys.? I think I quit breathing for a moment. It was like playing ?Blowing in the Wind? with Dylan standing there. Just as exciting, the song that we did on the night stage was Cris Williamson?s ?Joanna.? The next day, Cris complimented me on my work and said I could include the song in my regular show. I might just do that. I?ve always loved that song. This weekend I?m making a rare appearance in New England, at the fabulous lesbian resort The Highlands Inn. I?m doing a show on Saturday and it?s free for guests. If you haven?t booked anything for the Labor Day weekend and you want a nice getaway, check it out: _www.highlandsinn-nh.com_ (http://www.highlandsinn-nh.com/) . It's a beautiful inn with a pool, two hot tubs, wonderful food and in an area with lots of outdoor activities. They're only a few hours from NYC, Boston and other major cities. If you?re closer to Ontario, I hope you can come to my gigs in Toronto or Kingston in early September. Information is above. It?s my first time playing in each city so bring 50 of your closest friends, ?k? I?m booking gigs for early April in Florida and later in the month, the Midwest. If you have a living room big enough to seat 20 or more, give me a shout. House concerts are easy and there?s no money out of your pocket ? all of my income comes from money collected at the door. If you want to know more, e me: Jamie at jamieanderson.com Hope to see you y?all soon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Updated website! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have an almost new website. There are new videos, songs for download and general merriment. Check it out: www.jamieanderson.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Articles in Curve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I?ve got a new article in the online version of Curve: _http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2010/20-Great-Lesbian-L ove-songs/_ (http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2010/20-Great-Lesbian-Love-songs/) Also, the newest paper version has several of my articles, including one about immigrating, called "Love Across the Border." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Do you live in Florida or the Midwest? Want a concert in your living room? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I?ve got openings in April for house concerts. If you?ve always wanted a singer-songwriter in your living room (or finished basement or big dining room or?) and you?ve got an address book of at least 20 folks who would come, shoot me an email: _Jamie at jamieanderson.com_ (mailto:Jamie at jamieanderson.com) Not sure how to do a house concert? It?s easy. There?s a wonderful article at _http://www.trritchie.com/newhouseconcerts.htm_ (http://www.trritchie.com/newhouseconcerts.htm) There?s also one at _http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/09/house.concerts/index.html_ (http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/09/house.concerts/index.html) I?d also welcome house concert opportunities elsewhere. I?ll be in Arizona and New Mexico in November/December and on the east coast next summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. I?m on Facebook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And I want to be your friend. _http://bit.ly/jamiea_ (http://bit.ly/jamiea) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Mailing list business ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Ending quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are quotes from two intelligent women: ?I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.? ? Gloria Steinem ?When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.? ? Elayne Boosler Not that I need an excuse to eat chocolate. Stay well, everyone -- -- Jamie www.jamieanderson.com Get the new album, Better Than Chocolate, at _www.cdbaby.com/cd/JamieAnderson1_ (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/JamieAnderson1) , _www.goldenrod.com_ (http://www.goldenrod.com/) , _www.ladyslipper.org_ (http://www.ladyslipper.org/) , and many download sites including iTunes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 7504 bytes Desc: not available URL: