Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez
If you think the Obama birth certificate issue is going away.. think again... I thought this deal was beat to death and the man has proven many times over he can not be trusted.. but America elected this idiot... now we are suffering. Anyway... check out the latest, I was truly surprised at what I read in this article!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
from http://www.musiciansatlas.com/newsletter/jul09/tellingontrixie.asp
Telling on Trixie
“There's nothing easy about it. If you want easy, this is not the way to go. Frankly, if you want easy, you're probably in the wrong business anyway.”
- Telling on Trixie frontman Derek Nicoletto recaps on his experience calling upon fans to fund the band’s latest album.
New York-based Indie Rock quintet, Telling on Trixie, is proof that taking your career into your own hands can lead to success. The band funded its March ‘09 release, Ugly, Broke & Sober, entirely on donations and its promotional campaign has inspired other Indies to ditch traditional methods of recording and distribution and rely solely on the power of fans. Here, vocalist Derek Nicoletto fills Atlas Plugged in on how he and his bandmates (Brad Small- guitar, Tommy Kessler – guitars & keys , Andrew Frawley - drums & percussion, Tom Welsch – bass) raised over $20,000 through online promotion directed towards their Band With A Plan site and various levels of donation opportunities and rewards.
ATLAS PLUGGED: Why did you decide to launch a dedicated Web site (abandwithaplan.com) in an effort to raise funds (as opposed to doing it just on your MySpace or official site?)
TELLING ON TRIXIE: A key aspect of A Band with a Plan was the exclusivity of membership. We needed a separate website with password protected areas for the behind-the-scenes blog and news. Our site had voting poll modules and a forum where members could express their opinions. Right before the release, we posted all the songs so all the members could have a private sneak peek. The operation of A Band with a Plan was intense and totally its own beast from the day-to-day of Telling on Trixie. As you can quickly see from the site, there was a lot involved to our program and I think that's one of the reasons it succeeded.
ATLAS PLUGGED: This project began last May 12st. Was it slow to start off? When do you expect to meet your $50,000 goal?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: This project began in beta in May 2008, and in June, we launched it properly. At first, we thought we would spend a year trying to raise $50,000 to support and promote an album and a video. After some discussion amongst ourselves, we realized we didn't want to spend a year fundraising. So, we decided that September 30th 2008 would be the last day of the fundraising and membership portion of a Band with a Plan. We hoped to raise $20,000 by then, and we did. The actual musical creation of an album is so all-consuming, there's no way I could have had the fundraising and membership drive running entirely concurrently. There was some overlap, but by October 1st, we needed to concentrate fully on the music. I'm so glad we did.
ATLAS PLUGGED: What was the biggest donation you received?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: $5,000
ATLAS PLUGGED: The Lowest?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: $10
ATLAS PLUGGED: The Average amount & tier level?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Most people donated at the $50 "Groupie" level, probably because it included the most bang for your buck. A $50 level member got a private username and password for the site, an autographed CD and a T-Shirt. The T-Shirts are still in the making, because the first batch we got were totally ugly when they arrived. After all our fans and Band with a Plan members have done for us, I'm not giving them ugly fashion.
ATLAS PLUGGED: “Band Managers” who donated more than $500 received a personal 1-2 minute instrumental jingle for their MySpace page. How many of these did you have to compose?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Well, we offered five people this option and actually, none of them wanted the jingle. But they did want to be in the video for "Crash Me Up," so they all make appearances. In many cases, people wanted to participate on their own terms. One couple offered us an extra $100 if they could be the first to hear the rough cut of "Mad About You." We obliged.
ATLAS PLUGGED: How many people did you write 3-4 minute private songs for?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Two songs have been written. One song is completed and was delivered privately. For the second song, our member asked if she could write a song with me, which I think is really cool. She created her own experience out of it, which is awesome. Also, you can see both of the people who donated $1,000 and more in the “Crash Me Up” video. Actually, many of those people in the video are members of A Band with a Plan.
ATLAS PLUGGED: What was it like working with producer Jamie Siegel (Lauryn Hill, Taking Back Sunday, Joss Stone) on select tracks?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Jamie produced our first album, Telling on Trixie. Since he knows us really well, we knew we could show him what we had done with the first seven tracks and trust him with the last three. We had a lot of responsibility to get it right with this album. There's no one else I wanted to mix the album or produce those tracks but Jamie.
ATLAS PLUGGED: You included your fans from around the world in the music video for “Crash Me Up.” How did you film those from Italy, Orlando & Germany? Was it really the same red ball?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: I ordered about 20 of the same ball and sent them around the world. But in many of the shots, it's the exact same ball.
ATLAS PLUGGED: How did you team up with Project Runway star Jack Mackenroth to design you an article of clothing for the $10000.00 donation? Has anyone gotten this yet?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Jack was in our video for "Orion's Light." We filmed portions of it in Shanghai, China and the rest of it in Brooklyn, New York. If you're a Jack fan, I suggest you check out the Director's Cut of "Orion's Light" which is only up on You Tube, next to its softer sister version. The original version was a little too racy for broadcast because of the heavy S&M vibe. I'm a fan of Jack's clothes; he's a fan of Telling on Trixie, so he was kind enough to offer our fans a personal design for Band with a Plan. But since no one donated $10,000, he didn't design the article. Of course, if someone would still like to donate that money, I'm sure we could still work something out.
ATLAS PLUGGED: From what states & countries have you received most of your donations?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Almost 100 from five continents participated. We personally know about sixty percent of the people who took part.
ATLAS PLUGGED: Is your ultimate goal to sign to a label?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Our ultimate goal is to be a self-sustaining musical project.
ATLAS PLUGGED: Will you do something like this again?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Only time will tell, but we've just begun to ride the "Ugly, Broke & Sober" wave, so it will be a while.
ATLAS PLUGGED: Do you see this as something more bands could/should easily do?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: There's nothing easy about it. If you want easy, this is not the way to go. Frankly, if you want easy, you're probably in the wrong business anyway.
ATLAS PLUGGED: What is your advice for artists who are reading this and are thinking of launching their own fund-raising rather than joining companies like Sellaband?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: It really depends on what the artist wants out of the program. Sellaband serves a purpose, but was not for us. Many bands, such as Comandante Zero and Diablo Royale have contacted us and now have programs somewhat similar to ours in effect. If bands like our program I suggest they look at abandwithaplan.com and study its structure. My advice is to tailor any program to your fans, though. What worked for Jill Sobule would not work for us, and vice versa.
ATLAS PLUGGED: "Ugly, Broke & Sober" is now playing on 168 college stations and and "Crash Me Up" on few hundred more Internet, HOT AC, AAA and Underground stations. Did you hire a radio promotions company or have band members taken on the task?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: We have professionals who bring our music to radio, but we have also built personal relationships with many individual terrestrial or internet stations worldwide.
ATLAS PLUGGED: You teamed up with the American Cancer Society as a charity partner… How does this work?
TELLING ON TRIXIE: Two years ago, we approached the American Cancer Society about becoming our charitable partner after some personal experiences with cancer. The ACS had us to their offices in NYC. We shared our stories with them; they shared their mission with us. As a result, this year we performed for a second year in a row at the NYU fundraiser. We dedicated our song, "The Deepest Dive" to the Luminaria March. In April, for every download of that song, we pledged $1. We will be donating several hundred dollars to the ACS at the end of this month as a result of the download program.
TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: Check out the band atwww.myspace.com/tellingontrixie
Joelle Batelli spends her days at Music Resource Group editing for
The Musician’s Atlas and coordinating sponsorships for The Independent Music Awards. As music naturally consumes her life, she spends her “downtime” producing/hosting a Web-TV show, On the Verge, for Ambush.tv. You can watch her interview Butch Walker, Hanson, the Matches, Sohodolls and more at www.planetverge.com.
Not sure we want to know this haha
40404 (11:22 AM):
phillipmoffat: In longmont, on way to estes park
phillipmoffat: In longmont, on way to estes park
Another Stillwater, OK artist and friend sent me this photo.. apparently catfish in Lake Carl Blackwell like sasuages... haha..
Chad Sullins and his CATCH OF THE DAY!!!
My good friend and Oklahoma Artist TJ MacFarland in Nashville last night caught
Tommy Tutone performing live acoustic... show.. in the Listening Room... in Nashville, what a treat he said!
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No Justice Concert proceeds to benefit The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and The Miami Project!Monday, July 13, 2009
where Pike National Forest is.. between Colo Springs and Denver... and UP
For those wondering what's there to see...Pike National Forest
Colorado
Perhaps as embedded in American folklore as the Brooklyn Bridge, Pike's Peak is America's easternmost 14'er (a mountain with an elevation of 14,000 feet or higher). The sentinel rises suddenly, as if to declare this is where the prairie ends, and has greeted settlers heading west much in the same way that the Statue of Liberty greeted immigrants into New York Harbor.
Stillwater elevation is 890 feet above sea level at airport.
From Phillip: Almost at camp
Phillip and family were on way to their camp last night. I think he said there are only 19 camp spots in Pike National Forest and they had one for last night and today. The campsite is on Meadow Creek. Great view.... 69 degrees and getting cooler and they were wearing jackets... sigh... 110 in Perkins yesterday and 111 day before!!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Song in their hearts
BY PAM HARBAUGH
FLORIDA TODAY
February 11, 2009 12:00 PM
You can't have Valentine's Day without a romantic song or two. It's against the rules.
So to help you find the right song to help woo your sweetie, FLORIDA TODAY asked people in the know for ideas that will fill your heart with romance.
First, we turn to the king of romantic songs, Johnny Mathis. He performs 8 p.m. Saturday at the King Center. One of his lifelong fans, Frances Johnson of Orlando, plans to attend the concert with her husband, Boyd. The two will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year.
She said romantic songs, especially those by Mathis, have been important in keeping the marital fires burning. Pressed to name her favorites, she said, "Any of them are." But she especially loves "Wonderful, Wonderful," "The 12th of Never" and "Chances Are."
Part of the never-ending appeal of romantic songs is how they make you think of the person you love or long for, said Carol Zuffoletti of Indialantic.
When she and her husband, Vic, were living in Hawaii in the early 1960s, Elvis Presley had been there to film the movie "Blue Hawaii." Its hit song, "Can't Help Falling in Love," became their song.
"Every time I hear it I get this feeling," she said. "Oh, I'm starting to cry."
Of course, you can't think romantic songs without thinking Frank Sinatra.
Tom Heitman, who will perform his Frank Sinatra Encore at a sold-out Space Coast Pops concert at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, said performing romantic songs was a big reason "Old Blue Eyes" connected so well with listeners in his early career.
"I think it was a pretty romantic time," Heitman said. "It was late '30s, early '40s and all through the war."
Heitman said Sinatra had many romance songs, like one of his first hits, "I'll Never Smile Again," which he did with Harry James Orchestra.
"It was like his first big hit, really," he said. "I think I'll be doing it in the concert. Since it's Valentine's Day, I think I'm doing 'Funny Valentine.' The lyrics are great. He doesn't necessarily think that this person is the most beautiful or has the most sex appeal, but he really, really loves her. . . . it has nothing to do with superficial things."
Melanie Shaklee of Viera said the most romantic song she knows is "You Needed Me" by Anne Murray. "My husband had it played at a restaurant on one of our anniversaries, and it touched my heart," she said.
And don't play Whitney Houston's version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" unless you want Renata Notarnicola to get emotional.
The song was popular at a significant break up in her life.
"At one time, I knew someone I guess I loved and it as impossible," said Notarnicola, owner of Renata's Salon in Indialantic. "I had to leave him behind."
She still thinks of him when she hears the song, she said.
"There's so many of them," said Palm Bay resident Mark Alvarez.
But it didn't take long for him to break into Mel Carter's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me."
"I had a big crush on a girl I wanted to take to prom," he said. "The song came on and I wanted to dance with her, but she said, 'I'm taken.' As bad as that rejection was, I've always treasured that song."
Contact Harbaugh at 242-3717 or pharbaugh@floridatoday.com
BY PAM HARBAUGH
FLORIDA TODAY
February 11, 2009 12:00 PM
You can't have Valentine's Day without a romantic song or two. It's against the rules.
So to help you find the right song to help woo your sweetie, FLORIDA TODAY asked people in the know for ideas that will fill your heart with romance.
First, we turn to the king of romantic songs, Johnny Mathis. He performs 8 p.m. Saturday at the King Center. One of his lifelong fans, Frances Johnson of Orlando, plans to attend the concert with her husband, Boyd. The two will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year.
She said romantic songs, especially those by Mathis, have been important in keeping the marital fires burning. Pressed to name her favorites, she said, "Any of them are." But she especially loves "Wonderful, Wonderful," "The 12th of Never" and "Chances Are."
Part of the never-ending appeal of romantic songs is how they make you think of the person you love or long for, said Carol Zuffoletti of Indialantic.
When she and her husband, Vic, were living in Hawaii in the early 1960s, Elvis Presley had been there to film the movie "Blue Hawaii." Its hit song, "Can't Help Falling in Love," became their song.
"Every time I hear it I get this feeling," she said. "Oh, I'm starting to cry."
Of course, you can't think romantic songs without thinking Frank Sinatra.
Tom Heitman, who will perform his Frank Sinatra Encore at a sold-out Space Coast Pops concert at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, said performing romantic songs was a big reason "Old Blue Eyes" connected so well with listeners in his early career.
"I think it was a pretty romantic time," Heitman said. "It was late '30s, early '40s and all through the war."
Heitman said Sinatra had many romance songs, like one of his first hits, "I'll Never Smile Again," which he did with Harry James Orchestra.
"It was like his first big hit, really," he said. "I think I'll be doing it in the concert. Since it's Valentine's Day, I think I'm doing 'Funny Valentine.' The lyrics are great. He doesn't necessarily think that this person is the most beautiful or has the most sex appeal, but he really, really loves her. . . . it has nothing to do with superficial things."
Melanie Shaklee of Viera said the most romantic song she knows is "You Needed Me" by Anne Murray. "My husband had it played at a restaurant on one of our anniversaries, and it touched my heart," she said.
And don't play Whitney Houston's version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" unless you want Renata Notarnicola to get emotional.
The song was popular at a significant break up in her life.
"At one time, I knew someone I guess I loved and it as impossible," said Notarnicola, owner of Renata's Salon in Indialantic. "I had to leave him behind."
She still thinks of him when she hears the song, she said.
"There's so many of them," said Palm Bay resident Mark Alvarez.
But it didn't take long for him to break into Mel Carter's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me."
"I had a big crush on a girl I wanted to take to prom," he said. "The song came on and I wanted to dance with her, but she said, 'I'm taken.' As bad as that rejection was, I've always treasured that song."
Contact Harbaugh at 242-3717 or pharbaugh@floridatoday.com
Phil and family are ..... headed west... and north... can you tell... this is a windfarm off I40...
Estes Park... here they come.... photo by Phillip Moffat Photography
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Borrowed from Craig's blog... this is just too cute not to share!!
I think he said the mule's name is "Missy" ... I think, well, I have been wrong, wait.... oh my gosh, that's his wife's name..so this is?????????? bet I learn the name, huh??? hehehe
Anyway... good photo... says a lot, especially if you appreciate history...
and this guy has time to mess around... oh guess it falls under "health care" or "arms race" or maybe... well, you just fill it in...
second stimulus package..... as drudgereport.com says... or haha... anyway you put it.. the man knows better! and the French Pres. standing there watching him make a fool of himself... haha...
gosh he makes me so proud. Wonder if there will still be a USA, under God, when this guy leaves office??? Celebrations might be limited to the bread line or unemployment lines... or old age homes, or poor farms, or....
wonder if they just once think we peons in the middle of the country have a brain?? and can think, and realize .... what they are doing...
Joe Biden update... you have to laugh or else you'd cry.... this man is a living nightmare for conservatives who truly care about America!
Joe Biden update: No 'private meetings,' just meetings closed to the press
Possibly a very important policy change quietly emerged in the daily schedule of Vice President Joe Biden today.
Loyal Ticket readers know that, as a patriotic duty, we monitor the longtime senator's schedule with a close eye for detail because, after all, this man is only a heartbeat away from having to give a toast at a G-8 summit. We've especially noted Biden's innumerable "private meetings" that are closed to the press because, well, they're private.
And we've wondered aloud how this Democratic VP's private meetings with unnamed people on unnamed subjects differs from the private meetings with unnamed people that his evil predecessor had that got so many Democratic senators and representatives worried about nefarious secrets.
On one recent long weekend, the man who became a Delaware senator when his future boss, Barack Obama, was an inexperienced fundraiser of only 11, devoted an entire Monday to "private meetings" that are closed press in his Delaware home.
If that isn't dedication for the $208,000 salary.
Well, today's schedule, unlike many at the end of Biden's work weeks, contains no "private meetings." Not one.
Having spent Thursday traveling and successfully selling the nation on the so far hard-to-detect effects of the $787-billion Obama administration economic stimulus spending plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave them, Biden will show up for work around 11 today.
He'll join Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a roundtable to discuss only the rising costs of healthcare for people who own or work for small businesses. One suspects the absent president's ambitious plan to spend billions more to impose his healthcare reforms might also be mentioned.
OK, so figure an hour for the roundtable, maybe 75 minutes max. You can only talk about that stuff so long before requiring healthcare yourself. Fifteen minutes for handshaking, cellphone photos and congratulations on the excellent roundtable. The VP should be outta there by 12:30.
That leaves -- what? -- five, maybe six hours to make it a seven-hour workday.
According to the White House schedule, Biden will not spend the remainder of the workday in private meetings that are closed press.
Instead: "The Vice President will spend the remainder of the day in meetings that are closed press."
You get the difference, right?
-- Andrew Malcolm
Possibly a very important policy change quietly emerged in the daily schedule of Vice President Joe Biden today.
Loyal Ticket readers know that, as a patriotic duty, we monitor the longtime senator's schedule with a close eye for detail because, after all, this man is only a heartbeat away from having to give a toast at a G-8 summit. We've especially noted Biden's innumerable "private meetings" that are closed to the press because, well, they're private.
And we've wondered aloud how this Democratic VP's private meetings with unnamed people on unnamed subjects differs from the private meetings with unnamed people that his evil predecessor had that got so many Democratic senators and representatives worried about nefarious secrets.
On one recent long weekend, the man who became a Delaware senator when his future boss, Barack Obama, was an inexperienced fundraiser of only 11, devoted an entire Monday to "private meetings" that are closed press in his Delaware home.
If that isn't dedication for the $208,000 salary.
Well, today's schedule, unlike many at the end of Biden's work weeks, contains no "private meetings." Not one.
Having spent Thursday traveling and successfully selling the nation on the so far hard-to-detect effects of the $787-billion Obama administration economic stimulus spending plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave them, Biden will show up for work around 11 today.
He'll join Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a roundtable to discuss only the rising costs of healthcare for people who own or work for small businesses. One suspects the absent president's ambitious plan to spend billions more to impose his healthcare reforms might also be mentioned.
OK, so figure an hour for the roundtable, maybe 75 minutes max. You can only talk about that stuff so long before requiring healthcare yourself. Fifteen minutes for handshaking, cellphone photos and congratulations on the excellent roundtable. The VP should be outta there by 12:30.
That leaves -- what? -- five, maybe six hours to make it a seven-hour workday.
According to the White House schedule, Biden will not spend the remainder of the workday in private meetings that are closed press.
Instead: "The Vice President will spend the remainder of the day in meetings that are closed press."
You get the difference, right?
-- Andrew Malcolm
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