This just in: tickets go on sale on greatbigsea.com for the show at the Moore on March 12th of next year, TOMORROW at 10am!
The show will be on a delicious, delicious SATURDAY, so Seattle peeps, if you think you want in on the goodness and you aren’t already a member of the site–i.e., if you need me to get your tickets–let me know ASAP so that I know how many tickets to get!
It seems Fictionwise is still capable of grabbing my attention, even if a lot of their inventory vanished once the agency model of ebook pricing took effect this past April. This weekend, though, they’re having a big ol’ 50 percent off sale, in effect through Sunday. (Use the coupon ‘spooky2010′.)
Turns out several of the titles on my ebook wishlist were still in their database, so I’ve nabbed ’em. To wit:
janneAnd meanwhile, because it was Absolutely Necessary, I picked up jimbutcherkathrynt
And OH OH OH I must also add this, since it showed up in my mailbox today: Writing Out the Notes, the new book by Bob Hallett, is another acquisition! That would be the Bob Hallett of my very own beloved Great Big Sea, who’s written himself a combination memoir and musical portrait of St. John’s. I’m quite looking forward to reading it, as Mr. Hallett’s always been the most thoughtful and introspective of the B’ys, based on what they’ve all posted in their various posts on their site.
Grand total for the year: 334!
The finalists for the Great Big Sea Karaoke Contest were announced this morning and I fear that our video was NOT included on the list! Sniff.
Many thanks to all of you who took a look and offered words of encouragement, they are much appreciated! I would like to endorse, in our stead, the “Hit the Ground and Run” video by the Singing Roberts–since they had an awesome acting out, complete with costumes and a mini-script, of that particular song. You can vote on the video of your choice here.
I shall now also accept kittens, cookies, and other forms of consolation, if any happen to be around. *^_^*;;
I’ve been whinging about this on Twitter and Facebook all day, and now that I’m home, it’s the blog and Livejournal and Dreamwidth’s turn!
My beloved B’ys have NOT yet announced the finalists for their karaoke video contest. And given that they’re playing in Toronto tonight, and that they ALSO have shows tomorrow and Sunday evening in different places, chances are high that we won’t hear a peep out of them until Monday.
OKP admin Aaron posted this morning with the news, which drove home for all of us waiting the following critical bits of information:
Y’all know what this means, of course.
It means Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Kris MacFarlane, or Murray Foster, and possibly some or all of the above, have heard me sing.
And I do not yet know if they’ll be picking my group’s video for the finals! AUGH! AUGH! AUGH!
Anybody who knows me at all knows I am a raving fan of Great Big Sea, the folk band from Canada. And anybody who pays attention to GBS’ various official online presences will know that they have a karaoke video contest in progress for their fans!
Last night, my partner solarbird
If you read and liked Faerie Blood, please consider checking out the videos! Great Big Sea was a huge influence on the development of that book, and Christopher in particular. And stick around–’cause if we get onto the finalists list, determined by judges, then it’ll be up to popular vote to see who wins. And I’ll be calling on you all for help!
Did I mention the part where the prize for the contest is four spots on the band’s guest list to one of their forthcoming shows? Consider that mentioned! And always, folks, I thank you for your support! 😀
(Not crossposted anywhere, because if you follow me elsewhere, you’ll have seen me squeeing about this already! And once the contest is over, I swear I’ll get back to working on Bone Walker!)
On behalf of my jamming group, I now present to you “Nothing But a Song”, as performed by Twelve Good Measures, featuring Crime and the Forces of Evil!
Now comes the waiting for the entry round to close–and after that, the selection of finalists! Keep your fingers crossed that our vid will make the cut, people! ‘Cause if it does, I will be shamelessly, and I DO MEAN SHAMELESSLY, campaigning for your support. I mentioned the part where the grand prize of this shindig is four spots on the band’s guest list at a show of the winner’s choice, right?
Remember, folks, a vote for Twelve Good Measures is a vote for my head exploding RIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS with squee. Because proximity to Alan Doyle will do that. I have experienced it before and lived to tell the tale!
And oh yes, we’ve got more. Oh my yes. Here, have lulz to go with your contest video!
I’d call this a Special Edition Jam Report, except we didn’t actually Jam. Still, though, we had a good number of the Murkjammers present today for the conclusion of our video shooting for our submission to the Great Big Sea Karaoke Contest! In addition to solarbirdmamishkasutures1technoshamantereshkova2001
Dara has been a GODDESS for this effort, people. I had a few initial ideas for the script, sure, but the visual and sound and general arrangement of shots, not to mention the technical work of actually shooting said shots with her digital camera? That’s ALL been on her. Really, my contribution to this whole shebang has pretty much ‘sing lead and yoink video snippets into iMovie’.
Many thanks must also be given to Meems for primary wardrobe contribution, in order to build a shot which will remain unidentified until the video goes live. But trust me, you’ll know the shot when you see it. ;> Ellen and Glenn also contributed a few wardrobe bits, as did sksouth
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And finally, thanks to Torrey for going to the trouble to costume up very nicely for what will be a pretty short shot, in the eventual shipping product.
Now comes the editing like mad in iMovie! We’ll get this done as fast as we can, y’all, and we look very much forward to showing you the final video!