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Not sure if this was intended as a general catch-all for Kickstarters that look interesting, but here is one:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/935772123/the-mill-at-calders-end-a-ghost-story-puppet-filmA puppet (looks like mostly marionette and rod puppets) gothic ghost story.
THE BAND: Luxury is a band that began in the 1990's in the small town of Toccoa GA, but from the start, it was clear that their aspirations and influences were elsewhere. Sounding like Fugazi or Shudder to Think fronted by a younger, more vicious Morrissey, they were an anomaly, in Toccoa, or almost anywhere. They brought together such disparate influences that one could barely imagine them co-existing in a band, much less pulling it off as a thoroughly distinctive sound. The English melodicism laid on top of such pummeling instrumentation was a study in contrasts, but it was of a piece, as there was enough of the melodic in the instruments and enough brutality in the lyrics and vocal delivery that it hung together, just so. As singer, Lee Bozeman describes it, "I write these beautiful, nice songs, and then the band destroys them." Upon the release of their first record, Amazing and Thank You (1995), Luxury seemed poised to move to another level, but a wreck in the summer of 1995 (with tour-mates and fellow Georgians, Piltdown Man) had the opposite impact. All told, there were 3 broken necks between both bands, with Bozeman sustaining the most devastating internal injuries. The wreck changed their fortunes as well (evidently) as their ambitions. With each successive record, there was a greater sense of self-reflection in Bozeman's lyrics, and the music followed that deepening maturity, all the while maintaining the fundamental dichotomy of soaring melodies on top of angular post-punk instrumentation. The first record was essentially a document of their live shows, which were remarkable events in their intensity and the band's posture of defiance directed even at their own audience. On successive records, though, Luxury learned to use the studio as an instrument. While, on the first record Bozeman asks "So, what do you expect from life?" he seems to have spent each of the following records seeking to answer that very question. Causation is a notoriously slippery force to get one's hands around. Yet, humanly speaking, it is hard not to point to the wreck of 1995 when hoping to understand how three members of Luxury are now Eastern Orthodox priests (the other two members are an ordained Presbyterian [PCA] elder and an occasional Lutheran board of directors member, surely cementing their status as one of the most ordained bands in history). Now, it is doubtlessly a noteworthy fact that members of a band went on to become priests, as members of most bands are obliged to go on and do something different with their lives. But what can it mean for a band led by priests to continue making records? On their newly recorded fifth album, Trophies, the lyrical themes may be said to be further musings on the expectations and memories of life. But as with prior Luxury records, spiritual concerns are obliquely addressed, if at all. So does Luxury sound anything like a band full of priests? There are several legitimate answers:1. Who can say? There are no others.2. Self-evidently they do. For they are.3. No. They don't even sound like Christians.
I didn't even notice this was being kickstarted. I am so glad it met its goal!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/72RqpItxd8M" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/72RqpItxd8M</a>
My fourth book campaign is live!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/86891268/catbeard-the-pirate-book-four-corsairs-and-catnip
Quote from: mattwnelson on September 14, 2015, 05:41:05 PMMy fourth book campaign is live!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/86891268/catbeard-the-pirate-book-four-corsairs-and-catnipAs soon as I get a paycheck I am kicking some start!
Can I borrow your underpants for 10 Minutes?The Ringwald is nine years old and needs braces, a training bra, money for volleyball camp….and a sugar daddy!The Ringwald Theatre, the trailblazing Ferndale theatre, is about to embark on its 9th season! And in order to look ahead, we must first look back: 8 seasons of great, sometimes groundbreaking theatre: Southern Baptist Sissies. Bug. The Bad Seed. Rent. Evil Dead: The Musical. The SantaLand Diaries. When the Rain Stops Falling. Killer Joe. Angels in America. Mercury Fur. {title of show}. The Book of Liz. August: Osage County. Glengarry Glen Ross. Stupid Fucking Bird.This is just a fraction of the over 70 productions The Ringwald has produced since opening their doors in 2007.And there are still stories to tell!
Here's a Kickstarter that just MIGHT interest some of you...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k
Quote from: Pak-Man on November 10, 2015, 08:21:15 AMHere's a Kickstarter that just MIGHT interest some of you...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k2 MILLION DOLLARS?! What the hell?
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