Under SOPA, you get more jail time if you upload Michael Jackson’s music than you do if you actually KILL MICHAEL JACKSON.
(Thanks to @airborneevent on Twitter for the image, and to WFMU for the retweet.)
Strange days indeed…
Month: January 2012
Our mantra for 2012, courtesy of Amanda Palmer:
What this means to us is: We’re not gonna sit around wishing we had something… whatever it is. If we want something, we’re gonna ask for it. Someone might say yes!
We never would have played a kick-ass house concert all the way across the country in Arizona this weekend to a home packed with 50 friends and strangers if we didn’t ask someone to host it. It was a little scary asking (“What an imposition!” we thought), but the worst the potential hosts could have said was, “No, thanks.” But instead they said, “HELL YES!” and during the show they said, “HOLY CRAP! WOOOOOOO!” and then after the show they said, “Wheeee! We should do this more often!” And we all smiled and giggled and hugged and drank wine and were (and are) all very happy having created and shared something so awesome.
So join us in making 2012 the year you ask for what you need.
Don’t be upset if people have to say “No, thanks,” since you’re no worse off than if you hadn’t asked.
But don’t be surprised when they say “Hell YES!” with a fistpump.
Let us know how this works out for you, and we’ll do the same.
Your pals,
Matt and Jill
We’ve got some house concerts coming up, and we’re really excited about them!
House concerts are pretty popular these days. They’re a neat way for audiences to hear music up close and personal-like, and it’s a neat way for artists to play for people who are interested in digging the music rather than playing Quarters in a bar. (Does anyone even play Quarters anymore?) In a nutshell, the house owner invites their friends, people show up and nom on tastysnax and/or tastydrinx, and eventually people sit down to hear the concert. We’ll play one or two sets depending on what y’all have arranged for us to do, and then we’ll pass a hat, and then we might have one more snack, and then we hug and say thank you, and we hug some more, and then we pack up our stuff and say goodnight. And then your friends post on Facebook and Twitter about what an awesome time they had, you feel terrific about bringing dorky-good music to your friends and family, we make some new friends and fans hopefully… everyone wins!
People really like house concerts.
You might worry your house is too small; it’s not! House concerts don’t have to be in houses, either. Apartments are great, community centers are spiffy… wherever you want. Dorm rooms even work!
You might worry your house is too messy; it’s not. Have you seen my office?
You might worry that strangers will be coming to your house; don’t worry. The event can be private if you want, so you control who attends. Or, if you trust us, we can publicize it for you.
You might worry your neighbors will be annoyed about the noise; they won’t– just invite them and then they can’t complain because they’ll be having too much fun. 🙂
If you live near Mesa Arizona or near Wilmington, DE and you’d like to come to one of the house concerts we have coming up in January, drop us a line at awesomesauce@hot-breakfast.com. We’d love to have you!
Your pal,
Ji11