From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #996 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, January 17 2014 Volume 16 : Number 996 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- The Universal Thump "WALKING THE CAT" EP & Tour... [Paul Blair Subject: The Universal Thump "WALKING THE CAT" EP & Tour... I got this in the mail from Greta Gertler today. They=E2=80=99ve chosen an unfortunate time of year to launch a Kickstarter campaign, right after the holidays after everyone=E2=80=99s spent out, and their campaign isn=E2=80= =99t doing so well. But they=E2=80=99re worth supporting. If you haven=E2=80=99t heard an= ything from The Universal Thump, well, get out there and do that. For those who don=E2=80=99t know Greta, she often used to appear on piano f= or Noe Venable=E2=80=99s shows, and Noe covered her song =E2=80=9CGrasshoppers=E2= =80=9D once or twice. The first four-and-a-half minutes of this video are a good intro to The Universal Thump=E2=80=99s sound, and also feature such notables as Noe Vena= ble, Clare Muldaur Manchon, Pete Golub, and Rachelle Garniez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DO5uNTTuZ-_k And here they are with Shara Worden on =E2=80=9CBeware of Darkness=E2=80=9D= : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D14JQmcilEJU More videos on the kickstarter page. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Greta Gertler Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:15 AM Hi Paul, Happy New Year! I hope you have had a good year so far. Thank you so much for your support over the years, and for sticking with us on the email list... I promise I won't be cluttering your inbox with this for much longer...I just wanted to ask if you'd had a chance to take a look at The Universal Thump's, *'Walking the Cat'' *EP & Tour project yet? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/GretaGertler/the-universal-thump-walkin= g-the-cat-ep-and-tour We are currently at 25% with just 12 days to go. (If we don't reach our funding goal, we won't receive anything and the project won't be possible. Things might get a bit maudlin.) From this date forth, all Backers will receive a bonafide *disco song* by Little Glittery (Adam's and my side-project), new song demo's, exclusive CAT interviews (including one with the legendary Minke), videos of our tour prep (eg. Adam's construction of a suitcase drum kit) and rehearsals, TOUR FOOD tips from Sunset Park, Brooklyn and the road, instructions on how to walk a cat, and lots of other musical and miscellaneous tidbits! Anyway, I hope you'll consider this - I know you are most likely swamped and inundated with Kickstarter and similar requests for funding. We are SO GRATEFUL for any level of backing, and also really appreciate any Tweeting, Facebooking, sharing with friends. We'd also really love any questions or feedback on this campaign if you feel that anything is missing or unclear about it. Thank you, again, so much for your support! Greta, Adam & Minke xoxo The Universal Thump Please visit the link below for more details about the project, history of the Thump, plus demo of the song *'Walking the Cat' *on our video: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/GretaGertler/the-universal-thump-walkin= g-the-cat-ep-and-tour [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of Screen Shot 2014-01-15 at 2.21.59 PM.png] ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #996 ***************************