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Martha,
Your website looks fantastic! Keep up the good work.

Greg ? Urban Bushmen Band

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Subject: The Bat Segundo Show #47: Hal Niedzviecki

The latest installment of The Bat Segundo Show, a literary podcast featuring interviews with today’s contemporary writers, is now up.

Show #47 runs 1 hour, 4 minutes and 28 seconds and features Canadian pop cultural critic Hal Niedzviecki.

Mr. Segundo is incapable of making a generalization and being crass at the same time. So we’ve commissioned an unemployed philosopher for this week’s intro.

The main Segundo site can be found here:

http://www.edrants.com/segundo

Here are the details for the latest show.

Author: Hal Niedzviecki

Condition of Mr. Segundo: Temporarily replaced, due to being incapable of being crass and making a generalization at the same time.

Subjects Discussed: The advantages of studying American culture from Canada, individualism vs. conformity, pop star aspirations, American Idol, karaoke, television, the economics of media, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Yeah, William T. Vollmann, the end of Western expansion, German billionaires, on one-upping explorers, the disadvantages of genius, media conformity vs. community, fundamentalists, homophobia, the BattleCry protests in San Francisco, the human ego, and retreating from society.

To subscribe to the show with a podcatcher program (for later transfer to your iPod), copy and paste the following URL into your program:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/segundo

To listen or to subscribe to the podcasts through Odeo, you can go here:

http://odeo.com/channel/7650/view

Please note: You do not have to have an iPod to listen the show! If you go to the main Segundo site, you can save the MP3 to your lovely machine by clicking on the bat picture.

Thanks again for listening,

The Bat Segundo Crew

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Subject: Announceing Vallejo Legends-Youth Collaboration CD w/ Felton Pilate

Top talents are lining up for VALLEJO LEGENDS-YOUTH COLLABORATION CD project. The CD is definitely getting legs. Exciting plans are lining up for ConFunkShun’s Felton to work with Kristy Julliano, Guy Arostuto, Ellie Holt-Murray, Babtunde, and JAZZ-TECH. A most special proejct that will have the best Vallejo artist partnering with youth artists to rally our community for our youth and our youth for a community that is for and about them.

Please checkout the following info regarding the Vallejo Legends-Youth Collaboration CD. I hopethe Times Herald will help us put the call out to our youth and the wealth of music talents to join our efforts. This CD is being community produced and it will take a community of support to make ir full reality.

THANK YOU
TONI MURRAY
(707)655-2166
whohasthetime_4kids@yahoo.com

IDEA
Vallejo music legends unite their love of music with youth artists for a special CD collaboration to rally our community while raising support and money for and through Pro-Youth Anti-Violence Projects.

WHY
1 EXCEPTIONALYOUTH EXPERIENCE- To take artistic and community pride in.
2 RALLY COMMUNITY- For our youth and our youth for a community that is for them and about them
3 RAISE MONEY – To support and grow youth multi-media arts programs like Oakland?s Youth Media Council and Manhattan?s Youth Channel.
4.PILOT PROGRAM- Model opportunity to template future Pro-Mentor Youth projects
5. SHARE AND CELEBRATE LEGENDARY MUSIC EXPERIENCE WITH OUR COMMUNITY
TO TAKE ARTISITC, YOUTH, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE IN.

THE PLAN
STEP 1: RECORD KICK START SAMPLER ?WHO HAS THE TIME-REPLY MIX 2006?
Sponsor Demo Gift: Featuring Con Funk Shun 70?s song re-worked by Felton Pilate and James Early in collaboration with ?, and Shoddy Boe < Hip-Hop Nation leader>who penned inspiration reply to ?TIME?. Include potential 1- 6 songs
A. ORIGINAL – 1. ?Who Has The Time-Reply Mi 2006 2. *Stop The Violence-Track Theme*
B. Inspirational cover- 1. IMAGINE feature Ellie Holt Murray & Jazz Tech
C. Major Tracks- 1. CFS – Love?s Train &/or mi 2. Felton -?ONLY 4U? 3. Suga-T ??
STEP 2 – HOST YOUTH ARITIST WORKSHOPS w. PROFESSIONAL GUEST ARTISTS
STEP 3-PRODUCE LEGENDS ?YOUTH COLLABORATION PROJECT
**A. CD – Headed by Vallejo Alumni with Multi-Platinum GRAMMY/OSCAR nominated Felton Pilate.
B. ?WHO HAS THE TIME? TRIBUTE BOOK – Poems, songs, art, prayers, and stories.
C. Monthly Jam Nights
D. .?MAKING OF VIDEO? – Produced w/ Youth Access Video crew interns for V-CAT 27.

HOW
1. Seek *Pre-Sell* Underwriters w/ Sampler CD: Min. Suggested donation $10+
to fund minimal production expenses. Target 2000 $10+= $20,000+
2. Recruit best of Vallejo talents to headline in collaboration w/ youth artists GRAMMY
quality CD
A. Major Artist donate talent for collaborations &/or tracks to headline
B. Invite best of veteran/ youth talents [especially teachers]
C. OPEN CALL- Youth song demos/lyrics; Audition [contest] talents
*To feature and partner the best with our best young talents*
D. *COMMUNITY NOMINATE REQUESTS & VOTE FOR FAVORITES*
3. Partner education and youth organizations.
INTERESTED: Boys &Girls club, Solano College, and Jazz Tech
4. Seek donations to underwrite the minimal production expenses
A. MAJOR-
1. Like Valero, Lennar, Times Herald, NARAS, Marine World, Chamber of Commerce
and Fantasy Records.
B. Schools & ARTS Alumni, organizations and individual
community supporters.

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