A call to arms for Esthero's Pink Pirate Army
My great friend j's little sister (who I've known since she was "this tall") is the chanteuse esthero, and her new album is being released in about four weeks. I participate in the SwallowMe e-mail discussion list about her art and career, and posted this today:The moment we've all been waiting for is fast approaching. Miss e's Wikked Lil' Grrrls comes out on June 28 and, at long, long last, we'll have more tunes to seduce the lovelies to.
Anyway, this isn't about my "technique" so much as it is about my desire to ensure a consistent flow of art and inspiration over time from our very own Li'l Dukes Up for the betterment of the world. Therefore, I put forth a call to arms for the Pink Pirate army to get the word out about the release.
Of course, the label is going to be doing a huge marketing push and there's going to be a video for all of us to request, but that isn't enough for us to reach a critical mass of awareness about the blessing that is esthero. We need everyone to know about the new album and get their pre-sales orders in.
Rather than a long-simmering pot of goodness that boils slowly with great anticipation and much pooling saliva (Heaven Sent), let's help make this meal (Wikked Lil' Grrrls) an explosion of climactic magnitude.
All the orders that go in early (to amazon.com and other online retailers) count as first-day sales. If we can get enough people to pre-order and buy it in stores on June 28, then our SwallowMe collective and our concentric networks will be the catalyst that reacts with esthero's lethal groove and causes the explosion (or "ignites the revolution" if you prefer that metaphor). If we can get this album "on the chart" on opening day, then a LOT of people will stand up and take notice. And that success will build on itself until she becomes powerful like Galadriel when Frodo offered up the ring of his own free will:
"And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!"Sorry for the tangent. It just seemed appropriate, except for the despair part. :)
Anyway...
If you're going to buy copies for your friends, family, mailmen, teachers, girlfriends, or anyone else, then do it NOW. It's NOT too early to do your Christmas shopping.
Also, if you have a website or blog, mention the album and release date, and about how some songs from the album are available for our listening pleasure on http://www.esthero.net now. In fact, add it to the signature in your e-mails, announce it to your co-workers and classmates, tattoo it on your forehead and scrawl it on buses, windows and elevators with big, thick black markers.
Hmmm... Maybe I shouldn't have so much coffee in the mornings? Or maybe I'm just excited.
That's it for my rant for today.
Cheers.
Jeffrey
PS - I just added a link to the album from all the templates on http://www.kickinthehead.com
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