Subject: The Jamie Anderson Newsletter Date: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:24 PM From: TsunamiInc@aol.com To: Here's another edition of the somewhat ordinary but occasionally lively Jamie Anderson newsletter! You are on this list because you signed my mailing list at a concert or wrote to me and asked to be added. If you'd like to be deleted or if your address will change soon, please let us know at tsunamiinc@aol.com. Be kind and keep in mind that a real, feeling person answers your email. Please don't forward jokes, news items, virus warnings or petitions. I love personal notes from fans, though, and try to answer every email. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your friends, especially if I'm going to be performing in their area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. General blabbing 2. Kay Gardner 3. I need a place to stay in Nashville, TN 4. Looking for concert opportunities in New England, PA, MD or VA for October 5. Photos 6. Michigan Women's Music Festival 7. And the winner is 8. The New York Times and me 9. Tour, Tour, Tour 10. The Ending Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. General blabbing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey everyone! In August, I had the great pleasure of attending the Michigan Women's Music Festival. More below. Right after that, I took a much needed vacation to the beach. Now I'm at home getting reading to go on my mini Southern tour that includes Pensacola (FL), Tupelo (MS), Memphis (TN), Little Rock (AR) and Nashville (TN). Later in the month, I'm very excited about opening for Kate Clinton in Los Angeles! In October I head for the mid-Atlantic states and New England. More information is below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Kay Gardner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Kay Gardner passed away on September 28 of a heart attack. She was an early women's music performer who was a great inspiration to me and so many others. Kay continued her work through the years, composing many pieces of music, conducting, presenting music as a healing art form, writing a book and putting out many CDs. My favorite is "My Mother's Garden," a CD that featured her compositions on solo piano. I always find the music so soothing. (You can buy this CD and her others at www.ladyslipper.org and www.goldenrod.com.) I will miss her greatly, as will so many people. There are several memorials happening on September 1. If you can't make it to one, light a white candle for her. We will miss you, Kay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. I need a place to stay in Nashville, TN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been unable to locate an inexpensive or free place to stay when I'm in Nashville on September 12. If you or a friend live there and can offer me my own room in a non-smoking household, I'd surely appreciate it. Contact me at tsunamiinc@aol.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Looking for concert opportunities in New England, PA, MD or VA for October ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you have a living room that fits 20 or more? An organization looking for a good fundraiser? Contact me! I might have an open date on October 13 for New England. I defiintely have October 19 open for PA, VA or MD and folks, that's a Saturday! Rarely do I have a Saturday open this late so jump on it, 'k? Even if you've never produced a concert before, don't worry, I can help. So far none of my new concert producers have had go into therapy after doing one of my concerts. You can even present me in your living room, provided you have a space that seats at least 20. More information about how to put on house concerts is at www.darrylpurpose.com/etc/house.htm. ~~~~~~~~~ 5. Photos ~~~~~~~~~ If you have any photos taken at my performances (they don't have to be of me), please email them to tsunamiinc@aol.com or snail mail: Tsunami Recordings, 4201 University Dr., Ste. 102, Box 417, Durham, NC, 27707. I'd like to put some of the photos on my website and maybe in a photo album. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Michigan Women's Music Festival ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Even though I worked my fool arse off at this festival, I had a great time. I taught several bellydance workshops and had the chance to dance twice on stage: once with the fabulous world music group Paprika and again in the Sunday Night Candlelight concert. My Bellydance Troupe workshop performed a couple of times too - they looked beautiful! I was so proud of them. Saturday night I played at the triangle campfire. Thanks to Monica, the Yeastie Girls, Kelly and others who joined me. What a treasure of musicians who attend this festival and they're not all on stage! Thanks to those of you who signed my mailing list there. I also worked in the Goldenrod booth, pushing, er, selling CDs. I love, love, love, introducing people to new music. Check out the selection of music at www.goldenrod.com. And the music! Ah! It was wonderful to dance to Toshi Reagon and Big Lovely, ooh and ah at Lava's great acrobatic feats (how do that do all that?), wiggle to that folk-funk bass babe Laura Love (with Jen Todd - wow, what a guitar player), sit slack jawed at Patty Larkin's acoustic guitar performance (I swear, her hands left her body), laugh with Cheryl Wheeler and oh, too many more to list. I've never been booked to perform at this festival and I'd love to appear on one of their stages. If you could put in a good word for me on your evaluation forms, I'd sure appreciate it. Even if you don't go to the festival, you can also write to them at PO Box 7430, Berkeley, CA, 94707. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. And the winner is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathy Moran of Minnesota won the CD in the survey drawing. Congratulations, Kathy! Results from the survey will be in the next newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated. I now know a lot more about my fans besides the fact that you have excellent taste in music. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. The New York Times and me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was quoted in an article that appeared in the New York Times Magazine on August 18. It might still be available at www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/magazine/18FOLK.html. You have to register but it's free and painless. The article pretty much said that lesbians were taking over folk music. Not even close to reality but heck, they spelled my name right. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. Tour, tour, tour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As always, check with the venue before heading out to a show. 9/5 Pensacola, FL, 6:30 pm, WUWF concert, Pensacola Museum of Commerce, with Mark Russell and Richard Gilowitz, broadcast live on www.radiolive.org, www.wuwf.org, joe@wuwf.org, www.radiolive.org 9/6 Tupelo, MS, 7:30 pm, Mocha and Music at Starting Over Coffeehouse, 499 Glouster Creek Village, 662-840-6587 9/7 Memphis, TN, 8 pm, Otherlands Coffeehouse, 641 S. Cooper, 901-278-4994 9/9 Little Rock, AR, 7:30 pm, Women's Coffeehouse at Vinos, 923 W. 7th St., wproject@aol.com, 501-372-5113, for directions only: 501-375-8466 9/12 Nashville, TN, 6:30 pm, Bluebird Cafˇ, 4104 Hillsboro Rd., 615-383-1461, www.bluebirdcafe.com, with others 9/21 Los Angeles, CA, doors open 6 pm, show 8 pm, John Ansen Ford Theater, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, www.tickets.com www.lacountyarts.org/ford.html, 323-461-3673, opening for Kate Clinton, pre-show hosted reception for PowerUp: 310-578-8888 10/4 New York City, NY, 8:30 pm, Sun Music, 340 E. 71st (between 1st and 2nd Ave), info@sunmusicompany.com, www.sunmusicompany.com, with Wishing Chair 10/5 Syracuse, NY, 8 pm, Happy Endings Cafˇ, 317 S. Clinton, 315-475-1853, www.folkus.org, with Wishing Chair 10/6 Ithaca, NY, 7 pm, Common Ground, 1230 Danby Rd., www.ithacacommonground.com, 607-273-1503, with Wishing Chair 10/9 Kingston, NY, West Strand Grill, 50 Abeel St., gr8dame@msn.com, with Wishing Chair 10/11 Philadelphia, PA, 8 pm, Tin Angel, 20 S. 2nd St, 215-928-0978, www.tinangel.com, with Tret Fure 10/12 Burlington, VT, Burlington Coffeehouse, opening for Wishing Chair 10/15 Bethlehem, NH, 8 pm, Highlands Inn, 603-869-3978, vacation@highlandsinn-nh.com, www.highlandsinn-nh.com 10/18 Washington, DC, 8:30 pm, Women in their 20's gathering, 2025 Massachusetts Ave NW, www.womenintheir20s.org, women only please (all ages welcome) 10/20 Bethesda, MD, 7 pm, River Road Unitarian Chruch, 6301 River Road at Whittier Blvd, with Peter Mayer, 202-244-7524 11/8 Waco, TX, Unitarian Church 11/9 Austin, TX, house concert 11/10 Arlington, TX, house concert 11/15 Sedona, AZ, house concert 11/16 Tucson, AZ, with The Therapy Sisters 11/17 Paradise Valley, AZ, Unitarian Church 11/23 Colorado Springs, CO, MCC 12/14 Silver City, NM 2003: 1/11 Havre de Grace, MD, opening for Wishing Chair 2/1 Carrboro, NC, ArtsCenter, with Wishing Chair 2/6 - 9 Nashville, TN, Folk Alliance conference 2/9 Nashville, TN, Bluebird Cafˇ Feb. west coast 3/15 Eugene, OR, Paradiso Cafˇ April/May midwest 5/10 Watchung, NJ, with Deirdre Flint and Carla Ulbrich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 .The Ending Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "When thin actors put on a fat suit, it's like when a white actor puts on blackface É It's a simple case of 'Let's all laugh at the last safe prejudice in this society,' which is fat people." -- Frances White, National Associations to Advance Fat Acceptance spokeswoman, on Gwyneth Paltrow's portrayal of a fat character in the movie Shallow Hal, "Talk" (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002) Be kind, everyone. -- Jamie Jamie Anderson Singer - Songwriter - Parking Lot Attendant *** Touring nationally for over 15 years *** http://www.jamieanderson.com http://www.mp3.com/jamieanderson 4201 University Dr., Ste. 102, Durham, NC, 27707 tsunamiinc@aol.com Order Jamie's recordings! 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