I just posted an update on Kickstarter about how today is the day. We're filming, we're recording, and we've got well over half a ton of stuff if you count the people. Earlier in the week, the forecast said cloudy, rainy and gross. But the sun's come out, so if our luck holds you can …
Final preparations for Cucumbers and Gin
We're recording on Saturday. Sean and I are rehearsing every couple of days, and putting the finishing touches on his performance. If I could focus only on that, this would be easy. But we've got to sort out a film crew that seems to get new members every day (we're up to five now). We've …
The Emilicious
Emily H is one of those brilliant people who winds up running the government (and she's got a recipe blog!). She's a civil servant, working for the NSF, NASA, and now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, so just remember: she's on your side, and she's good at it. This spring, though, every couple of weeks …
The Greg Fizz
Greg put us over the top on December 13th, and to a great extent he's still largely a mystery to us. His Kickstarter profile lists him only as Greg D., but also shows him to be a prolific supporter of a huge range of creative projects - they're really quite fascinating if you want to …
Wheaton’s Elixir
Sarah Wheaton is a great cook who cut her teeth as a political blogger for the NYTimes right out of college covering the election in D.C. Now she's back at the mothership in NYC and has made reading the times into an addictive game of Spot Sarah's Byline. Sarah's cocktail is light and fizzy, matching …
Maxine’s Cucumber Manhattan
This cocktail is for my grandfather, Wesley Clark, and his wife, Maxine Rockoff. Not only are Gramps and Maxine generous backers of Cucumbers and Gin, they're also welcoming the production into their home. When we shoot on April 2, we'll be shooting in their lovely apartment with an incredible view of Brooklyn and the harbor. …
Mona’s Martini
Mona Seghatoleslami is a lovely viola player and a very old friend. We took music theory together in high school and climbed trees and talked about The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Now she lives in West Virginia and is a classical music public radio personality. I think once she even interviewed my old …
Prufrock tomorrow, Gershwin Hotel, 3 PM
Tomorrow, as a cap to their rollickingly successful Kickstarter campaign, No Signal alums Zach Herchen and Elisabeth Halliday are giving a concert at the Gershwin Hotel. Tickets are $10. The program includes my piece for Zach, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, which Zach really owns every time he does it. You can hear …
Ear to Mind panel at Exapno
Yesterday I spoke on a panel about the state of contemporary music, hosted by a great new organization, Ear to Mind. Ear to Mind, led by Meg Wilhoite and Inhyun Kim, is a group devoted to the interface between contemporary music and the other arts, with an eye to which artworks will last into the …
Dr. Ueno’s Wild Thing
I'd like to announce the first cocktail recipe for the backers of Cucumbers and Gin: Dr. Ueno's wild thing. Ken Ueno was our very first backer and, knowing the sophistication of his palate, I knew we'd have to come up with something special. Ken requested something spicy, and something with Hendricks gin, which is already …
Thirty Thirty Thirty Four Hours to go-uh-oh……
We're nearly there, guys. Kickstarter's counting down to the finish in hours instead of days at this point. And thanks to our current crop of 32 backers, we've raised $1,000 - well over the $750 goal. I was really nervous when we started this campaign, but it's turned out to be a great success, …
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Peabody’s all over Kickstarter
And that means either that we're a bunch of clever musicians on the leading edge of the new creative economy, or that we're all desperately in need of cash. One of those two. It's great to see so many of my Peabody classmates and collaborators trying something new, and I'm excited to see all of …