February 2012
10 posts
“Labels were selling shitty CDs at insane markups. It was cheaper to manufacture...”
– Mike Doughty, in The Book Of Drugs, explains the grift of the 1990s. (For the record, I saw it as a con.)
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January 2012
7 posts
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The Parks & Rec Effect →
Jason Feifer from Fast Company mag called me today to discuss the supporting role that Ben’s Cleo shirt played on Parks And Rec last night. He was curious as to how a band that has been dead for a decade was so tech savvy/on the ball that they were able to respond so quickly to an event so seemingly fleeting and innocuous.
The article does a good job of explaining how Cleo stumbled...
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I Had A Band (and we have merch!) →
Man, this is so typical of me. I had a vague knowledge that my old band, Letters To Cleo, still had a website. It wasn’t until a character from Parks & Rec (Ben) decided to sport a Cleo tee shirt that never actually existed, which caused Cleo mgr. Michael Creamer to have a bunch of those shirts made to sell on the Cleo website, that I SAW the Cleo website.
Y’all. The Cleo website...
A love-letter to Kay Hanley.
WOW! Thank you, sweet girl. I am both flattered and humbled. xoxo
muchmuchtoocompletely:
Dear Ms. Hanley,
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December 2011
12 posts
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November 2011
7 posts
September 2011
1 post
Megan Amram: Anniversary →
I’m a little late to the party, as I had taken a few days off from stalking Shane Nickerson’s social media outlets, but wow, I love this bit of 9.11 inspired anti-navel gazing. Very fresh and funny with surprising depth of insight.
Can’t stop smiling! Thank you, Megan!
meganamram:
One year ago today, I got in the driver’s seat of a car that my mother paid for and gave me...
August 2011
11 posts
newillmeister asked: Kay, how have you managed to stay so rockingly awesome? :-)
beccadarling asked: speaking of "veda very shining"....... what does it MEAN ?!
garrt asked: What was your favorite song to sing on the Josie soundtrack?
soxfan68 asked: Are you and USA separated? Have you been back East for a while?
dementedlikeyou asked: If you had to cover a Mariah Carey song , which one would it be. This was as random as I could go.
cincykid12378 asked: First of all you are my all time fav singer, secondly any chance you will ever play in Cincy again.
mkymse67 asked: When the hell are you coming to North Carolina? College tour and friends like us and Beth and Mike. Miss you
joeybphotography asked: What is your favorite Letters to Cleo song?
Ask me!
I won’t say no, how could I?
Because if it’s not love, then it’s the bomb that will keep us together…
http://iamkayhanley.tumblr.com/ask
Robert Reich: Why S&P Has No Business Downgrading... →
If I were Standard + Poor’s, I would not be running around with no clothes on screaming, “I am an emperor!!!”
Thank you for getting this right, Mr. Reich.
robertreich:
Standard & Poor’s downgrade of America’s debt couldn’t come at a worse time. The result is likely to be higher borrowing costs for the government at all levels, and higher interest on your...
May 2011
3 posts
WatchI have no idea why this makes me so happy, but it really does.
