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[As the sole remaining Bay Area publisher still dealing in filk-related
material, I'm shamelessly posting this pre-order announcement for our next
locally produced album.]
*** "TO TOUCH THE STARS" IS READY FOR PRE-ORDERING ***
"As someone who has actually set foot on the threshold
of space and experienced firsthand its majesty and the
incredible potential it holds for the human race, I am
thrilled by this new collection of original songs celebrating
the beginnings of our great endeavor to reach for the
stars."
-- Buzz Aldrin
(Apollo 11 astronaut)
"I am confident that music and songs -- perhaps from this
very album -- will make an impact on a future explorer
and inspire him or her to reach for the stars."
-- Brian Chase
(Executive Director,
National Space Society)
"If we are to win the hearts and souls of humanity to the
vision of a spacefaring future, the space exploration
movement must also develop its songs...it is my hope that
this album will begin a tradition whereby our most powerful
language -- music -- will help rally the souls of the present
to the cause of the future."
-- Dr. Robert Zubrin
(President, Mars Society;
Best-selling author of
"The Case for Mars")
I'm delighted to say that we are handing off this project to the
duplicators within 14 days; we're just waiting for project contributors
to provide any last-minute corrections to the album booklet.
If you don't already know about this project, it distills in filk
terms to:
- the pro-space filksongs you've known and loved from Minus Ten and
Counting and beyond, recorded professionally and passionately by folks
like Gunnar Madsen (founder of the Bobs), Julia Ecklar, Kristoph Klover
and Karen Linsley.
- new recordings by non-filk singer/songwriters of their pro-space
material, including Christine Lavin, Garry Novikoff, and Stan Clardy.
(Garry's track was guest-produced by Michael Moricz, whose credits
include the _Divine Intervention_ tape and CD.)
- an unbelievably cool 32-page, full-color booklet featuring all of
the lyrics, essays by space advocacy leaders Dr. Robert Zubrin and Brian
Chase, and more. Our designer, Richard Leeds, adapted the aesthetics of
coffee-table space books to present a photo-essay of space
history paralleling the songs.
Personally, I'd have paid $16 just for a copy of the album booklet
-- you truly have to see it to believe it. (Laser-printed copies available
for show if you're walking through downtown Mountain View any evening. ;-)
The formal promotional spiel is on
<http://www.prometheus-music.com/space.html>, and I'm not shameless enough
to post it here.
HOW TO PRE-ORDER
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#1. Send $16 (*) per CD and your address to our new address:
Eli Goldberg
c/o Prometheus Music
333 Franklin Street #5
Mountain View, CA 94041
(*) = California residents: State sales tax makes it $17.32. If you
live outside of the USA or Canada, drop an e-mail, and we'll make
discounted shipping arrangements.
If you'd prefer to pay electronically via Paypal, our account is
"eli@prometheus-music.com".
All orders are protected by our money-back guarantee (which remains
yet to be invoked after four years of shipping CDs.)
#2. Please provide your e-mail address so that we may inform you when
your CD ships. Your pre-ordered CDs will be the first in the mail, with
delivery expected in late December/early January.
*** Please send your pre-order by December 1st, 2003. ***
PREVIEW "TO TOUCH THE STARS"
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We've placed a third of the album on the Internet for your enjoyment.
* To download MP3 album tracks:
http://www.prometheus-music.com/space.html#M
* To view the cover illustration:
http://www.prometheus-music.com/images/stars-cover.jpg
SPECIAL BONUS FOR PRE-ORDERERS
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Missed out on any Prometheus releases?
As a pre-orderer of To Touch the Stars, just toss in another $14 each
for any other CD(s) you'd like from our catalog. So, you'll get a few
bucks off, and any tax and shipping is on us.
These are:
1. Divine Intervention -- Julia Ecklar
http://www.prometheus-music.com/divine.html
Long-awaited CD edition Julia Ecklar's seminal filk tape.
Highly recommended.
2. Roundworm -- Bob Kanefsky
http://www.prometheus-music.com/roundworm.html
A "filk" parody lover's dream; spotlight singers are Julia Ecklar
and Heather Alexander.
3. My Favorite Sings -- Kathy Mar
http://www.prometheus-music.com/mysings.html
First new album in a decade by "filk" veteran Kathy Mar.
TRACK LIST
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To Touch the Stars contains a packed 71 minutes of classic and new
songs. If you want the details:
1. Witnesses' Waltz (3:43)
written by Leslie Fish; sung by Kristoph Klover
2. Big Blue Sky (3:58)
written and sung by Stan Clardy
3. Fire in the Sky (4:37)
written by Jordin Kare; sung by Kristoph Klover
4. Now's the Time to Touch a Star (3:48)
written by Michael Penkava; sung by Karl Franzen
5. Hope Eyrie (4:14)
written by Leslie Fish; sung by Julia Ecklar
6. Surprise! (3:07)
written by Leslie Fish; sung by Gunnar Madsen
7. The Pioneers of Mars (3:03)
written by Karen Linsley and Lloyd Landa; sung by Karen Linsley
8. If We Had No Moon (8:00)
written and sung by Christine Lavin
9. I Want to Go to Mars (3:36)
written and sung by The Birdwatchers
10. Star Fire (3:35)
written by Cynthia McQuillin; sung by Julia Ecklar
11. Others Standing By (5:00)
written and sung by Kristoph Klover
12. The Challenge (3:50)
written by Karen Linsley and Lloyd Landa; sung by Karen Linsley
13. Dog on the Moon (5:22)
written and sung by Garry Novikoff
14. Beyond the Sky (4:58)
written by Judy Collins; sung by Margaret Davis
15. Queen Isabella (3:09)
written by Leslie Fish; sung by Kristoph Klover
16. Legends (3:47)
written by Bill Roper; sung by Julia Ecklar
17. Dance on the Ceiling (3:16)
written by Leslie Fish; sung by Gunnar Madsen
RELEASE PARTY
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Umm...my studio apartment is way too small to even conceive of hosting
one.
I'll see if it's possible to find a suitable venue, but we may have to
punt this time. ;-[