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gulf aid all-stars on iTunes

"It Ain't My Fault", a benefit single for gulf coast restoration, is now available on iTunes. 

Recorded by the Gulf Aid All-Stars - featuring Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band - all proceeds from the single and video support organizations focused on wetlands and coastal restoration and local fisherman in the gulf. 

Great tune, great video, great cause.  Cough up the $1.99 and buy 'em both on iTunes.

greetings from asbury park

We're back from our trip to Asbury Park to see Jeff Beck at the Paramount Theater.  Pictures from the trip are now available in our photo gallery.  An amazing show!  The opener, Dublin rockabilly queen Imelda May, was incredible - you owe it to yourself to give her a listen and buy her stuff.   We'll be following her for years to come.

Jeff Beck lived up to his reputation.  His skills almost defy explanation.  Guitar god, virtuoso, legend:  you name the description, his performance blows it away.  It's unlikely that any other guitarist can close a show with an instrumental version of Nessun Dorma, bringing the crowd to its feet with both cheers and tears. Simply awesome.

See what you've been missing on Beck's new album Emotion & Commotion, available on iTunes.

become a virtual volunteer for the gulf

Anyone who knows us understands our deep affection for Louisiana and the gulf coast.  The events unfolding in the weeks since the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been heartbreaking to watch.  And it's going to get a lot uglier in the weeks and months to come.  But you can support the people and animals of the coast without ever leaving home.  

Here are just a few ways you can become a virtual volunteer for the Gulf, and an advocate for change. (You can also find links and resources in the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster Response section of our blog.)

• Make a donation, or adopt a bird through one of the responding rescue organizations, including our local responders from Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Newark, DE  - who are leading the wildlife rescue efforts in the Gulf, or to the International Bird Rescue Research Center.
• Donate to help support restoration of the wetlands via the Gulf Coast Restoration Network.
• Support local fishermen and communities that are being financially devastated by the spill with a contribution to Gulf Aid or Protectourcoastline.org.

Can't make a donation?  Try one of these options:

• Use social media as your voice!  Blog, tweet, speak up!!  The National Wildlife Federation is asking for support from those who aren’t able to volunteer or donate by spreading news of their cause via  Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites.
• Contact your elected officials and ask them to support funding of coastal restoration projects.

BP, Transocean and Halliburton may have caused the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico - but it's not their disaster.

This is our disaster.  We need to own it.  We need to make it right.

Do what you can to help.  And feel free to leave additional resources in the comments section of this blog entry and we'll pass them along.  Thanks.

happy memorial day

Happy Memorial Day to our friends and family around the world.  And a heartfelt THANK YOU to all the men and women serving in our military.  We salute you!

prompted anthology launch on 5/22

Here's information about the anthology in which two of Kasey's poems will be published.  Prompted:  Stories, Poems and Essays from Greater Philadelphia Wordshop Studio will be available for purchase on Saturday, May 22nd through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at the book's launch party.

The party runs from 4 to 8 PM on May 22nd at the American Swedish Historical Museum on Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia.  Tickets for the launch are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.  The price includes food, music, a reading, and museum tour.  Proceeds support Philadelphia Stories:  a local non-profit literary magazine.

Please consider buying Prompted and, if purchasing from Amazon, do so on May 22nd.  A large number of orders in a single day can elevate the book to a best-seller status, which triggers all sorts of good marketing karma.  You can also order the book through your local library.

We hope to see you in South Philly on May 22nd.  Thanks!!

rosie's back!

Quick update on Rosie - it looks like she's finally turned the corner. Her cough has greatly diminished, and she's back to being the happy, funny pup everyone loves. She's even made her triumphant return to daycare. It's great to have our girl Rosie back!