Notices by jamie hill🏴‍☠️ (hilljam@mastodon.social)

of all the things that @shannoncurtis & i have made over the last couple decades — and, you guys, we have made so many things — this might be my favorite 🥹🥹

☢️ FEDI FRIENDS: ⛔️

@shannoncurtis and i, with heart in hand, are launching our first album fundraiser in many years! — for our long-awaited upcoming album "80s kids"⚡️🕺

we're doing an accompanying telethon for the next 10 days on shannon's FB and IG Live (sorry) — those are /shannonkcurtis and /shannoncurtismusic respectively

our telethons, if you've never seen one, are extremely fun. it's nonstop banter and laughter AND JAMIE-OKE 👀

goal 1 = $5K! pitch in if you can! https://shannoncurtis.net ❤️❤️

🚨🚨🚨 @shannoncurtis & i are giving away free tour shirts starting at 12:00am PST Friday 22 November! (i.e., about 4 hours from now)

no code needed ... just go grab a shirt and pay for shipping and it's yours

the free tee for this week will appear at this link at midnight — it will have a distinctive graphic: https://shannoncurtis.limitedrun.com/

🖤

@elsemusic this is so great! go sidesister go 🥰

The Space Between was our response to the shock and horror of the 2016 usa election; unfortunately, it feels newly relevant.

we're presenting it for November 2024 as a single file, intended to be listened to in a single uninterrupted sitting. we hope it helps ❤️

if you'd like to read along, the lyrics are at shannoncurtis.net/TSB2024

n.b. we have a few vinyl left of the album version of this; click "merch" on bandcamp

https://shannoncurtis.bandcamp.com/album/the-space-between-audio-play-single-file-version

@shannoncurtis wrote a stunning album here ❤️

sober friends: don't let this be the thing that breaks your sobriety. if anyone needs to talk, i'm here ❤️

cool shot of me and my sweetie at work last night :BlobhajHeart:

🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️

ATTENTION MUSIC FRIENDS:

@shannoncurtis and i are planning a "Good to Me" USA tour out to the east coast and back this september / early october! we plan to hit the southwest / midwest / east coast / new england / western usa, in roughly that order

does anyone here want us to come to your town? if so, do you have ideas of where you might like to see us play? can you perhaps even help make it happen? this is a seated 95-minute "evening with" show

eager to hear your ideas ❤️❤️

lots of people buying our record "Good to Me" today for bandcamp friday! thank you so much! we're just waking up after working till 5am on the new 80s kids track, hopelessly behind the ball 😂 SO:

- we have cds

- we have VINYL (mastered by the guy who does all LCD Soundsystem's stuff; it sounds FUCKING GREAT)

- we have hand-screened tee shirts

- bandcamp gives us 100% of all proceeds today

thanks to everyone who's already purchased something — we hope you love it 🖤🏴☠️

https://shannoncurtis.bandcamp.com/album/good-to-me

🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ RADIO FREE FEDI FUNDRAISER UPDATE: holding steady at 75%!

INCREMENTAL GOAL: think we can get it to 80% by the time shannon and i wake up? you’ve got nine hours. that’s US $200. feels achievable!

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https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️

okay, shannon and i have to go to bed now — it’s 4am on the usa west coast — but now europe and the uk are up! so now it’s your turn …

so far today we’ve gotten 5% closer to the fundraising goal for Radio Free Fedi — from 61% to 66% 😍

think you can get it to 71% before we wake back up? i’m excited to see what you accomplish while we’re sleeping!

https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

every time i check the Radio Free Fedi radio station fundraiser, the percentage has gone up!

we started the day at 61%; we're already at 65% 🙀

the fundraiser is to support J, the nearly-completely-anonymous human (but also dear friend) who *singlehandedly* runs RFF

just think for a moment about how much sheer JOY radio free fedi has brought into your life over the past year

then dig deep and give generously. J has given A LOT to us; now it is our time to GIVE BACK 🖤🏴☠️

https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

i'm watching the donation meter and you all are doing a great job showing support for Radio Free Fedi!

just in the last couple of hours we've gone from 61% of goal raised to 63% 🙀🙀🙀🏆🏆🏆

https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

100% of funds raised go to help support the person who runs RFF. he made it FROM SCRATCH and it has become the coolest thing on the fediverse. and now we are raising money to help give back, say thanks, and ensure continued RFF development and artist onboarding!

🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️

WWWHHOOOAAAA, you all — a couple of very generous someones just gave the Radio Free Fedi fundraiser a big boost! it's at 75% funded all of a sudden!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

just NZ $1,625 / US $1,000 / €920

GETTING CLOSE

who's going to be the next person to pitch in? when we get this fundraiser fully funded, we will be supporting Radio Free Fedi's continued existence throughout 2024! 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️

https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

it occurs to me that we could end the Radio Free Fedi fundraiser *right now* if a single reasonably well-off patron decided to fund the entire rest of the fundraiser. it's only US $1,235! that's a lot of money for us, a married pair of working artists ... but i know for a fact that there is a HUGE crossover on here between extremely well-paid tech people and passionate music-makers whose work has gotten significant exposure on RFF.

so there's the challenge for the afternoon. is this you??

📢📢📢 RADIO FREE FEDI FUNDRAISER UPDATE:

wow! you all did some amazing work overnight! in the last 24 hours this fundraiser has gone from 61% completed to 69% completed 🙀🙀🙀🏆🏆🏆 (nice)

eagle-eyed observers will note that this means that the RFF fundraiser still has 31% to go to reach its funding goal

quick math: NZ $6,500 * .31 = NZ $2,015 remaining = US $1,235 = €1,140. THIS IS EXTREMELY DOABLE

contribute at the link below to help keep RFF on the air for another year!!

https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

🚨 PLEASE BOOST INTO MUSIC SPACES 🚨

many of us on here have benefitted tremendously over the last year from the tireless efforts of the person behind the mighty Radio Free Fedi

all of their work over the last year building RFF was uncompensated. that is no longer sustainable for them

i'd like to ask 2 things of the fedi music community:

1) make as generous a $ contribution as you can at https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

2) make a post like this one, in your own words, encouraging others to donate

🏴☠️🖤

i just learned about DiGiDi and got very excited about it

it's a cooperative digital distributor / aggregator for getting your music online — owned by the people who use it. nonprofit / democratic / transparent / looks amazing at first blush:

https://howdigidiworks.digidi.org/termsandpricing/

is anyone on here familiar with them? any experiences to share, good or bad?

🚨 PLEASE BOOST:

Hi! I want to ask for your all's help with a little project.

Shannon and I have developed a deep friendship over the last few years with a guy who lives in the sober house across the alley behind our house. His story is pretty amazing. He's 64, and, prior to the last decade, he'd spent most of his adult life in prison. 30-ish years in and out, if memory serves. A hard life full of repeated mistakes.

And then, five years ago, he got sober. And he has undergone the most

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🚨 PLEASE BOOST

the amazing human who singlehandedly runs Radio Free Fedi — which has given so many of us on here so much — has posted today about some unexpected and difficult setbacks

i think the fedi community could do a little #mutualaid here and it would be exceedingly apropos

his kofi is here: https://ko-fi.com/ctrlfrk

🏆 i'm issuing a fedi musicians' challenge: donate NZ $20. with the exchange rate that's like $12 USD

reply when you've done it and i'll give you love 🖤

let's do this