Fred Sandsmark's Blog

I saw an AP story about Jill Sobule, who's collecting money to record her next record. A snippet from the article:

Contributors can choose a level of pledges ranging from the $10 "unpolished rock," which earns them a free digital download of her disc when it's made, to the $10,000 "weapons-grade plutonium level," where she promises "you get to come and sing on my CD. Don't worry if you can't sing - we can fix that on our end."

For the $500 "gold level," Sobule will mention your name in a song, maybe even rhyme with it. The $750 "gold doubloons level" is "exactly like the gold level, but you give me more money."

I've seen Jill just once, at Judith Owen and Harry Shearer's Holiday Sing-Along in 2006. She was fabulous.

You can contribute at JillsNextRecord.com. I'm in; I just have to decide how much.

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