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Just donated.  Hope it gets there ...

Thank you!

Thanks Gorman for the DVD offer. Wanted to post here and say I'm looking forward to seeing this. I really hope you hit your goal to get the film made. I think kickstarter is an incredible way for people to directly support artist and get things made. I did contribute $5 (Feel Good Package) and hope others do the same. If the situation was different I would gladly contribute more. I really love Jay's album Whatever Happened I Apologize. Also want to check out your Replacements documentary and the upcoming Lydia Loveless doc. Good Luck!

Thank you!  And honestly everything helps.  If you have amazon prime, the Mats doc is streaming for free (as are my Grant Hart and Archers of Loaf).

We are now at 73% with 5 days to go...the campaign for Where are you, Jay Bennett? ends Monday night at 11:59 PM. We're about $6500 away from being funded. Please...if you have any interest in seeing this film made...now is the time.

And if you haven't heard the new record (her 4th), it's one of the best things released this year.  I was starting to lose interest.  Loved her first...then barely liked the second and third.  This one is all about a painful break up, but instead of sounding depressed, she's anger and it rocks!  

And yeah, a mic would have helped a lot!

Great bump today! We're at 58% with 7 days to go...we CAN do this! Please back and/or share. Everything helps...

Your story made me want to cry.  The power of music to heal has always meant everything to me.  To pay it forward (so to speak), when you see the Jay Bennett documentary is complete and available (probably not until 2019).  Send me a message, with your address, and a DVD is on me for you to enjoy!  Be well.  Keep rocking!

I was fortunate to catch his pop up set inside one of the galleries. Actually, I liked it better than his main set. I have some photos from the pop up set, but the files are too large to share here (1mb max). 

Both my wife and I had issues with the pop ups this year.  We actually preferred them when they really were secret pop ups.  The one I so wanted to see, Waxahatchee, was a disaster, as the workers at MassMoca told everyone the wrong spot and they book a singer whose voice is but a whisper in the largest noisiest room.  We didn't even stay for one song.    

Today's cool one-of-a-kind offering: an uncut sheet of Summerteeth Summertour 1999 backstage passes...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gormanbechard/where-are-you-jay-bennett?ref=user_menu

Ah, that looks good! I'd like to read it. I loved Joe Manning's book, "Disappearing into North Adams". That area has a fascinating history.

 

Speaking of Solid Sound, I saw Kevin Morby 2 nights back. Afterwards I started to walk up to Kevin's guitarist, Meg Duffy. We'd met before, briefly, once when Kevin opened in L.A. for Wilco in Sept. '16 and again, equally briefly, at Solid Sound. So I wasn't sure she'd remember me. But as I approached and she saw me, her face lit up and she called out, "Wilco mom!"

 

Hey, I'll take it, I've been called worse. 

Meg Duffy is a goddess by the way. Damn she is good. 

 

I did not know about that book.  In my Amazon cart.  And reading the description, I did not know North Adams was also a victim of urban renewal.  Hew Haven was the "model city" for that program.  Needless to say, it failed miserably.

We missed the Morby set at Solid Sound...wish we had seen it.  We were wandering more than usual.

Flash sale for the original vintage Filmore 2000 Wilco poster. Got three of them up there for $100 each. Sale ends Monday night at midnight Pacific.

What book is that from, Gorman? Great photo! It's a bit eerie, to step into the past of a place we all feel so connected to in the present.

Ordered it while we were still at Solid Sound this year...

https://www.amazon.com/Mass-MoCA-Museum-Nicholas-Whitman/dp/0970073801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506117198&sr=8-1&keywords=mass+moca

Something those who've been to Solid Sound might find interesting. Was looking through a book on the history of MassMoca, and came across this photo of the old Sprague factory and realized that Joe's Field was once covered by a huge single story building. Even after 5 festivals, never realized. 

Locate the water tank, and at the very bottom left the house on the hill, and you'll see what I mean.

Put up 5 original Summerteeth bumperstickers on the KickStarter for Where are you, Jay Bennett?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gormanbechard/where-are-you-jay-bennett?ref=user_menu

 

These are some really cool rewards, Gorman! I hope folks will support your kickstarter because I want to see the rest of this film!

 

WHAT was the deal with the Wilco Warning Rat backstage passes?!!

Ha!  I was wondering the same thing.  It so doesn't feel as if it fits Summerteeth.  

Let's get this to the $10K mark today...so we can move into the home stretch. I know as a Wilco fanatic I want to see a film about Jay Bennett...hoping you feel the same way. But it can't get made without your help.

Putting up some of the coolest rewards I've ever offered, but we need you make this film happen.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gormanbechard/where-are-you-jay-bennett

 

Just added two more amazing rewards to the Where are you, Jay Bennett? kickstarter:

On the Where are you, Jay Bennett? KickStarter we just put up as a reward what appears to be an original uncut sheet of Mermaid Avenue tour backstage passes.  There are only one of these available.  

OK, thanks for the reply. Wanted to pledge for one of the prizes, but also get a copy of the DVD. Good luck!

Thank you!

Yes, absolutely.  Pick one of the rewards (if one of them has a limit, choose that one), then add the amount from the other reward to your pledge, so the total pledge is the cost of both items.  Send me a message thru KickStarter so I know...and likewise, when it comes time to answer the reward survey, remind me again.  We do it all the time.  Thank you!

FLASH SALE: just put up 3 copies of the vintage original END OF THE CENTURY Wilco poster on the KickStarter for $85.

You can't even find this on eBay...never mind at this price. Get a great poster...help fund the film. BOOM!

We're certainly going to be working on it.  Thank you!

Nice interview!

Scott is a great supporter of only the best music!

An interview Scott D. Hudson did today about Where are you, Jay Bennett?

Just added two gorgeous original limited edition Wilco posters from the Jay Bennett era to our KickStarter campaign. They are extremely limited. Get them now.