John Highkin

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San Diego, CA

A musician and circus director for over 30 years, John is feverishly exploring Texas Swing music in all its early forms. John played bluegrass mandolin and bass in the 1970s in Los Angeles and Nashville, worked in theater in the 1980s (studying at Be... view more

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The Giuseppi Logan Project - a free jazz album by Ed Pettersen

Mad King Edmund presents free jazz legend Giuseppi Logan recording with Larry Roland, Cooper-Moore, Tracey Silverman and Ed Pettersen.
- Jazz
- New York, NY
- 203% funded $12,207 pledged
- 303 backers
- Funded Apr 30, 2012
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To the stars through books and coffee! by William Emery

Ad Astra Books and Coffee House is Kansas's newest indie bookstore and we need your help to become great.
- Publishing
- Salina, KS
- 102% funded $15,335 pledged
- 219 backers
- Funded Mar 28, 2012
West Coast Cabaret by Todd A. Davidson

Beautiful dancers, amazing performers, and a red-hot band. The West Coast Cabaret brings back the spirit of Vaudeville and Burlesque.
- Theater
- San Diego, CA
Funding Unsuccessful (12/29/2011)
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National City Youth Theatre Ensemble by Crystal

A theatre ensemble for 4-6th graders to envision, create and perform their own plays about their community.
- Theater
- San Diego, CA
- 109% funded $5,458 pledged
- 79 backers
- Funded Dec 03, 2011
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let the monkeys out of the box! by THE WIYOS

An exciting new album of entirely original material loosely based on Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz.
- Rock
- Cold Spring, NY
- 126% funded $18,978 pledged
- 267 backers
- Funded Aug 19, 2011
Stored Potential: Repurposing a Giant Grain Elevator by Anne Trumble

We want to cover an enormous concrete grain elevator with equally enormous art about land use, agriculture, and the food we eat.
- Sculpture
- Omaha, NE
Funding Unsuccessful (04/10/2010)
"The Country Giant" studio building renovation and music library expansion project by Alan McCall

Nationally-distributed country music Internet station is seeking its own work area and the purchase of a traditional country music library on CD.
- Country & Folk
- Tallahassee, FL
Funding Unsuccessful (05/05/2010)
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Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls are going to release their first EP! by Courtney McLean

Minneapolis' favorite Naughtybilly band, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls, are lookin' to record their sex-positive ditties on an EP for everyone.
- Country & Folk
- Minneapolis, MN
- 103% funded $2,062 pledged
- 65 backers
- Funded Mar 07, 2010
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The Candy Store: Send a Medicine Show Art Exhibition on the Road to Tijuana, Mexico! by larry kline

Art Made of Real Medicines (They are Inconsumable, Folks!) The Candy Store Parodies the Healthcare Industry and is Headed for Tijuana, Mexico.
- Public Art
- Tijuana, Mexico
- 104% funded $2,603 pledged
- 21 backers
- Funded Nov 25, 2009

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The Giuseppi Logan Project - a free jazz album by Ed Pettersen

To the stars through books and coffee! by William Emery

West Coast Cabaret by Todd A. Davidson

National City Youth Theatre Ensemble by Crystal

let the monkeys out of the box! by THE WIYOS

Stored Potential: Repurposing a Giant Grain Elevator by Anne Trumble

"The Country Giant" studio building renovation and music library expansion project by Alan McCall

Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls are going to release their first EP! by Courtney McLean

The Candy Store: Send a Medicine Show Art Exhibition on the Road to Tijuana, Mexico! by larry kline

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