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Daphne Carr

New York, NY

Daphne Carr has been the series editor of Best Music Writing since 2006, and worked with guest editors Mary Gaitskill, Nelson George, Robert Christgau, Greil Marcus, Ann Powers, and Alex Ross. Carr has been a freelance music writer since 2000. Her byline ... view more

  1. Funded!

    Feminist Playing Cards by Lynn Casper

    A deck of playing cards featuring illustrations of influential feminist musicians by 14 feminist artists. A project of Homoground.

    • 107% funded $12,954 pledged
    • 434 backers
    • Funded Mar 21, 2012
  2. After The Fair: The Legacy of the 1964-65 NY World's Fair by Ryan Ritchey

    in 1965, the last great world's fair in the U.S. was demolished, never to be seen again. Or was it?

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/09/2012)
  3. HELL PIT "999 LIVES" by Jerrod Porter

    Hell Pit is a Heavy Metal band with a cat leadsinger raising money to put out a 7"record in tribute of the recently deceased cat Beezer

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/23/2012)
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    "ATLAS LOUNGED," a book about RICHARD CHEESE by Mark Davis by Mark Davis AKA Richard Cheese

    Help fund "ATLAS LOUNGED," an uncensored behind-the-scenes BOOK about the Richard Cheese band by Mark Jonathan Davis, creator/producer!

    • 114% funded $23,951 pledged
    • 402 backers
    • Funded Mar 14, 2012
  5. Unsound LABS 2012 by Unsound New York

    An experimental music/art/discussion workshop project in New York by Unsound.

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/03/2012)
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    Ad Hoc by Ad Hoc

    Bring music back to the community.

    • 112% funded $37,626 pledged
    • 973 backers
    • Funded Mar 05, 2012
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    Gods and Kings by Robin Blotnick

    As satellite TV signals bombard the Guatemalan highlands, Maya magic confronts the myths and rituals of American consumer culture.

    • 112% funded $16,874 pledged
    • 163 backers
    • Funded Jan 31, 2012
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    The Inventions of Frances Hugle by Cheryl Hugle

    Help preserve and publish the remaining technical papers of Frances Hugle, a woman engineer, who may be the actual inventor of the IC.

    Funding Unsuccessful (01/31/2012)
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    CASSETTE: A Documentary Film about the Cassette Tape. by Zack Taylor and Seth Smoot

    CASSETTE is a feature-length documentary that celebrates the past, present, and future of an endearing musical format.

    • 101% funded $25,467 pledged
    • 333 backers
    • Funded Jan 28, 2012
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    Baltimore Mixtape Project by Chris Baron

    The BMP uses hip hop and spoken word to promote youth activism and social consciousness, starting with the school to prison pipeline.

    • 189% funded $3,781 pledged
    • 64 backers
    • Funded Jan 25, 2012
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    Flamingo Rampant! Gender Independent Kids Books by S. Bear Bergman

    Great stories for K-4th grade that also feature gender-independent and trans-identified kids.

    • 185% funded $18,555 pledged
    • 397 backers
    • Funded Mar 07, 2012
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    Kronos: Under 30 Project / #5 by Kronos Quartet

    Under 30 is a commissioning program designed to support the creation of new work by young artists. Help us create new music!

    • 123% funded $12,300 pledged
    • 162 backers
    • Funded Jan 31, 2012
  13. "We Are the 99%" portraits taken at Occupy Wall Street by Vanessa Bahmani

    A portrait series documenting over 1,000 diverse voices of the 99% throughout Occupy NYC and Occupy Oakland, CA as well.

    Funding Unsuccessful (01/20/2012)
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    Non-Event 2012 Concert Season by Susanna Bolle

    Non-Event is a Boston-based concert series, featuring some of the finest experimental music from around the world and close to home.

    • 115% funded $5,767 pledged
    • 120 backers
    • Funded Jan 18, 2012
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    God Help The Girl - Musical Film by God Help The Girl

    Musical feature film about a long lazy summer in Glasgow, Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) directs, Barry Mendel (Rushmore) produces.

    • 121% funded $121,084 pledged
    • 1,334 backers
    • Funded Feb 12, 2012
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    Swoon VI--The Techno/logy Issue by Kelly McKay

    Swoon Magazine is a NY/LA-based independent music, fashion, philosophy, art & culture media project.

    • 109% funded $4,375 pledged
    • 100 backers
    • Funded Jan 23, 2012
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    Distance: long essays about design, published quarterly. by Nick Disabato

    Three essays, five thousand words each, every three months. We want to build a better conversation with you.

    • 150% funded $20,317 pledged
    • 515 backers
    • Funded Feb 17, 2012
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    Newsmotion by Newsmotion.org

    Newsmotion is a civic media, public art and documentary storytelling initiative.

    • 118% funded $41,338 pledged
    • 568 backers
    • Funded Dec 29, 2011
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    Son of a Bug by Nicky Tavares and Shams-Tabraiz Muzaffar

    Son of a Bug explores the history of The Bugs, the first Pakistani rock band (formed 1964) and what it means to be Pakistani-American.

    • 123% funded $7,384 pledged
    • 123 backers
    • Funded Jan 02, 2012