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Update #4: The Final Campaign!
Well, we can only hope so. I'm sure some of you feel besieged by my cries for help. But we are getting near the end and, with that in mind, I've launched what I hope will be my final DO IT AGAIN campaign. The good news: We have a TV version ready and eight PBS markets have bought in. We're hoping for more, provided we can convince them that DO IT AGAIN is more compelling viewing than the latest Sha Na Na reunion.
What can you do? If you've got a few spare bucks, send him our way. If you don't, totally understood. You have already all been so generous. Move making is expensive and I've made peace with the fact I will never make my investment back. But I am hoping to not add any more debt to that line. Hence, THE FINAL CAMPAIGN!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/775822192/bringing-do-it-again-our-kinks-film-to-tv
Update #3: Donating for TV project
We're a week out from our fabulous screening in Wichita. Even if you can't make it - and you should come, it's only in Kansas! - you can help by making a donation through the Tallgrass invitation. Any amount helps!
And all of the Kickstarter rewards apply...
Geoff
Update #2: Getting yer stuff...
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Posted on August 19, 2010
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Update #1: Wow!
I try to shy away from exclamation points. And smiley faces.
But I had to express a little enthusiasm for our latest round of funding.
If you could see my bank account, you would understand just how vital this kind of infusion will be. Now I can press buttons, order up tapes, copy press materials with at least a little of the guilt removed.
And for that, I thank all of you.
Now what do I need from you? Folks who have note received your rewards, send back a note with your address. They rewards will then be coming. And if you haven't seen Do It Again, I hope you'll be able to soon.
Geoff
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Jackson on September 14, 2010
Geoff,
I was fortunate to be able to view your film in Los Angeles with my wife....We both enjoyed it and think you have a future career in film.
My only complaint: They were supposed to give out buttons or pins when we left but no one gave us anything.
You shook my hand and kind of apologized to my wife for bashing her favorite band, the Eagles, as we left the theater. Thanks for that....I would never have heard the end of it, had you not done so.
If you are needing pre-orders for a DVD release of "Do It Again"....PLEASE contact me. I can guarantee at least five purchases in advance. LOTS of Kinks fans here in SoCal.Jackson Spears
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Updates on the film, screenings and any other communications you might desire.
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Victoria/Big Sky 45. Get this vinyl masterpiece featuring two Kinks songs lovingly re-recorded by Figgs singer (and Graham Parker sideman) Mike Gent. These versions are loyal to the originals. The sleeve is a specially designed piece of art on its own. David Plunkert has created a sleeve you can leave intact or unfold to become a "Victoria" poster.
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Victoria/Big Sky 45 record SIGNED AND NUMBERED. This is music and it's art. We have just 50 signed/numbered 45 records with a sleeve specially-designed to open into a poster. The songs itself - Victoria and Big Sky - are done beautifully by Figgs singer (and Graham Parker sideman) Mike Gent. (You should hear Mike's drumming on "Big Sky.") The sleeve was custom-made by David Plunkert, our poster-designing hero.
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CD signed by Zooey Deschanel. She so wonderfully carried herself in "Do It Again." Now get one of only eight signed copies (that I have) of her cool, new CD with M. Ward, "She & Him, Volume Two."
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We've got 5 small and 5 medium "Do It Again" t-shirts left. Super rare. Very cool. And yours for a generous contribution.
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The 12-by-18 version of David Plunkert's "Do It Again" poster.
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So we somehow scored a Zooey Deschanel signature on the DVD case of the screener we send out to film festivals. I'd keep it, but hey, we've got more important things to pay for, like our festival. I'm auctioning off this signed, single case... a one of a kind item.
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Private screening of "Do It Again." As long as you'll pay my air/train/carfare and offer me a couch, cheetos and a Teddy Bear, I'll bring the film - and some delicious outtakes - to you.
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Own the acoustic guitar that Dave Davies played in "Do It Again."
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Geoff Edgers is a staff writer at the Boston Globe and has also written for GQ, Wired, Details, Spin and Salon. He's had two children's books published by Penguin, "Who Were the Beatles?" and "Who Was Elvis Presley?" He lives in Concord, MA. with his wife, Carlene Hempel, their daughter, Lila, and new baby, Calvin.
