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simple · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:18 pm

I'd like to invite everyone to a benefit concert I am producing called 'Hard To Imagine'. The event takes place in Park Slope, Brooklyn on June 8th, during Brooklyn's Gay Pride Week. All proceeds will go to Fine By Me, a non-profit, grass roots organization dedicated to fighting homophobia - http://www.finebyme.org.

My band will play 16 Pearl Jam covers, backed by a full choir. Many of the vocal arrangements are original, as well as some of the musical adaptations (see set list below).

Brooklyn Brewery is sponsoring the show, along with several other local businesses. We're offering a $15 All-You-Can Drink ticket, a bake sale, and a raffle. We're hoping to sell 350 tickets. If you bring a ticket stub from any Pearl Jam show you'll get $5 off the $20 door.

If you can't attend but would like to make a donation in the form of a ticket, you can purchase tickets at http://www.brooklynlyceum.com.

Thanks so much for your consideration,
M

'Hard To Imagine' set list:
Hard to Imagine
Porch
Not For You
Elderly Woman...
Arc
LBC
Smile
Sometimes
Angel
Nothing Man
Evolution
Thin Air
Can't Keep
Indifference
Jeremy
Release

p.s. PJ and the organization has been invited through a network of friends. I know it's a long shot that any of them will come, but it can't hurt to ask. Besides, they finish on June 3rd, just a few miles away...

simple · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:21 pm

p.s. kostek and cb, this is the show i was talking about.

Juvenal · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:21 pm

That sounds awesome. Hope it goes well

simple · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:25 pm

thanks.

oh yeah, hello to bee girl. i finally joined rm.
hope you enjoy the show tonight.

kostek · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:25 pm

simple wrote:

p.s. kostek and cb, this is the show i was talking about.

hell yes!!!

man i wish i was in nyc, i would make it there for sure (going to poland for a wedding)

it will sound awesome i bet.

support this guys if you can, it will really be a great even.

kostek · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:48 pm

kostek wrote:

simple wrote:

p.s. kostek and cb, this is the show i was talking about.

hell yes!!!

man i wish i was in nyc, i would make it there for sure (going to poland for a wedding)

it will sound awesome i bet.

support this guys if you can, it will really be a great event.

simple · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:49 pm

bump for a good cause.

dkfan9 · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 10:58 pm

nice html.

simple · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 11:35 pm

lol, yeah.

iceagecoming · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 10:29 am

simple wrote:

I'd like to invite everyone to a benefit concert I am producing called 'Hard To Imagine'. The event takes place in Park Slope, Brooklyn on June 8th, during Brooklyn's Gay Pride Week. All proceeds will go to Fine By Me, a non-profit, grass roots organization dedicated to fighting homophobia - http://www.finebyme.org.

My band will play 16 Pearl Jam covers, backed by a full choir. Many of the vocal arrangements are original, as well as some of the musical adaptations (see set list below).

Brooklyn Brewery is sponsoring the show, along with several other local businesses. We're offering a $15 All-You-Can Drink ticket, a bake sale, and a raffle. We're hoping to sell 350 tickets. If you bring a ticket stub from any Pearl Jam show you'll get $5 off the $20 door.

If you can't attend but would like to make a donation in the form of a ticket, you can purchase tickets at http://www.brooklynlyceum.com.

Thanks so much for your consideration,
M

'Hard To Imagine' set list:
Hard to Imagine
Porch
Not For You
Elderly Woman...
Arc
LBC
Smile
Sometimes
Angel
Nothing Man
Evolution
Thin Air
Can't Keep
Indifference
Jeremy
Release

p.s. PJ and the organization has been invited through a network of friends. I know it's a long shot that any of them will come, but it can't hurt to ask. Besides, they finish on June 3rd, just a few miles away...

This sounds like it's going to be an excellent event, i like the fact you haven't gone for the obvious song choices, too. Angel, Arc, Can't Keep - very nice

Is it possible you could record the whole performance, it would be hard for me to get there, being situated in England and all.

I'd be happy to make a donation.

simple · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 2:34 pm

i will absolutely send you a cd. thanks for your interest, and support.

pm me your mailing address, and i'll send it to you when it's ready.

as for making a donation, that'd be great. you can do so in the form of a ticket purchase at http://www.brooklynlyceum.com, or just make a direct donation to Fine By Me at http://www.finebyme.org.

p.s. TO ALL: i am not sellling the cd (for obvious reasons) but i will gladly trade it with anyone, or send it along just for the cost of mailing, if need be.

kostek · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 3:12 pm

i want to make a donation and if the cd can be a free gift, that'd be nice

simple · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 3:18 pm

okay, i'll do for you what pj did with the new album:
if you buy a ticket, i'll send you a free official bootleg of the 2006 brooklyn show

kostek · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 5:13 pm

simple wrote:

okay, i'll do for you what pj did with the new album:
if you buy a ticket, i'll send you a free official bootleg of the 2006 brooklyn show

wow, u might have to be burning a lot of copies my friend

but i'm in

holierthanthou · **Joined:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:48 am **Posts:** 2859

is this in support of gay rights? i'd read the link but i am to lazy

corduroy_blazer · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 5:19 pm

matt = nicest person ever.

so is it $20 at the door for the all you can drink? and then $5 off if you bring a pj ticket?

i'm going to try to make this, and even if i can't i'll buy a ticket and maybe a t-shirt.

simple · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 5:33 pm

holierthanthou wrote:

is this in support of gay rights? i'd read the link but i am to lazy

in a sense. it's specifically about getting the support of a large, untapped, silent majority: the rest of us 'straight' people who aren't militant gay rights activists but are just "fine" with others living alternative lifestyles.

so often the gays rights issue gets polarized into one of two camps, and the loudest, most aggresive voices, and often the most condemning, get heard.

in this case, we're raising money for a t-shirt campaign for Fine By Me. the t-shirt simply says "gay? fine by me". any discourse after that is up to the individual.

it's a "quiet" statement, if you will.

kostek · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 5:34 pm

holierthanthou wrote:

is this in support of gay rights? i'd read the link but i am to lazy

matt, back me up here but basically its not progay, the name of the organization is 'fine with me', so its basically just a tolerance awerness

holierthanthou · **Joined:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:48 am **Posts:** 2859

simple wrote:

holierthanthou wrote:

is this in support of gay rights? i'd read the link but i am to lazy

in a sense. it's specifically about getting the support of a large, untapped, silent majority: the rest of us 'straight' people who aren't militant gay rights activists but are just "fine" with others living alternative lifestyles.

so often the gays rights issue gets polarized into one of two camps, and the loudest, most aggresive voices, and often the most condemning, get heard.

in this case, we're raising money for a t-shirt campaign for Fine By Me. the t-shirt simply says "gay? fine by me". any discourse after that is up to the individual.

it's a "quiet" statement, if you will.

alright that;s cool - i'm not gay and i don't care either way so i'm really not used to dealing with stuff like this

simple · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 5:37 pm

corduroy_blazer wrote:

matt = nicest person ever.

so is it $20 at the door for the all you can drink? and then $5 off if you bring a pj ticket?

i'm going to try to make this, and even if i can't i'll buy a ticket and maybe a t-shirt.

lol, thanks cb.

if you buy the ticket in advance it's $15.
at the door it's $20, but if you show your pj ticket stub at the door it'll only cost you $15 to get in.
no matter which ticket you buy, it's all you can drink.

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