if i did ever do karaoke i think i would do the theme from the spy who loved me
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) April 12, 2012
Now if Juliana were ever to make a covers album...
New pledges have been added to Juliana's Covers Album project at PledgeMusic since the launch earlier this month, including the return of the 20 questions by email thing which she did last year.
Today, she's brought back the offer of a personalised song, which you'll recall was a fundraiser of sorts she did in 2010 before the original PledgeMusic project.
Juliana:
I will write you a personal song! I’ll create an original song exclusively for you, to you, about you... [] ...Think of it as a commissioned sonic portrait. I will send you an mP3 and a CD of your song and will never release it to the public.
This offer is available now for up to 3 potential pledgers for, ahem, $1,000.
But you all know this anyway because you're all pledgers, right?
While we're in a pledgy, kickstarty, fundy mood, there's this from filmmaker Jarrad Kennedy:
'If It's Catchy, It Means You Stole It' is a feature documentary on Sydney musician/independent record label boss Nic Dalton. Dalton has played in over 65 bands (and counting!), most notably Boston's The Lemonheads during the peak of the grunge movement in the early 1990's.
... Interviews with key figures in the Dalton/HAC story will be interwoven with animation, rare unseen footage and performances.
... Funds generated will be used to cover equipment hire, film transfer, legal clearances and mastering.
We aim to have the film completed by July 2012 to submit for the Boston Film Festival in September.
You can get involved in the project at Pozible.
Juliana is mentioned in the trailer's credits.
In the 90's she performed one of Dalton's songs - Love Went Away - under the pseudonym of Kelly Wilson.
hat tip to Carlos for the info
Here we go again.
Juliana's forthcoming album of other people's songs is another fan funded affair. After the success of last year's There's Always Another Girl album, Juliana is again using PledgeMusic to organise the project.
She is offering her paintings, guitars and other miscellany as well as the music.
Juliana:
Also, a percentage of the money we raise will be donated to IMPACT Boston, which teaches self-defense and self-empowerment to people who really need it (I took a weekend self-defense course there a few years ago and it was really great and I was able to see with my own eyes how much it helped the women who were enrolled.) IMPACT offers scholarships for those who can’t afford the workshops.
The project has launched today. Head over to PledgeMusic to join in.
getting ready to start recording my covers album
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) February 19, 2012
Juliana has today confirmed on Twitter that her new album will be of cover versions.
She first pondered the project in July 2011 after finishing There's Always Another Girl, when she solicited suggestions from PledgeMusic subscribers.
More as and when...
UPDATE - MARCH 2
As expected, it's another pledge thing.
i'm going to be launching the new covers project at/through pledge music really soon--info coming later
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) March 2, 2012
Just kids twitpic.com/8kd4jy
— John P. Strohm (@johnpstrohm) February 15, 2012
Fans of Juliana's art might be interested to see some of the work she produced as a child. She's posted some examples today over at her official blog.
The vinyl / LP / actual proper old skool record version of There's Always Another Girl is now available from Juliana's official site.
Two songs from the download / CD version - Candy Wrappers and its alternate reprise And Again are not included due to size constraints.
Juliana's Pony - Mikey Welsh, Juliana Hatfield, Zeph Courtney
The Boston Phoenix reports that Mikey Welsh has died at the age of 40.
Welsh played bass in Weezer from 1998 to 2001. Around the same period he was also Juliana's touring bassist. He performed on the recording of Bed and as the bassist in Juliana's Pony he contributued to Total System Failure, where he has four co-writing credits.
He left the music industry in 2001 and has since been an artist.
Juliana's 1993 album Become What You Are is the subject of this week's episode of Dig Me Out - a "weekly podcast dedicated to reviewing the lost and forgotten rock of the 90's".
You can listen or download at Dig Me Out or via iTunes.
The album is critiqued from the points of view of a listener revisiting after many years and of someone hearing much of it for the first time.
The first 15 minutes is little more than a Juliana biography so you can safely skip to the remaining half hour unless man reads wikipedia is your thing.
Three more reviews for you:
Mark Jenkins, Blurt Online:
The pretty-girl trap and bad-boy misbehavior are longtime Hatfield themes, but she's rarely delivered them with such directness and authority.
6/10
Tyler Kane, Paste Magazine:
...It’s moments like these that show Hatfield’s ability to take advantage of her own intentional, focused ideas and meld them with spontaneous moments of creative opportunity.
7.2/10
Some guy in the UK, Some Website:
The honor system had worked well since 2004, the $1,000 songs had sold, she'd succesfully auctioned her guitars. PledgeMusic was always going to work.
Ok the last one is from your humble webmaster, which doubles as the prestigious liveontomorrow review™ on this site's dedicated page for There's Always Another Girl, where all the reviews, links and other relevant info from these here news pages will be collated. More information than you could possibly ever need or want. That's how I roll.
The new album is now available for non-pledgers as a digital download in most territories.
The physical CD remains available to order at Juliana's official site.
Those who pledged on the vinyl version have been notified by Juliana of a delay until mid September (pledger only link) but they all have the download version.
So if you haven't heard There's Always Another Girl yet, your excuses are running out.
Q: Do you dance?
A: only alone. but yes. alone.
Another of the PledgeMusic 20 Questions has been made public. Read Juliana's responses to emailed questions raised by Foxopoly at Internet Poison.
If you missed the earlier posting of Juliana's 20 Question exchange with N'Awlins Contrarian you can read it as a pdf here.
Wow.
Just hours after the PledgeMusic download release of There's Always Another Girl, we now have some bonus demos too!
Released under the old skool Juliana honor system, 12 tracks are now available for download at Juliana's official site. Although some have been available before (at Juliana's site and PledgeMusic) there are some interesting new ones. They are released with the caveat:
Please understand/be forewarned that some of these demos are unfinished works in progress, especially lyrically.
With that in mind...
Download, Devour and Decide what to Donate.
The lyrics to There's Always Another Girl are now up at Juliana's official site.
The time has come people.
Coinciding with her birthday, Juliana's new album - There's Always Another Girl - is now available to download for PledgeMusic subscribers.
Audiophiles will note that the download is a 192 kbps mp3 affair.
Juliana says:
This has been a really interesting and illuminating and gratifying project and I can't thank you all enough for taking part. I hope to do it again soon.
This also means that the project is now closed. If you haven't pledged, you'll have to wait until Juliana makes the album available for general sale from August 30. (Update You can now pre-order at Juliana's official site.)
Download, Decompress and Devour.
The new album cover is uncovered. Literally.
The new album, There's Always Another Girl will be available to download on July 27, 2011 for those of us who have made any of the pledges on the PledgeMusic project.
The vinyl mastering was completed last week, so the physical versions on CD and vinyl should follow shortly for those who picked them as their pledge.
The album remains on schedule as a CD release for non-pledgers on August 30.