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First off -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the man I call "POP".

(Well, I call him that because... um... because... uh... he's my father.)

Welcome to all the newcomers.

Starting year #20 in a couple of months...

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If you're just checking in here for the first time, you might wanna browse The Archive a little. Lotsa coll shit in there... free songs to download, cartoons, Photoshop images, lotsa video.

But a lot of regulars have been asking about his new project, this new theatrical project.

SO -- the first 2 dates for those little work sessions are set. And you can sit in on them. In fact they're...

FREE.

Saturday night April 2 -- Saturday night April 9

Both of these gigs will start at 7:30.

Both of them will be in small theaters at:

The Producer's Club
358 West 44th Street (Near 9th Avenue)

What I'm gonna do is this... I'm gonna walk out on stage with my guitar and, hopefully, sing and tell stories and take you guys through the rough idea of what this actual workshop production is gonna be. If you feel like coming to either one of these, just shoot me an email here.

Now, I'm looking for an audience of people who have never been to one of my concerts at Merkin Concert Hall. If you've never been to one of those shows, please think about coming to this thing. It'll be fun. I promise.

If you HAVE been to one of my concerts at Merkin Concert Hall... that's cool. You can come, too. But please,please, please bring at least one other person who is new to all of this.

Again... these shows will be FREE.

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IF YOU WANT TO COME TO ONE OF THESE SHOWS - CLICK HERE AND EMAIL ME.

Let me know how many friends you're bringing... any number of people is cool, as long as some of you are first timers. I will put your name on the guest list at the door.

More about all this in a minute.

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NOW -- as I have all week, I want to give you guys an opportunity to send a little help around the other side of the world to Japan in a pretty direct way. I know it gets a little confusing and overwhelming sometimes when you wanna help but so many charities and organizations are encumbered with massive bureaucracies.

I think these men and women are pretty cool and do really great work. When thousands and thousands of ordinary people are hurt and suffering, and this organization has always been one of my favorites to support. Might be a way for you to help if you can or if you wanna.

Click to give

These physicians always show up all around the world, getting direct help on the ground, right there with their nose in it, helping ordinary people who need real help.

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Those of you in the arts know what a storyboard is. For everyone else... a storyboard can be a series of sketches, or even just a series of index cards and on them are different songs and scenes and dialogue and moments for a particular play or performance... which can then be arranged and rearranged to see what the thing will look like, how it will flow. The cards are often stuck to a wall or... a storyboard.

I was thinkin'... what if I did a couple of nights in which I took a series of songs and stories from over the years and shared them with a roomful of people, with an audience -- but shot video of both sessions in segments. Then I could take each individual segment of video and arrange them in a time-line in the Final Cut editing program... and rearrange them... and arrange them again, so that I could actually see and hear how they held together. In other words, it would be a living storyboard with music and transitions and everything.

That's where you come in. That's why I'd love you to be at one of the shows on either

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For anyone new here, watch this video.

HERE's the video from Academy Award-winner Tony Walton and his wife.

We're trying to put a theatrical piece together that, hopefully, will be a positive thing.

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SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?

You are everything. Just like on "The Hill" in Central Park, none of this happens if you don't show up. The 3 most important things we need from you...

1. A generous donation of real money. (Yeah, like everything else... it's gonna take money to actually make it happen.)

3. We need you to take it upon yourself to be a little Paul Revere-ish... take it upon yourself to spread the word about this project every day to friends and family. Make it your own. We need you to come up with Creative ideas to get the word out about this effort.

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FIND THE EASIEST WAY TO HELP

Your donations are tax-deductible!!! Whatever you decide to give! (So cool.)

Just go to the IndieGoGo website and make a donation with your credit card or debit card...

Click here to visit the site and make a direct donation. INDIE GOGO

THE PLACE TO JOIN THE TEAM!

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Or if you like doin' it "old school" -- just make out a check to:

Fractured Atlas
(And write "David Ippolito" on the memo line.)

Then mail it to:

TABAK
360 East 72nd Street
Suite A 1108
New York, NY 10021

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WHAT YOU GET

Cool stuff -- really cool stuff -- amazingly cool stuff -- ridiculous stuff -- really ridiculous stuff -- f*cking ridiculous stuff...

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You'll see!

I'LL BE SETTING UP THE PAGE WITH A LIST OF ALL THE COOL PEOPLE WHO HELP US OUT. (If you'd like to remain anonymous... just let us know that, too.)

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If you're new around here, you might wanna make a pot of coffee or pour a glass of wine and browse through The ARCHIVE. Lotsa really fun stuff in there going all the way back to... to.. well, they go a long way back!

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VIDEO TIME

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WATCH THESE VIDEOS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY -- and then shoot me an email to tell me if you think they might become a part of the story.

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Click to watch the very first LIVE performance of this song.

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I'm really enjoying all of your comments about the newest songs, so keep 'em comin'! This was the LIVE debut of this next song in December here in NYC.

CAN'T YOU SEE?

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HIT THIS LINK TO EMAIL YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS

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THE (entire) DECEMBER CONCERT

For you guys again today... the entire concert... "The Something'th Annual Year End Concert" is here for you to watch. Go make a pot of coffee. Pour yourself some tea or a nice glass of wine and sit back and watch this thing. Plug in some headphones or some earbuds if you feel like it. You can actually jump around and watch different parts o the show.

We had such a great time again this year in that theater!

(The audio got a little funky during Teresa Reynolds' Christmas song... but I'm do everything I can to fix that sooner than later. Check back.)

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Here are a couple of different fun galleries to check out.

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HAVE FUN TODAY!!!!!! (And be cool to each other, okay?)

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Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮