Bulletins

some solo acoustic in-your-face goodness:

- if you're in nyc - I'll be at the knitting factory on sat. 9/5 - more details below
- if you're in northampton ma - I'll be at iron horse on sun. 9/6 - more details below
- if you're in boston - skip to the bottom of this note, I'm in town this week

NYC: I get to play a lot of shows with friends, but this time around, two of these acts are super-buddies from way back:
  * Sat, 9/5 -- 11pm
  * KNITTING FACTORY nyc — ny.knittingfactory.com
  * "take back the mic"
      w Soulfège — www.soulfege.com — hip-hop, reggae, funk, highlife
      & Baratunde — www.baratunde.com — conscious comic
      & Mayaeni — www.mayaeni.com — bohemian hippy s/s
  * tickets: http://is.gd/1Tzc
I am so excited, you're going to love this. here's the flyer for the event if you want to check it out:
soulfege.com/flyers/KF-flyer-lg.gif

NORTHAMPTON, MA: somehow I went from co-bill to headliner in a city that I haven't played for years. so tell your friends to tell strangers to get everyone they do and don't know out to this show, or I'll be singing to chairs:
  * Sun, 9/6 -- 7pm
  * IRON HORSE — www.iheg.com —20 Center St, Northampton MA
  * tickets: http://is.gd/1TB0
get ready for some echo-y musical intimacy

BOSTON: two shows this week, woo:
  * Wed, 8/27 -- 10pm
  * CHURCH — www.churchofboston.com —69 Kilmarnock St, Boston
  * free / 21-plus
  * guest of indie pop outfit The Motion Sick — www.themotionsick.com
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  * Sat, 8/30 10:30pm
  * CLUB PASSIM — www.clubpassim.com —47 Palmer St, Cambridge
  * campfire fest in-the-round
      w Ryan Montbleau — www.ryanmontbleau.com
      & Amber Rubarth — www.amberrubarth.com
      & Jesse Dee — www.jessedee.com
  * tickets: http://is.gd/1TEn
needless to say, this will be amazing

see you soon,
mieka

the band and I will be on Fearless Music TV in NYC (& other cities) this saturday night, july 5, playing my song "Faster."

I know for sure it airs in nyc this sat night @ 12:30am on Fox 5 - but it apparently airs in a ton of different cities, at different times (more info @ fearless's myspace blog).

before and after the episode airs, you can vote for us at the Fearless Music TV website to help us get featured again on next week's episode. (and thank you if you do)

PS: about "Faster": this song appeared on a couple previous EPs of mine, and is not on my most recent cd Elijah. I repeatedly scratched it from set lists & decided it was completely used up - but then brian cassagnol (band guitarist / producer of elijah) resurrected it with this beautiful arrangement - I actually fell in love with my song again, which is hard to do ... if you've been to a live band show recently, you've probably heard this version already - if not, you can tune in this weekend.

hey boston -

just a reminder about the show this friday night - can't wait to see you.

hey boston -

as you may know, I'm returning to boston on june 6th for my first full-band show since november, and OurStage.com is rewarding my quote-unquote "biggest fans" with this special smorgasbord of prizes:

- 2 tickets to my show (awesome!)
- dinner with me & the ourstage crew (watch me exhibit laser-like focus on my own meal while my bassist chews with his mouth open!)
- exclusive access to a backstage interview (discover who my influences are AGAIN!)

and if that's not enough, and IT ISN'T, ourstage will make a video of the entire experience so you can relive this historic moment and share it with your loved ones who can then spend all their money on mieka products.

TO ENTER:
#1: create a FREE ourstage profile (easy)
#2: post a comment on my OurStage blog entry (the one about the competition).

that's it ! I'm looking for creativity - and I'm going to check out your ourstage profile to see what kind of music fan you are. so be awesome.

ok, post away... hopefully I'll be seeing you soon at the show !

the contest ends june 3rd. must be 21+.

see you in a few weeks -

mieka


(( more info: http://www.ourstage.com/profile/mieka/posts/4 ))