Exceptions, and Random Movie Times

Zip. Zip. Zoom. Trying to keep up with all the emails. Falling behind.

Getting some lovely buzz on my little EP/first chapter of my album.

Neil Gaiman's tweets helped steer some people my way. And today Warren Ellis blogged about The Impossible Girl. Fun times!

I am now sitting in bed - though sleep is many hours away (I also call bed, "the office,") under a pile of sequin dresses. Fun times!

I'm staying in Carmel, CA with my father. My two year old sister is very excited to see me. She 'helps' me cook, and type; she tries to take my pants off while I stand in the kitchen; she sticks her hand down my shirt (after looking down it to see what's in there;) bites my thighs; sticks her finger up my nose; and squirts herself in the eye with Windex. Then she laughs as I hold her under the tap to rinse her eyes out. Fun times!

I taught her how to pounce on people. And how to jump on all the furniture - a skill which has helped me get as far as I have in the world today.

I'm not really a "kid person" - as a general rule - but she's a pretty fantastic little person and I make exceptions for the exceptional (smartest thing I've EVER said.)

**Random Movie Times**

This is a short silent film clip I made with Jim Batt while I was in Melbourne, Australia last month making 5 music videos. This clip is for Jim's Ghostlight Project which is a collaboration with four other artists of various mediums - it's really good.

Every day of the week, Monday through Friday, a new post gets added. Monday's are the days that Jim adds a new silent film clip, Tuesday is music, Wednesday is a photograph, Thursday is a graphic of some sort - usually a film poster, and Friday is a written piece (a scrap of script, a journal entry from an insane actor...) The project is really interesting and I was very excited to be part of it. Jim is very talented, as evidenced. Kim is very silly, as evidenced. Enjoy!

The Impossible Girl - Chapter One

Photo by:  Heike Schneider-Matzigkeit

Wow. Chapter one of the album is out in the world, being downloaded, listened to, talked about, loved. What a momentous, amazing thing. What an undertaking. And it's just the beginning! 

There is unique art for each track of the album. Chapter four features the amazing talents of: 

Teetering Bulb

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Katelan Foisy

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Dax Tran Caffee

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The videos are coming soon!

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I decided to release the album in chapters because it is such a big project, so many songs, styles, so much art, so many video plans. I didn't want to release the full album, all 18 songs, and have them be lost amongst themselves. I want each song to have room to express itself without having to clamor for attention above the din of 17 siblings. Four songs at a time seemed like a much more listenable experience. Just enough to get excited about, but not so much that each one can't be fully enjoyed.

It also gives me more time to collect great art for each track, make fancy videos, and design a nice package for the physical CD.

It will be a constant stream of music, art, and videos!

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When the album came out on Sunday I put a minimum price of $1 - but let people add more if they chose to. It was important to me to value my own work (and I do!) and also to honor those of you who pre-ordered the album by valuing your contributions and not just giving it all away for free.

Half way through the day I decided that I would see what happened when I didn't put a minimum price on it and lo and behold, suddenly people were giving me more money for it. Instead of $1, $2, and $4, I started to get $4, $8 and $15. Some people still only give $1, and many people are downloading for free, but at this point I want people to have my music, to know it, love it and support the art when they can.

So I think I will leave the album up with no minimum to download...for now. I'm making it all up as I go along. And it's just me, with a laptop, and some wild schemes. No managers or minions. Getting a little swamped under a mountain of emails, but in a good way. So good.

There have been many mentions of the album on the internet. Thanks for that. Keep it up, it really helps when people post about it, talk about it, tweet about it. 

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In the past few days a few people have told me they are proud of me, then they seem to catch themselves and say something like, "But not in a condescending or patronizing way...maybe it sounds corny...but I'm proud of you."

And I just want to say: It's ok be proud of me!

I worked really hard. I'm still working hard. I'm just winging it out here on some random current of creativity that seems to be keeping me afloat (ish.) And I'm going to keep doing it. 

Yeah...I'm proud of me too!

And I'm proud of you, for taking a chance on The Impossible Girl. For believing in art, for following through. Yes. You.

Eat a cupcake!

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Life still has it's ups and downs. Sad days, bad things. But overall I am very happy with where I am, and what I am doing, and who I am doing things with. I have a great network of creative friends, and my art is getting better and better all the time. I can't wait to release Chapter Two on September 15th!

And I'm looking forward to playing at The Independent in San Francisco this Friday, August 20th. May be my only California show this year...unless it sells out, and then I'll have to come back.

Get Tickets for Friday, August 20th

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Thank you for making The Impossible Girl possible. 

Love,

Kim Boekbinder

The Impossible Girl

Sketch your heart out

In Melbourne, Australia to make music videos - they are SO GOOD!!! I stopped by Dr. Sketchy's Melbourne to pose with Agent Cleave for some hot gypsy on gypsy action.

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I'm getting ready to release chapter one of my album - The Impossible Girl. Chapter One will have four songs, produced by Sean Slade, recorded by Benny Grotto. Everyone who pre-ordered my album will get a download code to download chapter one - and all subsequent chapters.

I have a big fancy San Francisco show on August 20th and it would be very wonderful if you came to see me and celebrate the launch of Chapter One of The Impossible Girl. The show will be at The Independent with The New Orleans Bingo! Show - truly a concert experience not to be missed: August 20th at The Independent


Here is a random shot of me in a dressing room trying out costumes for a video shoot:

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And here I am after my gig at The Epsy, hanging out in a strange fountain and looking rather epic:

Album Release - Chapter One

Video by Jim Batt.

My pre-order has ended. Thank you to all those who contributed while it was up. Over $18,000 was raised which paid for recording, mastering, and a little extra left over for making things. Amazing! 


The Impossible Girl has grown into a big project, with art contributions from some amazing artists. The album will be released digitally in four chapters - followed by a CD collection of all four chapters. 


Chapter One of The Impossible Girl will be released online on August 15th. More release dates will be announced soon.

I'm in Australia, working on music videos to accompany the album release. Things are looking really great around here: dressing up, setting things on fire, breaking and entering. All for art!

Final Weekend of Album Pre-Order

Final album preview tracks up! Including 'Rainbows and Unicorns'!

We are so very close to the end. Pre-order comes down on July 18th! The Gaiman/Palmer/Boekbinder signed ukulele will go out to its new home. The pre-order will fold in on itself, fashion for itself a little cocoon, and emerge very soon as a new and fantastical winged beast called, 'The Impossible Girl.'

We're so very close! $16,000 has been raised so far and the recording is done! Mastering is being done, album art is coming in, music videos are being filmed (in Australia!) and the release date will be announced on July 19th.

If you want to pre-order, now is the time, as the pre-order will go away on Sunday, July 18th. Still lots of tasty pre-order packages available.

http://www.theimpossiblegirl.com

Thank you for being part of the process! We're almost done!! Hurray!!!

Love,

Kim Boekbinder
The Impossible Girl

Under a Strange Sky

Saw my first Koala yesterday! In a tree in the backyard, just hanging out, very wet and bedraggled, but super fuzzy and cute and very close. He was not as excited to see me as I was to see him.

Still no kangaroos. The locals laugh at me for being so excited to see the native fauna - literally running in circles I was so excited about the koala. But then I laughed out loud - a lot - when Jim told me how awesome it was to see a squirrel when he went to America. 

I'm in the countryside, about 45 minutes from the nearest town, about 2 hours from Melbourne. We came up to shoot some videos in the woods. Jim Batt wears a special director's hat.

One of the videos will have these paper flowers, so I've been churning them out on a little assembly line.

Today we shot two videos - one for me, one for another project Jim works on: www.ghostlightproject.com

Tomorrow we will shoot another two videos for me. We have plans to shoot at least three more videos while I'm here, it's a very ambitious schedule, but I'm very interested in the visual aspect of my album as well.

Here are some costume scouting photos - from Rose Chong's in Melbourne, Australia:

Love,


K


p.s. The sky is different here. New constellations in the night sky. And sometimes when I look up....I see koalas!

Where is the Kim?

Photo by: Ken "Sharky" Braden

I'm in a cafe in Melbourne, Australia, planning music videos and album release dates. Jim Batt will be writing and directing all the videos I make in Australia - he's also the one working on the animated music video for The Organ Donor's March.

The jet lag is pretty intense, but mostly hasn't bothered me because I've been staying in and not venturing out into the world too much. I'll have more to say about Australia soon - once I get myself out of the strange time zone that I have made for myself that doesn't correspond to anything else in the world.

New Orleans was wonderful. I shot a great music video with Ron Rona, played four shows, and did two really good radio interviews: WWOZ, and WTUL. I also made some really wonderful new connections and strengthened existing friendships. New Orleans is a wonderful, magical place that can only exist in one spot in this planet. I spent a lot of time signing up to volunteer on the oil "spill" cleanup, but was never called to work. The tragedy was brought into a different light being in a place that was so imminently threatened by it. I still cannot believe that the criminals responsible have been left in charge of the cleanup. The frustration, rage, and sadness of the locals is palpable and I felt it all myself as New Orleans is one of my homes.

We are sad, we are angry, we are human. We keep living, smiling, driving on.

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I'm so impatient to release my album, but also happy to be taking time to gather all the pieces and release it in a good way. There are so many songs, in so many styles, and so many ways to present the work. I've been getting my art submissions from contributing artists and I'm really incredibly happy with the quality, variety, and creativity of these pieces. The Impossible Girl is growing into a wonderful garden of collaboration.

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Here is a video by Ron Rona (who directed my shoot for "The Big Easy")

Here is a video by Jim Batt