My album “The Sky is Calling” comes out on June 21st, 2013.

In preparation I am undergoing transformation into The Impossible Girl – which was the name of my first solo album three years ago and is the name I am happy performing under.

Please head over to www.theimpossiblegirl.com

Or browse some of the links in the right-hand side-bar over there.

XxK

The Washington Post has run a very lovely piece about the animation I did with Molly Crabapple and Jim Batt. The story also includes a bunch of history of how Jim and I fell in love while working on the project. READ IT HERE

He has my heart! He has my heart! He has my heart!

SXSW Interative
March 10th
11am
Hyatt Regency Austin
Texas Ballroom 5-7
208 Barton Springs Rd

Must have Interactive/Gold/Platinum SXSW badge

LINK to our talk

Here’s a photo of me and Molly being serious business people (I’m the unicorn. She’s the virgin.)

XxK

Today I am making postcards. I send postcards to people who are signed up to my super secret MISSION CONTROL (more on that soon) and I’ve decided to start sending postcards at random to people who are signed up to my email list.

I hand make my postcards, collages, paintings, drawings. I love sending them. I want to send one to you. I’ll be sending about 10 cards a month for the next few months.

Sign up to my emailing list and be sure to include your physical address in your profile. Maybe you’ll be one of the lucky random people.

The Impossible Girl’s Entirely Possible Email Newsletter

I send about one email a month. Sometimes less in between releases.

XxK

The theme of the night was “Failure” and I talked about my failed US Tour and then my successful pre-sold tour.

Way back in the summer of 2011 I was the first person to pre-sell shows this way, I wrote about it for warrenellis.com and then BoingBoing.net picked it up. Then the idea steamrolled it’s way onto CNN, The BBC, and more.

Now there are several websites devoted to pre-selling concerts! I haven’t tried any of them yet, but the one I mention in the talk is Detour.com. At present they are focussed on bringing big name acts to new markets. But I hope they’ll open up for small, independent artists soon. If you are looking to pre-sell shows now you can check out www.wedemand.com or www.bringthegig.com.

http://music.kimboekbinder.com/album/the-sky-is-calling

An early x-mas gift: Tickets to my San Francisco show on Dec. 13th.

http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2012/12-13d.html

T-shirts and DVDs for “I Have Your Heart”, the animation by me, Molly Crabapple, & Jim Batt.  SELLING FAST

http://music.kimboekbinder.com/album/i-have-your-heart

This amazing silk screen print by Molly Crabapple

http://www.etsy.com/listing/115907423/red-silkscreen-print

Spooky chamber music by Meredith Yayanos. So beautiful.

Vagina Dentata underwear by Melissa Dowell

http://www.etsy.com/listing/88028436/vagina-dentata-underwear

CAPES! Everyone needs a cape. Or two. Or three.

High-quality, handmade jackets by my gorgeous friend Bex

http://www.etsy.com/listing/110137478/sale-earth-maiden-cropped-lined-jacket

And last, but certainly not least, the gift of freedom: The Rolling Jubilee purchases defaulted medical debt, and then forgives it, freeing people from the burden of debt. Amazing.

http://rollingjubilee.org/

 
I’m very proud and happy and thankful to have worked with the incredibly talented Molly Crabapple and Jim Batt.
 

It got premiered on BoingBoing.net yesterday – head over there for some behind the scenes photos. And check out the website here: www.ihaveyourheart.com and if you want some wonderful merchandise related to the film go here: http://bit.ly/TUOtxh

Here are my two final shows of 2012:

November 28th – NYC
The Delancey
9pm $5
21+

December 13th – San Francisco
DNA Lounge
8pm $8-10
ALL AGES
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It’s the last 6 days of the Kickstarter campaign to fund my next album. We’re in the home stretch. I am currently at $22,000 of my $30,000 minimum goal. $30,000 is the absolute minimum to record and release the album to Kickstarter backers. Reaching a higher goal would grant me the ability to tour, make videos, and record even more music.

Today I did some calculations based on reaching my minimum goal of $30,000 and my dream goal of $50,000.

I am not famous, but I do have fans. Twitter, Facebook and my email list put that number at about 5,000. That’s not many people human population wise. But the small may be mighty!

Since 677 wonderful people have already backed the project (THANK YOU!!) I’ve based my calculations on 4,323 (5,000 – 677).

If 4,323 of you wonderful people back my project for $2 (get a digital download of the whole album for $2) I will have enough to record and release my album to Kickstarter backers.

If 4,323 of you extra super amazingly wonderful back my album for $7 I will have enough to reach my dream goal, tour, make videos, breathe, eat, and make more music.

$2 would be great.

$7 would be amazing.

That isn’t much money when it’s broken down that way. That is the power of the crowd.

Your power.

 
 
Gratuitous celebrity endorsement:

 
 
 
 
p.s. I have evacuated from my NY apartment that was on the border of the flood zone. I’m staying with friends in a no-flood zone. The winds are getting a bit gusty. The storm surge has already begun. I have pancake mix and maple syrup. And whiskey. Hoping for the best.