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Title: Yes, Kickstarter can be stupid, but here's something else...
Post by: senorcorazon on August 10, 2010, 08:36:48 AM

The guys from Cannonball Press are trying to fund a 3-D music video and are asking for donations, which in this case means that they send you prints/other good stuff. Here's the info:

http://www.artcomesfromartists.org/project/woodcut_thrillride_animation (http://www.artcomesfromartists.org/project/woodcut_thrillride_animation)

Martin and Michael are both awesome guys and do other fun projects like the Artisanal Pencil Sharpening poster for David Rees that Mike made (http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/ (http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/)), as well as a caption contest on Mike's Facebook page where he gives away drawings.

This ain't no Burning Man bullshit, so if you have money and can spare some of it, DO IT. 

Title: Re: Yes, Kickstarter can be stupid, but here's something else...
Post by: yesno on August 26, 2010, 11:02:45 AM

Musopen, which mostly deals with public domain sheet music, is trying to raise $11,000.  If it does, it will hire a symphony to record several famous classical pieces and release them into the public domain.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/record-and-release-free-music-without-copyrights (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/record-and-release-free-music-without-copyrights)

While classical pieces written before the 1920s or so are usually in the public domain, recordings themselves are copyrighted and thus the works cannot be used without permission.

Title: Re: Yes, Kickstarter can be stupid, but here's something else...
Post by: yesno on August 30, 2010, 03:08:21 PM

These are so great.

http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2010/08/30/markov-chaining-kickstarter-blurbs/ (http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2010/08/30/markov-chaining-kickstarter-blurbs/)

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Rewards include CDs mixed by a visit from a song left on your voicemail to a unique fabric whose color + pattern is determined by keywords pulled from Twitter’s database in real time.

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This August, thousands of individual leaf, flower, and bird forms from reclaimed wood and connecting them into an animated feature film starring comedic legend Leslie Nielsen.

Title: Re: Yes, Kickstarter can be stupid, but here's something else...
Post by: Christina on August 30, 2010, 04:18:33 PM

Henry Owings is getting Chonklet's 3rd book funded through Kickstarter, looks like.

Title: Re: Yes, Kickstarter can be stupid, but here's something else...
Post by: CaptKarl on August 30, 2010, 05:31:46 PM

Quote from: Auntie Christina on August 30, 2010, 04:18:33 PM

Henry Owings is getting Chonklet's 3rd book funded through Kickstarter, looks like.

Yes indeed, and it will come with special ed 7" from F'd Up too!