olive hearts

.......A blog about all things related, even vaguely, to Bowerbirds, the band. (click "next" to see older entries) Follow us on twitter. Find us on Facebook. Visit our tender website.

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Phil has been plastering the walls, building this spiraling staircase, and hanging out with our new snake visitor, Ernesto.

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Here's Beth making the amulets in her studio.

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A m u l e t s ! 

Beth has been making these for our Kickstarter supporters.  They have magical powers inside them.

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Photographer Lassi Rautiainen recently captured the profound partnership between a she-wolf and a brown bear in the wilds of northern Finland. For days, he witnessed the strange pair meet every evening to share food after a hard day of hunting. No one knows when or how this relationship was formed, “but it is certain that by now each of them needs the other." http://focusonwildlife.se/

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New Items in our web store.

After touring extensively for a year, we have amassed some merch, friends.  We are selling it all on our webstore.  go here: http://bowerbirds.kungfustore.com/

We have have Tee Shirts designed by Nick Mann "Doodles"  and a variety of posters including this poster from our european tour designed by Mara Piccione.

Cheers! 

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This book has to happen!  Leslie Williamson's last book is gorgeous and an important record of midcentury designers' amazing homemade houses.  It's been very inspiring to us.  This new one would be the European version.  Scandanavian homes!  Magic and inspiration!

We can't wait, and you shouldn't either.  She has a Kickstarter.  Go see it.

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Hi friends, we are a part of this and are going to be writing a small original song for every month.  This one is called February. 

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Organizing the amulet making supplies.

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Philtimez pianozone.

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Philzone musiczone.

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Bethzone paintingzone.

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Just doing some painting on the cabin studio.  Painting it black for mystery. 

Our Kickstarter project ended yesterday at 4:20 pm, and we raised more than $9,000 more than our goal!  Woooooooo!  Thanks everybody so much.  We are ecstatic and are working like ants on our studio. 

Your favorite thing will be that all the posts about Kickstarter are over yay!

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January 3, 2013 podcast – interview with Bowerbirds

we were just included in this rad podcast from Tiny r(E)volution about tiny houses, living small and simply, and how that frees you to live the way you want to.  We talk about our building project on our studio in the woods, and other things.  Check it out!

http://tinyrevolution.us/2013/01/03/january-3-2013-podcast-interview-with-bowerbirds/

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Because we are super excited that our Kickstarter project to record our next album is totally working out (thanks to you!), we are throwing a thank you party at the Pinhook in Durham, NC, on January 12th, from 9pm-2am, the night before our Kickstarter deadline. DJ Gonzo, DJs CircleRhombus.  Nonstop fun.  No cover so you can afford that amulet or download of the new album, or those drinks from the bar, if u don't need music or amulet.  Everyone's invited.  No pressure at all to contribute to Kickstarter project. 

Wooooooooooooo!!!!  More info here.

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Bowerbirds x Monica Canilao at the Lightbox Pt. 1

Truly one of the most special events to go down in the city this year, secret Bowerbirds show performed inside a Monica Canilao installation. The same artist responsible for the bands’ album artwork, was commissioned by the District to construct an installation as part of the new citywide 5x5 art program, sponsored by the District Commission for Arts and Humanities. 

peep part two here.

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maybe this photo by Cara Robbins will be the cover for our new live album.

Hello special people. We are so very grateful for all the generosity that you all have exhibited toward us at our Kickstarter project page to record our new album. We are simply blown away. We had no idea that we would even make our goal, let alone surpass our goal before our end date.

In all honesty, we had set our goal slightly lower than we had needed to finish our 'dream studio' and record our 'dream albums' because we thought it would be very difficult to make our original goal in the first place and every bit helps. But, because of so many people's generosity, we will be able to spend some more money on the items we need to really make our studio reach 'dream' status and in turn make the quality of our next albums that much better. Thank you.

Quality recording studio gear is SO expensive. It's ridiculous, really, but worth it. There are a few items that we have had our eye on that we will still not fit in our budget even after surpassing our original goal (better converters/better preamps/ribbon mics). Which is why we have a new deal that we would like to propose.

We have some multi-tracked live recordings from one of our last shows from Space Gallery in Chicago and some board recordings from our last show at the Cat's Cradle in NC that we are particularly fond of. By the end of our tour cycle, we had arranged some the songs drastically different from the albums, using synths and a lot of cello. We really loved playing these songs live and would love to share them.

We would like to offer a new Live Bowerbirds album for you.

We had planned to get this live album together eventually, but because of your wonderful response to our Kickstarter project, we have decided to include it as a limited addition release via kickstarter. For those of you who have already purchased a future album(s) from us, this will be something that you will be able to get before those albums.

We'll be mixing down the live album soon and be ready to send it out in early spring 2013. There are options to download it for $10, or to order as a limited-edition handmade CD for $25. You can also add $10 for a download, or $25 for a CD, to any other order if you've already backed the project, or if you would like to also select another reward as well as the live album. Go here to order now.

Thank you so much for your help so far. It has meant the world. If you can let people know of our new live album or of our Kickstarter project in general, that will also help immensely as it already has. XO.

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something special.