"How to Get Pittsburgh Famous" and "From Smoke and Tangled Waters We Carried Fire Home"

[Phat Man Dee]

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*

So many things.... I need to say to you, but the first is thank you for checking out my blog on the Pittsburgh Jazz Ning. May blessings greet you and may you understand how much I appreciate your presence in my life. It's been a very hard couple of weeks and I am deeply grateful to our community. We are Pittsburgh Strong.  Tragedy struck at Tree of Life, 11 souls taken from us too soon in the name of anti immigrant and anti semitic hate However thousands of us responded to the hate by marching together in the streets, singing songs that meant: "I will build this world from love, you will build this world from love, if we build this world from love, then God will build this world from love."  Normally you don't march through the streets when there are funerals going on, but we waited till hours after the services scheduled that day, for Dr Jerry Rabinowitz, and the brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, were completed before we took to the streets. It was a march filled with love and a clear understanding from where the hatred sprung, and we will not let that stop us from being the people and the city we must be. I was honored to be asked by Sara Stock Mayo to help lead the songs which were in Hebrew. The photo above is me with my musical friend jazz bandleader Paul Cosentino, my husband Tommy Amoeba, and Sara's son Ziv. Please click here to see clear coverage of what we did and know that in the face of tragedy, Pittsburgh is Mr Roger's Neighborhood and we will not let hate live here.  Let us continue to shine the light of love, music, and hope together. I hope to see you at one of my events.  Next Monday November 12, 2018, 6 pm Come discuss independent fundraising, self-promotion and how to become a media darling with me! You can't be a star in your hometown, or can you?  Click here for event listing! December 14 and 21, 2018 at 1 pm I will sing as a collaborating local jazz musician, interpreting this incredible sculpture by Postcommodity entitled "From Smoke and Tangled Waters, We Carried Fire Home", installed in the Hall of Sculpture at Carnegie Museum of Art. I only sing for a half hour, so if you come, don't be late! I will be vocally interpreting my view of this amazing installation!  A Decidedly Creepy EP!  I made a new CD! 6 Decidedly Creepy songs that I’ve recorded over the years for Morose and Macabre's Atrocity Exhibition are now available for digital download on CD Baby! Weird music for weird people!  Link: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/phatmandee6  I have a lot of my music for sale on this platform, you and you can buy it all right now!    Tune It Tuesday! 11/20 & 12/18 Every 3rd Tuesday at the Black Forge Coffee House, please join us for an all ages, intergenerational, cross genre jam session! Bring your poetry, your music, your kids, your grandparents, and jam with my band in Pittsburgh's favorite heavy metal coffee house! Grateful to Neighborhood Allies #LoveMyNeighbor grant, and Drusky Entertainment for their ongoing support of this project! More info:   https://www.facebook.com/events/2004815686476464 Copyright © 2018 Phat Man Dee Productions, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Somewhere in Pittsburgh, PA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.