santa fe *tonight* (3.27!) & what even is time....
..but a dot and a line in eternity which lives in our souls...
hello beloveds!
couple of things for ya today!
Secret show in Santa Fe *TONIGHT* - Monday March 27, 2023
Musings on LOVE SUPERSTAR, 9 years later
10.10.23 - HERE COMES MEDICINE!
happy spring (YAY!), and I hope you’re tending your heart!
all my love
kathleen
SECRET COZY SHOW IN SANTA FE | MONDAY MARCH 27, 2023
Once you RSVP, you’ll receive the address! *If you want to come, you need to RSVP by 5p today.*
It’s gonna be cozy and chill, and I am psyched to a) get to hear my friend Sarah Clanton play her tunes for us (she lives in Nashville & is rolling thru on tour!) and b) to SING YOU SONGS, including NEW ONES FROM MEDICINE (out 10.10.23!).
Come in your jam jams or your glam glams (I’ll be in jam glams, probably….since that’s my style) and HANG WITH US!
LOVE SUPERSTAR, SPRING EQUINOX, 9 YEARS LATER
some words & pictures
9 years ago, on a Saturday afternoon in March 2014, we had a little party to celebrate what was, at the time, my new album, LOVE SUPERSTAR, due out in the world at large later that year (11.18.14).
Shawn Patrick Boyd made his famous flourless chocolate cake, I whipped up some cream, & we cut up strawberries and put out the fine china and silver and champagne on our dining table, which we covered in a tablecloth and put against the window of our tiny dining "room" in our little Venice bungalow.
A cozy crew of my nearest and dearest Los Angelenos came over, and we quietly ate cake and drank champers while listening to a few of the songs from the record on our stereo system.
At one point, the sun shone through the window onto my sequin outfit and threw sparkles literally all over the room.
It was like that: a soft opening for a beautiful record I made with Trina Shoemaker Allison Miller Jonathan Flaugher Philip Krohnengold Erik Kertes Morgan Stratton , with massive support from my sweet husband (then fiancé) and Amie and countless others (who are all named in the album credits on the CD package, because they all were part of the kickstarter and everything else).
GOSH--what a trip to think of the 30.5-year old I was then, to remember the magical process of making that record, to reflect on that beautiful spring afternoon when I was younger and full of hope and sparkles and cake and champagne, and with friends, and for a moment we were all reminded how beautiful and magical and precious this world, and this life, and art, are.
My pal Durado Brooks says: "ART IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE."
I LOVE YOU
MAKE YOUR ART!!!!!!
10.10.23: MEDICINE
Well—it is happening, She is coming, I hope you’re ready, I HOPE I AM READY!
MEDICINE.
10.10.23.
7+ years ago, I started making demos in the barn in New Mexico.
4 years ago, I felt ready to release this album, but then we had a little pandemic.
2 months ago, I listened to the new mixes (I had a few songs re-mixed), and I suddenly knew: IT. IS. TIME.
MEDICINE is coming Earthside this year, and She is doing it in Her own way, in no uncertain terms!
It has snowballed since that afternoon in January when I walked home from my studio and wept during sunset: for the woman I was in 2016 who knew I would need to hear this record in 2023, for this strange mysterious gorgeous life, for…quite simply… all of it.
What do I mean snowballed?
Well….every idea I have about how easy, chill, small this is going to be gets smashed in the face of this record telling me (insisting, really), HOW IT IS GOING TO BE.
There will be vinyl. (Pink, obvi.)
There will be flowers and gorgeous photos.
There is an additional song that simply HAD to be on the album—we recorded it in LA a few weeks ago.
You know—that kind of thing.
I am not complaining—NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST.
To get to make music, to get to see my visions to their fruition, to get to work with true geniuses to make my art: OH MY GOODNESS, it is a privilege beyond words, I can never say thank you enough.
Just in case anyone’s listening: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, FRAMILY (friends + fans + family = FRAMILY), FOR BEING WITH ME ALONG THE WAY!
{ Oh, also, I came up with a little nick name for all y’all: KATHLEENICORNS. <insert unicorn emoji here, but idk how to do that b/c i’m drafting this on the computer…>
I LOVE MY KATHLEENICORN FRAMILY! I REALLY DO! }
Anyhow!
I could not be more excited, more thrilled, more…anything.
I am full of it all, and I have never been more jazzed to share anything I’ve ever made with you.
I’ll keep u posted!
I LOVE YOU!
MAKE YOUR ART!
ART IS COMMUNITY SERVICE!!!!!
xoxo
kathleen
p.s. We have some podcast episodes rolling out over the next few weeks—can’t wait to share those, too!
p.s.p.s. feel free to forward this little love blast along to anyone who might like it! I LOVE U!
p.s.p.s.p.s. HERE ARE SOME AFFIRAMATIONS I AM LOVING RN:
believe yourself.
keep the main thing the main thing.
love is everywhere.
OKAYYYYY, YOUR LOCAL KATH SIGNING OFF FOR REAL NOW!
LOVING YOU ALWAYS FOREVER ALL WAYS ALWAYS FOREVER 4EVAAAAA!!!!