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Category:Timothy Mason House Concert
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Here are audio MP3s for the house concert in relatively high quality (128kbps) ... they are large, but worth it. If the links don't work, the audio has probably been removed since it will only be made available for a few weeks after the concert.
Timothy Mason Live At Whole Wheat Radio - Part 1
Timothy Mason Live At Whole Wheat Radio - Part 2
Welcome To The Show!
Here is the printed program to be handed out at the show (PDF format)
Buy Stuff
The show is over - thanks to all who ordered signed CDs.
Show Details
Who: Timothy Mason
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2007
Time: doors open all day - music starts at 7PM - entire concert is webcast live
Suggested donation: $10 honor system (pay what you can honestly afford, either more or less than the suggested donation) - 100% of all proceeds generated go directly to the performer.
Where: The Whole Wheat Radio Palace in Talkeetna, Alaska. Click here for driving directions to Whole Wheat Radio in Talkeetna
Food: Munchies and candy are provided but if you'd like to bring desserts or other food either for yourself or to share, feel free.
Drink: Coffee, tea, non-alcoholic drinks provided. Otherwise, bring your own beer or wine. Please drink responsibly.
Kids: No kid care will be provided for this show - unless you bring it. Probably not a good show for small kids to attend anyway. But if you want to come and can't make other arrangements for the little ones, just make sure they are downstairs and don't disturb the adults in the audience. Thanks!
Contact: Jim Kloss at 733-2452
More Info: More general information about our cabin concerts can be found by clicking on this link If you cannot attend, remember that all of our cabin concerts are webcast live. Just click on the Listen (low-speed) or Listen (high-speed) links on the left-hand menu. In addition, if you can't make the concert, they are recorded and if the artist is happy and gives permission, the complete recording will be posted on this page within a few days of the show.
Help spread the word
Here are items you can download, print and post at your favorite cool little haunt, coffeeshop or music room. Or send them to all your coolest email or IM friends. Help spread the word to the internet community that even though they aren't in Alaska, they can still listen to this live event absolutely free. If you have a blog, we appreciate your helping spread the word to your readers. (Click on any image to go to a page where you can view it fullsize.)
How about sending an email to your friends - meet online in the chat room and listen to the show together.
Biography
Timothy Mason has been actively promoting poetry and folk music in greater Boston since the mid 1980's. A member of the first National Poetry Slam Team from Boston in 1991 and the first Worcester Team in 1993, he honed his performance style around the campfires of the fabled Kerrville Folk Festival giving the songwriters a run for their money.
An extensive background in human services, three years volunteering for a telephone crisis intervention hotline, training as a rape crisis counselor, four years working with developmentally disabled adults, a stint with court-involved youth, and eight years volunteering in a battered women's shelter have given him a unique empathy with the quiet battles of daily survival.
Born in the Midwest and raised in North America, his family eventually settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, which he still calls home, although he has been a New Englander for well over two decades. On the east side of the Big River, he hails from Worcester, Massachusetts, and "The People's Republic of Cambridge". Currently he resides in Fort Point, South Boston. He supports himself by booking folk music into Club Passim, the legendary Harvard Square coffeehouse, and recently at Capo's in Lowell MA.
Prior to programming Club Passim, he brought The Old Vienna Kaffeehaus in Westboro, Massachusetts, to national prominence.
As an undergraduate at The University of Utah he chaired the student committee responsible for bringing The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the big screen behind "the Zion curtain quot;. Mason later attended graduate school at Antioch New England in Keene, New Hampshire, earning a Master's degree in Organization and Management. He was voted "Most Standardly Deviated" and "Most Ambiguous". He thought it best to avoid the corporate world. Thus far he has achieved this goal.
His poetry is drawn from his diverse experiences and is written to be performed aloud. He has collaborated with musicians on a number of occasions, including recording the cassette single Saddam's Insane with prize-winning guitarist Geoff Bartley. Saddam's Insane aired on National Public Radio's HEAT show at the onset of the Gulf War.
The late '90's and early '00's have seen Mason's poetry reach a new maturity. His first book Gently, Like Water, Cracking Stone was released in April 1997. The 50-page perfect bound volume includes a CD of live performance. Introduced by social activist Barry Crimmins, this volume has opened many doors and its innovative presentation has caught the attention of many artists and audiences alike. Recent festival and club appearances have enabled Mason to reach a wider audience and solidified his place among contemporary New England artists. With his release of the full length CD "Bloodlines" which features music by award winning musican Geoff Bartley and follow up collaboration "Bones and Breath" where they continue to break new and dynamic ground using a format that combines song and poem into a seamless new creation. The fully produced album plays with a complete musical background.
Videos and Slideshows
Quotes About Timothy Mason
"His insight is genuinely hip because it is accessible. And sensible. And kind."
"You reminded me of the Russian poet Yvegeny Yevtushenko in his earliest and best days."
His lines come like heat-seeking missiles, laced with street smart humor and insight." ~ Boston Globe 1997
"His work is lovingly confrontational, pulsing with populist passion, sharp humor and inviting idealism." ~ Boston Globe 1997
"His insight is genuinely hip because it is accessible. And sensible. And kind." ~ Barry Crimmins, Social Satirist
"I've been playing (your) pieces and getting great response... people stop and focus... the words deserve and grab attention." ~ Richard Fox, DJ WCUW 91.3 FM Worcester MA
"Boston's own intense slam poets Benson Wheeler and Timothy Mason led off the evening of emotional fireworks." ~ Bay State Banner 1995
... a truly welcome alternative to the aspiring opening folkie act syndrome...modern works that effectively linked both natural and cosmic images with contemporary issues." ~ Sunday Middlesex News 1990
"I have Tim's poems and have read them for friends, but Tim brings them to life like nobody else can." David Wilcox, A & M Recording Artist
"You reminded of the Russian poet Yvegeny Yevtushenko in his earliest and best days." ~ Sam Lardner, Fiesta Siesta Productions
"Few poets know the difference between romance and experience or melt thick poetry with rich storytelling, truly in the oral tradition, in the style of strong tobacco, black coffee and hard liquor." ~ Chris Chandler, Troubadour
"Do that with a guitar and you'd be legendary" ~ John Stewart, Songwriter,ex-Kingston Trio
"an inspiration" ~ Jacob Knight, Painter & Folk Poet
External Links
Volunteering
I think we're all set for this one --- Many many thanks to Lu and Shoo and Bev and everyone else who has been helping out.
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