Well this week has been simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting! As I'm writing this, the campaign is at $138,063, well on its way to the "endpaper" goal, and maybe even the Very Silly Mayor goal after that! I'm hoping we reach the latter—it adds some expense to the compilation of course, but I've just learned that the publisher who put that book out is at the very tail end of the print run, and as far as I know there are no plans to print another edition. So with that in mind, it would definitely be a good thing to get the Mayor into TMW 25 as well.
I really can't thank you all enough for this outpouring of support. Somebody on Facebook said that I was apparently the only person on the internet who didn't think this project would be a success, but you know, week to week a lot of the feedback I get is from people who are upset or angry about one thing or another, so these things may be harder to see from my vantage point than you'd think. I generally hoped there was a larger reservoir of good will out there, but I wasn't 100% sure of it.
So: these are my expectations, being stretched and pulled apart and put back together in entirely different configurations.
For the first time in quite awhile, it feels like the sky's the limit.
* * *
Some of the media coverage we've gotten so far: Mother Jones, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post (they said I "shattered" Kickstarter) and Inc. Magazine.
I'm planning on taking the weekend off, to the extent possible, and then re-engaging next week. I need some rest, I've been firing on all cylinders all week!
Top to bottom: 18″ (approx) clear drumhead with Ed Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie; non-show-used tambourine with signature and wave art in black and silver; snare drumhead with signature and wave art in black and silver. Snare drumhead backers receive may look slightly different (no dot in center).
Pledge $1,200 or more
SIGNED/WAVE ART SNARE DRUMHEAD EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, and white snare drumhead with Eddie Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie. Approx. 14 inches, two are all white, one has a dot in the center as shown at link below — since these are being shipped directly from backers from Seattle we cannot guarantee which version you will get. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
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Pledge $1,000 or more
SIGNED/WAVE ART TAMBOURINE EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, and a non-stage-used, tambourine with Eddie Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Limited (2)
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Pledge $1,500 or more
You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, and an approx. 18" clear drumhead with Eddie Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Backspacer vinyl signed by the whole band & set of 7 guitar picks.
Pledge $750 or more
RARE PICKS EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, AND a vinyl copy of Pearl Jam's album, Backspacer, SIGNED BY THE BAND!
You'll also get seven guitar picks designed for Eddie Vedder by Tom (White Futura, Black Futura, White Sparky, Black Sparky, Batmobile, Batgirl, Edved). Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
I know. I wanted the clear drumhead, but someone's fingers were just too damn fast for me to compete. I just wish whomever has the pledge for the guitar changes his/her mind and drops it to me...of course if Kickstarter will take payment plan say over 10 years???
That would be me, I debated on whether to buy. Wife talked me into it. What a great wife.
OMG... My wife would kill me...you better buy her something with the next 10k you've got laying around... That's awesome dude. Seriously, if you change your mind on the guitar please pm me.
Awesome of the guys to sign 5 more albums. I think we'll need a signed Backspacer check-in thread with pics next winter. i want to see how everyone chose to hang it.
More than a Benny or anything else my holy grail was a signed LP from them where i knew 100% it was authentic. This bad boy will be passed down to my kid one day.
—NEW! Just to keep things interesting, if we hit $200K we'll include a 5 inch tall die-cut vinyl weatherproof RANTING SPARKY STICKER with every copy of the book!
Well we're now officially into surreal territory (I believe $175K marked the border). I've just added a $200K stretch goal, a five inch tall die-cut Sparky sticker (which is something I've always wanted to make, and this seems like a good moment for it). If we pass that one, I'll probably come up with another sticker design for you. And then we'll be on the home stretch to the tattoo.
With twenty days to go, who knows what can still happen!
But honestly, everything is gravy from here. This book that I've been working on so hard for such a long time will be a real thing in the world. This work, which was scattered all over my hard drives and in various storage spots in my house, has been organized and given coherent structure, in a way that no one else could ever have done. THAT goal has been achieved, and I thank you all sincerely for that.
The stickers would still be cool, though!
Dan
PS: I did a long podcast with a guy named Gil Roth last week. He was a great interviewer, and I sound reasonably coherent, given my level of fatigue at the time!
$150 VEDDER SHOW POSTER EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and stamped by Tom Tomorrow! PLUS an 18x24 silk screened poster by Tom Tomorrow for Eddie Vedder's Nov. 30, 2012 Ft. Lauderdale show with Glen Hansard, signed and numbered by Tom Tomorrow. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription. Image at thismodernworld.com/kickstarter (copy and paste link)
$300 BACKSPACER PRINTER'S PROOF POSTER EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and stamped by Tom Tomorrow! PLUS a poster-sized printer's proof of the printed Backspacer album cover artwork, with two images of the album cover and various color registration marks, on 28x40 paper stock. NOTE: THERE IS NO ALBUM INCLUDED. These are the proofs the printer sent to me and to the band for final approval right before the print run. Ultra rare -- unless you are friends with the band, there is nowhere else to get these. PLEASE see the photos at the link below for details (there is no center "brain" image because of the die-cut.) Proofs may have slight wrinkling. Signed to you personally by Tom Tomorrow. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription. Image at thismodernworld.com/kickstarter (copy and paste link)
$500 INTO THE WILD EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow! PLUS a sealed promo-only INTO THE WILD vinyl picture disc with bonus 7" and lyric booklet. You collectors know how rare this one is! Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
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Oh, and is it an old signature style or new one? Can I have Paul verify your signature??
He's over 100k now and publicly thanked the band for their items. Did he say he's getting more from them?
Posted by Tom Tomorrow
Well this week has been simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting! As I'm writing this, the campaign is at $138,063, well on its way to the "endpaper" goal, and maybe even the Very Silly Mayor goal after that! I'm hoping we reach the latter—it adds some expense to the compilation of course, but I've just learned that the publisher who put that book out is at the very tail end of the print run, and as far as I know there are no plans to print another edition. So with that in mind, it would definitely be a good thing to get the Mayor into TMW 25 as well.
I really can't thank you all enough for this outpouring of support. Somebody on Facebook said that I was apparently the only person on the internet who didn't think this project would be a success, but you know, week to week a lot of the feedback I get is from people who are upset or angry about one thing or another, so these things may be harder to see from my vantage point than you'd think. I generally hoped there was a larger reservoir of good will out there, but I wasn't 100% sure of it.
So: these are my expectations, being stretched and pulled apart and put back together in entirely different configurations.
For the first time in quite awhile, it feels like the sky's the limit.
* * *
Some of the media coverage we've gotten so far: Mother Jones, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post (they said I "shattered" Kickstarter) and Inc. Magazine.
I'm planning on taking the weekend off, to the extent possible, and then re-engaging next week. I need some rest, I've been firing on all cylinders all week!
Dan
Top to bottom: 18″ (approx) clear drumhead with Ed Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie; non-show-used tambourine with signature and wave art in black and silver; snare drumhead with signature and wave art in black and silver. Snare drumhead backers receive may look slightly different (no dot in center).
Pledge $1,200 or more
SIGNED/WAVE ART SNARE DRUMHEAD EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, and white snare drumhead with Eddie Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie. Approx. 14 inches, two are all white, one has a dot in the center as shown at link below — since these are being shipped directly from backers from Seattle we cannot guarantee which version you will get. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Limited (3)
...
Pledge $1,000 or more
SIGNED/WAVE ART TAMBOURINE EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, and a non-stage-used, tambourine with Eddie Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Limited (2)
...
Pledge $1,500 or more
You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, and an approx. 18" clear drumhead with Eddie Vedder signature and wave art in black and silver sharpie. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Limited (3)
Backspacer vinyl signed by the whole band & set of 7 guitar picks.
Pledge $750 or more
RARE PICKS EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow, AND a vinyl copy of Pearl Jam's album, Backspacer, SIGNED BY THE BAND!
You'll also get seven guitar picks designed for Eddie Vedder by Tom (White Futura, Black Futura, White Sparky, Black Sparky, Batmobile, Batgirl, Edved). Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Images at thismodernworld.com/kickstarter
Thanks Dave and Demetrios for the heads up... You guys always looking out for us.
'00 - Jones Beach (x2)
'03 - Nassau Coliseum/Tweeter Center/ MSG (x2)
'04 - Reading, PA
'05 - Wachovia Center
'06 - Irving Plaza; Continental Airlines Arena (x2)
'08 - MSG (x2); Beacon Theater
'09 - Philly Spectrum (x2)
'10 - XL Center; Prudential Center; MSG (x2)
'11 - Alpine Valley (x2)
'12 - Made In America
'13 - Wrigley Field; DCU Center; Barclay Center (x2); Wells Fargo Center; XL Center
'15 - Ed Sullivan Theater
'16 - MSG (x2)
'17 - Barclay Center (R&RHOF)
'18 - Fenway Park
'22 - MSG
More than a Benny or anything else my holy grail was a signed LP from them where i knew 100% it was authentic. This bad boy will be passed down to my kid one day.
Thanks, obama
Kissimmee 04/Montreal 05/Chicago 06/Gorge 06/Leeds 06/London 07/Lollapalooza 07/EV Chicago 08/EV Santa Barbara 08/Bonnaroo 08/EV @ McCartney NY 09/EV Atlanta 09/Spectrum 09 (4 shows)/Jazz Fest '10/Voices for Justice (EV) 10/Columbus 10/Noblesville 10/EV Sydney, Melbourne 11/EV Philadelphia, Detroit 11/Alpine weekend/Toronto 11 (2 shows)/Made in America 2012/Deluna Fest 2012/Missoula 2012/Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Dallas, OKC, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle 2013/Global Citizen/Florida 16/MSG 16/Wrigley 16
Wow... I cant believe I scored this! So stoked!
Sparky sticker! (mockup, final product may vary.)
Posted by Tom Tomorrow
Hey all,
Well we're now officially into surreal territory (I believe $175K marked the border). I've just added a $200K stretch goal, a five inch tall die-cut Sparky sticker (which is something I've always wanted to make, and this seems like a good moment for it). If we pass that one, I'll probably come up with another sticker design for you. And then we'll be on the home stretch to the tattoo.
With twenty days to go, who knows what can still happen!
But honestly, everything is gravy from here. This book that I've been working on so hard for such a long time will be a real thing in the world. This work, which was scattered all over my hard drives and in various storage spots in my house, has been organized and given coherent structure, in a way that no one else could ever have done. THAT goal has been achieved, and I thank you all sincerely for that.
The stickers would still be cool, though!
Dan
PS: I did a long podcast with a guy named Gil Roth last week. He was a great interviewer, and I sound reasonably coherent, given my level of fatigue at the time!
$150
VEDDER SHOW POSTER EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and stamped by Tom Tomorrow! PLUS an 18x24 silk screened poster by Tom Tomorrow for Eddie Vedder's Nov. 30, 2012 Ft. Lauderdale show with Glen Hansard, signed and numbered by Tom Tomorrow. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Image at
thismodernworld.com/kickstarter
(copy and paste link)
$300
BACKSPACER PRINTER'S PROOF POSTER EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and stamped by Tom Tomorrow! PLUS a poster-sized printer's proof of the printed Backspacer album cover artwork, with two images of the album cover and various color registration marks, on 28x40 paper stock. NOTE: THERE IS NO ALBUM INCLUDED. These are the proofs the printer sent to me and to the band for final approval right before the print run. Ultra rare -- unless you are friends with the band, there is nowhere else to get these. PLEASE see the photos at the link below for details (there is no center "brain" image because of the die-cut.) Proofs may have slight wrinkling. Signed to you personally by Tom Tomorrow. Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Image at
thismodernworld.com/kickstarter
(copy and paste link)
$500
INTO THE WILD EDITION: You'll get the hardcover book, with a bookplate signed and SKETCHED by Tom Tomorrow! PLUS a sealed promo-only INTO THE WILD vinyl picture disc with bonus 7" and lyric booklet. You collectors know how rare this one is! Also includes the PDF and six-month email subscription.
Printers Proof Poster Edition & EV Solo Poster...
https://kickstarter.com/projects/tomorrow/25-years-of-tomorrow/description