Friday the 13th

Greetings fellow creatures,

The first half of the Creature Sessions transpired in February. The creature crew lived in the studio together for a week and the splendiferous chemistry of musicianship and creativity crystallized into an immanently powerful recording!

Michael introduced her harmonious, euphonious cronies, James "Ichabod" Harwood (drums) of Austin,TX and Mike-E McKevitt on bass (E standing for "eminent" today) of San Francisco, CA, for the first time, to work together in proper session style with our luminary Creature. There is a congruence of meaning and sound in the music that has has stayed true to her vision while interconnecting the diligence and experimentation of her players.

Michael has taken it upon herself to completely engineer the record! Her creative intent is guiding all aspects of artistic execution. She is always in service to the work while challenging her talented collaborators. Fortunately, she is spiritedly supported by her soul-mate and couterpart, Mathew, who helps with assisting the board and is contributing harmonica! These are the creative creatures who are preparing for the last half of the anticipated Creature Sessions album, which we would like to announce will be released on pink vinyl later this year!

Other-worldly delights inspired our all star players. Alongside Mike-E's night sky, sparkle purple, Rickenbacker bass (say it 7 times really fast), a propitious meteorite fireball streaked across Austin while the song "Star Child" was being tracked. It was originally suspected to be remnants from the recent satellite crash. Oh yeah, and our little mercury spill, but we won't talk about that!

Get your ticket money out your elephant pinky bank! The 9th annual M.A.L.I. Women's Film and Performance Arts Festival is showcasing the hottest women in fashion, film, and music! So of course, Michael Scott Parker will be there! All the proceeds go to at-risk teen girls. "This event is the number one source to experience innovative multi-media art in Austin,TX. Festival dates are May 28-31." We will update you on the stages and times Creature Rock will be performing!

Michael is humbled to be recognized as a luminary to so many people. Recently, she fulfilled another request to a scholar of numeral systems from Slovene, by the name of Janko Gorenc, who asked Michael to contribute her "dream language" Euthinethany's numbers to his research database of various natural and con-language systems. Janko's project consists of numbers in 14,000 sets (languages / dialects in both natural and conlangs together)! There is an update of the numbers Michael contributed on her art page.

We have had such an outpouring of appreciation from our international fans recently! We would like to thank all of you who have been writing to Michael! We are so happy to hear the music is spreading all the way out to Germany, Poland, the UK and China! Due to popular demand, with the huge number of requests for autographed photos for those of you who don't get to see Michael perform in the US, we are offering them for a limited time with purchase of a CD, T-shirt, or small print of Michael's art (see art and music pages). With the cost of shipping mail around the globe, this helps us get Michael to all of you! Michael hopes to reach all her fans with autograph requests. And keep writing in! We love hearing about all you creatures rocking out there!!

So many amazing polymaths out there! One of our favorite places to read about intelligent art is the wonderful MAKE magazine. We want to send big love and congratulations to our steampunk artist compatriots featured in the current issue MAKE:17 - Molly Friedrich and Jake von Slatt! Jake (on the cover with his Incredible Wimshurst Spark Generator) reviewed the album Naked back in 2008. Molly "Porkshanks", a Seattle-based costume / jewelry artist, made Michael's creature goggles for stage, that we've had so many compliments on! Be sure to read her article on building the "Discreet Companion" ladies' raygun! There is also a great article on one of Michael's all time favorite creators, William Blake, and his process of "illuminated printing."

Enhance your eloquence with a trio of homonyms plus one...

immanent - of God, permanently pervading and sustaining the universe.
eminent - Exalted in dignity, character, quality: majestic in sound.
imminent - Impending, soon to happen.
luminary - A source of intellectual, moral, or spiritual light.

Create a Masterpiece with your life! -----

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