Help fund the Burning Opera CD

As most of you know, I wrote the lyrics (and played a sarcastic bullhorn-wielding bunny named Bulldada) for the Burning Man-inspired rock opera How to Survive the Apocalypse. Now we are trying to raise money from the community to produce the studio CD of the show. Help us!

By the way, it was the original cast recording, and not the show itself, that made Jesus Christ Superstar a hit. We are Jesus Christ Superstar with fishnets, clown noses, and very obnoxious machines.

We have already done most of the professional recording, and the money will allow us to edit the music, produce the package (including a booklet with libretto), print the CDs, pay the studio to finish the product, and promote the thang. We’ve set up a project on Kickstarter, which is a very cool micro-funding mechanism—if you’re not familiar with it, check it out! People can contribute as little as $30 and get a copy of the CD; more ramps up the goodies! (Plus no one pays anything unless the project gets completely funded.)

I made it down to SF to see a performance and I have to say I cannot wait until I get a CD and hopefully someday a DVD. The music was stellar, the performances appropriately over-the-top and engaging - as someone who has become a Burning Man grump over many years of attending, the Burning Opera was like walking onto the playa for the first time all over again.

Here are some YouTube highlights: