This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/it-isnt-diy/

I leave for my first Europe tour (as a singer-songwriter) in a matter of hours. I cannot believe it.  It still stuns me when I come up with a crazy idea and somehow it works and then here I am doing it.  There is one million more work before me, for the plane I suppose, but I’ll call it quits now and sleep.  It’s just mountains beyond mountains.  I’ll see you tomorrow, Boston and Reykjavik and Amsterdam. Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/return-of-the-something-fierce-or-november-13th-2012/

November 13th, 2012 #somethingfierce

This blog is for those of you who are already fans of mine, as we’ll go behind the scenes a bit:

Gather ’round, O Best Beloved, because I have something very important to tell you.  This is kind big news in the Marian Callisphere, and it involves both a game and a party. Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/rocketfest/

I am doing a very special thing this week.  I have been excited about it for months.  But I have not communicated my excitement to you guys yet.

ON LABOR DAY I AM GOING TO SPACE CAMP. Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/kicking-the-start-or-stuff-i-keep-wanting-to-say/

It’s the middle of the night in Juneau. My hair is still all curly from being in a wedding today.  I have a lot of thank yous to say, and a lot of explaining to do.

THANK YOU to all of you folks who contributed to my crazy Kickstarter.  You are mighty when you pull together!  Just look what you’ve done, it’s incredible!  And by that I mean barely credible!  I mean, I knew you would fund my asking amount, but I did NOT anticipate becoming a poster girl for Kickstarteriness.  More on that in a second.  I’m busy trying to keep up with your messages to me and get the survey stragglers in the database and get necklaces mailed out.  But first – Continue reading →

Marian’s blog will now live here at https://mariancall.com! You can find older blog entries at http://mariancall.wordpress.com and http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com. You can find the very oldest awesomest entries at http://xanga.com/mariancall. Subscribe via RSS here for new updates!

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/booking-a-house-concert/rule-one-attending-my-concerts/

I found I needed this, so I made it.  Just to refer back to when people have questions and I’m running too fast to answer.

Do you have questions about attending one of my shows? Here’s my notions, and why I notion them. There’s an important rule that I call Rule One of Concertgoing, and that will pretty much have you covered. Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/a-little-help-please-the-something-fierce-pseudo-scholarship-fund/

So I made this new double album and it rocks.  I am totally proud of it. You can be listening to it for free while you read the rest of this blog by the way, just click here and hit play. Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/in-which-i-officially-cover-they-might-be-giants/

THERE IS NEW MUSIC FROM ME!  TODAY!

Here I am on a record called Mink Car Cover and it’s now on sale! http://minkcarcover.bandcamp.com/album/mink-car-cover

If you are a fan of They Might Be Giants I hope you know their great album Mink Car.  It’s canon for me and my family.  I was thrilled to be invited to record a cover of the song “Hovering Sombrero” (with extra accordion) for this officially approved album cover project. All proceeds go to the FDNY Foundation.  You can read more at http://minkcarcover.com/ and see all the other amazing artists involved! Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/my-real-actual-influences/

So I made a list once upon a time of my musical/artistic influences, and wrote them down and touted them proudly.  But my parents saw that list and called baloney.  So with their help I’ve drawn up a more accurate list of childhood influences, as well as the roster of the top 10 most influential albums I’ve loved and listened to in becoming a musical self.  Here ya go, world, more honesty.  In no particular order, stuff I listened to a gazillion times at some point in my youth, with a few I’ve spun enough times to make the list even though I came to them in college or after: Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/good-girls-should-try-not-to-be-born-on-mardi-gras/

…if it’s at all convenient.  My birthday is on February 24th, and this year it fell on Fat Tuesday, as it is occasionally wont to do.  It was a tough birthday this year — no celebrating, really. Continue reading →