ThisSmallPlanet.com is urgently seeking Subscribers, Collaborators, Contributors, Sponsors, Advertisers, & Investors in order to expand our reach.
My name is Michael J Donnelly and I live in Santa Cruz, California (USA, Earth).
Since 2011, I have been operating ThisSmallPlanet.com based on Blogger/Blogspot and using the address ThisSmallPlanet.com
ThisSmallPlanet.com is also on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ and is committed to expanding its social media reach.
The primary focus is music (mostly rock), although I am also fascinated by politics (particularly the intersection of music & politics), and the primary medium is text (written articles), although I frequently feature photography, video, artwork, and audio on the site.
Hundreds of thousands of people have visited ThisSmallPlanet.com since 2011. During this time, the site has operated as essentially a one-man band. In order to expand and take the site to the next level, where new content could attract millions of visitors, more people and more resources are necessary.
I'm interested in exploring how a combination of advertising and subscription and other funding could see ThisSmallPlanet.com continue to the next level.
My Blog has over 1,000 published articles since 2011. Some of the most popular original articles include:
Jared Kushner's Observer Takes Two Cheap Shots At Anti-Trump Rocker Roger Waters - Misses Both Times
Why Do They Keep Killing David Kammerer? The Homophobic Killing The Beats Defended (Or Harry Potter Cares About Allen Ginsberg.... And So Should You!)
"That's What Happens To Fascists In Berkeley; They Go Home Bleeding" March 4 Trump Fascists Lose (Again) To Berkeley Activists
18 "New" Songs From 1967 By Byrds Co-Founder Gene Clark: The Holy Grail?
One major focus has been to publish Playlists recommending both new and classic music:
New, Cool Music: June 2018 Playlist
Cool, New Music: July 2018 Playlist
Guitar's Not Dead! May 2018 Playlist: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Ty Segall & White Fence
Cool, New Music Playlist April 2018: What The Cool Kids Are Listening To...
My YouTube channel has published over 500 original live music videos since 2009.
"You are there"
My videos are shot from the point of view of a fan, with hand-held non-professional equipment, navigating through the mosh pit; nearly a physical endurance test or extreme sport.
This video I shot of Seasick Steve busking on the street in San Francisco, has over 100,000 views:
This video I shot of Jack White was featured online on Spin, Pitchfork, Stereogum, and Consequence of Sound:
Video I shot of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, playing a Pavement song, "Summer Babe", with Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg in 2016. One of the handful of times the two former Pavement guitarists have played together since they broke up in 1999... (not counting their 2010 reunion tour... and hoping for a 30th anniversary tour in 2019....)
I have been a huge fan of live music since the early 1970s after seeing acts like Johnny Cash and The Kinks. Since then I have attended hundreds of music events, experiencing them as a performer, staff, journalist, and fan. I worked at Central Park SummerStage, performed in People's Park in Berkeley, volunteered at CMJ Music Marathons, and attended early iterations of festivals such as The US Festival, Coachella, Sasquatch, Governors Ball, Bridge School Benefits, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.
Covering live music is a big part of what I do.
My focus is music and politics but also am interested in nature photography, history, travel, and do not feel that there are any limits to what I can cover.
ThisSmallPlanet.com is named after a phrase from a speech by John F. Kennedy at American University in Washington on June 10, 1963:
In short, both the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its allies, have a mutually deep interest in a just and genuine peace and in halting the arms race. Agreements to this end are in the interests of the Soviet Union as well as ours--and even the most hostile nations can be relied upon to accept and keep those treaty obligations, and only those treaty obligations, which are in their own interest.
So, let us not be blind to our differences--but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
These words are still true today. Perhaps even more true than ever.
I am inspired by the legacy of the 60s and 70s, of the movements for peace and civil rights, and the music that accompanied it - folk, rock, gospel... as well as punk and the "alternative" music of the 80s and 90s that led us to the indie music of today. My focus is on guitar-based music influenced primarily by the British invasion(s), Americana, the blues, folk, country, ragtime, and gospel, but try to cover other kinds of music too, especially if they are particularly culturally, politically, or socially relevant.
I have written several original articles but most of the posts have been reprints of articles from other sources, mainly about music and politics that I find important and over-looked.
I hope to Expand in the following areas:
- Newsletters (Tip Sheet for new finds in music, politics, etc.)
- Podcasts for iTunes, Internet Radio & Streaming Services
- More Live Music/Event Videos
- A More Complete Website (with a focus on interactivity with the audience)
- More Original Articles (with a focus on Interviews).
ThisSmallPlanet.com is urgently seeking Subscribers, Collaborators, Contributors, Sponsors, Advertisers, & Investors.
Subscriptions are $20 a year for a customized newsletter (daily, weekly, or monthly tip sheet by e-mail) for Individuals, $100 a year for Corporate accounts.
If you want to subscribe or donate now, funds can be sent via: PayPal
Inquiries on advertising, investing, sponsorship, contributing, and collaborating are welcome, appreciated, and are, in fact, crucial to going forward.
Inquiries via E-mail: thissmallplanet@gmail.com
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