Is there a word, in any language, for "my daughter's husband's cousin's husband"? That's what Kevin Michael Johnson is, and I'm proud to claim the family relationship, however distant and awkwardly-phrased. Kevin is an actor, living in New York City with his lovely singer-songwriter wife, Steph Shaw. One of his recent triumphs was in the show Wild Black Yonder, which a number of members of our family (but, alas, not I) were privileged to see at "The Kate" in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Kevin's latest venture is The Raid, a documentary about the tremendously popular online game, World of Warcraft. Everything I know about WOW I learned form the Foxtrot comic strip...at least until I watched Kevin's promotional video. The embedded video below is from YouTube, but the link will take you to a video on the official, more informative site, where you can also get involved in the project if it excites you. You can also check them out on Facebook.
So, how much did you donate? Or are you in the "promoting" category? ;)
For now, I'm donating advertising space. :) But I have been thinking about it. I've never been part of a movie before....
Actually, I considered supporting John Taylor Gatto's The Fourth Purpose, but it seems not to have been updated since 2003, and no one answers my e-mails, so Kevin's show seems like a better prospect at the moment.
Excerpt: I've mentioned Steph Shaw before, when I wrote about Kevin Michael Johnson's Kickstarter campaign (successfully completed; The Raid is moving forward). Now Steph has her own Kickstarter project: creating a full-length album of her new...
Weblog: Lift Up Your Hearts!
Date: August 3, 2010, 9:41 am
