Dar-list
The list has
been running since 1995
and currently has hundreds of members. We talk about everything that
has
to do with Dar's music as well as issues of interest to her and her
fans.
The entire contents of Dar-List (since its beginning in January
1995)
are
available in a searchable
archive for your perusal (if the link doesn't work for you copy and
paste this URL: http://grassyhill.org/stax/dar-list/). As of August
2006, the Dar-list is hosted on folkserv.net and the archives now
generally reside here.
- If
you're
interested in joining an online
mailing list to discuss Dar's music with other fans, go here to
subscribe.
U.K. Dar-list
There
is also
another list for fans in the U.K., used a lot for getting information
about
shows in the U.K. and setting up get togethers and so on.
To
suscribe
you can either:
The Cafeteria
An online message
board for Dar fans has been set up for those who want to chat about Dar
in an alternate online forum. Check out The Cafeteria here.
Falcon
Ridge FF photos
As many of you
know
the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is like an annual pilgrimage for Dar
Williams
fans. Here's a somewhat outdated list
of sites with
photos
of the event. Flickr and Facebook are the places to look nowadays. Just
do a quick search and you'll find lots.
Dar Chat
- Every Friday night (well in North
America anyway)
Dar Chat has moved onto the web
from trusty old IRC. To join Dar chat
via web do the following:
- Go to http://www.dal.net/
- Choose nickname, press go
- You might get a prompt: "Allow java applet to
execute"; select yes :)
- Wait until logged on to the server and you see
"#channelname to join channel" (that might take some time)
- Switch to Dar chat with cmd /join #darwilliams
Birthday
project
Birthday Project organizer Sally Heaven has once again set
up
a page on PledgeBank
where
you can sign the pledge to participate in this year's birthday project
of tree planting and/or eating lovely local foods. PledgeBank is
really cool and great way to get people connected to volunteerism and
their local communities, so in addition to encouraging you to sign the
above pledge, Sally also encourages fans to check out the rest of the
site, pledges in your area, and to create your own! Deadline for
pledging is April 19, Dar's birthday. In the
Comments section, write a note about what you're doing in honour of Dar's birthday. If you
have any pictures of your project you'd like to submit, send them to me
Sally
(sally.heaven(at)gmail.com), who will post them on the official
Birthday Project Page.
Every year Sally puts together
a community service project in honour of Dar's birthday, April
19. Instead of giving her presents and such, Sally encourages people to
go and do some volunteer work or some activity to make our communities
a better place. Dar says this makes her happy and she "feels
understood."
You
can go to the Birthday
Project Page to find out how to get involved and read what
people have done as their
contributions to the project in the past.
Early
tape offer
THIS OFFER IS
CURRENTLY ON HOLD
Scott
Green will make copies of Dar's
two early tapes, I Have No History and All My Heroes Are Dead, which
aren't
available in stores. The money he raises through this project goes to
support
Dar's charity, the Snowden Environmental Trust
(which has now been dissolved).
The details are on his
Web
site.
Parodies
A
number of fans have put together
parodies of Dar's songs.
Just before seeing
Dar at home in Ft.
Lauderdale for the first time in 5 years, Susan Moss penned her version
of O Florida Girls.
The fine vintage
collection of parodies housed on Charlie Sweeney's site has been
resurrected. Find 'em right
here!
Howie Lyhte has
graced us with a new version
of his Dar
Sillybus, a
wonderful
weaving of wistful humour on a Dar-based magical musical ride.
Mel Valline has a
feline version of And
a God Descended called And
a Cat Descended.
The
Mad Babysitter is Here on a somewhat entertaining site called The
Overlord Project.
As he notes,
here's a "politically
charged parody of The Pointless, Yet Poignant Crisis of a Co-Ed" by
Vincent Scarpa.
Another
political commentary to the tune of I had No Right by Sharon
Goldberg.
Fan videos
A
fascinating and amusing collection of videos made by fans of Dar and
other things! If you get a chance do a search on youtube.com for Dar
Williams and check out some of the covers of her songs but amateurs,
talented and otherwise. It's a fun way to spend a bit of time.
Obeyed has
put
together a bit of a travelogue to go along with Iowa.
Antidrugged has
a very wide selection of Dar's PR shots that are used in this video for
Wilder than Her
HayJude gives
Comfortably Numb a Grey's Anatomy theme.
ExpressiveArtist
does February.
Queseradeti has an arty video to
Mark Rothko
A choral rendering
of As Cool As I Am
ReadingWord56
has put Closer to Me with clips from the Final Fantasy game
methebookworm sings
The Beauty of the Rain
Faysweeper does
a dance to February
CryxInnocence has
an homage to Mary-Kate Olsen set to Farewell to the Old Me
Relaxing is serious
business says this cat to the tune of Party Generation - I love it!
Hellpenguin
puts As Cool As I Am in the middle of Stargate Atlantis
Allgreatmusic has a
video done of Closer to Me
HobbyDoll and her
daughter to a lovely rendition of The Christians and the Pagans
A Star Wars video
to the song Empire. It's cool.
Usagi/Mamoru live action video to Beauty of the Rain
Last
updated February 8, 2009
darwilliams.net
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Cohen
