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My name is Clay and I am a member of Conspiracy of Beards | A Choir of Men Singing Leonard Cohen. We are celebrating our 11th season in the San Franand have been exercising our skills and enjoying the benefits of our unique approach to sharing the songs of Leonard Cohen.

I just wanted to make contact and first, thank you for your hard work documenting all things Leonard Cohen. It is always a pleasure to read your posts and articles. Secondly, I wanted to update you all about the choir and let you know about our performance this Sunday, December 15th in San Francisco, because we are going to be streaming it live online with the help of 2ndline.tv. The show is a fund raiser for an unique and favorite venue, Viracocha, in SF's Mission neighborhood, which is at risk of closing due to it's underground, shall we say conspiratorial, nature. They are raising money to bring the space up to legal code and improve the accessibility so that they can continue to host creative events. The live stream, which can be found here http://2ndline.tv/cobeards, will be offered as a pay-what-you-will event with a suggested donation of $10. All proceeds will go to support Viracocha. The show starts at 8pm pacific time, so it'll be a late night/early morning concert for many around the world, but with Viola Booth (who sings and plays a mix of originals and rare soul covers) and our very special guest and friend Suzanne Holland (who is highlighted on leonardcohenfiles.com for her long time love of Cohen and street singing), this is sure to be an event worth staying up late for. We'd love to spread the word about this and future live streams we will be producing, so that fans everywhere can experience our vocal interpretations of Leonard's poetic music.

We are currently planning our annual one weekend tours to both Los Angeles and New York for March and May of 2014. We have also been working on a potential trip to Europe in the summer of 2014, though it is a bit of a logistic and financial puzzle, not unlike herding bearded cats in fedoras who all have day jobs. More details to come.

I am also attaching our recently updated bio and contact sheet, as well as some links to a few songs and a few videos, and our social media contact links. I would be happy to send you our 2012 Live at Heritage Hall, Vancouver British Columbia CD for your listening pleasure as well. Just send me your address.

Audio:
Chelsea Hotel #2
So Long, Marianne
Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On

Video:
Conspiracy at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (from our 2012 documentary DVD "A Midnight Choir")
Conspiracy at Cafe Du Nord (from our 2012 documentary DVD "A Midnight Choir")
Conspiracy at Jack Hanley Gallery in NY
Conspiracy at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Website:
http://conspiracyofbeards.com/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Conspiracy.O.Beards

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/COBeards

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/ConspiracyofBeards


Thank you kindly,

Clay Eugene Smith
Conspiracy of Beards
pr@conspiracyofbeards.com