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Flight to Mars & VIP Preparty – May 10

LINEUP
Flight to Mars (featuring Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready)
Poor Moon
McCready & Friends Acoustic Medley

SEATTLE — Flight to Mars, a tribute to 1970s English heavy rockers UFO featuring Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, play the Showbox on Friday, May 10th for their 11th annual benefit concert. Proceeds from the show will benefit Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness — two non-profits that McCready continually supports.

Sub Pop band Poor Moon will open for Flight to Mars and includes a member who is directly connected to the cause. Guitarist Peter Murray has lived with ulcerative colitis for almost 10 years and is excited to help raise funds for CCFA’s Camp Oasis.

“Having dealt with the physical and psychological challenges of UC as an adult, I can only imagine how challenging these challenges are for kids with the disease. The fact that Camp Oasis affords kids the rare opportunity to spend time and share experiences with peers facing the same issues, makes it an institution well worth supporting,” says Murray.

McCready and friends will open the show with with an acoustic medley jam.

DOORS 8pm 21+
$20 Advance / $25 Day of Show
Tickets: showboxpresents.com

Proceeds benefit CCFA Camp Oasis and Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness.

More Info:
ccfa.org/kidsteens/camp
advocacyforpatients.org

VIP Preparty

The Wishlist Foundation will be offering VIP Preparty packages for those interested in enhancing their Flight to Mars experience.

Silver VIP Package
6:00 PM: Silver VIP attendees arrive early at the Showbox for an exclusive pre-concert party where they receive two laminate passes to the show, catch the sound check while mingling with other fans, enjoy delicious appetizers and a cash bar, pick up their Goodie Bags and potentially meet members of the band.

8:00 PM: VIP attendees get first choice location for the show before the general admission ticket holders enter.

Goodie Bags (1 per person)
• 1 Flight to Mars goodie bag
• 1 laminate pass for entry to the pre-party and show
• 1 Wishlist Foundation 2013 t-shirt (sizes subject to availability)
• 1 Wishlist Foundation set of 2013 stickers & buttons
• 1 Pearl Jam bootleg CD (random)
• 1 2013 Flight to Mars t-shirt (sizes subject to availability)
• 1 2013 Flight to Mars poster

Gold VIP Auction Package
Winning bidder receives everything in the Silver VIP Package, plus:
• Two Mike McCready guitar picks
• Two Pearl Jam Stickers/Buttons (random)
• Two Pearl Jam Zombie Playing Cards
• Two Pearl Jam 2012 Flags (random)
• Two Mad Season Above (Deluxe Edition)
• Two 2013 Flight to Mars posters, autographed (replaces unsigned posters in your goodie bags)
• Photos by professional photographer Anna Knowlden (hopefully)
• Back stage opportunity with members of Flight to Mars***

Platinum VIP Auction Package
Winning bidder receives everything in the Silver VIP Package, plus:
• Two Mike McCready guitar picks
• Two Pearl Jam Stickers/Buttons (random)
• Two Pearl Jam Zombie Playing Cards
• Two Pearl Jam 2012 Flags (random)
• Two Mad Season Above (Deluxe Edition), autographed
• One Pearl Jam PJ20 12” colored vinyl
• One Mad Season 10” River of Deceit purple vinyl
• Two 2013 Flight to Mars posters, signed by the bands (replaces unsigned posters in your goodie bags)
• Photos by professional photographer Anna Knowlden (hopefully)
• Back stage opportunity with members of Flight to Mars***
• One autographed set list/ call sheet from the show
• One guitar (TBA) autographed and played by Mike McCready during sound check

Rock ‘n Royal Backstage / Onstage VIP Auction Package
Receive the rock royalty treatment with this amazing package! Royal VIP attendees receive everything in the Silver VIP Package, plus:
• Two Mike McCready guitar picks
• Two Pearl Jam Stickers/Buttons (random)
• Two Pearl Jam Zombie Playing Cards
• Two Pearl Jam 2012 Flags (random)
• Two Mad Season Above (Deluxe Edition), autographed
• One Pearl Jam PJ20 12” colored vinyl
• One Mad Season 10” River of Deceit purple vinyl
• Two Pearl Jam Supersonic Warm-Ups (sizes subject to availability)
• Two 2013 Flight to Mars posters, signed by the bands (replaces unsigned posters in your goodie bags)
• Photos by professional photographer Anna Knowlden (hopefully)
• Back stage opportunity with members of Flight to Mars***
• One autographed set list from the show
• One guitar (TBA) autographed and played by Mike McCready during sound check
• Backstage Pass Experience
The Royal VIP attendees will receive two all-access backstage passes and enjoy their rock-n-roll experience of hanging out with the bands backstage. Duration is subject to the bands discretion.
• On stage performance with Flight to Mars!
One Royal VIP attendee will get to live out their rock-n-roll fantasy and be invited up on stage with Flight to Mars to play tambourine, guitar or bass during one of their songs. The performance will be filmed and the VIP will receive a video memento. Song and instrument selection to be determined by the band and a Waiver of Liability must be signed to participate in this feature.

Satellite VIP Auction Package
Can’t make it to the show but wish you could? Here’s a chance to feel like you are! The Satellite VIP winner will receive by mail:

• One Goodie Bag
• One Mike McCready guitar pick
• One Pearl Jam Stickers/Button (random)
• One Pearl Jam Zombie Playing Cards
• One Mad Season Above (Deluxe Edition)
• One Pearl Jam 2012 Flag (random)
• One 2013 Flight to Mars posters, signed by the bands (replaces unsigned posters in your goodie bags)
• There are two packages available. One auction package will include one Pearl Jam PJ20 12” colored vinyl. The second auction package will include one Mad Season 10” River of Deceit purple vinyl.

RULES:

***Auction winners will be restricted to one item per person to be autographed.

- There are no refunds or returns on your winning auction donation.
- All package items are auctioned ‘as is’ condition.
- Auction winners must be 21 years or older to attend.
- Please bring a valid ID to the door.
- Auction winners will need to email their name, address, phone number, email address and shirt sizes for themselves and their guest to info@wishlistfoundation.org.
- We will do our very best to accommodate all t-shirt sizes, but there are no sizing guarantees.
- Please direct all questions to info@wishlistfoundation.org

Packages will be available here: myworld.ebay.com/wishlistfoundation

Infinitum Book Package Now Available Until Feb 15



Two of Infinitum Publishing’s most popular books are now available in a special packaged deal for a limited time only until February 15, 2013.

Jason Leung’s This All Encompassing Trip details what it’s like to travel on the road following Pearl Jam on tour while Jennifer Sando’s Picture in a Frame puts together a beautiful visual story of a photographer’s quest to take a portrait of Eddie Vedder. Both will make great additions to your library.

These books are also available by themselves at the following links:
This All Encompassing Trip
Picture in a Frame

I’m Now: The story of Mudhoney

Picture in a Frame book launch party

Congratulations to Jennifer Sando on the launch of her photography book Picture in a Frame. Check out the photos from her launch party and order a copy from her website today.

pictureinaframebook.com

New book review on bella online

A new book review just came in from Erin Lehn Floresca on bella online. Check it out:

“This All-encompassing Trip follows author, Jason Leung, on a 15-month journey of epic proportions through 14 countries, 3 continents and 61 Pearl Jam concerts. The story begins when Jason and two other Pearl Jam fans, Stefan and Tak, decide to follow Pearl Jam on a tour across Canada in a van they dubbed “Touring Van.” Leung was so smitten with that fun-filled journey that he took Touring Van on Pearl Jam’s U.S. tour that soon followed. By the end of that trip, touring was in his blood and he trailed Pearl Jam on their European and Australian tours as well.

The author’s sparkling personality really shines through in this book which reads almost like a fairytale tailored to young adults—and one that I wouldn’t mind living for a while. Throughout Leung’s travels, he lives in an enchanted world where concert tickets magically appear when needed, drinks never stop flowing (yet hangovers are kept at a minimum), and no matter where Leung is in the world, he finds friends, oftentimes running into the same cast of characters. The book is filled with tales about concerts, pre-concert parties, and bonding with fellow Pearl Jam fans. It is also filled with enticing details about the places he visits on those three continents. Plus, we get a good deal of interesting stories involving the band, including a fabulous one about a vintage bottle of cabernet that Eddie Vedder shares with Ivan—one of Jason’s crew—while doing the Australia tour.

While overall I enjoyed the book, at times, I felt that it read more like a journal. There was plenty of space devoted to the nitty gritty details of Leung’s trip—like what he and his friends ate, where they slept, and the names of all the different people he ran into at each concert. It was this attention to the day-to-day details that made some sections read like a journal. I felt that if Leung could have broken up some of those details with more dialog between him and his comrades, the story might have flowed better in places. Yet, buried within those nitty gritty details is where we learn about so many serendipitous events. If Leung didn’t mention all of the names of the people he met along the way and saw again all across the globe, then it wouldn’t have clicked as much later on that these people really are part of a precious, global community of fans who formed life-long bonds with one another through their shared love of Pearl Jam and adventure travel.

This book is definitely tailored to Pearl Jam fans. If you aren’t a Pearl Jam fan, then you won’t know most of the songs mentioned when the author and his posse discuss set lists and songs played at the concerts. That’s okay. Insert your favorite Johnny Cash songs instead. It really doesn’t matter, at the heart of the story, what the names of the songs are. What matters is that through his travels, Leung lives out a dream and inspires other fans around the globe to do the same. He even makes an impression on the members of Pearl Jam, especially guitarist Mike McCready, who communicates regularly with the Touring Van gang during shows.

Overall, I feel the theme of this book is that dreams do come true once you put your Touring Van wheels in motion. It’s also about friendships, and good music and good drink, great travel adventures, and memories that will last a lifetime. What this book instills is that it has always been, and always will be, the journey that counts. My hope is that others reading this book will be more inspired to go after their dreams.

For more information, visit ThisAllEncompassingTrip.com.”

NoRey Tour Kickstarter Campaign

Our other favourite band, NoRey, will be embarking on their first ever tour down the westcoast in November and they’ve started a Kickstarter Campaign to help fund it.

Check out their campaign to see all the great rewards you’ll get in return for your support.
kickstarter.com/projects/853927835/norey-west-coast-tour-2012

Here’s the video that Infinitum did for them for On Our Way.

Jennifer Sando’s kickstarter video

Check out the Kick Starter campaign.

Infinitum set to publish new book

Following the release of the This All Encompassing Trip and Horse Bite, Infinitum Publishing is excited to announce that they are publishing Jennifer Sando‘s photography book Picture in a frame. The hardcover book will feature images from her Eddie Vedder portrait campaign, including previously unreleased portraits of Vedder, lead signer of Pearl Jam.

Our target release date is November 2012 and you can help us achieve that goal through our kickstarter campaign. There are a variety of rewards for your pledges and you can also support the project simply by spreading the word.

Click on the kickstarter link for more info.

Kickstarter campaign for Picture in a Frame

Infinitum Publishing is helping bring to print Australian photographer Jennifer Sando‘s portrait photo campaign of Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam. The book will feature not only the campaign images, but all the extra details, including the Eddie portraits that haven’t been seen yet.

As we finalize the design and layout of the book, you can help contribute to the project as well. Check out Jennifer’s Kickstarter page and her I want to take a portrait of Eddie Vedder campaign for more details on how you can help.

kickstarter.com/projects/infinitum/i-want-to-take-a-portrait-of-eddie-vedder-the-book

Infinitum Music Video for Low Wires

Newest music video from Infinitum for Beneath Your Skin by Low Wires.

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