Hello and welcome to the website of campaigning singer/songwriter Phoenix Imago. Here you can find news and information on all my recordings, videos, live shows and political activism. I’m still naive enough to think I can change the world. If you feel the same then please browse the material here and leave comments! Hearing from you makes it all worthwhile:-).
The Florence-based duo of singer-songwriter Phoenix Imago and artist/animator Jennie Rutz are bringing pigs to life as rock stars in an animated music video. The video features Phoenix’s song, ‘Who Ya Callin Pigs?’, a Jerry Lee Lewis-esque piano rock’n’roll track sung by a pig in protest at the treatment of his brothers and sisters at the hands of humans.
“We want to use humor to make people stop and think about the consequences of their actions. Even if they don’t become vegetarians, anyone who becomes aware of the conditions pigs are kept in, would be happier buying organic meat. We need more fun projects like this to get peoples’ attention.” – Phoenix.
They aim to use a combination of affliliate marketing, sponsorship and merchandise to fund the project. Currently, there are some initial drawings and a freely downloadable piano/vocal demo of the song on the website http://whoyacallinpigs.org/ If people join the mailing list they will get a free mp3 download of the finished song.
For more information, please contact: info@whoyacallinpigs.org
The post starts off a bit depressing but it cheers up by the end I promise!
I get up every morning with a ‘to do’ list in my head. I hammer away at that ‘to do’ list until I’m too exhausted to continue. Then I slob around for a while until I fall into bed. I do this because I’m afraid that if I don’t then I’ll never have any of the things that I want and the things I love will be taken away from me.
The devil’s in the detail of course… …in the phrasing of the paragraph. What if it said this instead:
I get up each morning excited about all the things I want to do. I give my all to these tasks until I finally relax and enjoy the evening. I do this because I’ll only get to live this life once and I want to explore and appreciate it as much as I can!
Sometimes I just need to lighten up a bit! 
For an exercise on a course she’s doing, my girlfriend had to choose five people (living) she’d like to invite to hew ideal dinner party. It got me thinking…
My List is as follows:
Matthew Herbert: The guy is an awesome musician, as at home with a sampler as arranging a brass section. He’s got a great slant on ethics/politics too.
J. Michael Stracinsky: Created the Babylon 5 TV series and wrote most of it. The sort of dude who can juggle a story that large and deep in his head is someone I would like to meet.
Shakira: OK so she’s a babe but she seems nice too and I love her songs and her voice!
Noam Chomsky: I’m hoping he’s still alive… The man speaks the truth with insight and authority. I’d love to meet him.
Tonya Zavasta: She practices calorie restriction and eats 100% raw vegan. I’m getting there myself but am quite a few steps behind…
Funny how I really enjoyed putting that list together. I’m sure its members feel appropriately flattered!
There might be some weird things going on (ie buttons/links not working properly…) on this site from Sat 29th January to Saturday 5th Feb. I’m moving some things around and making some changes and it could cause disruption! Apologies for any inconvenience and I hope to resume business as usual shortly!
Rob
My two new recordings ‘Have I Told You Today?’ and ‘Someone I Can Be Alone With’ are online at last. Check out my music section!
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