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Just wanted to let everyone know that soon we’ll be releasing a recording of “Bankruptcy Lover,” the debut single by Bankruptcy Bill & The Fresh Starts.  (If you’ve never heard of the group, then you’re clearly not hanging out in the right venues.)

Bankruptcy Bill & The Fresh Starts groupies can get their…

• Posters here: http://www.zazzle.com/poster_bankruptcy_bill_the_fresh_starts-228608539647711199
• Mugs here: http://www.zazzle.com/mug_bankruptcy_bill_the_fresh_starts-168135713990751518
• Hats here: http://www.zazzle.com/hat_bankruptcy_bill_the_fresh_starts-148439025032658748
  

Interested in advertising/sponsoring?

We’ll be releasing the song regardless of whether there’s a sponsor, but if anyone is interested in a sponsorship/advertising arrangement, contact us at bankruptcybill /at/ zoho /dot/ com and, assuming it’s a legitimate inquiry, we’ll be happy to share the lyrics and a sampling of the recording with you in advance.

FYI, sponsorship could mean:

• Placing an ad on this site, or
• Releasing the song on your site, or
• Even working the sponsor into the recording (if you want us to get extra creative), or
• Anything else you might want to do.  We’re open-minded and flexible.

A reminder that we still are seeking STR.I.P. Financing so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill (and preferably with more frequency).  Please contact us to discuss sponsorship.  And thanks to everyone who has purchased some merchandise.

• “Organic Bankruptcy”
  
  • Posters – now available for purchase at http://www.zazzle.com/organic_bankruptcy_poster-228436080470459990
  • Mugs – now available for purchase at http://www.zazzle.com/organic_bankruptcy_mug-168854911088962234




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• Here are links to see more of Gideon Kendall’s creative artwork as well as his Sketch Journal and a recent profile of Gideon in the Kensington Brooklyn Blog.

Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #10 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and feed you to a flock of free range chickens.”

Anxiously I rise

To represent my client

In Judge Beatty’s court

***************

Purchase the “Courtroom Anxiety” mug here.

Read more bankruptcy haiku here.

Listen to one of Bankruptcy Bill’s haiku read on the “Haiku-ing It To The Man” feature on NPR’s Studio360.  (Starts with about 1:31 left in the feature.)

Here’s the story lead from the Studio360 website:

Haiku-ing It to the Man

A few weeks ago we asked listeners to submit original haiku inspired by the state of the economy. Dozens poured in: our own unscientific proof that the financial crisis is a boon for creativity. Here are some of our favorites. (http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2009/02/13)

Click below to order the “Indignation and Litigation haiku mug (image of Haiku Bill on reverse side): http://www.zazzle.com/haiku_indignation_andlitigation_all_for_twocen_mug-168462018645854298

A reminder that we still are seeking STR.I.P. Financing so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill (and preferably with more frequency).  Please contact us to discuss sponsorship.  And thanks to everyone who has purchased some merchandise.

• “Natural Hierarchy”
  
  • Posters – now available for purchase at http://www.zazzle.com/bankruptcy_bill_natural_order_print-228238639883216582
  • Mugs – now available for purchase at http://www.zazzle.com/bankruptcy_bill_scavenger_mug-168259013438206520




• To receive updates for new postings: E-mail bill@bankruptcybill.us with the word “update” in the subject field, or get the RSS feed.

• Here are links to see more of Gideon Kendall’s creative artwork as well as his Sketch Journal and a recent profile of Gideon in the Kensington Brooklyn Blog.

Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #10 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and feed you to a hungry pack of creditors whose case has just been converted to Chapter 7.”

NPR’s Planet Money blog has a piece today on “Bailout Bill,” a character created by BailoutBooth.com (a sort of internet pawn shop).  Bailoutbooth.com seems to be offering a way for people to sell things for cash by posting their own personal video classified ads on the BailoutBooth site.  As a promotion, the company have been offering cash to people to tell their stories of financial woe to the Bailout Bill character.  Many of those stories are posted here and  definitely worth a read to get a sense of people’s struggles if you’re not already struggling yourself.

Meanwhile, we’ve hired a genetics consultant to try and determine if there is in fact any direct or indirect relationship between Bankruptcy Bill and Bailout Bill.

Bankruptcy Wave posters now available at:

http://www.zazzle.com/poster_bankruptcy_surfing_print-228883731818165270