The comedy world lost one of its brightest stars with the passing of Patrice O’Neal, but if you act fast you can play an active role in ensuring that his legacy lives on. Right now, an Indiegogo campaign is ticking away its final hours while trying to fund Better Than You, a feature-length documentary about […]
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Time Is Running Out To Fund The Patrice O’Neal Doc, ‘Better Than You’
May 1st, 2015 
James Shotwell 
Posted in Comedy, Movies, News 
Tags: Better Than You, Better Than You Documentary, comedy, comedy documentary, crowdfunding, documentaries, funding, indiegogo, kickstarter, patrice oneal, standup comedy 
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TLC Are Trying To Raise $150,000 For ‘Final’ Studio Album
January 19th, 2015 James Shotwell Following a career that has spanned more than two decades and 65 million album sales, TLC have turned to Kickstarter in order to fund what they claim will be their ‘final’ studio album. Yes, you read that right. TLC’s remaining members, T Boz and Chili, have launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking $150,000 so that the […]
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BrokenCYDE Ask The Internet To Give A Shit About Their New Album, Internet Says “No”
January 5th, 2015 James Shotwell Remember BrokenCYDE? If you say no it’s only because you don’t want to be outed for the superfan you no doubt were, at least for a short period of time. Just as the trend of bands getting famous from having popular MySpace pages was beginning to die out, along came a group called BrokenCYDE who […]
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Come Wind Announce New Record, Kickstarter Campaign
December 16th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler Ohio-based indie rock up-and-comers Come Wind have announced they are planning to record a new LP in 2015. To do this, they are leaning on fans to help fund the record via crowd funding middle man Kickstarter. The band is asking for $15,000 in order to make the new record and prizes include a physical […]
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Murder By Death Launch Kickstarter To Fund New Album ‘Big Dark Love’
November 6th, 2014 John Bazley Murder By Death, strangely enough, have the third most successful music-related campaign in Kickstarter history. In 2012, they raised $187,048 for the funding of their record Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon – that’s a pretty gigantic amount of money. The band has returned with another Kickstarter for their upcoming record, this time asking for $150,000 to fund Big […]
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Good Old War Start PledgeMusic Campaign To Help Fund New Record
October 14th, 2014 John Bazley Good Old War is working on a new album, and they need your help to finish it. The band has launched a PledgeMusic campaign to help out with studio costs of their upcoming LP. Essentially serving as a pre-order to the new record, Good Old War is offering a bunch of perks to donors. There are […]
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Owel Start IndieGoGo To Fund New EP And Video
October 10th, 2014 John Bazley We’re big fans of Owel here at UTG, and we’d love to see new music from the group as soon as possible. That’s why we want you to know about their recently launched IndieGoGo campaign. The New Jersey five-piece band is crowdfunding for a new EP, to be recorded with producer Mike Watts (As Tall As Lions, The […]
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Love Bad Movies? Help The Internet Make ‘Samurai Cop 2’ A Reality
September 11th, 2014 James Shotwell There are bad movies and then there are those films that are so godawful that they somehow become cult hits that outlast well made films in terms of popularity by a wide margin. The Room is a classic example, as well as Troll 2, but in my opinion neither of those creative endeavors can hold […]
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Rob Zombie Is Offering Movie Props And More For Pledges To Crowdfund ’31’
July 31st, 2014 Kriston McConnell Now that Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sources are proving to be very valuable tools to both indie designers and celebrities alike, it’s no surprise that more big name celebrities/artists are joining in. LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow Kickstarter ended up getting over 5 times the amount of what he had originally asked for. Who wouldn’t want […]
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‘SLC PUNK 2’ Teaser Trailer Revealed
July 23rd, 2014 Anthony Dobrini The first teaser trailer for SLC Punk 2: Punk’s Dead has been revealed and features a still very dead Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) joined by his friends Sean (Devon Sawa), Eddie (Adam Pascal), and John the Mod (James Duval). The film is set to take place 18 years after the original SLC Punk ended. There has been very little detail […]
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STREAM: Emery – “I Got Taken For A Bath” Demo
March 28th, 2014 Kriston McConnell There aren’t very many bands that I loved in high school that I still love today. One of those few artists is Emery. They have been together for roughly 13 years now, though it’s been three years since the last time they released an album. They recently announced their departure from Tooth & Nail Records, […]
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LOL WHAT: Shaq Says He’s Retired From Rap, But Still Wants To Make ‘Steel 2’
March 12th, 2014 James Shotwell Sports icon and part-time rapper/actor Shaquille O’Neal has been making headlines recently after partnering with a game company to crowdfund a sequel to the infamous mid-1990s game Shaq Fu. For those unfamiliar with the game, it featured Shaq battling ninjas, and most found it to be one of the worst games ever released to stores. […]
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