The video for my song “Jane, Jane” has just surpassed 10,000 views. Hurray! Let’s celebrate by passing it around to everyone and making them kick it up to 20,000.
It’s not very often that I push causes, but this one is special. Are you a fan of The Little Rascals? Or perhaps you know the kids from their original name, Our Gang? Well, Norman Chaney (AKA Chubby) was one of the gang from 1929 to 1931. A few years later, at the age of 21, he lost his life to a glandular disorder. Ironically, the same problem that enabled him to play the “Big Kid” in the first place. Eighty five years later, I just discovered that he is buried in an unmarked grave in Baltimore Cemetery.
I decided to do something about it.
I just launched a fundraising campaign on IndieGoGo.com to buy Chubby a head stone. I’m also hoping to get one for his mother, who is also in an unmarked grave, right next to him.
If you’re a collector, my friend Bob Satterfield is offering up 20 autographed photos of Joe Cobb (Chubby’s predecessor, the very first “Big Kid” on the show), and we’re offering them up as rewards to anyone who donates $50 or more toward Chubby’s head stone.
Please check out the campaign page for more information, video, and more. If you can’t donate, you can still help Chubby by simply sharing the campaign page on facebook, twitter, your personal blog, telling your friends about it, etc.
Check it out. Here’s a trailer to another movie I’m in, “Freaky Deaky”, with Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, and a bunch of other people who aren’t me.
Hey everyone! Looks like I’ve been nominated for the People’s Choice Award (in the Detroit Music Awards), sponsored by Vitamin Water. It’s extremely easy to vote, and you’re allowed to vote once per email address per day. ie: You can vote from a million different email addresses if you want, and you can do it every single day! Voting ends April 23rd.
2) Scroll down until you see the big “Vitamin Water” player.
3) Select “Jane, Jane” by Mikal. It’s about the 11th song down.
4) Click the round “Download and Vote” button just above there.
Each download counts as a vote. You can download once/day from each email address. The more, the merrier! There will be a lot of voting going on, every download helps!
The artist behind my “Only Enemies Tell The Truth… Friends And Lovers Lie Endlessly” album artwork, Kamil Vojnar, now has a facebook page for you to check out. Friend him right here! Tell him I sent you.
You can also check out more of his artwork at KamilVojnar.com.
One of the movies I was in recently, “Have a Little Faith” (based on the Mitch Albom book of the same name), premiered on ABC this past Sunday, November 27th. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Martin Landau, Bradley Whitford, and a bunch of other people. I play one of Mitch’s colleagues in the press box scene at Ford Field (The Detroit Lions’ football stadium). It’s being shown again on The Hallmark Channel, December 4th at 8pm.
I spent 3 days working on a film called “Sparkle” recently. A remake of the 1976 film which was set in the late 50s, but this one is set in the late 60s. And no, there are no hippies in this film. It’s a bit more high class than that. ;) My parts were all done at the legendary “Cliff Bell’s” bar in Detroit. The film stars Whitney Houston, Cee-lo, Jordin Sparks, Mike Epps, and a few other recognizable names.
October 29th, 2011: Mikal’s Halloween Horror Extravaganza, entitled “The Phantom Creeper presents: Welcome to The Phantasmagorium” will invade Brighton, Michigan. Starts at 7 pm. Don’t miss it. That is, unless you are faint of heart, or haven’t fully paid up your insurance premiums.
