{"id":515,"date":"2013-09-10T20:46:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T20:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2013-09-10T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T22:55:00","slug":"the-starfolk-self-titled-a-carbon-neutral-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"The Starfolk Self Titled,  a Carbon Neutral Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We did it!\u00a0 The Starfolk self titled is out today on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kordarecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Korda Records<\/a>; the label we started with friends.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve read my blog <a href=\"http:\/\/wednesdaypost.wordpress.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wednesday Post<\/a>, you may know that I (Allison) am always on the lookout for ways to eliminate packaging waste.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to use recycled jewel cases for The Starfolk release. \u00a0 I scoured craigs list, record stores, radio stations for used cases; purchased many and some were given to me.\u00a0 The greater challenge was that we had to assemble the cds ourselves.\u00a0 Many dear friends, including our Korda Komrades pitched in to help.\u00a0 We want to thank <a href=\"http:\/\/blacklistvintage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vanessa<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XVsxtZRLkaY\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Messersmith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a-C55RcfO-U\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Ruiz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/myspace.com\/deeppool\/music\/songs\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Kearns<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathryn-olmstead.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kathy Olmstead<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hGgDoMwmzNk\" target=\"_blank\">David<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnartists.org\/artistHome.do?rid=318070\" target=\"_blank\">Janel Schelzel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IO4S-EBgQLU\" target=\"_blank\">Mike<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jimruizset.bandcamp.com\/track\/just-believe-in-me\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte<\/a> &amp; Jane Crabtree, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/thechinchbugs\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Sexton<\/a> for their generous assistance.\u00a0 We could&#8217;ve done it without you, but it would&#8217;ve been a real drag!<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to make this release carbon neutral, we also purchased a 7 metric ton carbon offset.\u00a0 Breathe easy and enjoy the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?page_id=2\" target=\"_blank\">music<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>xxooAllison<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-521\" alt=\"IMG_4378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4378-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4378-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_4378-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it!\u00a0 The Starfolk self titled is out today on Korda Records; the label we started with friends.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve read my blog The Wednesday Post, you may know that I (Allison) am always on the lookout for ways &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/?p=515\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-korda-records","category-new-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thestarfolk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}