Shannon Hoon Film

It's easy to get burned out on Kickstarter projects - particularly when you're not sure if the person behind the undertaking is looking for actual monetary help to bring it to life or just leveraging KS for exposure. But reading this Shannon Hoon Film pitch grabbed my attention right away. If you are not aware, Hoon was the frontman for Blind Melon that tragically overdosed in 1995. The news wasn't frontpage headlines by any means but Blind Melon was well on their way to being far more interesting than just the poppy "No Rain."

The project is real close to reaching its goal and I think the end result - hours of Super 8 footage shot by Hoon himself documenting their rise and his struggles - would be quite compelling. They've released a number of public backer treats to entice people to get involved - namely, covers from Jim James covering Sleepyhouse or Seth Avett covering St Andrews Fall.

Long story short, if you've got a few duckets to spare, this seems like a reasonably worthwhile project to help out. Particularly if you, like myself, have listened to this song ad nauseam.