Cat Power preps for charity journey to Africa, India

photo by Stefano Giovannini

For most of us, this Christmas Day will consist of shuffling around in pajamas and present-littered floors with Ralphie's pudgy face crowding our televisions as A Christmas Story mumbles in the background. Ditching the annual BB gun quest, Chan Marshall will jet to impoverished countries to visit waterless hospitals and find places for new wells.

On her MySpace blog, the caps lock-happy Marshall writes about her charity: water-sponsored trip:

RWANDA POSTPONED !!

CHARITY ROUTING CHANGED:
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO ETHIOPIA, KENYA,
INDIA, BANGLADESH, AND SOME OTHER PLACES
THAT I PROBABLY COULD NEVER SPELL CORRECTLY,
BY 4X4 IN BETWEEN THOSE SAID CITIES

Already scheduled for her vaccines and a possible Good Morning America slot, Pitchfork relays that Cat Power wants to chronicle the journey through film, photos and an online journal. She'll return in time for her Jan. 21 birthday and her new covers collection, Jukebox, out the very next day.

Related links:
CatPowerTheGreatest.com
Cat Power on MySpace
Paste review: Cat Power - The Greatest

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