Ok New Yorkers, here's the deal...

On 10-5 we'll be at the Continental scheduled to play at 8:15pm. If you are at this show you can recieve a coupon for a FREE CD or T-Shirt. How do you cash in this coupon for the goods you ask? Simple. Take your coupon to our 10-20 show at the Knitting Factory (the Old Office). Bring it to the merch table and pick up your free cd or t-shirt. Simple as that.

Also, if you're headed to the Across the Narrows show this Sunday, 10-2 (the Oasis one) you may see our great friend/promoter/booker Annie Burns handing out brand new sampler cds. You'll find two new tracks from the upcoming album and one from The Sooner It Comes.

See you in October.

SEPT. 15, 9PM - $5 - 21
HURRICANE KATRINA BENEFIT
RALPH'S DINER
148 Grove Street, Worcester, MA
w/ Average White Boys, The Cyanide Valentine

We're playing next Thursday (9/15) at Ralph's in Worcester. It's the first in a series of shows Ralph's has put together for the hurricane relief. All the door money collected will be donated to the United Way's Hurricane Katrina Response Fund (more info on donating below). According to the United Way, the money they collect will be used for both short-term and long-term needs, which will be determined by United Way agencies in the affected areas.

We'll be playing with Average White Boys (formerly the Goonsquad... we've played with them before and they're a gas!), and The Cyanide Valentine (we've played with them before too. They're awesome, and Wendy plays viola on a track off our new record). One more band is still TBA.

We're encouraging everyone to come out to the show, (as well as other shows at Ralph's), but even if you can't, please donate to the Hurricane Relief, whether it's the United Way, The Red Cross, anyone. Any worthwhile charity will do. Believe me, I know it sounds like a tired old song at this point, but the help that's needed there greatly exceeds our short attention spans (mine included). Do what you can, and encourage others to do the same. Every little bit helps.

Cheers,
Henry

Yea, so aside from prodding people to come to shows and all that, I hate asking things from people on these bloggy bulletin things. But I feel this is really important to take a look at.

A lot of people in the Gulf Coast are in a really, really bad shape right now with this whole Hurricane business. People won't be able to return to their homes for at least one or two months, if there's anything to return to. That's to say nothing of the people who have lost their lives, which could be anywhere from the hundreds to the thousands.

Being from Florida, all this really hits home for me. I went through Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Me and my family were extremely fortunate that all we had to endure was minimal damage to the house, mangled palm trees, a broken car window, and 3-4 weeks without any electricity. Although I was one of the lucky ones, I knew kids who literally lost the roof over their heads, and nearly their lives. I knew others whose entire community was completely wiped out of existence.

But this isn't a pity party, and this certainly isn't about me. Natural disasters happen, and there's nothing we can do about them. What we can do is help out with the relief effort. Donate to the Red Cross or the Salvation Army. Most of you, like myself, are hurting for money (who isn't these days, eh?), so all I ask is to do what you can. Donations are as low as $5.00 on the Red Cross website. If you can't give, please encourage others to do so.

The Red Cross has guidelines regarding donating non-cash items, which you may want to read here.

I've also been told that at most supermarkets you can ask the cashier about donating at the checkout counter.

Thanks for your time.