Here are a couple of things you can do for me that will win you my love (for now):

* Boston: tonight, some friends of mine are playing a show. It's at O'Brien's. I myself have not heard the offerings of said bands (Stars And Sons, and Ladies And Gentlemen), but they have a track record of being involved in things that were good to my ears.

* Philly, NYC, and Worcester: Come see us this weekend, in that order! Check out our shows page for details, because why should I have to type out redundant information? I will say we're very happy to be hitting all three towns again. Our friends in Televandals (who we've never played with before, but Nico's gotten us drunk before) and Radio America (who we've played with, at Ralph's in particular, countless times) will be joining us in Worcester. In fact, I think the first time we even met Radio America was at a July 4th weekend show they set up at Ralph's (me-mo-rieeeeeeeeees).

* Build up some good karma: A friend of ours, Jules (aka The Mixtress), was recently diagnosed with leukemia (specifically: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia). While she's doing her best to kick this awful disease's ass and the prognosis is looking good, she'll be out of action through the whole of July and will be doing treatments through the rest of the year. Her medical bills have ballooned to $30,000 after all's said and done and after all the help she's given to the indie music community at large she could use some help in her direction. There's a website set up to take donations from PayPal. Whatever you can give will be appreciated. (Tell your friends, too.)

http://www.dropcash.com/campaign/julesyb/help_with_my_medical_bills/

This is a video my sister sent me that had me laughing my ass off. It's amazing what a few well-placed bleeps will do.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM

Now that you all have your instructions for the week, I'm going to go grab some breakfast. And possibly work on the Metro's terrible-yet-charming crossword.

Cheers,
Henry