dear world,

it seems some of you here in greensboro (and probably everywhere else) think that it doesnt cost anything for bands to go on tour, that all shows should be free, all music should be free, that we are doing this for our own personal amusement, that a "DIY punk show" is just an excuse for you to go get drunk somewhere other than your dorm room, or that a "house show" is just a reason for you to do coke in someone else's bathroom.

and plus there is probably some really cool "ironic" "90's" dance party you can go to that night instead of hanging out with your friends and supporting bands who PLAY MUSIC FOR A LIVING.

"oh, but we are poor, we have to buy BEER, and COCAINE, and whatever crap american apparel tells us we want to wear this week" what do we look like some kind of stupid rich, ny hipsters?"

no, you look like stupid, rich, NC hipsters.


FOR THE RECORD:
the donations we are taking at the door of our house show, are ALL GOING TO THE TOURING BANDS.

we are not making any money off of this, and JESUS, $5 dollars is not a lot to ask for a night of good music.

you spend more than that a day on cigarettes, come on people, you can't expect any changes to happen in this world if you arent willing to make a few tiny sacrifices.


this is what is called a "suggested donation".
an amount we would LIKE to get from everyone, in a "crazy dream world", but if you only have 2 or 3 dollars we are not going to turn you away.

you should WANT to donate.

you like MUSIC!?
BANDS make music.
sometimes its nice to get to a town and not worry if you are going to make enough money that night to put gas in your broken down minivan.

when everyone downloads your shit for free off the internet, its not like you can count on making any royalties from CD SALES.

when was the last time YOU bought a NEW CD anyway!?

...that's what i thought.

fuck.