Show fucking rocked.

The Black Keys

Dr. Dog

Escape the Fate, and more specifically the exploits of former frontman and current prison bitch Ronnie Radke, have garnered a lot of attention on this blog. Video Matt, being a journalist and videographer of the highest caliber decided to take it upon himself to get the scoop on what’s up with Escape the Fate in the post-Radke era from bassist and ETF co-founder Max Green, the results of which can be seen above.

So I tuned pop music out for a minute, preferring a steady playlist of ’70s glam rock, Willie Nelson and Black Sabbath to the sugarhooks and fashionable looks populating the TRL world, and by the time I start paying attention again, I am flooded by constant blogs and article about folks like Jeffree Star, Trace Cyrus, Ronnie Radke… Not their music, but their fascinating drama. For a second I wondered why it’s more interesting for folks to talk about their feuds than their actual music. Then I listened to their music…

Egad, no wonder. Side note: it sounds a lot better when you listen to all three simultaneously than one at a time. Just open their My Space Pages in your tabs. See? Way better.

A plausible solution:

Just got a message from my pal and venerable indie-folk touring champion Drew Danburry about the fate of Village Green Records, an independent music store in Muncie, Indiana. It seems someone broke in and stole their rent money. As if it wasn’t hard enough to operate an independent record store/tour stop when poeple are caring less and less about buying albums and seeing live music…

If you have $5 to spare (and a paypal account), you can help keep this musical institution alive.

In Muncie, Indiana there is a locally run independent record store run by some of my friends called Village Green Records. They have been providing excellent independent music for a few years now and have done countless shows for local and touring bands including myself.

Unfortunately, on Thursday, someone had the audacity to search through private rooms, and discovered the location of the rent money and stole it. Now the record store is $500 short for their June rent, which is already overdue, and is in danger of being shut down/evicted.

Village Green Records and a band (ITFOW) are asking for your help through small donations to the record store in order to keep it open. If 100 people donate $5 each, then VGR will be able to stay open and provide support to the independent music scene.

If you have paypal, and would be willing to donate to this cause, please send your donations to

endperfecto@hotmail.com

Thanks guys. It would be a good thing to do. Definitely.