Our very own Patty Blanchard came up with the idea for this benefit, to help her meet her fundraising goal of $3,000. She has been training hard for marathons and other endurance events that help raise money for the Society, and she is hoping this show will make a huge dent.

To help promote the event (as well as the label), our local public radio station WYPR, invited label founder Mike Nestor, Dave Manchester from Kadman and myself to talk about the collective, the benefit and about what our own bands have been working on. Besides kind of making an ass out of myself (sarcasm over the air, doesn’t translate as well as in person!), Mike, Dave and I were asked to perform acoustic versions of our songs.

I wasn’t in town to tune into the segment, luckily you can stream it in its entirety online. I was surprised and pleased to find they aired the song I recorded at the end of the segment.
Give a listen!

Also, make sure to check out the songs Mike and Dave recorded at WYPR:
WYPR ~ Maryland Morning Interview

All proceeds go towards the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, so please come out, and help support a great cause. Doors are at 7:30pm, admission is $7 and the lineup includes Kadman, The Seldon Plan, Infinite Honey, E. Joseph and the Phantom Hearts and yours truly! The night will also feature medical artwork by Frank Corl, who has drummed for many of the artists on the Beechfields’ roster.

If you can make it out Saturday night…awesome! If not, you can still help out by making a donation and help Patty’s Goal!

So we are busting our asses as summer approaches. We are finishing up mixing our EP, and things are really coming together. We are also planning on how we want to package and release these songs for you guys. On top of all that, we have been planning a 4-day tour through the great state of Pennsylvania; visiting old friends, making new ones and just hoping to have a good time. So far here’s what were looking at as far as an itinerary:

Friday June 25th – Lancaster/Reading
Saturday June 26th – Pittsburgh
Sunday June 27th – Johnstown
Monday June 28th – Philadelphia

So we want to have these songs ready for the road, maybe a limited hand-made run of CD-R’s for tour, and then some serious silk screened records when we get back and do a release party for you all! So yeah, we’re busy!

Also, we’ve got a lot of shows already lined up for the summer, 2 this month, a Benefit with a bunch of Beechfields bands on June 5th, that Patty actually put together to help her raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

We’ve also been writing! New, fun, awesome songs! We’re having a lot of fun working on these songs and can’t wait to get a couple together to start working on another full length!

So come hang out with us this summer, if we’re coming to your town come have fun some fun with us and make it a memorable trip!