Kimya Dawson ([info]kimya_dawson_) wrote,
2005-09-04 17:01:00
read the previous entry first so that this will make sense.

now, check this out. my friend sheila is in texas and she has been volunteering at the astrodome. she is willing to have cds, cassettes, walkmen, portable cd players, boomboxes, and headphones sent to her house. she will organize a team of kids in her area to distribute these things to teenage survivors of the hurricane who have been relocated to the astrodome and transferred to schools down there.

so please, go through your music collections and your closets and find things that are collecting dust. so many of us have upgraded our music players and lost interest in things we used to listen to. i think it would be okay to donate burned cds and mixtapes too. ask your friends to donate stuff. ask local stores to donate stuff. maybe you don't have a cd player but maybe you could spare $10 to send a gift card. ask bands you know to donate some of their albums. ask record labels to make donations.

i can't imagine being a teenager and going through tough times without my music.

and i am just imagining having my cat die without listening to sting. or being too shy to talk to ed without being able to listen to debbie gibson. or being pissed off about having to clean my room without having a suicidal tendencies cd to throw stuff around to. or driving around aimlessly without the violent femmes. or ending a fight with my brother without blasting metallica.

imagine losing your home, all of your possessions, and members of your family, some of your friends...and just sitting in a strange place. being told you can't go back AT LEAST for 2 months, but maybe FOREVER.

it might help a little to put on some headphones and escape.

so please help in any way you can. feel free to donate money too. this way if sheila and her friends meet anyone with a request for an album they are desperate to own again they can go get them a copy.

you can send your donations to:

Sheila Jozami
11423 Birchwood
Humble, Texas 77338

her live journal is:
http://www.livejournal.com/~itarisk

her myspace is:
http://www.myspace.com/vas_defens

if you can help us make a website with an information page and a message board let me know.

awesome. thanks everyone.

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[info]decentdays

September 4 2005, 21:30:45 UTC 6 years ago

That is an amazing idea. I'll be sending things.

[info]wasteofpaint08

September 4 2005, 22:11:59 UTC 6 years ago

wonderful idea.

i'm already trying to get my friends to help out.

[info]niwi

September 4 2005, 22:33:43 UTC 6 years ago

awesome idea, i'm in!

[info]subtleransom

September 4 2005, 22:41:49 UTC 6 years ago

i'm in.

beautiful idea.

[info]miss_chiquita

September 4 2005, 22:50:01 UTC 6 years ago

im from germany, i wont send any cds because its too expensive to send... but i think its a really good idea. i know a guy who lives ... lived in new orleans. well hes alright i guess. he lost his home but hes fine.
i dont know what to say. it just feels so unreal. i watched tv the whole day and there were these programs about all those people and all that water and about what was made wrong and all the dead people and... i just couldnt believe it. i mean, its new orleans. it seems its just one of these movies.

[info]hero_marauder

September 4 2005, 22:59:03 UTC 6 years ago

Sheila is a doll. I haven't heard from her in a while and I'm leaving Houston again tomorrow morning...but she should totally contact me if she reads this. Get my phone number from Jill or JD and see if there's anything I can do via the University or at least the San Marcos community. I'd love to help any way I possibly could.

[info]itarisk

September 5 2005, 02:22:46 UTC 6 years ago

I love you and I'll call you <3

[info]tempusfrangit

September 4 2005, 23:02:39 UTC 6 years ago

I have no money.. and my CDs are old and scratched.. but I have tons of music on MP3 format. I'll burn CDs. That's all I can do... OH! I'll ask the bands I've receieved CDs from to donate too. Figure that'd be okay?

[info]velva

September 6 2005, 22:15:28 UTC 6 years ago

LOVE your icon.

[info]treeleeree

September 4 2005, 23:03:55 UTC 6 years ago

this is one of the best ideas ive read so far. If i was in the states i would make hundreds of mix tapes for these people.. i really hope they manage to save them from silence.

[info]itsbeenover

September 5 2005, 00:13:22 UTC 6 years ago

I'm sending about fifteen CDs tomorrow.

[info]lilfrankel

September 5 2005, 00:27:19 UTC 6 years ago

I am all about this - mind if I link you some places?

[info]kimya_dawson_

September 5 2005, 00:29:45 UTC 6 years ago

please do

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[info]kimya_dawson_

September 5 2005, 01:56:26 UTC 6 years ago

Re: website

that is great!!! thanks!!! a message board would be great too!

[info]retardboy

September 5 2005, 02:20:36 UTC 6 years ago

this is an awesome idea. jer and i both used to do promo work for various record labels, we have tons of extra promo CDs around the house that we'll send as well as CD players, etc. i'm excited to see how fast this is coming together!

[info]mlklm_rollick

September 5 2005, 02:26:22 UTC 6 years ago

thanks kimya, yer a genius
x mlklm

[info]gordynate

September 5 2005, 02:53:44 UTC 6 years ago

That's awesome!

[info]ohgeeitsme

September 5 2005, 03:41:35 UTC 6 years ago

I'm totally making mixtapes and such.
That's a great idea.

I contacted you on myspace about the hurricane benefit show in Louisville. I know you can't play, but really.. if you know ANYONE that can play or could help out, I'd really appreciate it. Woven Hand (David from from 16 Horsepower) is already in.

[info]whoforwhat

September 5 2005, 03:58:38 UTC 6 years ago

I love the Idea, and would love to help.

[info]iam_helsabot

September 5 2005, 04:23:25 UTC 6 years ago

i've got a lot of people here in bartlesville interested. i'm thinking about passing out information and having people contact me and send it straight to her and send it to me, and i'll come up with the postage money and send it.
this is such a great idea, and i'm so glad that so many people i know are interested and willing. thank you for thinking of this. i mean, i wouldn't be alive if i hadn't had my music. there have been times when i was ready to overdose on whatever i could find when i just laid my head next to my stereo blasting music and crying until i felt like i could go on. those kids will need music now more than ever, and i'm so glad you thought of it and have gone to the trouble to organize it. thanks.

[info]smoothjazzv987

September 5 2005, 05:42:35 UTC 6 years ago

awesome.
im in.

justin!

[info]iam_helsabot

September 5 2005, 05:59:08 UTC 6 years ago

also, what should we put CDs in? I don't have any cases, but I don't want them to get all scratched.

[info]kimya_dawson_

September 5 2005, 14:18:42 UTC 6 years ago

at computer kinda stores and office supply stores you can get those paper cd sleeves for just a couple bucks. xoxo

[info]virgomusic

September 5 2005, 06:06:30 UTC 6 years ago

Now I don't feel so guilty about buying a new computer! Cuz now I can burn CDs to send! Thank you!

[info]latenightdouble

September 5 2005, 09:10:30 UTC 6 years ago

wow, that's a great thing to do.
i'm spreading the word here and making mixed tapes and stuff, and i'll tell all my friends to burn some cd's.
love.

[info]wanna_buy_cake

September 5 2005, 12:23:57 UTC 6 years ago

hey kimya you will come on tour right? could we also give you some cds or something and you give it to sheila?

[info]kimya_dawson_

September 5 2005, 14:09:27 UTC 6 years ago

i wish i could but it would be really hard for me to carry stuff on tour and then it would have to wait til i got to seattle at the end of november and then i would have to send it. because i am going to be on tour for so long i will have a lot of crap with me.

[info]wanna_buy_cake

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[info]missmeli

September 5 2005, 19:18:14 UTC 6 years ago

amazing

awesome idea!

I have a walkman and a bunch of burned cds to send. I won a Gap giftcard a while back so I'll send that too since I don't shop there. I'm gonna tell everyone about this!

[info]sporks88

September 5 2005, 19:22:48 UTC 6 years ago

that 2 months is probiably going to be longer. i heard on the news that it will take at least 2 months to pump out the water, and that there are 2 more hurricanes that are expected to heppen this year. they may not go through that area, or be as powerfull, but they could sure put a damper on pumping out that water.
this idea is really really cool. i could make the next couple shows on vashon mixtape drives.
awesome Kimya, really awesome
- chris c.

[info]briarsequinox

September 5 2005, 21:08:10 UTC 6 years ago

This is win win. Thanks, I'll be sending as much as I can.
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