I’ll be moving again in April which means it’s time to purge myself of consumer goods. I find it refreshing and liberating but at the same time I never liked the idea of giving my stuff away for next to nothing at a yard or garage sale. The expectation at a garage sale is cheap, used goods. It’s…
Nate is a Craigslist regular. Here are his tips on making the most money when selling your stuff on the site. Are you listening, Greg?
Hi everyone.
Stories and photos are streaming in from Upstate NY, particularly in creekside towns north of the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County, NY… and the devastation can only be compared to what happened with Katrina.
CNN, Fox News, the major networks and other news outlets aren’t racing there to cover it. Perhaps it just isn’t sexy enough a story. But it’s life-changingly devastating.
- Hundreds of cows and other livestock have drowned.
- Bridges have simply washed away, including a landmark covered wooden bridge which stood (and withstood many floods) since 1855.
- Portions of important state highway arteries have been completely destroyed. Businesses started by young people hoping to make a difference in the small towns they were raised in have seen their interiors and inventories covered in mud or carried away by seven or eight feet of rushing floodwater. Most of them don’t have flood insurance.
Here’s a story and photos that really drive home the devastation.
With all of this in mind, a bunch of NYC-based artists are joining together to release a benefit compilation album. It’s called After the Flood: a Compilation to Benefit Upstate New York Victims of Hurricane Irene.
It will be a digital-only release, and it will be available beginning Friday, 2 September 2011, at www.aftertheflood.bandcamp.com
All proceeds will be directly sent to the Northeast New York State Chapter of the Red Cross, earmarked towards flood relief, and the Schoharie County Community Action Program.
It’s going to contain well over 30 tracks, downloadable in the format of your choice, along with a detailed PDF booklet with information about each artist.
Bandcamp has also lowered their commission for this release so that more money will make it quickly to the people who desperately need it to recover from these heart-crushingly devastating floods. Pretty awesome of Bandcamp!
As of 1:00am on Wednesday 31 August, here is the roster of staggeringly talented and equally generous artists who have been kind enough to donate a track to this compilation:
- Abby Ahmad
- Bri Arden
- Chris Ayer
- Barnaby Bright
- Lelia Broussard
- Josh Dion
- Bryan Dunn
- Lara Ewen
- Kailin Garrity
- Shira Goldberg
- Caleb Hawley
- Greg Holden
- Nick Howard
- Zach Hurd
- Wes Hutchinson
- Mighty Kate
- Sierra Noble
- Joyous Noise
- Charlene Kaye
- Will Knox
- Allie Moss
- Abby Payne
- Rachel Platten
- Chrissi Poland
- Martin Rivas
- Jessi Robertson
- Bess Rogers
- Amber Rubarth
- Jesse Ruben
- John Schmitt
- Casey Shea
- Allison Weiss
- Alexa Wilkinson
- Emily Zuzik
It would be pretty awesome to let these people and towns know that the big, attention-grabbing city at the bottom of the state map contains people who care deeply about what’s happening up there.
It is crucially important that you help spread the word by sharing this blog page… please share it with any news outlets or PR people, or anyone who might be interested in contributing or getting their hands on some bitchin’ music.
Thanks for reading. I’ll keep you posted.
xoxo
-martin
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Honest to Glod, people, this isn’t rocket science. If you lower the price barrier, more people can buy your product and the more money you can make. This should not be a difficult concept for the industry to grasp.
Fucking TRUTH. Selling a game for 20 or 40$ is going to make me more likely to buy it, since it’s much more affordable. And making it ten bucks or less pretty much guarantees that I’ll be buying myself and a few friends a copy of it.
Most games aren’t good enough for me to pay sixty bucks for them. And even if they are *Cough*Skyrim*Cough* I often can’t manage that much money because of medical bills and such.
Valve really knows what it’s doing when it comes to Steam sales. Anyone who uses Steam knows just how effective their sales are! X’D
I am writing to you from the back of the van with the windows down on a beautiful spring day. Being on the Resolve Tour has been amazing. Every single night is so different because of the people, the venues, and the local cultures. Each place we have visited has had it’s own unique sense of…
more so i want to make more money so i can pay my bills, buy shit i need to buy or just want, and afford an average house
Youth Fashion Tips: How To Dress Punk for Girls
“It’s anything that normal people wouldn’t do.”
“Very punkish.”
“Take it to the edgy level.”
“Edgy jeans.”
“And you’re just not gonna care. You’re gonna put on something that you don’t care what people think of you. That’s punk for girls.”
(via thehairpin.)
“No script, no rehearsal, and only one take? Let’s do it!”
There’s Always More Money To Make and More Shit To Bitch About via wordboner: (get it on a tee | make one yourself | get it on a postcard)
^^clueless people. Printing money devalues your currency and inflates the economy. That’s the reason for higher prices for EVERYTHING today. Because they are printing more money; devaluing American currency, therefore causing inflation, and an overall higher debt the governments have to pay. Look at the effects printing more money had on Germany after they had to pay for the damages of WWI due to the Treaty of Versailles. Printing that money essentially caused WWII. NO, the middle class shouldn’t have to pay extravagant taxes, but then, printing money will not work.
I think you’ve missed the point of the sign.
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need to make more money. need to make decisions. need these shoes:
