Show 104: G20 Fundraiser / homecoming, Columbus, OH

TURNOUT: 40

MONEYS: $105 all going to Toronto G20 Arrestees. You should donate more!

INJURIES: unscathed!

STORIES: This was a great homecoming show. A nice big turnout, fucking awesome music from Realicide and Ryan Jewel, the awarehouse is an amazing space, it really makes me feel good to be home.

It was also a pretty decent fundraiser. I wish we'd earned a bit more, but times are tight, i guess. We didn't raise as much as we did with the Solidarity Showcase, but I think we did a much better job with the educating and informing the audience part. We wrote some letters and presented a lot more info than last time.

We're learning and will get better over time. I'm looking forward to our next swing at the Solidarity Showcase, coming up this October for the RNC 8.

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Show Report 80: Home!

Turnout: 11

Support: $18

Injury Report: Kate no longer massages my hands at that one part. For some reaons she now squeezes and rubs them, like she's trying to grind my knuckles, or pull my skin off.

Show Description: We're back from tour and it feels great. Sally Louise and Alec haven't seen the show yet, so we decided to do a homecoming performance after the weekly Tuesday potluck at 64 King. Alec even re-read the Odyssey while we were gone! Friends and neighbors came by as well, and there were philosophical discussions on top of tactical discussions on top of semantic discussions. I found myself agreeing and disagreeing with both Justin and Zohar's completely contradicting interpretations of the play. Which makes me think that maybe the play, in all it's complexity and contradictions still actually expresses my viewpoint. We're all trapped in the middle of all these passionate concerns, second guesses, and hopeless choices. The challenge is to recognize that we cannot ever know what the best action is. Even though none of our conclusions, positive or negative are assured, we must keep moving.

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Show 33: Columbus OH @ Spore

Turnout: 8

Monetary Votes of Support: 32 Merch: 28

Personal Injury Report: That old lady's feelings.

Show Description: Second time at Spore. The first time had a much better turnout, this time was kind of weird, between the two guys at the computer who were kind of distracting, to the older woman noting whenever someone came in late, it was a bit hard to concentrate. Nonetheless, the discussion after the show was good to have, it was biographical and personal in a way that we haven't had with other audience members up until this point.

We also found out from the older woman that bicycles are harmful and utterly useless because they cannot carry goods or families and will never be able to replace autos, whereas these human powered vehicles made from space age materials are good for all these things bicycles aren't. Also, these vehicles will utilize the only thing bicycles have ever been good for, that is, bike paths. Anyway...

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Show 8: Colombus, OH

Turnout: 20

Monetary Votes of Support: 49.50

Personal Injury Report: Unscathed !

Show Description: We had been looking forward to doing the show at Spore and it turned out just as well as we had hoped. The crowd was great, the show went well, there were no injuries, good discussions, and the house (see picture) we stayed at afterwards, a communal living space, had front and backyard gardens, a bee hive, gray water sinks and a kitchen packed with bulk goods. The house itself and the people staying there were the most interesting things about being in Columbus. It's good to see places like that. And I would like live in one in the near future, so seeing this one in action was useful for getting a clearer picture of the areas where communal living does well and challenges it faces and how to approach them.

Kate also learned how to do this double pushup acrobatic move after the show.

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