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Gearhead Records donating 10% of websales to Yolo County Food Bank

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by Justin on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 7:00 PM (EDT)

We're slightly behind on this, but until October 31st, Gearhead records will be raising money for the Yolo Food Bank by making many of their releases available for $2.99 via their webstore. The releases available include ones from the New Bomb Turks, Wildhearts, Dragons, Electric Eel Shock and Million Dollar Marxists, amongst many other bands.

10% of the proceeds from these sales will go towards the Food Bank of Yolo County. As the label says:

Look at it this way, $25 donated to this organization can buy enough food to feed a family of 4 for a week! Located about 15 miles west of Sacramento (the capital of California) Yolo County is the 3rd fastest growing county in California. Unfortunately, 1 out of 7 people living in this area do not get enough to eat on a daily basis.

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GlassPipeMurder (October 28, 2006)

Nice.

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Mafiasoldier (October 28, 2006)

i live in CA and i had no idea of the poverty there. amazing. good job gearhead.

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GlassPipeMurder (October 28, 2006)

no offense but how do you miss that? i live in iowa and even i know of the widespread poverty in CA...the cost of living is so high, how could there not be so much poverty?

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Mafiasoldier (October 28, 2006)

its where i live, i watch the news i read the papers, i am decently educated, this place is narrow minded tommy bahama wearing capital of the world. i am aware of the poverty but here sadly its brushed under the rug because the majority of the poverty stricken are migrant workers or immigrants of another kind. its all just ignored. sad but true.

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die_die_die (October 28, 2006)

Hey, nice job helping out.

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Ike_Ness (October 28, 2006)

Gearheadnews.org

But really, this is one of my favorite labels, they put on a great showcase every year, and this is a classy move.

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Someone (October 28, 2006)

Gearhead is one of the best labels going today. This label is classy.

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el_matt (October 28, 2006)

This is pretty awesome. I am so buying that Million Dollar Marxists album.

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Dante3000 (rich) (October 28, 2006)

California is seriously one of the most oddly juxtaposed areas in terms of finances.
-Dante

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RighteousTwin (October 28, 2006)

does anyone know any details about the new bomb turks dvd? ive heard talk of it, and seen a trailer for it..

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Someone (October 28, 2006)

I used to live in yolo, fuck yolo, fuck woodland, fuck Zamora!
-Karl Bakla

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punkbytheounce (October 29, 2006)

If Gearhead gave 10% of the money from making their albums $2.99 sale, they would have to sell 83 CDs to feed a family of four for a week. Meanwhile, if they sold them at $10, they would only have to sell 25 CDs to feed a family of four for a week. Not to say that I'm not going to take advantage of this, or that this isn't a good cause, it just seems like these two ideas aren't very compatable.

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halfcutskeleton (October 29, 2006)

I think the idea is to get you to buy something else when you buy those $2.99 CD's. I think most people order a couple of things when they mailorder CDs.