Against Me! benefit for bone marrow transplant

Contributed by manincognito. Posted by aubin on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 1:30 PM (EST)

Some more information has surfaced regarding the acoustic benefit to be headlined by Against Me! at the Chicago stop of their ongoing tour.

According to reports, the benefit is to raise money for the cost of a life-saving bone marrow transplant for a six-year-old girl from Tifton, Georgia. Diana Olalde was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in May 2006 and was initially treated with chemotherapy. But when she relapsed in August, doctors explained that she needed the bone marrow transplant in order to survive.

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Mookie_Blaylock (November 29, 2007)

posi

NoControl (November 29, 2007)

you sir have the best username ever.

Mookie_Blaylock (November 29, 2007)

vampa (November 29, 2007)

mookie wilson > mookie blaylock

damnitsderek (November 29, 2007)

False.

jjp0500 (November 29, 2007)

agreed

niveK82 (November 29, 2007)

The Harvest of Hope show already happened on thanksgiving. It was glorious.

Since94 (November 29, 2007)

The coloured NOFX live and Propagandhi vinly are on sale NOW

Someone (November 29, 2007)

Thanks! Just ordered mine.

Evil_Dead (November 29, 2007)

Wow, and I was going to sleep longer too. Thanks! How come it says there's a 2 record limit, but when I put 3 (I just did that to make sure I was ordering the colored-one and not the black one, seeing as how if I went over the limit they'd tell me) it wasn't giving me problems? I didn't go all the way to the end with it cuz I didn't want to get charged for three records. I hope they didn't already sell out and I'm stuck with more black ones.

Since94 (November 29, 2007)

2 limit on the colour so if you order 50 they will give you 2 on colour and 48 on black.
cheers

Evil_Dead (November 29, 2007)

Ah, thank you very much kind sir.

telegraphrocks (November 29, 2007)

Great cause... late late reporting.

fallingupwards84 (November 29, 2007)

i'm 24 and after a shitty breakup went from 180 to 166 pounds. i've stopped losing weight but i am still a little flabby. how can i harden up my mid section. crunches seem to be working only real slow and really it's not that much. i drink a lot of beer. is my only option to quit all the booze. i do lots of running. 4 miles 5 times a week. any suggestions on how to stop this plateau i've hit and get a little more hard/lean?

David_Arquette (November 29, 2007)

God, I love this.

ibitchslappedyourmama (November 29, 2007)

how come this gets posted on every Against Me! thread, it's like the same wording and everything

spalmer (November 29, 2007)

I think the age changes slightly. This is damn funny though.

Citizen_Crack (November 29, 2007)

how come this gets posted on every Against Me! thread, it's like the same wording and everything

JohnnyZ77 (November 29, 2007)

PORN and TOFU

randomhero323 (November 29, 2007)

touche.

returnofdebs (November 29, 2007)

earlier today i was on here and hoping for an against me! story so that someone would post this. it's still awesome.

Albert_Belle (November 29, 2007)

Grilled chicken and strength training!

Holy_Balls (November 29, 2007)

YOU SAID HARDEN! Do you have a boner? If so, wank your dillydally alot and you'll be too busy to eat

dlangl4 (November 29, 2007)

Yeah totally.

What you can do is look to portioning. Instead of eating one full meal, cut it in half and make two meals out of it but have them 5-6 times a day. If that takes up too much time, you could use meal replacements. You can buy them at GNC, they consist of a good proportion of carbs-fat-protein and are only about 350 calories. What eating small, portioned out meals will do is speed up your metabolism.

I also completely recommend weight lifting. This is also another activity that burns calories but will also help you keep any muscle you have without burning it (as long as your eating enough protein). When someone cuts down, they lose fat first but if someone is losing more than 2 lbs a week, muscle is also being lost. By working out and eating protein, you will limit your amount of muscle loss and build muscle in the future once you decide

show rest of commentYeah totally.

What you can do is look to portioning. Instead of eating one full meal, cut it in half and make two meals out of it but have them 5-6 times a day. If that takes up too much time, you could use meal replacements. You can buy them at GNC, they consist of a good proportion of carbs-fat-protein and are only about 350 calories. What eating small, portioned out meals will do is speed up your metabolism.

I also completely recommend weight lifting. This is also another activity that burns calories but will also help you keep any muscle you have without burning it (as long as your eating enough protein). When someone cuts down, they lose fat first but if someone is losing more than 2 lbs a week, muscle is also being lost. By working out and eating protein, you will limit your amount of muscle loss and build muscle in the future once you decide to bulk up. For weight lifting, it either comes to bulking up or cutting down. You can't usually build muscle if you're not consuming enough calories. Except for when beginners first start working out. For some reason, first-time lifters often experience muscle growth and fat loss for the first month or so. So I'd recommend wight lifting.

Beer is a complete killer. I'm striving to be down to 10% body fat myself but beer has nothing but empty calories. I'm a college student so I know what it's like to have a drinking lifestyle. Cut to light beers like Bud Select. But honestly, I'd stick to hard liquor instead. It often has less calories than beer does and you get drunk faster. If liquor is your plan of attack, stay away from fruit-based liquors or sweet liquors (snapps, whisky, Baileys) and shoot for Vodka or Gin. If drinking, try not to add things like grenadine or juice. Those two are full of calories and carbs.

If you're completely sincere about it, cut off beer all together. Water is the best drink you can have. Not only does it hydrate you (great for flushing your system out) but it has absolutely no calories). Sodas and juices have many calories in them that people don't realize. You can also switch to eating lean meats like chicken, tuna, fish, or turkey instead of eating hotdogs and burgers.

I hope this helps.

fallingupwards84 (November 30, 2007)

totally, thanks dude, that really helped

Dante3000 (rich) (November 29, 2007)

Cash Grab!
-Dante

MattRamone (November 29, 2007)

Someone had to say it.

MattRamone (November 29, 2007)

omg poser selloutz that gurl wil bye her marow with major lable blood money!

Seriously, if the haters knock them for this, I give up.

ibitchslappedyourmama (November 29, 2007)

you might as well just give up

onthemightofprinces (November 29, 2007)

So like, seriously. Why can't they just make a donation from their huge pile of major label sell-out cash?

Or do you think they spent it all on a PR company to do damage repair to their shattered reputation.

And yeah.... I'd give up :-p

Someone (November 29, 2007)

I'm just ill-informed and I'm curious as to why Against Me! takes so much crap for "selling out." Is it because they're anarchists and signed to a major? Like, is that all?

spalmer (November 29, 2007)

People usually quote this song and then wonder why they are on a major label:

Reinventing Axl Rose Lyrics
Artist(Band):Against Me!
Review The Song (4) Print the Lyrics

Send polyphonic ringtone to your cell phone

We want a band that plays loud and hard every night
That doesn't care how many people are counted at the door
That would travel one million miles
and ask for nothing more than a plate of food and a place to rest
They'd strike chords that cut like a knife
It would mean so much more than t-shirts or a ticket stub
They'd stop at nothing short of a massacre
Everyone would leave with the memory that there was no place else in the world
And this was where they always belonged
We would dance like no one was watching
With one fist in the air
Our arena just basements

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01011010 (November 29, 2007)

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veganboyjosh (November 29, 2007)

you don't have things so important to you that you do them for what seems to be no reason?

i can think of several things i do or believe (in) that when asked why i do/believe them, i have no real answer other than "it makes sense."

i see where you're coming from, but i can also understand the line, and think mr gabel was trying to get at feeling moved to do something even tho he didn't understand it...

01011010 (November 30, 2007)

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veganboyjosh (November 30, 2007)

fair enough.

course, it could also apply to something like...a teenage kid being told he has to clean his room, even though he doesn't know why.

joeydevil (November 29, 2007)

To that I always say" You wouldn't hold any other teeneager to their angst filled words years after they wrote them would you?"

Rudy_Rules (November 29, 2007)

Technically they just say they want a band like that and not that they'll atually be that band.

Someone (November 30, 2007)

I totally get that, and then think "wait, don't about 90% of punk bands have that same mindset?" and the answer is yes. And then it seems Against Me! is the only band taking tons and tons of heat for it. Not saying others aren't, but these guys are really getting it, you know. I dunno, it just seems lame.

jacknife737 (November 29, 2007)

It's because some people have too much time on their hands.

ibitchslappedyourmama (November 29, 2007)

i love you

BlackAndre (November 29, 2007)

No, because the self-described "anarchists" (many of whom were just bratty college students living on their parents dimes without the slightest concept of reality) didn't get the joke.

syr667 (November 29, 2007)

according to those dates, the chicago stop(s) already happened...

am i missing something?

always
667

nina_d (November 29, 2007)

i hope everything works out for the girl but honestly does her myspace have to be seizer inducing

maverick (scott) (November 29, 2007)

Um, this show happened a week ago (and the tour ended the day after that).

-Scott

red_eye_inc (November 29, 2007)

I was there, it was pretty killer. Setlist:

Joy
what we worked for
Reinventing axl rose
Walking is still honest
Don’t lose touch
Thrash unreal
New wave
Those anarcho punks are mysterious
impact
Sink florida sink
Tonight were gonna give it 35%
Unsubstantiated rumors
pints of guiness make you strong
ocean
Baby im an anarchist
wagon wheel
8 full hours of sleep

swiftjustice (November 29, 2007)

oh man wagon wheel, so sweet

Jesus_H_Christ (November 29, 2007)

That song is so beautiful. There are few better joys then driving down the open road hills rolling past with a ciggarette lit and that song in the background.

DiscoFucker (November 30, 2007)

Check out the original by Old Crow Medicine Show.

Here's a link to the video for ya....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2vJUadjdmo

Jesus_H_Christ (November 30, 2007)

Yeah, I know the original was by those guys (with the Chorus by Bob Dylan).

Thanks, bud.

nina_d (November 29, 2007)

i'm so mad i missed this

HOISTDATRAG (November 29, 2007)

why wasnt i there..

Citizen_Crack (November 29, 2007)

Except for Ocean and Thrash Unreal, that setlist is the most beautiful thing I've seen in weeks.

BarleyPat (November 30, 2007)

Ocean is really good live.

Someone (November 29, 2007)

I just got back from Florida, and while in Disney, my little sister forced me to watch these people renacting scenes from High School Musical. I started laughing hysterically when I realized that one of the guys performing looked identical to Brendan Kelly. Seriously, it could have been his twin.

jonhareslovechild (November 29, 2007)

someone?!?

Someone (November 29, 2007)

whoa, I don't know how that happened...

Phantom_Maggot (November 29, 2007)

Complete with trucker hat, a sleeve, and drinking Milaukee's best?

Someone (November 29, 2007)

unfortunately not. Although I think he had a baseball hat on at one point.

lintsay (November 30, 2007)

holy crap i am far too amused by that. thank you.

contrarian (November 29, 2007)

They should just buy her a one-way ticket to any other Western country instead.

Phantom_Maggot (November 29, 2007)

What this news fails to mention is that 75% of the money raised went to the "mom and pop" chain of Wal-Mart stores.

People need to lay off of Against Me.

Jesus_H_Christ (November 29, 2007)

This was totally for the money.

Oh, wait...

CBSrocksteady (November 29, 2007)

so this isnt what I thought it was i guess? I heard Against Me! was playing an all acoustic set on christmas eve in Chicago. I ALSO heard that WORLD INFERNO would be playing as well. I must have dreamt this.

cort (November 29, 2007)

BUT WHAT ABOUT ANARCHY?!?!?!??!?!?!

that was probably already said, but as a mitch clem fan boy,i felt it necessary.

skasucks76 (November 29, 2007)

Not one comment about the coffee shop incident???

onthemightofprinces (November 30, 2007)

hehe, nice username..... ska sucks... against me swallow.

Do you think that they'd slam the little girls head against the counter top if she said anything against them?

thomas7155 (November 29, 2007)

Cool. Much respect.

Tinner (November 30, 2007)

I just think that it`s fucked to need a bone marrow transplant in a "first world" country, and bands are playing shows to raise the money, rather than a universal health care system.....