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Hey Y'All,

Just to catch you up to speed, last Thursday we had a release party at the Annex in New York. All sorts of friends and family members came out to help us celebrate, and we even convinced a handful of our buddies to take the stage.

The first to do so was Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack. Justin played a handful of MCS songs and then a Zolof The Rock 'N' Roll Destroyer cover that he prefaced by saying, "If this goes wrong, it's all of your fault." You gotta love that guy.

So then, as Justin was playing, a couple of our friends trickled in. One of them was our friend Tom, who manages both the Format and Brand New, came bearing a gift. This present quickly became known as "the emo wig" and was tried on by many people, including Tom. Yet another one of these people was Leslie's 82-year-old grandmother. This was later photographed, but as I already mentioned, there was a lot of free drinks going around, so I have no idea what happened to the photo.

Okay, as the "emo wig" began making the rounds, Kenny from the Starting Line took the stage. I think a lot of people missed his set because they were getting drunk, which is too bad, because he was fucking fan-tas-tic.

He played a handful of Starting Line songs, some of which he hasn't touched in years, and also turned out some Weezer and Roots covers. I really wish someone videotaped the Roots cover, because it could easily become a viral sensation, if only because I would watch it over and over again. He finished his set with a cover of the Get Up Kids' chestnut "Out Of Reach" and, by the end, a group of our freinds began singing along with him.

So after Kenny finished up, Zolof The Rock'N'Roll Destroyer played. Their covers were also well selected. They turned out two Promise Ring songs, "Happy Hour" and, appropriately, "Jersey Shore." Near the back of the bar, two members of Texas Is The Reason soaked it in. It wasn't quite like being at Brownies in 1997, but hey, after enough drinks...

Speaking of, after Zolof killed it, everyone headed over to our friends new bar Angels & Kings, where a few emo luminaries turned up. This portion of the evening later got written up by Gawker, which you can read about here.

I kind of wish I was around when the Gawker guy put on his eyeliner, but alas, Les and I were stuck on Houston trying to hail a cab. Once inside, I ran into our friend Matt from Taking Back Sunday as well as my buddy Geoff Rickly from Thursday.

At this point, everyone was a little hot, a little sweaty and a lot inebriated. So at around 2:00 AM, I quickly ate a burrito from San Loco, hopped into a cab, and then woke up the next morning to the sound of twin jackhammers going off in my head. Ahhh, the memories.

So that was our little party. Look for more pics later in the week. Until then…

XO TK (and Les)

So, there are three items I have to tell you about very quickly this evening. The first:



Yes, the Vintage Vinyl event is mere days away, and there's the flyer to prove it. Honestly, this is going to be a really fun event, so please come out if you can. We'd love to meet you. We'll remind you again, trust.

Secondly, we are running a contest at the moment where you can win not only a copy of Everybody Hurts, but a bunch of free clothes, CDs and haird dye. Our friends at Vans, Ordinary Clothing, Stolen Transmissions, Manic Panic, 31 Corn Lane and Harper Paperbacks made this contest possible, and they're giving away a lot of great stuff. So click right here and let the sweepstakin' begin.

Finally, I just received a text message from Les and, after two hours of taxing on the runway in Cleveland, she has arrived. Jesus, I think I would have filed down the plastic fork they give you and stabbed myself in the neck if I had to sit in an idle plane for that long. She's a trooper.

Anyway, tomorrow is day one of five straight days of promoting this book of ours. Our first stop? A certain little show you may have seen once or twice called STEVEN'S UNTITLED ROCK SHOW.



I really hope Steven and I get a chance to geek out about Jets To Brazil, but I think that I'm the only one hoping that'll go down.

Okay, more tomorrow,

TK (and Les)

So, did I mention we're doing a reading New Jersey? Well, we are, and we have a very special guest who will be playing alongside us. Ladies and gentlemen, please help welcome PERMANENT ME to our little event.





If you haven't picked up this band's new record, After The Room Clears, well, then you should really be ashamed of yourself. It's an amazingly sticky listen, and we really couldn't be more thrilled to have the guys play after us on Friday, at the Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ.

So here's how it's going to work. We're going to show up on Friday, read a little bit from the book, then take some questions from you guys. After that, the PM guys will rip it up, then we're going to stick around and sign whatever you want, but preferably a copy of Everybody Hurts, which Vintage Vinyl will obviously be selling.

Now, in the meanwhile, we really need to get as many people out to this event as possible.If you are willing to put up flyers at your school, let us know. That would be a huge help.

But if you don't have time for that, maybe you can just post a bulletin about it. You can copy the info below or, if you message us, I can send you a JPG of the flyer.

Anyway, here's the info:

Friday, May 04, 2007 at 7:00 PM
VINTAGE VINYL
51 Lafayette Rd.
Ford, NJ 08863
732-225-7717

See you soon, Les and TK