restore my faith in humanity

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VAN GOES HERE

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These, dear friends, are the Shondes, and they are the best band in the world.

Despite this, their van was recently stolen, essentially rendering the band immobile and unable to get on the road, tour, play shows, and generally preventing the band from coming to Chicago.

So, yeah: major problem.

Luckily, this is the twenty-first century, and we have the internet to help us do things like overthrow despots, tell the world about Mike's Legos, and help people who deserve help get back on the road.

CLICK HERE to check out the Shondes' Kickstarter project, give what you can, and restore my faith in good things happening to good people.

louisa makes it beautiful

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ANGRRY

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If I had a list of people I know who should be rich and famous, The Shondes' Louisa Rachel Solomon would be at the top of it, since no one else is really still pushing the kind of Riot Grrl punk that made me really fall for music back in the 90's.

Which reminds me: danke, Mike!

This is Louisa, in action.

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PUNK + VIOLIN = EPIC EPICOCITY

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That video is from The Shondes' national tour earlier this year, and - no matter how dark and cold and windy it gets in Chicago, and no matter how much harder some things are than I thought they'd be, and no matter how much I worry and fret and fuss - Solomon's shiver-inducing voice and The Shondes' "Heavens to Betsy + a political message + violins + actual talent" formula always gets my head back where it should be.

Press "play" up there, and enjoy.