It came to my attention today that due to a bit of a tiff with their landlord over rents, zoning, and live performance, SIREN RECORDS in Doylestown, Pennsylvania has been evicted from their home of nearly 20 years, and is now looking for a new home for the store, and about $20,000 by July 18th to cover legal exspenses and the costs of the move.
In this economy, that takes more money than selling a few extra Beta Band discs, or the occasional out-of-season Sam Beam Halloween costume.
So the point is, they're ACCEPTING DONATIONS.
They've even enlisted the help of Pennsylvania natives, CIRCA SURVIVE, who are lending a hand by offering an EXCLUSIVE B-SIDE ("The Most Dangerous Commercials") to those who donate to the cause through their site.
There's been a lot of talk about the varied and innumerable possible fates of the brick-and-mortar record store and the entire music business as we know & love/hate it today (most notably, in my humble opinion, by the good folks at Matador Records). This is a very real, and very tangible way to show your support not only for the existence of physical records, or for a store you may never have set foot in, but for the entire cultural purpose of "the record store," and the larger, tribal necessity of music itself. I've never been to Siren Records, but you can see from their blog what the place and this conflict are about, and no doubt draw some parallels from your own community.
These days, record stores can close their doors for any number of reasons. This shouldn't be one of them. All they need is 4000 people to give $5. So go donate something. Anything. And help keep one more on the map.
Go here if you want the Circa Survive track: http://donate.circasurvive.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-most-dangerous-commercials
Go here if you just want to help: http://www.myspace.com/sirenrecords_electric
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