Hello MySpacers

Back in ‘98 Kindercore released our first Xmas compilation (Christmas in Stereo) which featured songs by The Olivia Tremor Control, Of Montreal and tons of others. Well that one sold out so we made a second one (Christmas 2) in 2000 that had songs by tons of other killer groups… and that one sold out.

So… last fall we released XMAS 3: The War on Christmas in a limited edition of 100 copies packaged with a comic book and sold out the run in a couple of days.

I just found 50 copies of the CD that were left over so we are offering those copies for sale this year with a bonus - everyone who orders the XMAS 3 CD will also be entered in a random drawing to win a copy of the long out of print Christmas in Stereo and Christmas 2 CDs.*

Also in keeping with the fact that the original version of XMAS 3 was a benefit for Oxfam, $2 from the sale of each of these CDs will be used to buy toys for kids who would otherwise go without at the Athens Boys and Girls Club.

Of course you can still buy the digital version (including the comic book) from iTunes

The CD includes 20 tracks the Kindercore stable of talented entertainment makers!!

1. Rump Posse - Carol of the Manbarks
2. Folklore - Christmas Ape Goes to The Moon
3. The Observatory - Xmastime (is Xmastime)
4. Fabulous Bird - Everybody Knows It’s Christmas Time Again
5. King of Prussia - Christmas on The Other Side
6. The 63 Crayons - Holiday
7. Ruby Isle - Jack’s Obsession
8. The Buddy System - Xmas on TV
9. Blak Thor - Noel (I’m Giving Love For Christmas)
10. Murder Beach - All Around
11. Mumbletron 2k12 - Outta Bed
12. Je Suis France - Baby, Please Don’t Get Stoned (It’s Christmas)
13. Bunnygrunt - The Blues for Xmas
14. Koncak - It’s Christmas Time
15. Headlights - Kicker of Elves
16. The Show is The Rainbow - Silent Night
17. The Snowsuit Sound - The Ballad of Black Piet
18. Venice is Sinking - The Grey Line
19. The Jersey Barrier - Grey Skies
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Get your copy (which signs you up for the drawing) by clicking this link!

So go order one today and spread the word so we can make sure to have plenty of toys for the kids in Athens this Xmas!

Ryan

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*The drawing will be held sometime before the end of the first week of December (or sooner if all 50 copies sell out faster) and the winner will get their prizes mailed for delivery before XMAS.

Posted by ryan on 26 Nov 2008 at 08:15 pm

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The Buddy System is working on a new jam to debut at our December 4th Cine show for WUOG’s winter party.

Please to enjoy these pictures:

Posted by ryan on 21 Nov 2008 at 12:32 pm

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as a child of the 80’s i had many loves. from the heavy hitters: Star Wars, He Man, Transformers, to the forgotten: Mask, Lone Star, Guts….but no toy had a bigger place in my pre-tits and ass obsessed mind than GI Joe. and seriously what’s not to love? you have a top secret organization that’s job is to combat world wide terror in the form of Cobra (probably something the government might wanna think about investing in now). you had everything that made the 80’s great involved…post-Vietnam cold war politics, villains who looked cooler than the good guys (a trait stolen from Star Wars), code names, i.d. cards, a cartoon and comic book that both kicked ass, and a healthy dose of ninjas. also you had some of the most rad vehicles and playsets that have ever existed. some of my all time favorites would have to be the Rolling Thunder, the Snow Cat, the Cobra Rattler, and most of all the U.S.S. Flag…the largest and most expensive of all GI Joe toys. whoever owned one was the envy of all his friends. and why wouldn’t they be. it was fucking huge. you could fit like 2 jets, a few helicopters, and over 30 guys on the thing. many a night i dreamed about it. i plotted entire scenarios of the missions that my Joes would undertake once i got the Flag

…unfortunately my parents were cheap assholes and never bought it for me, which is pretty typical for me. i was the kid who got a Sega Master System for Christmas the year everyone else got a Nintendo, or i got Photon instead of Lazer Tag…the basic nickel and dime shit that drives a child with ocd completely fucking insane and then parents wonder years later why he can’t save any money and is always buying shit he can’t afford….if you just bought me the USS Flag my life would have turned out completely different. so any of my friends who are making babies better keep that shit in mind, buy them overpriced toys they are obsessed with or they’ll end up like me. and now you know, and knowing is the half the battle.

Posted by justin on 18 Nov 2008 at 04:19 pm

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Hello True Believers!

Last fall we released XMAS 3: The War on Christmas in a limited edition of 100 copies packaged with a comic book and sold out the run in a couple of days. We happen to have 50 copies of the CD left over so we are offering those copies for sale this year with a bonus - everyone who orders the XMAS 3 CD will also be entered in a random drawing to win a copy of the long out of print Christmas in Stereo and XMAS 2 CDs.*

Also in keeping with the fact that the original version of XMAS 3 was a benefit for Oxfam, $2 from the sale of each of these CDs will be used to buy toys for kids who would otherwise go without at the Athens Boys and Girls Club.

Of course you can still buy the digital version (including the comic book) from iTunes

The CD includes 20 tracks the Kindercore stable of talented entertainment makers!!

1. Rump Posse - Carol of the Manbarks
2. Folklore - Christmas Ape Goes to The Moon
3. The Observatory - Xmastime (is Xmastime)
4. Fabulous Bird - Everybody Knows It’s Christmas Time Again
5. King of Prussia - Christmas on The Other Side
6. The 63 Crayons - Holiday
7. Ruby Isle - Jack’s Obsession
8. The Buddy System - Xmas on TV
9. Blak Thor - Noel (I’m Giving Love For Christmas)
10. Murder Beach - All Around
11. Mumbletron 2k12 - Outta Bed
12. Je Suis France - Baby, Please Don’t Get Stoned (It’s Christmas)
13. Bunnygrunt - The Blues for Xmas
14. Koncak - It’s Christmas Time
15. Headlights - Kicker of Elves
16. The Show is The Rainbow - Silent Night
17. The Snowsuit Sound - The Ballad of Black Piet
18. Venice is Sinking - The Grey Line
19. The Jersey Barrier - Grey Skies

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Speaking of Ruby Isle (who have a track on XMAS 3), don’t forget to pick up their epic mash of classic rock and party pop on the debut disc Night Shot!

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Also new to the store is a brand new mind melting 5 color shirt from Illustrator and Threadless superstar Travis Pitts. Pick up Modern Science Will Save The World or Kill Us All today!

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Everyone here is about as pumped as pumped can be about our new President-Elect Barry O and to celebrate we are offering the remaining few ObamaRad shirts in the shop. Pick some up and be the talk of your Inauguration party!

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While you are at the Shop be sure to check out some of the long out of print vinyl from before the fall (which I found in my shed) and have listed for sale at olde timey prices that put eBay to shame!

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If you are looking for a killer holiday present that you won’t find elsewhere check out the paintings from Buddy System bassist/singer and illustrator Lauren Gregg! Magic!

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Before I head off to pack up orders I wanted to let you know about the forthcoming Ruby Isle/Buddy System colored vinyl split 7″ and the first Kindercore release of 2009 - The Songs of the Young Sinclairs. Check out the album art below and friend the boys on the MySpace for sights, sounds and news of touring. Keep your eyes peeled for all of this plus new Buddy System songs (and videos)

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EXCELSIOR!
RYAN

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*The drawing will be held sometime before the end of the first week of December (or sooner if all 50 copies sell out faster) and the winner will get their prizes mailed for delivery before XMAS.

Posted by ryan on 18 Nov 2008 at 03:30 pm

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so it’s official. Athens is no longer a relevant music town.

there were less than or somewhere near 100 people at the 40 watt last Friday to see No Age (the only cool band who has actually played at the 40 Watt in the last several months). they weren’t playing in Atlanta and it was a Friday night. there was nothing going on in town. and it was not a home football game.

seriously, what the fuck gives? and of the people at the show, most of them were around my age. no kids at all…or hardly at all. i blame the hope scholarship for making UGA a harder and more competitive school to get into that has caused the students who do go to Georgia to be better students and thereby less cool when it comes to the bands they listen to and the shit they do with their free time. it’s sad. when i was 18 or 19 i would have killed to live in a town that had an awesome music scene and got bands i actually liked to play at their local clubs…but instead of killing, i just moved to Athens and now only about a decade later it’s pretty much dead. i never thought i’d live to see the day where Atlanta was more relevant to the music world than Athens.

i’m ashamed of you.

oh yeah No Age was rad btw….and so was the opening band…but i already forgot their name. i’d write a review of the show, but i was too depressed to the turnout to bother.

Posted by justin on 17 Nov 2008 at 05:38 pm

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Posted by ryan on 11 Nov 2008 at 02:41 pm

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This video pretty much sums up how I feel after Obama’s epic victory last night! The Bush era has ended, now make with the dancing teddy bear aliens:

Posted by ryan on 05 Nov 2008 at 01:56 pm

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We are the champions

i woke up this morning half expecting last night to have been a dream. thank god it wasn’t.

so far the Southern states have yet to secede from the Union and the terrorists haven’t nuked us…so i gotta count those as positives.

i’ve never been prouder to be an American as i am right now. what an amazing night. i wish i had something more elequent to say to sum up how i feel…but really i just think this fucking rules and i can’t wait till January.

okay…so enough political shit on the Kindercoreblog. let’s write about porn and music and fantasy football and the things that really matter

Posted by justin on 05 Nov 2008 at 01:39 pm

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Woot!

Posted by Bob on 04 Nov 2008 at 11:28 pm

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We are playing two shows this Friday in the MN. The first is at the University’s little rock club The Whole. We are on at 8:00pm and it is open to the public 18+.

Then we are playing a marathon 70 minute show in the mainroom at First Avenue for the Minneapolis advertising awards at 10pm. Should be interesting. I have been working out all month for it!

Posted by dan on 04 Nov 2008 at 11:00 am

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