So yup, title says it all. Our van got broken into and just about all of our non musical gear was ripped off. Two of us (myself included) only have the clothes we are currently wearing left. Its not so much the physical things that were taken, but the data and the memories that were on or attached to those items. I am typing this out on my phone, so more details will have to come later. IF by any chance you would like to help us out you can send a donation via paypal to streakmerch@gmail.com. It is by no means required. But all thoughts and donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you all for the good vibes I am sure you will be sending our way. Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Chris

There have been several reports of an upcoming epidemic. Officials have already marked off several quarantine locations. The contamination is spreading. The only real escape? Join the apocalypse and come get infected. This September Streak & Doomsday Virus are hitting the road as part of the 2010 “STD Tour” (Streak, TV’s, & Doomsday Virus). Confirmed quarantine locations in several states can be viewed at www.streakband.net/tour.

Want to help spread the disease? Watch for ways to help pay for fallout expenses, which will be announced over the next few days. Unlike corporate monopolies who take your hard earned cash and give nothing in return, each donation will earn a something in return. CDs, Tshirts, Stickers, Signed Tour Posters, etc. Details will be announced.

2010 STD Quarantined Locations:
Saturday Sept 4th – Pending in Buffalo NY
Sunday Sept 5th – Bernie’s in Columbus, OH
Monday Sept 6th – Macs Bar in Lansing, MI
Tuesday Sept 7th – Emerson Theater in Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday Sept 8th – Pending in Huntington WV
Thursday Sept 9th – O` Shaughnessy`S in Alexandria, VA
Friday Sept 10th – Tuscan Cafe in Warwick NY
Saturday Sept 11th – City Ale House in Danbury, CT

Streak: www.streakband.net
Doomsday Virus: www.doomsdayvirus.net

Thank you very much to everyone who attended and/or donated for the Diabetes Benefit.  Also thank you to Eleanor Moyer from the Eternal Embrace Hope Foundation for all of her hard work putting this event together.  There was a total of $500 raised, and I am excited to report that because of you, Streak & Angela Dimock Photography raised $240 of that!  All money is being donated to Camp Care Free, which is a camp for diabetic children where they get to learn about diabetes and create friendships with other children suffering from the same disease.  Mrs Streak and I will be participating in a walk for diabetes in Sept, so if you missed donating (or are cool enough to donate again!), then there will be more details on that soon.  Thank you again!

Starting on Monday, January 25th and continuing for two weeks, CDBaby will donate $1 for every CD sale, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99, to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti.  The earthquake and its aftermath have touched all of our lives, so if don’t have our debut CD “Break Away” then now is the time! – http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Streak

If you would like to donate directly, then please click below to make your tax deductible donation right now.

– Mercy Corps donation form.
– American Red Cross donation form.
– Or text “Haiti” to 90999 and a $10 donation will be charged to your phone bill.

Thank you!
Streak

I am excited to announce that Jim D, guitarist for the Boston based band Lucretia’s Daggers, is now jamming on bass with STREAK!  You should remember Jim from our TV DINNER TOUR.  He stuck it out with us and ran the merch table, and now he’s gonna help rip it up on stage.  Once he’s up to speed and we all feel that we’re ready to go we will schedule a show as celebration.  I can’t wait!

And don’t forget to head over and join the Streak Forum, we’re all there!  www.streakband.net/forum

So while cleaning up the laptop I came across some older Streak demos and thought maybe some of you out there might be interested to hear them.  Below are demos from 2004, as well as demos of songs where the final versions ended up on “Break Away”.  You are free to download and distribute these as you wish, just please don’t sell them.  Hope you enjoy.

Don’t forget that this weekend Streak will be performing as part of The Hope Eternal Loud Music Festival, a Women’s Cancer Awareness Benefit. This charity event has been organized to celebrate the recovery of Eternal Embrace Violinist, Carla Rae, from a very rare form of uterine cancer. This all ages show is scheduled for Saturday, September 19th, from 1pm – 1am, at Rocko’s Bar and Grille, 253 Wilson Street in Manchester, NH. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door, children 5 years and under are free. Featuring 9 multi-genre bands and plenty of unique vendors (including Mrs Streak Photography! www.angeladimockphotography.com), the event promises to be fun, informative and sensational! More info can be found here www.myspace.com/hopeeternalmusic or at the Facebook page www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=89802892346&ref=ts.

If all that wasn’t enough, there will also be a Silent Auction for some really cool items and a portion of those proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society. Items from Gourmet Gift Baskets to One Night Hotel Accommodations to a Series of Dance Classes, with values ranging from $25 to $375!

Streak is hitting the stage at 2:30pm and we have tickets so please contact us to get yours. Even if you cannot attend the event, the donation of purchasing a ticket would be an awesome gesture. Almost everyone has been affected by cancer in one way or another, so please join us and help us support this great cause! – info@streakband.net

Streak is now looking for an acoustic drummer… watch THIS VIDEO (or watch below) to see Paul and I make the official announcement.  If you think you, or someone you know, has what it takes to hammer it out with Streak, then contact us! info@streakband.net.  [Do I need to post the obvious? Need to have dedication... equipment... transportation... bla bla bla... you know, the usual stuff!]

YUP! Streak is honored to be one of the guest hosts hijacking episodes while ChromeSkinJesus is out banging his head and screaming like a banshee at a few kick ass concerts.  Our episode will be #111, which is to be aired on or about Sept 13th.  Duffman has #109 & Duruman with PlutoniumProduct has #110.  We are going to stay true to the RBDF theme and be playing some great, and hopefully new to you, industrial rock/metal and the like.  But as things go, I’m sure Paul and I will be chatting it up about all sorts of stuff.  We are not going to make this episode a total “love Streak fest” and this is not going to be one long Streak promo, that would be lame.  But I want to keep the community feeling going that CSJ and all of the RBDF podcast subscribers have done so well to create, so I wanted to toss this out there and hopefully get you involved… if there are any questions that you would like to ask Paul or myself, let us know and we’ll work on getting those answered during the show.  It can be anything really, Streak or non-Streak related.  Such as: how we set up the tour, what equipment is used to create the music or what we use to do the live shows, views on life, our favorite beer, whatever!  Be as creative as you would like.  I can’t promise we’ll answer anything or everything… but it doesn’t hurt to try .  Read on to find out how to submit your questions…

Anyway, you can leave your questions at the Streak Forum (www.streakband.net/forum), email them (info@streakband.net), twitter them (@streakmusic), myspace them (www.myspace.com/streak) or even carrier pigeon them.  Whatever works!  To be honest, and because of our busy schedules at the moment, I am not entirely positive when we will be recording this episode.  It will most likely be completed before the end of August, so don’t wait.  If you have any questions send them on over.  And if not, that’s cool, we are going to have fun and I hope you will too!

The Razor Blade Dance Floor is a semi-regular podcast devoted to the advancement and promotion of industrial rock, industrial metal and coldwave artists.  If you haven’t already, you can find out more and subscribe to the Razor Blade Dance Floor podcast at www.razorbladedancefloor.com, or you can search on iTunes.  It’s FREE and will blow your mind!

Today we launched the new website.  This new design will be easier for us to post to while out and about, and will hopefully keep you all updated a little better.  I want the site to be easy for you, the fans, to find out what is happening and I think this new design is a step in the right direction.  Plus I can never let anything sit for very long.  Still a bit of tweaking to be done but I hope you will like it!  www.StreakBand.net.  We also have new shows scheduled and each are listed in the TOUR section on the website.  The next one will be on Friday July 24th at the WWII Club in Northampton, MA.  It’s ALL AGES and tix are $8 in adv or $10 at the door.  Make sure to get your tix from us [email info@streakband.net], or tell them at the door you are there to see STREAK!

Thank you for reading & hope to see you all soon!

Chris