10/20/2006
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hitch update
hitch update 6-19-06
just a quick update on hitch doings. well, looks like the hitch/mos generator seven inch is on hold until there are enough funds to release it. the master was misplaced but south spit records has the new one. greg's twin girls are doing awesome, just got back from camping with them at ruth. roshawn is playing with jed watts, travis, and john all ex- apocaliptic music brigade members. jeff and roshawn are working on a rap project called troublemaker. here is a link to a scratch mix of one of their songs... trash this town. bohner is drumming in a rock and roll band called rock shop, scheduled to play the alibi in arcata later this month. other than that we are living, breathing, working, playing, and hope you are doing the same!
hitch merch update...
most of the clothing on the hitch site is sold out. if you want anything in particular i can search the bins for ya to see if we have anything left, but pickin's are getting slim. few random older t-shirts and white hoodies left. lots of triple x stuff (what were we thinking?) a few hats. a couple of old style ladies tank tops (large) there are a few of our old seven inch singles left for any of you vinyl collecters out there. they were a run of 500, and will not be repressed, as the masters are gone. the prince of the sawmill cd ep is also sold out but i will burn you a cdr of it for five bucks. there are plenty of both the first and second hitch cd's availiable, and the self titled lp is also in stock. you can also purchase hitch music at southspitrecords.com, and stonerrock.com.
thanks,
jeff@thehitchrocks.com
just a quick update on hitch doings. well, looks like the hitch/mos generator seven inch is on hold until there are enough funds to release it. the master was misplaced but south spit records has the new one. greg's twin girls are doing awesome, just got back from camping with them at ruth. roshawn is playing with jed watts, travis, and john all ex- apocaliptic music brigade members. jeff and roshawn are working on a rap project called troublemaker. here is a link to a scratch mix of one of their songs... trash this town. bohner is drumming in a rock and roll band called rock shop, scheduled to play the alibi in arcata later this month. other than that we are living, breathing, working, playing, and hope you are doing the same!
hitch merch update...
most of the clothing on the hitch site is sold out. if you want anything in particular i can search the bins for ya to see if we have anything left, but pickin's are getting slim. few random older t-shirts and white hoodies left. lots of triple x stuff (what were we thinking?) a few hats. a couple of old style ladies tank tops (large) there are a few of our old seven inch singles left for any of you vinyl collecters out there. they were a run of 500, and will not be repressed, as the masters are gone. the prince of the sawmill cd ep is also sold out but i will burn you a cdr of it for five bucks. there are plenty of both the first and second hitch cd's availiable, and the self titled lp is also in stock. you can also purchase hitch music at southspitrecords.com, and stonerrock.com.
thanks,
jeff@thehitchrocks.com
4/16/2006
Benefit show May 6th Bayside Grange Hall
Hey folks, just a quick note to say The Hitch will be playing a bennefit show for Miranda Kelly at the Bayside Grange with four other bands on May 6th. The article below from the Arcata Eye explains her situation...
Rare disease claims Miranda's breath – April 11, 2006
Jesse Alm
Eye Glances Editor
ARCATA - “We’ve all learned that life is precious,” said Marilyn Kelly, whose 21-year old daughter Miranda Kelly was diagnosed with the extremely rare congenital lobar emphysema in February 2004. Miranda, a student at College of the Redwoods, has a 24 percent breathing capacity and is now unable to perform any of the physical activities that once were an enormous part of her life.
Miranda Kelly
Miranda has always had trouble breathing, but doctors always simply wrote it off as a bad case of asthma. It isn’t surprising that the true disease was not considered, since only one in 1.5 million individuals has it. After six separate misdiagnoses, in January she spent a week at UCLA.
“We can’t really go on family vacations anymore,” she said. Even after insurance, the medical bills are “astronomical.”
On top of everything, the surgery was not a permanent cure. Ultimately her lung will have to be replaced - at a cost of about $250,000 – and this introduces an entirely new struggle to be at the right place at the right time. A donor lung must be transferred within four to six hours of the donor’s death, and since Miranda is prone to a collapsed lung, doctors told her she cannot fly in an airplane.
Fortunately, UCLA has the shortest waiting list on the west coast, and Miranda’s age and size make her a “good candidate,” meaning that her chances of getting a lung in the next year are promising. She is healthy, and doctors have faith that the operation will be successful.
“I’m still trying to live a relatively normal life. There’s a lot of hope; [with] so many advancements in technology, I have confidence that I’ll be okay.”The community has already offered moral support to the Kelly family. “It has just made me fall in love with where I live even more,” said Marilyn Kelly, Miranda’s mother.
Community members will have another opportunity to support Miranda’s family on Saturday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Bayside Grange. There will be food, an auction and raffle and five bands will perform. Miranda says she plans to begin hosting monthly events to benefit the United Network for Organ Sharing and support others waiting for organs.
Miranda’s situation has opened her eyes to how important organ donation is. She pointed out that she is one of 93,000 people waiting for organs in the United States.
“It’s so easy to be an organ donor,” she said. “It takes less than a minute, and it is one of the most rewarding things a person can do. One person can improve the lives of seventy people.”
Those interested in being organ donors should register at Donatelifecalifornia.org or CTDN.org.
Rare disease claims Miranda's breath – April 11, 2006
Jesse Alm
Eye Glances Editor
ARCATA - “We’ve all learned that life is precious,” said Marilyn Kelly, whose 21-year old daughter Miranda Kelly was diagnosed with the extremely rare congenital lobar emphysema in February 2004. Miranda, a student at College of the Redwoods, has a 24 percent breathing capacity and is now unable to perform any of the physical activities that once were an enormous part of her life.
Miranda Kelly
Miranda has always had trouble breathing, but doctors always simply wrote it off as a bad case of asthma. It isn’t surprising that the true disease was not considered, since only one in 1.5 million individuals has it. After six separate misdiagnoses, in January she spent a week at UCLA.
“We can’t really go on family vacations anymore,” she said. Even after insurance, the medical bills are “astronomical.”
On top of everything, the surgery was not a permanent cure. Ultimately her lung will have to be replaced - at a cost of about $250,000 – and this introduces an entirely new struggle to be at the right place at the right time. A donor lung must be transferred within four to six hours of the donor’s death, and since Miranda is prone to a collapsed lung, doctors told her she cannot fly in an airplane.
Fortunately, UCLA has the shortest waiting list on the west coast, and Miranda’s age and size make her a “good candidate,” meaning that her chances of getting a lung in the next year are promising. She is healthy, and doctors have faith that the operation will be successful.
“I’m still trying to live a relatively normal life. There’s a lot of hope; [with] so many advancements in technology, I have confidence that I’ll be okay.”The community has already offered moral support to the Kelly family. “It has just made me fall in love with where I live even more,” said Marilyn Kelly, Miranda’s mother.
Community members will have another opportunity to support Miranda’s family on Saturday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Bayside Grange. There will be food, an auction and raffle and five bands will perform. Miranda says she plans to begin hosting monthly events to benefit the United Network for Organ Sharing and support others waiting for organs.
Miranda’s situation has opened her eyes to how important organ donation is. She pointed out that she is one of 93,000 people waiting for organs in the United States.
“It’s so easy to be an organ donor,” she said. “It takes less than a minute, and it is one of the most rewarding things a person can do. One person can improve the lives of seventy people.”
Those interested in being organ donors should register at Donatelifecalifornia.org or CTDN.org.
1/12/2006
RIP daveau Witherspoon
Daveau Witherspoon, southern humboldt's finest winemaker, and KMUD punk rock dj died in a head on car crash. Daveau was resposible for some of The Hitches early radio performances on the Variable DJ show on KMUD. He was a fan and friend of ours even in our earlier incarnation "Trailer Hitch" when we had two drummers. We love you Daveau. You are missed! A memorial blog has been set up in his honor at http://daveauw.blogspot.com/
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