People always used to say that punk rock committed suicide. It wasn’t until tonight (well technically yesterday) that I realized how very true that is.

I pour my heart into this every single waking moment, just to get it stomped on and spit on and urinated on, over and over and over again. I love punk rock it's my life, but I'm really beginning to wonder if I've choosen the right path. I adore you all and I love this genre with all my heart please dont shit on the scene anymore. We all work so hard. Everyone involved: the bands, the promoters, and the community in whole has worked their asses off. Why do you want to destroy it, destroy what you yourself, (although you may not even know it) helped create. Over the last year every one of us has worked together to build this, don’t screw it up. Just by showing up you’re contributing.

I've been booking shows for almost two years now and I'd go to hell and back for the scene, and i know the other promoters feel the exact same way. Think about this next time you do donuts in the venues lawn, put out your cigarette on a roll of toilet paper, throw a pool ball through a window, sneak into a show when you have money to spare, piss on the bathroom floor, or steal the venues beer. Think about how your actions affect others. All we are trying to do is provide you with something more than just work and school and parents.  We're trying to create an outlet for you and the bands. We arent trying to get rich quick or provide party space for teenagers we're trying to build a community.

Every show someone does something stupid. There is no reason that Officer Ray should let us continue throwing shows, and after our encounter with him tonight I highly doubt he will. YOU are doing this I am doing this, were ruining an entire sub-culture, and shitting on it like freaking GG Allin and stupid Sid freaking Vicious. Sure the cops tell us no, we can just start booking somewhere else. Yeah, well guess again... Oddfellows marked up their price until we couldn’t afford it. We continued, and then some gangstas decided to rent it to throw a little heroin party or something and ruined everything. Civic Center? Remember that place? Well, a certain someone whose name I will not embarrass him by posting up threw a bunch of soap down a hallway and the owner called me up the next day complaining and said he wouldn’t rent it out to me anymore. Everywhere else is over priced.

I'm writing this on behalf of Amanda and Tyler as well, theyve got stomped on just as much if not more than i have and I'm sure they agree with most of what ive said. I'm not asking for much, I'm just asking that you use your head and respect the venue. The existence of this scene depends on you.

This is our last chance don’t blow it.

Sybilla Gimmick