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Mar 10, 2008
Mr. Kulash and Mr. Ross go to Washington
Mr. Kulash and Mr. Ross head to Washington DC tomorrow to give their testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Net Neutrality and Free Speech on the Internet. You can stream the whole thing live here tommorow. Here's the nitty gritty:
Tuesday 3/11/2008 - 2:00PM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force
Hearing on Net Neutrality and Free Speech on the Internet
Get more info about net neutrality here.
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Mar 03, 2008
Damian featured in Ben Karlin's new book
In the spirit of the wintery love day, Damian has contributed an
embarrassingly revealing essay to the book "Things I've Learned From Women
Who Dumped Me," edited by Ben Karlin, one of the co-creators of the
Colbert Report and an all around clever guy. Lots of sharp wits are
involved (Mr. Colbert, Dan Savage, Andy Richter, David Wain, etc.), and
(spoiler alert) the basic theme is that none of them actually learned
anything from their romantic failures.
We've added the book to our online store, and because we can't
possibly compete with Amazon, Damian has signed every copy we're selling,
making it well worth the extra pittance we have to charge for not being a
global megacorporation.
Also, there's an audio version of the book, in which Damian reads his piece.
None of us has heard it yet, but we assume it must be even more embarrassing
to hear it in his own voice. You can order it here.
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Feb 05, 2008
You're Not Alone at iTunes Today
OK Go spent the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans recording an insanely swaggering benefit EP with trombone soul monsters Bonerama. It's called You´re Not Alone and it hit iTunes worldwide today. (drop them an email if it's not in your country's store.) Awesomely, iTunes agreed to donate their share of the sales, so every last penny of the proceeds will go towards helping rebuild the New Orleans music community, which was devastated by Katrina. Money goes to Sweet Home New Orleans and to building a new house for New Orleans legend Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, who lost everything in the storm and post-storm floods, and who sings on the EP's final track.
The music is actually worth your money (not just according to us), all of which will go to talented people in very real need. Do us, them, and yourselves a favor: Buy a copy right now.
The tracklist:
Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (the Bowie tune)
A Million Ways
Oh Lately It’s So Quiet
It’s a Disaster
I Shall Be Released (the Dylan Tune, with "Carnival Time" Johnson on vocals)
To support the release, the boys played two sold-out release shows with Bonerama, one at the legendary New Orleans club Tipitina’s, and another at the 9:30 club in DC. the DC show brought out both politicos and musicians: Russ Feingold and Fugazi’s Brendan Canty were both there, along with Bill Clinton’s Press Secratary Joe Lockhart, who personally raised money from friends he brought to the show. He raised a ton. You only have to raise $3.49.
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Feb 05, 2008
Go Vote, Kids
You really don’t need to hear this from Camp OK Go, but here it is anyway. Vote! Vote in your primaries. They´re probably today if they haven’t already happened. Do not wait. Our electoral system isn’t changing anytime soon, and until it does, we’ve got to deal with what we have: a bunch of politicians who often forget the interests of the world's loveliest people: blog-reading rock fans. And we're sick of you disenfranchising yourselves by going in to work or school or Scrabulous comas instead of voting booths and caucus cabinets. Don’t let bad people pick our leaders. They’ll just pick bad ones. Have your say.
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Feb 05, 2008
Two Shows In South Africa
Today, the very day that you are A) buying the brand new OK Go
& Bonerama EP and B) voting in a primary, the boys will be C) flying to South Africa.
Feel free to join them. They'll be playing two shows and mailing their
absentee ballots from the airport. Info on the shows page.
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Jan 23, 2008
Exclusive VIP Tix Available for DC Show
An Exclusive VIP Deal has been set for the Feb 2nd OK Go/Bonerama show in DC. Sixty bucks gets you two drink tickets, a post-show meet 'n' greet with the boys, plus entry to the VIP Viewing Area with its celestial snack spread. Before you freak out, please understand it's a benefit show and the boys have no interest in maintaining a tiered service that reserves the best rock for the richest people, except when all the money goes to New Orleans musicians who really, really need it. If you've bought tickets already, we're told you can upgrade. Buy Tickets.
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Jan 23, 2008
A Big Exciting NYC Show To Remind You About Voting
Feb 5th is Super Tuesday, when a bunch of states hold primaries. Feb 4th is Super Monday, when OK Go plays a show to celebrate voting at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. It's being billed as a Voter Awareness Show for Barack Obama, but fans of the rock who aren't fans of Barack should still go. It'll be awesome. Other performers include Nina Person (from the Cardigans) and Craig Wedren and Nathan Larson from Shudder To Think, one of Damian's all-time favorite bands. The boys of Stella host, and word is that a lot of famous people might talk. Get your tickets.
Also, in case this isn't obvious: We think you ought to vote in your primaries. You have our permission to skip school, work, and delay drinking practice to go and pick your leaders. Just remember you probably need to register first. It's real easy. Register now.
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Jan 11, 2008
Special OK Go Show Live Webcast Tonight
Tonight´s super-awesome benefit show, featuring OK Go and Bonerama as you´ve never heard them before, will be webcast live from the Tipitina´s website. That's tonight, as in January 11th, starting at 10pm CT. Click here to watch.
All proceeds to the show go to help out New Orleans musicians who are in dire need of support. So if you do the right thing and watch the webcast, do the other right thing and kick a couple bucks to Sweet Home New Orleans.
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Jan 09, 2008
New EP Feb 5, Special Shows in New Orleans 1/11 & DC 2/2
You´re Not Alone - New Benefit EP
OK Go spent the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans recording with the trombone soul monsters Bonerama, and soon the world will hear the insanely swaggering result: A benefit EP called You´re Not Alone that comes out Fat Tuesday of Mardi Gras with this tracklist:
Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (the Bowie tune)
A Million Ways
Oh Lately It’s So Quiet
It’s a Disaster
I Shall Be Released (the Dylan Tune, with "Carnival Time" Johnson on vocals)
The EP will be available only on iTunes, and 100% — every last penny — of proceeds will go toward rebuilding the New Orleans music community, which was devastated by Katrina. Awesomely, iTunes agreed to donate their share as did IODA, who helped us digitize and promote it. Money goes to Sweet Home New Orleans, an incredible organization, and also to build a new home for New Orleans R&B legend and amazing person Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, who lost everything in the storm and post-storm floods.
The band believes so strongly in this cause that they donated weeks of time and effort and resources that would otherwise have gone to making a new album or teaching Tim to talk to girls. Why bring this up? To convince you to buy the thing. It´s worth your money, all of which will go to helping out talented people in very real need. Do us, them and yourselves a favor and buy a copy.
Special Shows In New Orleans And DC
OK Go & Bonerama are playing two benefit shows to celebrate the release. Buy a ticket to either and you´ll get a free download of You’re Not Alone as a gift from OK Go. The first show is this Friday. Get on it! Buy plane tickets! Help build a house while you´re there!
Jan 11 -- New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
Feb 2 -- Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Again, every cent raised goes straight to the cause. If you can’t make a show, you can still prove how awesome you are by donating to Sweet Home New Orleans right now.
Huge thanks to Music Travel Management, Horizon Entertainment Cargo, Sennheiser USA, and Gibson who all made generous donations so these shows could happen.
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Nov 26, 2007
OK Go on Fuse: Videos That Rocked The World
Fuse has dedicated an episode of Videos That Rocked The World to our very own Here It Goes Again, a video you may have seen once or twice. The episode debuts on Thursday, November 29th at 10 PM EST and repeats at 1 PM EST the next day. Here's something to tackle while you wait: Fuse has set up a wiki page for each video, which lets you log in and add your own comments, photos, videos, etc. Right now it's pretty bare, so feel free to attack. Bonus: Here's a video that rocked our world.
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