Hi folks...

 

First off, let me apologize for the unsolicited email. It's

something I would ordinarily never ever do. I'm little Miss Manners

as far as netiquette goes, but this is something where I feel I have

to break the bounds. If you're getting this email, it means you've

seen Adam Kontras perform, and liked him well enough to get onto his

email list. I'm flagrantly misusing the first email I got from him

to get your addresses, for which I hope you will forgive me. If you

don't particularly care what happens to one of the most talented

performers in existence, not to mention the awesome woman he's lucky

enough to have as a fiancee, then trash this email with my apologies,

feel free to flame me, whatever, it's deserved. If you do, please

keep reading.

 

You've probably been following with as much eager anticipation Adam's

emails from the trip out to LA as I have. The one he sent today just

broke my heart. I could rail on about the unfairness of the world,

bitterly curse the evil money-grabbing landlords who won't show an

ounce of mercy to a struggling artist, who, unlike most of the

struggling artists in LA, actually has talent, or I could do

something about it. And, well, I've always been more of a do-er than

a whiner.

 

So here's what I propose we do. If you've seen Adam live, you've

probably thrown some amount of money in the voluntary donation jar

just to say, "Hey, I really liked your show, man." Well, the jar's

not here right now, but Adam and Jess are more in need of money than

they've probably ever been before. By my count, this email is going

out to about 230 people, which is more people than I've ever sent out

a batch email to before in my life. When I first read the email Adam

sent out today, I thought to myself, "Man, I really want to help, but

I'm just one person who's none too wealthy myself, what can I do?" I

hope some of you did, too. Well, by myself, I can annoy 200 plus

people with unsolicited email, but maybe, just maybe, I can also

convince 200 plus people that, as fans of Adam's, we should put more

than just words of support behind him.

 

So I'm passing the virtual cookie jar, as it were, and pointing out

the fact that while any one of us may not be able to do much for Adam

and Jess, a whole 200 of us could have a major impact. Now, I don't

have their LA address yet, but I imagine he'll send it out soon to

the list at large, so here's what I recommend you do: Think back

really hard to the last time you saw Adam perform. Think about how

much he made you laugh, how much his talent amazed you. Think about

how much it'd be nice to see a hometown boy make it in the big city.

And think how much we could help, as a group of over 200, if each of

us were to send 10 or 20 bucks their way, more for those of us who

can afford it, less for those of us who can't. Even once they get

jobs, it'll be a while before they see a paycheck, and it's going to

be a long, hungry road for them if we don't help. If you believe in

what they're trying to do, then I urge you to put your money where

your mouth is. Throw them the kind of freewill donation you would at

one of Adam's shows. Call it an investment in the future, call it

helping a friend, call it whatever you want, but call it the right

thing to do for someone with a future as bright as theirs.

 

God, I feel like some kind of horrible cross between a telemarketer

and a Sally Struthers "Save the Children" commercial, but I hope you

understand and sympathize with what I'm trying to do. Let me

apologize again if I've annoyed the hell out of you with this email,

it was not my intent at all. If we shadows have offended... But

please, if you believe in Adam, then consider what I've said here,

and slap some spare cash his way when he sends out his address. It's

the least we can do for two of the awesomest people ever to leave

Columbus.

 

A fellow fan of 4TVs,

Mickey Blake

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