UNICEF Benefit

In observance of the holiday season, we will be donating $1 from every Glad Hearts album sold through our web site between now and New Year's Day to UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund.

If you would like to support UNICEF directly, you can do that most efficently at their web site. If you've been meaning to get a Glad Hearts record, but haven't got around to it yet, here's your chance to do that and help others at the same time:

Glad-Hearts.com/store

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Cheers,
Ryan and Glad Hearts

Jeff Mangum Live!

According to International Tapes, Jeff Mangum played at The Schoolhouse in Bushwick the other night. Going by the set lists posted online and the live recordings posted on International Tapes, he played a lot of great Neutral Milk Hotel songs. Enjoy!

-Ryan

The Ugliest!

I showed up to an ugly holiday sweater contest the other night in this little handmade number...


While at the party, I also learned this:

My Bud: Oh, tongue out for good luck, I see.

Me: Huh?

My Bud: Tongue out means good luck. When a hunter takes a kill photo after shooting an animal, if the animal's tongue is out, that is good luck. A lot of hunters will pull the tongue out for the photo, but the best luck is if the tongue is already out when you find the body.

Me: Ohhhhh!

My buddy must have been right, because me and puffy-paint Rudolf took home first prize. Those with a keen eye for fashion will recognize a similar puffy-paint motif in my onesies from last season. Puffy-Paint=Second best $5 I ever spent*.

*First best $5 we ever spent was getting a second key made for the van before leaving for tour. We would have been locked out of the van at least three times otherwise.

-Ryan

The Antlers

I swear before I was in a band I kept much better tabs on this stuff. Now sometimes I get so wrapped up in practicing, recording, and playing shows that I miss a lot of really good music. And so it is that only today I find out about The Antlers, and their awesome, new (to me) record, Hospice.

This is a record I know I'm going to have to listen to over and over again, probably while driving alone at night.

Update 3 December: So good it makes my stomach hurt.

-Ryan

Pie Fight

Awesome.

-Ryan