Portland Band on National Tour to Promote Awareness

[drfemoe]

POLITICIZED MUSIC 13-Oct-2003 22:17
Portland Band on National Tour to Promote Awareness and Action Against Voting Machines

Portland new wave band Railer are touring for 5 weeks across the country, with a mission to inform and invigorate fans and voters to take local action to prevent voting machines from being purchased and installed for the 2004 election.
Portland, OR - October 6 - Upcoming Portland band Railer is launching a nationwide music tour in mid-October to join the fight against fraudulent voting technologies. The popular new wave rock act that won the Northwest's largest ever band search will tour coast to coast spreading information about the new technologies while introducing new fans to their unique sound.

http://railerband.com/

Railer frontman Randall Scott says "I think this is an excellent way to educate and invigorate people that aren't afraid to take action. The American voting system is on the fast track to corruption and we have less than one year to stop it before we lose every shred of democracy there is left."

[T Roosevelt]

1. What a great promotion

Downloading some of their stuff now. Think if they come to town we should go out and support them...

[pruner]

2. you should fix the subject to indicate what they're promoting awareness of

n/t

[JohnGideon]

3. Yeah! I Just Happened on This Because I Remembered Another Post

It needs BBV on the subject line so all the BBV'ers are aware of it.

[rucky]

4. Hack the Vote!...Indie music's answer to Rock The Vote

i guess it would be Don't Hack the Vote, but that just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[creativelcro]

5. Hmmm... I hope

they don't say anything stupid and then it's reported on the media and passed for our official position... Other than that, it's cool... -C

[Bushfire]

6. Time for another

:kick: hopefully a report to follow within a couple days

[Bushfire]

7. Concert report

fairly small turnout, but it was the beginning of the week while hardly being promoted by the venue at all. The singer of Railer spoke to me before, and after the show. He could only be in his early 20's, but knows the implications if these machines do not come with a paper trail. His band is also very popular in the Portland area. They have a edge to them not unlike Nine Inch Nails, or some of the recent Bowie. He listed Radiohead, and the Pixies as influences on him. His band has other influences as well. He stopped after the second song to mention Rush Holt's bill, and framed it as "whatever your politics are" this is a bi-partisan issue that everyone can get behind. Several people grabbed the flyer at the merchandise table when he was done, and others later that night did too. I bought their excellent cd, and gave him some extra cash to make some copies for the other cities on the tour. Please see this band if they come to your town, or pick up their great cd. They are getting radio airplay accross the country too. Their cd is being distributed by Caroline records, so most record stores could order it for you. I did mention that his band was being mentioned on DU, and he was quite happy about that.

on edit:

21-Oct St. Louis MO Creepy Crawl 8pm all
22-Oct Grand Rapids MI Liquid Room 7pm all
23-Oct Bowling Green OH TBA 8pm TBA
24-Oct Lakewood OH Symposium 8pm TBA
25-Oct TBA PA TBA TBA TBA
8-Nov Jacksonville FL VooDoo 8pm 21+
9-Nov Tampa FL Liar's Club 8pm 18+
10-Nov St. Petersburg FL Venom Nightclub 7pm all
11-Nov Tallahassee FL TBA 8pm TBA
12-Nov New Orleans LA Mermaid Lounge 8pm 21+
13-Nov Baton Rouge LA Spanish Moon 9pm 18+
14-Nov Austin TX Elysium 8pm TBA
15-Nov El Paso TX Peanut Gallery 8pm 18+
16-Nov Albuqueque NM Burt's Lounge 8pm 21+
17-Nov Flagstaff AZ TBA TBA TBA
18-Nov San Diego CA Brick by Brick 8pm 21+
19-Nov Los Angeles CA Liquid City 9pm 18+
20-Nov San Francisco CA DNA Lounge 8pm 21+
21-Nov Portland OR Paris Theatre 7pm all

radio stations playing Railer (request them):

Alaska Anchorage KZND 87.7 FM 907.569.5963
Alaska Anchorage KRUA 88.1 FM 907.786.6805
Alaska Fairbanks KUAC 89.9 FM 907.474.7491
Alaska Haines KHNS 102.3 907.766.2020
Alberta Calgary CJSW 90.9 FM 403.220.3085
Alberta Edmonton CJSR 88.5 FM 780.492.5244
Alabama Tuscaloosa WVUA 90.7 FM 205.348.6461
British Columbia Kamloops CFBX 92.5 FM 250.377.3988
California La Jolla KSDT 540 AM 858.534.0479
California Monterey KMBY 877.700.5629
California Pacific Grove KAZU 90.3 FM 831.375.7597
California San L. Obispo KCPR 91.3 FM 805.756.2965
California Santa Barbara KCSB 91.9 FM 805.893.3757
California Turlock KCSS 91.9 FM 209.667.3378
Colorado Alamosa KASF 90.9 FM 719.587.7154
Colorado Durango KDUR 91.9 FM 970.247.7288
Colorado Grand Junction KAFM 88.1 FM -
Conneticut Hartford CFOU 89.1 FM 819.697.2368
Florida Fort Lauderdale WNSU 88.5 FM 954.262.8460
Florida Jacksonville WOSP 904.620.2908
Florida ST. Augustine WFCF 88.5 FM 904.829.6940
Iowa Cedar Falls KGRK 970 AM -
Iowa Decorah KWLC 1240 AM 319.387.1571
Idaho Moscow KUOI 89.3 FM 208.885.6433
Illinois Charleston WEIU 88.9 FM 217.581.6116
Illinois Champaign WEFT 90.1 FM 217.359.9338
Illinois Chicago WHPK 88.5 FM 773.702.8289
Illinois Chicago WIIT 88.9 FM 312.567.3087
Illinois Summit WARG 88.9 FM -
Kentucky Whitesburg WMMT 88.7 FM 606.633.0108
Louisiana Lafayette KRVS 88.7 FM -
Louisiana Monroe KXUL 91.1 FM 318.342.5658
Maine Lewiston WRBC 91.5 FM -
Massachussetts Boston WRBB 104.9 FM 617.373.4339
Massachussetts Medford WMFO 91.5 FM 617.625.0800
Massachussetts Milton WMLN 91.5 FM 617.333.2368
Massachussetts West Barns WKKL 90.7 FM 508.375.4030
Michigan Detroit CJAM 91.5 FM -
Michigan Houghton WMTU 91.9 FM 906.487.2333
Michigan Kalamazoo WIDR 89.1 FM 616.387.6306
Michigan Sault St. WLSO 90.1 FM 906.635.2107
Mississippi Hattiesburg WUSM 88.5 FM 601.266.5649
Mississippi Mississippi St. WMSV 91.1 FM 662.325.8034
Missouri Chesterfield KYMC 89.7 FM -
Missouri Marshall KMVC 93.1 FM 660.831.4193
Missouri Rolla KMNR 89.7 FM 573.341.4273
Missouri St. Louis KGLX 314.968.7162
Missouri St. Louis KDHX 88.1 FM 314.664.3955
Montana Dillon KDWG 406.683.7156
Montana Missoula KBGA 89.9 FM 406.243.5715
New Hampshire Concord WSPS 90.5 FM 603.229.4600
New Hampshire Hanover WFRD 99 ROCK 603.643.7625
New Jersey Blackwood WDBK 91.5 FM 856.227.7200
New Jersey Glassboro WGLS 89.7 FM 856.863.9457
New Jersey Upper Montclair WMSC 90.3 FM 973.655.4857
New Mexico Albuquerque KTEG FM 505.830.6400
New York Farmingdale WFNY 89.3 FM -
New York Flushing WQMC 718.997.3986
New York Hempstead WRHU 88.7 FM 516.463.5105
New York Plattsburg WQKE 93.3 FM 518.564.2726
New York Rochester WMCC 716.292.2060
New York Staten Island WSIA 88.9 FM 718.982.3057
North Carolina Dallas WSGE 91.7 FM 603.643.7625
Nova Scotia Halifax CKDU 97.5 FM 902.494.6479
Ohio New Concord WMCO 90.7 FM 740.826.8377
Ontario Guelph CFRU 93.3 FM 519.824.4120
Ontario Hamilton CIOI 101.5 FM 905.575.2175
Ontario Kingston CFRC 101.9 FM 613.533.6000
Ontario Mississauga CFRE 905.569.4712
Ontario North York CHRY 105.5 FM 416.736.5293
Oregon Eugene KWVA 88.1 FM 541.346.4091
Oregon La Grande KEOL 91.7 FM 541.962.3466
Pennsylvania Allentown WMUH 91.7 FM 610.821.3239
Pennsylvania Chester WDNR 89.5 FM 610.499.4439
Pennsylvania East Stroud WESS 90.3 FM 570.422.3099
Pennsylvania Erie WERG 89.9 FM 814.459.9374
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh WDSR 412.396.5773
Pennsylvania University Park WEHR 814.865.0897
Rhode Island Bristol WQRI 88.3 FM 401.254.3283
Quebec Trois-Rivières CFOU 89.1 FM 819.697.2368
Quebec Montreal CISM 89.3 FM 514.343.7511
Quebec Montreal CIBL 101.5 FM 514.526.2581
Quebec Quebec City CHYZ 94.3 FM 819.697.2368
Saskatchewan Saskatoon CFCR 90.5 FM 306.664.6678
South Carolina Charleston WAVF 843.852.9283
Texas College Station KANM 99.9 FM 409.862.2517
Texas Dallas KNON 89.3 FM 214.823.8930
Texas Lubbock KTXT 88.1 FM 806.742.3916
Texas Nacogdoche KSAU 90.1 FM -
Texas San Marcos KTSW 89.9 FM 512.245.8089
Utah Ogden KWCR 88.1 FM 801.626.6941
Utah Moab KZMU 89.7 FM -
Vermont Plainfield WGDR 91.1 FM 802.454.7762
Virginia Harrisburg WXJM 88.7 FM 540.568.6878
Washington Bellingham KUGS 89.3 FM -
Washington Mount Vernon KSVR 90.1 360.416.7822
Washington Olympia KAOS 89.3 360.867.6896
Washington Tacoma KCCR 253.535.8860
Wisconsin Madison WSUM 91.7 FM 608.262.1206

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[Bushfire]

8. The band deserves another

:kick: