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Update #4: We Got A Van!

Posted on February 4, 2011

Hi Everyone, We apologize for the time it is taking us to get your rewards to you. We're working hard to get to everyone.
After scouring craigslist for months we have finally purchased our van. It's a Dodge Grand Caravan and it's name is Pee Wee 2.
Thank you so much again to everyone who has donated and if you haven't already sent us your contact info/mailing address please do so.

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      Katie Schrader on February 5, 2011

      Where can we send that contact/mailing info?

      And more importantly, Yay! Congrats on finding Pee Wee 2.

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      Lindsay Taukus on February 7, 2011

      Hold on just a second... we get rewarded for donating! Thats rad! I am so pumped now.... Where should I send my info? So glad you guys got a van... Can't wait till pee wee 2 brings your buns to NYC or NJ... Love, Lindsay

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      Brett on June 15, 2011

      How is the new album coming? Will it still be released this year?

Update #3: We Made It!!!

Posted on September 18, 2010

Dear Friends,

On the morning of September 17th, we awoke to the very best surprise....Our moms were calling us, friends were buzzing us, telling us to wake the heck up and hear the news; The project was a success, and we were going to get a new van!!!!
We are so excited and so thankful to you; our fans, friends, family, and greatest supporters. Without your generosity and huge outpouring of love, getting a new van would not have been possible.
Now we can continue to do what we love, and you have been a part of making this a reality. From our hearts to yours; Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Love,
Tommy and Sarah
Drug Rug

ps- when the project is 100% completed, after the 30th of september, we will be in touch with all of our supporters to ask you various questions such as "what is your t shirt size" and "are you really going to want that cover of "baby" by justin bieber, or were you just kidding"? xoxo

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      caren and rich on December 29, 2010

      Hey guys: When do you send out the drawing?
      I have a spot on the wall waiting for it.
      Congratulatins!
      carencummings@hotmail.com

Update #2: Less Than 20 Days Left!

Posted on September 10, 2010

Hi Friends,
We just wanted to let everyone know that the project has been going splendidly! We have been thankful to see contributions coming in almost every day.
As a certain animated Robin Hood character once said; "Every little bit helps." This probably rings a bell with someone out there, and i'm not sure why I thought of it, but it is certainly true. With only 19 days left to go, even $5 contributions from all you lovely music aficianados out there can truly make a difference!
Once again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for donating to our van fund. If you haven't had a chance to make a contribution yet-- well, you have 19 days left to do it....19 golden days until we find out if we are going to be able to get a new van! You can decide!

Love,
Tommy and Sarah

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      Este on September 10, 2010

      It was the friar!... saying it to the little mouse if I remember correctly... it's been a loooong time...

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      Clay Fernald on September 11, 2010

      are you a banana, a phone, or both?

Update #1: Hurrah! Wowwoo! Yaya!

Posted on August 20, 2010

Hello my buddies,
We are having a fantastic day over here at Drug Rug HQ. Do you want to know why? Because YOU Awesome Buddies have donated almost $2000 to our cause over the past seven days!!
Holy Hannah. We are so touched by the generosity of everyone out there who took the time to watch our video, think about our situation, and reach out a helping hand to us in our Time of Needing a Van. We want to send you all our love, and our sincere thanks for helping us this far along the road.
But!
We still have a ways to go. If you are out there, reading this right now; You too can have the lovely satisfaction of knowing that you have helped a fine, upstanding, band in need.
This has been an astounding week. Please help us make the next few weeks even better! Tell your friends, your enemies, your teachers, your barista, your congresswoman, whoever. Spread the word: Drug Rug Needs a Van, and my friends, that van is getting closer and closer to occupying the dismal empty parking spot outside our apartment!!!! We can do it!!!!

Love, Sarah and Tommy

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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 30, 2010.

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Thomas Allen and Sarah Cronin met in 2006 while working at the Middle East Club in Cambridge, Ma. After trading secret demos of their own songs, Tommy persuaded Sarah to combine forces…. Several months later, they christened themselves “Drug Rug,” a name that has made strangers laugh, and parents cry.

Their songs are inspired by the storytelling style of early folk musicians, comic books, campgrounds, pet sounds, strange dreams, people who’ve passed on, and the illustrations of Garth Williams.

SPIN Magazine: “Together the two's vocals, paired with their brand of sunshine lo-fi, teeter on the shrill end, a la the beginnings of electric-Dylan.”

American Songwriter: “Drug Rug plays a mightily banged-up mix of blues, rock and country that,in spite of itself, manages to be insanely catchy and full of perk….the Rug spits venom and sugar
into their eponymous debut with gleeful disregard for convention.”

NPR Song Of The Day : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php…

URB: Their 60s influenced, easy going sound contrasts well with rugged love ballad lyrics and keep listeners in head-bobbing, foot tapping heaven.

The Needle Drops/NPR : “It goes without saying where the music was recorded and what it was recorded on, but the rough sound give them an inescapable Moldy Peaches quality.”
http://theneedledrop.blogspot.com/2009/02/mp3-drug-rug-pick-up-your-pen-lucy.html

The Fader Fort Live Video Performance : http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/webseries/watch/v1480377Tp7Hn69r

My Old Kentucky Blog : “Drug Rug is the boyfriend/girlfriend duo of Sarah Cronin and Thomas Allen. They obviously haven't been together that long because the songs are still so happy and shiny.” Like a lot of bands, it's The Byrds and Beach Boys meet the indie stylings of today.”

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