Thank you, thank you, thank you. Because of you, we can press our third album, an album that means so much to us and the people who helped us record it. It stands as a historical document of the sound of the dearly departed Georgia Theatre. We are now working on artwork and such, and you should be getting updates from us on our progress sooner than later.

Thank you again to everybody who helped out...and spread the word to friends that you can still preorder the album for $20. Any extra money helps us out with publicity, promotion, fancier packaging, etc.

Love,
Lucas (Venice is Sinking)

I already posted about this, but here is us doing "Bardstown Rd." live at WOXY. A much more choral version of this song will be on the third album! We think it's one of our best ones!

Enjoy and pass it around!

If you donate $20 or more, we'll send you a copy of our new EP, "Okay". Yep. That's a pretty hot deal: our new EP and a preorder of the new album, plus digital versions of all of that. Plus, you can listen to the EP right away with our semi-secret streaming version of it. Have you seen the album cover? It's great! Our friend Ian Darken did it using our friend Courtnie Wolfgang's photography. Two covers and two early version of AZAR jams. YAY!

Spread the word around!

Love,
Venice

So...not a lot of action on the Kickstarter and we have a lot of ground to make up. We've gotta make 2000 bucks in a little under a month.

Maybe people don't know what they're gonna be getting with this Georgia Theatre record. I promise that if you pony up money for the preorder, we will let you hear it in some form or fashion way before the release date (still TBA, natch).

If you want to hear one of the songs from the album, well here you go. We recorded "Bardstown Road" live at WOXY recently.

You can hear it here: http://bit.ly/2cB7

Of course, that's not the version that will be on the album, but it gives you a good idea! The version on the album features a huge choir of awesome local musicians!

Please spread the word about this project. It means so much to us!

Lucas

And we still need around $2000! We really want to put out this album, as it stands as a historical document of what the Georgia Theatre sounded like. Tell your friends and family! Consider the $20 donation level a preorder of the album!

We can do this!

Lucas (Venice is Sinking)

We are at $745 and that's great, but we honestly need a lot more people to jump on board if we're gonna make this goal. If you donate now, we'll let you hear our new EP. Also, if you donate, we'll put up exclusive pictures of cute animals. Like this one.

Okay, so that picture is dark, but those are three young raccoons on my back deck. True story!

Let's go, people!

Lucas

Thank you so much for all your support. You all have been so amazing, we are feeling your love.

Here's what i know so far,

There is still no word on the cause of the fire or the structural integrity of the building. This is a pretty slow process and federal agents are on the case. They know it was an accident, and it started in the back right corner of the building, that's about it for now.

All the employees are ok and everyone is thankful for the benefit shows. We have raised a month or so of payroll already. Thank you all for buying the tshirts and coming to see pgroove, the whigs, and dead confederate. More shows are being planned, stay tuned for more information about those.

As for the future of the Georgia theatre we have every intention of rebuilding. At this point we have no idea if that is possible. I believe in my heart that with enough help it can come back. The numbers are really scary. It's going to be a long hard climb, but I think I'm up for it. If you had been to the theatre recently you know that it looked, sounded, even smelled better than ever, so we had a lot of momentum going in there. The timing of this fire couldn't be worse,,, it just plain sucks in every way. We are setting up a system so you can donate money online to help us out. We are also working on setting up a nonprofit company to accept larger donations tax free. It's going to take millions to build her back and we are frantically working on how to make it happen.

People always asked me why I worked all those crazy hours and put all the money back into the place, why my hair was turning grey and I was so pale. I always replied 'because every single night we are open someone has the time of their life in here'. All of the calls, emails, facebook groups, etc. that we have received in the last few days proves that I was right. I am glad that you love the Georgia Theatre as much as I do. So stay hopeful and together we can build her back better than ever!

cheers,
Wilmot
(owner)

p.s. the bigass fan is still hanging,,, trippy
p.p.s. pass this around please.

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Let's raise some more money to rebuild!
-Venice is Sinking

$300 and less than one week in. That's 10%! Thanks to all of the backers so far. Spread the word on this. We are giving the proceeds from this record and fundraising drive to the folks at the Georgia Theatre! They sure could use it right now.

Thanks!
VIS

It is with great regret that we bring you the news that the Georgia Theatre was nearly destroyed in a fire this morning. We recorded our third album there, and the acoustics of the space are as much a player in the recording as we are. We hope that this record will stand as a document of one of America's most unique music venues.

Sending out good vibes to Wilmot and the rest of the Theatre crew.

VIS