PREMIUM UPDATE.

[Brandon0476]

Tom deserves such a huge hand for putting this together. No one phoned it in. "New York City Tonight" and "Friends in the City" are now two of my new favorite songs. As mentioned, the poster is huge and gorgeous and the t-shirt is great. I know it took a long time to put together, but it was definitely worth the wait.

Thanks Tom, Jon, Julie, and all the bands and artists involved!

[Mr. Colin]

Swag Pack has arrived in Austria and I am well pleased.  However, I do think an opportunity was missed: I was kinda hoping for a version of "I Kiss Everyone I Hug".

[Rick in Salt Lake]

Tom deserves such a huge hand for putting this together. No one phoned it in. "New York City Tonight" and "Friends in the City" are now two of my new favorite songs. As mentioned, the poster is huge and gorgeous and the t-shirt is great. I know it took a long time to put together, but it was definitely worth the wait.

Thanks Tom, Jon, Julie, and all the bands and artists involved!

Exactly. When I first pledged I though the single would work as a nevolty. I was so wrong. There's not a shitty (or even mediocre) cut on the album...

You win again, Tom...

[citizenlewis]

What happened to the "Heave Ho" button?

You didn't get the button either?

I didn't get it either.  Should I contact Joe McG or am I just being a baby?

[Eric Fishlegs]

Until Rated GG I had never actually listened to any of GG Allin's music. While I did enjoy Rated GG I must say that I think I could have lived a long, happy life w/o having ever listened to "Expose Yourself to Kids." He was a better guest on the Morton Downey Jr. Show than he was a musician.

[masterofsparks]

I'm not even going to try to defend anything he did, but "Dead or Alive" is a great track:

http://youtu.be/N-qCytQYf_8

That Julie Klausner track is so great.

[buffcoat]

I like thinking about how angry GG Allin would be to hear Ben Gibbard sing "Friends in the City."

[dragonchiptune]

I've never heard GG Allin's music. I enjoy the record and the digital bonuses! I find myself singing "Plead Me To a Lesser Charge", "Friends In the City", and "Nice Face" all the time, and the Julie Klausner track was the necessary cap on it!

[BrickBuilt]

The Geeg Cast is one of the funniest things I've heard all year.  Brilliant switch up with Jon playing the straight man and Tom voicing a puny G.G. Allin obsessive.  I dig the cover songs as well, but this is the highlight of the premium for me.  Great job fellas.

[JBillington]

Mine arrived in the UK today. Opened without damaging anything. Couldn't be more pleased. Poster up, T-shirt on (with button), download downloading and 7" on the turntable. And I've still got my mouse-pledge-sized swag bag from 2012 to come!

[Charles Arrington]

i haven't gotten my 2011 premium yet.
who should i ask about the status and more importantly how long should i wait to ask?
i know this is quite a process, so i dont want to be "that guy" and a nuisance.

[JBillington]

i haven't gotten my 2011 premium yet.
who should i ask about the status and more importantly how long should i wait to ask?
i know this is quite a process, so i dont want to be "that guy" and a nuisance.

Give it a few weeks, I do not think they have all been sent out yet. But if you are worried, email Joe McGasko, he is on the case and is never less than 100% courteous.

[JaayEmm]

I also don't want to be 'that guy'... but my premium hasn't arrived yet... I'm in New York...
Is there someone I can email to check on the status?... I don't want to bother TS with
my 'where's my premium' bleating... 

[JBillington]

I also don't want to be 'that guy'... but my premium hasn't arrived yet... I'm in New York...
Is there someone I can email to check on the status?... I don't want to bother TS with
my 'where's my premium' bleating... 

No, don't bother Tom. If you are worried, email Joe McGasko. Address is elsewhere on this thread.

[JBillington]

I was explaining Rated GG  to a friend who saw the 7" in my house earlier. First I had to quickly explain WFMU, The Best Show, and then I had to explain who GG Allin was (cue aghast face).

"So", I said, "The joke is that the songs were originally filthy, but they have cleaned them up to be suitable for kids, as the cover suggests"

She turned the record over, looked at it for two seconds, and pointed at the band name Fucked Up.