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On March 17th this message was posted on the Decemberists website:
Hello All,
At some time between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m., the band's gear trailer was stolen from outside a house in SE Portland, near the Aladdin Theatre. Heartbreakingly, it housed practically every piece of instrumentation belonging to the Decemberists.
So this is a sort of call to arms; I figure if we get the word out, maybe we all can collectively track it down.
The trailer in question is a WHITE 6' x 12' WELLS CARGO trailer. There's a green 'VT' (as in Vermont) sticker on the side door, among other smaller stickers, a BRITISH FLAG sticker on the front, and a 'NO ON 36' sticker on the left back door. The license number is U34 8717 (Oregon).
Any information you might have on this, please report to the Portland Police. If you do see it, by all means call 911.
You can now donate to the fund to help the band get new gear by sending a check to them at:
The Decemberists
PO Box 14772
Portland, OR 97293
or via Paypal by going here.
Please help Colin and gang, their missing gear list (PDF) is long and we want them to be able to play all of their shows, especially the ones in New York in May. The clock is ticking!
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Yes, go help them. They always have a great show. And they are playing at Irving Plaza in May.
Don't they have insurance? Always get the insurance.
they're also playing warsaw in brooklyn at the end of may
I like the band too and it sucks what happened to them but come on, donate money to them? I can think of a million better causes to donate money to..getting an indie rock band instruments is not one of them.
I just saw them play at Bimbo's in esseff and they seemed to be not too much the worse for wear. They were playing on new (borrowed? instruments, still with price tags).
It's sad what happened. They should have insurance.
And what does this story have anything to do with Gothamist?
for real. nobody put on a benefit for me when my apartment got ripped off. i was the asshole for not spending $200 on insurance. sucks for these guys, but it's not like their job is that tuff in the first place.
you people have no hearts! if you don't want to give $ to them, then don't. i personally think that musicians work very hard...if you haven't been in their shoes then you have no right to judge as to whether their job is "tuff" or not.
We *all* work hard, 'jen/arts,' and most of us don't have high-profile blogfans panhandling on our behalf when misfortune strikes. We all do, presumably, have hearts though.
It's unfortunate but happens all the time to people of all sorts. Insurance would have been a wise thing to have taken out on such expensive equipment - a pricey lesson.
-kbc
yes, everyone works hard - that is not the issue. i read about the decemberists problem, and felt like posting about it. end of story.