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For the love of god, could all you petty thieves get together and agree to leave the indie musicians of the world alone? It's bad enough they struggle for recognition; now they've gotta struggle to keep their stuff? Can't you rip off Daughtry or something?

Following in the unfortunate footsteps of the Concretes, the Dears, Film School, Xiu Xiu, and other victims, the Jana Hunter and Castanets tour van was robbed right under the nose of Castanet Ray Raposa. So what's the story, mourning glories?

Hunter sent out the following message over the weekend:

So, the story is, last night we played in tucson at solar culture. afterward, we loaded our stuff up, went downtown, had a drink, and went to a house to crash on the floor. en route, we damaged a door, making it such that the door won't close and such that eventually, before we return the vehicle to the rental company, we'll have to pay on the order of 2 grand to replace the door.

seeing as how we had an unsecured vehicle, ray (castanets) slept in the van. sometime during the night, some brave fuck(s) very quietly opened the back door and took what they could carry. we assume their were more than one of them given all the shit they managed to walk away with. we're gathering what serial numbers we can, but in the meantime, here's a rudimentary list:

JH gear-
fender classical guitar (ser.#9505151116)
new boss 20xl loopstation
boss reverb/delay pedal
original digitech whammy pedal
original b k butler tubedriver overdrive pedal
peavey 6 mixer (ser.#k0344300)
shure beta 98/s
custom flashlight circuit-bended thing

Castanets gear-
late 60's blue fender music master guitar
line 6 delay pedal
boss tremolo
mutron volume/wah pedal
boss tuner pedal
digitech metal master
ebow
slides/cables

That's some cold-blooded stuff right there!

Despite the setback, Jana, Ray and the rest will continue their string of dates together without their circuit-bended thing. They've set up an e-mail address-- mutualincarnation@gmail.com-- at which they'll gladly accept Paypal donations to help them replace their gear.

Go see 'em! They need your love now more than ever.

Jana and Castanets:

06-25 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
06-26 Austin, TX - Mohawk Place *
06-29 Houston, TX - The Orange Show *

* with Pink Nasty

Jana:

06-25 Dallas, TX - Good Records
07-07 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
07-08 Chicago, IL - The Abbey Pub *
07-10 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *
07-11 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar *
07-12 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre *
07-13 Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep *
07-14 Park City, UT - Suede *
07-16 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater *
07-17 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
07-20 Houston, TX - DiverseWorks

* with Rasputina