Cherries for a Good Cause by Parra for Converse. Price and availability, TBD.

A portion of the proceeds from Dutch artist and designer Parra and his collaboration with Converse goes to support The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

More on Parra, here.

Meet Zeke. One of the 62 dogs rescued from “death row” in Southern California last week by the Seattle Humane Society. Photo by Lori Penney.

Zeke the Chihuahua is one of 62 dogs now up for adoption at the Seattle Humane Society in Bellevue, Washington.

For more information on how to  adopt one of these lucky pooches or, to make a donation to help support the tireless efforts of the Seattle Humane Society, click here.

Thanks to Surly for the link and his dedication to all things canine.

Alan Grayson has guts!

In response to last weeks Supreme Court ruling that stripped restrictions on campaign contributions from corporations, Florida Representative Alan Grayson filed a Reform Package called “Save Our Democracy”. The package contains six pieces of legislation including H.R. 4431 or, “The Business Should Mind It’s Own Business Act”. H.R. 4431 would assess a 500% excise tax on corporate political donations. Here’s more from Grayson on this the latest and quite unbelievable “is this really Democracy?” debacle:

If we do nothing then I think you can kiss your country goodbye. You won’t have any more senators from Kansas or Oregon, you’ll have senators from Cheekies and Exxon. Maybe we’ll have to wear corporate logos like Nascar drivers. The Supreme Court’s ruling opens the floodgates for the purchases and sale of the law.

You can read about more about the “Save Our Democracy” Reform Package here.

Fucked Up, Do They Know It’s Christmas, 2009.

Canadian band Fucked Up teamed up with the likes of Bob Mould, Kevin Drew, Tegan and Sara, and Yo La Tengo to rework the 1989 Band Aid Christmas classic, Do They Know It’s Christmas.

All proceeds from the sale of the single (available via iTunes) will benefit the following charitable organizations: Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Montreal), DTES Power of Women Group (Vancouver) and Sisters in Spirit (Ottawa).

The groups are working together to end the frightening epidemic of missing and murdered native women in Canada. Since 1980, there have been 520 documented cases of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across the region.

More information via Amnesty International, here.

Fear and Hate Destroys but Love Unites. Shepard Fairey’s “Love Unites” print, signed by Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter. For Wonder Woman.

Copies of Shepard Fairey’s famous “Love Unites” poster, signed by supporters like Arianna Huffington, Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman!) and the cast of the only television show I actually watch, 30 Rock, are up for auction through tomorrow.

If you’re one of the last few people in this country that A: Have a job and B: Detest retail and the mass, vapid consumerism otherwise known as the month of December, please click here and consider supporting a cause that not only needs your support, but deserves it.

Ace Frehley, Behind the Player. Coming in 2010.

The new Ace Frehley doc, “Behind the Player“, is set to hit the shelves on January 10th, 2010. The up-close-and-personal DVD includes classic live clips and guest appearances by members of White Zombie, G&R and Alice Cooper. And, if you think you’re man enough, Ace also teaches you how to play “Cold Gin“, from the first KISS record and, “Shock Me” from Love Gun.

Part of the sales from Behind the Player will benefit Little Kids Rock, a children’s charity that provides musical instruments to disadvantaged youth in 23 cities across the United States. Take that Nickelback (see next post).

More Ace, including Frehley’s new iPhone app via the official Ace Frehley website.

Joe Perry’s Toshiba Qosmio® X505.

All proceeds from the sale of Perry’s laptop will go to the Project AWARE Foundation.

More info can be found at Toshiba’s special laptop website or, you can bid on one via eBay by clicking here.

I want YOU to care about animal rights! For Surly and LP.

Last Saturday, Ronnie James Dio, his wife Wendy and other volunteers from the Brittany Foundation helped raise about $20,000 for the LA based non-profit canine rescue.

To help raise awareness of what a day in the life of a rescue dog is like, Dio’s wife Wendy and 12 Brittany volunteers spent most of the day locked inside a dog kennels. Attendees to the fundraiser bid $1 a minute to get the volunteers out of their “kennels” for the day. Dio also spent time signing autographs and taking photos with fans, the proceeds of which also went to support Brittney. Said the 67 year old rocker:

It certainly shows the power of your fame but it also shows how people want to take part in the things people do that are good.

Behold the power of Rock ‘n’ Roll indeed…

Victory is sweet.

Today, nearly 72 hours after the polls officially closed in Washington State, AP has confirmed that the Domestic Partnership Initiative, R-71,  has been approved:

With about 72 percent of the expected vote counted Thursday in unofficial returns, Referendum 71 was leading 52 percent to 48 percent, with a margin of about 60,000 votes.

In other breaking news, fuck you Eastern Washington.

Love vs. Porn, Kevin Drew.

Kevin Drew is vocalist of Broken Social Scene. Drew’s dreamy Love vs. Porn can be found on the two disc Dark Was The Night, Red Hot Compilation. Grizzly Bear, Conor Oberst, Cat Power and Sharon Jones also contributed to the 31 track release. Part of the proceeds from Dark Was The Night will directly benefit the Red Hot Organization.