Thursday, September 23

“Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?

Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families — including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson — we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard’s Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity. “ – From the Official Website.

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1919′s second compilation CD How Y’all Doin’ Tonight? is now for sale at all 1919 shows. We will be selling them for $5 – $8 sliding scale. They have hand-screened, hand-glued DIY covers, a huge insert and 28 tracks featuring:

Onion Flavored Rings, Bleach Boys, ANS, The Shortest Distance, God Equals Genocide, Abiku, Trifle Tower, Can Kickers, Halo Fauna, Nouns Group, I Object!, Heartstring Stranglers, Brickfight, Japanther, Drug Mountain, Ghost Mice, Lemuria, The Pharmacy, Jubilee, The Extraordinaires, O’ Pioneers!, Orange Coax, Best Fwends, Teenage Cool Kids, Prizzy Prizzy Please, High Anxieties, Hulksmash and Boogdish

Pick one up at the next 1919 show!

Thanks for everybody who donates whenever we have rough months. We haven’t had to ask in a very long time and you guys constant support the last 7.5 years has kept us open. Our rent is very cheap and that’s how we manage to keep afloat.
On that note, our cool older brother 924 Gilman in Berkely California is not doing so hot. Their rent is going up $2,700 a month! 924 Gilman is the longest running DIY space in the world and we would all be very sad if it shut down. They are currently taking donations and are offering free shirts with a $25 donation.
Please feel free to throw some of that money you might give to 1919 Hemphill their way. http://www.924gilman.org/blog/

I made a new 1919 website! After years of trying to move to CMS, I finally took the plunge and started using WordPress. So far it’s super great! I am really stoked about the potential for this site. Let me know if you have any suggestions for the new site and I will constantly be updating it and adding the pictures and videos back on it.