Jake H. met Casey a few hours after she was born. He was disappointed she was a girl and cried. Eighteen years later, he got over it, and they started a band. A few years after that, they suckered another kid named Jake into playing bass. After shooting down Caseys idea to name the band Casey and the Jakes, they became Donora.
Jake H. plays the drums, triggers samples from his octapad, and sings backup. Casey sings and tries very hard to remember the right guitar chords to play. Jake C. plays bass and reminds Casey which key each song starts in. Together they play melodic, dance-worthy, garage rock.
Donora likes making new friends, and they have shared the stage with bands like The Ting Tings, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Tokyo Police Club, Elf Power, Cracker, Walter Meego, and Dressy Bessy.
Every once and a while, things happen that make other people assume Donora is a big deal. The band members of Donora do little to set the record straight. Like one time, their song "Shhh" was featured in a PostSecret Valentine's Day video that reached over 1 million hits on youtube and myspace in the week it debuted. MTV has used their music in shows like Cribs, Underaged and Engaged, and True Life. This other time, one of their songs was used in the Starz feature film Lower Learning.
Sometimes people even write nice things about them like, "I really think I'm in love with Donora" (Buzzgrinder Blog) or "How is this song not all over the radio and TV?" (ComfortComes Blog). Their song "I Think I Like You" was featured on My Old Kentucky Blog's Sirus XMU radio show, and they were even named "Young Pittsburghers to Watch in 2009" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
That kind of stuff makes Donora blush though, so you won't find them talking about it much.
are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again: www. work4surveys .com i guess we'll talk later, i want me some food!
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I went down to the Hilyer Place Gallery on Thursday night....I had watched your video and I felt as if I were to go there I would feel connected....It was a BIG space and a lot of white, but as the three of us (writer, artist, and would be writer) traveled we were impressed with Frank Warren.... HERE is the important part ---------we would have not gone for your video..it was my idea for my birthday celebration...it in volved discourse about why people write and why they choose the art they choose... At the end of the night I railed against the comments to say that the reaction is everything and the purpose secondary...I embrace everyone who had the courage to write.. BUT --at the end of the day I love the music!! So I bought Frank Warren's first book which I think is the best of the three...But the exhibition would have had more meaning had they included the music Sam
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