Normally I’ve got something clever to put here, but this week, I’m not really feeling the jokes.
I don’t normally do this, but it’s for a good cause. My good friend Chepo Pena, an amazing artist and musician and a fixture on the Austin music scene, is facing down a diagnosis of stage IV Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He’s looking at several rounds of chemo, untold numbers of diagnostic procedures and all sorts of unknowns and while insurance is covering some things, he’s already facing crippling out-of-pocket costs. So a bunch of his friends have set up the Help Chepo Fuck Cancer fundraiser. If you’re an old-school Spilleo who’s seen Karaoke Apocalypse play Spill.Con, if you love the Austin music scene or you just want to help a good guy beat a shitty disease… well, any amount you could donate would be more than welcome.
So this week: no suggested topic, but if you can help Chepo beat cancer’s ass with a sack full of nickels, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks folks.