• BEAT HAPPENING: Olympia, WA's original gangstas. Beat Happening's music is ferociously simple, raw and political, innocent and catty. As you can tell from the list of bands who graciously donated their tracks, Beat Happening is a band that a lot of other indie musicians appreciate and respect.

• K RECORDS: from the self-released cassettes of Beat Happening in the '80s to the lively catalog of today, K Records has been a vital force in the punk/pup underground. By rejecting the structures of corporate rock/punk and relying on creativity and common sense, K Records has become *the* prototype for many small, independent labels - living proof that you don't have to be an expert or a money-grubbing ogre to put out great records.

• SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORKS: a safe place for youth-at-risk in Washington, DC - a city where young black males have nearly as great a chance of going to jail or getting shot than finishing high school. With limited resources, Sasha Bruce provides support and guidance to teens in times of need. After manufacturing costs we donated 80% of the CD proceeds and 100% of the LP proceeds to Sasha Bruce. To date, that's $15,000!

• PUTTING OUT RECORDS: In this release we condensed our Introductory Mechanic's Guide to Putting Our Records, Cassettes and CDs and enclosed the information as a insert in the LP and as a booklet with the CD.
  
  

• SMR 07 Fortune Cookie Prize LP.CD 1991 LP: $9

  The Cannanes:  Tribute Velocity Girl:  Tales of Brave Aphrodite Leaky Chipmunk (Bob Weston, Bob Fay, Lou Barlow):  Our Secret Scrawl:  Bad Seeds Seaweed:  Foggy Eyes Thurston, Kim and Epic:  Black Candy Geek:  Night Moves on the Catwalk Love Child:  Ponytail Unrest:  I Love Calvin Superchunk:  Nancy Sin Fish and Roses:  Youth Whorl:  This Many Boyfriends Club

  
  You can get the Fortune Cookie Prize LP from Dischord mailorder.

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