Thursday, March 20, 2008

Thanks for Supporting Thrasher's Wheat!

It's been quite a time for Neil fans these past few months.

We've had two truly remarkable tours this past Fall and Winter in North America and Europe. For many, these tours have been both an affirmation and revelation as to the enduring strength of Neil's back catalog, the freshness of the new Chrome Dreams II material and the simple joy of watching the man on stage.

And with all of this Neil news, we've been flooded here at Thrasher's Wheat with great comments, photos, YouTube videos, and review links. So a big thanks to all of you who contributed material. It's reader contributions that make this all really so much fun and rewarding.

During the Europe tour's final London run, we saw website traffic exceed the peaks we experienced during the New York City run in December. It was great to see so much international traffic. At times, readership outside of North America was exceeding 60% of the total traffic -- well above the normal 30%. That's the good news. The bad news is that the increased site traffic has caused monthly excess bandwidth fees from our ISP.

As you may know, for the first 10 years, Thrasher's Wheat was self funded out of our pocket. Which was totally cool but we finally had to ask for reader's support. Either that or resort to inflicting advertising on readers. And your support over the past few months has been wonderful and generous.

So, once again, we would like to request your support in order to continue Thrasher's Wheat and keep the site advertisement free. By going the reader-supported route, there are two ways in which you can support Thrasher's Wheat.

The first option is to make a donation using PayPal. Just click on the link below to make a donation. If you do not have a PayPal account, you can use a credit card to make a donation.





The second option is to shop for your CDs, DVDs, books and other merchandise using the Amazon link below. Each time you purchase an item on Amazon by clicking through the logo link below, Thrasher's Wheat will receive a small commission.
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Hopefully, this will continue to work to help defray the costs of running Thrasher's Wheat. Any excess funds generated above and beyond operating expenses will be donated to The Bridge School.
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Again, thanks to everyone for your support, ideas, and submissions during the tour. It is very much appreciated!

So, show me the way and I'll follow you someday.

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2 Comments:

At 3/21/2008 08:53:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi, Thrasher,

I submitted a donation via PayPal and will continue to make monthly donations. I appreciate your hard work and dedication in maintaining the Thrasher's Wheat website. I have enjoyed reading the fan posts this past month related to Neil's European tour. Thanks so much for keeping us updated on the latest Neil Young News.

 
At 3/22/2008 10:04:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You bet Thrasher! Your service to fans of Neil and of great music is much needed. Glad to do what we can.

Tony
wbkm.org

 

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