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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:45:17 +0000
From: Adam Gimbel
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Subject: The other Summer B's dying
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Hello BFF folks,
My 21 year old girlfriend Summer Brannin (not THE Summer B) was recently
diagnosed with kidney cancer and I'm on a mission to have some of her
favorite bands call her or visit her. If I could get Ben and the boys
to give us a call, send us a card, or (best of all) pay us a visit, it
would mean the world to her. Unfortunately, as I write this I fear that
they prolly won't be able to respond in time, plus she's not currently
very coherent.
As you can imagine, having the name Summer Brannin means it's the law to like Ben Folds Five fan. I avoided them after lots of people told me I'd love them because I used to love the band Jellyfish quite too much. When I heard "Where's Summer B?" I wondered why they'd be getting those comparisons and since I'd just started dating MY Summer B, I had to start digging 'em. I saw 'em open for Heather Nova and we met them a couple of times after shows and Ben even asked her to autograph a CD he was holding.
Anyways, they're swinging through San Diego in May. Chances are, she won't be well enough to go to the show (in fact as I write this, things have taken a big turn for the worse). If they'd be able to say hi to Summer and it'd give her a big smile. I just don't have time to make the necessary calls to make this happen, so I'm spreading the word to see if you can help. If you're planning on going to any of his upcoming shows, please print out this letter and show it to them. If you can get to them somehow and have them call collect, that'd be fine! In fact, I have a few calling cards ready to give to them so they can get in contact with me. Just e-mail me for my home & work phone if you think you can do it. I recently got David J (ex-Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, & Summer's favorite, The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy) to call her and sing her a tune over the phone when she was in the hospital. Slim Dunlap of the Replacements called us, Neutral Milk Hotel dedicated a song to her at their recent LA show and Jonathan Richman let me video him doing a song just for her. If you e-mail me soon, I can try to call you from my work and let you know the scoop.
PLEASE visit the website my friend helped build for her:
Thanks in adavance for your help,
Adam
http://mill.net/dumyhead/
dumyhead@mill.net