Support for this Nonsense

Nonsense is a lot of work. Every week we digest hundreds of emails, sorting and editing them into what becomes the Friday list. It takes a lot of time.

We send the list out every week because there is a place for it. Because we love supporting other artists who work hard on projects they care about. Because we want to help artists find new audiences, new collaborators, and new fans.

Over the years, we've realized that all kinds of people use this list -- not just artists and promoters in New York. But people far outside the city. Curious folks. People who like plain old parties. People who love New York. And people we don't know at all.

Our subscribers use this list because they want to go out, because they want to be inspired by others. And we at Nonsense think that inspiration always loops back around. That's a powerful thing, and it's real, and it's worth doing again and again.

There are real costs involved that come up every year, and we ask that the people who use this list help support it. The editors contribute their time. We think readers and users should contribute as well. It's important to us that this list can support itself.

Once a year for three weeks we ask for donations to support this list. We think individuals should send in $5 (not a lot for something that comes to you every week). People who throw events should donate a little more -- $20 would be great (you know it's worth it).

You can donate without fees by clicking here: Dwolla.

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Thanks for your support, as always. And thanks for making this our kind of city.

Yours,

Jeff Stark and the Nonsense NYC staff