Acid for Blood

Kris Roe, lead singer/song writer of The Ataris, former pop punk band turned “alternative rock” band, is selling his entire NES collection on eBay:

You are bidding on my personal Nintendo NES game console with over 70 games included!!! It works great! You also get two standard NES controllers, two NES Max controllers, one Game Genie with Book of cheat codes, all of the cables needed and AC power supply. What more could you want??! Try collecting all of these games seperately, it would take you forever.

I guess album sales of Welcome the Night (released February 2007) haven’t been going so well for ol’ Kris, because in one of his other auctions, for the original handwritten lyrics to “San Dimas High School Football Rules”, he says that the proceeds will be going towards his rent. Mind you if I could afford it, I would be engaging in a heated bidding war. Blue Skies, Broken Hearts… Next 12 Exits (1999) is one of my all time favourite albums, and “San Dimas High School Football Rules” is a great song. He is also selling his handwritten lyrics for the mediocre, but radio-friendly song “In This Diary” from their equally mediocre, but radio-friendly album, So Long Astoria (2003).

I came across this knowledge via the following MySpace bulletin:

From: The Ataris
Date: 15 May 2007, 09:02
Subject: Kris is selling some things on Ebay. Check it out.
Body: Selling some things on ebay that should definitely be of interest to all of you. A few completely one of a kind items! So make sure that you go check out my Ebay auctions! Items for sale are: The original hand written lyrics to both “In This Diary” and “San Dimas”!, My personal gold record for “So Long, Astoria”! and A load of awesome effects pedals. More items will be added later. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! DO NOT BID IF YOU HAVE (0) FEEDBACK!!!

Just cut and paste the links below.

Good luck bidding! -Kris

There you have it, folks. If you want to buy a NES that was previously-owned by Kris Roe, minor celebrity and lead singer/songwriter of The Ataris, now is your chance. He is also selling musical equipment and a gold record he got for selling lots (500 000) of CDs. Everything is listed here.

I know this is a bit tabloidy, but I couldn’t resist. I actually do like the band, and respect Kris Roe as a songwriter. The band’s musical style has changed for the better since their 2003 album, IMO. I hope you make your rent, dude.

EDIT - 15 May 2007, 23:07: Can I just say that it’s a fucking travesty that “In This Diary” is going for a higher price right now than “San Dimas High School Football Rules”?! Clearly it’s the newbie fans who are bidding right now. WTF.