Fanclub
So thank you guys so much for all your input on this. There have def been a lot of strong feelings going back and forth. And I’ve gotten a ton of emails from kids who totally despise the notion of fanclubs, but also lots of other emails from kids who have had great experiences. At the end of the day, we are giving this away for free as an experiment to see if this can work. Because I too am skeptical. The most important thing for me is to be able to make sure that our fans know about presales and can get tickets to our shows before they get bought up by scalpers. And then if we can throw in some other cool shit to keep our connection with you guys strong, I’ll be satisfied. For those kids who actually do want more in terms of a traditional fanclub, we’ll find a way to give you what you need as well. So here we go. At the end of the day, we’ll never know if it sucks unless we give it a fair shot. And there’s nothing wrong in failing. We’ll just wipe our shoulders off and move forward. Cobrastyle. Oh yeah, and the name. We really liked the Congregation of the Church of Hot Addiction (which Papi came up with), but that was a little long. So we decided to name it the Cobra Crew. A lot of our early fans already have their own Cobra Crews (OCC, Cobra Clan, etc). So we named the club that in honor of you guys (and also as an allusion to this line in “Smash it Up” : “so what you got a crew? I got a crew too.” Oh! And ps: just got this email from Papi. I don’t think I can say no to a Queen. You don’t want to get on a diva’s bad side (because a diva is a female version of a hustla ) > > Gabe! > > Um, so Fan Club eh? Honey, where was I for the deliberation? Did you > think you’d get rid of me that easy?! Girlfriend, you know I stick to > you like herpes. I’m your internet eyes and ears! > > Do you know how much time and effort goes into having a fanclub, much > less making it work?! It takes someone with balls of steel, someone not > afraid to walk in there with their cock out swinging! > > I was thinking, “Hey, someone’s gonna have to run that thing. Whose > gonna stay on Gabe’s ass (literally ;P) and keep things fresh?” > > Then it came to me! I would make the perfect Fan Club President! I was > the President of the weekly “Babysitters Club” book club back in > high school! I know the Cobra kids! They know me, we could make this > thing huge. > > I expect to hear from you soon. > > You know I’m right. > > > - Papi
