This just in:

Drummer Steve Salazar had all of his drums and equipment stolen from his van last Thursday night. Some jerk broke into the van in his driveway in the middle of the night and took everything – drums, cymbals, hardware, even his damn stick bag!!!

Steve is a working musician and a really good guy. He is trying to support his family and now this. My band, orange is in, is working to help either recover his stolen gear (unlikey, unfortunately) or help him financially with new gear. At this point, it is uncertain whether or not his insurance company will cover any of his losses.

If you would post something regarding this in your blogs, it would be tremendously helpful.

You can visit http://www.orangeisin.com/helpsteve.html for more information including a list of everything stolen, HPD case numbers and a link for making online contributions through PayPal.

Thank you so much for your help. If you have any questions or info, feel free to email me at any time.

Jeff Balke

Help if you can. Thanks.