Save Ookla!

There's no funny way to say this:  Ookla was in St. Louis last weekend as the Filk Guests of Honor at Archon, and on Sunday night someone broke into our trailer and stole all of our instruments, microphones, effects, gear, and merchandise.   (The police indicated that a group in the St. Louis area has been targeting musicians quite a bit of late.)

And no instruments means no live Ookla! 

Twenty-five years ago, just as we were ready to throw in the towel, we discovered that we had an audience through filk, science fiction, and comic book fandom -- and we're not about to stop now!  You have been so good to us for so long, and with your help I'm sure we can be back on a stage near you very soon.

Below you will find a list of what we lost, followed by some photos which feature us performing with the lost instruments and microphones.

Thank you all so much for your continued support.

Your pals,

Rand and Adam



Gear Lost:

LARIVEE LV-03 Acoustic/Electric Guitar                  $1,190
Epiphone Skunk Baxter Acoustic/Electric Guitar    $600
TC-Helicon Play Acoustic  (2 @ $300 each)                 $600
SHURE Wireless Headset Kit                                              $549
Trombone                                                                                        $500
Sure Wireless SM-58                                                                $380
Myers Pickup                                                                                 $169
Meinl Cajon2Go                                                                           $  70
Gearlux Dreadnought  Hardshell Case                          $   65
Samsonite Wheeled Duffel                                                   $   55
TC Helicon Switch-3 Foot Pedal                                        $   50
Melodica                                                                                          $   25
Cords/Cables/Power Strips (20)                                       $325
Misc. Stands/Straps/Tuners                                                 $160
Misc. Capos/Slides/Strings/Winders                              $140

Gear Total:                                                                                  $4,878

Merchandise Lost:

CDs (200 @ $10 each)                                                         $2,000
T-Shirts (25 @ $15 each)                                                    $    375
Download Stickers (100 @ $2 each)                           $    200

Merchandise Total:                                                               $2,575

Sales Tax (8.75%)                                                                   $    652

GoFundMe Fee (2.9%)                                                        $    235

Total Replacement Cost:                                                 $8,340



Adam playing a Larivee LV-03 acoustic guitar and singing through a Shure SM-35 wireless headset mic.



Rand playing an Epiphone Skunk Baxter acoustic guitar.


Rand playing a trombone into a Shure SM-58 wireless microphone.  You can see the head stock of the Epiphone -- with a Dunlop capo and Snark tuner we no longer own -- as well.  (Lost the pick and cup holders mounted on the mic stand, too!)