It pains me to have to write this less than 24 hours after we’ve announced a 07/01/08 release date for the Linda Lovelace For President CD/DVD. It also abhors me to do this in public. I’m left with very few options at this point, so I’ll try not to stall… I’ll just get to the point.

I am in legal trouble. Don’t worry though… I didn’t hurt anyone, I didn’t steal anything, no driving under the influence, nothing drug-related, nothing like that. I’ve had an ongoing battle with some folks that were out to get me, and they succeeded in making life very difficult. I did something relatively minor (something that would be akin to getting caught jaywalking twice) and really didn’t expect much to come of it. The good news is that I can likely fight the charges and fix most of the problems before I go to court. The bad news is that it’s going to cost me an arm, a leg and possibly a testicle. And all of the money earmarked to release my new album.

Now, on Wednesday night I’ll be picking up the final DVD edit and artwork for the package. If these last minute things hadn’t come up, we’d be sending it off for duplication by the end of the week. Financially… I’m now not in the position to release it for quite some time.

But here’s where you come in:

If we can get fifty of my loyal fans to pre-order the album at ten dollars a pop, we can likely still have it out on it’s release date. We’d be skirting it pretty close both monetarily and it’d all certainly go down at the eleventh hour. But, this is what it will take for us to make ends meet and get the album out as scheduled.

Just so you know what you’re getting for the money, here’s the specifics:
THE CD: Eleven new studio recordings, featuring “Jessica, I Heard You Like The Who”, “All My Drug Use Is Accidental”, “San Diego Doorways”, “I Tried To Die Young”, etc. Runs about forty minutes.
THE DVD: A 100-minute live show filmed in November of 2007. Contains over 25 songs with the definitive live renditions of “Life’s So Hard”, “Terror Song” and “Drunk Classic Rock Fans”. Don’t worry, you also get your “Nerdy Girls” and “Blowjob Queen” in there as well. There’s about a half an hour of bonus footage as well.
THE BONUS: If you purchase the album this way, not only will we ship it to you for free, but we’ll also include a bonus disc of rare Marc With a C material. Oodles of unreleased songs, alternate versions of tunes you already know, and even a live cut or two for good measure. These are really neat tracks that simply never found homes. (We’ll provide a tracklist to you personally if it’s contigent upon your preorder).

We’ll ship it to the duplication plant as soon as we meet our preorder quota, and then we’ll ship it to you as soon as we get the finished product back. If we are late in any way, we’ll keep you posted, and you can be assured that you’ll be getting exactly what you’re hoping for with Linda Lovelace For President, as well as the bonus disc. But we need *you* to help us put by pre-ordering it ASAP.

Please preorder by clicking this link:

If for some reason the PayPal link doesn’t work, you can also just send 10.00 US through PayPal to nicole_prezioso@hotmail.com with a note attached that you’re preordering the album… also, your address would be nice! Keep in mind that you don’t even need a PayPal account. Just a credit card or bank account.

So there you have it. I humbly ask of you to immediately preorder this album so we can have it out on the projected release date. Also, please repost this absolutely anywhere you see fit. Your LiveJournal, a MySpace bulletin, Facebook, make flyers… anything you have to do to get the word out.

Thank you all for your past, present and future support. And by the way… when all is said and done, we’re gonna throw you the most bitchin’ record release show ever. We’ve been discussing this thing behind-the scenes for the better part of a year. This is a setback, but it’s one we’re going to make the most out of. I thank you profusely for all of your help.

Love on ya,
Marc

PS: We’ll have some YouTube clips up from the DVD soon. Watch this space.

PPS: If you downloaded a leaked early copy of Linda Lovelace For President, this is the perfect time to clear your consience

PPPS: I understand that I’m being a bit vague about the legal issues. Once everything is cleared up, I’m more than happy to explain it in greater detail. Until then, please help me in keeping the rumors from getting too out of hand, eh?