Gramophone's robots

This page is part of Said the Gramophone's annual funding drive. Once a year, we ask for your generosity.

Thisis the place for donating to Said the Gramophone's robotic underpinnings- the technical costs of keeping the website afloat for another year.To donate to Said the Gramophone's human beings, click here.

For more information on all of this, kit'n'caboodle, go back to Said the Gramophone.

Forthe site's technical upkeep, we are trying to raise $315. This will gotoward our servers, hosting, domain registry, as well as costs likecontest postage and special events. And because Paypal takes a smallcut from every donation, there's some dollars factored in to coverthose costs.

Here's the breakdown:

• $115.00 - annual website hosting costs (Revolution Hosting)

• $100.00 - annual mp3 hosting costs (cross fingers)

• $ 75.00 - postage, etc.

• $ 25.00 - to cover PayPal fees

• TOTAL: $315 USD

Some reasons to give:

• Every weekday, we write from our hearts about the music we love.

• Said the Gramophone remains advertising free.

• Times are tough, but particularly in tough times it is worth it to invest in things you like.

• We are offering teeny-tiny thank-you gifts.

Yes, we are offering some modest but heartfelt gifts.

• $1-$14.99: Our emailed thanks.

• $15.00-$24.99: A postcard with a drawing from Dan, Jordan or Sean.

• $25.00+: A postcard with a collaborative drawing from, um, us!

Other things:

• If you cannot afford to donate, we understand.

• Oneof the things we value most of all is the comments our readersleave forus. Whether or not you donate, please write some words nowand then:it's worth more than greenbacks.

• If you are one of our family members, we'd rather you did not donate and instead just continued to love us.

• For the moment this is PayPal only.

Finally: thank you.