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Pablove Foundation Benefit Tonight at Emo's with Ben Kweller, Port O'Brien

The Pablove Foundation is a California-based organization whose aim is to "improve the lives of children with cancer, at both a national level as well as a local level here in Los Angeles."

*This post comes from contributor Matt Smith.* Standing at the bar last Monday, about halfway through Black Heart Procession's set at The Parish, we chanced to overhear the following: "Man, these guys are a downer. You wanna jet?" Given that the statement was uttered between two rather frattish types, our first instinct was to scoff, "No shit! This is Black Heart Procession, you clueless plebeians!" Then, it suddenly occurred to us that this show was a downer. We've never desired to be the yes-men surrounding a naked Emperor, and forcing ourselves to take an objective view of a performance by a band we'd otherwise fiercely defend was difficult. Unfortunately, we were forced to agree with our polo-shirted comrades.

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