That's 10KM of sweating, pushing, giving everything I've got.

Sounds rough, right? Well imagine doing all of that without clean water.

Every week, millions of women and their children walk more than 14 miles just to get water for their families. Most of this water is contaminated, but it's the only water they have. They take the chance of catching diseases like bilharzia and schistosomiasis (parasites) - with every sip. There's nothing they can do to change it.

So, what can I do?

My mission is to raise a mere $5,000 for water. I want every step to matter. I'm asking for pledges per foot, per mile or flat out donations to help achieve my goal.

Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to water projects, and each donation is "proved" when projects are complete. I aim to raise $5,000 in the next three months.

I hope you'll join me in helping them now.

Sponsor me now! 

Basically I've got from - Mar 1997 #43 (Ani DiFranco) all the way through to Jan/Feb 2005 #130 (Sage Francis)

Only 9 issues missing in the middle which could be found on ebay.

78 Issues - CDs all Included (may be one or two discs missing)

I'd be willing to sell all of them to one of the ME community members for $2 a piece = $156 + whatever it will cost to ship these. Just drop a message below if you are at all interested.

You should use these for your random quips about things not totally related to one artist, things not related to music in general.

Don't forget to tag them with a bunch of artist names if you want your blog posted on all of their artist pages. We are still trying to sort out if we are going to be keeping the personal blog feature but for now they aren't going to go anywhere. Have fun with them. Drop a comment below if you want them, don't want them, need a new feature on them, or don't care either way.

Short List: Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk, Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog, Lucinda Williams - Little Honey, The Bug - London Zoo, Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago, Walkmen - You & I, Foals - Antidote, Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams, Kills - Midnight Boom, Russian Circles - Station, Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes, Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe, Enslaved - Vertebrae, Protest The Hero - Fortress, Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

Truest return to form: The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath

Big Disappointments: My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges, The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (decent but not up to what I was expecting) 

Best Band You've never heard: Western Fifth - Stand Like A Thief

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1. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'

2. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.'

4. Boxing Analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'

5. Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.'

6. Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'

8. Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'

9. Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?