Sandbox Session Donations: Cousin to Cousin, Dead Cat, 13

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So ladies and gentlemen we hit the Mutherfucking Jackpot. The Holygrail of Rilo Kiley fans.
A rare recording of Cousin to Cousin.
here is a history of Cousin to cousin (courtesy of Gav's Rilokileyplace.com)

"Someone emailed me about this in January 2007. Supposedly Rilo Kiley played at some convention thing in Hawaii back in '99, and the set(s) contained unreleased songs and a bunch of crazy covers. At the time, I kinda thought the guy was messing with me, but then in October 2007, Blake and Jenny confirmed it to be true during their appearance on Loveline (Dr. Drew also gave a talk at the convention thing).

Michael Salter to me
hey,I was looking at your RK song list and found one that's missing. I only heard it once, when they were hired to play at this organization in '98. it's called Cousin Cousin. The lyrics have something to do with dragging or pulling someone across the room. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard...and when I asked jenny about it (a few years ago at a show) she sort of remembered it, but said they never played it again. Thought I'd let you know about it though. Maybe 2 other people there even cared about what they were hearing. All the best,m

Gavin to Michael
Wow, cool.. I've never heard of that one. I don't suppose you have a recording of it, or even know of one existing? Also, could you give me more info about that show? What was the organization? Do you remember the exact date? Where was it held? stuff like that? I'd love to add it to the gigography of my site.thanks again!Gav

Michael Salter to me
Hmm.. Ok, the show was during the summer of 1999 in Hawaii. I think it was the big Island (Kona?). And the organization is called YPO (young president's organization). They were hired basically as entertainment for the children of all the rich adults there. YPO, as far as I know, has two retreats per year in exotic places. I was there because they asked my dad to give some lectures, so I had the good fortune to meet Rilo and basically they played about 3 private shows for just about 50 of us, full of Madonna covers, songs off their first press album, and a few that I'm sure never made it onto a pressing (Cousin Cousin I only remember because it was one of the most beautiful songs I'd ever heard, and THE most beautiful I'd heard played live at that point). Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the hotel, or the restaurant where they played for us, or the exact month. They were really sweet though, and gave us all copies of the first press of their album. I still have mine autographed and framed on my wall. I also do not have a recording or know of any. best,m

Gavin to Michael
Ha, cool. You swear you're not yankin' my crank here? Madonna covers? lol. :)but no, thanks a lot! Must've been awesome. i'll add that info to my site soon. if you ever stumble upon more details from those shows (ie, did you keep a journal back then or anything?), please let me know.

Michael Salter to me
yeah I'm serious! they did some crazy madonna shit..and a couple bowies as I recall.I'll see if I can find something I may have written. I do remember keeping some journal at the time, but I have no idea where it would be...word,m
I didn't hear back from him after that. Here's the clip of the band talking about it on Loveline:

http://rilokileyplace.com/shows/Blake-and-Jenny-talking-about-YPO-gig.mp3

This song became speculated over the years, fans began to search for it and even wonder what the song was about. As one forum member said "its kind of a turn off cause I think of kissing cousins". In 2009 during pomona jenny mentioned to me that Rilo Kiley would be releasing a rarities album. Speculation of the bands break up grew even more. However it wasn't until frequent boarder Allie Skoog during her Jenny and Johnny tour got to confirm many things: One was that Rilo Kiley did indeed break up (months before blake mentioned this in an interview) and that Cousins to Cousin did exist but would not make it into the Rarities album. It was only a matter of time before Rilo Kiley fans would see an increase in the value of rilo kiley material. And some would of course try to cash in on this. Yesterday Allie found the track, with 2 other unknown on ebay. This was Rknet moment to shine. Yesterday and today we proved that even though things have been slow in the forum we still care about the band and care about each other. To have one of us step up the plate was a godsend and Mojo, we are grateful. Today we got something rarer than the Rilo Kiley ep (before initial friend) today we got the Sandbox session, which was not even known to exist. We all acknowledge that this doesn't belong locked away in a box where some greedy fan would not share the music (seeing how someone did not share this tape for more than 13 years) and with contribution of RKnet members we finally get to receive the spoils.

so here is what were gonna do. Mojo spent over 340$ on attaining this for us and he must be reimbursed because this was all a contribution bid. So message mojo and he will give you his paypal account. once you donated you can post your name here if you'd like. once mojo has been reimbursed the tracks will be released.

here is a snippet for everyone to enjoy:

http://www.mediafire.com/?46ntj64b66mch54
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mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:22 pm Post subject:

What I'm thinking is post here when you've sent money through paypal and I can confirm it against what I've received.
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**Heather** · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:28 pm Post subject:

I done did the donatin'.

neverending · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:29 pm Post subject:

Sent!
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mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:30 pm Post subject:

So far the total is at $112.
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I'm in.
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mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:52 pm Post subject:

$152 now.
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Sent.
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rockstonic · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject:

I just added $ to my paypal account and apparently it takes a few days to process, so as soon it goes through I'll send you the funds. Sorry for the delay, its been a while since I've used paypal and didn't realize that 1. I had no money in there and 2. that it would take so long to make the transfer.
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mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject:

$182 is the new total.
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adkeegs · Joined: 20 Oct 2011 Posts: 1

Registered for this forum (long, long, long time lurker) just to celebrate this amazing Ebay find!!! Also sent in a donation - I e-mailed mojo but wanted to confirm over here. Good job guys!

**happyfish** · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:51 pm Post subject:

Sent.
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mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject:

mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:15 pm Post subject:

16 Contributors for $222
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Sent.

mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject:

18 for $242
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dconner · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 70 Location: Mississippi

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I am too excited about this.

mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject:

19 for $257

Did I tell you you guys are all amazing? I thought I'd be spending the next week or so putting my collections skills to use, but now it doesn't look like I'll need to at all. LOL
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hphan848 · Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Posts: 41 Location: kansas

Done and Done!

bergenergy · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:26 pm Post subject:

Sent!
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ciboboyeee · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Monterey Bay

So crazy hearing the snippets. It's almost like a dream where you hear a new song from an artist you adore but you wake up except it's real! I sent you a pm Mojo for your email address. I'll send money immediately when you reply. Smile

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