Hello Everyone,
I hope everyone is thawing out some from winter. First off, I am going to tell you a little bit about what I have been up to. For the past 5-6 weeks, I have been going down by the river every Saturday in my hometown of Huntington, WV. Each week people show up and distribute food, clothing, and toiletries to the homeless. There is no official organization to this, but on average I would say over 100 people show up to get a hot meal. Some of my friends and I have been making bags of snacks to give out with chips, granola bars, etc in them so that the people can have something to eat during the week. I am sure you can imagine, but doing this each week gets expensive and even last week we ran out of bags before everyone got one. From now until 3/13, I will be donating all sales from our Grab Bag Deal to help buy snacks for the homeless. Our Grab Bag Deal is 10 random cds from our entire collection for only $10 with free shipping. Click the image below to order one and help out those in need. Please spread the word about this if possible.

Also, if you would simply like to donate some money to this, just send a paypal payment to matt@fdrecords.com and put in the message something about donation to the homeless.

In other news, Eric from The Apprentice will be going on a solo house tour with Bradley Hawathay March 19-26. Click the poster below for more information.

The Story Changes are clearing out their current line of merchandise. All their current designs will not be reprinted.
Click the image below to get some before they are gone forever.

Signing Off!
Matthew C. Jenkins
www.fdrshop.com

It isn’t spring yet, but I wish! Sorry for the lack of updates. I was really busy preparing for the 2 Apprentice CD Release shows. Both of the shows went very well and it was great to see so many friends come out and support us.
Speaking of which, we took our extra preorder shirts and DVDs to our release shows. This has only left us with a few DVDs and shirts. If you want one of the preorder deals that include those, please order today by clicking here.

The Story Changes will be going on tour in February with PM Today (Rise Records) starting the middle of February. Be sure to check out their official website at www.thestorychanges.com for all the tour dates.

Also, check out a new interview with The Story Changes via Property of Zack by clicking the image below.

The Hotshot Freight Train are in the Sound Off finals. Be sure to check out their dates and other news at their Facebook page.

I am not sure how many of you know this, but I also run a button company where I make 1 and 1.5 inch buttons for bands, churches, etc. You can check us out at our website at www.thinktwicebuttons.com or on Facebook If you know anyone that needs buttons, send them my way!

We are running low on a lot of our t-shirts and we would really like to clear them out to make room for new spring designs. Check out all the great deals over at www.fdrshop.com

P.S. There are talks of a Future Destination Records showcase this spring/summer in WV. Hopefully more details to come!

In today’s edition of the Charleston Daily Mail, there is an article on the label. I would like to thank Zack Harold for the article and Tiffney Henson for the pictures. If you would like to check out the article, click the picture below.

If you are coming to our site for the first time, we have a webstore at www.fdrshop.com and we have free shipping on all items in the US. Another great deal we have to discover new music is our Grab Bag deal, which is 10 random cds from our entire collection for only $10 with free shipping. Click the banner below to order.

Thanks again for checking us out!

Matthew C. Jenkins

First off, a huge thanks goes to my webmaster, Sheridan Cleland for fixing my computer. I was out of commission for a few days, but I am back.
We have only 2 days left on our sale before all the prices go back to normal! Cds for $4.99 or less and downloads for $1.99 or less with FREE SHIPPING. We also have a new shirt which can be ordered by click the image below.
We have had a truly great year and have been very blessed to work with the people with have worked with. We appreciate all of you who have bought a cd/shirt, been to a show, told a friend, or just said a kind word.
Until 2011….
Matthew Jenkins
www.fdrshop.com

Check out this article on The Story Changes and the annual Holiday bash they throw called Holidayton! If you live in the Dayton area, be sure to check this out. This will be the first year a have to miss it and I am pretty bummed, so please, go and enjoy it for me. Click those pretty dudes faces to read the article.

IVM Zine has posted new reviews of The Apprentice and Party or Die!. Click the album covers below to read the respective reviews.

Ok, things are getting crazy. Now till 12/22, use code TEN10 at check out to get an additional 10% off EVERYTHING, including all the already marked-down sale prices! Just enter the code at checkout at www.fdrshop.com

We added a new t-shirt to our store. We ordered just 10 of these with our hoodies. They are printed on charcoal grey Tultex Fine Jersey T-Shirts (fits and feels like American Apparel). Check them out at the link below.

There is a new interview up with Mark from The Story Changes at Black Squirrel Radio. Click the image below to check it out.

First off, thanks for all the birthday wishes! I had a great birthday and I got to see one of my favorite “bands” Gasoline Heart do a house show on my birthday. It was great.

We are extending our Christmas sale until midnight on January 2, 2011. We really appreciate the support we have been given this year and we hope it continues in 2011. Get cds for $4.99 or less and digital downloads for $1.99 or less with free shipping on all US orders. Check out the sale at www.fdrshop.com

The Apprentice new album “Oh the Slavery Comfort Brings” was officially released on Tuesday. You can pick it up at the FDR Shop or from Itunes, Interpunk, Amazon, or CDBaby.
We have just a few of the limited edition DVD packages or DVD/Shirt packages left at the FDR Shop, so be sure to order today for immediate shipment on these. Be sure to leave us a review on Itunes if you can.

Party or Die! has recorded a free Christmas song that can be downloaded for free by clicking the cd cover below.

The Story Changes have a few dates left this year that you can see over at their Myspace.. Fuse TV is also nice enough to give away their song “Move Forward” for free! Check it out at FUSE TV.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and don’t forget about the sale at www.fdrshop.com. Oh yeah, we also got new Future Destination stickers that go out free with every order.

Matthew C. Jenkins