Everybody loves a party, especially if it's for a good cause. This Saturday, at 7 PM, a terrific line-up of bands will be playing at Trinity United Methodist Church in Ballard for a cause that's very important to me and to readers of Eat the State! It's a benefit to raise money to help my co-editor, Geov Parrish, pay his medical expenses. Some folks already know the story: Geov, who must take an astonishing amount of medicine every day to keep his body from rejecting his transplanted kidney and pancreas, was dumped off his medical insurance plan by an unscrupulous insurance company without any advance warning. Instead of stiffing his local mom-and-pop pharmacy, Geov paid for his medicine out of his own savings and with a credit card. While he now has coverage through Washington State's high risk pool, he got stuck with the over $20,000 bill for the months when he wasn't covered. So come party with Jim Page, Rebel Voices, The Pinkos, Correo Aereo, United Sheep of America, Orville Johnson & Mark Graham and a great lineup of speakers. (See the ad and calendar listing in this issue.) We hope to see you there!--Maria Tomchick