I recently found out that the charismatic leader and freak du jour from All Mighty Senators, Landis, is currently very ill and has been hospitalized due to renal (kidney) failure. AMS, a mainstay of the Washington DC/Baltimore area music scene, are one of my seminal music influences and I have been lucky enough to have shared the stage with them a couple of times in the past. They are also really cool cats who dissolve the line between bands and fans with booty-shakin’ goodness.

What follows is an excerpt from a friend’s MySpace page with the notice about Landis:

For those of you who do know know, Landis is very ill and in the hospital. His kidneys are suffering from renal failure and they’ve started dialysis to get them working again. His spirits are very high, but much prayer and good thoughts are needed.

We will soon begin taking donations for Landis via the special MySpace page we set up for him. The URL is listed below. Please add him and put him in your top friends. We’re trying to get as much exposure as possible. Landis is an amazing person who needs help from his friends right now. Not only does he have no income right now due to being in the hospital, but the medical bills to come will most likely be pretty ugly. We will update the page soon with paypal information so you can help Landis pick his life back up where he left it when he’s all better.

Feel free to leave lots of comments and PLEASE REPOST THIS BULLETIN. This is important. A friend needs us.

To the many, many of you who have sent your well wishes and prayers, we thank you so much!! We love you all.

http://www.myspace.com/helpforlandis

For a person and a band that has given me more than my fair share of good times I ask that you all take some time to say a prayer and think about donating some money to help with medical expenses. For those of you who are unfamiliar with AMS check out their site for more information:

http://www.allmightysenators.com/

Thanks for reading. We love you Landis!