Es geht in erster Linie um von K Records nicht bezahlte Tantiemen, die Calvin Johnson angeblich selbst einstreicht. Oder um Kimya nochmal zu zitieren: “I will say that a couple of years ago two artists did what Mary Lou Lord suggested and got all the numbers. That’s how we finally know what we are actually owed. Mariella, who I now feel is equally sketchy, had been giving me an estimate for years that was a good 6 figures under what they actually owe me. They owe a ton of people money and I bet most of those people have no idea. That is something else that kills me. Thinking about people who feel like they haven’t sold anything who maybe actually did. What does that do to your morale? Are there people who stopped making music because they thought no one was listening? For a long time they were just sitting on their hands but for the past year or so there has actually been a payment plan in place where every month they put an amount into a bank account that is divided between some of us. The payment plan and the account was set up by musicians because K never took the initiative to get their accounting in order and figure it out on their own. If they miss any payments then we will contact a lawyer and take the next step. They know this. More than one of us have made this clear. If it hadn’t come to this I don’t think we would be seeing anything at all. Before we got the numbers it was mostly excuses and lies. And at the rate that they are making payments I will maybe be paid off in 30 years. But what would doing it differently even look like? Pay a lawyer to try to get money they claim doesn’t exist? I did get my catalog back at least so I am in no way, outside of their debt to me, tied to them anymore. When Beck pulled One Foot In the Grave I heard all the cries of what a sellout he was and how giving a shit about getting paid isn’t punk. Well, now I understand. A relationship with K is only a good deal if you tour enough to make more from merch than you do from distro and online. If you don’t sell much and you need someone to manufacture your stuff and give you copies for shows it’s awesome. But where is that money coming from? Other artists’ sales. If the main money coming in is from online and distro you will be fucked. Do I make music for the money? Absolutely not. If the music I make sells do I want the money that is rightfully mine? Absolutely yes. People don’t speak up because they get accused of all kinds of shit when they do. I just can’t even handle people talking about how super rad K is when it’s a broken sinking ship.”

Schöne Grüße von Kimya Dawsons FB-Seite (Post vom 10.01): “If I unfriended you it might be because you associate with Calvin Johnson and it makes me fucking ill every time pictures of him pop up in my feed. Seriously. Fuck that man.

Usually I am good at letting shit go but I have never felt so betrayed by “friends” before. It’s really fucked up my whole reality.”