Daily Skiff

Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: Features

Media Credit: Courtesy of Illumina Records Random Circumstance, a Dallas-based band, has joined Illumina Records and Ground Control in their fight against drunken driving. The band's lead vocalist, Jennifer Lindsey, witnessed her sorority sister run over and killed by a drunken driver. "Stupid Mistake," which is on the Ground Control compilation CD "Austin Rockers for Life," alludes to Lindsey's memories of the death of her sorority sister.

A Louisiana lawyer witnessed the impact of drunken driving after seeing her Delta Gamma sister killed near the Louisiana State University campus.

Jennifer Lindsey said she watched her sorority sister cross a street and get hit and dragged by an oncoming car driven by an intoxicated student. Lindsey said she remains forever affected.

Awareness and prevention of drunken driving remains an important area of concern for Lindsey, the lead vocalist for the Dallas-based band Random Circumstance, and she tries to convey this message through the music her band performs.

Random Circumstance wrote a song titled "Stupid Mistake," which will be featured on the CD "Austin Rockers for Life," produced by Illumina Records in

support of the drunken driving awareness campaign Ground Control.

Massachusetts-based Illumina Records promotes drunken driving prevention and awareness. The company found Random Circumstance through MySpace.

The company looks for bands and singers with a clever sound and a worthy cause, said Nicole Van Eden, director of publicity for Illumina Records. Once Illumina Records chooses a band or singer, they place them on a national platform and illuminate the cause expressed by the band, Van Eden said.

"We want to shed more of a positive light on these bands," Van Eden said. "They need to be heard."

Random Circumstance continues to be Illumina Records' favorite Texas band, Van Eden said.

Lindsey said "Stupid Mistake" correlates to the accident she witnessed. She said she uses her music to get messages out and raise awareness of the drunken driving problem in Texas.

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