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Archive for » May 31st, 2005«

Open Stacks

If you haven’t yet listened to Greg Schwartz’s Open Stacks podcast yet, issue episode #13 is the one that will get you hooked. (No iPod required.)

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Waking up in the morning can kill you

According to a UK woman an alarm clock killed her daughter.

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Reading habit

Did you know I keep a list of books I’ve read here on the site?

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The Smart Kid

The Clumsy Lovers are running a promotion. Just preorder a copy of The Smart Kid (or buy it within two weeks of its release and you can get all sorts of free stuff. Here’s the details.

Smart Kid Special Offers

To help celebrate the release of "Smart Kid", we are offering a
bunch of promos for anyone who either preorders the album from
Amazon.com, or buys it at retail within the first two weeks of
release.  We recommend the Amazon option, because it will be
delivered to you on release date and because Amazon will also
set you up right now with a free audio stream of the entire
album (so you can check out the album at your leisure before
it arrives). But either way is great by us.

What You Get

1) An exclusive bonus CD, featuring a couple otherwise
unreleased tracks (including a new version of "Shut De Do,"
the traditional set closer), plus this real cool six-minute
documentary video on the band that you can view on your
computer.  We¹re pretty stoked to be giving this out, and
it will never be for sale.  So get it now, or miss out.

2) A signed copy of the CD booklet.

3) Automatic entry into the sweepstakes (nothing better
then a contest). Grand prize is $500 gift certificate from
Amazon.com. Man, you could go to town on that site with
$500.  Or if you'd prefer, you can get your five bills as
an Amex gift certificate (if you don't like to shop online).

4) Three secondary prizes of $50 in Clumsy Bucks. Which is
not, to be sure, actual currency (we are not our own country
yet).  But it is $50 worth of credit which you can use for
Clumsy Lover tickets and/or merchandise. Hurray!

5) Hold on to your receipt (or a copy, if you send it in to
Nettwerk as per the next section) for further freebies/discounts
at the CD Release Parties in your town.

How You Get It

If you preorder from Amazon.com, just email your receipt to
info@nettwerk.com with "Smart Kid Contest" in the subject line.

If you buy in a retail store, you must do so by June 21.
Send the receipt (remember to keep a copy for CD Release
Party discounts) by July 1 to: 

In The US

Attn: Smart Kid Contest
Nettwerk America
8730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 304
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

In Canada

Attn:  Smart Kid Contest
Nettwerk Productions
1650 W 2nd Ave
Vancouver, Bc
V6J 4R3

Or, alternatively, if you attend one of our shows before
July 1st, you can just give the receipt to us in person
and instantly receive your free goodies and entry into the
contest.  This is probably your best option, saving postage
and effort.  And besides, you just can't beat person-to-person
contact.

The contest winners will be drawn July 7.
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Starbucks corners Alanis Morissette for six weeks

It seems that several independent music stores are complaining about Starbucks’ deal with Ms. Morissette to be the exclusive seller of her next CD for six weeks, after which the album will be available for sale in non-Starbucks stores. I don’t hear them complaining about the exclusiveness of the Antigone Rising CD. That one doesn’t have any plans for availability in any stores other than Starbucks. So, are the independents complaining about Alanis because she’s big and mainstream? That seems a but ironic to me.
via Starbucks Gossip

Obnoxious

I’ve seen a lot of pop-up and banner ads over the years but this one takes the case as the most misleading and obnoxious. I don’t care that it says “Advertisement” in the bottom left corner. Someone sees “Next” and “Cancel” and by click on either they’re taken to the compant’s site.

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Free speech in high school

For those who haven’t be following the story of the high school newspaper that was shut down after only three issues for printing too many “negative stories” the kids are fighting back with a blog. The story, along with primary source documents are available on the site.

“We believe students’ rights to exercise responsible free speech should be encouraged and not stifled. The Speaking Underground forum was created in an effort to keep students’ voices from being silenced by school authorities. We invite you to study the documents on this website. Please contact the Pebblebrook administration, as well as Cobb County School District officials and encourage them to rescind the decision to remove journalism classes at Pebblebrook High School.”

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Deep Throat revealed

A 91 year old former FBI agent says that he was Deep Throat of Watergate fame. Bernstein and Woodward have no comment.

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XHTML™ 2.0

The new working draft of XHTML™ 2.0 was released back on the 27th. Most interesting is the section on the differences between XHTML 1.0 & 2.0.

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Funnyfox

Here’s a few funny commercials promoting Firefox.

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