Have I Got A Deal For You
The guys at Torrentfreak do a terrific job of covering the torrent and p2p scene. I’m always amazed at the stories they break and the excellent writing. And if I understand it correctly, they do it in their spare time when not at their day jobs. Last weekend they broke another story that I found... »
The Show Must Go On
In case you haven’t heard, Michael Jackson died recently, leaving behind a lot of debts, a custody battle over his kids, an estate that must look like a rubic cube and AEG Live holding the bag. I’ve know Brandon K (Randy) Phillips, president of AEG Live, for 30 years, when he was a piss... »
EMI To Mom & Pops: Eat Cake Bitch
Here’s a really good one for you. Last week EMI sales reps started making calls to many if not all of their small accounts, mostly independent mom & pop stores, to tell them that they would no longer sell them product!!! Were these accounts bad payers? Nope. Would they not stock catalog or new... »
Breaking News: Coldplay Tries To Get Hip
Wimp soft rockers Coldplay are trying to get hip by giving away their new CD. Fans who attend one of their upcoming North American tour dates will get a free copy of their new live album The CD, called “LeftRightLeftRightLeft,” will also be available as a free download through the band’s website www.coldplay.com This isn’t the... »
EMI Gives Grocery Shoppers What They Really Really Want
Remember all of those Napster gift cards you would see in grocery stores and 7-Elevens all over the country? Now when you go into most supermarkets you’ll see a rack of preloaded gift cards for everything ranging from your standard Visa card to an Outback Steak House gift card. I guess that they make a... »
EMI Picks Up Perth: Another New Lottery Winner!
Looks like the EMI Lottery is a worldwide hit. This weekend I received an email from yet another winner. Alistaire Goolsby and his wife Madge of Perth, Australia bought an EMI Scratch & Sniff Lottery ticket last week and won an appropriately one-of-a-kind Katy Perry Pooper Scooper. As you can see, Alistaire is delighted with... »
EMI Lottery Winners Span the Globe
The EMI Lottery is such a success that I’ve been getting emails from winners all over the world. Like Earl Hargrove of Eufaula, Alabama. Earl bought an EMI Scratch Off Lottery ticket at his local Citgo Mini Mart in hopes of winning that big recording contract (Earl plays accordion in a Myron Floren... »
EMI Scratches And Sniffs
Well, you’re not going to believe this one! EMI is going into the scratch off lottery ticket business. Yes. They’re now trying to obliterate every chapter of Gamblers Anonymous by selling the dream of joining their impressive roster of stars. But fear not. There aren’t any losers. EMI lottery tickets buyers who don’t score... »
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