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The educational onslaught begins
School has begun at the UT Austin as witnessed by the throngs of college students making their way to classes, waiting for busses, vying for the attention of beautiful women.
I just can't help but love being a part of the university on days like today. To parody Alice Cooper, "Schools back from summer!" Course, as any Texan would know summer extends for about nine months of the year when it briefly flips into fall and spring, skipping winter all together.
But one of the most fun things for me is the freebies! They're every where. Today, I was harrassed briefly by people giving away free newspapers, free mini-Bibles, and of course, free literature from the ever present Cul... excuse me... Christians on Campus (an "Christian" organization reknown for many cult-like characteristics).
And on the West Mall, there are even more fun things. Yesterday, I picked up The Collegiate Card (with a dead website) which offers discounts on every fast food biz around campus it seems. Hopefully, they'll get that bloody site up sometime soon, so I can reap my rewards. :)
All the student organizations were out there too. I was wishing we had a Bard Fan Club here at UT so we could hand out biz cards and some free CDs to make new fans. Ah well. Not sure quite how effective it would be, especially since there's talk about the demise of MP3.com.
Demise of an MP3 institution
This morning, I was reading again the announcement on MP3.com. It's not shutting down yet, but they are cut back a lot of their features in an effort to make this musical institution better able to sell.
The rumors are flying on the MP3.com message boards that MP3.com is about to close their doors. I sure hope not. But it is time to start finding some other alternatives for promoting our music online. Sadly, I've been spent most of my time promoting AT MP3.com. So I'm really gonna probably need some help getting the word out. Anyone interested in helping us get setup, please email me.
Well, all good things must come to an end, I guess. Hopefully, the word of mouth we've started will help to continue the spread of our own music, but only time will tell.
Meantime, here's the notice from SOPHIE about streamlining MP3.com's assets, and here's an article from Fool.com on "Saving MP3.com".
Posted by Marc Gunn on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
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