Strung Out at the Cleveland Agora - Part 3

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Strung Out Setlist (Part 3):
- Velvet Alley
- Diver
- Matchbook
- Analog
- Bring Out Your Dead

Strung Out at the Cleveland Agora - Part 2

Strung Out Setlist (Part 2):
- Calling
- Mission Statement
- Virginia Madison
- Cult of the Subterranean
- Blueprint of the Fall
- King Alvarez

Strung Out at the Cleveland Agora - Part 1

It has been over a month, but YeboTV, based out of Mayfield Hts., Ohio, has finally posted full video footage of the Strung Out concert at the Cleveland Agora on October 18th. It’s great to see free video from one of the best Strung Out performances I have ever seen live.

Strung Out Setlist:
- Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
- Ultimate Devotion
- Too Close to See
- Radio Suicide
- Mind of My Own
- Firecracker
- Scarecrow
- Solitaire
- Her Name in Blood

Is Newsvine The Next SEO Hater?

It appears the trusted news website Newsvine is now eliminating accounts without any warning.  They appear to be following suit of other popular news and media sites like Digg and Squidoo, where SEOs and online marketers are not shown much love.  News releases I posted across multiple accounts for my online marketing clients were completely cut away from the news vine.

Yes, I am aware of the Newsvine Code of Honor, and may have had borderline infringement on code #3, but an e-mail warning or message from a community member would have been well received on my end.

Not to give you a bunch of sour grapes, but if it’s editorial integrity that Newsvine is concerned with, then check out this outstanding article from the Newsvine homepage today - Yes Jenna Bush Is Pregnant…by an Alien… - some very substantial discussion.

A few questions for readers of this post:

Have you been banned from Newsvine as well?

If so, what type of content did you post to your Newsvine account?

If so, did you receive any type of notification from Newsvine to warn you about your account?

Strung Out Air Drumming Contest

This was such a great idea for a contest! An excellent example of using viral marketing and social media outlets to promote a new record by one of my favorite bands, Strung Out. The contest was first announced on MySpace on June 12th, 2007, and contestants were required to send an e-mail to Fat Wreck Chords with a YouTube link.

I had a good laugh when watching the finalists on YouTube. I wish I would have entered… if I knew the slightest bit about Jordon Burns’ drumming, or thought of a clever idea to make a fool out of myself. My vote for the best air drummer was Ian Bruski.

Here are the YouTube video links to the Strung Out Air Drummer Finalists (remember to vote!):

VOTE FOR STRUNG OUT AIR DRUMMER FINALISTS IN THE POLL SECTION ON THE FRONT PAGE OF WWW.FATWRECK.COM!

We posted the finalists from the Strung Out Air Drummer contest in the poll section on the front page. Watch the videos below and go vote on them right now because we are announcing the winners on July 11th. I know we said we would only have 3 finalists but we got so many awesome videos that we decided to expand the competition and give the top 3 winners the prizes and we’ll even scrounge up something for the 4th and 5th place contestants. Thank you so much to everyone that participated. Here are the finalists and their videos:

Kalli
Tom Crosby
Francis Dallaire
Ian Bruski
Toni Karinko