(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) Times are tough for touring artists and Denny’s wants to help. Denny’s restaurants has just launched a unique new music program entitled Adopt-a-Band to provide free meals, promotional support, and concert after-parties to “adopted” bands on tour across the U.S.
The preferred choice of late-night dining crowds across the country and strongly entrenched in the after-hours lifestyle culture, Denny’s is not only supporting local bands on the road, but also enhancing its menu with new late-night options.
Inaugural adopted bands include EndeverafteR, Forever The Sickest Kids, Foxy Shazam, Saving Abel, Switches and Take The Crown.
Denny’s is also a proud sponsor of the 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival May 24 – May 26 in George, Washington. To feed hungry bands and music fans, Denny’s is constructing a Denny’s Lounge in the campground featuring favorite late-night and breakfast standards.
A new Denny’s online music hub, will feature songs, tour dates and road diaries from all of the adopted bands; a place to vote for future adopted bands; blog updates with current music news; and a visitor gallery where bands and fans alike can submit photos from concerts and Denny’s late-night visits. Bands can also enter to become a Denny’s Adopted Band on the site, while fans can enter to win prizes from each participating artist.
It’s not that I don’t trust you. Wait. I guess it is that I don’t trust you. Nothing personal—I just don’t want you thieving my card’s number and using it down at Radio Shack so I covered the last four digits with a White Cheddar Cheez-It. Call me paranoid, I guess. Meanwhile, if you’re even more of a procrastinator than I am you’ll be needing to go get one of these pronto!
My first thoughts of Digital TV all involve March Madness. Could CBS make it so that we could switch from game to game without having to buy some fancy cable package or having our TV screen split into four teeny sections? Yes. I bet they could. But given the fact that CBS seems to be programmed for people roughly the age of 79 I doubt they’ll be doing anything hasty.
Grand Theft Auto IV sold 6 million copies in its first week at $60 a pop in the USA. Globally it brought in $500 million. That outstrips all of the first weeks music CD sales from top artists since 1991. Here’s the top 5 list of those week one sales in units not dollars:
1. ‘N Sync - No Strings Attached - 2.4 million
2. ‘N Sync - Celebrity - 1.9 million
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 1.8 million
4. Backstreet Boys - Black and Blue - 1.6 million
5. Britney Spears - Oops….I Did It Again - 1.3 million
On April 29th one day sales for Grand Theft Auto IV were 3.6 million copies. Now, let’s hear it from all those folks who say that internet file sharing is killing music sales….
Here’s one of those moments where modern culture and history collide very nicely. The modern part being the simple viral nature of YouTube, an email from my friend Maf who is traveling around his birthplace, Wales and the old Llanfrynach Church organ. And like anything to do with UK history it comes with a simple tale. This one is about gaining access to the church - “Here’s a little video of the old pump organ in the church next door to my Brothers house in Cowbridge, Wales, UK (yes near England). To get into the Church you must got to the pub across the road and ask at the bar for the key. It feels impolite to ask for the key without getting a drink. I think a lot of people may be drunk when they visit the Church… awesome.”
