From the Associated Press....

OMAHA, Neb. - A Web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for advertising space is letting it go to his head.

Andrew Fischer, 20, of Omaha, who put his forehead for sale on eBay as advertising space, received $37,375 on Friday to advertise the snoring remedy, SnoreStop.

Fischer will display the SnoreStop logo on his forehead for one month.

"I look forward to an enjoyable association with Andrew — a man who clearly has a head for business in every sense of the word," SnoreStop CEO Christian de Rivel said.

"People will always comment on something out of the ordinary," Fischer said in his sales pitch. "People like weird."

But there were limits: He refused from the outset to be the conduit for any message or product deemed tasteless or unacceptable in traditional advertising formats.

The Cheese is Dead! Long Live the Cheese!

Farewell, Slipkid, we hardly knew ye. In loving memory, here are some of my favorite Slipkid posts:

What's in a Meme?

The Cheese is Alive

More Fun with Anagrams

Hillcrest Hidden History

SHAMELESS

Here's my inauguration protest: Help me get a FREE iPod Shuffle. Get one too. I signed up for one month of Blockbuster's version of Netflix for $10. Do the same, get three suckers to link to you, and BAM! free iPod Shuffle. Just remember 2 things: use a yahoo mail account or the like dedicated to spam, and click my link so I get credit. God Bless America.

And W, too.

Love, Spin South

The Tragic Tale of the Green Angels

So this is the true story of the Green Angels, one of my very favorite bands growing up. We used to listen to them on a boombox in the back of the van on the way to church camp. Me, Todd, Holly, Philip, Heather.. the whole gang. We had no idea it would turn out so sad.

Get the whole story here.

Unfortunately, as I'm still waiting on the Green Angels' catalog to be issued on CD, I don't have any MP3s. So the best I can do is this:

Stryper - You Won't Be Lonely:
(right-click, save target as)

Good Thing I Have Those Tapes...

So much for that theory about clean living. As of Friday night, my beloved ipod is missing. My best guess is that it was swiped off the front seat of the new car as I was loading in to a gig at the Living Room.

The silver lining? I was really feeling cramped by 15 gigs.

It Must Be the Clean Living

Someone gave me a car last week. It runs great, has a sunroof (!), and a very large trunk. It also has a cassette player, which will come in handy as I listen to the box of tapes I found in said trunk. New Order, Joy Division, The Smiths, Morrissey, Erasure, The Cure, etc. An almost definitive representation of that mid-80's British thing. I've decided to leave the iPod out of this ride until the box of tapes is worn out. I guess its time to get over that aversion to Morrissey.

Spin South's Year in Music

Instead of a "top ten albums of the year" post, I've put together a list of albums that I listened to alot in 2004. The only rule is that they had to relatively new to me last year. drumroll:

Greetings from the Great State of Michigan -Sufjan Stevens-
The soundtrack to the first few months of 2004. Out of town horns, strummed banjos, and amazingly simply songs. Listen to the banjo playing boy scout here.

United -Phoenix-
In 1984, I got a stereo for Christmas. I also got headphones and a stack of blank cassettes. I used to stay up late recording top 40 radio and make mix tapes of my favorite hits. This record is like one of those tapes.

Chutes Too Narrow -The Shins-
A bit behind the curve here, but glad I got to the party anyway. Almost left off the list because of some bad scene Isaac told me about in Garden State, but that's not their fault. I like the Cure, too.

Starry Gazey Pie -The Bees-
Acoustic 12 string guitar, upright bass, drums, Juno 60. Add a really great songwriter and former Red Chuck bookselling cohort and you've got the beautiful debut album from the Bees. A bunch of mp3s here.

Blessed -The Gleaners-
Easily the best record to come out of Barry Poynter's studio since Massacre. Three free mp3s and a video here.

A Boot and a Shoe -Sam Phillips-
A break-up record. One time I joked to a friend that Indy and I were going as Sam and T-Bone for Halloween. He replied "You do that everyday." The joke's not so funny anymore. So much for the Boondogs 45 with a Sam cover on one side and T-Bone on the flip side.

Future Perfect -Autolux-
It looks like they'll be in Dallas with the Secret Machines in February. Who's going with me?

So Jealous-Tegan And Sara-
Just under the wire. Got this one the last week of December and haven't stopped listening. No less than three people of asked "They're lesbians together?" when I give the annoying background story on the band. Low res. mp3s and things here.

One more thing: I think it's worth noting what's not on the list: new records from Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, The Finn Brothers. What gives?