Hey, It’s Free!

I don’t know how many music related posts I need to make before I make it clear that I’m the guy to come to when it comes to talking about music. Heck, when it came to posting this freebee, Pru designated that its me–and not Goob–who needed to make sure all of our readers knew about this one. Maybe it has something to do with the major differences between Goob and I that you can find by looking at our respective Last.FM pages. When you look at Goob’s page, you see that whatever he’s been listening to, it’s not been in a while. But then, you look at my page and you can see that I’m constantly listening to something, or I have over the past day or so. And I’m also unpredictable. Of course, you’d have to watch my trends closely to see that, but still.

Needless to say, with all of the music I listen to from early on in the day to late on at night, it’s only also fair to say that I drink a lot of coffee and tea. Starbucks tops that list too. Nothings better than getting a latte and some good tunes. I try to help out with the good tunes on the forums all the time, but sometimes I fall short and this thing called “life” gets in the way of me putting up albums.

So I guess its good that Starbucks is starting their Song of the Day promotion today. Yup, you can get free download cards at your participating Starbucks (not Starbucks serving cafés like what you might find on a college campus bookstore or at a Target, real Starbucks) and head online to the iTunes store for some of their own custom picked downloads each and every day from now till November 7th. Not bad! And while the promotion might end on November 7th, you can redeem the cards up till the end of the year. Gives you a reason to stop by your local Starbucks and see what each day has in store for you musically, I’d say.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to finish listening to Failure’s Magnified so that when I wake up tired tomorrow, I’ll have an excuse to visit a Starbucks for a free card in the morning… Looks like I planned this one out right.

[via Pru on the forums]

Too many of my friends call me “emo.” To me, being emo means I’m in touch with myself, cry when I listen to Dashboard–by the way, his new album is amazing–and cuddle with my cats. Oh, and eat lots of chocolate to cure my pains. Well, either that or do the whole razor to the wrists thing.

But seeing that gets messy and isn’t really something that’s safe, I recommend the chocolate. Especially something along the lines of this free Betty Crocker Warm Delights Minis that you can get in signing up for their newsletter. Perfect for those in the emotional throws of a Sunny Day Real Estate song, or those whom just might be going through “that time of the month.”

Just, when you start to cry? Be careful not to cry too much, emo kids, and cause your eyeliner to run.

[via the forums]

Authors Note: I humorously refer to cutting above, but it’s no joking matter. Too many individuals inflict themselves with pain by the sharp side of any object that can find, just to release all of the hurt and emotions they feel inside. There are other ways. If you know of someone, please be there for them and help them get that help to find another way. Show them they’re loved so that they don’t have to write love on their arms…

This has been an Un-Goob endorsed PSA by your friendly Floridan writer… Be safe and well. -ajc

Burger King has teamed up with Microsoft to give away these free 48-hour XBox Live membership to anybody who wants them. And seeing as how I’m a huge nerd and love playing video games almost as much as I love breathing oxygen, I signed up for one. The beauty of this freebie is that they’ll send you one code per e-mail address, so if you happen to have quite a few e-mail addresses lying around….Just saying

[via the forums]