Freebies and free stuff

Sometimes, I think my only purpose in posting here is just to post some new album for download that I happen across… Then, I wake up and realize that I’m just a lazy bum.

Needless to say, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers have released their new album, The Total Ocho on their site. And not only have they released it, but you can also buy it via the lovely sliding scale model that so many musicians are using nowadays. So if you choose to buy it for $0 dollars, you just fill in your billing information, and whammo, they e-mail you a download link…

Or, if you just decide, you can always kick them a few bucks. As I’ve learned from doing my own downloads on my site, the whole sliding scale thing works wonders where for as many folks that download for free, someone’s always nice enough to kick a little back…

And that, is how the music world goes round…

[via the forums]

EDIT: This is no longer available.

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a free thumb drive despite the face that I’ve signed up for at least 10 of them over the years. But 3M is a pretty darn good company when it comes to following through on their freebie promises, so I didn’t hesitate to sign up for this free 128mb USB thumb drive. Sure, 128 megs isn’t really much, but it’ll still hold some songs or a ton of text/excel documents for school or work. Plus, it’s free…I think I’d take a 1mb thumb drive if it was free!

[via Moose]

Well you might remember a few weeks back when I provided a nice little link for a free download form Aaron Lee Tasjan? Well if you liked Aaron and thought maybe that was a little too folky for you and wanted a taste of some glam or a bit more rock? You couldn’t have looked any further than this post, honestly.

A band that Aaron’s in called Semi Precious Weapons is giving away their debut 10 song album for free on their website. Yup, just head over to their website and head over to their shop and when you put in your name, zip, and e-mail? They e-mail you a nice little link to download their album.

So there you go, something rockin’ for ya to kick your week off to. Heads up, some of the lyrics are NSFW and Parental Advisory should be noted, so keep that in mind when you do enjoy…

[via the forums]

EDIT: Unfortunately, these are no longer available!

The free Quaker Simple Harvest sample is live again, so get in on it while it lasts! I posted this back in January, but they’ve since updated the freebie options to include your choice of either a dark chocolate chunk granola bar or a maple brown sugar with pecans hot cereal packet. Personally, I’m going with the cereal packet this time around simply because my room is close to negative fifty degrees and I’m pretty sure if I don’t try and warm up my core temperature soon, I’m going to freeze to death.

[via Moose]

EDIT: No longer available.

I’m only posting this free ICE sticker (In Case of Emergency) because it reminded me of my college days. The sticker is meant to go on your phone so as to alert medical crews that you have emergency contact information in your cell phone. But back in college, my buddy Ronak was part of the ICE group – Indian Cultural Education group. You could only join it if you were of Indian decent, which kinda defeated the purpose to me but whatever, and as a result Ronak pretended like it was some secret organization akin to the Stonecutters.

Now if you’ve gotten to know me over the years, you know I like to do random and stupid things. Thus, I ran with his idea and pretended the ICE group really was a secret organization. I started making up chants and dances and handshakes that I imagined a secret organization might have. I’d dance around campus as we walked to and from class, doing my secret ice dance (which involved me throwing actual ice cubes in the air to try and make something like a Batman signal) and people would think I was nuts. To this day, whenever I see an old college buddy from Freshman year, I do the ICE dance and pull out the secret code to see if they still remember it. Ahhh, to have that much time on my hands again!

Hello you crazy freebie getters! You’ve got Shaynon and special guest Abby here today to do a freebie review on Nabisco Oreo 100 Calorie Packs and Chewy Granola Bars.

This freebie was first posted in June 07 sometime, but it was still active and I signed up for it on December 4th and received it on December 20th 2007. This was a freebie from Sams Club.

I’ve set up a little tape recorder before hand so I can tape the conversation that Abby and I have about this freebie. What follows is our conversation!

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EDIT: This freebie is dead now.

I post this link to free Redken for Men simply as a call to all Hiffers – what the heck is this? Of course, I’m being semi-facetious as I figure it’s some sort of hair styling product. But I’m thinking this is some sort of food item that’s masquerading as a hair product. Just look at the description on Redken’s own page.

Construct styles with chunky separation, oversized pieces and a matte finish. Crunch-free formula contains mineral salts for immediate grab and texture with maximum control. Visit our product catalog to learn more about Outplay texture putty.

Chunky, oversized pieces, salts, and putty – four adjectives that could be used to describe peanut butter! In fact, I’m confident to break the news to the world right now: Redken for Men is in fact peanut butter. It’s the new, hip trend for men nation wide this summer and us Hiffers can get in on the look first. Freebies and trendsetting – how much cooler can we afford to get?

[via Moose]

I was never really into Magic The Gathering as a kid. A few of my friends played it in school, but I had far too short of an attention span to try and learn all those different rules and combona….oh look, there’s a butterfly! So pretty! Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah, freebies. My brothers and I collected Pokemon cards while growing up, but we never actually learned how to use them. We simply collected in a futile effort to get every card known to man. Gee, what a wasted youth! But who knows, maybe you’re reading this and thinking it sounds like fun.

Well then, I have just the freebie for you. Turns out there’s a new card game out there and in an effort to spread it across the country, you can now get two free demo decks of the Universal Fighting System card game. Just imagine if you and all your friends signed up for this and then started playing it in class – you’d be the envy of every nerd in sight! Then you’d probably get beat up by the jocks, but I’m telling ya, you’ve never lived until you’ve been shoved into a locker upside down. Not that I’d know anything about that though…

[via Moose]

How many times have you wanted to be healthy only to be iunterrupted by having to go? No, not that kind of “going,” get your mind out of the gutter. I’m talking about just being too busy to be healthy and always going places. Take for instance the following scene that I totally made up but that I feel like 100% accurate for everybody in the world.

Billy: Gee golly, I sure wish I could be healthy right now, but I’m so late! I need to go, go, go right now!
Sally: Why don’t worry, you can be healthy AND go! Just drink this free Healthy To Go drink mix and you’ll be all set!
Billy: Holy moly, that’s space age stuff right there! But does it taste good?
Sally: Who cares, it’s healthy and you can go with it!
Billy: Well in that case, I’m sold!

I know, my powers of imagination and dialogue writing are outstanding. I’ll be waiting for my Emmy now.

[via the forums]

How does Sunsilk even make a profit? It seems like every time I turn around, they’ve giving away another batch of free Sunsilk shampoo. Now don’t get me wrong, I love freebies, but I’m worries about Sunsilk. Is everything okay with them? Do they even have somebody in charge of overseeing how much money the company has? If not, they should totally hire me. On my first day, I’d get into the computers and change everything so that all Sunsilk shampoo at every store was free. I’d probably go to jail for a while after that, but it’d be totally worth it, as my hair would be silky smooth, clean, and smell great. Wait, on second thought, that might not be the best quality to have while in prison.

[via the forums]