Tidbits 7/17

• Incense & Spice (Clay website) has a new article on Clay's recent NANA contest, what makes Clay special and what it might be like to talk with Clay on the phone.
  
• TravelPod: Travelling blogger snaps 'lots of pictures' of Raleigh... "I took a lot of pictures of Raleigh signs since my friend Jen has been the BIGGEST Clay Aiken fan for the past three years, and Clay lives in Raleigh. "
• WebMetricsGuru tells us about a new 'social network' (ie... MySpace, Flickr, YouTube) called Dandelife.com. "I can totally see someone like Clay Aiken using Dandelife to illustrate things he wants to share with his fans."
• Clay Aiken The Ideal Idol has a new article by OOISEE...she has some bold predictions about Clay's future: "I want Clay to be so rich he can out-donate Paul Newman, so long-lived that he will still be in demand for interviews after Letterman's successor has been succeeded. So famous people won't be surprised to see a Clay Aiken t-shirt anywhere in the world. So prolific that he has several "best of" and "greatest hits" albums. Not to mention live concert DVDs. Not to mention award-winning movies, television shows and specials, animation voiceovers, etc."

• LiveJournal writer blogs about his 2004 airport Clay encounter... "I get to the passport dude who stamps you and he goes "do you know who that was in front of you?" and I said "no?" he told me it was Clay Aiken." (CDD's note: Although Clay did travel to England in 2004, we have no way of confirming this LiveJournal post's authenticity)
• Diane Austin from Entertainment World attended last Thursday's post-live show taping of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance. Due to some technical issues, the emcee talked to a lady in the audience. Surprisingly, Clay's name came up. Here is Diane's recap:

  He came upon a lady that happened to be from Raleigh, North Carolina. He started asking her what that town was known for. She named a couple of things, but they didn’t ring any bells for me. I waited to see if someone’s name would come up.
  
  Sure enough—right around the third mention—Clay was named. As soon as he was, many people (mostly women) began to hoot and holler (yes, I’ll admit I was one of them.) The host then took off on quite a lengthy Clay discussion—I was struck by how he kept milking it for all it was worth. How many people here are Clay fans?--what are you people called (Claymates?)—doesn’t Clay have a new album coming out?—doesn’t he usually do a Christmas show every year?—he’s really known and loved for that Christmas music!—etc., etc.
  
  It was fun to hear this guy go on and on about Clay. The lady from Raleigh was definitely a fan and she supplied him with much of the information. But there were quite a few other fans in the audience who seemed to be jumping in their seats and waving their arms when asked who liked Clay Aiken.

  
  
• calleik's 7/16 post about the sophomore album:

  I've been absent for a while...thanks for all the PMs, all the care and kindness. Working on professional things and some rough RL stuff.
  
  But just wanted to say...we're getting close. Really. I know, everyone's tired of hearing "soon." But it's all good. I promise.
  
  Truly. Spectacular things are coming.
  
  From what I heard months and even weeks ago. It's on.
  
  Just know. I do.
  
  Breathe it in...honeys.

• Confessions of a Bad Clay Fan: ATDW... it's finally here ('soon')
  

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