Tidbits 8/5

This is a marketing technique I have never heard of... some people apparently have been receiving these Clay post cards from the Houston symphony, AFTER his concert there last month. CDD's J4Clay reports that they were distributed after the show at the venue as well.

• TwinCities.com - review of the American Idol concert... 2007 AI6 top 10 lacks a "breakout star" like Clay -

  It's unfortunate if 2007's group marks the beginning of the end for the franchise. Sure, the season lacked a breakout star like Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood or even Clay Aiken. (Believe it or not, I spotted one woman at the show wearing a "Where's Clay?" shirt.) But the 10 finalists on hand Saturday night proved to be a varied and mostly entertaining bunch.
  

• Harness Link - the horse "Aiken For Clay" won the Vernon Downs race yesterday! Cool!
• Charleston Post Courier - poker is like "Surviving a Clay Aiken concert." Uh....right
• O.C. Register - obviously this reviewer didn't like Clay's concert. I personally don't see the point of his review - he talks about his mother and makes a number of comparisons to Barry Manilow.
  

• Carolina On My Mind - Clay's west coast special moments