Tidbits 9/5

• The producers of Saturday Night Live are working to release a CD compilation which MAY feature Clay's performances of "Invisible" and "The Way" on SNL back in 2004.... nothing confirmed yet, according to this Billboard.biz article.

  The first "Saturday Night Live" CD of live performances in nearly 10 years will be sold exclusively at Target retail stores, Billboard.biz has learned.
  
  Priced at $13.98, "Live From SNL! Music Performances From Saturday Night Live" will become available nationwide Sept. 9. Culled from the show's last four seasons (2003/04 - 2006/07), the 11-track compilation features performances by Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, Foo Fighters and others. Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the CD is produced by Broadway Video Entertainment and NBC Universal Video, Music & Product Development.
  
  While the upcoming "Live From SNL! Music Performances From Saturday Night Live" focuses on rock performances, Hill says NBC Universal is already eyeing separate pop and R&B/hip-hop SNL compilations. A DVD component is also in the works.
  

• Harness Link - (non Clay) ... racing horse "Aiken for Clay" -

  Aiken For Clay was the first of the fillies to reach the winners circle in NYSS action when Jimmy Morrill, Jr. drive her to a 2:00:1 victory over Chippawa Street (Ray Schnittker) in the second race on the Tuesday card. Owned by Libfeld, Katz & Goldband , Aiken For Clay is a daughter of Conway Hall.

• dBusinessNews - Raleigh's Stanley Dentistry launches new website... (they gave Clay some teeth cleaning earlier this year... see the May 2007 Kimmel appearance to see Clay show off his new teeth) -

  Dr. Bobbi Stanley was chosen as the “2007 Best Cosmetic Dentist in Western Wake County” and has performed “smile makeovers” on several well-known celebrities including “American Idol”, Clay Aiken.

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• Taking A Moment - The question we all want answers to ... Where is Clay?

  Is he recording the new cd? He might be in the studio right now, with his mouth pressed up against a microphone, breathing hot and heavy, wailing away with his eyes closed and his head thrown back and his mouth open so that anybody off the street could gawk at his tonsils if they wanted to, and some people might want to do that really bad, and there's nothing wrong with that and it's NOT unnatural and it's no reason to shun somebody or call them names like "weirdo" or "freak" so just back off, buddy. I have a tongue scraper and I know how to use it.

• The ConCLAYve on the problem with radio and why it's a dying format -

  And the songs? I asked my teenage daughter the other day as she assaulted the inside of my car with a Top 40 station "Do all male singers on the radio whine their songs?" Nan says that the women all sing in this kind of whispery voice as if they are trying out for a 1-900 line.
  
  But here's the deal. Audience listening has dropped 30% and that means people aren't listening at all, not just station hopping. It's because, in addition to internet available music and portable music via ipods and mp3s, people are probably sick of the same old crap.