Tidbits 8/12

• Very nice New York Times article about celebs stepping up and making a difference in Africa. Mentions Clay's 2005 trip to Uganda. The NYT has a full list of celebs who have visited Africa here.
  

  Beginning early in the decade with a trickle of celebrity fact-finding missions to strife-torn sub-Saharan nations (Bono in Ghana, Bono everywhere) that became a torrent within the last couple of years (Clay Aiken in Uganda, Jessica Simpson in Kenya), Africa has now been embraced by the masses.

• Lyrichord's Music Musings shares some non-Clay videos... Right Here Waiting (Nick Lachey/Richard Marx), If You Don't Know Me By Now (Simply Red)
• There Was A Man compares CD singles by the numbers - Clay still tops the list.

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