Tidbits 8/15

If you missed it yesterday I've reposted the ATDW CD cover above. Wal Mart began showing the above cover art for ATDW yesterday... Eeee! Purdy! (Besides, having 2 of these on our homepage is always better than one.) Read more...

• A few news stories about Bon Jovi's Jersey auction. Clay signed the jersey at the 2004 American Music Awards... Ashbury Park Press, Home News Tribune, Top 40 Charts, Our Sports Central,
  
• Detroit News (need a fact checker!): "Clay Aiken's new album, "A Thousand Different Views" (in stores Sept. 19) features the newly mop-topped crooner singing songs by Richard Marx, Bryan Adams and Mr. Mister ("Broken Wings"), as well as four new songs."
• Joey Molland of Badfinger expects the band to profit from ATDW- he tells Morning Call, "Clay Aiken has just recorded 'Without You'"
• Rolling Stone Mag's take on ATDW:

  Sure, it’s hard to write a hit song. But Clay Aiken’s third record, A Thousand Different Ways (out September 19th) takes the notion of playing to win to a new level. Aiken and his handlers have decided the way to Number One is through a delicate balance of … other people’s Number Ones.

• TV Guide blogs - Rock Star Supernova -- "Tommy [Lee] isn't exactly Clay Aiken."
• 411 Mania - small Clay mention in a review of a Japanese horror film.
• USA Today Idol blog - strategies for winning Idol.
  

• A few album cover blogs (more info via the link above):
• Southern Girl
• There Was A Man: Reaction to cover... "RCA has hit upon the perfect marketing plan. Use an album cover that screams 'YOU WANT ME! BUY ME! BUY EIGHT! TAKE ME HOME!'"
  
• Also a few blogs about the Jon Bon Jovi auction (again, see the link posted above)
• Southern Girl
• Taking A Moment: family trip & Clay's ATDW album cover (above) -- "Yeah, I'm not seeing a thing wrong with that one. However, I *am* thinking of a Thousand Different Ways I'd like to.....well, nevermind. You don't need to know about that."

Technorati tags: Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways, American Idol, Invisible