Raleigh N&O to Publish Special Clay Page on August 10

The Raleigh News & Observer will publish a special Clay page in their August 10 issue to celebrate "Clay Aiken's 'Symphony' concert in Raleigh."

Raleigh fans can purchase their copy of the paper on August 10, or can reserve their copy of the paper for pick up at the Raleigh News & Observer offices for 50 cents per copy.

For fans outside N.C., the Raleigh News & Observer will be selling these special issues with Clay's page at the following prices:

$3.00/ea Mailed within the continental US
$6.00/ea Mailed to Hawaii or Alaska
$10.00/ea Mailed outside US

Complete order details are available at the Raleigh News & Observer website.

The photo of Clay that will be published was taken by the CB's jtgranny and is being published with her permission.

Clay Take Part In News & Observer's "TV Tourney"

For those of you who are tired of basketball's "March Madness", The News & Observer has just the thing for you. And even Clay is taking part in their TV Tourney!

According to The Raleigh News & Observer, their tourney will "crown the greatest character in the history of television". As you can see from the picture above this article, they have "picked and seeded 64 characters and placed them in an NCAA-style bracket". The readers pick the winner. The final four will be revealed on March 26 and the winner on April 2, which also happens to be the same day as the NCAA Championship game.

What does the have to do with Clay, you ask? According to Claylily at The Clayboard, the News and Observer also said the following about the TV Tourney:

Among the participants in the "TV Tourney" is Clay Aiken, Raleigh native and 2003 "American Idol" runner up. Aiken had some interesting picks, which will be shared when the winner is announced."

We've inserted "TV Clay" in the above picture eyeing the brackets to see how many correct choices he has made! We'll post Clay's picks here just as soon as they are made known. It should be interesting to see what he had to say!

Tidbits 3/11

• Richmond Times Dispatch - In an article about Elliott Yamin, it says, "The album is being released on Hickory Records, an imprint that is owned by Sony, but, according to Yamin's manager, Jeff Rabhan, is a virtual label...Hickory Records doesn't exist anywhere except in Elliott Yamin's world," said Rabhan, who, coincidentally, grew up in Richmond and worked with Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson during his time at major entertainment management company The Firm."
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review - 'Idol' curiosity article - "It's interesting to see how the careers of former "American Idol" contestants are playing out. For every success -- Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken and especially Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson -- there are many more who have faded into obscurity. Justin Guarini, anyone?"
• Raleigh News and Observer -

  Hopefully, the Triangle's swerve into the bizarre corner of life that L.A. seems to permanently inhabit is a temporary condition -- nothing more than a momentary alignment of circumstance, sordid crime and media attention. At least one expert thinks that's the case (see accompanying interview). But if it's a permanent shift, then you need to adjust accordingly.
  
  Look into earthquake insurance, for instance. And get used to the idea of a local entertainment celebrity ascending to the state's highest office, a la Ah-nuld.
  
  See how this sounds to you: Gov. Clay.

• Thoughts on Clay's blog...
• There Was A Man
• Southern Girl