More Katrina
If you make a donation of $100 or more to the American Red Cross or another hurricane-relief charity, and you live in the United States, I will burn and send you a custom mix CD.
Email me at ted.barlow+katrina@gmail.com. Include:
– a receipt, or just your word. (If you’ve already donated, that’s fine. If you donated through your employer, and they’re matching funds, even better.)– your address
– your music preferences. If you hate/ love a certain genre, if you’re hoping for more/less obscure stuff, or you want an uptempo/downtempo mix, I’ll do my best to accomodate you. Left to my own devices, I’ll probably pick a lot of rock, soul, and hip-hop.
Offer ends in the unlikely event that I can’t keep up with the volume.
posted on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 at 9:36 am
This is a wonderful gift, Ted. But you do have the right to release/reproduce these songs, right?
Yes, that’s correct.
(cough)
sweet idea, dude.
How Robin Hood-esque. Giving to the poor and taking from the rich.
The thought shows a good heart and does you credit.
Good show!
FYI for those who enjoyed Google Earth a few months ago and want to see where the flooding in N.O. is, checkout the forums at bbs.keyhole.com for overlays, placemarks, aerial photos, and more.
[...] I really appreciate Ted’s offer to motivate/thank people for donating to relief agencies. I encourage everyone to donate what they can. In case the suggested $100 is too much for some, I thought I’d offer an incentive/thank you for smaller donations. If you give $35 to the Katrina fund of a relief agency then I will send you (restricted to US addresses*, I’m afraid) a copy of my parents’ book Symmetry, a Unifying Concept. It’s a nice book filled with hundreds of wonderful pictures. I will also add a unique thank-you card not available in stores.:) [...]
How much would it cost me NOT to have you make me a cd? I’d be willing to pay big bucks for that.
[...] First, neither this offer (for a free book for donors) nor this offer (for a free mix CD for donors) have expired. Don’t be shy. [...]
[...] I’ll update this post and the earlier one when I have to end the offer. Thanks to Ted for inspiring this thread. And big thanks to so many of you for your generous gifts to relief agencies! [...]
[...] 1. There are still incentives available for donors to hurricane charities. Eszter has given away all of her books, but requests for CDs have been entirely manageable, and I’m very happy to keep burning them. Jane Galt has kindly offered to send everyone who donates $100 a homemade pound cake. For $250, she’ll write a blog post about anything you like, besides her personal life. [...]
[...] Like many people, I made a donation to the Red Cross – then took up Ted’s offer. [...]