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GREAT ADVERTISING: WWF SOLAR-GENERATED BILLBOARD

A very clever use of billboard advertising by the WWF to raise awareness about the consequences of global warming. I particularly like the fact that it is making use of the sun, although the message is obviously a bit weaker when the weather is cloudy and you need to see it at different times of the day to really get it. Does anybody know if this is a one-off PR stunt or a full-blown billboard campaign ?

NB: for US readers, this is the World Wild Fund for Nature, not the World Wrestling Federation !

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BARON FOR SALE: WHERE TO FIND "FOLLOW THE EYE"

I have recently set up a Google alert for BARON ZERO and it is slowly helping me tracking down all the sites where my music has been put on sales. I still have to sort out selling directly from Baron Zero's MySpace page but in the meantime, here is where you can find your favourite baron as of today:

• iTunes
• Napster
• Audiolunchbox
• emusic
• Rhapsody
• Amie Street
• Yahoo music
• 7Digital Indiestore
• Music Download (German)
• Fnac (French)
• Virgin Mega (French)
• Charts in France (French)

Looking at it, there are quite a few big ones missing (Magnatune, CD Baby, Amazon) and when I have a minute, I'm quite keen to try and use the widget put on line by Brad here to set up my own digital store.

But in the meantime, if anybody has any other suggestion, drop me a line ...

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SIX-INCH HARD MAN: MOTORHEAD ACTION FIGURE

Here is a funny one: Blabbermouth reports here that a six-inch action figure representing Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead will be on sales next November.

Another one for the collection, alongside my Kiss actions figure set.

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FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: THE WEEK FOLLOWING THE WEEK AFTER THE NEXT DAY

Although he was not my first choice (nor my second, come to think about it), the level of activity of the new  French president Nicolas Sarkozy in his first week in power has been quite impressive. Will he carry on like this for the next 5 years ?

In the meantime, check this out.

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FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: BARON SEGO, ZERO SARKO

It's been a long time that I haven't written about politics in this blog (let's face it, it's been a long time since  I have written anything due to some touring around Austria, Italy and Holland in April but more of that another time) ! The final round of the French presidential elections is today and current polls still put Nicolas Sarkozy in the lead. But the crystal ball is not always right. And it would be great that France, who has only given women the right to vote after WW2 (being one of the latest in Europe to do so), finally picks a woman on Sunday to join the very small clubs of the countries headed by a woman.

So, only one rallying cry: Baron Sego, Zero Sarko !

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BARON ZERO GOES DIGITAL: FIRST SALE ON THE NET

Nice one: I have made my first digital sale and now officially become a certified web 2.0 talent. No details  about who bough which track when where though. A shame, I would have been ready to send him/her a personalised thank you card !

PS: granted, becoming rich will  take some patience at 0.16$ a piece ...

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