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    You know what I miss about Christmas? That Fruity Pebbles commercial. You know the one I'm talking about. Also, the Garfield Christmas special on CBS. I miss Garfield specials on CBS period. None of these major networks want to provide prime-time programming that's good for the whole family anymore. Damn shame I say. Today's kids only know Garfield as a CG reverse anthropomorphism of Bill Murray.

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    Haha oh shit, it's not even going to be in the top 10 next week.

     

    As we head into the home stretch of the sales week, it’s all about the resurgent Britney Spears, whose Circus (Jive/ZLG) has far exceeded expectations and now appears headed toward 470-490k. Just what the doctor ordered—a feel-good story heading into the holidays. The only other debut that will make the leader board is Akon’s Freedom (SRC/Universal Motown), which should wind up at #7 with a projected 90-95k. Otherwise it’ll be the usual suspects: #2 Taylor Swift (Big Machine), 170-180k; #3 Beyonce (Music World/Columbia), 160-170k; #4 Kanye West (Roc-a-Fella/IDJ), 150-160k; #5 Twilight (Chop Shop/Atlantic), 120-130k; #6 Nickelback (Roadrunner), 110-120k; #8 Now 29 (UMe) 85-90k; and #9-10 dust-up between David Cook (19/RCA/RMG) and High School Musical 3 (Walt Disney), both trending toward 80-85k. Speaking of trends, next week’s Top 10 will break the recent pattern of domination by one or two labels and will instead be spread among 10 different ones.

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    I've read very little on this whole deal, but I conceived it as Best Buy essentially giving the label an advance on their returns in exchange for a pile of albums and the guarantee that no one else can sell them.

    By "returns" do you mean profits or returns from the retailer to the manufacturer? Usually with these exclusive deals the CDs are sold one-way, so Best Buy likely can't send unsold copies of Chinese Democracy back to Universal.

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    Accepting the fact that there was no way this album was going to turn a profit anyway, that's about as a good a first-week posting you're going to get from a new GNR album in 2008.

     

    BACK TO THIS AGAIN, reportedly Best Buy paid $14 million for 1.6 million copies of the album. As Best Buy have been the ones handling all the promotion for the album, apparently it already is profitable.

     

    WHAT? Where did you read that? I have a hard time believing Best Buy would pay $14 million for it.

     

    http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPa...gi?news07368m01

     

    Many are expressing surprise that Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy sold only 255k in its first week as a Best Buy exclusive. But those who have closely analyzed the situation say that comparing GNR’s total with the 802k tallied by AC/DC in its Wal-Mart exclusive is like comparing apples and oranges, in that radically different circumstances surrounded the two projects.

     

    AC/DC outsold GNR by nearly 500k not because of any particular difference between the two retailers, but as a result of the amount of exposure AC/DC had leading up to release relative to Guns—and most of the blame for that rests at the feet of Axl Rose. IGA and Best Buy were handicapped on a number of levels, due in large part to Rose’s refusal to participate in the setup—dramatically reducing the ability of the label and Best Buy to market the release.

     

    Contrast this situation to Columbia’s superbly orchestrated campaign for AC/DC’s Black Ice, overseen by a highly motivated Steve Barnett, who has a long, close history with the band. AC/DC seemed to be everywhere on TV, radio and the Internet in the weeks leading up to release, spiking the perfectly calibrated campaign by announcing its tour in the midst of the ramp-up and kicking it off just days after Black Ice went to market.

     

    By contrast, Rose submitted to no TV or press interviews, nor did he choose take his band on the road behind the release, while no official video has yet surfaced. AC/DC has also had a far greater radio presence, leading some to wonder why IGA would be motivated to pour additional marketing and promotion dollars into the record after pocketing $14m in the one-way sale of 1.6m units.

     

    Factor in that this was Best Buy’s first exclusive with a major release from a high-profile act, while Wal-Mart pioneered the arrangement back in 2005 with Garth Brooks. And some are asking whether Best Buy had sufficient time to do its own setup, given the fact that Rose didn’t approve the final artwork until a few weeks prior to the release date.

     

    On the other hand, even in these less-than-ideal circumstances, most believe that Chinese Democracy fared better with Best Buy than it would have in general release, due to a concentrated effort on the part of the chain.

     

    The Best Buy/GNR situation is unlikely to slow the trend considering its obvious benefits—notably including guaranteed big money and the elimination of returns—and speculators are speculating that the next big act to ride the wave could be U2, whose next album will be an important part of IGA’s hoped-for recovery from a rare down year.

     

    Some assert that the GNR situation exemplifies the risk/reward trade-off so prevalent in recent Q4s, as the majors rush out superstar albums without proper setups in order to make their numbers for the year, thereby sacrificing potential long-term results for a short-term gain in the crucial fourth quarter.

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    I imagine you stamping your feet and gritting your teeth as you typed that.

     

    Now how much money do you think Best Buy will lose on this? And Kreese, though this did help the album make its money back, there's no way it would've turned a profit otherwise.

    Oh come on. I'm not being a JAxl about this album. (Not a dis.) I just told you it would make money, and apparently it has. I don't have any personal stake in the success of Chinese Democracy. What's important is that I was right. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

     

    How much money will Best Buy lose? Lots! Bet they didn't count on Axl not doing any promotion or videos for the record. But they should have! Besides which, the first two singles are vaguely nu-metallish and it's no surprise that they haven't caught on at radio. "Street of Dreams" is the big power ballad from the album and if it's a hit, which I suspect it could be (at the very least it's more commercially viable than the almost Linkin Park-like "Better") then sales will pick up. If not, well then MORE LIKE WORST BUY AMIRITE?

     

     

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    Nope, it's all fuckin' gone. All my school papers, songs I composed on FL Studio, mp3s, videos, roms, MAFF CHAT LOGS, everything I've put on the C: drive of my computer for the last two years is gone forever. Is this destined to become my "Can you burn CDs without a CD burner" moment? Like, "Sensei John Kreese, he's the guy who didn't know Recovery means Delete Everything, lol." Maybe all the Apple geeks are right about this shit. Fuck you Microsoft, fuck you Compaq and fuck you The Simpsons for making fun of Mac users who have the right idea. TWO HUNDRED THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR MARKET CAP AND THEY CAN'T MAKE ONE SINGLE PRODUCT THAT ISN'T A FROTHING BAG OF SHIT.

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    Computer was super-slow so I did a hard shut down.

    Windows wouldn't start so it took me to the "Start windows normally/safe mode" blah blah etc. screen.

    Chose safe mode, didn't work. Nor did Start normally or use settings that last worked.

    So then when the Compaq screen came up, I pressed F10 for recovery mode.

    Went through the whole recovery process, took about 20 minutes.

    Little did I know that "recovery" means reformatting the disk, reinstalling Windows and deleting everything!

    So now I'm fucked, I think. Is there any way to get my files and programs back? Sorry I couldn't be more specific, I'm a little frazzled.

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    Accepting the fact that there was no way this album was going to turn a profit anyway, that's about as a good a first-week posting you're going to get from a new GNR album in 2008.

     

    BACK TO THIS AGAIN, reportedly Best Buy paid $14 million for 1.6 million copies of the album. As Best Buy have been the ones handling all the promotion for the album, apparently it already is profitable.

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    I'M NOT A SLAAAAAAAAAAAAVE

    TO A GOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDD

    THAT DOESN'T EXIIIIIIIIIIIIST

     

    I'M NOT A SLAAAAAAAAAAAVE

    TO A WOOOOORLD

    THAT DOESN'T GIVE A SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTT

     

    Sorry, it never did much for me. The "Sweet Dreams" cover is still great.

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