~~~~~ESSENCE CONTEST~~~~~

[mmmender]

THIS CONTEST IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED!!!!!!!!

Universal records are providing some freebie copies of the upcoming remastered editions of both Four Calendar Café and Milk & Kisses.

We would like to give each of you the opportunity to win one of these CD's. All you have to do is enter our "Essence" contest. Here are the contest rules and guidelines:

1. Write a paragraph of no more than 60 words about ONE song from either of the upcoming remastered albums, Four Calendar Café or Milk & Kisses. Do not pick one song from each album, just ONE song in total. One song, one paragraph.
2. The goal here is originality. Try your best to express something about the song you've picked....the ESSENCE of the song....perhaps why you love it, why you think it's an historically important Cocteau Twins song, why you think it's misunderstood, what it means to you, how you discovered it, what you were doing when you first heard it. These are just suggestions, the rest is really up to you. Just remember we are looking for originality here.
3. Once you've written your paragraph, submit it via email to webmaster@cocteautwins.org with the subject "Essence Contest Entry" Entries can only be submitted via email.
4. Your entry must be received by July 10th, 2006. Your emails' date mark will serve as our guideline for cut-off.
5. Please include the following along with your entry: a) your full name b) your email address c) your forum username (if you have one).
6. You may only make ONE ENTRY PER PERSON, that means you may submit only ONE paragraph for this contest.
7. Michael Borum of cocteautwins.com and Leesa Beales of cocteautwinsforums.com and cocteautwins.org will be judging the entries.
8. We are unsure exactly how many winners we will pick at the moment, this depends on exactly how many copies of the CD's that Universal sends out.
9. The winners will be notified by email as well as an announcement posted on both this forum as well as cocteautwins.com. Announcements will take place in mid July.
10. Good Luck!

[ArnoldZiffel]

I'll have my entry ready in five minutes.

[elysium]

Hmmm maybe I will rework my intro paragraph.
Not very original though.

[Mattlike]

Cool

[mercury13]

It's a joke surely: I mean, simply another couple of fans judging the entries...mm, no chance. It's like asking Nietzsche to vet applications for the asylum :-) It should be Universal, the band, or noone. End of!

[dprid]

Originally Posted by mercury13

It's a joke surely: I mean, simply another couple of fans judging the entries...mm, no chance. It's like asking Nietzsche to vet applications for the asylum :-) It should be Universal, the band, or noone. End of!

Yes, but Universal and the band aren't giving the CDs away are they. Do you really thing leesa and Michael can't be objective about it?

And you don't have to enter if you don't want to.

[Cassé]

Is this open to anyone in any country?

[mmmender]

Originally Posted by Cassé

Is this open to anyone in any country?

anyone with an email address!

[dprid]

Originally Posted by Cassé

Is this open to anyone in any country?

It's open to all forum members

[mmmender]

not just forum members.....i've posted the information elsewhere as well.

[dprid]

Originally Posted by mmmender

not just forum members.....i've posted the information elsewhere as well.

Ahh, OK

[Thackeray]

I received this in my email this morning:

Dear Thackeray,

Universal records are providing some freebie copies of the upcoming remastered editions of both
Four Calendar Café and Milk & Kisses.

We would like it if you turned down the opportunity to win one of these CD's. We feel that contests are a boring way to unload these cocteautreasures. If you do not participate in the contest our moderators will donn there black robes and select you by choice and all unfairness to be one of the recipients to claim one of these freebies. All you have to do is NOT
enter our "Essence" contest. The contest rules and guidelines are located here:

http://www.cocteautwinsforums.com/sh...ad.php?t=11025

Regards,
cocteautwinsforums.com Team

*You must be logged in to view the above forum url

[mmmender]

yeah thack....that's the email i sent out to all the forum members....but i've also posted this information on 4ad, livejournal, tribe and myspace.

[Thackeray]

Are you sure, LEESA!!!

[mike_mhg]

Originally Posted by mercury13

..another couple of fans judging the entries...

Ah, but like the Marks and Spencer advert...
These aren't just any couple of fans... these are....

[mmmender]

Originally Posted by Thackeray

Are you sure, LEESA!!!

positive, it's the exact email i sent out.

you'll notice it's addressed to your forum username, it was sent through the forum control panel i assure you.

[dprid]

Naughty Thacky

[dprid]

Originally Posted by mmmender

positive, it's the exact email i sent out.

you'll notice it's addressed to your forum username, it was sent through the forum control panel i assure you.

Did you read what Thacky wrote leesa?

[mmmender]

Originally Posted by mercury13

It's a joke surely: I mean, simply another couple of fans judging the entries...mm, no chance. It's like asking Nietzsche to vet applications for the asylum :-) It should be Universal, the band, or noone. End of!

again it's not the band giving the CDs away, it's us. end of story really. besides, you think simon and robin want to spend their time reading through all the submissions instead of continue with their careers? i think not.

you don't have to enter if you think it's biased....i'm just sorry you feel that way.

Originally Posted by dprid

Did you read what Thacky wrote leesa?

LOL no i hadn't read through how he changed the email until you brought it to my attention.

thack, bad boy indeed!

[Baddy2shoos]

when there's some freebies on offer, all the members come out of the woodwork