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Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - September Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:46:38 -0600

Brian Harding - Celebrity Judge

First Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Our judge for the September contest is Brian Harding, frontman for the New York based indie band The Hymns. Check out a new Hymns single up on their MySpace page, and if your going to be in the NYC area they are playing 3 non-consecutive dates at Pianos on Ludlow St. in January.

Here are Brian's picks for October's contest winners..

1.chrissy hynde by Jay West
my number one. i've had a crush on her ever since she did brass in pocket on the vh1 fashion awards. she wore a fez and made it look hot.

2. marilyn manson by Jay West
i think he's lost a lot of what was cool about him, but when he had it, he had it, and this photo captures what he had.

3.willie nelson by Jay West
everytime i hear his voice on the radio it makes me smile. blue skies is one of my all time favorite songs.

club kingsnake is now accepting submissions for its 2007 concert photo contest. Last year's contest attracted over 500 photo entries. This year we timed the announcement to occur during Austin's SXSW festival and handed out about 1000 flyers to music photojournalists from around the world.

The 2007 contest will be handled a bit differently, with monthly winners instead of weekly, and with larger prize incentives to the winners. This year's contest prizes are as follows:

Monthly Prizes: (selected at the first of each month)
1st Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card
2nd Place - $50 B & H Photo Gift Card
3rd Place - club kingsnake T-Shirt

Year End Prizes: (selected at the beginning of 2008)
1st Place - $2000 Camera Shopping Spree at B & H Photo
2nd Place - Fuji F31 Point N Shoot Camera
3rd Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card

So how does it work? Simple - just upload a concert photograph that you have taken yourself (with a camera, not off someone else's web site!) to our photo contest gallery. Make sure to include the artist's name and any other pertinent details such as the camera and lense used in the description. Every month 3 winners will be chosen, and at the end of the year the 3 best will be selected from all the photos submitted throughout the year. This is kind of like American Idol for pictures except our contest judges have been told to keep their rude snickering to themselves.

The 2007 club kingsnake concert photo contest is now live! Post your images at http://clubpix.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=521

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - October Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:34:00 -0600

Jason Roberts - Celebrity Judge

First Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Second Place Winner - photo by Carlos San Miguel

Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Our judge for the October contest is Jason Roberts, guitarist for the New York based indie band The Hymns. Last time we caught up with Jason and the Hymns was outside the Troubadour in West Hollywood where they were finishing up a U.S. tour and getting ready to head into the studio to do their next album. Now with their next album almost ready to release, a new single up on their MySpace page, they have a busy winter ahead of them. Luckily Jason found the time to judge our October photo contest, and Brian Harding the Hymns frontman is currently working on our September contest.

Here are Jason's picks for October's contest winners..

1.photo of tom petty and mike campbell by Jay West
i've been a fan of tom petty and mike campbell for a LONG time. mike is one of the greatest guitarists out there. the cool thing about the two of them is that mike has been with tom since the VERY beginning--even before they were called tom petty & the heartbreakers. when tom does 'solo' albums without the heartbreakers, mike is ALWAYS on the album still and he even produced several of them. i saw tom petty and the heartbreakers two years ago and tom introduced mike as his brother. i think this picture really shows the respect and brotherhood between the two of them.

2. jonathan davis from korn by Carlos San Miguel
i'm not a fan of korn, but this picture is pretty amazing. i love how it's totally black except for jonathan and his mic stand.

3.miranda lambert by Jay West
i love close ups of musicians playing live. you rarely get to see them that close up when you're at a show. this picture definitely captures a moment and yowza! she's pretty hot...

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - August Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:44:00 -0500

Jason McMaster - Celebrity Judge

First Place Winner - photo by kathryn

Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Our judge for the August contest is Jason McMaster, frontman for Dangerous Toys and Broken Teeth. Jason is a long-time Austin musician whose first band, Watchtower, achieved cult status on the local metal scene in the late 70s, early 80s. His next band, Dangerous Toys, brought Jason to the international stage. Currently fronting Austin's Broken Teeth, Jason and company can be seen polishing their act around town in places like The Red Eyed Fly and Antone's in between national and international tours.

Here are Jason's picks for this month's contest winners..

1. "The Grates" by Kathryn

This is a magical photo for a lot of reasons,yet again has its simplicity about it as well.

The audience is part of the subject again here. They are happy with her, all eyes are on her, the blown confetti and empty smashed plastic cups upon the floor, give a tangible sense to the shot. They also almost frame the shot naturally.

2. "Haley of Paramore" by Jay West

So simple, but great timing.

The color orange on the microphone/her hair against convenient blacks and whites, with the white amp stack/her black and white animal print shirt, etc., bring out the "blown away" by loud music and the pleasure it is giving her, make this a great shot.

3. "Mark of Unseen" by Jay West

It seems that the subject is "in the barracade" feeling the audience, so to speak.

It seems tribal and to have a one-ness, with Mark in the crowd, all making one subject.

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - Never a Celebrity Around When You Need One...

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:58:36 -0500

Just an update for those of you still waiting for LAST months photo contest results as well as this months. Somehow, someway, with all the thousands of famous musicians in the world we have been unable to find a celebrity to judge the last 2 months contests. It is not for a lack of trying though.

Without resorting to using prior judges, we have asked huge stars, and up and comers, as well as bands I haven't even heard of. We have asked side men, agents, record companies, tour managers, publicists but they either are all on the road, have no internet access, can't be reached or don't even reply. Even celeb's I know personally!

Though I have run through every name in my celebrity phone book twice already, we will continue to ask every day until we find a contest judge but we are sorry for this inconvenience and hope we have it resolved soon. Meantime please keep posting pictures to the contest because we WILL find someone, and if you know a famous musician who would be willing to be a judge, send em our way!

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - July Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:49:12 -0500

Vaden Todd Lewis - Celebrity Judge

First Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Second Place Winner - photo by J. North-Lewis

Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

This month our celebrity judge is Vaden Todd Lewis, frontman and vocalist for The Burden Brothers and The Toadies. Vaden took time out of his busy schedule touring and promoting the new Burden Brothers disc Mercy, to help us out with this month's contest. Thanks Vaden!

Here are Vaden's picks for this month's contest winners..

1. Joe Sumner - fucking air.
2. These Arms Are Snakes - nice moment captured here.
3. John Frusciante - I can almost hear the "weedly-weedle"...or is that "now-nee-now-nee"?

~Vaden Todd Lewis~

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - June Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:39:36 -0500

CoCo Carmel and Bobby Whitlock - Celebrity Judge

First Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Second Place Winner - photo by Andrew

Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

This month our celebrity judge is Bobby Whitlock, legendary session player, member of Derek and The Dominos and now an Austin local after relocating here in 2006, playing Tuesdays at the Saxon pub with his wife Coco Carmel.

Here are Bobby's picks for this month's contest winners..

#1 - Peter Hayes...Awsome lighting and color contrast..It looks like you 're standing right there in front of him..

#2 - Stefano Intelisano...Black & White medium with perfect lighting and he is "There'' in C...

#3 - tBuddy Guy...Captured him in the moment, just before his finger hits the "over-the-top"accent note.

~Bobby Whitlock~

club kingsnake is now accepting submissions for its 2007 concert photo contest. Last year's contest attracted over 500 photo entries. This year we timed the announcement to occur during Austin's SXSW festival and handed out about 1000 flyers to music photojournalists from around the world.

The 2007 contest will be handled a bit differently, with monthly winners instead of weekly, and with larger prize incentives to the winners. This year's contest prizes are as follows:

Monthly Prizes: (selected at the first of each month)
1st Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card
2nd Place - $50 B & H Photo Gift Card
3rd Place - club kingsnake T-Shirt

Year End Prizes: (selected at the beginning of 2008)
1st Place - $2000 Camera Shopping Spree at B & H Photo
2nd Place - Fuji F31 Point N Shoot Camera
3rd Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card

So how does it work? Simple - just upload a concert photograph that you have taken yourself (with a camera, not off someone else's web site!) to our photo contest gallery. Make sure to include the artist's name and any other pertinent details such as the camera and lense used in the description. Every month 3 winners will be chosen, and at the end of the year the 3 best will be selected from all the photos submitted throughout the year. This is kind of like American Idol for pictures except our contest judges have been told to keep their rude snickering to themselves.

The 2007 club kingsnake concert photo contest is now live! Post your images at http://clubpix.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=521

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - May Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:11:35 -0500

Nashville Pussy - Celebrity Judge - photo by Gary Miller

First Place Winner - photo by Gabe

Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Third Place Winner - photo by Parker Palmer

This month, our celebrity rock star judge is Karen Cuda of the band Nashville Pussy

Here's what Karen had to say about this month's contest winners..

#1 - the first shot of No Use For a Name on the link. I like the round cropping with the lens they used (or however they did that). Nice framing - and always a fan of good b&w shots.

#2 - Morrissey pic. Good use of shadow. I dig people who can pull off good still pics with personality, especially when it's true to the subject.

#3 - the shot of John Moyer spitting water. Nice action shot.

There ya go! Thanks for asking me to be a part of this - flattered that you considered me a "celeb judge."

~ Karen

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - April Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:32:00 -0500

Rik Emmett - Celebrity Judge

First Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Third Place Winner - photo by Gabe

This month, our celebrity rock star judge is Rik Emmett, former front man for the legendary Canadian band Triumph. We talked with him last back in December

Here is what Rik had to say about this months contest entries..

1st - My favorite is Mike Ness of Social Distortion, for composition [the background truss shadow follows the same line as his shoulders] and the blues & grays - plus the insouciance of the emerging pink bubble-gum, with the eye-shadow and the cop badge on the strap [with the hard blue on it!] just makes for a strong image - the capturing of a great moment.

2nd - Ben Brown of Bang Bang Bang. The hair is fantastic, shooting up like flames in the red light, surrounded/reinforced by red in each corner of theframe, giving the image a fiery dramatic flare of the demonic.

3rd - Mad Caddies - the shot over the guitarist's right shoulder, with the trombonist in the hat getting the crowd all riled up. This b & w photo is too dark to be award-winning, but the composition and the documentary moment captured is outstanding - pure rock & roll.

Honorable mentions - the Jay West shots of Steven Tyler and Matt Heafy are classic - clean and powerful. I also really like the feel of the shot of Mike Milligan of the Altar Boyz ...

club kingsnake is now accepting submissions for its 2007 concert photo contest. Last year's contest attracted over 500 photo entries. This year we timed the announcement to occur during Austin's SXSW festival and handed out about 1000 flyers to music photojournalists from around the world.

The 2007 contest will be handled a bit differently, with monthly winners instead of weekly, and with larger prize incentives to the winners. This year's contest prizes are as follows:

Monthly Prizes: (selected at the first of each month)
1st Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card
2nd Place - $50 B & H Photo Gift Card
3rd Place - club kingsnake T-Shirt

Year End Prizes: (selected at the beginning of 2008)
1st Place - $2000 Camera Shopping Spree at B & H Photo
2nd Place - Fuji F31 Point N Shoot Camera
3rd Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card

So how does it work? Simple - just upload a concert photograph that you have taken yourself (with a camera, not off someone else's web site!) to our photo contest gallery. Make sure to include the artist's name and any other pertinent details such as the camera and lense used in the description. Every month 3 winners will be chosen, and at the end of the year the 3 best will be selected from all the photos submitted throughout the year. This is kind of like American Idol for pictures except our contest judges have been told to keep their rude snickering to themselves.

The 2007 club kingsnake concert photo contest is now live! Post your images at http://clubpix.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=521

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - March Winners!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:18:16 -0500

First Place Winner - photo by Gabe

Second Place Winner - photo by brianne

Third Place Winner - photo by firehop

After much debate, it was decided that the staff has interacted with too many of the photographers in our photo contest, and to eliminate any potential bias we would have a celebrity judge select each of our contest winners. Although we will be unable to provide you with Paula Abdul or Randy Jackson (they were busy picking the next mediocre American Idol contestant), we'll try to pick some interesting judges nonetheless.

This month, our celebrity rock star judge is Paul Collins of The Beat, all the way from Spain. We last caught up with him at SXSW and at least one of the pictures he selected was from SXSW as well. Thanks for helping us pick this month's winner, Paul! He already has a kingsnake t- shirt or he'd be getting another one for helping out. All of our winners this month will also get a t-shirt, as well as some other prizes, once we figure out who they are.

club kingsnake is now accepting submissions for its 2007 concert photo contest. Last year's contest attracted over 500 photo entries. This year we timed the announcement to occur during Austin's SXSW festival and handed out about 1000 flyers to music photojournalists from around the world.

The 2007 contest will be handled a bit differently, with monthly winners instead of weekly, and with larger prize incentives to the winners. This year's contest prizes are as follows:

Monthly Prizes: (selected at the first of each month)
1st Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card
2nd Place - $50 B & H Photo Gift Card
3rd Place - club kingsnake T-Shirt

Year End Prizes: (selected at the beginning of 2008)
1st Place - $2000 Camera Shopping Spree at B & H Photo
2nd Place - Fuji F31 Point N Shoot Camera
3rd Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card

So how does it work? Simple - just upload a concert photograph that you have taken yourself (with a camera, not off someone else's web site!) to our photo contest gallery. Make sure to include the artist's name and any other pertinent details such as the camera and lense used in the description. Every month 3 winners will be chosen, and at the end of the year the 3 best will be selected from all the photos submitted throughout the year. This is kind of like American Idol for pictures except our contest judges have been told to keep their rude snickering to themselves.

The 2007 club kingsnake concert photo contest is now live! Post your images at http://clubpix.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=521

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: 2007 Concert Photo Contest - Show Us Your Pics!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:22:29 -0500

First Place Winner - photo by Gary Miller

Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West

club kingsnake is now accepting submissions for its 2007 concert photo contest. Last year's contest attracted over 500 photo entries. This year we timed the announcement to occur during Austin's SXSW festival and handed out about 1000 flyers to music photojournalists from around the world.

The 2007 contest will be handled a bit differently, with monthly winners instead of weekly, and with larger prize incentives to the winners. This year's contest prizes are as follows:

Monthly Prizes: (selected at the first of each month)
1st Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card
2nd Place - $50 B & H Photo Gift Card
3rd Place - club kingsnake T-Shirt

Year End Prizes: (selected at the beginning of 2008)
1st Place - $2000 Camera Shopping Spree at B & H Photo
2nd Place - Fuji F31 Point N Shoot Camera
3rd Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card

This year's contestants will not have to worry about last year's winner. Moondog (Gary Miller) has decided to abstain so that he may join our volunteer staff as a staff photographer and help us with this year's contest. Moondog is not only SXSW's official photographer, but also a staff photographer for the Austin Chronicle, as well as the house photographer for a number of Texas major concert venues.

So how does it work? Simple - just upload a concert photograph that you have taken yourself (with a camera, not off someone else's web site!) to our photo contest gallery. Make sure to include the artist's name and any other pertinent details such as the camera and lense used in the description. Every month 3 winners will be chosen, and at the end of the year the 3 best will be selected from all the photos submitted throughout the year. This is kind of like American Idol for pictures except our contest judges have been told to keep their rude snickering to themselves.

The 2007 club kingsnake concert photo contest is now live! Post your images at http://clubpix.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=521

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

News: Deadlock BROKEN - Photo Contest Winners Announced

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:18:00 -0600

Tie-breaking photo contest judge Alice Cooper
photo by clint gilders - staff photographer

It came down to three.

Three judges, three photographers, and three photographs. Each judge chose, out of the 500+ pictures in the contest, ten photos. There was a total of 27 finalist photos, and of those, only three were selected by more than one judge.

Luckily Alice Cooper was willing to step in settle the issue. Our choice to cast the tie-breaking vote is no stranger to being viewed through the camera's eye. Having performed onstage since the 60s, he has been photographed thousands of times, in fact appearing in at least one contest entry, and the subject of a concert photo session with our own Clint Gilders. We sent him the three photos and HE made the final selection.

The winner of the 2006 club kingsnake concert photo contest is.....

(You would think I could find a drummer when I need one)

(Winners announced below the jump!)
Continue reading "News: Deadlock BROKEN - Photo Contest Winners Announced"

WTF Friday - the Jeff Forgot Edition

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:01:00 -0600

It is now Friday December 29 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have one iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... and remember, this is Christie, NOT Jeff, today!

1. In My Arms - Erasure
2. Suzanne - Peter Gabriel
3. Long-Forgotten Fairytale - The Magnetic Fields
4. Seen And Not Seen - Talking Heads
5. When Love Comes To Town - U2
6. Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
7. To the One I Love - R.E.M.
8. You Look So Fine - Garbage
9. Malaria - Shriekback
10. The Price I Pay - Billy Bragg

WTF Friday - Christmas Edition

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:30 -0600

It is now Friday December 22nd and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! We finally heard from last months winner Don Maynard and he should be getting his iPod right about now.

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
2. Santa Claus is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
3. Father Christmas - Kinks
4. Run Rudolph Run - Dave Edmunds Band
5. Twelve Days Of Christmas - Bob & Doug McKenzie
6. Silent Night - Keith Emerson
7. Winter Wonderland - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
6. Rock And Roll Christmas - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
7. Christmas Is - Run D.M.C.
8. Blue Christmas - Sheryl Crow
9. Ave Maria - Chris Cornell
10. We Three Kings - Patti Smith

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! More!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:01:00 -0600

It is now Friday December 15th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to last months winner Don Maynard but this is a last call (We are still waiting to hear back from you!). Don if we don't hear from you by THIS Friday we will have to give the iPod to last months runner up!

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
2. He's a Whore - Cheap Trick
3. Keep Away - Godsmack
4. Kill All The White Men - NOFX
5. Mr E's Beautiful Blues - Eels
6. Nihilism - Rancid
7. Lethal Dosage - Mudvayne
6. Hop With the Jet Set - Dead Kennedys
7. Hitler's in the Charts Again - The Exploited
8. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
9. Damaged Goods
10. Fuck the System - System of a Down

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Contest: WTF Friday - Post Your Playlist and Win!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:17:10 -0600

It is now Friday December 8th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to last months winner Don Maynard (We are still waiting to hear back from you!)

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers
2. Why does my heart feel so bad - Moby
3. War Now - The Exploited
4. Charlie Don't Surf - The Clash
5. Here Come The Cowboys - Psychadelic Furs
6. Shake Hands With Beef - Primus
7. Crash and Burn - The Transplants
6. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
7. Butthole Surfers - Bong Song
8. Jimi Hendrix - Ezy Rider
9. Offspring - Genocide
10. Pearl Jam - Indifference

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Contest: WTF Friday - Post away!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:01:00 -0600

It is now Friday December 1st and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to last months winner Don Maynard (Don check your email!)

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. Styx - Grand Illusion
2. Cheap Trick - Surrender
3. Rush - Working Man
4. Black Sabbath - Johnny Blade
5. April Wine - I Like To Rock
6. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
7. AC-DC - The Jack
6. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
7. Jeff Beck - Highway Jam
8. Neil Young & Crazyhorse - Cinnamon Girl
9. Kiss - Strutter
10. Rainbow - Long Live Rock & Roll

Call this my "70's Favorites" list.

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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Contest: - WTF Friday - Last Chance to Win This Months iPod!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:01:00 -0600

It is now Friday November 24th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the last chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Van Halen - Eruption
2. Ted Nugent - Great White Buffalo
3. Neil Young - Down By The River
4. Les Claypool - Vernon the Company Man
5. Jane's Addiction - We'll Make Great Pets
6. Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
7. Pearl Jam - Betterman
8. REM - Daysleeper
9. NOFX - Bob Turkee
10. Incubus - Scralatchtica

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:01:00 -0600

It is now Friday November 17th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Dropping Daylight - Tell Me
2. Trish Murphy - Candle
3. Madcow- Die Monster Die
4. Husky Rescue - My Home Ghost
5. Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City
6. Drums & Tuba - Bows and Arrows ( you NEED to check these guys out)
7. The K-Tel Hit Machine - Hot Legs
8. Deadboy And The Elephantmen - Blood Music
9. Mower - General Admission
10.Cattle Decapitation - No Future

Ok - I cheated this week and liked it so much I might do it again. I listen to a lot more stuff on Myspace
than I take the time to download to my iPod.This week my whole list is stuff I have been listening to and now you can listen too! All the songs are in my list are streamed at myspace and the songs are linked. Have fun, let me know if you like anyone from my list ;)

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, as a comment at the bottom of this message, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! More!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:58:25 -0600

It is now Friday November 10th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to Andrea Humm, October's iPod winner who just got hers Thursday!

Oh - you might want to check out the latest VIDEOS we have been playing with!!! Check Out http://www.youtube.com/user/clubkingsnake

Here is my list... .

1. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
2. Ramones - End Of The Century
3. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
4. Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale - Dead End Road
5. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Polecat
6. Nokturnal - I Remain Faithless
7. Slayer - Eyes of the Insane
8. Zico Chain - Rollover
9. MotorHead - Smiling Like A Killer
10.Madcow - Hangnail

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Contest: Concert Photo Contest - Sixth Winner!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:43:27 -0600

This is starting to get hard. We are starting to get more contest participants as far away as the U.K and Poland! This shot of Slash performing with Velvet Revolver at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in San Antonio in 2005 to the left won a T-Shirt in week 6 for longtime austin music photographer Gary Miller. Gary's work has appeared in so many places over the years it would be too numerous to list here, but he is the house photographer for a number of large venues in Texas as well as a photgrapher for the Austin Chronicle and his collection of photos goes back decades. We will be profiling a number of photographers that have submitted works once the contest has ended, hopefully Gary will submit to one of these profiles. It is far from over though. The photos from Poland will be tough to beat! Watch for week 7's winner to be announced later this week.

Slash is ALSO probably one of the most famous rock & roll snake keepers for all you reptile heads tuning in from our main site.

If you would like to enter the contest to win one of our weekly T-Shirts or a chance to win Nikon's brand new 10.2 Mp D80 DSLR camera kit for Christmas, a $1000.00+ value, upload some of your best concert pics to our Photo Contest Gallery. Enter as many concert photos as you like and as often as you like.

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
(with a camera not a web browser thank you!)
You may only win 1 T-Shirt in our weekly contests. If there are no valid entries for the week, then previous winning photographers other entries will be considered.
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on Monday midnight, C.S.T. according to the clocks on our systems. Posts made after this time will be left up, but will not qualify for prize consideration for that week, and will be coinsidered for the next weeks drawing.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest though they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Neither kingsnake.com nor its parent company, OnlineHobbyist.com Inc., are directly affiliated with Nikon Incorporated. The Nikon trademark, logo, and products found on this site are the property of Nikon, Inc. and OnlineHobbyist.com Inc., in no way, claim to represent or own any of the Nikon trademarks or rights. Nikon, Inc. does not own, endorse, or promote OnlineHobbyist.com Inc., it's contests, or any of its websites.

WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! Metal Blade Stuff!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:11:38 -0600

It is now Friday November 3rd at 3:30am CST and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button and then it's time for me to drag my tired concert weary butt to bed. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to Andrea Humm, October's iPod winner!

Oh - you might want to check out the latest photos of the Adrian Belew and Primus concerts in the gallery. Watch for reviews by this weekend.

Here is my list... .

1. Colonel Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade - Pigs On The Wing (Part One)
2. Primus - Mr. Krinkle
3. Ozzy Osborne - NIB
4. Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - The Big Eyeball In The Sky
5. Buckethead - Coma
6. Sausage - Riddles Are Abound Tonight
7. Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel - Delicate Tendrils
8. King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet
9. Adrian Belew - Whatever
10.Les Claypool - Vernon The Company Man

(yes there is a theme to this weeks playlist for me - Artists, songs, and covers that are connected in some way to Les Claypool of Primus. Call it my "Six Degrees of Les Claypool" playlist)

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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Contest: Concert Photo Contest - More Weekly Winners

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:44:26 -0500

It looks like NOW we have a horse race! We have a lot of pictures to go through for week 6 and next week, week 7 is getting really interesting. Picking the camera winner at the end of the year will be very very tough. We may have to invite a celebrity judge to help us out. I have been re-miss in my duties for not naming previous winners sooner though. This shot of Eddie Van Halen at Alpine Valley to the left won a T-Shirt in week 3 for Terry Mayer. This picture of Nine Inch Nails by Robert Olson won him a T-Shirt for week 5.

If you would like to enter the contest to win one of our weekly T-Shirts or a chance to win Nikon's brand new 10.2 Mp D80 DSLR camera kit for Christmas, a $1000.00+ value, upload some of your best concert pics to our Photo Contest Gallery. Enter as many concert photos as you like and as often as you like.

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
(with a camera not a web browser thank you!)
You may only win 1 T-Shirt in our weekly contests. If there are no valid entries for the week, then previous winning photographers other entries will be considered.
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on Monday midnight, C.S.T. according to the clocks on our systems. Posts made after this time will be left up, but will not qualify for prize consideration for that week, and will be coinsidered for the next weeks drawing.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest though they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

WTF Friday? Fun with your IPod

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:20:42 -0500

It is now Friday October 27 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the last chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. XTC - Helicopter
2. Primus - Seas of Cheese
3. Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
4. Bob Marley - Get up. Stand up
5. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Rabbit
6. Radiohead - Electioneering
7. PIL - Flowers of Romance
8. George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
9. deelite - Groove Is In The Heart
10. Third Eye Blind - Farther

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! More!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:10:00 -0500

It is now Friday October 20 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Elvis Costello - Party Girl
2. Mudvayne - Death Blooms
3. Metallica - Seek & Destroy
4. New Order - Regret
5. Primus - Here Come The Bastards
6. Radiohead - Blackstar(Acoustic)
7. Staind - Mudshovel
8. Sevendust - Denial
9. System Of A Down - Marmelade
10. Oasis - Half The World Away

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Contest: Fourth Photo Contest Winner

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:23:55 -0500

We had a lot more entries this week after the Monday cutoff, and they will be considered next Monday. Our week 3 winner has not contacted us back as yet(Terscomay are you out there?), but the fourth week winner is a longtime user of our reptile site.We did not limit this contest to amateur photographers because we wanted everyone to participate, and our forth weekly winner is Stewart Stick a sports photographer from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada with this shot of Collective Soul.

If you would like to enter the contest to win one of our weekly T-Shirts or a chance to win Nikon's brand new 10.2 Mp D80 DSLR camera kit for Christmas, a $1000.00+ value, upload some of your best concert pics to our Photo Contest Gallery. Enter as many concert photos as you like and as often as you like.

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on Monday midnight, C.S.T. according to the clocks on our systems. Posts made after this time will be left up, but will not qualify for prize consideration.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest though they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: WTF Friday - Post Your Playlist and Win!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:35:53 -0500

Wow. Late 2 weeks in a row! I need an assistant! I will have to ask my boss about that. It is now Friday October 13 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper( More cowbell!!!)
2. The Stranglers - Golden Brown
3. Tool - Ticks and Leaches
4. The Cult - Love Removal Machine
5. Toadies - I Burn
6. Ultravox - I Want To Be A Machine
7. Offspring - Blackball
8. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
9. Cure - Just Like Heaven (Unplugged)
10. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women

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Contest: WTF Friday - Whoops we are LATE! (again)

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:19:27 -0500

It is now Friday October 6 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to September's iPod winner Grover Heath!

Here is my list... .

1. Bob Marley - Exodus
2. The Doors - L.A. Woman
3. System Of A Down - Will They Die For You
4. Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary
5. Jethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle
6. Gang of Four - Anthrax
7. Earshot - Get Away
8. Transplants - California Babylon
9. Rev. Horton Heat - 400 Bucks
10. Svendust - Waffle

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! Metal Blade Stuff!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:01:00 -0500

It is now Friday Sept 29 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the last chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
2. Frank Zappa - Yellow Snow
3. Rainbow - Long Live Rock & Roll
4. Wanted Dead - Deathwish
5. The Violent Femmes - Love Is Gone ( Gone Daddy Gone)
6. The Specials & The Clash - Rudy Ska
7. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
8. System Of A Down - Peephole
9. Staind - Fade
10. Soundgarden - Break My Rusty Cage

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Contest: Concert Photo Contest - Second Winner!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:23:56 -0500

We had a few more entries this week, including a few more photos from ACL fest. We did not limit this contest to amateur photographers because we wanted everyone to participate, and our second weekly winner is Jay West from Austin, Texas a commercial photographer who worked at ACL Fest and has provided us with some shots of Ben Kweller, The Flaming Lips and Gnarls Barkley..

This amazing picture of Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo is this weeks winner (look at the clouds reflected in his glasses) so Jay gets himself a brand new club.kingsnake T-Shirt and is now entered in the contest to win that Nikon D80 for Christmas. Thanks for entering the contest and sharing these great pictures Jay.

If you would like to enter the contest to win one of our weekly T-Shirts or a chance to win Nikon's brand new 10.2 Mp D80 DSLR camera kit for Christmas, a $1000.00+ value, upload some of your best concert pics to our Photo Contest Gallery. Enter as many concert photos as you like and as often as you like.

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on Monday midnight, C.S.T. according to the clocks on our systems. Posts made after this time will be left up, but will not qualify for prize consideration.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest though they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

Contest: WTF Friday - Post Your Playlist and Win!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:49:43 -0500

It is now Friday Sept 22 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Primus - Southbound Pachyderm
2. Adrian Belew - Big Electric Cat
3. Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
4. Rage Against The Machine - Pocket Full of Shells
5. Tom Petty - Breakdown
6. Staind - Dysfunction
7. The Cult - Here Comes The Rain
8. The Offspring - L.A.P.D.
9. Suicidal Tendancies - Join The Army
10. The Vapors - Turning Japanese

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Contest: Concert Photo Contest - First Winner!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:18:00 -0500

Well even though we only had one person enter so far, he submitted 5 photos and they will be tough to beat. We did not limit this contest to amateur photographers because we wanted everyone to participate, and our first weekly winner is Tom Zinn from Austin, Texas a commercial photographer who worked at ACL Fest and has provided us with a couple snaps of Tom Petty and some stunning shots of Willie Nelson.

This picture is this weeks winner so Tom gets himself a brand new club.kingsnake T-Shirt and is now entered in the contest to win that Nikon D80 for Christmas. Thanks for entering the contest and sharing these great pictures Tom.

If you would like to enter the contest to win one of our weekly T-Shirts or a chance to win Nikon's brand new 10.2 Mp D80 DSLR camera kit for Christmas, a $1000.00+ value, upload some of your best concert pics to our Photo Contest Gallery. Enter as many concert photos as you like and as often as you like.

Contest Rules

You may enter as many concert photos as you like
Entries must be posted before the end of the day on Monday midnight, C.S.T. according to the clocks on our systems. Posts made after this time will be left up, but will not qualify for prize consideration.
You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest though they may certainly post their photos as well.
Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
No purchase is required to participate.
You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.

WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! Metal Blade Stuff!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:36:45 -0500

It is now Friday Sept 15 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. Gary Numan - Cars
2. Disturbed - Fear
3. AC-DC - TNT
4. Pschadelic Furs - Heaven
5. The Offspring - She's Got Issues
6. Toadies - I Come From The Water
7. Verve Pipe - The Freshman
8. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
9. Eels - Flower
10. Chemical Brothers - The Sunshine Underground

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Contest: Win A Nikon D80 DSLR for Christmas!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:52:37 -0500

Want to upgrade to the latest in Nikon's stable of DSLRs but don't want to fork over the $1500+ it will take to add one to your gear? Here at club.kingsnake, we can help.

Between now and December 24 anyone who posts a concert photo to our contest photo gallery is automatically entered into our contest to win a brand new Nikon D80 DSLR rig, valued at over $1000 (camera pkg specifics to be announced shortly). Every photo is another entry, so enter as often as you want. Our editors will look at the photos every week and the best photo each week will win a club kingsnake T-Shirt.

On December 25th our editors will review all the photos uploaded to the site. The best photo will win the D80 rig. Of course staff of the club.kingsnake site are excluded from participating, especially me, but anyone else that wants to upload a photo can enter.

Monday will be the day a t-shirt winner is selected each week, starting next week, so everyone going to ACL fest in Austin get those cameras ready!

WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! Metal Blade Stuff!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:05:29 -0500

It is now Friday Sept 8 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... .

1. See The Sun - Oasis
2. Talk About The Passion - Pearl Jam
3. Cheap Day Return - Jethro Tull
4. System Of A Down - Bounce
5. It Isn't So Good - Irene Kral
6. Hello I Love You - The Doors
7. Don't Panic - Coldplay
8. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
9. Sympathy - Goo Goo Dolls
10. Vivo Sohando - Stan Getz

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! Metal Blade Stuff!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:01:00 -0500

It is now Friday Sept 1 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Congrats to Robert Schneider, August's iPod winner!

Here is my list... .

1. Duran Duran - Come Undones
2. Bob Marley - Get up, Stand Up
3. Beastie Boys - Heart Attack Man
4. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
5. Simon and Garfunkle - Feelin Groovy
6. Santana - Oye Como Va'
7. Primus - Mephisto & Kevin
8. Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary
9. System of a Down - Chop Suey
10. The Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy

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WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod! Metal Blade Stuff!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500

It is now Friday Aug 25 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more!

Here is my list... Props to the club.kingsnake buddy who set me up with all sorts of old school punk live bootlegs and outtakes in Dayona.

1. Reverand Horton Heat - Folsom Prison Blues
2. The Exploited - I Beleive in Anarchy
3. Rancid - I Wanna Riot
4. Dead Kennedys - Night of the Living Rednecks
5. The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
6. The Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
7. Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love
8. Butthole Surfers - The Shah Sleeps on Lee Harvey's Grave(live)
9. Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
10. Janes Addiction - Mountain Song

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Contest: WTF Friday - Post Your Playlist and Win!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:01:00 -0500

It is now Friday Aug 18 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. I must admit, this week I am cheating and have posted this ahead of time because by the time you read this I will be in Daytona.

Here is my list...

1. Rush - Overture
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
4. Radiohead - Stupid Car
5. Oasis - Supersonic
6. Miles Davis/John Coltrane - Straight, No Chaser
7. Ultravox - I Want To Be A Machine
8. Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
9. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Swinghouse
10. The Doors - When the Music is Over

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Contest: T-Shirt Tuesday!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:18:36 -0500

Everybody hates Tuesday, not as much as Monday, but still it's a long damn haul to get to the weekend from a bad Tuesday. In hopes of helping get your Tuesday off on the right foot and start that Friday slide early
we have decided to proclaim T-Shirt Tuesday throughout the land and you barely even have to enter.

Every Tuesday we will pick, at random, an individual from our "friends" list on our MySpace page and send them a shirt. That's it, no lists to compile, riddles to solve, or clues to collect.

Check out our MySpace page at http://myspace.com/clubkingsnake

Contest: WTF Friday - Post Your Playlist and Win!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:33:25 -0500

It is now Friday Aug 11 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod.

Last weeks winner of the T-Shirt was Michael Peters. Congrats, I hope you play again this week!

Here is my list...

1. Beck - Sexx Laws
2. XTC - Helicopter
3. Flyleaf - I'm So Sick
4. Crossfade - Cold
5. Foo Fighters - DOA
6. Probot - Red War
7. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
8. Rancid - She's Automatic
9. Monaspera - Master pf Poppets
10. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Screw You We're from Texas

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Contest: WTF Friday - Post Your Playlist and Win!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:01:00 -0500

It is now Friday Aug 4 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod.

Last months winner of the iPod was EP Forehand and the last 2 T-Shirt winners were KT Jorgensen and Chris Mcara. Congrats, I hope you play again this week!

Here is my list...

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
2. Godsmack - Greed
3. The Stranglers- Bring On The Nubiles
4. Pearl Jam - Sonic Reducer
5. Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
6. Chemical Brothers - The Sunshine Underground
7. The Clash - Clampdown
8. Cold Play - Don't Panic
9. The Residents - Hitler Was a Vegetarian
10. Exene Cervenka - Here Comes the Crucifiers

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Contest: - WTF Friday - Last Chance to Win This Months iPod!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:01:00 -0500

It is now Friday July 28 and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the last chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod.

Here is my list...

1. MC5 - Just Don't Know
2. Devo - Head Like A Hole
3. Earshot - Get Away
4. Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
5. Toadies - Santacide
6. Suicidal Tendancies - War Inside My Head
7. Rolling Stones - Sympathy fo the Devil
8. Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
9. Sevendust - Denial
10. Moby - Thats When I Reach For My Revolver

WTF Friday Contest - DOH! Late again!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:03:19 -0500

Once again I am late. I should quit going to Thursday concerts.

Since I was so late today we will accept entires through midnight Saturday for this weeks drawing and I will spend the weekend dogsitting as pennance.

It is now Friday July 21th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod.

Congrats to our last 2 T-Shirt Winners, Dave Tracer and Catherine Maynard who should be getting them about now.

Here is my list...

1. Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
2. Godsmack - I Stand Alone
3. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
4. Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
5. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
6. Staind - Black Rain
7. Eels - Damn, I Wish I was Your Lover
8. The Offspring - Hey Joe
9. Frank Zappa - The Dangerous Kitchen
10. Butthole Surfers - The Colored F.B.I. Guy

Contest: WTF Friday - Post away!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:01:00 -0500

It is now Friday July 14th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod.

Our first iPod winner has received hers, maybe she has had time to fill it up so she can play again.

Here is my list...

1. Elvis Costello -Olivers Army
2. The Skunks - Cheap Girl
3. Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death
4. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
5. David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Crawling Kingsnake
6. Harry Connick Jr. - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. Leadbelly - Mama Did You Bring Me Any Silver? (Gallows Pole)
8. Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
9. The Stranglers - Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)
10. The Zico Chain - Rohypnol

Contest: WTF Friday - Whoops we are LATE!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:15:44 -0500

Ouch - I actually FORGOT it was friday (all week has felt like friday). I guess it is the holiday that has me all outta whack. Anyway it's time to play WTF Friday, the game where you can win fabulous prizes just by hitting the "shuffle" button on your music player and tell us the first 10 songs that come up.

Here is my list:

1. Surrender - Cheap Trick
2. Peaches - The Stranglers
3. Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
4. Never Been Any Reason - Head East
5. Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
6. Airbag - Radiohead
7. India - Psycadelic Furs
8. I'm waiting for the man - Velvet Underground
9. Shiver - Cold Play
10. Voices - Disturbed

Contest: First iPod winner is...

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:58:45 -0500

Congrats go out to Kim in Scarborough who won our first 30Gb video iPod.

Her response "Wow, I'm not even sure I believe it. uhm, thanks! "

Kim you BETTER believe cause sometime in the next 10 days your postman is gonna pod you up courtesy of club kingsnake. June's T-shirt winners were Dawn from Mishawaka and Tim from Belfair.

Our contests will get bigger and better as we go along so everyone stay tuned. The next time you can enter the iPod contest is this Friday. For the complete set of rules for our iPod contest click here.

WTF Friday - Win A 30 Gb Video iPod!!!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:08:29 -0500

Time to post your playlists!

Quit playing with your pod and do something with it.

Last weeks number of participants was astoundingly low, with entrys having a 33% chance of winning something. Lets see if we can boost those numbers this week. Congrats to our first shirt winner Dawn Flury!

Today is once again WTF Friday where YOU tell US WTF is on your IPod or other music player. Hit the Random or Shuffle button and jot down the first 10 songs that come up. A random sampling of my music player today comes up with the following:

1. "Its Raining Men" - The Weathergirls
2. "Angel of Death" - Slayer
3. "Snake Farm" - Ray Wylie Hubbard
4. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - Willie Nelson
5. "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" - Butthole Surfers
6. "Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith
7. "Heart Attack Man" - Beastie Boys
8. "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall" - Bob Dylan
9. "Head First" - The Babys
10. "Mirror in the Bathroom" - English Beat

So... I showed you mine

WTF is on yours? Tell us and you MIGHT win a prize. Maybe even a 30GB video iPod!
Click Here for the complete contest rules and prize announcement! You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY!

Its now WTF Friday!

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:06:17 -0500

Time to post your playlists!

Quit playing with your pod and do something with it.

Today is now officially WTF Friday where YOU tell US WTF is on your IPod or other music player. Hit the Random or Shuffle button and jot down the first 10 songs that come up. A random sampling of my music player today comes up with the following:

1. "Earthquake Shake" - The Skunks
2. "Long Live Rock & Roll" - Rainbow
3. "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" - Ramones
4. "Just One Fix" - Ministry
5. "Satisfaction (I can't get no)" - Devo
6. "Sex Machine" - James Brown
7. "There She Goes" - The La's
8. "When Autumn Comes" - Bill Evans
9. "Walk" - Bjork
10. "Loops of Fury" - Chemical Brothers

WTF Friday? Fun with your iPod

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:49:50 -0500

It's time to quit playing with your pod and do something serious with it.

Today is now officially WTF Friday where YOU tell US WTF is on your IPod or other music player. Hit the Random or Shuffle button and jot down the first 10 songs that come up. A random sampling of my music player today comes up with the following:

1. "The Weed Song" - Butthole Surfers
2. "Too Many Puppies" - Primus
3. "Blackstar(Acoustic)" - Radiohead
4. "Cracking Up" - Nick Lowe
5. "Hear my train a comin" - Jimi Hendrix
6. "Blue in Green" - Miles Davis
7. "Johnny B. Goode/Roadrunner" - Sex Pistols
8. "Spiders" - System of a Down
9. "Daisies of the Galaxy" - The Eels
10. "The Dregs" - 3

So... I showed you mine

WTF is on yours? Tell us and you MIGHT win a prize. Maybe even a 30GB iPod!
Click Here for the complete contest rules and prize announcement!