As the Apple Turns: Scene 4697: Free 'Pod Opportunity #37 (5/14/04)

Free 'Pod Opportunity #37 (5/14/04)

Hey, everybody, it's the Friday episode of a slow news week-- and when better to revive the ancient and revered AtAT tradition of revealing how you can score a free iPod? Now, before you get all bent out of shape, relax-- we're not going to tell you to perform live onstage at the Grammy Awards or get nominated for an Oscar; we received enough complaints from the No-Talent Slob contingent of our viewing audience to know better. And just because we're such open-minded people who know how to accept constructive criticism gracefully and incorporate it into the continuing incremental improvement of all we do, this latest method won't require that you sing or act or be a fabulous celebrity beloved by millions. This time you can be a regular loser, just like us.

So here's the skinny: Apple's running a contest right now whereby three lucky winners will each get two free backstage passes to the Warped Tour, that annual migratory showcase of the latest in punkternative music. If you win, Apple will pay to fly you and a guest to sunny Boston, Massachusetts (yes, that's where we live, so don't go messing it all up, buster) for the tour's final show on August 19th, and just in case you're not nearly as punk as you claim to be, Apple will even arrange "overnight accommodations" so you two don't have to sleep standing up in a PortaJohn. Oh, and more to the point, you also get a free miniPod.

Now, we'd like to clarify something right off the bat, here: despite what you may have heard, the "overnight accommodations" do not consist of you and your friend crashing on our couch. We don't care what Apple told you; they never cleared that with us. Okay? Okay.

We'd also like to point out just briefly that, while Apple would evidently never deign to extend a single pinky toe past the town limits into this backwater hamlet, the company's apparently totally fine with flying you here, instead. So apparently, while Apple's too good for this city, you can rest assured that you are most definitely not. (Ya freakin' peasant.)

So! Now that you're all excited about this whole free miniPod 'n' Warped Tour thing, we should probably mention the catch: you have to be a college student to enter-- and a legal adult, to boot. Yes, apparently only higher-ed pupils of voting age are supposed to like songs about death, mutilation, and alcohol. (Clearly there's something wrong with us, then.) If you qualify, go for it: you've got until July 20th to enter. Even if you're not into the Warped thing, if you win you can still pick up your miniPod, fly to Boston for a visit, and drop off those unwanted backstage passes somewhere convenient. Like, say, at the AtAT compound. We're just saying.

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The above scene was taken from the 5/14/04 episode:

May 14, 2004: IBM reports that its chip yields are improving; is the curse in remission? Meanwhile, Apple jumps eleven slots in an annual list of the top consumer electronics retailers, and the company aims to give away free miniPods and Warped Tour passes to a few lucky college students...

Other scenes from that episode:

4695: Curse Is Foiled Again (5/14/04) Hey, it's the weekend, people-- what's with the collective furrowed brow? Don't tell us you're still fretting about that whole Evil Mac Processor Curse thingy; granted, it's a little alarming that whoever signs up to make the chips for Apple's highest-end desktop Macs always seems to start out strong but soon encounters all sorts of inexplicable setbacks, including (but not limited to) extended production delays, abysmally low yields, and being held captive in a cave by Vincent Price after wiping out on surfboards and finding giant spiders crawling on them in their sleep...
4696: Formicidae-y Goodness (5/14/04) Speaking of rosy news to keep your weekend attitude all bright and sunshiney, how 'bout them Apple retail stores? We already knew from Apple's last quarterly earnings conference call that they were in the black and doing well; sales had almost doubled from the previous year, which wasn't a huge surprise given how many new stores had opened, but the fact that average per-store revenue was up by 35% showed some real hustle...

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