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I've got a cafepress store and there have been a few t-shirts and tartanpodcast-related artifacts sold (if you're in possession of any, please email me photos!). However, the issue with cafepress is that to make any money at all you need to put a sizeable markup on the product, oftentimes pricing yourself out of a sale. Factor in the $ - £ exchange rate and there's virtually no money to be made at all.
Last year a listener called Hamish offered to help me set up an online shop, but I was too distracted to do anything about it (Hamish, if you're reading get in touch).

However, part of the problem you're faced with setting up an online shop is what to stock it with. Obviously things that people would enjoy owning is a good start. So that would probably include things like t-shirts, stickers, keyrings, CDs, posters
etc.

Here's where you may be able to help. If you work in the merchandise-production industry and are able to get me some very very reasonably priced deals (free is even better..) on t-shirts etc etc please get in touch. That way there could be a tartanpodcast shop with reasonably priced merchandise for you to buy, and I can make a wee bit of money out of it too.

Also, please have a look at the poll below. And when you've finished looking at it, please consider choosing an answer.

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Thu, 18 May 2006

tp89 - tartanpodcast #89

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Don't be a sheep.

I don't talk about this in the podcast, but can anyone advise me on how I could put out a live tartanpodcast, i.e. something I could record AND stream at the same time, therefore allowing you guys to listen live?

Frightened Rabbit - Go Go Girls
Kings Die Kings - Erosion
Team Salt - More Brightness
Evan Crichton - Cracks
Finniston - Hold Your Hand

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What's going on? Libsyn produce a list of the hot podcasts on their servers and this morning the tartanpodcast was #2...! WhaAAaaaT?!

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Mon, 15 May 2006

Mellow Monday 7

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Sun, 14 May 2006

Album Review - Gum's 'Seven Feeble Alibis'

Gum - Seven Feeble Alibis

Time Going By; the first track on the mini album and the first referencing a theme that seems to develop as the album progresses - time, obviously. One wonders if the inspiration for this song came from the time passing between the release of their 2003 debut album 'Low Flying Kites' and the decision of certain key band members to depart during the interim period, citing the length of time it takes in the music industry to make a discernable impact. As an opener the track is bright and catchy, Leigh's multilayered vocals settling comfortably over Raymond's rythmic chord progression. However, it doesn't have the depth that we're used to from Gum as per 'Low Flying Kites'. That depth follows... 4 out of 5. SPEAKERS
Beyond the Horizon; The time references continue on the second track, the mood mellowing and darkening a little from the opener's clear blue sky, borne out by the addition of a heavier guitar riff and horn arrangement. Leigh sings of broken promises and years going by, building to a typically Gum-esque uplifting chorus. This is the only track on the album where Leigh gets a writing credit. Gum fans will feel at home with this track, new fans will recognise immediately the tunesmiths that Leigh and Raymond are. 5 out of 5. EARPHONES
Cross Your Heart - Hope to Die; the stand out track on the album, a grabber from first listen, quickly turning into a repeat-listener. More tales of broken promises pepper the lyrics, the phrase 'break through this prema-frost of feeble alibis' is a cracker and the album's best word picture. Musically this is Gum at their best, easily putting them on the plinth they should be on; peddlers of pop songs with a heart. Buy the album for this song alone. 5 out of 5. EARPHONES or REALLY LOUD IN THE CAR
Asleep at the Wheel - Bowman and Poole remix; 'Low Flying Kite's opener done to a turn by Bowman and Poole, all ethnic drums and sharp angles. I don't have any info on B&P, but a Google search throws up some interesting clues. 3.5 out of 5. SPEAKERS
Falling Through Cracks; the weakest, in my opinion, on the album, although it does have some great sections, with Leigh's voice sounding very Nina Perrson, which is never a bad thing. Lyrically its as sharp as the rest of the album, but for me it doesn't settle completely, not knowing what it wants to be. It does have an infectious middle 8, which, coupled with the strong lyric, should make it a better song than it actually is. But the unclear opening dilutes the overall effect. 3 out of 5. SPEAKERS
Low-Flying Kites; funnily little track weighing in at 1.02 minutes, but enjoyable nonetheless. Leads perfectly into the secret, but ulimately, seventh of the 'feeble alibis'. 4 out 5. SPEAKERS
?; untitled seventh track. Untitled in that it isn't listed on the album cover. Lyrically it's the best on the album, dreamy but purposeful melodies paint pictures of hilly inner city parks on hot, windless summer afternoons. Has Gum stamped all over it without sounding like anything on the debut album. Great songwriting. 5 out of 5. HEADPHONES