Little Steven's Fuzztopia?!?

[swt]

Is this like a corporate version of our little Hideout?

From an email I just received:

Friends of The Underground Garage,

Stevie Van Zandt is excited to announce the Beta release of Fuzztopia – “all things Rock and Roll.” We need your help adding content, and we’ll be rewarding a few of the best profiles.

As a “one-stop” for FANS and bands, Fuzztopia will ultimately include:

--a place for you to purchase songs and albums from bands, including content exclusively available on Fuzztopia.
--advice and tools, from “city secrets” and “cool stuff” to “techville,” “video games,” and “da biz,” among other things. We’ll be gathering content from our favorite sites, but we’ll also have recommendations and feedback from musicians, bands, and people like Little Steven that just haven’t been available anywhere else. Think of “city secrets” as all the places in your hometown (restaurants, bars, clubs, etc.) that you would recommend to visiting friends. Likewise, if you have “city secrets” from other parts of the world you’ve visited, Fuzztopia is a fantastic place for that insight.
--tons of streaming video content. At “The Drive-In,” fans of B-movies will soon be able to watch and chat in real time. Meanwhile “Fuzz TV” will have live concert footage, original programming, and music videos.

Here’s where we need your SUPPORT & EXPERTISE:

--sign up as a fan, and create a profile
--add TWO of your favorite videos
--provide 5-10 “City Secrets,” plus ANY PHOTOS.
--ADD comments about “secrets” AREADY posted by others. Remember, people will be looking for your input! We know you have the inside scoop, and we want you to share it.
--create a playlist from the bands that have already uploaded their music.
--the beta version of Fuzztopia isn’t just about building - we want your feedback. Are there things you don’t like? Areas that need improving? A feature missing? Is anything confusing? Should we add something else? What do you like best? This is the time to tell us.

We will REWARD the best profiles with a couple of great prizes:

GRAND PRIZE (one winner)
* A pair of tickets to ANY one of the remaining Summer/Fall tour dates with Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band! PLUS you and your guest will receive exclusive laminates to meet Stevie Van Zandt backstage before the show!
1st PRIZE (one winner)
* Fender Stratocaster Squire Classic 50’s guitar signed by Stevie Van Zandt!
2nd PRIZE
*FIFTEEN 2nd prize WINNERS will be selected RANDOMLY among the COMPLETED PROFILES, so everyone creating a thorough profile has a chance to win:
*A script for an Underground Garage radio show PERSONALLY signed by Stevie Van Zandt. PLUS a double CD copy of the applicable show. The scripts are always written by hand, and include a bunch of commentary. This is a highly collectible, immensely cool look at the creative process for the show

Here is the sign-up page: http://beta.fuzztopia.com/PreRegister.aspx

Thanks for your help making Fuzztopia the best place for “all things rock and roll.”

[Wipeout!]

My lord...We've be jacked! Worst marketin' scheme ever under the auspices of garage rock community building ....& who in the fuck amongst true garage fans would give a shit over Springstink tix?

[Bob Blackstone]

wow looks like this is BIG LEAGUE COMPETITION!!!!!

[Rockin Rod Strychnine]

I got one of those too since the only way you can listen to past episodes is to sign up to their mailing list but that's as far as I'm going with that. I'm not signing up for this. I mean, as long as you don't mind getting the occasional e-mail from Renegade Nation, you can listen to the shows for free so who needs a script a double CD?

[IDON MINE]

First off, I think mass exposure of GARAGEPUNKRAWK is good... BUT NOT IN THAT WAY!!

As much as I hate internet whacking, I not-so-secretly wish that site would get the DENIAL OF SERVICE treatment, others got a while ago... SO ANGRY. But also, I couldn't be more unaffected by this uninteresting, unfun and unfuzzed ignorant, high nose rip-off.

This seems like a speck of shit coming from a piece o the same. I guess if you are around there you don't participate in it, but you're told what's cool by the expert staff. ...Seems like I gotta sign up after all. Hhaha, since I never understood the whole music thing anyhow!

Lets get all wonky: "Speaking of it, I want to win my GP.com I-POD since my profile is better than yours! I have already uploaded ONE of TWO videos! Am I done and cool enough? I have also entered to win a set of GP.com toiletries! Hand signed by the staff! So cool and collectible"

Uhm... I'm done!

[Wipeout!]

IDON MINE said:

Lets get all wonky: "Speaking of it, I want to win my GP.com I-POD since my profile is better than yours! I have already uploaded ONE of TWO videos! Am I done and cool enough? I have also entered to win a set of GP.com toiletries! Hand signed by the staff! So cool and collectible"

Uhm... I'm done!

Hahahaha....yer cool enuf in my book, baby! ...sorry I don't have a crappy hack of a band like Springstink to give you prize tix to see

[swt]

<<I have also entered to win a set of GP.com toiletries!>>

I want to win the whole toilet.

[joe]

oh brother ! why does'nt little steven put some video up seeing as he taped all those bands that played his travelling sideshow a few years back

[IDON MINE]

Hahahha, thanks for approving! You have my bows for sure ;)))) Certainly not crappy, but I'll enter the GETWETS tix contest that also has a direct flight to EL WIG included in the package!


Wipeout! said:
Hahahaha....yer cool enuf in my book, baby! ...sorry I don't have a crappy hack of a band like Springstink to give you prize tix to see

[IDON MINE]

YES! I hear it comes with a load of cool crap! Hahahahah, man I'm so cheap!

swt said:

<<I have also entered to win a set of GP.com toiletries!>>

I want to win the whole toilet.

[Ryan Katastrophe]

Do you think Little Steven could leave his sig off that guitar por favor?

[swt]

Rag on Springsteen all you want, as long as you lay off my favorite, BRUCE SPRINGSTONE. (sorry, the video on this site has been disabled)

[IDON MINE]

Huzza! I'll have five copies a that please!

swt said:

Rag on Springsteen all you want, as long as you lay off my favorite, BRUCE SPRINGSTONE. (sorry, the video on this site has been disabled)