>"MaRcO" <marco.otto@...> wrote:
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> > I've got the same problem,
>I wonder if they've discovered they've accidently released two bundles in
>one and have pulled it? All of the bundle releases have, in some way, been
>bundled when first released, so it's always wise to get the download as
>quickly as possible.

I have actually recieved an e-mail via tunetirbe, via sm.com saying the
bundle is available, so i dont think the problem was the fact they have
released two together. I think the problem is just sm.com.

> >and whats happened to simpleminds.com ?
>This kept me amused all Friday afternoon.
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>They appeared to have a catastrophic server crash Friday afternoon which
>took the whole site down, leaving a screenful of unfulfilled timeout
>messages in its wake. When they got back from the pub, someone noticed, and
>put up a quick "Website undergoing maintenance" page to make it look like
>this was all planned, then then someone was dispatched to find their
>service
>contract.
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>Of course, it was Friday afternoon, so I wasn't expecting anything to get
>sorted out. But there was the small matter of Bundle #3 which had to be
>released today so the band could fulfil their "every two weeks" promise.
>Cue
>someone throwing together a holding screen, messing up the bundle?,
>releasing it, and then the office went down the pub. Again.
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>Ironically it's the best update they've done. It's just simply "the
>bundle's
>been released, get it here" (as opposed to the endless, idiotic, and
>wasteful messing about logging into simpleminds.com, navigating their
>appalling site, and then after ten minutes of banging your head on the
>desk,
>discovering that all you bloody needed in the first place was simply a link
>to tunetribe.)
>
>I'm sure it'll all be sorted out on Monday. Badly.

Im not hugely keen on sm.com, but this whole exlcusives thing is awesome,
and a real credit to the band, it shows how they want to please the fans,
and show off their live work, and how talented they are at mastering the
stuff. Its a real treat.

Question is, what comes after this Belgium gig? how many vids they got? will
we ever see any in progress new songs? I suppose in the not tooooo distant
furture we may find out.

cheers,

Kamran


>All the best,
>Simon
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