Korgscrew
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Posted: Aug. 20 2007, 16:49 |
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The flash drive is, as Ebony and bee have already guessed, exactly the same kind of thing you might store your files on already.
It probably won't have any artwork in the traditional sense, but will probably have some kind of decorative design on it and could even be in a novel shape. The White Stripes did some nice ones, but thanks to the fact they were produced in limited numbers, they were fairly expensive (that $99 is for a set of two, that would work out at about £25/€37 each...only £6 more than Tubular Bells 2003...). It may also contain videos and other things which aren't available elsewhere.
The packaging will most likely be nothing more than a blister pack type thing - i.e. just for displaying it in the shop. Of course they could do all sorts of things...a beautiful hand crafted, velvet lined presentation box in exotic hardwoods, for example. I just bet they won't. The blister pack appears to be how the Barenaked Ladies drive is packaged. It'll probably have all the artwork and sleeve notes in electronic format instead. Of course it could be that the drive will be crafted from 100 year old yak's milk cheese, packaged in a 'recycled' pair of tights and will contain an alternate version of the album performed by Jake Oldfield on a plastic ukulele, all presented to you in glorious 8 bit monophonic sound...we've been told nothing about what the flash drive version will be like (in fact, we were actually just told it would be released on USB - it took a bit of head scratching to work out what they meant), despite having asked, so I'm just trying to make sensible guesses.
What to do with them once you have a collection of them is a very good question (though if the yak's cheese isn't hard and dry after 100 years, keeping them in the fridge may be wise). I suppose there are so few available at the moment, nobody has considered what happens when somebody owns more than 2 or 3. The ones that have a loop for going on keyrings could be hung on small hooks, of course...the rest...I guess they'll just have to be piled in a drawer. I imagine that the idea is that you just use it once to copy all the files to your computer then put it somewhere you'll never find it again (I would say somewhere safe, but we all know that means exactly the same thing).
By the way, Sweatpea...we can change your nick if you want...
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