If you’ve been keeping up with my Twitter feed, you may have noticed that I’ve been incredibly busy as of late. I just can’t seem to catch a break with finding time to blog now that I currently work two jobs. Of course, those who have been keeping up have come to expect lengthy periods of inactiveness, at least on my part.

Mentioning any kind of worthwhile albums from the past three weeks is just a meaningless task, as you can just take a peek below to see the excellent amount of releases at your disposal. Hopefully, next week we can get back to the weekly postings, but there are no guarantees unfortunately. Hope everyone understands!

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Update: This contest is now closed.  Congratulations to Jess!  Thanks to everyone for participating!

The time between seasons of the hit comedy series Flight of the Conchords has seemingly gone by rather quickly as we’re now hot on the heals of the January 18th premiere of Season Two on HBO.  I’m actually quite excited for the new season, even though I find myself enjoying the show more in bits and pieces than actually sitting through entire episodes.  There are entire segments that are absolutely brilliant — just look some of it up on YouTube for proof — but if there’s an arc or ongoing storyline, than I honestly have no idea what’s going on.

If you happened to completely miss out on Season One, you can have a taste of New Zealand’s finest comedy duo, or “Formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo,” as the entire premiere episode of Season Two can be streamed right now.

You may have thought I would’ve shared a link to watch all of Season One, but for one lucky reader, he or she will be able to do just that with a prize pack that includes the Season One DVD.  Other FoTC goodies include the following:

+ Season 1 of Flight of the Conchords on DVD (already mentioned)
+ an FOTC notebook (to write stuff in, I guess)
+ FOTC guitar picks (to rock out with your imaginary guitar)
+ an FOTC poster and some FOTC postcards (see image above)

As usual, leave a comment (tell me something you absolutely loved about Season One) and an email address to contact you if you happen to win.  I’ll pick a winner at random in about a week, which i’ll announce here on this same page.  Unfortunately, this contest will only be open to U.S. residents only.  Sorry folks, those are the rules.  Don’t fret!  You’ll still be able to get in on the fun in someway as can head over to FlightLipDub and participate in the Flight of the Conchords lipdub, which involves sending in a video of you lip-synching to a chosen song.  You can count me out on that one, as I would just completely embarrass myself.

MP3: Flight of the Conchords :: “Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymenocerous”
MP3: Flight of the Conchords :: “Ladies Of The World”

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