
19 August
2004
Two new videos have been added. Some 'behind-the-scenes'
footage of the making of 'Count Backwards from
10", plus an exclusive first look at the
new video for
'Love My Way'.

9 August
2004
The
countdown to release day has ended. The long-awaited
new strawpeople album 'count backwards
from 10' will be in stores from today, August 9
(it may
take a couple of days to reach shop shelves outside
the main centres).

6 August
2004
The
final audio samples from the album have been added; 'Winter'
(featuring
Mahinarangi Tocker), 'Rain'
(featuring Fiona McDonald)
and 'Parade'.

5 August
2004
The audio samples of 'The
Andy Warhol Effect'
and the Psychedelic Furs' cover 'Love
My Way'
(featuring Leza Corban)
have been added to the site. Two more
audio samples from 'Count Backwards From 10'
will be added each day between August 2 and 6.
 4 August
2004
The audio samples of 'Running
Away'
(featuring Fiona McDonald)
and 'Wire'
(featuring Jordan Reyne)
have been added to the site. Two more
audio samples from 'Count Backwards From 10'
will be added each day between August 2 and 6.

3 August
2004
The audio samples of 'You've
Been On My Mind' and 'Floating'
(both featuring Fiona McDonald)
have been added to the site. Two more
audio samples from 'Count Backwards From 10'
will be added each day between August 2 and 6.

2 August
2004
The video for 'No One
Like You' and audio samples of 'Driving
Around' and 'No One
Like You'
(featuring Pearl Runga)
have been added to the site. Two more
audio samples from 'Count Backwards From 10'
will be added each day between August 2 and 6.

30 July
2004
The
countdown to release day has begun. The long-awaited
new strawpeople album 'count backwards
from 10' will be in stores from August 9.

30 July
2004
TXT Contest.
You may come across some TXT
contests on street posters and magazine
advertisements during the next month or so to win
strawpeople prize packs. These are all prize draws
and there are no instant prizes. Each contest has
one main prize of a strawpeople CD collection comprising all available Sony
strawpeople albums
(broadcast, vicarious, best of, no new messages,
count backwards from 10),
and a selection of back-catalogue CD-Singles
(spoiler, taller than god, beautiful skin, drive,
scared of flying, boxers),
plus a strawpeople A1 sized street poster.

Runners
up in each contest will win a strawpeople A1
sized street poster plus 3 strawpeople CDs of
their choice
(selected from broadcast, vicarious, best of, no new
messages, count backwards from 10).

30 July
2004
The new strawpeople.co.nz website has now
gone live, though there are still more treats to be
added, including samples from 2 songs from COUNT
BACKWARDS FROM 10 each day between August 2 and 7,
and the full video for No One Like You.
Also
some behind the scenes footage shot by Paul Casserly
during the making of 'Count Backwards from 10' will
be coming soon, plus additional information on the
strawpeople singles in the music section.
And there are still some archival photos to add into
the pix gallery.
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