AT's Big Thursday Give: Over 400 Pop Music CD's

Congratulations to Jimkk, who won last week's giveaway, New Closets from Astech Closet.

Item: Four Bags of CD's - Estimated at Over 400, along with misc. DVD and Video Tapes
Description: Okay, this is a weird one, but we found four HUGE shopping bags of good CD's (and a few DVD's and tapes) in the hallway from the fashion company that moved out and we thought it would be genius to creatively recycle them. We've already gone through and ripped a few to our iPod, and now they need to find a better home...

They all look like hip new bands along with a bunch of biggies like Clay Aiken, Kayne West and Sarah Mclachlan . It's a bit random, but there are a ton, many look like promotional, record label giveaways and they're all in excellent condition.

We tried to take pics that showed what they looked like. We'd like to find a good home, someone who will put them to good use and REQUIRE that you come to our office and pick them up yourself.

COMMENT BELOW TO ENTER

How to Enter: To enter this Giveaway, please submit a comment below. The contest begins today and ends on Monday, April 14th, at NOON ET. We will choose one winner at random.

SPECIAL NOTE: You must be a New York City resident to be eligible for this giveaway.

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FOR THIS GIVEAWAY YOU MUST PICK UP THE CD'S AT OUR OFFICES (9-5PM WEEKDAYS, 22 HOWARD STREET, NYC)

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I'm game.

posted by DKinNY on April 10th 2008 at 7:57am
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Me too.

posted by Mimi on April 10th 2008 at 8:04am
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ohhh hoobstank and clay aiken- yeah!

posted by brooklynjennie on April 10th 2008 at 8:05am
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Yes!

posted by Ramstone on April 10th 2008 at 8:08am
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I would love to win seeing as I'm probably the only 23 year old in the world without an ipod...so I'm still needing CD's. Pick me yay!

posted by lisser on April 10th 2008 at 8:11am
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Why not? Whatever I don't need will get passed on. Or converted into someone senior year art project.

posted by hmr on April 10th 2008 at 8:12am
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Please pick me!!! Believe it or not, I still have a portable CD player (and use it!). I'd love to contribute to the CD-sharing club here in my office also (cure to the ban of internet radio). Thank you!

posted by Yuliz on April 10th 2008 at 8:12am
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consider this an entry on behalf of your local library. for others who are ripping their collections- please consider donating your old movies and CDs. You get a tax deduction, and tons of people get to enjoy your donation! Using the library is a great way to reduce unnecessary consumption.

posted by erica on April 10th 2008 at 8:14am
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i think this giveaway should include some mod CD storage piece as well...

posted by yeahjules on April 10th 2008 at 8:20am
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Hey this is great- someone broke into my apt and stole all my ipods on Saturday night so this would be a great reason to buy myself a new one!

posted by Haverly on April 10th 2008 at 8:23am
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These would be great to pass around the office and share with my co-workers.

posted by formandfunction on April 10th 2008 at 8:23am
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Any classic rock in there? I'm in the middle of a Clapton obsession.

posted by mdtown531 on April 10th 2008 at 8:24am
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mmmkay

posted by kdkaboom on April 10th 2008 at 8:26am
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um, hi? cd's? yes. yes, i still love 'em.

(although erica up there is right: the library might need them more than me.)

posted by katiebug on April 10th 2008 at 8:26am
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Yes! I keep losing CDs and their conversions through my own and various electronic malfunctions. It would be nice to get some more music in my life.

posted by newinny on April 10th 2008 at 8:28am
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I'm with erica on this one, but consider this an entry from your favorite college library in the NYC area. (If you would take entries from all areas, I'd have entered for my own college library, where i happen to be employed) Often college libraries and media centers get neglected.

posted by streepyj on April 10th 2008 at 8:33am
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I love free stuff. If you got free CDs send them my way please.

posted by Trumystique on April 10th 2008 at 8:39am
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Cds? How retro!(kidding). I also like the rip and donate idea.

posted by mellon on April 10th 2008 at 8:39am
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Yes please.

posted by Doug on April 10th 2008 at 8:39am
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me and my ipod would be very happy

posted by New York Muhtari on April 10th 2008 at 8:40am
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i'd like to rip a few and then donate to the library

posted by apmc on April 10th 2008 at 8:44am
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if by "creatively recycle" you mean a robin-hood style steal-and-give, i'm down.
i've already thought of 7 different ways to destroy the clay aiken cd.

posted by LGE on April 10th 2008 at 8:49am
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I'm in!

posted by peanut on April 10th 2008 at 8:49am
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sign me up.

posted by cviehe on April 10th 2008 at 9:02am
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Me, me, me!

posted by theora55 on April 10th 2008 at 9:03am
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I think it would be nice to have a collective win on this one - have the collection of CDs rotate through a few people.

posted by sciencegeek on April 10th 2008 at 9:08am
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I admit it. I still use cds.

posted by Comicgeek on April 10th 2008 at 9:12am
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I'm a metalhead, but even I know I'd find some "guilty pleasure" CD's in that collection... just don't tell my friends.

posted by kdub on April 10th 2008 at 9:17am
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I still use CD's, LP's, Cassettes and even 8-tracks. I would love this collection.

posted by suzy8track on April 10th 2008 at 9:40am
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Cd's have better sound quality on an Ipod then the songs from iTunes...heck yeah I'm in!

posted by miss elle on April 10th 2008 at 9:49am
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Um YES!

posted by ee2485 on April 10th 2008 at 10:04am
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AWESOME!

posted by Eric P. on April 10th 2008 at 10:17am
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More music?! Yes please. I also like the idea of donating to a library.

posted by Bridget212323 on April 10th 2008 at 10:34am
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i LIVE for finding cheap cd's in the east village. this would be an early christmas present for me. please!

posted by sussbus on April 10th 2008 at 10:41am
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i guess im in !

posted by ohjacobk on April 10th 2008 at 10:44am
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yes please!

posted by lovelanewest on April 10th 2008 at 10:53am
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oh crap! I didn't realize that you had to be a New York city resident...boo hoo!

posted by suzy8track on April 10th 2008 at 10:47am
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okie dokie, I'm in.

posted by mordy6 on April 10th 2008 at 12:53pm
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I want these! I'll donate what I don't want.

posted by theambershow on April 10th 2008 at 12:54pm
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I would donate after ripping of course.

posted by Lulu731 on April 10th 2008 at 12:56pm
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wow, after losing a ton of music when our harddrive crapped out on us a few weeks ago, this would be an awesome way to restock our itunes! and then donate to a good cause of course :-)

posted by still life mercantile on April 10th 2008 at 1:01pm
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I've recently shed my apartment of pile of promo CDs from my own collection. (from the photo it looks like some of them might have been freebies from record labels.)

This is more a note to others who are thinking about getting rid of their own promo CDs than free ones you've found. Technically if they are promo CDs you are NOT supposed to resell them nor give them to other people. Many promo CDs are watermarked and the "owner's" name will be connected to them if they somehow end up in ripped MP3 form on the internet.

Donating non watermarked albums to the library is a good option. But since I'm totally paranoid about getting reamed by the RIAA or a label so I cut my CDs and then drop them off at techno trash events in the NYC area. The next one is on 23rd street near Tekeserve at the end of this month. They'll take them w/ a big haul they send to GreenDisk and your CDs and cases are then recycled.

posted by laurany on April 10th 2008 at 1:08pm
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Me...because I just moved to New York and still have all my stuff in Los Angeles in storage. I'm going to need the CDs to play in the stereo as I decorate my new 1 bedroom apt.

posted by MilenaB. on April 10th 2008 at 1:13pm
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Oh sure... There is sure to be lots of stuff I don't have...

posted by Devyn on April 10th 2008 at 2:47pm
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I'll have a go at those CDs!

posted by rchang on April 10th 2008 at 2:50pm
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I'm game. And then we can work on a remodel, because 400 CDs probably take up the remaining living space I have. :P

posted by pen_b on April 10th 2008 at 2:58pm
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yay cds..

posted by Gauze on April 10th 2008 at 3:06pm
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oh how great..as I've had my entire music collection stolen twice within the past few years. Very sweet offer.

posted by or on April 10th 2008 at 4:29pm
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Ohh, fabulousssss.

posted by simiya on April 10th 2008 at 4:59pm
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Sounds pretty awesome

posted by Andrew D. on April 10th 2008 at 6:15pm
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do want

posted by the7000club.net on April 10th 2008 at 6:30pm
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Speaking of cds, what can you do with the jewel cases, if you just want to keep the cds (in cd albums)? I hate just throwing all that plastic away. And they're not recyclable, even in SF.

posted by lolax on April 10th 2008 at 7:37pm
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Count me in! I'll keep some and donate some.

posted by Taterz on April 11th 2008 at 3:20am
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posted by JK21 on April 11th 2008 at 4:56am
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I'm your huckleberry.

posted by yDaddy on April 11th 2008 at 5:29am
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I love more tunes anytime.

posted by weezerad79 on April 11th 2008 at 7:15am
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Hooray!!!

posted by tutae on April 11th 2008 at 7:15am
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Omigod! I won the new closet makeover! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm anxiously awaiting my official notification!

posted by jimkk on April 11th 2008 at 7:24am
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posted by jrd550 on April 11th 2008 at 8:00am
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I'm in too!

posted by yesisaworld on April 11th 2008 at 8:06am
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Sure, why not.

posted by hejiranyc on April 11th 2008 at 8:23am
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congrats on the closet makeover jimkk

posted by Schniffy on April 11th 2008 at 8:39am
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I'm game. Whatever I don't want I'll put in prop storage at work, I always need more set dressing.

posted by skreinking on April 11th 2008 at 8:42am
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Woo, Franz Ferdinand!

posted by ack on April 11th 2008 at 9:00am
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I'm in too. I like creative recycling!

posted by entee on April 11th 2008 at 9:17am
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i'm in! reuse recycle baby!

posted by gemion on April 11th 2008 at 10:16am
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I'm in... fingers crossed.

posted by Pearly135 on April 11th 2008 at 10:22am
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Can I share them with Erica? We could have a laptop ripping party for AT! I think she deserves to win for her great idea....

posted by Clairepetrol on April 11th 2008 at 10:47am
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Even if a lot of the discs are duds, I've been itching to made a cd side table like the one that was on AT recently (smallest coolest? house tour?). And I promise to share the audio wealth!

posted by steph in nj on April 11th 2008 at 11:55am
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Me, please.

posted by zv on April 11th 2008 at 2:02pm
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sounds exciting!

posted by tristerosdemon on April 11th 2008 at 3:05pm
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pick me. please.

:)

posted by paperdoll222 on April 11th 2008 at 5:55pm
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Lolax- you can send your cd jewel cases to GreenDisk.com, or find a local store who does collections for them. You could also donate empty cases to your local library, those that lend out CDs are often in need of non-broken cases.

posted by laurany on April 11th 2008 at 6:24pm
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I hope that I am the fortunate one.

posted by preppypunknyc on April 12th 2008 at 5:35pm
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ah would be perfect for my muji cd player!

posted by mikey_hong on April 12th 2008 at 6:27pm
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My boombox says please feed me

posted by kjoak on April 13th 2008 at 3:36am
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winning this would be great!!

posted by rfew on April 13th 2008 at 10:28am
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I guess these were too heavy for the fashion company to bother with hahaha...
Oh well our gain-GLAD you guys ripped a few choice discs first.

posted by AT'erapy on April 13th 2008 at 4:58pm
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Whitestarr? I'm so there.

posted by claracg on April 14th 2008 at 5:13am
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