I've only listened to this damn thing like five times and I've kept the disc in a CD wallet...but when I took my disc outta my wallet to put it back in the case, I'll be a monkey's friggin' uncle if the CD tray didn't just fall out of the packaging.

I've heard of this happening before to other people, but you know, YOU JUST NEVER THINK IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.

Woe is me. WOE! This is a TRAVESTY.

Dag nab it.

NPG RECORDS: KNOCK IT OFF WITH THE CHEAP GLUE ALREADY. IT'S NOT CUTE AND IT'S NOT FUNNY. WHAT WOULD GOD THINK?!?!?

Okay. Sunday morning rant over.

That sux, Anxiety. Can you still play the CD without it skipping?

Copies of 'NEWS' are intentionally designed to sel-destruct and hence their collectors item value will be absolutely negligible.

It happened to me as well but I soon got over it

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Apart from the fact that the cover fell apart -
Hardest of all to believe is that you listened to this thing 5 times ???

5 ?? come on FIVE TIMES ??

I haven't listened to mine once.

I got the mp3 preview from NPGMC and that was enough for me to keep it in its packaging.

Where it will stay.

Anxiety said:

He gave strict orders to the manufacturer not to use glue derived from horses but from tofu. BTW mines fell apart after the first week.

I made a cd-r copy the day I bought it and the original cd won't be opened again until my copy is ruined. Better be safe than sorry!
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magnificentsynthesizer667 said:

funkaholic1972 said:

Smart thinking.

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LOL... pig abuse.

Hey whoever designed that CD cover should design one more and quit. so did mine. P has the longest pockets and the shortest arms. Quick little fingers tho.

Oh and how about this one - sheep abuse. Hey they're from Australia, maybe P wanna pick up a sheep charity to justify his ticket prices. I'm sure Prince could use a few more sheep. Baaa

ABC TV

Negotiations continue for sheep shipment.
The Federal Agriculture Minister, Warren Truss, says there is still no final outcome in negotiations to find a taker for 53,000 sheep stranded in the Persian Gulf. The shipment has been at sea for two months after leaving the Western Australian port of Fremantle. There have been reports the shipment is headed for the Iraqi port of Basra, where it will be given away. But Warren Truss has told Channel Ten today no deal has been done yet. "Certainly no arrangements, no final agreements have yet been reached, we're working with a number of countries in quite a number of places," he said.

He says the negotiations are sensitive and difficult, partly because the sheep were first rejected on the grounds they had scabby mouth disease. He says several Government departments are now involved in trying to convince potential buyers the sheep are healthy. Mr Truss says negotiations have also been held up because of religious holidays in Middle East. Mr Truss says an international vet has since assessed the sheep as healthy and Australia's chief veterinarian and a senior quarantine officer have now flown to the Middle East to help support the negotiations to sell the sheep. He is hoping the situation will be resolved soon. Mr Truss also said a new process for regulating Australia's live sheep exporters will be introduced, once the industry's current problem is resolved.

He said the industry been subjected to increased scrutiny in recent years. But he told Channel Ten the exporters' organisation, Livecorp, needed to make more changes.
"Increasingly it is clear that there will need to be a separation in the standards setting and regulatory function from the other activities undertaken by Livecorp," he said.
"Once this issue is out of the way, we will be working with the industry to put in place a new regulatory structure that ensures that there is an appearance, as well as in practice, an appropriate standard setting mechanism that is properly enforced." Meanwhile, Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett has reiterated his opposition to the live sheep trade. He says there is no reason why sheep cannot be slaughtered in Australia. "The suggestion that it's religious sensibilities is basically 95 percent furphy," he said. "There is a halal export meat trade in Australia, including abattoirs in Western Australia as I understand it, that could be expanded significantly if it got some encouragement by the government, rather than just continuing to do the cheap and easy approach of just hipping off the raw product."

Origami is truly an evil hobby.

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giotto said:

I noticed the plastic CD part coming off the paper after a few days. It is so cheaply made and stupid really. Why not just put it in a hard cover!

"News" isnt the only release this has happened with."The Chicago Box" has the same plastic trays and the same weak glue.Hopefully this style of packaging is on the way out.
And while we're at it: Does anybody really like Digi-paks?
What's wrong with the "Jewelbox"?

VinnyM27 said:

Because the design is supposed to be like a compass.

I haven't had a problem with mine.

Fuckin' toldja so, beetch!

Mine was unglued straight out of the shrink wrap, and a corner of the plastic tray was cracked to boot.

Hey, this thread inspired me to put news in for the first time since the pharaoh fiasco. Thanx, Anx - I think.

Iknowyouliketothinkyershitdon'tstank...

crazy bitch

yo, you can always glue it back in yourself! Ain't like people don't have their own glue around.

reason # 37 why I don't listen to NEWS

deepabove said:

I ain't Martha Motherfucking Stewart and my apartment ain't Craft Damn Village.

WHY CAN'T NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS?!?

Anxiety said:

Morning, Sweetie!! I am so fucking hung over from last night and I can't see worth shit...what are you going on about?

Ya'll act like Prince sat down and first of all made the case himself and secondly like he contimplated it all in his head..."ya know the fams have been really hard on me lately, lemme make em a cd that is going to fall apart...yeah, that's how I'll get em" PUULEASE PEOPLE!!!

Anxiety said:

Now this is a lesson to you, for anything you get of Prince's. Make yourself a CDr copy of it and never use the original again!

shortnsweet said:

Now that's funny.

shortnsweet said:

Well? Didn't he??? SOMEBODY GET ME ALEX HAHN ON THE HORN!!!

Anxiety said:

stymie said:

I can't have anything nice, Stymie.

Except I'm sporting a pretty nice hangover, it could probably win a prize if there were a contest for hangovers.

But that would be a pretty stupid contest.







knackered edit
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duct tape fixes EVERYthing
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