*Make a New Year’s resolution to write your ruined music story. Look at the guidelines. Send to submit -at- ruinedmusic.com with SUBMISSION in the subject line.

*Travel safely if you’re traveling over the holidays.

*Befriend us on MySpace.

*Give someone you love the gift of an item with a broken record on it: head over to the Ruined Music store. Thus far the mug, tote bag, and 3/4 sleeve shirts have been our most popular items. I kind of want one of the notebooks, myself (hint hint, Bryan).

*Send us a smallish, good quality .jpg picture of your cat for the Random Cat Photo. Why not? Mail to info -at- ruinedmusic.com with RANDOM CAT in the subject line.

*Make a gift mix for that special someone. Scenario A: you live happily ever after. Scenario B: you have a good story for this site. Either way, you win.

Happy holidays! See you in the new year!