3Trillion.org

Holy cow....!! So. There's a really interesting site out there called 3Trillion.org. The premise is simple and devastating. You've got $3 trillion dollars to spend. A huge list of possible things to buy, from stopping world hunger ($195 billion) to a vintage 1981 DeLorean ($45,000) to a box of Pop Tarts ($3.50). And a nice digital shopping cart to throw it all in. What's the point, you say? Well, $3 trillion is what economists estimate the U.S. has spent so far on the war in Iraq. $3 trillion for countless military and civilian deaths, a country perpetually on the brink of civil war and no end in sight. (Nice job.) The site provides a great conterpoint, plainly showing what else could be done with that incomprehensible amount of money. Try it out! I've wracked up $2.5 trillion curing cancer, world hunger, funding an elaborate space exploration program and nabbing myself some nice frills like a Mac Airbook and a PS-3.... I still can't get to $3 trillion!!

"Escape Clause" Fans-Only Exclusive Download!

Hey! We've got a fan exclusive over at ReverbNation. Check out "Escape Clause", an unreleased track from the All of Us Cities sessions. It's got a cool rock vibe we hung onto to give it that B-side nugget status! Just sign up for the mailing list to be a Luke Sneyd fan, and you'll be set to play the track, download it and spread it around....!

Top 10 at SongVault.fm

Talk about the slow build...! "Starstruck" has been moving up the charts on SongVault.fm. SongVault has cool stations grouped by genre. "Starstruck" has been working it's way up the tiers (there's four or five of 'em). In January "Starstruck" hit #1 on the Pop Top Hits station. Now the song's hit the top 10 in the next tier, Pop SongVault Finals, clocking in at #8 right now. Kind of a tortoise race, but cool all the same....!