Spam, or not?

[ciphergoth]

I just got mail that starts "Channel 4 is calling for creative geniuses", sent to the address I advertise on my website. Now, either they've read my web site and think I'm wonderful, or they've crawled large sections of the web and mailed every address they found. So what I want to know is, did everyone else get a similar such mail?

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[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

I've had spontaneous emails from journalists before, as a result of them seeing my web stuff.

My (all too) brief stint as a columnist for the late Escape was due to the editor reading my website while surfing randomly and then being reminded he'd actually met me.

These days it's usually researchers interested in bi or poly stuff, tho I've not had one for a while...

So, what does this email say?

That message in full...

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

From: Andrew Harrison
Subject: See your twisted genius on Channel 4
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:54:31 +0100

Channel 4 is calling for creative geniuses, and wants to give them a chance
to see their work broadcast on national TV.

Adam and Joe are presenting a new series to be broadcast later this year
showing the best of people's self-filmed videos. But we're not talking
"You've Been Framed" here. We want spoofs, rants, the funny, angry,
sideways slices of life that you create yourself. Preferably quirky and
innovative but the subjects can be serious, sad, silly - whatever.

5 minutes is the maximum length of each clip - the shortest is up to you.
We can also show extracts of longer work.

Adam & Joe's Takeover TV is the show where you don't just control the
content - you create it! The film makers of tomorrow are what we're looking
for. This is the series on which Adam & Joe were originally discovered. We
can't offer a Hollywood budget - only a maximum of ?90 for clips we do show
- but do offer the perfect showcase on national TV. Graham Norton,
Armstrong & Miller, the director of sitcom 'Spaced' and numerous others had
their first TV exposure on past series of Takeover TV.

The submissions can be on any format. For more details on how to submit
clips and a look at a gallery of classic clips go to:
http://www.e4.com/e4tv/e4tv/adamandjoe/index.html

Thanks for your time,

Andrew Harrison, Series Producer, Takeover TV.
aharrison@worldofwonder.co.uk

Re: That message in full...

[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

Well, that sounds genuine. :o)

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[jhg.livejournal.com]

That sounds cool. What's the deadline on it?

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[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

You now know as much as me. More, if your browser supports the content at the other end of that URL which mine doesn't.

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[jhg.livejournal.com]

It's all stuff about where to send it, not to include copyrighted music, formats and so on.

It doesn't mention dates.


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