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Coldplaying Charity club/How We See The World CD MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld   Visit the MySpace page and check out some of the songs from the upcoming CD, and put in a friend request while you're there. Currently the CCC has 1100 MySpace friends... and growing! More on this here   If you haven't already heard of it, How We See The World is a benefit album comprised entirely of music by members of Coldplaying.com. All proceeds from the sale of this album will go to the Oxfam

A warm thank you to all who have donated to the $1.36 Campaign!   It doesn't matter if you've donated once or 10 times; if you've donated $1.36 or $100 - the fact is that we appreciate your thoughtful contributions and want to acknowledge your kindness. In just a little over a year and a half, we've raised an amazing sum of more than $1200.00 USD.   This money has gone to aid Zali Djiré and his friends. Because of your donations, Zali and his community in Gouaran (a small town in southeast Mali)

Coldplaying Charity club/How We See The World CD MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld   Visit the MySpace page and check out some of the songs from the upcoming CD, and put in a friend request while you're there.   More on this here [Thanks TracieMorgan] The internet, often a source of controversy with its predators, porn and other questionable content, has often proved also to be a great resource, helping you find your old high-school classmates, Educating your children and providin

"How We See The World" Benefit Album For The Coldplaying Charity Club is coming soon.   How YOU Can Still Help:   Record a short sound byte of yourself and post it here Cover/Artwork design thread here   Meanwhile, read on for details of the ongoing CCC '1.36' campaign.   The $1.36 campaign aims to testify that small actions can lead to big differences. All funds raised through this campaign will go to the Sponsor A Child program through which we will be in direct communication with an impoveri

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has T-Shirts up for sale (designed and voted on by coldplaying.com members).   All NET proceeds (meaning the profit after Cafepress costs and shipping) from the sale of T-Shirts will go to Zali. Visit http://www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   CCC Update: The $1.36 Campaign has a new website! The old site will be online for another week, then it will be removed. Please update your bookmarks: http://coldplaying.for.charity.googlep

Some of us don't have money to donate or time to volunteer. That's why Stanford University has made it easy for everyone to help find cures for diseases simply by installing a small application on their home pc/mac that analyzes protein molecules and then sends back the results to Stanford.   It's called Folding@home and more than 50,000 teams (600,000 users) have joined to help. Join Isara's Folding@home Team to work together to find cures for diseases.   All you need to do is download a small

Some of us don't have money to donate or time to volunteer. That's why Stanford University has made it easy for everyone to help find cures for diseases simply by installing a small application on their home pc/mac that analyzes protein molecules and then sends back the results to Stanford.   It's called Folding@home and more than 50,000 teams (600,000 users) have joined to help. Join Isara's Folding@home Team to work together to find cures for diseases.   All you need to do is download a small

Starting on August 1st (7am CST) Isara Charity founder and webmaster, Patrick Kirk Gillock (PK), will be attempting to break the world record for the longest continual karaoke singing by an individual (39+ hours). The event will be a much needed fundraiser for Isara Charity Projects, which are funded by clicks and/or donations.   Much like Isara Charity and its website, the karaoke world record attempt will be as interactive as possible with its online audience. Not only will current and new mem

Coldplay's 'The Scientist' was recently voted fans favourite in an all time list of Coldplay tracks.   Now we're polling the top 10 again in our latest poll for visitors to the site - do you agree with 'The Scientist' or maybe X&Y's 'Fix You'? Or even 'Don't Panic' from Parachutes?   You can vote for your favourite Coldplay song here

Want to spend some quality time with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders? Here’s your chance, as CMT launches a new, online viral game that allows fans to create their own commercial for the upcoming, eight-episode series, DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM.   FOOTBALL FAN? Want an all expense paid trip to meet the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders? Free 26” LCD HDTV and DVD combo, all expense paid trip to Dallas, tickets to a 2006 season game, and much more.   Click here to enter!  

The regulars among you will know that the Coldplaying messageboard has recently changed. This is due to the old phpbb board "throwing a wobbly", causing the Coldplaying server to become unstable.   We apologise for any inconveniece the switch may have caused. I hope you can appreciate that for the long term benefit of the site and its members, this change was essential. There are still issues to be addressed with the new board, in terms of theme colours and permissions, to make the new board sim

The countdown for the best albums according to Coldplaying members has begun.   See the list as it happens here   [Thanks Ondes Martenot]   Results so far...   915. Slint - Spiderland 913-914. Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note 913-914. Taproot - Welcome 911-912. Mansun – Attack of the Grey Lantern 911-912. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven 908-910. Autechre - Incunabula 908-910. Turn - Turn 908-910. Weezer - Maladroit 907. The Hives - Your New Favourite Band 903-906. Daft Punk - Homewo

Places 915-51 have been decided in Coldplaying's Top Albums poll. The countdown results so far are listed here (Warning: long!)   Top 50 to follow tomorrow.   [Thanks Ondes Martenot]

Thanks to Nik [Ondes Martenot] for compiling the poll, results, and stats. Here is all you need to know about Coldplaying's Favourite Albums Of All Time Poll (2007):   Places 1-10:   1. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2. Coldplay - Parachutes 3. Radiohead - OK Computer 4. Coldplay - X&Y 5. Radiohead - Kid A 6. Radiohead - The Bends 7. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief 8. Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory) 9. Jeff Buckley - Grace 10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Places 11-100:

Thanks David S for organising the latest Coldplaying musical contest:   Battle of the Musical Acts 2007   Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the battle of the musical acts 2007. Where 32 musical acts from across the world will fight each other to find what whom the most popular act is at the moment on this forum.   What I will need you to do is to send me a PM with a list of up to 5 artists you would like to see take part in this competition. The 32 most nominated acts will go into

Good afternoon/evening Coldplayers! There is an exciting opportunity for you take part in the community by showing off your skills and providing content for the world of Coldplaying!   Are you a keen vblogger, a talented artist, a comedian that loves making Coldplay memes or an enthusiastic writer? With any unique and creative content you can think of, you have a chance to earn contributor points and win prizes every month, which for June, it includes a Coldplaying t-shirt, member of the month

Vote in our current poll: What Is Your Favourite Coldplay Video Release?   Currently 'The Scientist' has polled the highest number of votes, with 'Fix You' in second. Perhaps more surprisingly, 'The Hardest Part' is currently your third favourite video. Cast your vote [one per day] here   In our previous poll, you have voted 'The Scientist' as your favourite Coldplay song, our biggest site poll has revealed.   Since opening the top 10 poll to unregistered visitors to the site, The Scientist has

Just two days to go before the English Premiership starts - join the SIXTH Coldplaying fantasy league now!   You can now join the new 'Coldplaying VI' Fantasy Football League at http://fantasy.premierleague.com and create your own team, then use the code 128001-38219 to join the Coldplaying league. Previous teams can be re-registered with the Coldplaying league by simply logging in and refreshing your settings. Please ensure you have registered a team and joined the Coldplaying league 11.30am (B

We're spicing things up for The $1.36 Campaign and holding a raffle! The deadline for buying tickets is now September 14th 2007.   The prize is a sealed, unopened limited edition 7" vinyl-only Coldplay Singles (1999-2006) Boxset (Coldplay.com: "Featuring 14 releases across 15 heavyweight 7", packaged in original artwork and housed in a presentation box, this collection also features a number of singles never released on 7 inch vinyl before, including the rarity ‘The Blue Room EP’.")   Buy a $10.