CONTEST! Win a Jimmy Page bio!

01 December 2018 -- CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!  

WINNER  is >>>> DARLENE! <<<<
And in celebration, let's listen to  Led Zeppelin's Darlene, from CODA
Darlene, please contact me with your mailing info!

Here it is -- an easy-peasy contest.  Anyone can enter!  Winner gets a hardcover copy of Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography, by Chris Salewicz

Here's the challenge:
I'm thinking of the name of a continent that Jimmy Page visited to play a gig, anytime in his career.  There aren't that many continents, so how hard could it be?

 Here's the rules:

1. Guess only one (1) continent. Also one (1) guess per person. Extra guesses disqualify a person from the whole contest. All comments to this post that aren't a guess will be deleted.

2. I've already picked a continent!  Yes I have, and I'm thinking of it very hard while typing these rules so that somebody -- maybe YOU -- will pick it and will be the winner.

3. All guesses must be posted as a comment to this post on or before 11:59 Mountain Time (e.g. Albuquerque NM or Denver CO time) on November 30, 2018

4. In the event that nobody guesses the continent, I will weep.  Just kidding.  Seriously, if nobody guesses the continent I'll just do the contest again.

5. In the event that more than one person guesses the continent, a winner will be picked from among the correct guesses this way:  A number will be assigned to each correct guess based on the order it is posted below, and a person who not only is not connected to this contest, or to Mage Music, but who isn't even a Jimmy Page fan, will pick a number between 1 and whatever the last number is assigned to the correct guesses. The person who corresponds to that number wins the book.  I hope that makes sense.

6. The continent name has already been chosen and sent via email (so it is time stamped) to a neutral party who cannot be bribed, so don't worry, there's no cheating on my end!

7. The book is the hardcover version like this one at https://amzn.to/2DeUuWx, with the slip cover shown in the photo above. It is in new condition.  Never opened, actually. 

8. Shipping will be paid by Mage Music.  To any continent in the world!  It's going to go media mail so it'll be slow.

9. The name of the winner will be posted here on Mage Music and (if I have an email address) that person will notified by email two days after the contest closes (i.e. December 2, 2018).

10. This is not an endorsement of the Salewicz book.  I accidentally got two copies, and the extra one can be yours!

It's over!

OK, the Mage Music contest is over and the winner will be notified and mailing address verified, and then will be announced.

Thank you all for participating - this has been fun!


PS - The normal Mage Music posts will start up again soon, but I think not on a weekly basis as I've done for nearly two years.

Contest info!

Mage Music Contest Description and Rules

1. This is supposed to be a fun contest. Emphasis on fun, okay? Anyone who’s a quibbler, nitpicker or general grump should not bother even starting it.
2. The prize for this contest is a TBL Gift Pack. If Dave Lewis is really sweet about it (and he is a sweet guy) he’ll autograph it. I might decide to add additional prizes, but maybe not.
3. All decisions about who wins the prize/s are up to me. I’ll follow my own rules, but if there’s a problem in some way and I feel like it, I will change the rules. So pay attention here: This contest is just like real life - the rules you start with may not be the rules you end with. Unlike real life, though, I will let you know what the new rules are. 
4. The rules will be also posted on a page of its own on this blog, so you don't have to hunt for them. The posted rules will always be the official rules for the whole contest, regardless of what rules existed before them.
5. I’m going to post one or more new questions or challenges at least once a week starting November 16 until at least the end of the month. This means these questions/challenges might appear any day of the week, not just the usual Saturday posts. If there are too many potential winners at the end of the month, I may call for another round, or maybe I’ll just put finalists’ names in a hat and pick one. My rules, remember?
6. To have a chance to win, you must answer all questions/challenges correctly and you must follow all the rules.
7. This contest will use all pages on this site, not just the blog posts themselves. 
8. All answers will either be found on this site or can be deduced by information provided on this site.
9. I will provide an email address at some point for you to send your answers. Or maybe a website. I haven’t figured that out yet. But at that point, responses to all questions or challenges must be submitted, along with contact info. Incomplete submissions will just be tossed out – it’s an easy way for me to figure out who the winner will be.
10. You must be at least 18 years of age and have been born on planet Earth to win a prize.  If you are the winner, you will have to certify to the truth of those two items.
11. If you are Jimmy Page, you can’t win the prize. Sorry, but that would just be unfair to everyone else.

Let the Games Begin.

News, Contest & Blather

I'm taking a Mage Music hiatus while I work on another writing project, just for the month of November. That would mean four weeks, including this one, of no Mage Music, and I feel kinda bad about that.

So I decided to offer you a contest.  I haven't figured out all the details, but the grand prize (and maybe only prize) will be a TBL Gift Pack - thank you Dave Lewis for working this out with me!  I am considering - only thinking about it, mind you - of a second prize, but we'll see. It's going to be a Mage Music Trivia contest - all answers will be found here on this blog.  That's all I'm going to tell you right now.

So check Mage Music occasionally during the month for contest rules - yes, there will be rules!  Meanwhile, I'll keep posting on (Mostly) Daily Mage for those of you who've got to have their Magick talk fix.

Blather

Oh yeah, I wanted to remind those of you who are of pagan, Wiccan and the like persuasion (or those who would like to be, or the curious) that we are in that time of year when the Winter God is prime. This is a time of year for withdrawal and inwardness, of darkness and meeting with the bare bones of death and rebirth. This is a time for contemplation and renewal of power.

It's not all Santa and shopping.

Seek out the commonality of all Yule celebrations, rather than dismissing the festivities as fluff, and you will find the way.

♫

I like this version of Immigrant Song because of the long drone introduction.  It's the Universe holding its breath before the Winter God appears.  It's the pulling in of power.

Magick.  You gotta love it.