Today is Friday the 13th but, fear not, the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics have released the results of a study that shows that the 13th is actually safer than a normal Friday.
“I find it hard to believe that it is because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home, but statistically speaking, driving is a little bit safer on Friday 13th,” CVS statistician Alex Hoen told the Verzekerd insurance magazine.
In the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday, the CVS study said. But the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500.
There were also fewer incidents of fire and theft, although the average value of losses on Fridays 13th was slightly higher.
I’ve never noticed an inordinate amount of bad luck on Friday the 13ths, how about you?
Coldplay is knocking them dead in Britain.
British retailers are admitting their sales estimates for Coldplay’s new album were too conservative after the album shifted a staggering 125,000 albums on its first day on sale yesterday.
“This rate of sales exceeds even our optimistic forecasts, and shows how massively popular a band Coldplay remain despite having been away for the best part of three years,” comments Gennaro Castaldo, spokesman for market-leading retailer HMV. Castaldo notes that the album has also been selling “large quantities” from HMV’s Web site, both in CD and download formats.
I think “admitting” is an odd choice of words there, “admitting their sales estimates for Coldplay’s new album were too conservative”. Does that mean that retailers were all set for the thing to stiff? This news comes on the heels of a couple of weeks of constant commentary speculating about shake ups, questionable decisions and the possible demise of EMI. I’ll say this, 125,000 in a day is a big number so, this one at least, looks good for EMI. Release in the U.S. is on the 17th.
I’m listening to Buddahead’s new record “Ashes” which is also scheduled for a June 17 release. You can listen to “Ashes” here. I’m not familiar with Buddahead, I’ve heard about them and saw a press release about the new record this morning and I’m on the first listen now. Raman Kia has an extraordinary voice; sounds like he can effortlessly go where he wants to vocally. I like they way the record sounds on first run through, a bit more of a live room sound than a lot of the modernmelodicpoprock.
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