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UPDATE: Contest is now closed (as of 10 Feb 07). Thanks to all who entered!

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As a thank you to our readers, we’ve instituted the first Destination: OUT contest. We hope to make this a regular feature.

It’s two contests, really. The first one involves some skill, and the second, dumb luck. Feel free to enter both!

CONTEST ONE – Blindfold, please.

This contest is basically a blindfold test. We’ve posted an mp3, above, stripped of identifying tags or details (honest souls — please let us know if any coding is getting through). Write us at the email address on the sidebar with your guess of the name of the tune and/or the musician(s) responsible. You have until next Friday at 11:00 pm EST to get us your answers. We will throw all correct and partially correct answers in a hat and draw a winner.

CONTEST TWO – Roll ‘em.

This contest is simple: We’re thinking of a number between 1 and 100. Leave your guess in the comments section of this entry. You have until next Friday at 11:00 pm EST to make your guess. Please be sure not to duplicate anyone else’s number. And please only enter once. The person who guesses the right digits – or comes closest - wins.

OUR FABULOUS PRIZES:

The winner of each contest will walk away with two superb CDs — you do still listen to CDs, yes? — among the finest jazz albums released last year: Dave Burrell’s Momentum and The Sonic Liberation Front’s Change Over Time.

Extra special thanks to the High Two label for providing these wonderful albums. Â

THE WINNERS:

The winners of the contest will be announced next Monday morning. We’ll contact the two lucky folks over the weekend.

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If you haven’t already, please check out our new sidebar feature, “Other Planes of There,” found near the top of the right-hand column. It highlights, via del.icio.us tag, recent music articles from around the interweb that have caught our fancy. This section will be updated constantly, so take a peek now and again.