Sweet savings for your sweetheart

Hey Cladrite listeners—as you may know, the toe-tapping tunes you hear on Cladrite Radio come to you via the streaming services of Live365.com.

And the good folks at Live365 have a great deal in place through Tuesday, February 15. if you sign up for a VIP membership (or buy a membership as a Valentine’s gift for that someone special), you can save a sweet 25% on your membership by using the coupon code VIPVDAY.

There are many benefits to a VIP membership:

  • Fewer ads on thousands of stations
  • Free mobile apps that allow you to listen to Cladrite Radio everywhere you go
  • Free access to Live365-enabled devices, including Tivo (we listen to CR via our Tivo at home all the time), and much more

And best of all (well, we think it’s the best), a portion of your discounted VIP fee goes to Cladrite Radio, which allows us to keep streaming the great music you’ve come to count on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

If you enjoy the music we play for you and have wondered how you can show your appreciation and support, here’s your chance: You get a VIP membership at a discounted price, and at the same time, you show a little love to your pals at Cladrite Radio. That’s a win-win even Cupid could appreciate.

Sold American!

Our sponsor (and the provider of the Cladrite Radio gear we make available on this site), Cladrite.com, sells t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs and dozens of other fine products with cool vintage graphics emblazoned on them.

And now, Cladrite is also making those same vintage graphics available on American Apparel t-shirts. (We’ve added American Apparel shirts to our own store, too.)

Even better, through midnight, MT, on Sunday, January 23, Cladrite is offering those American Apparel shirts, emblazoned as they are with cool vintage graphics, at a $10 savings. (The savings apply to the American Apparel shirts available here at Cladrite Radio, too.)

Just enter coupon code LOVEAA2011 before completing checkout, and remember, the discount applies only to the American Apparel items in your shopping cart and doesn’t include shipping, taxes, or additional charges.

We think you’ll agree that it’s a deal that’s hard to beat.

Beating the rush, and at popular prices

Our sponsor site, Cladrite.com, features vintage graphics emblazoned on all manner of garments, including tees, hoodies and sweats, as well coffee mugs, mouse pads and many other indispensibles.

They’re also the providers of the Cladrite Radio gear we feature on this site.

From now through midnight, Saturday, November 20, everything Cladrite is on sale for up to 20% off.

Just use the following coupon codes at checkout:

FALL2010 saves you $5 on a subtotal of $25+
HARVEST2010 saves you $10 on a subtotal of $50+
AUTUMN2010 saves you $20 on a subtotal of $100+

So whether you’re ready to take the plunge on the Cladrite Radio gear you’ve been eyeing, or you’re of a mind to visit Cladrite.com and check out their wares, now’s the time to act. The savings are substantial, and you can get an early jump on your holiday shopping at popular prices.

It’s a win-win.

A box of creeping dread, at popular prices

We’re not a shopping site, as regular readers know, but every now and then, we come across a bargain that we think the Cladrite Clan will appreciate knowing about, and on those occasions, we just have to share.

Today’s deal is especially apt for this time of year, as no filmmaker’s work better represents the spirit of Halloween than the pictures of producer Val Lewton.

Lewton worked with a number of directors and rarely had a big budget with which to work, but each of his pictures exhibits the understated eerieness that has made him one of the most acclaimed motion picture producers of the 1940s. These aren’t gory, shocking pictures, even by the standards of the day, but they get under your skin with their moody atmosphere and sense of creeping dread.

We’re confident that most of our readership is familiar with at least a few of Lewton’s efforts—Cat People (1942) and its sequel, The Curse of the Cat People (1944), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), and The 7th Victim (1943), for example.

The six-disc boxed set we’re recommending to you today, The Val Lewton Collection, includes those four titles, plus The Body Snatcher (1945), Isle of the Dead (1945), Bedlam (1946), The Leopard Man (1943), and The Ghost Ship (1943)—nine movies in all, every one a creepy view. Also included are a pair of documentaries, Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005) and Martin Scorsese Presents: Val Lewton–The Man in the Shadows (2007).

Amazon offers this set for just under $49, and that’s not a bad price at all, at ten bucks under the list price. DeepDiscount.com sells it for about three dollars less, which is an even more tempting price.

But we’ve got a real steal for you on this great boxed set: You can buy it here for just $22.98, shipping included (you might have to pay tax, depending upon where you live, but it’s still a bargain).

If you’ve an old movie buff, this is a no-brainer. And if you’re curious about what frightened your parents or grandparents (or even, perhaps, your great-grandparents), here’s your chance to find out.

This set also makes a great gift (hey, like it or not, the holidays are just around the corner) for any movie buff on your list.

Don’t worry about picking one up for us, though—we already bought ours.

Thrills and chills, gratis

OTRcat.com (Old Time Radio Catalog), a terrific source for collections of vintage radio programming from the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, is, in the spirit of the season, offering a selection of scary programs for your listening pleasure, free of charge.

That’s right, all the Halloween thrills and chills you can handle, and they won’t cost you a dime—though you might find you’re tempted to spring for some of their terrific collections of OTR programs, shiver-inducing or otherwise, once you’ve sampled their wares.

You can shudder to the likes of Inner Sanctum, Quiet, Please, Suspense, The Whistler, and other memorably macabre programs.

Give ’em a listen, and tell ’em Cladrite Radio sent you!