We first told you about Virgin Mobile’s innovative FREE.I.P. program back in July. By volunteering your time to help homeless youth, you were entered to win a free flight and ticket to their Virgin Mobile FreeFest. Well, they’re launching the second installment of the FREE.I.P. series, and this time around they’re offering you the chance to win tickets to Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Tour.
If you’re like us, then of late Lady Gaga has become more than just a pop star. She is a way of life. Her incredible stage shows and even more outrageous costumes have put her at a nexus of performance and pop-culture commentary. (If you don’t believe us, analyze “Bad Romance.” ) But, unless you were on this bandwagon early, there’s no way you’re scoring tickets to her sold-out Monster Ball Tour.
1. Showtime is reviving The L Word as a reality show about six women living in LA — “a lesbian answer to Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise.” [via Variety]
2. Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2009 in photos [via Stereogum]
3. Sarah Palin’s dad says that she has been off the radar for the past month focusing on writing her memoirs. [via NPR]
4. Pretty soon you’ll be able to watch a Teen Wolf reboot on MTV. No word on whether Michael J. Fox has given his blessing. [via THR]
5. In the wake of slowing sales, Apple is rumored to be adding a digital camera function to iPods. Why don’t they just turn them into iPhones? [via WSJ]
Free has a bit of a buzz about it these days — free drinks, free downloads, free lunch. In fact, the concept is so hot that Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson wrote a book about it (Free: The Future of a Radical Price), and then digitally gave it away. But of all the “freemiums” and “freepstakes” out there, here at Flavorpill we’ve yet to come across something that’s more buzzworthy than Virgin Mobile FreeFest.
Going down on August 30 on the grounds of Baltimore’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, the free festival features an onslaught of new, old and unexpected acts, including Franz Ferdinand, Weezer, Public Enemy and Blink 182. Better yet: It’s for a damn good cause — a $5 suggested donation goes toward preventing youth homelessness, a rampant and too often ignored problem that more and more kids in America face each day. And if you act fast and do some volunteer work, you can earn “Free I.P.” tickets to the show.
Flavorpill got with Virgin Mobile’s Ron Faris to see what the hot fuss was about; here’s what he told us. Read More »
), and then digitally gave it away. But of all the “freemiums” and “freepstakes” out there, here at Flavorpill we’ve yet to come across something that’s more buzzworthy than 
