"Prairie Wind" DVD's Easter Egg

Thanks to an enterprising poster (Peter D.) over on the Dutch Neil Young fanclub forum and re-posted by Joost "I am a child" on Yahoo! Groups Rust who has discovered an "Easter Egg" on the Prairie Wind DVD.

OK, so what's an "Easter Egg"? Mostly referred to as secret computer program trick, like scrolling the developer credits for Windows, Easter Egg programs are usually a total geek-fest. Such bonus tricks are somewhat similar to hidden tracks on a CD.

Anyways, here's how to launch the "Prairie Wind" DVD's easter egg. Insert DVD into your computer drive, select biography, select Neil's bio, and move your cursor over the Neil biography. An icon of an old-fashioned transistor radio will appear. If you click it there is an interview with Neil discussing his equipment and important musical influences. The interview is about 20 minutes long.

Speaking of surprises, according to Billboard, Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" earns his highest sales week since 1995's collaboration with Pearl Jam, "Mirror Ball." It was at No. 11 with 72,000 units in sales. "Mirror Ball" started with 98,000 copies at No. 5 and has sold 475,000.

More on why "Prairie Wind" sales are such a strong surprise.

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