Certain people in the Philadelphia area this week had a bit of a surprise when the postman called... a special promotional item for the upcoming Roger Waters concert at the Wachovia Center on June 1st - an item that none of the recipients could possibly ignore!

The brick is made of concrete, measures some 8 inches by 8 inches, and is 2¼ inches thick. Not surprisingly, it weighs a good 10 pounds (around 5 kgs) - so we feel sorry for the postal workers in the area who had to handle these promo items!

With thanks to Christopher Avery, we've got a couple of shots of this item. The CD is shown to give an idea of scale...