Girls Could Not Resist His Stare Edition
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Quick! What’s the question that is on everyone’s lips right now? You’d think it would be “Who is going to win the 2008 Presidential Election?” or “Are gas prices ever going to go down?” or “Should I buy one of them cheaper iPhones?” or even “What’s up with the Jonas Brothers?”
Nope, the question that is one everyone’s lips right now — again — is “Why is Kanye West such an asshole?”
I think that I have the answer, and it might be not what you think.
Fresno State’s 1st NCAA Men’s Championship in Any Sport Ever Edition
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Have You Seen Junior’s Grades? Edition
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Does playing someone’s music on the radio hurt them or help them? And is it a “form of piracy”?
I’m a lifelong radio listener. Not like I once was, of course, but I still listen, especially during my morning commute. A couple of weeks ago I happened to hear “The Step and The Walk” by The Duke Spirit on Indie 103.1, and fell instantly in love with it. So, is that a good thing or bad thing for The Duke Spirit?
A logical person would say that it’s a good thing for the artist. Right? I’d never heard of them, and now I have.
Of course, as we’ve seen many times before, the Recording Industry is not made up of logical persons. As a matter of fact, not only do they see no benefit in their artists being played on the radio, they want compensation.
Otherwise, “it’s a form of piracy,” and any argument that playing music is a form of promotion is a “red herring.”
Those aren’t my words, but rather the words of a spokesperson for a recording industry umbrella group with the hilarious name of musicFIRST.
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits Edition
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You know what, music fans? You suck. You know how I know that? Because Gene Simmons thinks that you killed the record industry.
Look, when I was your age, a band like KISS would come out with an album, and it would get played on the radio, and then you would ride my bike down to Tower Records and buy the album.
Multiply that action by millions of kids — an army! — and boom! the guys in KISS were zillionaires. Just like that. It was all so simple. It didn’t even matter of those albums were mostly singles and filler, because that’s how the game was played.
And nobody ever played it better than KISS, who were — all things considered — an OK hard rock pop band with a handful of undeniable songs, but not all-time-greats. Not musically.
As marketers, however, they were the best ever. Not even Madonna comes close to the sheer marketing chops that KISS showed from day one. Until, that is, the market changed.
Solstice With The Mostest Edition
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Bad, Crazy Sun Edition
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Excuses and Half-Truths and Fortified Wine Edition
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One of the the great ironies of DRM has been the Orwellian phraseology designed to assure customers that hey! we're doing this for you!!!! So what we have here is music that "PlaysForSure" you've legally purchased from Yahoo's "Unlimited" music service, which is going to -- you know -- stop playing because that music service is going to end. You what's amazing? That any consumer whatsoever bought into this bullshit in the first place.
No spoilers! No spoilers!!
There were so many ways to resolve this issue. Typical that Hasbro went with the all-American solution. And sad. Really sad.
How is Hasbro so idiotic that they don't understand that the mere fact of Scrabulous has made the entire concept of Scrabble relevant to a whole new generation who just might buy the board game in order to play in in a F2F situation? We can only hope that if they succeed, nobody installs the replacement, and real-life Scrabble sales plummet.
Interesting model and maybe a good one for newspapers who can't afford dedicated reporters in particular areas of interest.
Reportedly because Red Envelope competed directly with the Hollywood producers who are Netflix's business partners. Give me a break.
A, er, think piece on why women find male musicians sexy.
Kindle not yet available, making one wonder why territory specific product releases still make sense in a 24/7/360 degree world.
It's all part of the Virus Exchange Program: the Porterville Virus is on its way to the West Nile.
Or, "How Geena Davis' career took a very very wrong turn."
For the record, he was cited for being an old man driving a black Corvette. He got a pass for hitting a pedestrian and driving away. Thus proving Novak can get away with just about anything.
Still alive, according to its creator. You should be watching this show.
Amen!! One Black Market App that we really miss was called "Services," and it allowed us to turn on & off Wi-fi, the Edge & the phone from single interface instead of having to all over the place in "Settings."
This has been out for a couple of weeks, which doesn't make it any less funny.
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting the first "Dollhouse" DVD extra.
Well, they're the experts. Also, in the days of FOX News, right-wing talk radio -- not to mention that anybody can and will start a blog -- does anybody still truly believe that always-was-bullshit canard about the "liberal media bias?" Or do they haul it out in the vain hope that it will change anybody's mind?
Somewhere, Gene Siskel is laughing. And yet, we should stop and pay homage to a show that we watched for years and years, going all the way back to the PBS years. Why? It was simple, and it was effective: two guys who know a shitload about movies discussing theme, week in and week out.
"The marketing possibilities are endless." Yay?
And so it begins. Warning: these track names have at least one joke . . .
Cool interview with Douglas McLennan of ArtsJournal (a guy, by the way, who responds promptly to email!) about the future of his publication -- note especially his comments about the importance of well-curated content.
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