Watch it all, but pay attention to the absolute hysteria at 3:44. Has anything in music been the same since? The clip is from “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.” Thought of as the greatest performance of the night, Michael performed “Bille Jean,” showcasing a new direction in his dancing and debuting the now signature Jackson move – the moonwalk – to the...
Thought for the Day #6
Happy Birthday Sir Paul! (And he was a Beatle too…)
Elton and Eminem and Timbaland and …
Springsteen played Bonnaroo. McCartney played Coachella. Elton recorded a track with Timbaland. Somewhere, somehow the lines are becoming blurred. Speaking of McCartney, let’s not forget that Rockband – Beatles Edition comes out on 9/9/09. Can a Rolling Stones/Miley Cyrus duet be far behind? As they head down the rock icon/megastar road, artists are having a harder time attracting new...
Testin’ the Blip.fm …
Cuba si!
Every now and then you see a brilliant piece of marketing. It gives one pause, and makes you wonder – why didn’t I think of that!? Here is such a piece… Now that we’ve elected Barack Obama, and Fidel Castro is slowly fossilizing, there’s all kinds of speculation as to when the infamous trade embargo will be lifted, and Americans can spend their hard earned dollars...
A Phish-y lesson …
Last night I trekked down to the Comcast Center to see Phish. Admittedly, I’m only a passing Phish phan, but the ticket was offered, seemed like phun, and off (oph?) I went. In my own defense, I’m far more fascinated by what’s going on backstage and not on stage. Phish, in all their earthy-crunchy, hippy-dippy, love all approach, are also seemingly shrewd business pholks...
Thought for the Day #5
“My thing is I always make a couple of bucks less than whomever the highest-paid guys is. You can’t eat the whole pie. If you eat all the pie, you’ll get fat, choke, and die. If you give someone else some pie — then you have all these friends who are thrilled because you gave them a little piece of pie. It’s not that hard.”
–Jay Leno
Let Us Learn in Order to Do … and the reverse!
Growing up, I was a nice, Jewish boy. Hebrew School three days per week, youth group activities on the weekend, and a Bar Mitzvah that pulled out every stop. I had, no exaggeration, memorized the Erev Shabbat service and could recite the prayers and passages verbatim — in Hebrew and English. In fact, I even knew the page numbers for each section of the service. Some might call me a geek...
How to Decide
A lot of folks rely on they. The mighty they seem to know everything about everything but manage to remain nameless. They say you should pee on a jellyfish sting to stop the pain and reduce swelling. They say that latinos tend to vote Democrat, but Adam Lambert lost Idol ‘cuz the Midwest found him too flamboyant. In marketing, they is a powerful force. Not only do they shape public opinion...