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It’s Guy Fawkes Day! Here in the U.S. that probably means nothing. In fact, it’s only a big deal ‘cuz I can post up this song. Ultimately it’s more of an English thing, but it does let me put up a timely John Lennon track 🙂 P.S. A bit of background from our friends at Wikipedia … On 5 November 1605 Londoners were encouraged to celebrate the King’s escape from...

RockGeek Fact of the Day #0412

Happy Birthday to Peter Noone — lead singer of Herman’s Hermits!!!
Fun fact: During 1965, The Beatles released Rubber Soul and Help!, but they were outsold by … Herman’s Hermits!
Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone is still touring, still packing houses, and still making the girls all giggly.

It’s gonna happen, right?

So why hasn't the band put it all back together, hit the road, and capitalized on the adulation? And why has Steve Perry remained suspiciously out of the limelight for so long? It makes a cynical marketing mind wonder how "planned" the spontaneous appearance at the Word Series truly was...

What Is and What Should Never Be

OK, so I stole this title from Led Zeppelin, but it's really the best way to describe what's going on in today's music industry -- and especially in its marketing. I'm amazed by the continual insistence on the "next big thing" being hyped long before the current big thing has been proven...

Top 10 Ways to Win a Political Campaign in 2010

Here’s your easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide …. Be an outsider. If you’ve never worked in politics, government, or gone to jury duty — all the better! Have a silly skeleton in your closet. You dabbled in witchcraft? Fabulous! Don’t let the facts stand in your way! You’re a fiscal reformer even though you might’ve accidentally cost your state an extra...

The best thing you’ll see all day. Maybe all week…

So there’s all this hype and rumble around the new Elton John/Leon Russell album. Some love it, some hate it, and most agree it could’ve been better. I’ve been an Elton fan for a LONG time. In fact, I’ve seen him in concert 32 times. But the single greatest performance he ever gave, in my humble opinion, gets tragically overlooked. Below are a couple clips from his...

Social Media Marketing: 5 Reasons Why It’s NOT For You

This post was written by David Ginsburg of Hector Solutions… Over the weekend, (weekendÂť is a vague term in the 24/7 world of social media) I was speaking with a colleague handling the PR for a mutual account regarding the importance of sticking to the content strategy laid out at the onset of said client’s new social media marketing program. We had launched the program just three...

Republicans make better marketers.

I don’t like discussing politics. Usually it’s because I’m totally right, and the other person is an absolute moron. But seriously folks… The more I watch the news, I see all these ridiculous Repubican-type “Tea Partiers” bitching and moaning about how the Democrats are on some incredulous vendetta against everything moral and decent. They’re gonna let...

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