July 2009
“Alas, even the most aggressively marketed chocolate isn’t recession-proof....”
– Sweet Talker - Forbes.com
June 2009
““People are realizing that this kind of concerted implementation is one of...”
– Transmedia storytelling is future of biz - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
A creative whole rather than a marketing campaign? How novel.
“He missed his childhood and now he’s gonna miss his old age.
How fucked up is...”
– Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » The King Is Dead
This has been rattling around my head for the last few days.
WatchAnswering The Phone in a Movie Can Be Tricky at First - Funny Videos | Cracked.com
Is Michael Jackson Alive? →
Dirty and true.
“The reaction is always to the condom… “oh I don’t use...”
– Teen Vogue Rejects “Condom” Ad - Shawn’s POZ Blog
I wish I had the GS so I could get video to go...
“I want to take (the last roll) with me and somehow make every frame count...”
– Kodak Kills Kodachrome Film
“Some 47 million Americans are uninsured — many because some employers have...”
– Helen Thomas (via azspot) (via robot-heart-politics) (via ericmortensen)
“I’d like to bring on a friend of us all.”
– George Harrison, introducing Bob Dylan at The Concert for Bangladesh. (via factsarenothing)
“It all got started during a discussion of George Bush, who McCain acknowledged...”
– Paul Begala Schools Meghan McCain (VIDEO) (via apsies) (via robot-heart-politics) (via think4yourself) (via ericmortensen)
The Mutaytor on MySpace Music
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ABOUT THE MUTAYTOR: Born in Black Rock City at the world-renown Burning Man Festival and incubated in Los Angeles’ underground, The Mutaytor combines thundering tribal drums, live guitar, a 3-piece horn section, John Avila on bass, live improvisational electronica, breathtaking fire performers, sensual hoop dancers, dazzling aerial stunts, various forms of modern dance and bellydance, giant...
““I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a...”
– Woody Guthrie on songwriting
ahomeboyslife:
bx has insomnia has a case of my...
“Myspace has never centered anything on its users. Never. Myspace is, was, and...”
– Upstart Blogger (via aja)
“By essentially separating customers clamoring for cheaper upgrades into two...”
– AT&T botches iPhone 3G S upgrade price concession, says expert
“Given all that, it seemed what happened next was inevitable: ONTD users created...”
– Danny Gokey Detractors Take Their Fight To Twitter, Google - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
An Internet meme highlighting that, no, we don’t have to accept Gokey’s “belief,” a cover-up word for hatred, bigotry and discrimination.
“In a letter not intended for publication but seen by The Times, Shulman accuses...”
– Vogue editor launches new war on size-zero fashion - Times Online
“Hey, dudes, I’m in a play like right now!” Ashton could tweet when...”
– ASTON KUTCHER MAY STAR IN NEIL LABUTE’S BROADWAY PLAY “FAT PIG” - New York Post
TED Blog: Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran →
spytap:
ronenreblogs:
kenyatta: Clay Shirky:
Q. What do you make of what’s going on in Iran right now.
A. I’m always a little reticent to draw lessons from things still unfolding, but it seems pretty clear that … this is it. The big one. This is the first revolution that has been catapulted onto a global stage and transformed by social media. I’ve been thinking a lot about the Chicago...
“Reacting to a rising tide of anger from gay and lesbian supporters at a series...”
– Obama to extend some benefits to same-sex partners - Ben Smith
I’m impressed with the amount of context given. Good reporting Ben Smith! And look, DOMA’s being all discriminatory against gays. I wonder how that happened.
via Atrios
(via sexartandpolitics)
(via ericmortensen)
““People exchanging value with one another directly is the thing that got...”
– Bobbie Johnson meets Douglas Rushkoff, who helped to shape the internet in the early 90s | Books | The Guardian (via jaybushman)
“Khamenei would always come and say, ‘Shut up; what I say goes,’ ” said Azar...”
– News Analysis - In Iran, an Iron Cleric, Now Blinking - NYTimes.com
Fascinating breakdown of the rise and potential fall of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
I’m completely obsessed with this song, The...
“If you have 15 percent of the electorate refusing to say whom they’ll vote...”
– FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Polling Predicted Intimidation — and Not Necessarily Ahmadinejad’s Victory
“Iran has millions of internet users and, by one estimate, more bloggers per...”
– Iran struggles to censor news of protests - Telegraph
I started crying as I read this. This is the true power of the internet, communication in our most desperate of times.
“Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you read
to the end just to find out who...”
– Dorianne Laux, “Antilamentation” (via catprism | booksbooksbooks | booktumbling | wingsandfins) (via shananaomi)
Mistress Matisse →
aja:
I’m curious what exactly you think liberals do that’s so supportive of sex work as a job choice? Because I am not aware of any legislation introduced by a mainstream liberal politician to decriminalize my career. I don’t mean citizen’s initiatives like Proposition K, I mean a sitting elected official making a clear effort to repeal laws prohibiting sex work. I don’t know of any. If you find...
“Who isn’t going to be jumping on the Lambert bandwagon now? Straight women like...”
– Cashing In on Coming Out - Page 2 - The Daily Beast
“Each week, our smart yet neurotic lead character has to manage a group of wacky...”
– Brian Lynch: 30 ROCK is a rip-off of THE MUPPET SHOW!
Broadway Abridged →
DIRECTOR OF THIS YEAR'S TONY AWARDS I might very well be a 12 year old girl on crack!
The Worst Business Model in the World (And What... →
John Cleese, Gargamel, and Dr. Evil put together couldn’t dream up a more absurd situation than Wonga meets venture capital in 2009. Why not?
“The technology writer Clive Thompson calls this “ambient awareness”:...”
– How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live - TIME
I can do without the part where they have to question why anyone would want to use Twitter, that’s so 2007. I am going to use the shit out of ambient awareness.
“They mask nothing and it’s proof that Dead Weather’s central motive is to try...”
– Dead Weather: Jack White’s other other band - Times Online
“Later, Gaiman, 48, reads his disturbing comic piece about a man who works as a...”
– Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman — Live from New York City | Spin Magazine Online
Amanda is a little bit like a bunch of characters Neil’s written. I can’t imagine he doesn’t recognize that. I’ll admit it, I’m fascinated.