Sliced bread really is a great innovation, few people (except the French) think it's a good idea to have to manually slice bread each time you want a sandwich. The time saved over the years is immeasurable, sliced bread has been a true boon to global productivity.
But sliced bread doesn't cough up videos like the one provided by Defamer of Homer Simpson meeting the 17th century "rude man" (or fertility symbol, whatever) in England.
Also, sliced bread doesn't take images from the same place and create the inevitable animated gif.
Jeebus bless teh internets.
Showing posts with label Promotional Stunts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Promotional Stunts. Show all posts
14 July 2007
Prince, Great Performer, Even Greater Capitalist, Part II
Why would giving your music away make you a 'great capitalist'?
For one thing, the record companies have traditionally kept a big chunk of the album sales take, while artists reap more of the profits from concert performances.
By giving the album away, Prince reaches audiences that he may have trouble reaching otherwise. It builds buzz, it gets him positive press coverage.
Prince is shaking things up, the music industry is broken, and fans are disconnected from the artists, this might help repair the disconnect some.
The fanatics (like me) will buy the album when it comes out, even if there'll be a bunch of illegal mp3s floating around. Prince's concerts have been more profitable than any other time in his career, other than his absolute zenith.
He has remained much more relavent than a lot of his peers, and the music he puts out is still pretty awesome. Looking forward to Planet Earth when it hits stores July 24th. Lucky ducks in the UK who pick up their Sunday Daily Mail will get a head start, but that's OK, they can enjoy it, and spread the love.
The labels are pissed at this move, but screw them, not like Prince needs a lot of help from the labels to get people to notice what he's up to.
For one thing, the record companies have traditionally kept a big chunk of the album sales take, while artists reap more of the profits from concert performances.
By giving the album away, Prince reaches audiences that he may have trouble reaching otherwise. It builds buzz, it gets him positive press coverage.
Prince is shaking things up, the music industry is broken, and fans are disconnected from the artists, this might help repair the disconnect some.
The fanatics (like me) will buy the album when it comes out, even if there'll be a bunch of illegal mp3s floating around. Prince's concerts have been more profitable than any other time in his career, other than his absolute zenith.
He has remained much more relavent than a lot of his peers, and the music he puts out is still pretty awesome. Looking forward to Planet Earth when it hits stores July 24th. Lucky ducks in the UK who pick up their Sunday Daily Mail will get a head start, but that's OK, they can enjoy it, and spread the love.
The labels are pissed at this move, but screw them, not like Prince needs a lot of help from the labels to get people to notice what he's up to.
02 July 2007
Shouldn't At Least One of Them Been In A Springfield?
Kwik-E Mart, in Burbank.
(there's also one in Mar Vista nearer by, I'll make a pilgrimage to get myself a Squishee, cause even if The Simpsons haven't been all that great lately, they're still The Simpsons)
(there's also one in Mar Vista nearer by, I'll make a pilgrimage to get myself a Squishee, cause even if The Simpsons haven't been all that great lately, they're still The Simpsons)
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