Archive for October, 2009

Game On @ Carnegie Hall

Today the prestigious Carnegie Hall opened up its concert doors to the young and wealthy music lovers of NYC to give them a bit of insight into the world of music and gaming as they enjoy their second marriage.
Game On! is a yearly event put on by Carnegie Hall for their 20 and 30 something [...]

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Iovine… Music’s Savior/Marketing Genius?

So Jimmy Iovine has been the man behind the success of many of the artists at Interscope. But even he notices that there is money to be made off of music, but it has nothing to do with album sales.
Jimmy has been known to step in as manager sometimes when it comes to making business [...]

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Coca-Cola to Leave Us Thirsty…It’s Healthier

Do you know what doesn’t work? 100-calorie snack packs…but you know whats worse…
Coca-Cola is rolling out a new 90-calorie can. In this world of counting calories, everyone’s making mini versions of their products so that people can get a healthier portion of crap. But you know what’s going to end up happening? You drink one [...]

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Candles Are A Way To His Heart

So what do you buy that man in your life that loves the outdoors, fast cars, lighting up the BBQ grill, or just sitting at home on the couch watching the Giants kick ass as he drinks a Dos Equis?
You buy him Candles!
The Mandle Company (Man + Candles = Mandles…Genius!) has made candles exclusively for [...]

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HP and Iovine Make Dre a PC

So Jimmy Iovine and HP have teamed up to unveil the HP ENVY 15 Beats limited edition notebook PC. The new Laptop includes Beats by Dre audio technology and will be retailing for $2,299 when it drps on Oct 22nd.
Iovine claims that his arsenal of Interscope producers,  will.i.am, Kanye West, Pharrell, Timbaland and Polow da [...]

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Warner Stay Paid

So Warner tried to be a trailblazer by removing their videos from YouTube in December because they felt they should be profiting somehow from such activities (Whatever!). But now that they’ve settled everything with the online video giant, they are trying to figure out new ways to get paid off of their artists just short [...]

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Buying Homeless is American

What’s any young girl’s parents dream? Having their daughter grow up to be a successful doctor or lawyer? No. Watching them walk down the aisle with the one they love? Oh no my friend. It’s buying a doll that comes with no accessories– No little sister, no corvette, no boyfriend, and most importantly no dream [...]

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Demand to Scream

If you’re a fan of low-budget scary movies like Blair Witch Project, then apparently this new movie  that’s been all the craze in the small movie houses,  Paranormal Activity, is the one you should be watching this year. Unfortunately for most of us, we’ll have to demand it in our cities.
Powered by Eventful.com, the movie [...]

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Dynamite Yo’self

You could Yearbook yourself, you could Mad Men yourself, you could Terminate yourself, and now you can turn yourself into a bad mother@!&!# if you Black Dynamite Yo’self.
With this new viral application, you can don an afro, baldy, pimp hat, or shades and turn yourself into a slick cat from the 70’s coutesy of the [...]

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Music Wanted

Mega companies like Apple and Nike have made it imperative to include music in product and brand marketing but the recession has also left its mark on these budgets leaving companies to put less than 5% of their marketing budgets towards music. But instead of using less music, brands are using music even more, but [...]

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