Simon listening to Susan Boyle singing
Susan Boyle blowing the crowd away
Susan Boyle, the new superstar
Susan Boyle is 47 year-old and has never been kissed. She comes out to audition for Britain’s Got Talent and is immediately judged based on her looks. Then Susan Boyle sings “I Dream A Dream” from Les Miserables and blows the roof off the house. Damn, she is good. She even got Simon to smile.
If you’re a Manny Pacquiao fan, then this shirt by Jeepney is a must. I found the best deal at the actual Jeepney site for 30 bones. Buy it now and represent Manny Pacquiao!
Represent Manny!
Will Ashton be Twitter's biggest leader?
Ashton Kutcher has challenged CNN to a Twitter fan contest. No one on Twitter has 1 million followers. Yet.
Right now, the top 3 are:
1. CNN with 939,456 Followers
2. Britney Spears with 904,902 Followers
3. Ashton Kutcher with 894,441 Followers
Or if you feel like getting crazy, heck, follow me.
Who will be crowned? You decide. Follow your favorite–if you even have one.
The Global Mashup
In case you didn’t know, YouTube has a symphony orchestra. And they recently had a contest for amateur musicians to audition for their symphony. They had to submit a video of their performance of a new piece written by a famous Chinese composer named Tan Dun.
Anyway, they mashed up a bunch of the entries and created this really cool Internet symphony.
Sorry, YouTube disabled the embed functionality. Check out the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. It is very cool.
Crispin's Burger King Cologne
It’s an interesting approach and it seems to be working for CP+B. It seems like this is a lesson straight out of this book I discovered while at Brandcenter. It’s called “How To Be More Creative” and it was printed in the 70’s and the only place I’ve ever found it is in the gift shop at the Hirshorne Museum in DC. One of the lesson is about how we stop too soon. I remember Jerry Torchia used to say this all of the time. We stop way before we’ve come up with the really big idea. And I guess this press release idea is one way to make sure you push yourself further and don’t stop too soon.
“One thing we do as we begin a creative project, instead of working on specific media, we write press releases about our ideas. For example, a press release for the Whopper Freakout campaign would say, “Burger King announced today they would be removing the Whopper from their restaurants.” It would go on to talk about consumer outrage. It’s a good way to determine whether you have a rich idea or not. If an idea is good enough for someone to write about, it’s probably good enough for someone to talk about.
We don’t want to find some trend and then do advertising that basically lies about the product to attach it to the trend in the hope that it will sell. If it’s Burger King, and we want to help guys who are being inundated with the notion of metrosexuality, understand that it’s OK to have a killer burger — that’s a great path.”
-ALEX BOGUSKY
So how do you write a press release? Learn some basic PR rules here.
With college costs rising, why not watch some free classes on YouTube? YouTube and colleges–like Harvard and Stanford– across the country have teamed up and are offering tours, lectures and a lot more. Visit the YouTube educational channel here.
Learn how to make cupcakes from the Culinary Institute.
Or if you prefer MIT, take one of their many free online classes.
The MIT OpenCourseware offers 1800 classes to choose from. This has been around since 2002, but just wanted to share. To start studying at MIT, click here.
My sister thinks the Bilderberg Group is the NEW WORLD ORDER. I had never heard of the Bilderberg Group and after watching a few YouTube videos, I can’t help but think that these conspiracy theories about the Bilderberg Group’s quest for world domination and total power seem sort of like The Linderman Group on Heroes.
What do you think?
That’s right. The Simpsons are going postal thanks to the United States Postal Service.
Simpsons Stamps
I love poetry. And I love the rhythm, flow and beauty of this Gatorade spot called “Wooden Poem.” Coach John Wooden has a great voice. And I really like the message of setting an example.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden
I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. -John Wooden
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts. -John Wooden
How do you take a lot of information and tell an interesting story about a company? Here’s one way.
FULL LENGTH VERSION:
:15 SECOND SPOT:
“The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) has launched a letter-writing campaign demanding that Nickelodeon and Burger King immediately pull a new, “highly sexualized” television ad for BK’s 99-cent SpongeBob Kids Meal.” Read the rest of Media Post’s article.
This Chester French song is old. But it’s still nice to hear more people are discovering them. They’re touring with Lady Gaga in The Fame Ball Tour.
euphoria meets holy crap meets badass 
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