Chrysler Pitches Suburbanites with Jay-Z


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This excellent commercial just caught my eye but it’s probably been out for months. The announcer growls a spiel about the Chrysler 300 over an instrumental version of “Heart of the City,” one of the most sublime backing tracks ever, as the car makes its way from downtown out to the ‘burbs. Even if Jay-Z […]

September 24th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Television | Comments are closed

Nirvana’s Nevermind Launched 20 Years Ago


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Thanks to Kevin Estrada for use of this picture! Note black and yellow DGC promo shirt at right

Twenty years ago this week, Nirvana was in the midst of making history even while preparing to unleash their single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the album Nevermind on the world. As college and metal radio […]

August 19th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Radio | Comments are closed

Eno’s Latest Round of Interviews


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In a promotional push for his new album Drums Between the Bells with Rick Holland, Brian Eno has embarked on a great public relations swing that has brought a typically educational and thought-provoking set of ideas from One Brain. The interview on Al-Jazeera shown below, includes a great career overview too. Eno comments on the […]

July 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Technology | Comments are closed

Memories of Live Aid


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Live Aid was held on July 13, 1985

Today is the anniversary of Live Aid, the historic benefit concert for African famine relief that occurred in London and Philadelphia in 1985. I watched the whole thing, calling in sick to my job doing flower deliveries. The event was carried on broadcast television in addition […]

July 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Technology, Television | Comments are closed

Guitar Google Doodle for Les Paul’s 96th


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Google's version of a Les Paul plays and records

Les Paul, the inventor of the electric guitar, probably never envisioned a computer but would be probably excited about today’s Google Doodle, in honor of his 96th birthday. He not only invented the magnetic pickup system for amplifying guitars, he also helped start multi-track recording […]

June 9th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Technology | Comments are closed
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