Listening Post: Shrine for the Black Madonna–“Mona Lisa”
As many of you know, over at Bold As Love, I’m chronicling what I see as the cultural…
“Charlie Wilson’s War” and How to Get Things Done
Truth is, I’ve got over 100 feeds in my RSS reader. One of them is the feed from…
Culture evolves and language struggles to keep pace
Really great article in today’s New York Times by Kirk Johnson that looks at the ’08 campaign thusfar–including…
Best Black rock releases of 2007
Game Rebellion’s Yohimbe at Snitch, December 19, 2007 Over at Bold As Love, I was originally going to…
Still more Radiohead
In case you’re not familiar with The Couch Sessions, you should point your browser in that direction and…
The power of scarcity
We all know that low supply and high demand drive prices up. Makes sense, right? Thing is, it’s…
Gladwell on the Black-White I.Q. Gap
Elsewhere on this blog, I’ve talked about how culture provides a context not only for how marketing communications…
Alice Smith’s Grammy nomination
This is one of those moments when I get to say, "I told you so!" Not that I…
More Radiohead
Yesterday’s NY Times featured a big piece by Jon Pareles on Radiohead and their "online gamble". From a…
Thinking broadly about your business
Today, the NY Times reported that TiVo is transforming itself from a consumer electronics company to a media…
On competitors
Every so often, I get an e-mail from someone at an agency that targets high school and college…
Radiohead
I just downloaded Radiohead’s "In Rainbows". I jumped on it after Digital Media Wire highlighted a Billboard report…