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January 26, 2007
Grover in Literature
I'm not sure yet if she read my recent piece on Grover, but Christine has posted a piece on her site ("The Pomo(nster) At The End Of This Book"= best title EVAR) where she's dug up a piece which calls Grover "a poet of tragic knowledge."
Something's up, here. I never heard the writers on Sesame Street refer to Grover as a teacher of postmodern ideas, but maybe they were working under that assumption subconsciously.
Happily, Christine found that someone has posted The Monster At The End Of This Book online! And that's good, because the book is really quite excellent, whimsical and fun. It stands in proud counterpoint to many of the things Sesame has recently licensed their characters to (sugary fruit juice?! adult underwear?! cmon.)
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January 14, 2007
Holiday Pix
I neglected to note that I posted all my (camera, not cel phone) pictures from Thanksgiving through Christmas over on Flickr, including the rather bizarre details of picking out our Christmas tree among bears and angry turkeys. Please to visit!
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January 2, 2007
The Marketing Of This Group Will Be Legandary
Google Ads has now officially earned its keep, in my opinion. It's now delivering me 100% more certified, pure-grade crazy than Memepool does, straight to the links by my mail. Witness: The Internet Band, an all-initial-caps proposition made by a 42-year-old who has been writing and not producing songs for two decades, and now wants 24-to-26-year-olds to sing them for him, because "Songwriters Are Like Athletes, When They Hit Like 35-38 Years Old. They Lose Their Songwriting Ability. They Really Can't Write Great Anymore. If, It Is Something Good, Its Just A Ballad.[...] When You Email Me, You Gotta Tell Me Everything You Can And Can't Do Concerning Music. If You Are Married Or Have Children. Sorry, There's No Chance With This Project."
Selected moments of Doctor-Bronner, Wesley-Willis, Nice-Pete-style crazy:
I Have 137 Partial-Completed Songs. I Want This Group To Do Everything Right That Every Other Group Has Done Wrong The Last 50 Years. This Group Can Record And Release 35-40 Good Songs The First Year, Every Year. It Could Be A 35-40 Song Download That Sells For $20-25.00 No-Cds, No-Cds, No-Cds. I Hope You Fiqure Out What That Means. After The First Year, Then We Will Be Able To Pay The Highest Royalty Rate To All The Songwriters Of The World.
We Don't Really Have Much Use For The Record Companies Now. Just A Distribution Deal Thats All. Now As For Me Having Contacts In The Business. Who Needs Them. Not Me. Most People In The Music Business Are Scum, Leeches, Backstabbers. And Non Musicians. The Only Thing I Want Now Is Me And The Group Working Together. We Make The Songs, We Own The Songs. We Use The Internet To Sell Directly To The 6 Billion People Around The World. Well The 3 Billion That Make More Then A Dollar A Day. If We Need To Bypass Radio, Tv And The Record Companies. Then This Band Will. Thats The Plan Anyway. Plus People Won't Steal From The Group, If They Love And Respect You. Think About It. Don't Worry, I Already Did. They Won't. This Group Will Give Such A Great Value. The Marketing Of This Group Will Be Legandary. Pure Marketing Genius. The Fans Will Love It. Huh? People I Am Just Like You But I Have Been Preparing Alot Longer. Really A Long Long Time. Thats All. This Group Will Be #1. Very Easily. Thanks To The Internet. I Guarantee It.
You 20 Something Year Olds Make Me Laugh. All Your Life All You Know Is That The Stock Market Has Gone Up Alot And That Real Estate Has Gone Up Alot Also. Well, Quess What? The Next 20 Years Are Going To Be Horrible Compared To The Past 20 Years. You Better Have A Long Talk With Your Parents. Now Anyone Eligible To Join This Band Has 2 Pay Options. The First One Is You Can Get A Weekly Salary. That Salary Will Run Till The Songs For The First Release Are Available For Sale. You Will Then Be Dropped Just As The Band Is Ready To Dominate The World Music Scene. You Will Receive No Further Moneys From This Group. Now Why Would Anyone Want To Pay An 20 Something Year Old When They Could Get A 35 Year Old Virtuoso Studio Player? You Can Submit Your Weekly Salary Demand For My Approval......Now Since I Have The Best Collection Of Rock And Pop Song Ideas Then Anyone In The World. I Can Easily Call Myself A Future Rock And Pop Songwriting Legend And An Music Visionary. My Songs Are Good Enough To Send Any Decent Bar Band To #1. They Would Be The Band Of The Year. Whatever Year My Songs Are Recorded. I Can Accomplish That With Any Decent Group Age 15-50. I Just Need The Singer To Match Up Good With My Songwriting Style. Remember That. I Have A 21 Year Backlog Of Songs. My 100 Million Is Already Out There. I Just Have To Go Get It. Now If I Want To Try To Catch And Pass The Beatles For The Best All-Time.
You Should Google Any Person Or Small Business That You May Deal With On The Internet. If You Google Me, You Won't Find Anything Good Or Bad. I Am Told Zero Information. Cool, I Haven't Gotten Lucky Yet. Maybe After The Band Goes To #1, Then I Will Get On Google.
omg, you already ARE on google. also, it is rrl rrl hard to google someone when you don't know their bloody name, sir.
Go read the rest -- it really is primo shit.
Also, while we're at it, you might also want to go check out the hyper-Spicegirlsism of barely-glossy middle-school-musical-theater-act Girl Authority. And if you need an antidote, try this comic from Cat and Girl.
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