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Entries from January 2010

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

"Internets! Internets!" ADIDAS, You Shouldn'ta Messed With Dallas Penn, a.k.a. The Blucheez (Plus, Some Asher Roth, too)

Retail experience not what you'd hoped? Well, here's one way to get some revenge… Too long? Yeah. But 6,000 people have seen that video already. Oh, and here's why it's OK to say internets, plural. Also, even Asher Roth prompts some Dallas Penn attention (and check out the Asher look-a-like)…

Monday, January 18th, 2010

DJ Earworm Remix Sums Up 2009 With Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas & More

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Love

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Help Use Facebook To Convince This 15 Year-Old's Parents To "Unground" Her

Tess, a 15 year-old from Queens, just got grounded for 5 weeks by her parents. Totally not fair! So she started a Facebook group to petition her parents to "unground" her. The goal was to get to 1000 supporters. She blew past 1000 today. New York Times just broke the story. Support Tess.

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Conan O'Brien's Craigslist Ad

Courtesy of my colleague, Dermot McCormack, here's Conan O'Brien's new ad on Craiglist: 4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW – MAKE ME AN OFFER!!! (Universal Studios) Date: 2010-01-13, 3:48PM PST Reply to: sale-tntdd-1551463643@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] This is a chance of a lifetime to own your very own late night talk show–guaranteed [...]

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Just Had A Long Conversation With Someone I Thought Was Someone Else

I just called Shannon, a colleague here at MTV, and we had a long conversation, in which I asked about her job, some projects she's working on, etc. I ran the names of a few companies by her, just to see what she thought of them. I asked how her boss is doing. I asked [...]