Tag: MTV

  • Josh Linkner, Louis CK & The Power of “Why?”

    Our new friend Josh Linkner stopped by last week.  Josh is a good dude; and with all the time I spend in Detroit, it’s a wonder it took us this long to meet. We had this funny moment in the big board room.  Josh was being introduced to the group before his presentation, and we all…

  • Juliette LaMontagne’s New “Breaker” Project: Urban Micro Agriculture

    Last year, Scratch joined GoogleLabs, IDEO and Yves Behar’s Fuse Project as advisors to a project to imagine the future of the book.  Inspired by legendary book publisher Charlie Melcher, the working group included about a dozen or so Millennials from diverse backgrounds, who were led by educator and social innovation pioneer Juliette LaMontagne.  Juliette, a TED Fellow,…

  • MTV Hive Presents: Zambri

    Last year, the band Zambri performed a live show in my office.  Now check them out on MTV Hive!  And they just hit the MTV Music Meter! Zambri “Glossolalia” EP by kaninerecords From MTV Hive: Just because Jessica and Cristi Jo Zambri share a last name doesn’t mean the sisters are always on the same…

  • DISconnected Premieres On MTV Tomorrow Night

    When the police showed up, they found more than a hundred teenagers logged on to the live stream on Abraham Biggs’ computer screen, all watching Abraham lying on his bed.  Dead. That was November 19, 2008; the 19-year-old Biggs had committed suicide while broadcasting on his Justin.tv channel.  Many of those watching had taunted and…

  • My Visit To Kate Ebner’s Radio Show On VoiceAmerica

    Here’s the stream of my appearance on Kate Ebner’s VoiceAmerica radio show, “Visionary Leaders, Extraordinary Lives.” (And here it is on iTunes.) The title of the show does indeed make me sound dead and eulogized, but I was instead hyoercaffeinated and borrowing the office of a colleague at AMC Networks, where I was that day.…

  • Jeremy Ellis Live Finger-Drumming On Maschine Mikro

    Scratch’s Mark Lowyns just showed me this and it’s so rad. Finger-drumming phenom Jeremy Ellis performing a live routine on the new version of MASCHINE MIKRO:

  • RECORD COLLECTING FOR GIRLS, By Courtney Smith

    Former MTV music snob (in a good way), Courtney Smith’s new book, RECORD COLLECTING FOR GIRLS, comes out today. Why buy it?  For starters, Courtney knows her shit.  Girl’s got a music library (bigger than your ipod’s) in her head and in her heart, and a trigger finger so intuitive it just knows when to push…

  • Put Your Hands Up: The Secret Life Of MTV’s Craig Goldstein

    I must’ve gone to camp and college with at least ten kids named Craig Goldstein.  None of them, I’m certain, would describe themselves in this way: – “Jewish guy” (uh, we know) – “Likes BBQ, country music and firearms” (firearms?) – “Registered  Democrat but votes for Ron Paul” – “MTV tech blogger” – “New Jersey…

  • Foster The People, Live At Lollapalooza

    My friends in our music dept called this one over a year ago! (via Perez)

  • General Motors Announces Partnership with MTV’s “Creative SWAT Team” Scratch

    Last week, GM’s North America President, Mark Reuss, announced the company’s groundbreaking partnership with Scratch in Traverse City, Michigan.   The goal? Help transform Chevrolet to win with Millennials. Here’s an excerpt from Reuss’ speech: “We can re-establish Chevy as an automotive icon for those who remember the glory days, yes. But there are even more…