Something Burning

Month: July 2009

  • I Surprise Alexa Chung’s Producer In Her Office

    It’s On With Alexa Chung isn’t on today. So instead, meet my colleague, Corin Nelson, who runs the show. Corin used to run Rosie, Chelsea Lately, Megan Mullally, Sharon Osborne, etc. She’s doing a killer job with Alexa. I watch the show in my office every day. I told you this show would be good!…

  • New Favorite Follow: @chrisbrogan

    It’s hard to find anybody better (not counting celebs who hire twitter teams) at navigating online communities than Chris Brogan. He’s grown a legion of followers into a kinetic network that engages with him every minute. And he uses it to gather information, spread information and direct digital flow. Chris’ blog is pretty incredible, too.…

  • My Striptease For Jordana’s Birthday

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  • The Scary Carrot In Patty’s Lunch

    I’m on another call about a new product we are looking into and Patty just sent me this alien carrot she found in her lunch. It’s from an undisclosed cafeteria and will be sent to the lab for further examination. It’s the kind of organic material that — if he were to stare at it…

  • The Most Pathetic Slam Dunk In History

    I’m on this conference call right now and it seems pretty obvious that what I thought was a done deal is actually not gonna happen. Makes me think about the perils of overconfidence. And my own limitations. I remember when Julian Wright of Kansas stole the ball, had the whole court to himself, went up…

  • My Hands Are Bananas

    Nick Andrews is a student filmmaker at Montana State. Here’s what Nick looks like: I first saw Nick’s work when he starting posting films in mtvU’s BEST FILM ON CAMPUS (aka BFOC), an incubator for college student filmmakers. Best Film On Campus is wall to wall with amazing young writers and directors. When they start…

  • In-N-Out Burger is My New Favorite Follow

    GREAT THINGS ABOUT IN-N-OUT BURGER * Best fast food there is * Secret Menu for devotees * Holy shit — the Bible! (see below) NOT-AS-GOOD THINGS ABOUT IN-N-OUT BURGER * Privately owned and won’t franchise * None located East of the Mississippi * I don’t work there (yet) My favorite Friday Follow on Twitter today…

  • Ross Martin Sucks

    Turns out, Ross Martin sucks big time. Ashley pointed this out yesterday. It’s another Ross Martin, but still. Seeing a site about how much someone with your name sucks is like seeing a photo of a gravesite with your name on it:     That sucks! Here are some other Ross Martins, some of whom…

  • Amalie Plays Glockenspiel

    My friend Jesse Angelo introduced me to this incredible new, unsigned artist, Amalie Bruun, the other night. I’ve been listening to her song, I Feel Sick, all week: I feel sick ‘Cause I had one too many, last night. I couldn’t sleep… So I called up my good friend, the writer He’s in the bathroom right…

  • Something Burning Presents Ashley Simon’s “What Is Branded Entertainment?” –Episode #2

    Again we sent our intrepid office mate out to find out what exactly we are supposed to be doing. Here’s Ashley Simon: Thought I’d try one more time to see if the general public could help me figure out wtf branded entertainment is. This time I ventured to my hometown in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in…