Month: August 2009
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Chris Brogan’s “Trust Agents” Is Worth The Read
…and it just became a New York Times Bestseller. Check out Chris Brogan‘s new book here, and pick up a copy. People pay Chris lots of money for some of the insights you can find right here in this book. Totally worth the read.
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Jason Rzepka, VP of MTV Public Affairs, DJ’s A Killer Set In My Office
Jason is warming up. He is transforming himself into DJ Applesauce. He’s working through the awkwardness of DJ’ing sans turntables, in my office. Years ago, Jason and I worked together when he ran press for mtvU and I ran programming. These days, when DJ Applesauce ain’t rockin’ the office that rocks the office, Jason runs…
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Leonard Bernstein Performs Haydn With Almost No Hands
My new friend, legendary conductor Itay Talgam, gave his TED Talk at the Nokia Ideas Camp this weekend. He walked us through the variations in style and technique of the world’s greatest classical conductors, ending, of course, with
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I Think I Accidentally Just Set The New World Record For Most Ear Wiggles In :30 Seconds
Last night, here in Monterrey, CA, I was scheduled to appear on stage to attempt to set the new world record for “Most Ear Wiggles In :30 Seconds.” The current official world record is 64, set by Sean Goldsmith on August 3, 2009. Sean beat the old record (61) set by Rachel Sklar. In a…
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Octogenarians Camp Out For Live Simulcasts of The Metropolitan Opera
Maybe opera’s not dead. These people arrived at the Strand Theater in Rockland, Maine, at 5:30AM. Why? To buy
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Boston Car Thief Caught (On My Camera!)
Until we get to do the reality show I have been meaning to do for the last decade — which is so ready to happen that I can’t believe I haven’t done it yet — my favorite reality show is still COPS. Checking out of a Cambridge, MA hotel at 9AM last week, imagine my…
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New VJ Boldly Admits A Bird Shat On Her Head As She Announced New York Stock Exchange Partnership
Erinn Westbrook just did her first shoot for MTV, appearing on-air to announce mtvU’s new partnership with the New York Stock Exchange. This competition is vintage mtvU, much in the same spirit of mtvU’s 3-year partnership with the Fulbright Fellowship program. It began when my colleague Matt Spielman invited Dario Spina and me down to…
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The Secret Life of MTV’s Peter Kay
Peter Kay is this rocket scientist here at work. They keep him chained in the basement developing digital whatchamacallits. I’m light years away from understanding what Peter actually does, but I’m smart enough to know he is figuring out shit that somebody really needs to figure out. At night, when they let him out to…
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This Kid Named “Foretold” Just Killed It With A Hip-Hop Set Right Here In My Office At MTV
I met Mutaurwa Mapondera (a.k.a. “Foretold“) 2 years ago, when my colleague Zach Papale, who knows more about college bands than anyone ever, played me his music. “Foretold,” as he’s known in hip-hop circles, was a student at UNC–Chapel Hill, and was already blowin’ up inside mtvU’s incubator for emerging artists, “Best Music On Campus.”…
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“Joey The Midwife” Could Be My Favorite Ad Agency
Trust Joey for all your needs: Joey The Midewife