A friend just recently sent me the picture of Phil Spector and I cringed. I remember having hair that big. And now, I provide the proof. Sheesh! I can’t believe I’m showing you this.

Apparently, Nike has taken, without permission, the 1984 album design of Dischord Records artist Minor Threat and turned it into a skateboarding poster for the company’s “Major Threat” East Coast Tour. When asked by Pitchfork Media if Nike had obtained permission to mirror the art, Dischord Records said, “No, they stole it and we’re not happy about it. Nike is a giant corporation which is attempting to manipulate the alternative skate culture to create an even wider demand for their already ubiquitous brand. Nike represents just about the antithesis of what Dischord stands for and it makes me sick to my stomach to think they are using this explicit imagery to fool kids into thinking that the general ethos of this label, and Minor Threat in particular, can somehow be linked to Nike’s mission. It’s disgusting.” Read More

UPDATE:
Yesterday, Nike issued a formal apology. (Could they have posted the apology letter as a JPEG as an attempt to discourage reposting?) From the letter:

“Minor Threat’s music and iconographic album cover have been an inspiration to countless skateboarders since the album came out in 1984 (sic). And for the members of the Nike Skateboarding staff, this is no different. Because of the album’s strong imagery and because our East Coast tour ends in Washington DC, we felt that it was a perfect fit. This was a poor judgement call and should not have been executed without consulting Minor Threat and Dischord Records.”

Dischord Records spokesperson Alec Bourgeois told MTV.com that MacKaye and the other members of Minor Threat are still planning to meet to consider their legal options.

The new television commercial for Priority Health is now showing. We shot all of the footage in house at the agency I work for and I did all the music for it. I used garageband and the first Jam Pack.

Check it our here.

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes “Paying tens of thousands of dollars to companies that scan blogs helps companies decide on products and advertising, the Wall Street Journal reports. For example, the practice helped U.S. Cellular better understand prospective teenage customers: ‘Using technology from Umbria Communications, a Boulder, Colo., company that aims to identify demographic groups online based on their speech patterns and discussion topics, WPP’s G Whiz concluded that teens were really anxious about exceeding their cellular minutes, often because parents make them pay if they talk too much. The teens also resented being ambushed by incoming calls that pushed their minutes up. U.S. Cellular says that led U.S. Cellular to offer unlimited call me minutes.’ Also of note: Intelliseek’s Pete Blackshaw ’says companies used to dismiss vocal complaints from one or two consumers as an aberration. But now, they have to pay attention because now those complainers may have blogs. ‘”

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http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html

In the Micheal Jackson trial – everyone is waiting and comparing this to “Where where you when OJ was aquitted”

Should know in 10 minutes or so.

Why do I care so much? I’m actually kinda excited.

Okay after many requests, I actually reposted an FAQ site with music, photos and videos. Although this might kill my bandwidth, I’ll leave the videos up as long as I can. You can access thhe pages from the left hand column or click here.

Enjoy.

So I’ve gone through my archive of various FAQ pictures and have posted a bunch online on my Flickr account. I will have videos soon.

You can view them here

These Rock!

The Gem Sweater Video

Working For The Video

Well, that image is a bit ironic after yesterdays announcement.

In the attempt to clean out my hard drive, I have posted a bunch of old apple TV ads from years ago.

Click here to see them

Enjoy!

Okay, so I uploaded my extensive rare/bizarre record cover collection to my flickr account. These covers represent albums I own and alot that I don’t, but they are all unique in some way or another. They have been featured on a couple different collectors sites and I originally got them from a buddy of mine name Skeeter.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Enjoy

Today starts Apples World Wide Developer Conference and it’s rumored that Steve Jobs is going to announce that Apple is switching over to an IBM chipset. This is a HUGE deal in the Apple computing world and could mean some serious changes. Should know in less than an hour.

I’m on pins and needles

I’m such a nerd

Yeah i’ve been hooked for a while now, but if your not doing it – yer missing out – go to http://www.ipodder.org for more information