IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF CONSUMERISM…PLAY ON

This shall be one of my last posts for at least a week as I’m off for my annual pilgrimage to Glastonbury – the spiritual home of music. I briefly mentioned last week that music has had a tough time establishing its commercial online business plan, mainly caused by the greed and confusion generated by [...]

Never mind the b*ll*cks…19/06/10

Here’s my pick of the week’s best online PR, social media activity plus digital developments which are breaking down the walls of traditional communication techniques: MTV & American Express It’s every socialite’s dream job, to be the social media voice of a generation. So whilst a group of fame-leaches rot in a house infested with [...]

Blowing my own trumpet…

Following yesterday’s blog about my thoughts on the vuvuzela and how broadcasters could silence their relentless encore – I was pleased to see this morning that the BBC has indeed listened to my words of wisdom and actioned them: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3102&art_id=iol1276578581757B232 Ok…I know what you’re thinking. It could have also been some other bright spark’s initiative [...]

FIFA blows their own trumpet…

So World Cup officials have pledged that the tournament’s current villain, not Rob Green but the loathed vuvuzela, will not be silenced. There was a lot of conversation surrounding these horns in the buildup to the games with many arguing that although they supply a piece of South African Spirit…they are bloody annoying. And I [...]

Never mind the b*ll*cks…

Here’s my pick of the week’s best online PR, social media activity plus digital developments which are breaking down the walls of traditional communication techniques: BBC RADIO 5LIVE The addictive power of the Mexican Wave has been fully harnessed by 5Live with their Big Mexican Wave project. As it says on the tin, they’re creating [...]

My first words…

“I’m the one person in this industry who famously has never made any money. I used to say some people make money and some make history.” The late, great Tony Wilson Here it is, my own damn blog. For sometime I’ve been hemorrhaging my thoughts on brazen babble…and it’s really not fair of me to [...]

the start of something beautiful…

it’s on its way…