This is fascinating for a couple of reasons: It’s a wordless story of innocence, opportunity, talent and youth lost; a moving and disturbing example of how imagery and music alone can convey so much. It’s also a clear and damning example of our obsession with celebrity and how we attach ourselves to their larger-than-life stories [...]
When I was a kid my parents took my sister and I to Autoworld in Flint, Michigan. It was supposed to be an amusement park dedicated to educating the world on the importance and innovation of the auto industry. One of the first things visitors saw upon entering the complex was a robot that welcomed [...]
Recently, Tom and I had a discussion about mono vs. stereo sound and why some records might sound better in the former mix than in the latter, more modern composition. After all, stereo sound is all about spatial modeling of sound that puts the listener “in” the mix. It’s the exploitation of an aural trick [...]
It’s a cliché, but it’s true: life is complicated. That becomes all the more true when trying to boil down complex issues into simple, easily communicated and shared messages. Yet, that’s exactly what’s required of good marketing, a point made all the more sharp by the rise of “memes.” Enter: Kony 2012 The last few [...]
Everyone’s talking about Kickstarter, the online micro-funding service that last week announced that it was on track to disburse more than $150 million to artists this year—that’s at least $4 million more than the National Endowment for the Arts annual budget! It brings me back to a discussion the Glorious Noise crew had at the [...]
“Content is King!” they shout from their rooftops. It’s the clarion call for all Content Strategists and content-minded marketers everywhere, but it’s only half right. The reality is that there’s no shortage of content–a simple Google search on nearly any combination of words will back me up. Simply gathering and creating content does not get [...]
This sort of thing is exactly what Metastential is all about: sifting through the digital culture to separate the signal from the noise. We scrape through the layers of technological trends and enhancements like so many coats of paint. Scratch a little here and you see the underlying green; a little there and you find [...]
There’s an interesting conversation going on over at one of my favorite music communities and both the topic and the related location are near and dear to my heart. A couple of years ago I helped develop the digital and content strategies for an online community called GRAMMY365 that would serve the members of the [...]
Good brand advertising doesn’t just sell you on a product or service, it evokes feeling. The best stuff actually acts as a catalyst for our collective consciousness. If that’s the case and the Superbowl is the annual showcase for our cultural id, then we are in a hell of a funk. Extending the vibe of [...]
This is an amazing video. I mean really, can you argue with, ““Mankind has to swallow his fruit of evil from crazy conquest?” The question is: do these guys do it on purpose? This Chinese auto maker’s press conferences are apparently well-attended, which is more than some foreign upstarts can say. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
