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November 30, 2007
Kid Nation
Sophia's parents must be so proud.
Taylor's parents must want to crawl under a rock. "Kill the ugly chickens! All the ugly chickens deserve to DIE!" WTF.
Actually, given how Taylor behaves, they probably don't know they should be embarrassed.
I'm glad they threw Lyla a bone by showing the outtake at the end of this week's episode when she calls out Taylor's breath - or the chicken. Nice work.
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Lacefield Music Follow-up
Follow-up:
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Kmart magic
Last night, I sang with Downtime for the first time since, what - September? It was great to see the guys again, but the true highlight of the night was our location.
I knew it was a "Kmart opening" so I thought I was ready. But I wasn't. Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot - they are all sprouting up everywhere around here lately, so I figured it was going to be a new big box store with all the trimmings.
Well, I get off the highway and see the Kmart sign and think "huh, I guess they've gone retro with their signange, ok." Then I pull into the lot and it all becomes clear: This isn't a Grand Opening. This a "Grand re-Opening." A "Renovation CelebRation" as they were calling it. How very Kmart.
This was gonna be good.
They had the band set up right as you came in the store, just to the left of the... wait for it... red carpet. They had a photographer taking photos as people came in, as well we a little "party portrait" corner set up - just like in da club (and there were a few treating it as such).
We played from 7 - 9, and the varied looks on folks' faces as they came into Kmart and found a LIVE BAND ranged from booty shakin' to glares.
Around 8:30, we kicked into "I Will Survive," and yup, you guessed it, people started to DANCE. In the Kmart. We segued into "Brick House," and the rest, is please-erase-it-from-my-memory-for-the-rest-of-my-life history.
Here's Mat's recap of the night on Facebook (you have to be logged in to see it).
The first 12 photos in this Facebook album will be more fun with comments and tags. Here's the Full album of 42 photos on Ofoto without the commentary.
Either way, madness.
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November 29, 2007
Totally
The public restrooms in NYC as described by Screaming Imelda >
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November 19, 2007
What a way to make a living
Whoo hoo!! Finally.
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Whoops
I just received an offer email from Kodak Gallery
Please note each promotion as it relates to the respective coupon code.
Whoops. Someone somewhere is seriously banging their head right now.
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November 14, 2007
I repeat: Do. Not. Settle.
I get so sick of people telling me that my expectations are too high, that I'm living in a dream world, that there's dysfunction everywhere so get over it.
I say, and will continue to say to those people that I'm sorry they've settled in their life, but settlin' ain't for me - leave me out of your mediocraty!
A thank you to Callista, for linking to this Business Week article > that basically says, move over bacon, there's somethin' leaner.
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Lacefield Music brilliance
Being an aficionado of good marketing and advertising as well as being in charge of creating it from time to time, I'm always on the lookout for messages that stand out. Particularly when I listen to KMOX 1120, where I've decided all the commercials essentially sound the same, and when effective are largely due to repetition.
This is likely due to one of two things. One, the advertiser listens and makes their spot to "fit in" with the others (which, yes, seems counterintuitive, but I think in this market there's a certain message sent by merely running on the station, given its image), or two, production is included with the buy and as I know from my experiences, while each spot is unique, they tend to have the same "feel."
So, two weeks ago when I heard the new Lacefield Music commercial during my drive home, I nearly drove off the road.
Lacefield Music clearly "gets it" because the whole store is built upon the concept of the customer desire as opposed to simply selling commodities. The store's mission is:
"To provide a place where anyone, regardless of age or musical experience, could fulfill a lifelong dream of learning to play a musical instrument as well as a place, to purchase top quality instruments, operating with a sense of corporate responsibility placing customer service at the top of its priorities list."
Dreams first, transaction second. Simple. Yet so many businesses can't seem to grasp it. But I digress.
Before you listen to the commercial, please go to the Lacefield website. If you click on one section, please choose the "Pictures/Media" section. Get a sense of who they are and who their clients are.
Ok, now imagine you're listening to the 6pm news on KMOX (for non-St. Louisans, think talk radio, but not as subdued as NPR - they're a CBS affiliate), driving along. You've just heard a commercial for the Overhead Door company or Gutter Helmet. Maybe a commercial about the value or gold or an investment opportunity with a 2 million dollar minimum. The you hear this >.
Points to Lacefield for running this spot. I bet people make stuff like this much more often than it ever sees the light of day. And extra points for the Ray Vincent nod (which maybe wasn't on purpose, but I'm thinkin' so).
When I begged them to post the commercial to their site so that I could post it here, I got a bonus.
The full song >. Merry early Christmas to me.
Music and Lyrics by Andy Stephen and Larry Lacefield
Commercial voice-over by Cathy Krubsack, President Lacefield Music
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November 06, 2007
There are no words for this
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Avery Update
Itsy Bitsy Spider. Yeah.
Like son like father.
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November 03, 2007
We Are Family extravaganza
At my mom's 60th b'day party
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