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Music
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05.16.09Manics Artwork Banned by British SupermarketsFour British supermarkets will sell the latest Manic Street Preachers CD in a plain slip because of fears that the cover artwork - a painting by Jenny Saville - will offend shoppers. A fair point or an insult to your average shopper's intelligence? No related posts.
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03.27.09Twitter becomes the third most popular social network and spawns a raft of new toolsEveryone has jumped on the Twitterati bandwagon in recent days and weeks; its been Twittermental. Comscore now rates Twitter as the third most popular social network after Facebook and MySpace. It should be in its own (microblogging) category but whatever. I came across this great Twitter tool today - monitter. Monitter allows you to view activity on Twitter in real time, which can be quite amazing to watch. Social media skeptics should take a look at this. Its kind of exciting to watch people express their personal view on a topic be it Greys Anatomy, HP or the weather. There are a lot ...
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03.12.09Last night’s media discovery – SeekaeWent to see Pivot (performing under the name of Fire Island) at the Hopetoun in Surry Hills last night. They were supported by Seekae, a group from Sydney and Seekae were brilliant. You can check them out at MySpace. Can't wait to see them again... Pivot were great too! Related posts:Reflections of a day immersed in social media of one type or another #atsyd Ad:tech09Listening to Metronomy – Nights Out
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03.10.09MySpace launches demographic targeting capabilities at Ad:tech Sydney 2009I attended the ad:tech 09 conference at the Sydney Convention Centre today, which provided plenty of food for thought on a wide range of digital marketing issues. The conference kicked off with two keynotes in the morning and then split into three tracks. The presentations that I saw were very case study driven, which is nearly always the case with these types of conferences. Agencies and clients were happy to talk about the revolution that 'is occurring' or 'has occurred' and to report back on successful campaigns and projects but few were willing to tackle some of the more challenging topics and ...
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01.23.09Listening to Metronomy – Nights Out[caption id="attachment_336" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Metronomy - cool UK band"][/caption] A friend tipped me off about this band. Hailing from 'London via Brighton (by way of Devon)', Metronomy combine the sounds of New Order, Brian Eno, Pulp, electro and synth beats into a very original and engaging sound. I first played the album while assembling an outdoor table for my balcony - the instructions weren't very clear and the table is still wonky. This music - which is kind of fractious and random at times - wasn't helping me stay calm during the surprisingly challenging assembly (three components) process but I have since ...
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