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lol
Oh my god, this sums up my entire sense of humor 100%.
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Totally something I’ll be checking out! This sounds like it could be a really, really good time.
Sony introduces Fantasy Festival Competition!
Fantasy Sports turned … Music?
Last week Sony released their own version of cult online competition “Fantasy Football” so if you can’t pick football players but love music, then you will love Sony’s Fantasy Festival Competition!
It’s is a free, points based league game with an the aim being to assemble the ultimate, imaginary music festival line-up to gain as many points as possible through your acts’ popularity in the real world. That real world is actually calculated by activity online in the game. All hosted with Last.fm.
Users can create custom leagues, invite friends and battle it out for festival supremacy. With the person who creates the highest value Festival, presented with a music lover’s dream prize – four “money can’t buy” tickets (including VIP accommodation, flights and spending money) to one of Europe’s hottest music festivals, plus tonnes of weekly prizes.
It’s a massive opportunity for Sony to create a cult following of sorts in a non-sporting scene so it will be very interesting to see the response to the campaign. By the looks of it, it’s off to a flying start with week 2 just commencing now! Click here to check out the Fantasy Festival Competition now.
via digitalbuzz
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Seven Reasons Why White House Party Crashers are Awesome for America»
Crashing a party is WORLDS DIFFERENT than crashing a White House State dinner.
I am not opposed to a little party or wedding crashing — with the right company, it’s actually a pretty exhilirating and funny moment, but this? This is just one step too far. And quite honestly, I have worlds more chutzpah than the average person. With whatever music/film/television contacts I have made in my life and my confidence and “What’s the worst that can happen? I get told no” mindset, I find my way bypassing lines, getting into VIP parties and doing otherwise cool things the average person lacking any chutzpah wouldn’t have the balls to do. And quite honestly, because I’ve done things like that early on in my career, I now get placed on lists because of the contacts I’ve made inside those events. I’ve gotten story topics, I’ve gotten jobs.
But this is totally different. What these people did was tacky, it was disappointing, and it was just… unnecessary. To get a reality television show? Really? Yes, the fundamental problem here is with the Secret Service for not catching them, but the fact that this has become such a media spectacle (and here I am, blogging about it) worries me even more. Let’s be thankful it wasn’t any sort of terrorist or psychopath or whatever. But let’s not applaud these people either, what they did was wrong.
(via Gawker)
People should stop hating on the party crashers. If they’re arrested or convicted of anything, I will laugh. They’re not the ones who screwed up, that was the Secret Service and the SS are the ones who should be dealt with. This couple didn’t cause a scene or anything (at least not to my knowledge?) and they obviously weren’t told “no” at the door. And like I said before, if you try to crash a party and make a scene at the door when you’re denied entry, that’s one thing. Then you deserve to get your ass thrown out. But if no one says anything… who are they hurting? Yes, they could’ve been terrorists, but luckily they weren’t. If they were, it would’ve been the SS being held responsible for not catching them, right?
The people yelling that these people are assholes and disrespectful, etc. are the ones who don’t have the chutzpah to do anything like this. Grow a pair, America. Crash a party, have fun.
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Kurt
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Important Questions
In watching the HBO Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Benefit and seeing how freaking incredible the music of the past was, I am left with an important question: Who from our generation can carry on this legacy?
Who from our generation is making music good enough that it is prolific enough to transcend time to be worthy enough for the greatest honor in music?
I was betting on the Beastie Boys, but as per Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s induction rules, they’ve already been nominated and denied (can they be nominated again? I think they’re for sure legendary enough - they altered hip hop and rock).
Bands I would expect to see nominated:
-Red Hot Chili Peppers (nominated for 2010 induction)
-Pearl Jam
-Nirvana
-Jay Z
-John Mayer (in guitar circles, homeboy’s respected. I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest).
Will bands that the blogs and music industry insiders can’t get enough of have the type of career that warrants induction? I’m thinking bands like Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, etc that sit atop every Best Record of the Year, Best Album of the Decade list that I’ve been seeing. Will the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame carry the same cache 25 years from now as it does now? The Hall of Fame is constantly changing to accommodate more genres of music, but the blogosphere and independent labels really have altered the face of the industry.
As per the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s eligibility rules, a musician is eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record/single. This means that musicians who released music THIS YEAR will be eligible for induction 25 years from now, and in turn, eligible to play in the hypothetical 50th Anniversary show. Who do you think — from this decade — has a career that is worthy of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction?
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Nelly Furtado | I’m like a bird
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Public Service Announcement
Tonight on HBO, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Benefit show is going to air. Considering when I went, the show lasted nearly seven hours long, and there was still a second night, I’m curious how they’re condensing two nights to four hours. I can’t imagine what they’re going to leave out.
But WATCH IT. This was one of the best nights of my personal and professional life, and it is downright awe-inspiring to see all of those legendary musicians share the stage.
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omg I died.
omg
Hahaha, this is great.
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