Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Merchandise America (TM)

Hottest sexiest looking MP3 player I've ever seen.
The ad I saw for it was a real eye-catcher. Since they came up with the blue alien concept- Sony has never had a problem with good advertising.

And This Proves that you just need to know the audience you are trying to speak to have sucess.
A London auction house sold last night Congo the chimpanzee's paintings for more then $25,000. The three paintings, which were made in 1957, had been estimated to fetch between $1200 - $1600, but the bidders increased the price to $26.000. Congo the chimpanzee's, born in 1954, made more then 400 drawings and paintings and died in 1964 of tuberculosis.

Featured in 101 ways to spend $100

“My wife, Chika, and I made a hobby of eating and drinking around the world,” says Don Tillman. “We decided to open a restaurant dedicated to special desserts.” The result is the 400-square-foot ChikaLicious in New York City. (Chika is the chef; Don runs the front of the house.) Other dessert-only restaurants are sprouting up everywhere.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8282160/

NEW YORK - Spin magazine named Radiohead’s “OK Computer” the top album of the past 20 years, praising a futuristic sound that manages to feel alive “even when its words are spoken by a robot.”

--It certainly isn't their last album, Hail to the Thief- ugh that was wretched. Wish I could find this list on the web- without subscribing to Spin.

MSNBC Article

"People ask me, 'What were you thinking while you stood there waiting for them to announce the winner?'" Bice says.
The answer?
"Please, God, don't let me win this thing."

-- Baffling sentiment to still compete to the end when he didn't want it... but hey I forgive him, he's cute.

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