The stellar album from Glasgow’s spectacular pop sextet was influenced by a wide variety of heroes: Jimmy Webb, Lloyd Cole, Connie Francis, Skeeter Davis, The Supremes, and David Lynch. Decidedly upbeat and catchy while also beautifully romantic, quiet, and reflective, this album does not disappoint.
Threadless.com is a T-Shirt company and it has some of the coolest, most beautiful, original T-Shirts we’ve ever seen…. Who designs the Threadless product? You do! Threadless.com is an on-going T-shirt design competition. Anyone can submit their design and if it gets a high enough score and is chosen by the Threadless crew it will READ MORE >
Known as the candy wrapper handbags, Ecoist‘s bags (USD 28-58) are made from misprinted or discontinued snack bags, soda labels and candy wrappers. A family business based in Miami, the company believes that consumers should be able to enjoy a modern lifestyle, buying their favorite things, while also doing good to the Earth. Material that READ MORE >
Andy Warhol once said that “in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 min”; the truth is, every day, someone is famous for 15 seconds. There was a time not too long ago when in order to be a cultural maven on any subject, you would actually have to READ MORE >
Girls in Hawaii’s “From Here to There” is a great album with amazing melodies and soothing harmonies. It is an unapologetic pop-rock album that is a showcase of Belgium rock. Check them out today. They are worth the price of admission.
Now, more than ever, a large segment of the population are finding themselves “Cash Rich and Time Poor”. Many people are finding themselves with the means to live an extraordinary life, but are not sure how to participate. Whether it is new money (a dot-com that worked), generational money (thanks READ MORE >
Martin Lindstrom’s Brand Sense: Build Powerful Brands Through Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight And Sound provides an unusual treatise based on Millward Brown’s study linking branding and sensory awareness. ‘Sensory branding’ is a relatively new concept: Brand Sense takes the next step from study results to outline a six-step program for READ MORE >
Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat Brooke formed Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissa’s Wierd. Carissa’s Weird trafficked in sadly beautiful orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. Band Of READ MORE >
It seems like, these days, every fast food joint is heavily promoting its healthy menu. In response to Americas “cry” to eat more healthy, McDonald’s and the like are offering earth-grown fare in addition to its normal culinary delights. The challenge is simply this: how do you market a salad READ MORE >
Everyday companies are starting to utilize the principles of Conversational Marketing™. A great, real-world example is www.flyertalk.com a community for lucrative business travelers. Starwood recently was receiving so many suggestions and complaints on the site that a senior executive was asked to monitor the site and keep an eye on READ MORE >