Sometimes I wonder how todays re-re-re-mix culture of popular music will be seen in 200 years from now. Will anyone care about todays songs? Will the only songs survive be the ones by the Beatles or other hum-along tunes. For me, and I’m shure for most of you it’s quite similar, classical music is reduced to a few well know ones like Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 or Mozart’s Magic Flute, and even there very tiny fragments. The fragments which are ease to hum. Anyone up for a Hum Theory?

Anyhow let’s dignify the people who are still writing classical music like Giovanni Sollima. He might never play in Madison Square Garden, but his writing skills are still terrific. These two videos are Lasse Gjertsen and are excellent pieces of how music videos could work for classical artists. No superstar attitude, no fancy dresses, no big stage, but very artisanic by both the composer/ cellist and of cause the video artist. Enjoy!

Giovanni Sollima - Sogno ad Occhi Aperti Part 1

Giovanni Sollima - Sogno ad Occhi Aperti Part 2

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Man.. Cartman’s just such a great inspiration.. how to go platinum (episode “709 / Christian Rock Hard”) or
how to become the greatest business strategist ever (”506 / Cartmanland”).
Cartman: U really made my day! Thx!

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Who’s this? Yeah it’s me, Mr. Burster again! I have to apologize for my very few entries. However, as an agency slave & holiday-work-a-holic it’s not easy for me heh…

What’s really killin’ me are technical problems trying to prevent me relaxing. I’m taking this issue personal heh… And that’s why i’m lovin VLC!
VLC’s a damn little programm looking really sooo 1899, NOT even 1999 - an expression my partner Mr. Buzz often uses.
BUT.. the point is.. it works! And… this is not an advertisment - this is reality!
It really made my day! Not just today! You can throw whatever u want into this little piece of programming art - and it just runs.
Maybe i should try throwing in some cars from the junkyard and they’ll run again.. who knows?

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Relax, take it easy

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Ah finally,
I didn’t really notice that he got now a website up and running. Max Clifford
Watching him and his working strategies are really enlightning.
Also there is a really funny episode on Louis Theroux where he visits Max and (almost) bursts him on his media strategies. Anyhow he is definatly someone worth watching really close. I once hoped that Michael Levine became someone similar in the States, but unfortunatley he seems to struggle around. I don’t even get his newsletter on a regulary basis any longer, but maybe it just ends up in my spamfilter…

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Hmmmm thx for beeing active, Buzzy! However, why do you waste your time writing about some republican tactics or whatever though we all know next election will be democratic errection! Heh.. It’s so simple this time.. Hillary will come on the national stage and take control. Point. Ok ok.. of course it’s not totally predictable.. but there has to be paid a price for iraq! That’s not my personal opinion, it’s just a political law. Rudy.. it’s just the wrong time, I’m sorry. The train has already stopped…

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Some (esp Mr Burster) know my secret addiction…
Yes, I love the making and marketing of politics. It’s such a dirty business, it’s tricky, it’s nasty but that’s exactly what I like about it. No bullshitting around, not some fidgety niche markets, not some over-styled wannabe hipsters, but just good old boys who still live the dream about owning the world.

So today was a great day for for all us who love the marketing of politics. Thanks to the Daily News we all can get a closer look at some details at Rudy Giuliani’s campaign. Unfortunately they didn’t publish the 140 page document, which they pretend to have, (in fact this would be something for the smokinggun) but at least they published some names and numbers.
Just thought it is quite interesting to take a closer look at the persons involved in this :

The candidate’s central problems:
- his private sector business
- disgraced former aide Bernard Kerik
- his third wife, Judith Nathan Giuliani
- “social issues,” on which is he is more liberal than most Republicans
- his former wife Donna Hanover.

He hired as one of his fundraisers Cathy Blaney, who also was a part of the Pataki fundraising team. You can find her and more detailed informations on his 2002 campaign in an excellent document published by the Columbia University. (Which is a part of the The Power Of Money Report)

So here is my idea … GOP will support John McCain (like in all the other elections before, but knowing his lack of charisma) to a certain point and let him hustle around the country, Giuliani will stay away from the general public for some additional time (to avoid the Hillary effect and keep some tention or momentum however you wanna call it). But the big questions is who will become his running mate?

John McCain (to thank him for all what he did as a Dick Cheney like figure)

Jeeb Bush (to prepair him for his own Presidency, maybe keeping Giuliani only for one legacy because of his age AND he would make Florida a solid GOP state AND would have the Bush Network AND would relate to the conservative democraphics)

maybe also someone like Ken Mehlman (who will step down as the Republican National Committee Chairman this month) could hide behind the curtain…

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