I encourage everyone to watch the entire video in order to appreciate Cook’s “star turn” when he goes into the audience. Turn the sound down if necessary — he does yell a lot — but by all means, hang in there till the bitter end.

Remember this?

Friday, October 23, 2009 – 18:36 Scott:
Just booked my NYE package at Pechanga. I would advise anyone who’s considering going to book now. The package is expensive but it includes 2 tickets and a deluxe room – this is a 4 diamond resort. The night before is dirt cheap – $129 but you then buy your concert tickets separately (not in a package). The reservations clerk said these are going to go fast… NYE always sells out and the Cook calls are already pouring in. The night before will be sold out even sooner because it’s such a good room deal. This is a very big deal for David (and us!) – here’s the website’s brief description of the venue:

Woohoo, 2400 seats over 2 days. David hould have no problem filling this here in Southern California. Temecula is equi-distant to San Diego. Combined with metro LA that’s 20 million people.

While advertisers have long been offering up free music on their websites as a way to make their brands sound cooler to consumers, they may not have known if the right shoppers were listening.

For example, a clothing brand could create a list of tunes for girls in their teens who like “Twilight,” or men who play videogames, read comicbooks and eat a lot of fast food. When searching for songs, users would be directed to music channels presented by brands with similar sensibilities. The marketer would pay record labels for those songs whenever they get streamed or downloaded.

Variety

In a memorable anti-piracy public service announcement aimed at consumers, Jack Black had a simple message: “Don’t be a douche.”

By filing a slew of lawsuits against consumers, diskeries were intimidating but harmed the industry’s image. “The record companies collectively did enough stupid stuff to make themselves look like the bad guys,” says Peter Asher, a music exec, producer and manager and one half of the 1960s duo Peter and Gordon.

Variety

Sophomore slump?

Quite possibly, at least in the U.S.

I want to help this person.

Pheasant is incredible when cooked properly. Then again I’ve only eaten wild ones, not the farm raised stuff.

…but how Susan Boyle blew Adam out of the water.

Susan Boyle was a finalist on American Idol?

Had pheasant last week, it was yummy.

Does it taste like chicken?

Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream is on target for between 625-675k in sales

I still don’t get it.